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ABU0500 Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Feb 1910 540 Zufall heißt, bedeutet Sinnlosigkeit. Suchst du, mein Sohn, im Weltenbau, im persönlichen Dasein keinen Sinn SDW v13#10 p.101-102 @free will and predestination; fate, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @exhortations and counsels, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment - -
ABU3396 Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 30 Zoroastrians are the real Iranis. Their blood is not spoiled by the admixture of Turkish, Russian and Arab bloods. TDAB.08-09 - -
ABU2904 Words spoken on 1914-10-07 in Haifa 60 Youthfulness depends upon the heart and spirit and not upon the physical body of man. You may find often a young man who may look a thousand years old. PN_1914 p039 @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @hospitality, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
AB01870 290 Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha Your three reports, together with the public announcement, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness.... Souls are like unto mirrors TAB.019-020, BWF.367-367x, BSC.473 #893x, CUPAB.011-012x, BSTW#305x @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @wisdom [hikmat], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB09660 80 Persian تلغراف شما رسید مضامین که منبعث از حیات وجدانی و انجذابات روحانی بود سرور و Your telegram was received, and its contents, which sprang from the life of conscience and spiritual attractions, brought joy [3.5s] INBA84:367a @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity - -
AB03265 210 mixed تلغراف شما رسید و بمژده شفای جناب حاجی نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل شد در کتاب مبین Your telegram arrived, and the glad tidings of the recovery of his honor the Hají brought forth the utmost joy and delight [3.5s] MMK6#379 @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU1694 Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-27 180 Your steamer is waiting; it is best that you remain together and go direct to America.... Praise be to God that ye have come and attained this station PN_1919 p210, LAT.146-147 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @Shrines and Holy places, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God - -
AB09177 80 Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City Your short letter was long because it came from the depths of your love. One word expressing the love of God BLO_PT#003a @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @nearness and remoteness - -
ABU2195 Words to editors of Star of the West, spoken on 1912-05-01 120 Your services are acceptable. You have labored much. These labors are productive SW_v08#14 p.193 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @newspapers and the media; publications, @compassion; kindness, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @non-participation in politics - -
AB00423 Tablet to the Hague II 590 Persian Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague) Second Tablet to The Hague اعضای محترما جواب نامه من که بتاریخ ۱۲ جون ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم فرموده بودید رسید نهایت Your reply, dated 12 June 1920, to my letter was received with the utmost gratitude. BRL_HAGP2, MKT4.199, MNMK#113 p.218, MSBH9.364-366, YHA1.340x BRL_HAG2, SW_v11#17 p.288-289, ABCC.439-440x, BLO_PT#192 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @war and peace, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU2969 Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart 50 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 استعداد شما سبب شد که خدا مرا باستتکارت فرستاد تا بملکوت بهآءالله ندا کنم Your receptivity is the reason God has sent me to Stuttgart, that here I might cry out: 'How blessed is this day!' BDA2.210 BBBD.201, MHMD2.270 @growth of the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
AB10727 60 mixed نامه اخیر شما رسید که بتاریخ ۲۹ صفر ۳۹ بود Your recent letter dated 29 Safar 1339 hath been received [3.5s] MSHR4.053x @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB01094 380 Persian مکاتیب منعدده شما رسید و از شدت طوفان بلا در جواب تاخیر افتاد مختصر اینست که Your numerous letters were received, and due to the severity of the tempest of trials there was a delay in reply. In brief, it is this [3.5s] PYK.251 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation - -
AB00924 410 mixed مکاتیب متعدده شما واصل و فرح و سرور حاصل گشت امروز روز فیروز است هر پروانه که Your numerous letters were received and joy and delight were attained. Today is a victorious day, every moth that [3.5s] YIK.100-101 @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @review of publications, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU1116 Words to Mrs Narcissa Casad Purdon, spoken on 1912-10-09 290 Your mother? Blessed!... You must be thankful to God for having such a daughter for she writes down everything I say…. There are some times when the favors of God descend without man asking for them, without request on the part of man. ECN.609+1047 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @differences in human capacity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @many are called but few are chosen, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3046 Words to Mr. Smiley at Peace Society conference in Lake Mohonk, 1912-05-16 50 Your members may be compared to beams of different metals and you are trying to unite them as you would tie these fingers together with a string. SW_v19#06 p.182 @love of God, @unity in diversity, @metallurgical metaphors - -
ABU1129 Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-28 280 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 دیروز با آنکه هیچ حالت نداشتم محض خاطر شما بمجلس آمدم زیرا که مجمع احباء محفل روحانیان است Your meeting yesterday afternoon was very good. I did not feel well but for your sake I came. The gathering of the believers is the assembly of the spiritual ones. BDA2.268-269 DAS.1913-04-28, MHMD2.351-352 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @transcending the material condition, @Christ; Christianity, @race unity; racial issues - -
AB11999 80 Turkish تحریرات محبانه کزی آلدم قصد و نیت صادقانه کز موافق در گرگ ماموریتکز و کرک Your loving letters have reached me, and whether in your sincere intentions or sacred mission [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0247 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
ABU3708 Words spoken in Vienna on 1913-04-19 90 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 محبّت شما سبب آمدن من باینجا شد من برای دیدن شما آمدم نه برای سیر و سیاحت Your love is the reason I have come here. I have come to see you, not to go on leisurely excursions BDA2.246 MHMD2.320 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity of thought and belief, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB08390 100 Persian جناب منشادی نامه های شما ملاحظه گردید اظهار پریشانی نموده بودید بقول ناس حیف Your letters, O Manshadi, were reviewed. You expressed distress - as people say, alas [3.5s] MMK6#156 @growth of the Cause, @call to action, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
AB00966 400 Persian جناب خان نامه های شما رسید مضامین معلوم شد در جواب آنشخص حقیقت را مرقوم دارید Your letters, Jinab-i-Khan, have been received and their contents noted. Write thou the truth in reply to that person [3.5s] MMK5#061 p.055 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @proofs for the existence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB00623 500 mixed مکاتیب آنجناب ملاحظه گردید و ناله های شدید که در هویت کلمات مندرج و مندمج Your letters were perused, and the intense lamentations embedded and interwoven within the words were noted [3.5s] AYBY.346 #027 @firmness in the Covenant, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB09051 90 Persian مکاتیب شما رسید سفره ها را بفرستید برات میرزا اسحق خان قبوضاتش از پیش ارسال گشت برات قائممقامی Your letters arrived. Send the cheques. The draft of Mírzá Isḥáq Khán - his receipts were previously dispatched - as well as the draft of Qá'im-Maqámí [3.5s] INBA17:216 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters - -
AB09050 90 Persian مکاتیب شما رسید الحمد لله در جمیع موارد موید و موفق بوده و خواهید بود از خدا Your letters arrived and, praise be to God, in all matters you have been, and shall ever remain, confirmed and successful [3.5s] INBA89:197 @review of publications, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11404 220 Persian محررات شما پیاپی میرسد و جمیع مژده اشتعال نار محبت الله میدهد که الحمد لله... اطفال را بسیار باید تربیت نمود و نهایت همّت در مشق و درسشان مبذول داشت Your letters arrive in succession, and all give glad tidings of the enkindling of the fire of the love of God, for which praise be to God.... Children must be greatly educated, and the utmost effort must be expended in their training and instruction [3.5s] MJTB.109ax, FRH.422-423 @growth of the Cause, @education of children; moral education, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
AB03277 210 mixed مکتوبی که بحضرات محرمین کعبه رحمان مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید روح و ریحان Your letter, which you had addressed to the sanctified confidants of the Sanctuary of the All-Merciful, was perused with joy and delight [3.5s] AYBY.406 #114, TRZ1.161 @firmness in the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @love of God - -
AB03857 190 mixed مکتوب شما که دلالت بر توجه الی الله و توسل بحبل عنایت و تشبث بر ذیل رحمت Your letter, which betokeneth your turning unto God, your taking hold of the cord of His grace, and your clinging to the hem of His mercy [3.5s] MMK6#120 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
AB01754 300 Your letter written on March 10 1915 was duly received. Praise be to God that it contained the good news of the health DAS.1915-04-25x @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness - -
AB02622 240 Persian نامه ات نامی بود و مورث فرح روحانی گشت انشاء الله در آن لسان ترجمان فصیح Your letter was renowned and brought spiritual joy. God willing, through that eloquent tongue [3.5s] YBN.032, YIA.411-412 @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings - -
AB09055 90 Persian نامه شما رسید ذکر مطلوب خویش را نموده بودی که هزار و پانصد تومان سند در دست Your letter was received. You had mentioned your desired matter concerning a bond of one thousand five hundred tumans in hand [3.5s] INBA87:205a, INBA52:207a @business; financial; property matters, @courtesy; culture [adab] - -
AB06580 120 Your letter was received. I supplicated and entreated at the Threshold of the Kingdom of Abha DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB02827 230 mixed Trustworthiness نامه شما رسید بنص قاطع جمال مبارک احباء در امور سیاسی مداخله ندارند بلکه باید Your letter was received. According to the explicit text of the Blessed Beauty, the beloved friends must not interfere in political affairs, but rather they should [3.5s]... ...If it should happen that one of the friends be called upon to serve his country and people in some capacity, he should apply himself to his work with heart and soul COMP_TRUSTP#63x, MKT4.182, AKHA_123BE #04 p.j, AVK3.285.14x, YHA1.410x BRL_TRUST#62x, COC#2074x @obedience to and respect for government authority, @non-participation in politics, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB08008 100 mixed نامه شما رسید ولی عبدالبهاء از شدت آلام و محن سفر صحرا و دریا و عدم راحت Your letter was received, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá, due to the intense sufferings and tribulations of his journeys by land and sea, and the lack of rest [3.5s] YHA2.1002-1003x, NJB_v04#15 p.004x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
AB04178 180 Persian نامه شما رسید و بملکوت ابهی تضرع و ابتهال گردید که آنجمعیت مبارکه در آلمان Your letter was received, and supplications and entreaties were offered to the Abhá Kingdom that that blessed gathering in Germany [3.5s] MKT3.442, YHA1.420x (2.828) @prayer for the departed, @growth of the Cause, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion - -
AB12116 570 Your letter was received, and its contents were of the greatest loveliness. Praise be to God that you have been confirmed in the service of the Kingdom BBBD.032b @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB06481 130 Persian نامه شما رسید و از اینکه در فکر انتخاب عمومی بودید روح و ریحان حاصل گردید و Your letter was received, and from your thoughts concerning the general election, joy and spiritual fragrance were attained [3.5s] INBA16:228 AMK.131-131, AMK.133-133, AVK4.309bx, RHQM2.1013-1014 (453) (279-280), MAS5.023 @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @elections - -
AB09056 90 Persian نامه شما رسید ولی از قرائت خود شما میدانید این دل و جان چه حالتی پیدا کرد Your letter was received, and from its perusal you yourself know what condition it produced in this heart and soul [3.5s] YARP2.448 p.336 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love and unity, @call to action, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB09685 80 Persian نامه شما رسید و از مضمون چنین مفهوم گردید که خبر سفر مصر در آندیار اشتهار Your letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that news of the journey to Egypt had spread throughout those regions [3.5s] MSHR2.187x @martyrs and martyrdom, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11971 100 mixed نامه شما رسید و مفتریات اهل حجبات معلوم و واضح گردید جوابی در اینخصوص مرقوم Your letter was received and the calumnies of the people of veils became known and evident. A response concerning this matter has been penned [3.5s] INBA79.062b @rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @review of publications, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
AB01449 330 Persian مکتوب شما واصل گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت امثال آنجناب سزاوار چنانست که Your letter was received and its contents were noted. It behoveth one such as you to [3.5s] INBA89:232 AVK3.245 @humility; meekness; lowliness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @courtesy; culture [adab], @consultation, @contention and conflict - -
AB12198 270 Your letter to our beloved 'Abdu'l-Bahá dated March 24 was read to Him. He was very pleased with the news that the New Year's celebration in Leipzig was held by the friends BBBD.293 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @universal peace; world unity - -
AB03278 210 Persian نامه شما در ١٥ کانون اول ١٩١٩ رسید و از مطالعه اش نهایت سرور حاصل گردید الحمد لله Your letter of December 15, 1919, was received, and its perusal brought the utmost joy. Praise be to God [3.5s] MUH3.297 @review of publications, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB01635 310 mixed تعزيت‌نامه شما بر مصيبت کبری وفات ابی‌الفضائل سبب تسلّی قلوب گرديد Your letter of consolation regarding the supreme calamity of the passing of Abu'l-Fadá'il hath brought solace to hearts [3.5s] MMK6#422x @eulogies; reminiscences, @the concourse on high, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
AB12203 260 mixed نامه شماره ۴۸ وصول یافت قدوم آن نفس مبارک با دو فرزند و یک یار عزیز سبب سرور Your letter numbered 48 was received. The arrival of that blessed soul with two children and one cherished friend was the cause of joy [3.5s] INBA85:461 BSHI.011, BSHI.123-124 @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB08408 100 Persian نامه نومروی ۲۲ بتاریخ ۲۲ شهر صفر که ارسال نموده بودید رسید از ضبط و انتظام Your letter numbered 22, dated the 22nd of the month of Safar, which you had sent, hath been received [3.5s] INBA17:226 @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB03279 210 mixed نامه شما رسید مدرسه تایید در همدان مرکز توفیق است و از تاسیسات مهمه این عصر Your letter hath been received. The Ta'yid School in Hamadan is a center of divine confirmation and among the important institutions of this age [3.5s] MKT4.183, TAH.334, ANDA#41-42 p.94 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @education of children; moral education, @praise and encouragement, @business; financial; property matters, @goodly deeds; actions - -
AB05427 250 Persian نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در خصوص لقب ملکوتی بجهت حضرت صنیع مرقوم ... در خصوص الواح با ترجمه مرقوم فرموده بودید که از اینجا ارسال شود Your letter hath been received, and its contents noted. Regarding the celestial title to be bestowed upon His Honour Ṣanī', it hath been written... As to the Tablets with their translations, you had written requesting these be sent from here [3.5s] INBA79.032 AVK2.107.17x @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @naming of children; of individuals - -
AB07770 110 mixed مکتوب شما رسید ولی ابدا فرصت شرح و تفسیر نه سوالات از اطراف بیحد و پایان لهذا Your letter has reached me, yet I find myself utterly devoid of the opportunity to enter into an exposition or interpretation thereof, for inquiries from every direction abound without end [3.5s] MMK6#503x, YMM.425 @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
AB03048 220 Persian نامه شما رسید و از مصائبیکه بر شما وارد حزن و الم رخ نمود و سبب تاسف و تحسر Your letter has been received, and the afflictions which have befallen you have given rise to sorrow and grief [3.5s] BSHN.140.235, BSHN.144.235, MHT2.093 @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB09684 80 Persian نامه بتاریخ بیست و سوم رجب سنه حالیه رسید الحمد لله خدماتت در درگاه الهی مقبول Your letter dated the twenty-third of Rajab of the current year hath been received. Praise be to God, thy services at the Divine Threshold are acceptable [3.5s] INBA16:171 @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement - -
AB09052 90 Your letter dated November 13, 1918, was received. Praise be to God SW_v10#01 p.003 @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB12444 130 Turkish اغستوس سنه ۱۹۱۹ تاریخیله ورود ایدن نامه نامیلری مال منیفی قرین اذعان Your letter dated August 1919 has been received and its noble contents duly noted [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0507 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB10728 60 Persian نامه شما رسید و چون قرائت گردید بدرگاه احدیت تضرع و زاری شد و طلب تایید Your letter arrived, and upon reading it, supplications and entreaties were offered at the Threshold of Divine Oneness, seeking confirmation [3.5s] INBA87:197b, INBA52:199a @consolation and comfort, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB07088 120 Persian مکتوب شما و نامه آقا شیخ علی اکبر هر دو رسید و بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید Your letter and the letter of Aqa Shaykh 'Alí-Akbar were both received and perused with the utmost attention [3.5s] TSS.380 @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB00232 770 Your last letter was received and I was informed of all its contents. You had written concerning the beloved of God and the slight difference of opinions. CUPAB.012x, BSTW#164, BSTW#199, BSTW#309, BSTW#448 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @twin Manifestations, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love and unity, @words vs deeds - -
ABU0855 Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08 350 Persian این سفر شما بسیار سفر مبارکی است چراکه سالهای سال در این صفحات در اراضی مقدسه بوده اید Your journey is indeed a blessed one because, for many years, you were in Holy Land and its vicinity KHH1.231-232 (1.323-325) KHHE.340-342, DAS.1915-05-08 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @monasticism; asceticism, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU2259 Words to a Hindu believer spoken in Apr. 1914 110 Your friends and relatives, nay your father and descendants shall soon glory over this action of yours, that you have overcome such barriers TDAB.06-07 @suffering; rejection of Christ, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @high station of the true believer - -
AB00572 520 mixed دوست محترم مهربانا نامه نامی شما رسید مضمون مشحون بحقائق و معانی بود معلوم Your esteemed letter arrived and its essence was filled with realities and meaning…. Praise belongs to God that the Baha’ís are the utmost well-wishers of the entire world, and you are well aware of that. MSHR3.354-355, PZHN v1#2 p.07 RIDA.015-016x @rejection, opposition and persecution, @newspapers and the media; publications, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB00675 480 mixed مکتوب آنجناب واصل گشت گویا نسیم صبای جان بود که از سبای حب محبوب عالمیان مرور Your epistle was received, and it was as the morning breeze wafting from Sheba with the love of the Beloved of all the worlds [3.5s] MMK6#342 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB10704 60 Persian تکلیف آنجناب اینست که خیرخواه شخص محترم باشید و دلالت بر رافت بملت بفرمااید Your duty is to be well-wishers of that respected personage and guide him towards compassion for the people [3.5s] INBA17:235 @relationship between government and people - -
AB00106 1070 mixed نامه مفصل شما که بتاریخ غره محرم بود رسید از قرائتش تاثرات قلبیه حاصل گردید Your detailed letter, which was dated the first of Muharram, was received, and its perusal stirred the heart with deep emotion [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0546, MKT3.154, TAH.242x, DUR4.501, MAS5.277, MAS9.135, MSHR5.206x, NNY.065-068 @stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB00521 550 mixed نامه مفصل شما رسید و مذاکرات و مکالمات که با آن شخص محترم نموده بودید معلوم Your detailed letter was received, and the discussions and conversations which you held with that respected person became known [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0529, MKT2.143, MMK3#104 p.069x, MSHR2.213x, AADA.160-161x @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
AB07771 110 Persian نامه مفصل شما رسید و بر مطالب مفصله اطلاع حاصل گردید آنچه سبب عزت انسانست Your detailed letter was received, and its contents were thoroughly noted. That which is conducive to the exaltation of man [3.5s] YIK.101-101 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB01641 310 Your detailed letter has been received, and has been the cause of the utmost joy and gladness. Praise be to God! The loved ones are all astir and active, but you have rent the veil too widely asunder. BSTW#608 @methods of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] - -
ABU2399 100 Your child will have extraordinary capacities. It will be a Bahai. Rear it in the teachings SW_v09#09 p.101, ADP.092-093 @education of children; moral education, @universality of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha - -
AB07766 110 Persian شخص محترما مقاصد خیریه آنجناب فی الحقیقه سزاوار ستایش است و ما را نیز مقاصد Your benevolent intentions, O esteemed one, are indeed worthy of praise, and our purposes too [3.5s] MKT4.162a, NJB_v02#14-16 p.006 @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace - -
ABU1222 Words to President of the Touranian Society, Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-12 260 Your aim, of course, is the realization of Universal Peace, but with what power or with what executive force will you be able to bring it about? In the matter of universal peace a great, universal Power is necessary, which we may name a "Universal Collective Center" DAS.1913-04-12 @nationalism; love of country, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity of governments; political unity - -
AB09948 70 Your affectionate brother hath written and mentioned your names, and hath highly praised and commended you. Observe how drawn he is to you, and how he loveth you COC#0848x @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
AB00508 550 Persian Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ای ثابت بر پیمان مقاله غراای که وقت وصول بشارت کبری بتاسیس شورای ملی ایران و You, who are firm in the covenant: You wrote a glorious letter saying that the time has arrived, of the most great glad-tidings that a national parliament MILAN.222, YBN.067-068 TAB.492-494 @parliaments; constitutional government, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @relationship between government and people - -
ABU2218 Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 110 Persian بدانید و مطمئن باشید که آنچه واقع می شود باعث اعلای امر الله است وقتی حضرت اعلی شهید You, dear ones, must remember that whatever happens is for the progress of the Cause of God. KNR.043 KNRE.053 @growth of the Cause, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @martyrdom of the Bab, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB04551 170 mixed از تغيير و تبديل در مأمورين سفارت عظمی مرقوم نموده بوديد. اميد است که سروران جديد در تمشيت You wrote concerning changes and replacements among the officers of the supreme embassy. It is hoped that these new leaders in their conduct [3.5s] MMK6#462x @unity; oneness of humanity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
ABU3631 Last recorded words 10 You wish me to take some food, and I am going? GPB.311x, PAB.007, ABCC.462, VLAB.141 - -
ABU2239 Words spoken on 1913-04-04 in Germany 110 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 عنقریب صحت تامه خواهی یافت مطمئن بفضلِ الهی باش این شیطان نفس انسان است You will soon make a full recovery; be assured of the grace of God. That Satan is none other than the human self. Each person has a Satan BDA2.217 MHMD2.280 @spiritual baptism, @spiritual transformation, @Satan; the Evil One, @living waters; water of life, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation - -
ABU3067 Words spoken ca. 1911 50 You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness SW_v14#02 p.038, PN_1911 p002, PN_1911 p007, BSTW#043a @existence; immortality of the human soul, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @soul; spirit after death, @the human soul - -
ABU3168 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 Abdu'l-Bahá in London You wear the cross for remembrance, it concentrates your thoughts; it has no magical power AIL.093 @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @symbolism - -
ABU0801 Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08 370 Persian فی الحقیقه شما امسال در ابوسنان خیلی زحمت کشیدید هیچ مقصودی جز رضای الهی نداشتید You truly worked hard in Abú-Sínan this year. You had no other purpose save the good-pleasure of God KHH1.230-231 (1.321-323) KHHE.338-339, DAS.1915-05-08 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB07070 120 Persian در ساحل دریااید و در شاطی بحر پرهیجان چون بان بحر نظر کنید بحر میثاق بخواطر You stand upon the ocean's shore, and as ye gaze upon those surging waters, let the Sea of the Covenant surge within your hearts [3.5s] HDQI.288, ANDA#43-44 p.05 @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God, @symbolism, @the concourse on high - -
ABU0665 The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues: Words spoken on 1911-11-23 in Paris 440 Persian Paris Talks شما باید بسیار مسرور باشید و شکر کنید که در چنین You should all be very happy and thankful to God for the great privilege that is yours. This is purely a spiritual meeting! AVK4.478.08x, KHAB.195 (205), KHTB1.201 PT#36 p.113 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @human reality created in the image of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU1607 Words spoken on 1919-12-27 190 Persian در اوایلی که به عکا و قشله عسکریه وارد شدیم روزی حکومت خبر داد You see this old man; he has devoted his entire life in service to the Cause of God… In the early days when we came to 'Akka and arrived at the military barracks, one day the governor sent word ISA.003-004 ISAE.1919-12-27, STAB#090 @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @Mount Carmel - -
ABU2261 Words to a friend from England, spoken on 1913-03-29 110 You say you are from England? In reality we are all one nation: England, France, Germany, Persia, America, they are all one country. However, this much can be said DAS.1913-03-29 @praise of Western values; culture, @growth of the Cause, @unity in diversity - -
ABU2505 Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias 90 You pray for us and we shall pray for you, so that God may assist us in the performance of good deeds. DAS.1914-06-01 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @words vs deeds, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1237 Words spoken on 1920-02-15 260 You must think now of spiritual affairs. Try to enlighten the morals and try to spread SW_v11#12 p.224-225 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU1934 Words to the wife of a professor, spoken on 1913-01-19 150 You must thank God that, although I am a person from the East and you are a revered lady from the West, yet we are gathered in this place with the utmost of spiritual affection. DAS.1913-01-19 @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU2287 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 110 Abdu'l-Bahá in London You must strive. A child does not know, in learning he obtains knowledge. Search for Truth. There are three kinds of Faith AIL.064, SW_v20#10 p.293x, SAS.093-094 @words vs deeds, @degrees of faith; certitude, @spiritual transformation, @effort; striving - -
ABU0325 Interview with president of Alliance Spiritualiste, Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-26 710 You must sow the seed of love. They destroy, you construct. They take life, you confer life. DAS.1913-02-26 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @love of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the power of words; of speech - -
ABU2835 Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 60 You must sow seeds of the trees of which may yield fruits for all eternity. Praise be to God, you have entered in the path DAS.1913-12-03 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @bringing forth results; fruit, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1903 Words to the secretary of the New York Peace Society, New York, 1912 160 You must rest assured and let there be no trace of doubt in your souls that God is your assister and helper SW_v13#12 p.343-344 @Christ; Christianity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] - -
ABU2310 Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 110 You must not look at the quality of the thing served at the table, you must always consider whether yourhost loves you or not. If he loves you and the food served is seasoned with love then there is no better food than that. TDAB.19 @hospitality, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU2539 90 You must not injure yourselves or commit suicide.... It is not permissible to do to yourselves what Mirza Hassan Afnan did to himself. SW_v12#18 p.280-281 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @suicide, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU2303 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 110 Abdu'l-Bahá in London You must not dissociate yourself from it. Know this; the Kingdom of God is not in any Society AIL.097 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @universality of the Cause, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
ABU1587 Words to Mr Charles Tinsley, spoken on 1912-10-10 200 You must not be sad. This affliction will make you spiritually stronger. Do not be sad... A certain ruler wished to appoint one of his subjects to a high office LOG#2040x, SW_v04#12 p.205, SW_v09#18 p.214x, ECN.374+451+527+604, STAB#115 @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort - -
ABU2253 Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 110 Persian هیچ کدام نه مدح کنید و نه ذم فقط بگوئید امر جمال مبارک با You must neither praise nor speak ill of them [the communists]. You should say that the Cause of God has no objection specifically concerning them KNR.091-092 KNRE.099 @wealth inequality and its moderation, @maintainance of degrees in society, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving - -
ABU1935 Words to Mrs DeBons, spoken on 1913-10-16 150 You must live and conduct yourself in Cairo in such a manner and characterize yourself with such attributes DAS.1913-10-17 @being a source of light; guidance, @words vs deeds, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @music and singing - -
ABU2928 Words to the wife of Counsel Schwartz, spoken on 1913-04-04 60 You must let the children study that which they like best. If your daughter loves art, she can devote her time to it and surely she will succeed. DAS.1913-04-04 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @creativity in art, @education of children; moral education - -
ABU0716 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 410 You must have no fear in going to Persia…. When you breathe forth the breath of the Holy Spirit from your hearts into the world... When we consider the realm of existence, we discover a great motive factor SW_v08#08 p.103x, PN_1909B p051, PN_1909C p023, PN_1909E p038, PN_unsorted p157 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @development of capacity and readiness, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU2848 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20 60 Persian Mahmúd's Diary شما ها بیکدیگر خیلی محبت داشته باشید دیدن همدیگر نمائید غمخوار کل باشید You must have deep love for one another. Go to see each other and be consoling friends to all. BDA1.258.08 MHMD1.276 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @words vs deeds, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
ABU2655 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-15 80 You must go back to America as signs of love and love the people very much... In the East the love of the believers is very great, but America has not yet reached this station.... Tell them that love is the one great thing - it is life - the only life of the spirit. PN_1909B p060, PN_1909C p057, PN_1909E p097 @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
ABU2583 Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh 80 You must give your daughter a Bahai education so that she may become an excellent DAS.1913-10-16, SW_v09#08 p.096 @education of children; moral education, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU1535 Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01 200 Persian بسیار خوش آمدید ماندن ما در اینجا مانند عبادت است امید وارم که نتائج عظیمه حاصل نماید جمیع نفوس خوابند You must feel very happy because you are here with me and we are associating together with the utmost kindness. NJB_v04#14 p.002 DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p007 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @many are called but few are chosen, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU2621 Words to a woman questioner, spoken on 1913-04-22 80 You must enter in the Kingdom of Abha. In the Kingdom of Abha, there is light upon light. The darkness of sorrow and pain is banished forever DAS.1913-04-22 @symbolism, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @light and darkness, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU3305 Words to Mr Maxwell and others, spoken on 1912-09-06 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary شماها باید بآنچه سبب آسایش عالم انسانی است تشبث نمائید یتیمها را نوازش کنید گرسنه ها را سیر نمائید You must cling to those things which prove to be the cause of happiness for the world of man. You must show kindness to the orphans BDA1.231.02 SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247 @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU0823 Words to Abdu'l-Ghaffar, spoken on 1915-04-08 360 Persian این را بدانید جمال مبارک امر اکید برجوع بحکیم فر موده انسان باید جزئیاترا هم از حکیم سئوال نماید You must clearly understand that the Blessed Perfection has commanded most emphatically that in case of sickness, one must refer to the skilled physician and abide by his prescription KHH1.205-206 (1.287-288) KHHE.300-302, DAS.1915-04-08 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @stories; anecdotes, @praise of Western values; culture, @critique of Eastern values; culture - -
ABU2398 Words spoken on 1914-04-17 100 You must become the shining candles of moral precepts and spiritual ideas COC#0796x, LOG#0717x, DAS.1914-04-17, SW_v09#09 p.098 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance, @excellence; distinction - -
ABU1059 Words spoken in 1912 in the United States 300 You must become impervious to criticism, unconscious of attack and abuse, nay, rather welcoming persecution SW_v04#06 p.104-105, STAB#105 @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU2741 Words to two Bahá’ís, spoken on 1913-03-30 70 You must become fully informed with these Teachings. It is good to be thoroughly informed with science or arts or literature. Likewise you must be established in the Kingdom of God. DAS.1913-03-30 @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @study; deepening, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
ABU2354 Words spoken in Feb. 1910 100 You must be very thankful to God for He brought you to this Holy Land to visit the Blessed Tomb... The Essence of Divinity holds the station of the sun PN_1910 p002 @differences in human capacity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @thankfulness; gratitude, @many are called but few are chosen, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU3237 Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken in Oct. 1914 40 You must be very moderate. Consider the taste of the public. This is the best policy. Moderation, moderation. SW_v05#14 p.216, VLAB.099 @wisdom [hikmat], @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @Moses, @courtesy; culture [adab] - -
ABU1825 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 160 Persian باید بسیار مسرور باشید که در چنین روزی بارض مقدس رجوع نمودید واقعا از تدین و صفای طینت You must be thrilled that on such a Day you have come to the Holy Land.... This is an explicit promise and clearly enunciated by the Divine Prophets. They have foretold that even outwardly, the Jews will come to the Holy Land and once more reclaim their ancient splendor. KHH1.037 (1.052) KHHE.069 @prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3687 Words to Marie Watson et al 150 You must be like these swift-moving, luminous clouds. They move, nothing hinders them. I shall pray for you that you will be like these clouds. BLO_PN#060 @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @love and unity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU0811 Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-22 370 You must be a source of happiness to whomsoever you meet. The world is like the body and the love of God is like the spirit PN_1909 p067 @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
ABU2761 Words spoken on 1913-05-19 in Paris 70 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 همیشه خوش خبر باشید اخبار خوش را همیشه زود منتشر نمائید You must always be the bearers of good news. Spread such news quickly, and become the means through which the hearts are made cheerful and vigilant BDA2.308 MHMD2.406 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @compassion; kindness, @wisdom [hikmat], @courtesy; culture [adab], @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow - -
ABU2148 Words to Mrs Smith, spoken on 1912-06-19 120 Persian Mahmúd's Diary تو یاید همیشه مسرور باشی و با اهل انبساط و سرور محشور و با خلاق رحمانی متخلق You must always be happy. You must associate with joyous and happy people BDA1.129.11 SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.139, VLAB.112x, STAB#038 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @stories; anecdotes, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU2355 Words spoken on 1912-07-17 in New York 100 You must always be happy. God is kind. He is more kind than a father. Whenever we experience unhappiness, we must turn our faces to God PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351d @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @consolation and comfort, @station of the Manifestation of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU1680 Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-20 180 Persian Mahmúd's Diary شماها باید باباتفاق بر خدمت امر الله برخیزید دست بدست یکدیگر دهید و مشغول تبلیغ امر الله باشید You must all arise in unison to serve the Cause of God. You must work hand in hand to teach the Cause and know that the confirmations of Baha'u'llah will descend upon you. BDA1.382.10 MHMD1.401-402 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU1826 Words spoken on 1913-06-08 in Paris 160 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 باید بوصایای الهیه عامل شوید زیرا این وصایا علاج هر دردی است این علاج را بکار برید You must act on the divine counsels, inasmuch as they are the remedy for every ailment. Make use of this cure. Be mindful of God. Have discussions on spiritual subjects BDA2.342-343 MHMD2.454-455 @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @call to action, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU2768 Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 70 You might receive a gift of no value from a friend, yet you value the gift for the sake of the love you have for your friend. PN_1904 p088 @human reality created in the image of God, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU2453 Words to Miss Fraser, spoken on 1912-12-16 90 You have written excellent articles in the papers in regard to the Cause, I will never forget DAS.1912-12-16, SW_v03#19 p.003 @critique of Western values; culture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @newspapers and the media; publications - -
ABU2082 Words to Mahmud Zarqani, spoken on 1914-06-18 130 You have worked very diligently over the compilation of these two volumes. During the first journey to Europe no one was thinking to do this work. Now and then Mirza Baqir Khan DAS.1914-06-18 @growth of the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU0535 Words to Mrs Bernard, spoken on 1913-03-18 510 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 ولی انقطاع بعدم اسباب نیست بلکه بعدم تعلق قلب است ما در طهران شب دارای هر چیز You have travelled through India... When the Persian government imprisoned Baha'u'llah in Teheran... Detachment does not imply lack of means; it is marked by the freedom of the heart. In Tihran, we possessed everything… There were once two friends, one rich but free of heart BDA2.187 DAS.1913-03-18, MHMD2.238-239, ABCC.009x, BW_v13p1187-1188x, VLAB.144x, STAB#028x @spiritual transformation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @excellence; distinction, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism - -
ABU0988 Words to Mr And Mrs W. White from Honolulu, spoken on 1912-10-07 310 You have taken great trouble. You have come a long way. You are very welcome, exceedingly welcome. How are the friends of God in Honolulu? Are there many there? ECN.671 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @development of capacity and readiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God - -
ABU1985 Words spoken on 1914-11-02 in Abu Sinan 140 Persian شما طوفان بلایا ندیده اید اگر دیده بودید این وقائع بشما چندان تاثیری نمیکرد ما شب دارای عمارت You have not experienced genuinely difficult times, for if you had, such occurrences would not perturb you. KHH1.137 (1.189-190) KHHE.206-207, DAS.1914-11-02, BSR_v13 p.082 @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort - -
ABU3234 Words to Ramona Allen Brown, spoken on 1912-10 ca. 40 You have intuition. You must follow it always, because when you follow it, it increases and becomes more clear. Only a few have this gift. MAB.014 @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @intuition; inspiration, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU3377 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 30 You have been taught right; it is because the mirror of your heart has been clear enough to reflect them. You must lock them in your breast. To speak of them prevents your own growth. This does not make you better than anyone else. PN_unsorted p158 @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision - -
ABU2028 Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-29 140 You have been here three days. They are equal to three years. In the Bible in the days of the Lord SW_v13#06 p.144 @praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU0780 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 380 You have asked me for an explanation about soul. Man possesses a gift by which he is distinguished from all other creatures—a spiritual principle which is bodiless AELT.166-168 @the human soul, @man's distinction from the animal, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @the mind's power of discovery, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @soul is the essential reality of man - -
AB03845 190 mixed در خصوص اجتماع سلاله اسراایل در اورشلیم بموجب نصوص انبیاء سوال نموده بودید You have asked Me a question with regard to the gathering of the children of Israel in Jerusalem in accordance with the prophecy. AVK4.469x, RHQM2.1169-1170 (638) (393), MAS2.022-023, QT108.086 LOG#1677x, BSTW#192 @Shrines and Holy places, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @outward and inward meanings, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB09727 80 You have asked concerning the stars, whether they are void – uninhabited. Know thou that God hath not created all these things without a purpose. PN_unsorted p088 @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @purpose; goal of creation - -
AB11100 50 You have asked concerning the relations and genealogy of the mother of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. The father and grandfather went to Persia from the regions of Taif BSTW#020, BSTW#072 @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael - -
AB00336 Some Answered Questions #067 Eternal Life and Entrance into the Kingdom of God 650 Persian Answered Questions, Some سؤال از حیات ابدیه و دخول در ملکوت مینمائید ملکوت باصطلاح ظاهری آسمان گفته You have asked concerning eternal life and entrance into the Kingdom. The Kingdom is outwardly referred to as “heaven” MFD#67, BSHN.140.504x, BSHN.144.492x, MHT1a.158x, MHT1b.116x, OOL.C022.67 SAQ#67 @spiritual transformation, @soul; spirit after death, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @knowledge; recognition of God, @attaining the life of the spirit, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB02014 280 You have asked concerning Consultation, to the practice of which we are all commanded. The cardinal idea of consultation is based upon the principle that unanimous counsels of several persons is weightier than the opinion of a single individual. DAS.1914-03-18 @unity in diversity, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @consultation - -
AB00099 Some Answered Questions #078 Strikes 1120 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some از مسئله اعتصاب سؤال نمودید . در این مسئله مشکلات عظیمه حاصل شده و میشود You have asked about strikes. Great difficulties have arisen and will continue to arise from this issue. MFD#78, OOL.C022.78 SAQ#78, BWF.280-284x @wealth inequality and its moderation, @relationship between government and people, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium - -
ABU1835 Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-04-29 160 Persian Mahmúd's Diary خوب شهری دارید ندای آلهی اول در این شهر بلند شد امیدوارم که در شیکاغو امر الله نهایت نفوذ حاصل نماید You have a good city. The call of God was first raised in this city. I hope that in Chicago the Cause of God will progress greatly... The severest tests were in Persia.... This building commands a good view BDA1.059.05 SW_v19#04 p.111, MHMD1.067-068 @growth of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love and unity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @race unity; racial issues - -
AB11038 50 Persian در خصوص حقوق سوال نموده بودید که بیت الاذکار بنا شود و اوقاف تعیین گردد حال You had inquired concerning the Huqúq, that a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár should be built and endowments established [3.5s] INBA16:240 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB00923 410 Persian سئوال از رئیس که در آیه مبارکه مذکور است نموده بودید این رئیس عالی پاشاست که سبب نقل از عراق You had asked concerning the Chief mentioned in the Blessed Verse - this Chief is Ali Pasha who occasioned the banishment from Iraq [3.5s]... ...By the crimson land and the crimson hill the station of Fate/Decree is intended, for in the terminology of the people of God, white indicates the station of the Will, while green signifies the station of Predestination. MAS2.048-049x BLO_PT#216.027x @symbolism of color and light, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB05358 150 mixed از حدیث العلم تمام المعلوم و القوّة و القدرة تمام الخلق سؤال نموده بودید فرصت شرح و تفصیل نیست You had asked about the tradition concerning knowledge being the completion of what is known, and power and might being the completion of creation, but there is not time for a detailed explanation [3.5s] AVK1.073.16, AVK4.012.04x, MAS2.080x @knowledge; recognition of God, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU1556 Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 200 You had a meeting today with the Hebrews from Hamadan! These good people have suffered a great deal for the Cause, they have suffered exceedingly. AHF.032-033 @stories; anecdotes, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU0570 Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-13 490 You got very tired in Jerusalem... A Rabbi told me that they expected a Christ that would come and be successful, that he would conquer the world PN_1920_heh p021, PN_1920_heh_haifa p075 @suffering; rejection of Christ, @prophecy and fulfillment, @oneness; unity of religion, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people - -
ABU3361 30 You can best serve your country if you strive, in your capacity as a citizen of the world, to assist in the eventual application of the principle of federalism underlying the government of your own country to the relationships now existing between the peoples and nations of the world ADJ.088x, WOB.037x, VLAB.100 @nationalism; love of country, @unity of governments; political unity, @universal peace; world unity, @means of establishment of future civilization - -
ABU3560 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-10-19 20 You are writing a book. I have been reading all morning these letters. They are interesting. DAS.1914-10-19 @review of publications - -
ABU1633 Words to Baha'is from Esslingen, spoken on 1913-04-06 190 You are welcome. You must thank God and I must thank God that a meeting like unto this is being held; for this meeting cannot be compared with other meetings. DAS.1913-04-06 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance - -
ABU1630 Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-07 190 You are welcome! I constantly pray for you and beg for each the divine Confirmations, so that the eye of your insight may be opened to see those objects DAS.1913-03-07 @development of capacity and readiness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @call to action, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @realms of being; three realms; five realms - -
ABU0550 Words spoken on 1913-12-22 in Haifa 500 Persian خوش آمدید صفا آوردید گفتم احباء را دو قسمت کنیم ولکن باز جا کم است اللهم زدهم You are welcome, most welcome! We have divided the friends into two groups, but the place is still too small KHF.159, KHTB3.072 SW_v09#02 p.023-024 @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @past, present and future of Iran, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU0394 Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-24 630 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers You are welcome this afternoon, most welcome. I am ever happy to see you. I ask God that meeting me... O Thou merciful God! O Thou Who art mighty and powerful! BPRY.087-088x, PUP#022 (p.054-056), SW_v03#03 p.020-021 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @praise and encouragement, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds - -
ABU1788 Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-05 170 You are very welcomed. I am always glad to meet you and associate with you. But the weather of Paris did not agree with me and caused me this illness. DAS.1913-03-05 @development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU0930 Words to Florence Johnson, spoken on 1912-08-25 330 You are very welcome. The weather is delightful. This is a lovely suburb, perfectly charming... All of these ailments will pass away and you will receive perfect physical and spiritual health… Laugh and talk, don't lament and talk. SW_v13#04 p.102x, PN_1912 p011, BSTW#345 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @Mary Magdalene, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow - -
ABU2203 Words to three hotel maids, spoken on 1912-10-26 120 You are very welcome. Read them and ponder over them carefully, for if you are fully informed of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh then you will witness that the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh are the cause of the illumination of the world. ECN.901 @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3095 Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-03 50 You are very welcome. I was longing to see you... It is very strange that when a face is not illumined with the light of the love of God DAS.1913-09-03, SW_v08#12 p.143x, ABIE.272x, BLO_PN#007 @education of children; moral education, @critique of Western values; culture, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium - -
ABU1194 Words to Mrs Chase, spoken on 1912-10-19 270 You are very welcome. I have come to pay you a visit. I was exceedingly sad and heartbroken when I heard of the departure of Mr. Chase. PN_1912 p016, BSTW#346 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @consolation and comfort, @martyrs and martyrdom, @bringing forth results; fruit, @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU1446 Words spoken on 1911-09-23 in London 220 Abdu'l-Bahá in London You are very welcome. I have come far to see you. I praise God that after forty years of waiting I am permitted at last to come and bring my message. KHAB.065 (074) AIL.082 @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @race unity; racial issues, @spiritual transformation, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU0037 Public address given on 1912-07-05 1790 Persian Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید در جمیع کتب مقدسه الهیه بشاراتی است که بشارت میدهد روزی You are very welcome! In the divine Holy Books there are unmistakable prophecies AVK2.071.13x, KHF.182, KHAB.322 (330), KHTB2.161, NJB_v04#01 p.001 PUP#080 (p.220-225), BSC.268 #552, SW_v03#11 p.006-007+009-010, SW_v13#06 p.146, PN_1912 p029 @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @chastisement and requital, @suffering and imprisonment, @predictions and prophecies, @blind imitation [taqlid], @growth of the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU0555 Spiritual Aspiration in the West: Words spoken on 1911-11-06 in Paris 500 Persian Paris Talks من از شرق آمدم بغرب در شرق میشنیدم که You are very welcome! From Eastern lands I have come to the West to sojourn awhile among you. In the East it is often said KHAB.128 (139), KHTB1.113 PT#23 p.066 @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @man's distinction from the animal, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise of Western values; culture, @high station of learning - -
ABU0363 Interview with W. H. Short at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15 660 Mahmúd's Diary You are very welcome; am most happy to greet you. I have looked forward with much pleasure to this meeting BDA1.035n SW_v03#07 p.004-005 @war and peace, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - - MHMD1.044
ABU0427 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20 600 You are very welcome, very welcome, very welcome! ...And the purpose of being a Baha'i is this, that man should be adorned with all the virtues of the world of humanity. BSTW#155a, ECN.143+176 @firmness in the Covenant, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU2488 Words to Miss Fraser and Miss Hodgeson, spoken on 1913-03-24 90 You are two good sisters. Bahá'í sisterhood is very precious. It is not like material sisterhood. Material sisterhood is forgotten and often changed into hatred. DAS.1913-03-24, ADP.112-113 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
ABU1939 Words to Mr and Mrs Scott, spoken on 1913-05-07 150 You are the flowers of Paris and the cause of my happiness. All the inhabitants of this city are either thinking of industry or wealth or they are chasing after the worldly pleasures DAS.1913-05-07 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @growth of the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness - -
ABU0666 Address to the children at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-05 440 Persian Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary شماها بفرموده حضرت مسیح اطفال ملکوتید و بفرمایش حضرت بهاءالله شمعهای عالم انسانی You are the children of whom His Holiness Christ has said, you are the denizens of the Kingdom KHTB2.057, NJB_v11#15 p.263, BDA1.071.09 PUP#039 (p.091-093), SW_v03#04 p.022, SW_v03#07 p.006-007, SW_v08#09 p.112-114, SW_v09#08 p.095, SW_v19#04 p.114-115, MHMD1.080-081 MANA (1), MANA (2) @education of children; moral education, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU2236 Words spoken on 1914-07-19 in Haifa 110 You are the angels of the kingdom of Abha; guide the people. You are the rays DAS.1914-07-19, SW_v07#04 p.027 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @methods of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU1319 Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-08 240 You are not accustomed to Persian food. America and Europe are like unto the dawn of the sun of reality, just at the beginning of the morning. FRGA.010 @bringing forth results; fruit, @growth of the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @high station of learning - -
ABU2917 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 60 You are near to God, and day by day you will progress by the knowledge of God toward spiritual joy. Then you will be a source of guidance to others. TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104 @spiritual transformation, @nearness to God, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance - -
ABU2189 Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-04 120 You are most welcome. I have been sick for the last few days but I am always pleased to meet the friends. I beg from the favors of God to illumine each one DAS.1913-03-04 @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transcending the material condition - -
ABU0905 Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles 340 You are most welcome. Are you well? Very happy? Are you attracted to the Kingdom? I came especially to see you, that I might know how you are, that I might inquire about your health and your faith ECN.162 @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
ABU0089 Interview with a prominent Rabbi, New York, ca. Apr. 1912 1300 Interview Between a Prominent Rabbi and 'Abdu'l-Bahá You are most welcome Rabbi. [Rabbi:] "I have long desired to meet you." SW_v03#06 p.006-008 @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @unity in diversity, @literal interpretation, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @idolatry, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @human reality created in the image of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Christ; Christianity - - Interview with a prominent rabbi. Trans: SW_v03#06 p.006-008.
ABU1529 Words to May Maxwell, spoken on 1898-02-17 210 You are like the rain which is poured upon the earth making it bud and blossom and become fruitful AEP.012-013, MAX.076-077, BLO_PN#031 @spiritual transformation, @symbolism, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU0062 Words spoken at Morse home in Paris, 1913-03-13 1450 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 خوش آمدید من وقتی کتاب شما را دیدم خیلی مسرور شدم میخواستم شما را ملاقات و... شما از شرق خیر دارید که چه قدر افق شرق را ظلمت تعصب و نادانی احاطه کرده بود You are aware of the situation in the East; you know how grievously its horizon was enveloped with the darkness of ignorance and prejudice KHF.155, KHTB3.068, NJB_v05#13 p.001, BDA2.200-203 MHMD2.256-258 @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @unity in diversity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU0147 Public address given on 1912-06-23 1050 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The You are always smiling. [Mr. Osborne:] Surely our faces should reflect happiness in this presence. PUP#075 (p.210-213) @prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @education of children; moral education, @Christ; Christianity, @oneness; unity of religion, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture - -
ABU0246 Words spoken on 1914-03-23 830 You are all welcomed…. For nine consecutive years the Blessed Perfection did not put his feet outside the gate DAS.1914-03-23, SW_v08#13 p.175-176 @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah - -
ABU0130 Address to the Baha'is at 780 West End (Kinney home) in New York, 1912-12-02 1090 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The خوش آمدید خوب مجمعی است الحمد للّه وجوه منجذب بملکوت ابهی رویها متوجّه بآسمان است You are all welcome. This is a goodly assemblage. Praise be to God! The hearts are directed BRL_DAK#0651 BWF.245-248, LOG#0600x, PUP#135 (p.453-457), SW_v04#15 p.253-255+258, SW_v05#02 p.020-021, BSTW#052hx @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @House of Justice, @religion as source of love and unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @oneness; unity of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women - -
ABU0082 Public address given on 1912-07-31 1350 Persian من از مسس پارسنز بسیار ممنونم که سبب شده با شماها ملاقات و معاشرت میکنم You are all welcome. It is a source of great pleasure and we are indebted to Mrs. Parsons. I am a visitor from the Orient KHF.171, KHAB.350 (357), KHTB2.190, NJB_v03#19 p.001-2 PN_1912_heh p019x @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @unity; oneness of humanity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction - -
ABU0961 Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22 320 You are all welcome. I am very glad to see you all... For six thousand years misunderstandings have kept humanity divided. BSTW#336a @unity; oneness of humanity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @unity in diversity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU0128 Words spoken on 1914-01-15 1090 Persian Bahá'í Scriptures امروز من خیلی میل داشتم که بیایم بالا ولی احوالم طوری بود که مساعدت نکرد هوا You are all welcome. How are you? It was my intense desire to come up today and see you... Tonight, I desire to speak to you on a most important subject, which you must engrave on the tablets of your hearts... The Holy, Divine Manifestations are unique and peerless. They are the archetypes of celestial and spiritual virtues in their own age and cycle. AVK4.287cx, MSBH3.476-479x, NJB_v05#09 p.003x DAS.1914-01-17, BSC.283 #581x, SW_v05#06 p.081-082x, SW_v09#06 p.082-083x @oneness; unity of religion, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station of the Manifestation of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations - -
ABU1523 Words spoken to Baha'is of the World at Bahji, 1913-12-25 210 You are all welcome. How are you? It is part of the Divine Wisdom that I should keep silent for a time! All that was required of me DAS.1913-12-25, SW_v05#01 p.003, BSTW#344 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @bringing forth results; fruit, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance - -
ABU1049 Words to Baha'is from Seattle, Portland, and Spokane, spoken on 1912-10-17 300 You are all welcome, very welcome. The friends from Seattle and Portland have labored very much to have come such a long distance MAB.057-058 @Manifestation of God as educator, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU1731 Words spoken on 1912-10-05 in San Francisco 180 You are all welcome, most welcome. We have come here to be your guests. Do you accept a guest? ECN.095+952 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @power of love - -
ABU2305 Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10 110 You are all welcome, exceedingly welcome. I have journeyed a great distance to visit you, having longed to see you, for Bahá’u’lláh has created a marvelous love in the hearts ECN.120+471+476+599+606 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
ABU1814 The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Baha: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-15 160 Persian Paris Talks از فرط محبت بشما تضرع و زاری من بملکوت الهی این است که شماها را تایید نماید You are all very welcome, and I love you all most dearly. Day and night I pray to Heaven for you that strength may be yours, and that, one and all, you may participate KHAB.168 (179), KHTB1.166 PT#30 p.093 E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2) @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @study; deepening - -
ABU2676 Words spoken at Thornburgh-Cropper home, 1911-09-06 80 You are all one family; you have grown out of one root. Each of you is like a branch, a flower, a fruit. SW_v02#12 p.003 @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @exhortations and counsels, @love and unity - -
ABU1008 Words to some children spoken in Oct. 1912 310 You are all my grandchildren. I feel the utmost joy to be present here with you, especially to be surrounded with such radiant children. MAB.051-052 @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @growth of the Cause, @symbolism, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU0818 Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 370 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The You are all exceedingly welcome. Do you realize how much you should thank God for His blessings? PUP#067 (p.187-189), SW_v03#10 p.015 @thankfulness; gratitude, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU0629 Words to the Coopers, spoken on 1912-10-16 460 You are all dear children of Mrs. [Ella Goodall] Cooper. She loves you with her heart and soul. In Persian language they say that such a person loves another ECN.841 @unity; oneness of humanity, @naming of children; of individuals, @unity in diversity, @suffering and imprisonment, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU1259 Words to some Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-19 250 You are a good party! God willing, you shall have good weather on your journey! May you expend your days in the utmost joy and fragrance! DAS.1914-01-19, PN_1914 p016 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @call to action, @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3724 Words spoken on 1912-12-25 in London 60 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 دیروز نظر بخواهش مدیر جریدهٴ کرسچن کامن ولت من برای آن روزنامه چیزی نوشتم که بسبب منازعهٴ Yesterday, the editor-in-chief of the Christian Commonwealth requested that I write something for publication in his newspaper BDA2.041 MHMD2.048-049 @Satan; the Evil One, @contention and conflict, @Adam; Adam and Eve - -
AB00228 Some Answered Questions #061 The Immortality of the Spirit (2) 770 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some دیروز در بحث بقای روح بودیم بدان که تصرف و ادراک روح انسانی بر دو نوع است Yesterday we were discussing the immortality of the spirit. Know that the influence and perception of the human spirit is of two kinds MFD#61, BSHN.140.509x, BSHN.144.497x, MHT1a.152x, MHT1b.110x, OOL.C022.61 SAQ#61, BWF.326-328 @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body - -
ABU0680 Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-04 430 Yesterday was very pleasant with Arthur... Jerusalem is Jerusalem, but the real Jerusalem is spiritual PN_1920_heh_haifa p065 @critique of Western values; culture, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people - -
ABU0493 The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris 540 Persian Paris Talks دیروز بیان کردیم اساس ثانی وحدت عالم انسانی است سوم دین و علم توام است اگر Yesterday I spoke to you of the Second Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Unity of Mankind BRL_DAK#1227, KHAB.160 (171), KHTB1.155, KHTP.108 PT#44 p.145, SW_v03#01 p.005, DWN_v3#03-4 p.024-027 @harmony of science and religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @unity in diversity, @idolatry, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @differences in human capacity - -
ABU0457 The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind: Words spoken on 1911-11-11 in Paris 570 Persian Paris Talks دیروز ذکر کردیم اول چیزی که برای انسان لازم تحری حقیقت است و در تحری حقیقت Yesterday I spoke to you of the First Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Search after Truth BRL_DAK#1226, DWNP_v6#02 p.002-004, KHAB.157 (168), KHTB1.151, KHTP.103 PT#42 p.141, SW_v03#01 p.004-005, DWN_v3#01 p.010x @independent investigation of truth; reality, @love and unity, @differences in human capacity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB00646 Some Answered Questions #073 Healing by Material Means 490 Persian Answered Questions, Some دیروز در سر ناهار در مسئلهء طب و علاج روحانی ذکر شد که بقوای معنویه معالجهء امراض میشود Yesterday at table we mentioned, in connection with the question of spiritual medicine and healing, how illnesses can be cured through spiritual powers. MFD#73, OOL.C022.73 SAQ#73, LOG#1011x @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @the animal kingdom - -
ABU2497 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21 90 Yes. We must wait and see how the results of the mighty events which are taking place in these days will shape themselves into concrete facts DAS.1915-05-21 @unity of governments; political unity, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3250 Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08 40 Yes. There are the accessories of the temple. There will also be two universities; but the school, as an accessory of the Mashrak-ul-Azkar will not be as large ECN.520+629+664+1022 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
ABU1386 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21 230 Yes. It would have had a marked effect. God willing this excellent idea will become realized, for such representatives and senators would concentrate all their energies DAS.1915-05-21 @unity of governments; political unity, @universal peace; world unity, @universality of the Cause, @war and peace, @promotion of commerce and industry - -
ABU3661 Words spoken on 1919-12-18 60 Persian بلی این لوح در اواخر ایام جمال مبارک نازل شد موقعی به ابن ذئب رسید به صعود واقع شده بود Yes. It was revealed during the latter days of the Blessed Beauty. When it reached the Son of the Wolf, the Ascension [of Baha'u'llah] had taken place ISA.001 ISAE.1919-12-18 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU3588 Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1911-08-25 10 Yes. If not in this world, then in the next, as a sleeper wakens. AIF.1911-08-25, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027 @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3408 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 30 Yes. As in the vegetable world the best results are obtained when one kind of fruit is grafted on another, so in the human family, the best and strongest children are obtained by intermarriage between different races. PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @race unity; racial issues, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @unity in diversity - -
ABU0815 Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04 370 Yes! He came several times because the people of Galilee were very much against him... Haifa is ancient. It is one of the Phoenician towns PN_1919 p066 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU2984 Words to Miss Fraser, spoken on 1913-03-29 50 Yes! But His sadness did not come from anything belonging to Himself. He desired to make a man illumined, but man preferred darkness DAS.1913-03-29, SW_v16#11 p.713, ADP.073-074 @suffering and imprisonment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU1800 Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26 170 Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x Leona and Larry @evolution; human evolution, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @work as worship, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3611 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 Yes: every soul has a beginning, but, once created is immortal. PN_1907 p016 @existence; immortality of the human soul, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation - -
ABU3542 Words to Charlotte Bingham, spoken on 1907-10-14 20 Yes; not through Isaac nor Ishmael, but through one of his other sons, of whom he had six. PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @Baha'u'llah - -
ABU2697 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 80 Yes, yes, of course I do. In all questions which concern the welfare of a nation, is not the woman's view as important as the man's SAS.097-098 @equality of men and women, @role and station of women, @past, present and future of Iran, @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU2421 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 100 Yes, when the complaint is mental in its cause and source. Many diseases springing from inside the body have a mental origin. SAS.096 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature - -
ABU3643 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 Yes, though not so great as Buddha. DLA.062, BLO_PN#026 @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East - -
ABU1840 Words to a Sufi, spoken on 1912-10-30 160 Persian Mahmúd's Diary صحیح است ولی یک آدمی انقدر عزیز است که مسجود امم میشود مانند حضرت مسیح و موسی داعی بوحدانیت الهیه و سبب تربیت ملتی می گردد Yes, this is true, but one man is so exalted that others bow down before Him and He is adored by them like Christ or Moses BDA1.340.09 MHMD1.358-359 @station of the Manifestation of God, @Christ; Christianity, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @Moses - -
ABU2309 Words to Dr. Zia Bagdadi, spoken on 1920-04-06 110 Yes, this is the truth. If the races do not come to an agreement, there can be no question or doubt of bloodshed…. I foretell things before they happen… SW_v12#05 p.120-121 @race unity; racial issues, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU3610 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 Yes, there must be a standard of perfection for human example. TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat] - -
ABU2564 Words spoken on 1912-09-04 in Montreal 80 Persian Mahmúd's Diary بلی قدر و عظمت این سفر هنوز معلوم نیست بعد معلوم می شود چون ما مقصدی از این سفر جز Yes, the value and greatness of these travels are not known now... At the time of Muhammad's migration to Medina under divine protection, Abu Bakr was with Him. BDA1.227.13 MHMD1.244, STAB#066 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3450 Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-18 30 Yes, surely sincere prayer always has its effect and it has a great influence in the other world SW_v08#04 p.047, PN_1911 p017 @soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @power of prayer - -
ABU3656 Words spoken on 1919-12-30 90 Persian بلی زیرا بموجب دستور مبارک عمل نکرده اند در مجمع اتفاق ملل فقط چند دولت Yes, since they have disobeyed the blessed instructions [of Baha'u'llah]. Only a few countries have representatives in the League of Nations, whereas the representatives must be appointed and ratified by the nation ISA.012 ISAE.1919-12-30 @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @power of faith; power of the spirit - -
ABU3511 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 20 Yes, prayer might prevent the strong wind from blowing out the light of the lamp--but it could never change the amount of oil in the lamp--that is preordained. DLA.032, BLO_PN#026 @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @free will and predestination; fate, @power of prayer - -
ABU3274 Words spoken at home of Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, 1912-04-24 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اکثر صنایع مهمه از همین راه اختراع شده مانند طالب کیمیا که سبب ظهور هزارها ادویه مفیده گشته Yes, most of the great inventions were made in a similar way. For instance, the search for alchemy has brought into being thousands of useful medicines and the desire of finding a direct route to India from Europe became the cause of the discovery of America BDA1.050.16 SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.059 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @alchemy; the elixir, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU3102 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 50 Yes, it will be necessarily so, for the Kingdom requires it. The King appoints one to be his prime minister, another to be his greatest general PN_unsorted p021, DLA.040, BLO_PN#026 @maintainance of degrees in society, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence - -
ABU3045 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12 50 Yes, it means that the dominion of their laws and ordinances covered such periods. The allotted span of human life does not vary from age to age. AHV.014, BLO_PN#045 @evolution; human evolution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @the human body - -
ABU2198 Words to Mr. Lorge, London, 1912-12-20 120 Yes, it is possible. Often people speak together without the mediary of the tongue. There are two methods of intercourse DAS.1912-12-20, SW_v14#07 p.209-210, SW_v03#19 p.006 - -
ABU1570 Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-04 200 Yes, it is a good day in America, the day of your physical freedom. But today you celebrated your spiritual freedom…. The world is in prison and bondage, through the heads of religion who have captivated the spirit. PN_1909 p008-009, PN_1909 p034, PN_1909B p015, PN_1909C p082, DJT.045-046, BLO_PN#027 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @true liberty; freedom, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @blind imitation [taqlid], @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas - -
ABU2047 Words spoken ca. 1903 130 Persian بلی صهبای بلا در سبیل جمال اقدس ابهی باید رنگارنگ باشد تا نشئه کامل ببخشد Yes, in the path of the Blessed Beauty one must drink heartily from the overflowing cup of difficulties and afflictions in order to experience its consummate intoxicating effect. KNSA.136-137 MNYA.184 @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU3505 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-15 20 Yes, in Persia to the Shah, in Turkey to the Sultan, though in reality He was not subject to any PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3407 Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25 30 Yes, if they want to. They must want to and take the initiative. It is not the request of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. These matters are left to the House of Justice which will be established before this century is out. PN_1919 p188, LAT.136 @House of Justice, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar - -
ABU3550 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-16 20 Yes, if he deals unjustly and tyrannically with his people he forfeits the right to govern them. PN_1907 p019 @justice and mercy, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @relationship between government and people, @status of kings; future of monarchy - -
ABU1711 Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 180 Yes, I know, and the more you think to know the reason the less you can solve the problem... Man erroneously thinks his happiness comes from the world PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p029 @material and spiritual existence; two books, @suffering and imprisonment, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @human reality created in the image of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
ABU2389 Words to assembled guests, spoken on 1913-12-10 100 Yes, I know every one of you, and I love all of you. I have lived forty years in this city, and so you all are my children. DAS.1913-12-10 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
ABU0314 Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1920-10-27 720 Yes, I eat it in order that I may be your partner. In the same way, in the world of the Kingdom PN_1920_heh_haifa p059 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @law of obligatory prayer, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @Manifestation of God as educator - -
ABU3496 Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris 20 Yes, he will hear of it in his next life, but through the mercy of God, not through his own ability. PN_1911 p016 @soul; spirit after death - -
ABU2647 Words to Miss E. Goodall, Kheirallah et al in March 1899 80 Yes, everything was created in pairs but this earth is the flaming sword and sometimes even if affinities do meet they are not happy for various reasons PN_unsorted p041 @soul; spirit after death, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3549 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 20 Yes, but they do not do it through mediums nor in material ways, but in spiritual ways. PN_1907 p017 @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
ABU2108 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 130 Abdu'l-Bahá in London Yes, and yet not in Essence. A Divine Manifestation is as a mirror reflecting the light of the Sun. AIL.066 @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @Manifestation of God as sun, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion - -
ABU3653 Words spoken on 1919-12-21 110 Persian بلی عاکور همین عکاست فرنگی ها به عکا عاکور میگویند در طول مدت تاریخ Yes, Achor is this same 'Akka. The Westerners refer to 'Akka as Achor. Over the course of history, it has acquired many names. At first it was 'Aúk, then became 'akúr [Achor] and afterwards 'Akka ISA.015 ISAE.1919-12-21 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture - -
ABU3233 Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh 40 Yes, a planet can lose the bounty of God and be destroyed. As man depends on his elements and the brain in particular, so the 'sent Prophets and Manifestations' are like the brain of a planet PN_1911 p008 @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU2094 Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24 130 Yes he passed away. Haji Mirza Haydar Ali was one of the souls who was immersed in the World of R[eality] PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p062, PN_1920_heh p003, PN_1920_heh_haifa p042, PN_1920_heh_haifa p056 @eulogies; reminiscences, @outward and inward meanings, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3042 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 50 Abdu'l-Bahá in London Yes all societies, all organizations, working for the betterment of the human race are good, very good. AIL.065 @unity; oneness of humanity, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @race unity; racial issues - -
ABU1252 Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 250 Persian بلی چنین است این آخوند همیشه ورد زبانش یا لیتنی کنت معک فافوز فوزاًعظیما بود ولی چون خودرا در صحرای کربلا Yea, verily, such was this divine that forever upon his tongue were the words "Would that I had been with Thee, that I might have attained a most great triumph," yet when he found himself upon the plain of Karbila [3.5s] KHMT.080-081 @words vs deeds, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @episodes from the early history of Islam - -
ABU3466 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 20 Persian بلی امروز یوم جمال قدم و عصر اسم اعظم است روز عروسی است ایام بهار است بعد ایام تابستان و خزان و زمستان میرسد Yea, this day is the Day of the Ancient Beauty and the Age of the Most Great Name. It is the wedding day, these are the springtime days, after which shall come the days of summer, autumn and winter [3.5s] KHH2.273a @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @spiritual springtime, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU2584 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 80 Persian شما این را تطبیق کنید به قواعد از قدرت الهی بعید نیست ولکن اینها معنی دارد Ye shall align this with the ordinances - far be it from the Divine Power [to withhold it] - yet verily in these are profound meanings [3.5s] KHH2.276 - -
AB02529 240 Ye have written that the colored Bahais have gathered in one meeting SW_v12#05 p.106x @race unity; racial issues, @prayer for forgiveness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
ABU1564 Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906 200 Ye came and visited the Holy Place and associated with the Beloved of God. It is hoped ye will carry with you the effect and result PN_1906 p082, SUR.266-267, BLO_PN#001 @spiritual transformation, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @non-participation in politics - -
ABU2322 Words spoken on 1913-09-18 in Ramleh 100 Write to him to go and teach the Cause, spread the coming of the Kingdom and herald the dawn of the Sun of Reality... in this movement there are no regular salaried teachers. DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.328, BLO_PN#007 @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU2978 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-26 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary این را هم در حاشیهٴ کتاب بنویسید که وقتی خواهد آمد که آن خانواده باسم مسس کروک و ایمانش فخر نمایند حالا شوهرش قدری دور و غافل است Write this in the margin of the book: The time will come when her whole family will be proud of Mrs Krug and her faith. BDA1.167.10 MHMD1.182 @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @high station of the true believer - -
AB11124 40 Persian اگر بدانى که نور ملاء اعلى چگونه بر قلب اماء اشراق نموده البته خود را شعلهء محبت الله کنى و لمعهء معرفت الله Wouldst thou but know how the light of the Concourse on High doth shed its radiance upon the hearts of His handmaidens, thou wouldst surely become a flame of the love of God and a beam of divine knowledge [3.5s] DRM.016b @love of God - -
ABU3476 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-23 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary کاش جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آورده بودند از بس جمال مبارک اینگونه مناظر را دوست میداشتند Would that the Blessed Beauty could have come to these regions! He loved such scenery very much. BDA1.101.13 SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108 - -
ABU1598 190 Persian اگر چنانچه ممکن باشد که نسبت هر روزنامه ازامر منقطع گردد که مردم بدانند Would that it were possible for every newspaper to become detached from command, that the people might know [3.5s] ASAT4.046-047 @newspapers and the media; publications, @chastisement and requital, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
AB00797 440 mixed ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب و زیارتهاایکه خواسته بودی مرقوم شد و ارسال میگردد Work is prohibited on three days of the Riḍvan festival: the First, the Ninth, and the Twelfth AVK4.012.06x, YBN.056-057 ADMS#154x @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for martyrs - -
ABU3723 Words spoken on 1912-12-19 in London 60 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 باید نساء در تربیت خود و تحصیل کمالات بکوشند بتربیت احقاق حقوق خویش نمایند Women must educate themselves and strive to acquire virtues. Moreover, they must win their rights through education BDA2.030 MHMD2.035 @role and station of women, @wisdom [hikmat], @equality of men and women - -
ABU0537 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 510 Women in Persia were treated badly in former times by the Muhammadans.... Qurratu'l-'Ayn was one of the greatest and most heroic women TDLA.052-054, BLO_PN#104 @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @martyrs and martyrdom, @role and station of women - -
ABU0132 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-13 1090 Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. DAS.1915-03-13 @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3129 Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02 40 Persian بی پرگار با دستش دایره میکشید دو خط متساوی و متلاصق مانند پرگار و خطکش Without [the aid of] a compass, he could draw circles. He did this using two equal, perpendicular lines KHH1.138 (1.191) KHHE.207-208 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
ABU2986 Public address given on 1912-09-13 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary بودن مدنیت الهیه اسرار ملکوت ظاهر نگردد فیوضات روحانیه تحقق نجوید حکمت و قوهٴ ماورآء الطبیعه جلوه ننماید With[out] divine civilization the mysteries of the Kingdom are not revealed and the bounties of heaven are not ascertained; supernatural wisdom and power to not manifest themselves BDA1.243.09 MHMD1.260 @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
ABU1114 Words spoken on 1914-03-01 290 With what joy and transport they hastened toward the arena of martyrdom!... Bahá'u'lláh in one of his poems says: the mark of the chain DAS.1914-03-01, SW_v08#13 p.161x @spiritual transformation, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3182 Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-11-12 40 With those who are against the Center of the Covenant you must not associate at all.... You will see a dimness on the faces, like the letting down of a veil. DJT.366, BLO_PN#027 @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @light and darkness - -
AB00148 930 mixed بکمال ثبوت و رسوخ در حفظ و صیانت حصن حصین امر اللّه بکوشید و در ثبوت و استقامت بر عهد و پیمان الهی With the utmost steadfastness and constancy strive ye to preserve and protect the impregnable fortress of the Cause of God, and remain firm and immovable in your faithfulness to the divine Covenant [3.5s] MMK5#214 p.164x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @business; financial; property matters, @power of prayer, @growth of the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU0244 Words spoken ca. 1914 830 Persian قائم مقام حیفا در نهایت عداوت مانع ساختمان مقام اعلی شد بمامور طاپو دستور داده بودند With the utmost enmity, Haifa's Qa'im-maqam rose to prevent the construction of the Shrine of the Bab. The official in charge of the Land Registry received instructions QT108.067-069, KHH1.314-317 (1.437-441) KHHE.450-454 @Shrines and Holy places, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @prayer for assistance; intercession - -
ABU3163 Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said 40 With the appearance of the Truth the point of opposition raises its head. The former gains signal victory; the other goes into crushing defeat. DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.011, BLO_PN#007 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @things are known by their opposites - -
ABU0948 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 320 Persian این قطعه زمین را که خریده بودی باید نیت خود را تغییر ندهی زیرا در این امر With respect to this plot of land which thou didst purchase, thou must not alter thy purpose, for in this matter [3.5s] KHH2.268-270 @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11224 180 Persian Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks با جناب میرزا جمیل در خصوص سهم حضرات مذاکره شد نوعیکه شما خواسته بودید یعنی With respect to the share allocated for the friends, discussions were held with Mr. Mirza Jamil in accordance with your expressed wishes, that is [3.5s]... ...The Blessed Beauty -- may my life be offered up for His Dust -- hath emphasized through His decisive Word that the utmost honesty hath to be observed in matters related to the Huquq BRL_DAK#0836 BRL_ATE#177x, COC#1170x @law of Huququ'llah, @consultation - -
AB02067 270 With regard to the violator (Nakez) thou hast treated him most appropriately. It is necessary for the believing souls to associate with the righteous BSTW#052ex @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
AB06401 130 mixed در خصوص علم هيئت سؤال نموده بوديد. عبدالبهآء چنان مبتلا که فرصت نگاشتن نامه ندارد تا چه رسد With regard to the science of astronomy concerning which ye had inquired - so grievously afflicted is 'Abdu'l-Bahá that He hath not even time to take up the pen, let alone [3.5s] MMK6#425x @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology - -
AB00969 400 mixed سوال حاجی میرزا یحیای دولت آبادی بموجب کاغذیکه در چهره نما مندرجست کلیا خود With regard to the question of Ḥájí Mírzá Yaḥyá Dawlatábádí, as set forth in the article written in Chihrih-Nama [3.5s] MSHR1.046x, MSHR5.372-373x @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @non-participation in politics - -
AB02631 240 With regard to the assembly, there must be spiritual consultation therein; discourses DAS.1914-06-07, SW_v09#10 p.110 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB10817 50 Arabic انى بکل فزع و جزع و التهاب و اضطراب الفؤاد ابتهل الى ملکوت الله ان With every cry of anguish and trembling fear, with burning heart and soul in turmoil, I implore the Kingdom of God to [3.5s] INBA21:138b @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
AB11606 Cablegram 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 رضایت الهی خواهید نه عضویت پارلمان Wish for the good-pleasure of God, not membership in the parliament BDA2.370 MHMD2.494 - -
ABU0017 On the creation of the world: words to Miss St. and others in summer of 1910 2200 Wir haben wohl alle heute etwas Zeit, über dieses ebenso schwierige wie wichtige Thema zu reden und der Ort SDW v01#01 p.007-010, SDW v01#02 p.025-027, SDW v18#06-07 p.179-185 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @evolution; human evolution, @creation of the world, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God - -
ABU0941 Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21 330 Wine is always a dangerous thing to take and no good effects ever come from it... Arak is a very, very dangerous drink PN_1909 p064, PN_1909D p006-007 @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @second birth, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @love of God - -
ABU3526 Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris 20 Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet? CHH.181, BLO_PN#022 @soul; spirit after death, @reincarnation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @realms of being; three realms; five realms - -
ABU0317 Words to Shaykh Salman, spoken on 1915-04-12 710 Persian چه لزوم کرده اخبار دروغ انتشار بدهند اگر خبری ندارند اصلا ننویسند حالا که دروغ میگویند Why do they feel compelled to spread false rumors?... It is said that Nadir Shah once advanced a claim to Baghdad... His Holiness (Imam ‘Alí) was surrounded by enemies and wished to take refuge elsewhere. He said to one of His companions (Salman, the Persian), “Place me in this basket KHH1.212-215 (1.298-301) KHHE.312-313, DAS.1915-04-12, STAB#011, STAB#012 @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @stories; anecdotes, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
ABU0723 Words spoken in 1917 410 Why didst thou not tell me about these wonderful things when we were travelling in America? SW_v10#10 p.202-203 @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @creation of the world, @spiritual transformation, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause - -
ABU2350 Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13 100 Why did Christ come into this world? People think he came in order that they might believe in him as the Word of God DAS.1913-01-13 @suffering; rejection of Christ, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3502 Words to an English friend, spoken on 1913-03-31 20 Whosoever with a contrite heart prays and begs from Bahá'u'lláh help and assistance will be aided, even if he is not a Bahá'í, only that he is sincere and whole-hearted in his prayers. DAS.1913-03-31 @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU0514 Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21 530 Whosoever turns to the Kingdom must neither be affected by poverty or wealth... While the Master was in Teheran and the family was pillaged, for three days and nights they were left absolutely foodless... Man comes into the world naked PN_1909 p065, PN_1909C p121 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @suffering and imprisonment - -
AB08981 90 mixed هر نفسی بملکوت ابهی توجّه نماید و منقطعاً عمّا سوی اللّه سیر و سلوک فرماید Whosoever turneth his face toward the Most Glorious Kingdom and, detached from all else save God, walketh the spiritual path [3.5s] AVK4.025.02x @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer - -
ABU1005 Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-16 310 Whosoever schemes in this Cause will come to no good end. Above all other things we must be honest to our consciences and not dissimulate. We must not speak against each other DAS.1913-05-16 @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @stories; anecdotes, @the power of words; of speech, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @courtesy; culture [adab], @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU1415 Words spoken on 1912-05-10 in Washington 230 Whosoever read the Book of H'ykl can observe the tremendous and colossal power of Baha'o'llah SW_v08#13 p.170-171 @prophecy and fulfillment, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @justice and wrath of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU2670 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-03 80 Whosoever I send to America must at first gain the regenerative power of the second birth, be baptized with the water of universal ideals and be a living torch of the Fire of the Love of God DAS.1915-05-03 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the power of words; of speech, @words vs deeds, @love as fire, @the state of enkindlement in teaching - -
AB12038 130 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Whosoever entereth the Kingdom of God is under the protection of Bahá’u’lláh BRL_ATE#067 @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU3421 Words spoken on 1914-03-07 30 Whosoever desires to know the history of this cause and its tenets must come to us and not go to those who are prejudiced and biased DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @independent investigation of truth; reality - -
ABU1395 Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10 230 Whoever does the least service for this Cause at this time will never be forgotten in the Kingdom. Nothing is lasting in the material world. Why should we want a kingdom of this earth? FRGA.015 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Mary Magdalene, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB10353 60 Whilst passing some days in the East, thou wert a flame of the love of God. Now, assuredly, thou art even more aglow and illumined. MAX.264b @praise and encouragement - -
ABU0598 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-02-19 470 While we were in Baghdad this Mirza Javad was with us. He had a melancholic and disconsolate disposition DAS.1913-02-19 @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @wisdom [hikmat], @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar - -
ABU2068 Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هنگامی که ایرانیها بخود مشغول بودند و ایران را بباد میدادند ما در اقالیم واسعهٴ امریک While the Persians were occupied with themselves, neglecting their country in the process, we journeyed to the vast expanses of America BDA2.101 MHMD2.123 @prophecy and fulfillment, @petitions to authorities, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU3309 Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary مادام مظاهر الهیه بین خلق هستند و مثل این خیمه نشنینان بیرون گرین عکا شیدا میشود حتی کلمبوس While the Manifestations of God are still alive, the people do not appreciate their value, they curse and execrate them; but after their ascension they worship them. BDA1.199.09 SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.215 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
ABU1165 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-15 270 While surrounded with all these innumerable sufferings and calamities my mind and spirit have been working day and night gathering brilliant pearls of new Ideals... If it is in accord with the Will of God we shall take another journey into the outside world DAS.1915-04-15 @universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @mystical themes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @East and West; communication between East and West, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU2423 Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900 100 While suffering death on the pathway of God is the highest attainment, still, that dying which continues on throughout life, giving lift to other souls, is the station of 'living martyrdom'. SUR.134 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU1991 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 140 Persian من در اروپا همیشه میگفتم که امر حضرت بهاٌالله جامع جمیع ادیان قبل است و دارای جمیع فواید While in Europe, I always proclaimed, ‘The Cause of Baha'u'llah embraces all the past Dispensations and manifests all their benefits to human society. It is like a tree that has many strong branches. KHH1.268 (1.374-375) KHHE.392, DAS.1914-12-01 @war and peace, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU2754 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-03-08 70 While in America I strove day and night to prepare a few holy sanctified souls to take up the burden of the Cause after my departure. A very few who have responded to this call have arisen DAS.1913-03-08 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @exhortations and counsels - -
ABU0897 Words to several Arabs, spoken on 1914-03-29 340 While I was living in Baghdad one day I was walking beside the river Euphrates... Suddenly my attention was attracted to wild-eyed girl who was running fast toward the river... Every soul must strive to impart that joy and happiness to mankind the nature of which is permanent. DAS.1914-03-29, PN_1914 p009x @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU0663 Words spoken on 1915-07-15 in Haifa 440 Persian در اروپا بمناسبتی ذکر می کردم که آنچه را جمیع ناس نهایت آمال و آرزویشان است و دستشان بآن نمی رسد While I was in Europe, on a certain occasion, I made mention that whatsoever all souls hold as their highest hopes and aspirations, yet their hands fail to attain thereunto [3.5s] ZSM.1915-07-15 @the animal kingdom, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty - -
ABU1204 Words spoken on 1913-08-25 in Ramleh 270 While I was in Adrianople Khorsheed Pasha the Vali asked me one day about the future possibilities of the country... During the war against a foreign nation one of the soldiers was stricken with a severe sickness. DAS.1913-08-25, SW_v09#18 p.206, ABIE.239, BLO_PN#007, STAB#152 @stories; anecdotes, @relationship between government and people - -
ABU1803 Words spoken on 1913-07-05 in Port Said 170 Whether we live in the East or in the West, the invisible Power of Baha'o'llah DAS.1913-07-05, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.026, BLO_PN#007 @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @The Holy Spirit, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @unity in diversity - -
ABU1897 Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-11-16 160 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The Wherever the mention of Baha'u'llah rises up, that is the paradise of Abha. PUP#129 (p.437), BSTW#088 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @high station of the true believer, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU0545 500 Persian اینکه این روز نامه از جهت جامعه بحث میکرد اما Whereas in this day the discourse concerned the community [3.5s] NJB_v15#09 p.280 - -
ABU3417 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 30 Where there is contention, there cannot be the highest conception of truth. We must have sympathy for all beings, and to have real sympathy means to feel with others in their higher aims and ideals. AELT.128 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
ABU3640 Words to Sutherland Maxwell in 1909 10 Where is He?... Everywhere is nowhere. BW_v12p658 @God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator - -
ABU1268 Words spoken ca. 1904 250 Persian هر وقت دیدید کسی بقدر سر سوزنی از جاده مستقیم امرالله انحراف جست و به عنوان عبادت Whenever you see anyone who deviates to the extent of a needle's eye from the straight path of the Cause of God... In this Faith there are no hidden mysteries or esoteric allusions. KNSA.203-204 MNYA.283 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture - -
ABU2617 Words to Mrs. Henlay, spoken on 1913-02-18 80 Whenever you feel depressed, go alone into the secret chamber, read one of the Hidden Words and with the utmost supplication DAS.1913-02-18 @prayer for spiritual recognition, @importance of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3321 Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-11-09 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary هر گاه این امم رؤسای یکدیگر را به عزت یاد نمایند جمیع ذلتها و جدالها از میان برخیزد بجای نفرت الفت و بجای عداوت و بیگانگی محب و یگانگی حاصل شود مقصد من اینست Whenever these people mention each other's leaders with due reverence then all sufferings and contentions shall cease BDA1.362.04 MHMD1.381 @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @oneness; unity of religion - -
ABU1169 Words spoken on 1913-01-18 in London 270 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 قبل از ظهور موعود چگونه خلق حالت طلب و انتظار داشتند و بدرگاه پروردگار دعا و تضرع Whenever the promised Manifestations had yet to appear, the masses sought after them desperately and eagerly awaited their appearance BDA2.090 MHMD2.108-109 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU0046 Address at weekly meeting, 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-02-14 1600 Whenever the Holy Manifestations of God appear in this world they establish their validity with certain proofs. One of their proofs is the prophecies DAS.1913-02-14, BSTW#147 @miracles and their interpretation, @suffering and imprisonment, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @teachings as spirit of the age, @prophecy and fulfillment, @universal peace; world unity, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals - -
ABU0759 Words to Sigurd Russell et al, spoken on 1904-04-13 390 Whenever the heart is happy, the atmosphere is good, no matter what or where the place may be. PN_1904 p019, PN_1904 p030 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB04602 170 Whenever entering a meeting read the following supplication: O Thou kind God! We have gathered together with the utmost humility and submission in this spiritual assembly. We have turned our faces PN_various p003, BSTW#191 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @prayer for unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU0331 Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-27 700 Whenever during His lifetime the Blessed Perfection desired to signalize anyone with His special favor, He encouraged him to go forth and teach the Cause of God. DAS.1914-06-27, SW_v13#07 p.185-186x @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU1313 Words spoken on 1912-12-17 in London 240 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 همیشه در مقابل انبیا خلق می‌گفتند که بر حسب افکار و آمال خود بکیف مشغول بودیم Whenever a prophet would appear, people would say to them, 'We were enjoying ourselves in accordance with our own thoughts and desires…' … In the world of humanity, love is a manifestation of the splendour of God BDA2.028 MHMD2.032, BW_v13p1187x, VLAB.124x @suffering and imprisonment, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @outward and inward meanings, @call to action - -
ABU2760 Words spoken on 1914-05-31 in Tiberias 70 Whenever a believer dies and leaves behind debt, the friends of God must exert themselves to pay it off. If he had left some property or real estate they may dispose of it DAS.1914-05-31 @conduct in finance and business, @business; financial; property matters, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU0638 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-09 450 When you, who are the believers of God, gather together in a meeting, let all your conversation be about the Cause. Review the proofs that uphold it DAS.1915-03-09 @suffering and imprisonment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @Muhammad; Islam, @rejection of Muhammad, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @study; deepening - -
ABU3720 Words spoken on 1913-06-09 in Paris 70 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چون توجّه بملکوت ابهی نمائید و بر خدمت امراللّٰه بر خیزید هر روز تأییدی جدید یابید When you turn towards the Abha Kingdom and arise to serve the Cause of God, you will be granted a fresh confirmation day after day BDA2.343 MHMD2.455-456 @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance - -
ABU3390 Words to the secretary of Sepahdar Azam, spoken on 1913-04-20 30 When you return to Persia, give my greeting to the green mountains and rolling valleys, to the singing nightingales and the cooling springs, to the fragrant rose-gardens and the fresh breeze of Persia. I love them all. Remember me to them. DAS.1913-04-20 - -
ABU2356 Words to a woman from Holland, spoken on 1913-01-19 100 When you return to Holland, summon the people to the Kingdom of God and cry out: Glad tidings! Glad tidings! The Sun of Reality hath dawned DAS.1913-01-19 @the concourse on high, @call to action - -
ABU1209 Words to Mr Remey and Mr Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-15 260 Persian ای را بدانید که هر کسی در آمریکا به اسم من بخواهد پول جمع کند ابدا تعلقی به ما ندارد When you return to America say to all the believers in my behalf that whenever a person comes to that country KHH1.112 (1.157) KHHE.171-172fn, DAS.1914-10-15, SW_v07#13 p.122, PN_1914 p085 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3401 Words to Rev. Allen, spoken around 1909-04-12 30 When you remove the causes thereof. These causes are racial, patriotic and religious bias or prejudice. This bias will be removed, and when it is removed, people will live in friendliness, kindness and love which will bring forth unity. PN_1909 p085 @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @race unity; racial issues - -
ABU3378 Words to Mr M in 1912 30 When you pray you must not think of your aching body, nor of the birds outside the window, nor of the cracks in the wall.. When you wish to pray you must first know that you are standing in the presence of the Almighty. VLAB.132 @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @presence of; reunion with God - -
ABU1925 Words spoken on 1913-05-09 in Paris 150 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتی با بیدینها صحبت میکنید از مضرات و مفاسد عالم طبیعت آنها را آگاه نمائید When you converse with those who are not religious, alert them to the detriments and corruptive influences of the world of nature BDA2.292 MHMD2.385-386 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @light and darkness, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people - -
ABU2071 Words spoken on 1913-05-26 in Paris 130 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتی از نیویورک بلندن میآمدیم دستهٴ موزیک در کشتی هر روز صبح و عصر مشغول نواختن When we were travelling from New York to London, an orchestra played music on the ship every morning and afternoon BDA2.319 MHMD2.423-424 @music and singing, @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU2051 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-26 130 Persian در آنجا [ماردین] بودیم، روزی که حرکت کردیم شخصی آمد و داد و فریاد می زد که من دیشب باطمینان When We were there [in Mardin], on the day We set forth upon Our journey, a certain man came, crying aloud that he had in truth beheld the night before [3.5s] ZSM.1915-06-26 @stories; anecdotes, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU1352 Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh 240 When we were living in Adrianople there was a Baktashi who lived close by us. Professionally he was a wood-chopper, socially he was a wit. DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.217, BLO_PN#007, STAB#033 @humor; jokes, @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @stories; anecdotes, @work as worship - -
ABU1765 Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16 170 When we were in Salmani-Pak, an Indian prince, Iqbalu'd-Dawlih, accompanied by one student, came there. There were between thirty and forty souls with Bahá'u'lláh. DAS.1914-10-16, PN_1914 p093 @business; financial; property matters, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU2737 Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh 70 When we were in in Bagdad, there was a very prominent man who used to come often to see Bahá'u'lláh. He sat in His Presence with the greatest respect, and listened to the utterances DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.184, BLO_PN#007, STAB#083 @stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes - -
ABU0959 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14 320 When we were in Baghdad there was amongst the believers a young man by the name Jinab-i-Munib. He was one of the most spiritual youths that I have known in the Bahá'í revelation. DAS.1915-03-14 @martyrs and martyrdom, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @eulogies; reminiscences, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU0620 Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01 460 When we were in Baghdad several believers including myself started with a large caravan for Kazemayn. Each one of us was riding on a fine horse. DAS.1914-12-01 @stories; anecdotes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @humor; jokes - -
ABU2018 Words to Edward Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-11 140 When we were in Bagdad, Constantinople and Adrianople, we were bothered to death by these insects--fleas, mosquitoes and bed-bugs. DAS.1913-11-11 @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU1269 Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh 250 When we were imprisoned in the military barracks of Acca there was a small primitive bath DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#13 p.174, ABIE.160, BLO_PN#007 @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @business; financial; property matters - -
ABU0372 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-05 650 When we were exiled again from Baghdad, in our company there was a Bahá'í by the name of Mirza Ahmad Kashani. He accompanied Bahá'u'lláh to Constantinople DAS.1913-05-05 @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @humor; jokes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU0627 Public address given on 1912-04-30 460 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary When we view the world of creation, we find that all living things may be classified under two aspects BDA1.062n PUP#028 (p.067-069), SW_v03#04 p.009-010 TaliaSafa, New Creation @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @love of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @man's distinction from the animal - - MHMD1.070
ABU1015 310 Bahá'í Scriptures When we read ancient history, the history of the middle ages and the history of contemporaneous times, we realize how little... Search untiringly for truth BSC.449 #818, ADP.067-068 @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @light and darkness - -
ABU0900 Address to a group of Bahá'í women at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02 340 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The When we look upon the kingdoms of creation below man, we find three forms or planes of existence PUP#033 (p.077-078), SW_v03#04 p.014-015, PN_1912 p084 @power of the Manifestation of God, @need for an educator, @education and the development of capacity, @evolution; human evolution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun - -
ABU2099 Words spoken on 1913-08-08 in Ramleh 130 When we left Bagdad, a Darvish came to me and begged to be a member of the party. I told him the trip would be most difficult. DAS.1913-08-08, ABIE.169, BLO_PN#007, STAB#084 @stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @humor; jokes, @banishment to; life in Constantinople - -
ABU0016 Public address to International Peace Forum, spoken on 1912-05-12 2200 Persian Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary چون نظر بتاریخ میکنیم ملاحظه مینماایم که از اول عالم الی زماننا هذا بین بشر When we glance at history, we find that from the beginning up to the present BRL_DAK#0637, KHF.073, KHAB.264 (274), KHTB2.060, BDA1.083.09 LOG#1418x, PUP#047 (p.116-122), BSC.311 #630, FWU.022, SW_v03#09 p.012-016, SW_v05#09 p.131-135, SW_v15#01 p.023, SW_v19#05 p.143, MHMD1.092-098 @suffering and imprisonment, @unity in diversity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @justice and wrath of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action - -
ABU3215 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 40 When we give the Message, we develop ourselves. Our own heart is opened when we teach the heart of the listener. The more we give, the more we get. TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause - -
ABU0916 Words spoken on 1914-10-13 ? in Haifa 330 Persian حضرات اطمینان دارند اوایل که ما آمدیم بعکا وارد شدیم کاری کرده بودیم که همه اطمینان When we first came to ‘Akka, we behaved in such wise that everyone trusted us. There was a certain Qasim of Nayriz who was very weak. KHH1.111-112 (1.156-157) KHHE.169-170, STAB#015 @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @stories; anecdotes - -
AB00420 Some Answered Questions #064 The Station of Man and His Progress after Death 600 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some چون در کائنات ببصر بصیرت نظر کنیم ملاحظه شود که محصور در سه قسم است When we examine all things with the eye of discernment, we observe that they are generally confined to three categories MFD#64, OOL.C022.64 SAQ#64, BWF.331-333, LOG#1834x @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @soul; spirit after death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @arcs of ascent and descent, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @differences in human capacity, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @spiritual transformation, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar] - -
ABU3675 Words spoken on 1913-03-01 in Paris 240 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چون بتاریخ ملّت و حکومت فرانسه نظر شود مبرهن گردد که علّت بیدینی نفوس و بیزاری این دولت و ملّت When we consider the history of the people and government of France, it becomes clear that the reason for their irreligion BDA2.162-163 MHMD2.204-205 @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @priestcraft, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @blind imitation [taqlid] - -
AB00081 Some Answered Questions #003 The Need for an Educator 1190 Persian Answered Questions, Some چون ما نظر بوجود میکنیم ملاحظه مینمائیم که وجود جمادی و وجود نباتی When we consider existence, we observe that the mineral, the vegetable, the animal MFD#03, OOL.C022.03 SAQ#03, LOG#0997x @Manifestation of God as educator, @need for an educator, @unity of governments; political unity, @education of children; moral education, @power of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God - -
ABU0122 Public address given on 1912-05-02 1120 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The When we carefully investigate the kingdoms of existence and observe the phenomena of the universe ABB.062 PUP#035 (p.079-083), SW_v03#04 p.015-017 @power of the mind over nature, @proofs for the existence of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @things are known by their opposites, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization - -
ABU3024 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 50 Persian وقتی که ما آمدیم عکا زحمت های شدیدی داشت آما چقدر خوب بود When We came to 'Akká, grievous were the hardships, yet how glorious it was! [3.5s] KHH2.240 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @degrees of faith; certitude, @spiritual transformation, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU1417 Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901 230 When we arrived in Acca it was found there were not enough rooms in the barracks to SW_v08#13 p.172 @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @suffering and imprisonment, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU0847 Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia 360 When two years had passed a regiment of soldiers was assigned to Acca. Of course there was only once place DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#13 p.173-174, ABIE.078, BLO_PN#007 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @stories; anecdotes - -
AB00053 Paper presented to the Universal Races Congress 1430 Persian ای اهل عالم چون در جمیع عالم سیر و سیاحت نمااید آنچه معمور است از آثار الفت When travelling about the world we observe an air of prosperity in any country BLIB_Or.08117.002, AVK3.205.17x, RAHA.112-115, DAUD.11, KHAB.005 (016), KHTB1.035, KHTP.013, NJB_v02#14-16 p.008 SW_v02#09 p.005-006, ABS#09 @composition and decomposition, @war and peace, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity in diversity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU0390 Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-10 630 When thou dost enter a city in India, associate with the people in the beginning as a tourist, as a person interested in India DAS.1913-11-10 @constitutional revolution in Iran, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @methods of teaching the Cause - -
ABU0740 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-22 400 When this blessed Cause was manifested in Persia, some of the divines and famous learned men became believers and were martyred. PN_1901 p076, BLO_PN#109 @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU0643 Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa 450 Persian وقتی که ما را به حیفا آوردند به یک اطاق کوچکی بردند. بعد در قایق بادی کوچکی به عکا بردند When they brought Us unto Haifa, they led Us unto a small chamber. Thereafter did they convey Us in a small vessel unto 'Akká [3.5s] ZSM.1915-07-25 @martyrs and martyrdom, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Imam Husayn, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU2301 Words spoken on 1914-01-13 110 When these institutions, colleges, hospital, hospice and establishments for the incurables LOG#2055x, DAS.1914-01-13, SW_v05#05 p.071, BW_v01p061 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities - -
AB02527 240 mixed شمس حقيقت چون از افق ابداع به فيض نامتناهی اشراق بر آفاق نمود قلوب صافيه انطباعات رحمانيّه يافت When the Sun of Truth shone forth with infinite bounty from the horizon of creation upon all regions, pure hearts received divine impressions [3.5s] MMK6#111x - -
ABU1178 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18 270 When the prophetic light of Muhammad dawned from the horizon of Hijaz the Persians and the Greeks were engaged in a severe battle. DAS.1914-11-18 @rejection of Muhammad, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU3703 Words spoken on 1913-01-31 in Paris 100 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتیکه صدر اعظم بقم رفت و غلما را بعزّت و ناز وارد طهران نمود When the Prime Minister of Persia went to Qum, and thence conducted certain divines to Tehran while lavishing them with reverence BDA2.114 MHMD2.141 @predictions and prophecies, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3160 Words spoken on 1913-05-20 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتی بنی اسرائیل در مدارس خود علوم مادیه و دینیه را با هم تعلیم میدادند این سبب تربیت نفوس When the people of Israel taught both material and spiritual subjects at their schools, this resulted in the education of people who were versed in many arts and sciences BDA2.309 MHMD2.409 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @education of children; moral education, @harmony of science and religion - -
ABU3113 Words spoken at dinner hosted by a Rajput prince in London, 1913-01-19 90 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چون احبّای فارسی در بمبئی خبر شدند یکی از آنها که کیخسرو نام داشت با کمال شوق برخاست When the Parsi believers of Bombay learned of Mr Sprague's illness, one of them--a man named Kay-Khusraw--arose with the utmost alacrity BDA2.095 DAS.1913-01-18n, MHMD2.115, ABCC.371, STAB#137 @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @power of love - -
ABU3025 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-25 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary وقتی مسلمین رئیس موبدان را بسبب خوردن شراب بتازیانه بستند و زیر تازیانه نعره میزد و می گفت When the Muslims arrested the leader of the Zoroastrians and flogged him for drinking wine, under the whip he cried, BDA1.134.13 SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.145 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU0063 Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-06 560 When the mujtahids and Nasiri'd-Din Shah sent Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn to 'Iraq, and he began agitating against the Blessed Perfection BKOG.143-144x, STAB#078 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU1040 Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh 300 when the heart is confident, man knows that all is well. At one time in Acca, thirteen Bahais lived in one room ABIE.384, BLO_PN#007 @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @excellence; distinction, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU1466 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07 220 When the Blessed Perfection was in Constantinople He sent a message to Mirza Hossein Khan, the Persian Ambassador DAS.1915-05-07 @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrdom of the Bab, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @banishment to; life in Constantinople - -
ABU0485 Words spoken on 1914-02-17 550 When the Blessed Perfection and his family were exiled from Persia, all along our way... In this Cause there is no relationship save the relationship of service DAS.1914-02-17, SW_v08#13 p.164x, BSTW#096 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @growth of the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @non-participation in politics - -
ABU0498 540 When the Blessed Perfection (Baha'u'llah) was exiled from Bagdad the large number SW_v13#10 p.277-278, BKOG.179+186+192x @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU1552 Words spoken on 1913-03-22 in Paris 200 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتی که جمال مبارک را ببغداد و عکا فرستادند یقین نمودند که این امر بکلی محو خواهد شد When the Blessed Beauty was sent to Baghdad and 'Akka, the people responsible were certain that the Cause would be wiped out BDA2.194-195 MHMD2.248-249 @prophecy and fulfillment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU0800 Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in 370 Persian شيخ عبدالحميد در اياميکه جمال مبارک در بغداد تشريف داشتند محبت زيادى داشت شيعه بود ولى بى نهايت محبت When the Blessed Beauty was residing in Baghdad, there was a Shi'I Muslim by the name of Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Hamid MUH1.0120-0122 STAB#136 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU0087 Words spoken on 1915-06-17 in Haifa 1310 mixed وقتی که جمال مبارک در بغداد بودند میرزا محیط مشهور شیخی آمد به دارالسلام When the Blessed Beauty was in Baghdad, Mirza Muhit, the famous Shaykhi, arrived in that city for the purpose of visiting Kazimayn. BRL_DAK#0719, AHDA.077-078X, ZSM.1915-06-17 STAB#082x @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU1501 Words spoken on 1915-07-28 in Haifa 210 Persian وقتی که جمال مبارک در کردستان تشریف داشتند آقا محمد کریم فرستاد اهل و عیالش را به بغداد آوردند When the Blessed Beauty sojourned in Kurdistan, He caused Aqa Muhammad Karim to send forth his family and dependents, that they should repair unto Baghdad [3.5s] ZSM.1915-07-28 @stories; anecdotes, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis - -
ABU0645 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-10 450 When the believers gather in a meeting and are engaged in the mention of God my heart is there... During our stay in Adrianople, Aqa Jamal and Mirza Ali Akbar Boroujerdy and his brother arrived from a long journey. DAS.1914-02-10 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @Christ; Christianity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU1544 Words spoken on 1913-02-28 in Paris 200 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در زمان حضرت مسیح بظاهر اقبال حواریان اهمیتی نداشت آنها را مردم استهزاء می‌کردند When the Apostles of Christ embraced His Cause, this was not seen as a significant development at the time BDA2.161 MHMD2.203 @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @thankfulness; gratitude, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB12048 50 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks When that essence of holiness and reality of sanctity, her honour the Virgin Mary BRL_ATE#115 @suffering; rejection of Christ, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary - -
ABU1755 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-06 170 Persian Mahmúd's Diary میفرمودند ایرانیها هر امر مهمی را میخواهند یاد داشت کنند می گویند این را هم در جزء بیست و نهم بنویسید حال باصطلاح ایرانیها When Persians want to record any important matter, they say, 'Write this down in the twenty-ninth section.' BDA1.178.09 MHMD1.194 @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @prophecy and fulfillment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU2216 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-19 110 Persian Mahmúd's Diary باز اهل غرب چون ثروت و مالشان زیاد می شود آثار عتیقه جمع می کنند که خدمتی بعالم صنایع نمایند When people of the West become wealthy, they begin to collect antique objects in order to render a service to the world of art. But when Persians become wealthy BDA1.256.08 MHMD1.274 @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @critique of Western values; culture - -
ABU1452 Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-12 220 Persian یک ترتیبی از برای تربیت اطفال در ذهن من هست که هنوز اسبابش فراهم نشده که آن را مجری دارم When people invite me alone to their houses I ask them to prepare only one dish... I have carried in my mind for some time an educational system ZSM.1914-12-12 LOG#0483x, DAS.1914-12-12, SW_v13#07 p.171-173, SW_v14#01 p.006 @educational curricula, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @education of children; moral education, @moderation; frugality; simplicity - -
ABU1963 Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12 150 When one prays, one sometimes has divine glimpses. So, when one is spiritually developed, a sublimity of nature is obtained, a delicacy of vision DJT.344, BLO_PN#027 @suffering and imprisonment, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU0267 Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04 790 When one is quiet the thing is forgotten. When discussion is forbidden the matter will be dropped... You cannot go according to an individual's conscience... It is the explicitly text that no one should disagree... The purpose of this is that no one may say that the House of Justice has made a mistake. PN_1919 p064, PN_1920 p014, PN_1920 p024 @contention and conflict, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consultation, @House of Justice - -
ABU2933 Words spoken on 1913-09-19 in Ramleh 60 When one goes out to teach he should think of all these things. He must be prepared at all times for whatever comes in the path of God. DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.338, PN_1913 p014, BLO_PN#007 @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU1039 300 Persian وقتی که سنین عمر من به سی و دو سال رسید والده و خویشان اصرار کردند که ازدواج کنم من قبول نکردم When my years of life had reached two and thirty, my mother and kindred did earnestly entreat me to wed, yet I consented not [3.5s] YIK.297, ZIAB2.025 - -
ABU2884 Words to Mrs. Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 60 When Mohammad put forth His claim, a great multitude of the disciples of Christ believed in Him as the man who put forward the claim of being the Comforter PN_1900 p123 @predictions and prophecies, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @knowledge; recognition of God, @The Holy Spirit, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU0777 Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 380 When man has faith, even the mountains of the world can not oppose him, nay, he bears every trial and calamity PN_1906 p061, SUR.254-255, BLO_PN#001 @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @banishment to; life in Constantinople - -
ABU1671 Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-27 180 Persian چون انسان به خیرات و مبرات پردازد، عیون برکت و فزونی به جوش و خروش آید و از آسمان و زمین فراوانی رخ بگشاید When man engageth himself in deeds of goodness and charity, the fountains of bounty and abundance shall surge forth, and from heaven and earth shall plenteous blessings be unveiled [3.5s] ZSM.1916-08-27 @stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity - -
ABU2122 Words to Mr. McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06 130 When love obtains a man can travel one hundred thousand miles without fatigue and enjoy it. Love renders the bitter sweet. ECN.484+711+816 @miracles and their interpretation, @power of love, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU1792 Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25 170 When love enters the heart the bitter water becomes sweet... When I was in Baghdad, a thorn seller invited us. His dwelling was twenty miles from Baghdad PN_1920 p036 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @hospitality, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
AB10212 70 Persian جناب امین چون باین اقلیم شتافت ذکر شرکت برادران پارسی نمود که این اشخاص When Jinab-i-Amin hastened to this land, he made mention of the partnership of the Persian brethren, those persons who [3.5s] PPAR.140x, RMT.157d, YQAZ.639, YARD.149-150, QUM.227 @business; financial; property matters, @conduct in finance and business, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness - -
ABU1874 Words to Siyyid Asadollah around March 1912 160 When Jesus Christ was on earth He taught for three years and was then crucified. As he hung on the cross, during those dark hours PN_1913 p015 @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrdom of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU1550 Words spoken on 1913-03-23 in Paris 200 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 حضرت مسیح چون ببیت المقدّس داخل شدند فرمودند هر آیینه بشما می‌گویم که ازین ببعد سنگی بالای سنگی نخواهد When Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem, He proclaimed: 'Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another BDA2.195-196 MHMD2.250-251 @prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation - -
ABU3389 Words to Miss Boylan and Edith Sanderson, spoken around 1911-08-25 30 When Jesus Christ came to this world, He planted a tree. I have come to see what has become of that tree. The branches are all turned toward the earth. PN_1912 p071 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Christ; Christianity, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU0783 Words to Mrs Hoagg in Jan. 1914 380 When Jesus came the Jews called Him Beelzebub. I have always said that the believers will be blamed for this cause... Before leaving America I mentioned in many meetings the things that would happen. PN_1913-14_heh p114, PN_1913-14_heh p116 @prophecy and fulfillment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering; rejection of Christ - -
ABU1972 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-11 140 Persian اینکه میفرمایند "عاشروامع الادیان " مقصد مثل این نفوس است When it is revealed, 'Consort with all religions', the intention is association with such people. KHH1.265-266 (1.371) KHHE.389, BSR_v13 p.083 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly - -
ABU3434 Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh 30 When in America I repeatedly said that no one must believe one word said by another regarding any commands SW_v11#14 p.243 @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU1850 Words spoken on 1916-02-14 in Haifa 160 Persian وقتی در عکا هفتاد نفر از ارتودکس ها را حکومت گرفت که جزیه بدهند، ولی چون فقیر بودند عاجز ماندند When in 'Akká seventy souls from among the Orthodox were required by the government to pay the poll-tax, yet, being poor, they remained helpless [3.5s] ZSM.1916-02-14 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU3659 Words spoken on 1919-12-30 70 Persian وقتی به امریکا رفتم ضعفم به درجه ای بود که صدایم تا چند درعی نمیرسید ناچار در مجالس چهار پنج هزار When I went to America, My fatigue was of such a degree that My voice could not reach more than a few meters. Of necessity, in gatherings of four or five thousands souls ISA.002 ISAE.1919-12-30 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer - -
ABU3517 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-07 20 When I was young they would light ten candles and at the range of a very long distance I would put out the lights one after another without missing one. DAS.1913-05-07 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @excellence; distinction, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU2382 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-12 100 When I was very young, I was present in a meeting in which people discussed astronomy according to the theories of the old school of Ptolemy. DAS.1913-02-12 @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @infinity and eternity, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU2659 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 80 When I was very young I was travelling with Bahá'u'lláh and my family. We reached the city of Kermanshahan. Here we took quarters in a Caravanserai. DAS.1913-02-14 @stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @wealth inequality and its moderation - -
ABU1217 Words to Mr Michel and others, spoken on 1915-05-10 260 When I was travelling in Europe and America I attended some concerts and oratorios and was delighted with the progress of the vocal and instrumental art in those parts... At one time I was walking along the shores of the Euphrates. Absorbed in my thought I suddenly heard DAS.1915-05-10 @music and singing, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @predictions and prophecies, @excellence; distinction, @banishment to; life in Constantinople - -
ABU3686 Words spoken in 1913 in Ramleh 160 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتی در یکی از مجالس مهمّهٴ اسکندریّه بودم شخصی از وطن خواهان بستایش و حمایت وطن خود When I was present at an important gathering in Alexandria, a certain patriot arose to voice his praise and support for his country. He recited a poem and then BDA2.366 MHMD2.488 @nationalism; love of country, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge - -
ABU0934 Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21 330 When I was in Paris, a wealthy man invited me to a restaurant to have dinner. For his sake I went. For each person's meal they charged one pound. PN_1919 p151, LAT.080-082 @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @hospitality, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU2420 Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia 100 When I was in Paris one of the believers brought me a soft cushion and urged DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.020-021, ABIE.077, BLO_PN#007 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU0542 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-24 510 When I was in Mazandaran I was a wee bit of a child and enjoyed all the fun and play belonging to that age. DAS.1914-12-24, SW_v13#10 p.271-272, STAB#004 @stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes - -
ABU0295 Words spoken on 1914-07-12 740 Persian در ایامی که در آمریکا بودم امة الله مسیس پارسنز مرا به محل ییلاقی خود برد When I was in Dublin the professor of the out-door school invited me to visit the pupils KHH1.260-263 (1.364-367) KHHE.381-384, DAS.1914-07-12, SW_v09#09 p.097-098x, STAB#153 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @high station of learning, @education of children; moral education - -
ABU1518 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26 210 When I was in Baghdad, one day I was walking through the poor quarter of the city. I saw an old Arab standing in front of a store. He had neither hat nor shoes DAS.1913-04-26 @stories; anecdotes, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
ABU1193 Words to a telegraph officer, spoken on 1913-10-29 270 When I was in America, I was most busy... Once upon a time, there was a poor fellah (farmer) who cultivated a patch of ground with cotton. DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v09#18 p.210x, STAB#120 @stories; anecdotes, @growth of the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU0302 Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Liverpool, 1912-12-14 730 When I was in America, I had many opportunities of addressing the Theosophical Society there. In every city I spoke once to them DAS.1912-12-14x, SW_v03#17 p.003-004 @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @oneness; unity of religion, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @martyrs and martyrdom, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity in diversity - -
ABU2597 Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh 80 When I was in America and Europe I went through some of the Zoological gardens... My grandfather had many colored maids and servants. When the Blessed Perfection became the head of the family DAS.1913-10-25, SW_v09#03 p.038-039x @race unity; racial issues, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU0265 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-13 790 When I was in Alexandria, Ahmad Aniss, the minister of [...] of the Khedivial court called upon me and proposed to me that he would like to arrange a meeting between his Highness the Khedive and myself. DAS.1914-11-13 @status of kings; future of monarchy, @means of establishment of future civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of governments; political unity, @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU2669 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-23 80 When I was a young man I wished to be entirely free, devoting my time to the service of the Cause. My first intention was not to marry. Four times the means of marriage were brought about by my family DAS.1915-04-23 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU0968 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22 320 When I was a very little child in Teheran it became necessary and urgent that I should carry a message of great importance to the General of the army DAS.1914-12-22 @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU0166 Words spoken on 1914-06-22 in Haifa 1000 When I was a small boy in Teheran, I remember whenever two of the believers DAS.1914-06-22, SW_v08#13 p.162x @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU2962 60 When I was a little boy in Teheran I was followed and beaten by the boys and the SW_v09#18 p.201, PTIM.054 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU0964 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 320 When I speak of health, I refer to spiritual health. The health of the body is impermanent. However carefully one seeks to preserve it AELT.199-201 @evolution; human evolution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @Manifestation of God as sun, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world - -
ABU1191 Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-05-04 270 When I sense the love and unity of the friends I gain health and fresh strength. I have heard that thou art speaking in the meetings DAS.1913-05-04 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @power of prayer - -
ABU2025 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05 140 When I reached Los Angeles, I realized how far I was from Acca and my people, the people whom I loved with passionate earnestness. On the second night of my arrival DAS.1914-12-05 @eulogies; reminiscences, @Shrines and Holy places, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU3598 Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-10 10 When I pray I turn my thoughts and face to the Blessed Perfection. PN_1909 p017, PN_1909 p052 @Manifestation of God as mediator, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer - -
ABU0609 Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24 470 When I look at the flag in the distance, it reminds me of the King of France. He killed many of the Christians. PN_1920 p084, PN_1920_heh_haifa p033, PN_1920_heh_haifa p053 @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3432 Words spoken on 1914-07-01 30 When I leave the world I want my heart to be assured that the Blessed Beauty has self-sacrificing servants DAS.1914-07-01, SW_v09#12 p.135 @courage, @firmness in the Covenant, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU1944 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-02-15 150 When I go to bed I lie awake for one or two hours, then I sleep well for four hours. The sleep before twilight is also very invigorating. Taki Menshadi often spoke during the hours of sleep. DAS.1915-02-15 @stories; anecdotes, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @contemplation - -
ABU0250 Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-29 820 Persian Mahmúd's Diary چون من وارد این شهر شدم دیدم همهمه است پرسیدم چه خبر است گفتند کنگرهٴ زراعت تشکیل میشود When I entered this city, I saw there was quite a stir. I asked the reason and was told that an agricultural convention was being held. BDA1.277.04x MHMD1.295x @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @banishment to; life in 'Akka - -
ABU0503 The Last Meeting: Words spoken on 1911-12-01 in Paris 530 Persian Paris Talks روزیکه بپاریس آمدم دیدم مزرعه ایست When I arrived in Paris some time ago for the first time, I looked around me with much interest, and in my mind I likened this beautiful city to a large garden. KHTB1.239 PT#53 p.177, SAS.109x @oneness; unity of religion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU0179 Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris 960 Persian من باروپا بپاریس آمدم ملاحظه کردم اروپا در مادیات نهایت ترقی را کرده ولکن When I arrived in Paris from Europe, I observed that while Europe had achieved the utmost progress in material civilization, yet [3.5s] AMK.243-246, BSHN.140.521x, BSHN.144.509x, MHT1a.164x, MHT1b.122x, KHF.160, KHAB.115 (125), KHTB1.100, KHTP.074 @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @attaining the life of the spirit, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @human reality created in the image of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @critique of Western values; culture - -
ABU0597 Words spoken on 1916-04-07 in Bahji 470 Persian وقتی که حضرت اعلی در خطر عظیم بودند انظار همه متوجه به جمال مبارک بود. لهذا آقا میرزا عبدالکریم قزوینی When His Holiness the Exalted One was in grave peril, all eyes were fixed upon the Blessed Beauty. Therefore Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní [3.5s] ZSM.1916-04-07 @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU1775 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-25 170 When His Holiness the Báb arrived in Isfahan, Manuchehr Khan who had been converted from Christianity to [the] Muhammadan religion was the governor of the city. DAS.1913-02-25 @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU2092 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02 130 When His holiness Christ appeared the Jews said the same thing. They thought that after Moses no other divine man must appear in the world DAS.1914-09-02 @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @rejection of Muhammad, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Seal of the Prophets, @Christian doctrine and practice - -
ABU2997 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 50 Persian در بغداد یکروز جمال مبارک از جسر عبور میفرمودند شخصی بحضور مبارک عرض کرد که از When He had returned to Baghdad, one day the Blessed Perfection was passing over a bridge and someone mentioned to His blessed Person that a letter was received from Mosul KHH1.035 (1.049) KHHE.066-067 @growth of the Cause, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU2565 Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris 80 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 بیانات مبارکه از تواریخ زمان اسلام خیلی مفصل بود از آنجمله حکایت حجاج ظالم When Hajjaj was named chief of the camp, following a period of disorder, he first issued an edict BDA2.108 MHMD2.132, STAB#048, STAB#144 @stories; anecdotes, @episodes from the early history of Islam - -
ABU2059 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 130 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 کاریکه خدا در جلو انسان می‌گذارد لابد طاقت هم میدهد ما نباید همیشه بآسایش تن ناظر باشیم When God entrusts one to do something, He also gives one the capacity to endure it BDA2.009.09 MHMD2.011 @spiritual transformation, @disregarding bodily comfort, @transcending the material condition, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @high station of the true believer, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU0633 Words spoken on 1911-10-15 in Paris 450 Persian چون بدیده حقیقت نظر شود روحانیات مطابق جسمانیات است همینطور که در عالم جسمانی When gazing with the eye of truth, spiritual realities correspond to physical ones, even as in the material world [3.5s] DWNP_v1#07 p.001-002, BCH.087, KHAB.079 (089), KHTB1.052, KHTP.029 @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam, @law of transformation and change, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @love and unity, @religion as source of love and unity, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @religion as reality; definitions of religion - -
ABU2993 Public address given on 1912-09-02 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary چون نفوس تربیت یافته می بینند که کشیشها نان و شراب را در دست گرفته نفسی بآن می دمند و می گویند When educated people see the priests taking bread and wine in their hands, blowing a few breaths over them and saying BDA1.221.15 MHMD1.238 @Christian doctrine and practice, @confession of sins, @critique of Western values; culture, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU0357 Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa 660 Persian اسباب وقتی که منقطع می شود، بهتر است [زیرا] انسان تشبث به اسباب الهی می کند. بشفای الهی باید [تقید] داشته باشد When earthly means are cut off, it is better thus, for man doth then take recourse unto divine means. He must hold fast unto the divine healing [3.5s] ZSM.1915-09-23 @growth of the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB00645 490 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá چون حضرة مسیح در بیست قرن پیش ظاهر شد با وجود انکه یهود در نهایت انتظار When Christ appeared, twenty centuries ago, although the Jews were eagerly awaiting His Coming MNMK#154 p.287, MMK1#020 p.041 SWAB#020, DWN_v2#08 p.060-061, BNE.006-008 @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @literal interpretation - -
ABU0040 Public address given on 1912-10-25 1730 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The When Christ appeared, certain blessed souls followed His example. They were with their Master LOG#2092x, PUP#113 (p.370-376), MAB.086x, ECN.359 @independent investigation of truth; reality, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @harmony of science and religion, @martyrdom of the Bab, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah - -
ABU0619 We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers: Words spoken on 1911-11-25 in Paris 460 Persian Paris Talks وقتیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شد در اورشلیم ظهور When Christ appeared He manifested Himself at Jerusalem. He called men to the Kingdom of God, He invited them to Eternal Life and He told them to acquire human perfections. KHAB.199 (209), KHTB1.207 PT#38 p.118 @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @power of the Manifestation of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU2841 60 Persian چون بعضی اشراق انوار شمس حقیقت را از آفاق امریک دیده‌اند بخیال آن افتادند که نفوسی بآن صفحات When certain souls beheld some rays of the Sun of Truth dawning from the horizon of America, they became possessed of the fancy that some persons in those regions [3.5s] NJB_v05#14 p.003 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
ABU3193 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26 40 When Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned in the barrack of Acca, he could see the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire under the despotic and fanatical rule of the Sultans DAS.1913-04-26 @critique of Eastern values; culture - -
ABU1551 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-13 200 When Bahá'u'lláh returned from His pilgrimage to Karbila, the brother of the Grand Vizir Abbas Quli Khan DAS.1913-02-13 @stories; anecdotes, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU2005 Words to some pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-21 140 When Bahá'u'lláh left Baghdad and without the knowledge of the friends went to Suleymaniyyih, one day He met a boy in the street weeping. DAS.1913-06-21 @stories; anecdotes, @education of children; moral education, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU2263 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-24 110 When Aqa Abdu'r-Rahim came to Baghdad he was a young man with a heavy black moustache. He has grown old in this Cause. DAS.1915-02-24 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment - -
AB09780 70 Persian هر نفسی چون بکمال خضوع و خشوع به ربّ قدير توجّه نمايد و از قصور خويش خجل و شرمسار When any soul turneth with utter humility and submissiveness unto the omnipotent Lord, and becometh abashed and ashamed of its deficiencies [3.5s] MMK3#170 p.119x @humility; meekness; lowliness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action - -
ABU2838 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07 60 Persian جمال مبارک که از سلیمانیه تشریف آوردند بعد از دو سال قبای بسیار کهنه ئی When after two years the Blessed Beauty returned from Sulaymaníyyih, He was wearing a dilapidated coat, a vest with no sleeves and a cotton headgear. KHH1.102 (1.143) KHHE.156 @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @suffering and imprisonment, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @praise and encouragement - -
AB00676 The Rejection of the Manifestations of God in Every Age 480 Persian Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká وقتی که حضرت ابراهیم مبعوث شد و تأسیس شریعت الله نمود و تعالیم جدیده انتشار داد When Abraham was sent forth, however much He expounded the truth, established the religion of God BRL_TTTP#06 BRL_TTT#06, TTCT.06-08 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @belief and denial, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3219 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 When a thought of war enters your mind, suppress it, and plant in its stead a positive thought of peace. CHH.168, BLO_PN#022 @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @war and peace - -
ABU3333 Words spoken on 1914-02-24 30 When a person's life is purely moral, when his daily actions are propelled by ethical forces he will influence DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v07#18 p.184 @the power of example, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU2429 Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-13 90 Persian انسان که خود متذکر و متاثر بود در حجر و مدر تأثیر میکند شق القمر مینماید هدهد که بسبا رفت When a person is consecrated and devout, his influence will even penetrate stones and hard rocks, causing great miracles.... Whenever I go to the Cave of Elijah, a new vivacity is wafted over Me. This is because the life-generating spirit of Elijah envelops that Cave KHH1.240 (1.336) KHHE.354 @Shrines and Holy places, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU2927 Words to Madame D'astre, spoken on 1913-01-29 60 When a person is a light sleeper, one single touch will awake him, if he sleeps heavily, then one must awake him by shaking him... if even this will not awake the sleeper we will then have to use dynamite. DAS.1913-01-29 @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU2131 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 120 When a person desires to destroy his house to build a new one on its site, first of all he must make the plan ready, then the bricks DAS.1913-02-24 @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity; oneness of humanity, @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God - -
ABU0653 The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners: Words spoken on 1911-10-16 in Paris 450 Paris Talks Paris Talks (book) When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers…. Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone... PT#01 p.001, AIF.1911-10-16, SW_v02#19 p.004x, SW_v08#11 p.137 T. Ellis, Nabil and Karim, R. Lea, Alda, Mea, Onni, Nader & Pedram, MANA, Naim & Friends @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @words vs deeds 2 * - First chapter of the book "Paris Talks", a collection of 59 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit toParis in 1911 and 1912.
ABU0845 The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West: Words spoken on 1911-10-23 in Paris 360 Paris Talks When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy PT#08 p.023, SW_v02#16 p.005-006, PN_1911 p018 @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual transformation, @call to action - -
ABU3270 Words to a friend of Mrs. Struven, spoken on 40 When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá writes tablets, he is calling the souls to a station which they are potentially able to attain. I does not mean that they have attained that station at the time of the writing. SW_v09#05 p.062 @differences in human capacity, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU2215 Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26 110 Persian Mahmúd's Diary آنچه را شما در زمین باز نمائید در آسمان گشوده خواهد شد لکن مسیحیان معنی ان را نفهمیدند و گمان کردند مقصد رفع گناهان خلق بواسطهٴ رؤسای مسیحیه است Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'. The Christians have not understood its meaning. BDA1.135.05 MHMD1.145 @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @idolatry, @Christian doctrine and practice, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @suffering; rejection of Christ - -
AB07116 120 mixed آنچه اليوم در تماشاگاه امکان مشاهده نمائی عنقريب مشهود و واضح گردد که اوهام باطله و خيالات Whatsoever thou beholdest this day in the theatre of contingent existence shall ere long become manifest and evident - these vain imaginings and idle fancies [3.5s] MMK3#060 p.039x @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the power of words; of speech, @love of God - -
AB09524 80 Persian وقوعات آنچه شده و ميشود محض آنست که انسان بداند امور در يد مليک مقتدريست Whatsoever hath transpired and whatsoever shall come to pass is solely that man may know that all affairs rest in the hands of the omnipotent King [3.5s] MMK3#028 p.018x @soul; spirit after death, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU1318 Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06 240 Whatever there is in the world of contingency is a symbol of the spiritual world; whatever there is on the earth is a symbol of heavenly things. PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p034, TTAW.004-005, BLO_PN#102 @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @empty learning; false spirituality, @suffering; rejection of Christ - -
ABU2252 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 110 Persian هر چه عمومی است الهی است و هر چه خصوصی است بشری احبای الهی آنچه تاسیس مینمایند Whatever is public is divine, and whatever is private is devised of man. Therefore, whatever is established by the friends of God must be public, whether a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, or other institutions. KHH1.025 (1.036) KHHE.051-052 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universal education - -
ABU3620 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 Whatever is done in love is never any trouble, and---there is always time. PTF.052, DLA.042, VLAB.090, BLO_PN#026 E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2) @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
ABU1525 Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13 210 Whatever good deeds man performs in this world have been originally inculcated by the Prophets and Manifestations of God. Were it not for the Prophets' teachings PN_1906 p035, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @station of the Manifestation of God, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization - -
ABU3489 Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-05 20 Whatever anyone thinks, he says, but do not trust what is said unless I have written with my own hand, that is correct. PN_1919 p068, PN_1920 p015, PN_1920 p027 @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
ABU3696 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-11 110 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چه می‌گوئید که من یکمرتبه وارد مسجد شاه طهران شوم و بمعاندین بگویم شما مرا جستجو What would you say if I were to suddenly enter the Masjid Shah in Tehran, and say to the enemies of the Faith BDA2.016-017 MHMD2.019 @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
AB03542 200 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha What thou hast written was read and its contents became known. In reality blessed days are coming. This is the time for the service of the Kingdom TAB.462-463 @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @review of publications, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @call to action, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
AB04210 180 What thou hast written was perused. In reality thou hast a good intention and lofty desire.... It is stated in the Gospel BSTW#197, BSTW#457 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Christ; Christianity, @The Holy Spirit, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
AB04162 180 Persian Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha چون جهان انسانی را ظلمات بيگانگی و تفرقه و اختلاف و اجتناب و بغض و عداوت و جهل What thou hast written is understood. In reply I will elucidate briefly, the purport of which you, with your intelligence, will surely comprehend. MMK2#102 p.079x TAB.653-654 @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB07054 120 mixed آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ شد و آنچه ذکر نموده بودید ایضا مسموع گردید این What thou hast written hath been noted, and that which thou hast mentioned hath likewise been heard [3.5s] MKT6.036b @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @The Holy Spirit, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity - -
ABU3397 Words spoken on 1907-04-15 30 What the people believe regarding the other side and that they receive messages from that place is not quite so, they only feel something within themselves, but they do not perceive; there is a great difference between feeling and perception. BSTW#211a @occult sciences; psychic phenomena - -
ABU0118 Public address given on 1912-04-21 1150 Persian Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary آنچه قسیس فرمودند دلیل بر حسن اخلاق و خدمت بعالم انسانى است What the Minister of the Church delineated before us just now testifies to his high sense of morality and his efforts to serve the world of humanity. KHTB2.033, BDA1.041.07 PUP#016 (p.039-042), SW_v03#03 p.010-012, SW_v19#03 p.087, MHMD1.050-054 @love and unity, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @oneness; unity of religion, @contention and conflict, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU1781 Words to some children, spoken on 1912-10-12 170 What radiant children these are! How radiant! What radiant and beautiful children! These will become very good MAB.050-051, ECN.126+477+495n @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @education of children; moral education - -
ABU3713 Words spoken on 1913-04-03 in Stuttgart 80 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چه اطفال نازنینی هستند از خدا میخواهم این اطفال را مبارک فرماید برکتی از آسمان بر ایشان نازل What precious children these are! I beseech God to send down from the heavens a blessing on these children BDA2.215 MHMD2.277-278 @praise and encouragement, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity - -
ABU0102 Public address given on 1912-11-10 1210 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The What is the reality of Divinity, or what do we understand by God? When we consider the world of existence PUP#125 (p.421-425), SW_v06#03 p.021-024, SAS.108x @transcendence; unknowability of God, @creation of the world, @knowledge; recognition of God, @things are known by their opposites, @call to action, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God - -
ABU3359 Words to Mr Remey, spoken on 1914-10-14 30 What is necessary is divine joy. Divine happiness is the speaker of the heart. DAS.1914-10-14, SW_v13#04 p.102, PN_1914 p009, PN_1914 p082 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU2063 Words spoken on 1913-06-07 in Paris 130 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 مراد شجرهٴ حیات انسانیست در منهیات یعنی تجاوزات و مشتهیات آن نشان را مسئول میدارد What is meant is the tree of human life. A person will be held accountable for his unlawful acts--that is, his transgressions and the desires that drove him to commit them BDA2.338-339 MHMD2.449-450 @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @moderation; frugality; simplicity - -
ABU3148 Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-10 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary مراد لوحی از الواح مبارکست و کنایه از اینکه الواح الهیه را باید بر سنگهای گرانبها نقش نمود What is meant is one of the holy Tablets. But it also alludes to the fact that the divine Tablets should be engraved on precious stones. In addition, there is a saying in the East by which the color white symbolizes divine will ASAT5.040, MAS2.021, BDA1.152.02 MHMD1.164 @symbolism of color and light, @symbolism, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU3212 Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1914-01-01 40 What is known is that a piece of ground was bought specially for the Tomb of Jesus and that is known as Golgotha. When St. Helena went to Jerusalem she tried to have this place discovered. The Jews showed her the place that is now pointed out. They got a good sum for their guidance. PN_1913-14_heh p118 @Shrines and Holy places, @exhortations and counsels - -
ABU2591 Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-12-04 80 Persian Mahmúd's Diary مراد از خلق آسمانها و زمینها در شش روز آن روز الهی است و خلق روحانی What is intended by the creation of heaven and earth in six days is a spiritual creation and a divine day BDA1.403.12 MHMD1.422 @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @human reality created in the image of God, @creation of the world, @symbolism, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU3464 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.' BDA1.124.05 SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133 @differences in human capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism - -
ABU3120 Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-28 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary این حمالهای زغال کشی چه قدر تحمل زحمت مینمایند چه قدر محتاج و فقیر ندخیلی لازمست صاحبان کمپانی What hardship these coal miners have to suffer, how poor and needy they are! BDA1.015.14 MHMD1.022 @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU0488 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-10 550 What dost thou want with a room of stone and clay! I have prepared for thee such glorious rooms the walls, the roofs, the floors and the furniture of which are of purest deeds DAS.1914-12-10, SW_v13#06 p.152x @praise of Western values; culture, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @work as worship, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3379 Words spoken ca. 1912 in the United States 30 What does it matter if the skin of a man is black, white, yellow, pink, or green? In this respect the animals show more intelligence than man. DJT.284, BLO_PN#027 @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU2629 Words spoken on 1914-07-27 in Haifa 80 What does a man lose if he should lose his self? His moral credit will be larger than his debit. DAS.1914-07-27 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU1388 Words to a group of friends, spoken on 1913-04-26 230 What did the people say last night? Were they not dissatisfied?... This morning looking down from the window I saw a regiment of soldiers passing by in fine shape. DAS.1913-04-26 @nationalism; love of country, @light and darkness, @war and peace, @spiritual warfare; struggle, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world - -
ABU0877 Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-06 350 What did the Esperantists say last night? I delivered an address to them according to their conception of truth. They were the beginners, therefore I spoke to them with gentleness. DAS.1913-04-06 @high station of the true believer, @development of capacity and readiness, @relativity of religious truth, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @literal interpretation - -
ABU0437 Public address given on 1912-07-01 590 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The What could be better before God than thinking of the poor? For the poor are beloved PUP#077 (p.216-217), FWU.036, SW_v04#06 p.102-103 @wealth inequality and its moderation, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @differences in human capacity, @law of Huququ'llah - -
ABU3300 Words spoken on 1913-01-15 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 خدا چه عزتی بما ایرانیان عنایت فرمود چه آفت??ب بزرگی و سعادتی از افق مشرق زمین طالع What conspicuous glory has God deigned to bestow upon us Persians! How great is this prosperity, which is even as a mighty sun BDA2.086 MHMD2.104 @chastisement and requital, @past, present and future of Iran, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU2560 Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 80 Persian Mahmúd's Diary آنچه با تقدیرات موافقت نماید تحقق می یابد و علاوه نیت خیر و حسن تدبیر جاذب تأیید است What conforms to the divine decree will be realized. In addition, good intentions and sound thoughts attract confirmations. BDA1.310.09 MHMD1.328 @power of faith; power of the spirit, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @effort; striving, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of imagination; thought; right intention - -
ABU3015 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-29 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary مردم چه قدر اسیر اوهامند محض شهرت و نام چه زحمتها می کشند این اوهام چه انجا می خواهد داشت جمیع شئون محو و فانی و نابود What captives of superstitions people are! What troubles they endure for the sake of name and fame! What fruit will these superstitions bear? BDA1.171.01 MHMD1.185-186 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @empty learning; false spirituality, @development of capacity and readiness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge - -
ABU2734 Words spoken ca. Nov. 1921 in Haifa 70 Persian چه موهبتی اعظم از سرور احباست انسان باید یا فائض باشد یا مستفیض What bounty is greater than the joy of the beloved ones! Man must either be the bestower or the recipient thereof [3.5s] QT105.2.039 @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU0541 510 What becomes of the soul after its separation from the body? The question concerns that which has a place and that which is placeless. ADP.127-130 @relationship of the soul to the body, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @soul; spirit after death, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization - -
ABU3393 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-16 30 What art thou writing now? Art thou not satisfied with all that thou hast written? What dost thou do with them? No matter what I say thou art ready to make a note of it. Who has ordered thee to do this? DAS.1914-11-16 @stories; anecdotes, @personal instructions - -
ABU3629 Words spoken on 1914-07-26 10 What art thou reading? "A lecture on the coming world teacher, by Mrs. Besant." "The great world teacher has already come" DAS.1914-07-26, SW_v09#01 p.006 @predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU0528 Public address given on 1912-04-24 520 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary What a wonderful meeting this is! These are the children of the Kingdom. The song we have just listened to... The art of music is divine and effective BDA1.048n LOG#1362x, PUP#021 (p.052-054), SW_v03#03 p.019-020, SW_v08#02 p.027-028, SW_v09#08 p.093-094 MANA @music and singing, @fulfillment of true potential, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity - - MHMD1.056-057
ABU0028 Address at Turanian Society of Budapest, Budapest, 1913-04-14 1890 Persian Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks در عالم انسانی این چه قدر مدار افتخار است که در بوداپست مملکت غرب انجمنی تشکیل شود What a source of pride this is for humanity—that in Budapest, which is in the West, a society should be formed for the advancement and improvement of the condition of the Easterners...Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Tahirih) was eloquent. Her writings and poems are available today. Every one of the learned of the region praised her... In the Christian Dispensation it was Mary Magdalene who was the cause of the steadfastness of the disciples BRL_DAK#0824, MAS5.247x, KHF.255, KHAB.428 (430), KHTB3.095 BRL_ATE#206x, STAB#131x, ADMS#109 @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU0651 The Four Kinds of Love: Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-04 450 Paris Talks What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.... There are four kinds of love PT#58 p.192, DAS.1913-01-04x Baha'i Youth of Japan, S. & C. Zein @love and unity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @four; five pathways of love, @God's love for His own Essence - -
ABU2576 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-27 80 Persian Mahmúd's Diary چه قدر تفاوتست بین نفوس شخصی چنان خود را پست مینماید که پرستش جماد و اشکال What a great difference exists between men. One person degrades himself to such a degree that he idolizes and worships stones BDA1.013.17 DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.020, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007 @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @station of the Manifestation of God, @idolatry - -
ABU3699 Words spoken on 1913-04-17 in Budapest 110 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چه مؤمنهٴ مقدّسهئ‌ی است همیشه بخدمت و تبلیغ امر مشغول است شوهرش با آنکه بهائی نیست What a devoted and blessed woman! She [Aseyeh Allen] is always engaged in serving and teaching the Cause BDA2.243-243 MHMD2.314-315 @laws of marriage and dowry, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU1156 Words spoken on 1913-12-06 in Haifa 280 What a beautiful gathering! In all the places I went.... According to the blessed command, it is not permitted to fall on the knees.... A certain Kurd was awakened in the morning to say his prayers SW_v09#02 p.017-018, STAB#106 @stories; anecdotes, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Shrines and Holy places - -
ABU0997 Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1906-06-29 310 Were the whole world to act together in order to prevent these stars from giving light - verily they will fail to do so. Now, see how unwise are the enemies of the Cause PN_1906 p080, SUR.265-266, BLO_PN#001 @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @growth of the Cause, @martyrdom of the Bab, @oneness; unity of religion, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
AB12785 50 Persian اگر سعادت و علوّ منزلت انسان در اين جهان خاکی بود خسران مبين بود و حسرتی عظيم ، جنين را گمان چنين که عالم وجود Were man's happiness and exalted station confined to this dust-heap of a world, manifest loss and grievous regret would it be, for it is thought that this realm [3.5s] MMK3#034 p.022x @soul; spirit after death, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU2109 Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10 130 Bahá'í Scriptures Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy. DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096 @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU3194 Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30 40 Well, what are we going to do next? Tell me what should be done? We have already travelled a good deal. We have crossed the seas DAS.1913-06-30 @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action - -
ABU1454 Words to Dr. Fallscheer in the house of 'Abdu'l-Baha on 6 Aug 1910, spoken on 1910-08-06 220 Well, my daughter how do you like Shoghi Effendi, my future Elisha?... My grandson does not have the eyes of a pioneer PPRP.018 SDW v10#10 p.139-142, PPRL.011-013, SEIO.065-067x @Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU1057 Words to Mirza Youness Khan around 1904 300 Well there is a wisdom and I must be sometimes suffering... It is a mistake to think that the Glorious Cause may be better spread in peace and tranquility. There must always be change of position, movements, revolutions and calamities PN_1904 p083 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
ABU0763 Words to a vistor, spoken on 1913-04-20 390 Well said. You have brought up a good point.... The Bahá'í movement is not an organization. You can never organize the Bahá'í Cause.... The Bahá'í Revelation is the spirit of this age. DAS.1913-04-20, SW_v05#05 p.067x, SW_v06#15 p.118x @universality of the Cause, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @executive government; power of execution, @oneness; unity of religion, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU0125 Interview with Hudson Maxim, New York, 1912-04-15 1100 Welcome! Welcome! Very welcome! [Hudson Maxim.] "I am glad to hear you speak English." SW_v03#07 p.005+010-011 @war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @unity; oneness of humanity, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal language - -
ABU0618 Words spoken on 1911-09-13 in London 460 Persian خوش آمدید اهالی ایران بسیار مسرورند از اینکه من آمدم اینجا این Welcome! Welcome! The people of Iran are very pleased that I have come here. My coming here will foster friendship between Britain and Iran DWNP_v2#08 p.070-071x, KHTB1.023, NJB_v02#14-16 p.013 ABS#12 @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity of governments; political unity, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU0163 Public address given on 1913-01-24 1000 Welcome! Welcome! I have come again to Paris so that I may see if the seed I have sown last year has sprung up. Praise be to God, I can see that they have taken root DAS.1913-01-24 @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition - -
ABU1907 Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles 160 Welcome! Welcome! Are you all well? Are you all happy? I am very happy to see you all. I have come from a far distant point to see you ECN.161 @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @universal peace; world unity, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU0143 Words spoken ca. 1913-12-22 in Haifa 1050 Persian خوش آمدید احوال شما چطور است از بس از صبح تا بحال من حرف زده ام دیگر قوت Welcome! How are you! No strength is left in me because I have talked so much, from morning until now KHF.194, KHTB3.079, NJB_v04#18 p.001 DAS.1913-12-22x, SW_v09#02 p.024x @the Christian clergy, @stories; anecdotes, @Muhammad; Islam, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU0182 Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-07 950 Persian Mahmúd's Diary خوش آمدید خوش آمدید انسان دو حیات دارد یک حیات جسمانی یک حیات روحانی حیات Welcome, welcome! Man possesseth two lives: one life physical, one life spiritual [3.5s] BSHN.140.530x, BSHN.144.518x, MHT1a.126x, MHT1b.084x, BQA.054, KHF.036, KHAB.334 (341), KHTB2.176, NJB_v03#18 p.001 @stories; anecdotes, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @the human soul - - MHMD1.162
ABU0906 Words to the Seattle and Portland friends, spoken on 1912-10-21 340 Welcome, very, very welcome. These friends who have come from Seattle and Portland have taken a great deal of trouble to come here. ECN.730 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @unity in diversity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
ABU0337 Words to Seattle and Portland friends, spoken on 1912-10-16 700 Welcome, very welcome. I have longed to see you very much…. It often happened in the old days that they were killed on the way…. Once upon a time in the city of Aleppo they captured two people who were on their way to the Land of Desire (Akka). ECN.517+734+743 @martyrs and martyrdom, @call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering and imprisonment, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU1732 Words spoken on 1912-10-14 in San Francisco 180 Welcome, very welcome! Praise be to God that he confirmed me to come here to see you, for I had the greatest longing to see the friends in America ECN.136 @war and peace, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @call to action - -
ABU0151 Words spoken on 1912-08-02 in Dublin, NH 1040 mixed خوش آمدید خیلی خوش آمدید از این احساسات که در عالم انسانی پیدا شده است باید Welcome, most welcome! From these sentiments that have emerged in the world of humanity, it is incumbent [3.5s] AMK.304-309, KHTB2.197, NJB_v04#11 p.003 @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU0203 Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31 900 Persian Mahmúd's Diary بکلیفورنیا رفتیم هیجان شدیدی در نفوس افتاد در یونیورستی دارالفنون و کنائس و مجامع خلق بحرکت آمدند Welcome, exceedingly welcome! We went to California and a great commotion was set up in the souls.... BDA1.342.02x MHMD1.360x, BSTW#132, BSTW#308 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU0700 Words spoken on 1914-02-24 420 Wealth becomes the cause of heedlessness to many souls with the exception DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v08#02 p.019-020 @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU0237 Interview for al-Ahram newspaper, Ramleh, 1913-10-15 850 We were thrown into the barrack, and no permission was given to have intercourse with the outside world... DAS.1913-10-15 @war and peace, @race unity; racial issues, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @religion as source of love and unity - -
ABU0761 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-01 390 We were speaking today about the religion of the Druzes. All along they have been most kind to us and how appropriate it would have been if the Fragrances of the Merciful reach also their nostrils! The Blessed Perfection visited Abu Sinan DAS.1915-02-01 @empty learning; false spirituality, @methods of teaching the Cause, @harmony of science and religion, @priestcraft - -
ABU1717 Words to Eric Julihn, spoken on 1913-01-22 180 We were in San Francisco less than a month.... The friends of God must sacrifice their lives for the sake of each other. DAS.1913-01-22 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3327 Words spoken on 1914-01-27 30 We were commanded by Baha'o'llah to assist all the communities without the exclusion DAS.1914-01-27, SW_v08#11 p.140 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3000 Words spoken on 1913-02-03 in Paris 50 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 دیروز بدیدن اطفال فقرا رفتیم جای بسیار محقری داشتند ولی چون مراجعت میکردیم We went to visit the children of some poor souls yesterday and saw their pitiful living conditions. As we were returning BDA2.120 MHMD2.149-150 @critique of Western values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick - -
ABU1906 Words spoken on 1912-10-11 in San Francisco 160 We went for a short drive and walked through the Sutro Gardens, which are very beautiful. San Francisco has capacity - capacity for many things ECN.125 @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @prophecy and fulfillment, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU1998 Words to some Persian Baha'is, spoken on 1913-10-23 140 We summon the people to severance and enkindlement. We call their attention to spirituality. We have nothing to do with political tricks and chicaneries. DAS.1913-10-23 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @non-participation in politics, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @realms of being; three realms; five realms - -
AB00477 Some Answered Questions #039 The Human and the Divine Station of the Manifestations 570 Persian Answered Questions, Some گفتیم که در مظاهر ظهور سه مقام هست اول حقیقت جسمانیه که تعلق باین جسد We stated before that the Manifestations of God have three stations: First, the material reality MFD#39, OOL.C022.39 SAQ#39 @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction - -
ABU1701 Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12 180 We should seek the Heavenly Kingdom. The earthly Presidency returns to dust, but the Heavenly Sovereignty is everlasting. On the material plane even a goat may become a leader FRGA.033 @material and spiritual existence; two books, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power of love - -
ABU2192 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken on 1901-09-05 120 We should remember these meetings when we return to our homes. When we go to Paris SW_v07#17 p.172, PN_1901 p024, PN_1907 p075 @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
ABU3538 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 We should not be occupied with our failings and weaknesses, hut concern ourselves with the will of God so that it may flow through us, thereby healing these human infirmities. SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will - -
ABU3444 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 30 We should give our bodies a healthy, simple diet, just enough to keep them for good service--no more; to think too much of what we shall or shall not eat is making too much of the material. SAS.096 @disregarding bodily comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU0790 Public address given on 1912-06-17 380 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help LOG#0937x, PUP#072 (p.204-205), SW_v04#06 p.101-102, VLAB.038-039x @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick - -
ABU3145 Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-09 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary فردای دیگر مسافر دریا هستیم واقعاً قوهٴ بخار چیز عجیبی است اگر این قوه نبود بحر محیط را We shall be at sea for another day. Steam power is truly a wonderful thing. BDA1.025.02 DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.033, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU2746 Words to some spiritualists, spoken on 1912-08-17 70 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما دعا می کنیم خدا شفا میدهد ما اهل ادعا نیستیم اهل بیانیم جمیع منادی بامر بهآءالله هستیم من عبدالبهاء هستم و حضرت بهاءالله مطلع تقدیس است We pray but God bestows healing. We do not make claims for ourselves. We are only the expounders of the Word. BDA1.195.07 MHMD1.211 @station of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual transformation, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU2511 Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05 90 We ought to pray for Miss C., that she may become just as God wishes her to be.... Once a Pharisee and a Publican entered the Temple to pray. PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p038, PN_1909B p019, DJT.056, BLO_PN#027, STAB#125 @stories; anecdotes, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
ABU0058 Address to L'Alliance Spiritualiste on 1913-02-21 1500 We observe that every movement which establishes unity and amity brings in its train life DAS.1913-02-21, ADP.175-184 @oneness; unity of religion, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @teachings as spirit of the age, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity in diversity - -
AB00278 Some Answered Questions #046 Transformation of Species 710 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some آمدیم بر سر مسئلهء تغییر نوع و ترقی اعضا یعنی انسان از عالم حیوان آمده We now come to the question of the transformation of species and the evolution of organs MFD#46, OOL.C022.46 SAQ#46, BWF.301-303 R. Peterson [track 10] @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @evolution; human evolution - -
ABU3288 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-19 30 We must try to return very soon to Haifa. There upon the mountain all alone, pray and supplicate with God. There one finds the ecstasy of spiritual bliss. Supplication, invocation, prayer, inspiration. DAS.1913-03-19 @mystical themes, @Shrines and Holy places, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU1663 Words to the Mayor of Berkeley, spoken on 1912-10-07 180 Persian Mahmúd's Diary باید کوشید تا نوع انسان سعادت ابدی یابد قواعدی در اینخصوص لازم که هم مراتب باقی ماند We must strive until mankind achieves everlasting felicity. Laws are needed which can both preserve the ranks... As these laws are in conformity with the demands of the time, they will unfailingly prevail BDA1.291.07 MHMD1.309 @maintainance of degrees in society, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU3132 Words spoken privately in Washington D.C., 1912-04-23 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary جمال مبارک را باید شکر نمود زیرا تائیدات اوست که مهیج نفوس است توفیقات جمال ابهی است که مقلب قلوبست We must offer thanks to the Blessed Beauty because it is His help that has stirred the people; it is His grace that has changed the hearts. BDA1.048.02 SW_v19#03 p.089x, MHMD1.056 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
ABU1652 Words to Isabel Fraser, spoken on 1913-09-24 190 We must not be attached to anything in the world. It is not worth one thought. We must not SW_v08#06 p.063-064 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause - -
ABU1872 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 160 We must love all humanity as the children of God. Even if they kill us we must die with love for them. SW_v15#05 p.153x, TDLA.020-021, BLO_PN#104 @four; five pathways of love, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love of God, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence - -
ABU2947 Words to Corinne True spoken in 1907 60 we must look upon every human being we saw as a letter from the Beloved to us.... No matter how blotted, blurred, torn or soiled that letter appears to be SW_v13#10 p.284 @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
ABU1236 Words spoken ca. 1900 260 We must look at the realities and not the appearances. The end is the only wise thing to consider. Wait patiently! PN_1900_heh p039 @purpose; goal of creation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @the power of words; of speech, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @spiritual springtime - -
ABU1940 Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30 150 We must let loose the divine forces so that those souls who are standing still at the turnpike may move along the path of progress... We must ever strive to find out the subject which is of interest to the other party and speak with him from that standpoint. DAS.1913-06-30 @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @Manifestation of God as divine physician - -
ABU0184 Address to the Baha'is and others at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-07 940 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اول باید ثابت کنیم که از برای وجود فنائی نیست زیرا فنا عبارت از تفریق اجزاء مرکبه است We must first prove that there is no annihilation in creation. BSHN.140.336, BSHN.144.334, MAS5.058, MHT1b.044, KHTB2.207, BDA1.179.10 SW_v19#10 p.306-308, MHMD1.195-198, PN_1912_heh p039 @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @relationship of the soul to the body, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU0791 Words spoken on 1914-02-12 in Haifa 380 We must execute the divine ordinances.... The climate of Mount Carmel is peerless.... They are promulgating matters which are not in accord.... This cycle is the cycle of favor and not of justice SW_v09#03 p.028-029, SW_v14#05 p.148, VLAB.078x, BSTW#325 @methods of teaching the Cause, @chastisement and requital, @words vs deeds, @unity; oneness of humanity, @study; deepening - -
ABU2098 Words spoken on 1913-07-06 in Port Said 130 we must ever think of the education of the public and try our utmost to improve the conditions of the submerged classes DAS.1913-07-06, ABIE.030, BLO_PN#007 @universal education, @call to action, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU0967 Words to English and American tourists, spoken on 1914-02-23 320 We must be just: The American college at Beirut is carrying on a sacred mission of education and enlightenment... Years ago I went to Beirut and visited the college in its infancy DAS.1914-02-23 @oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @praise of Western values; culture - -
ABU2199 Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901 120 We must be guided entirely by the intelligence and development of the child, as to how SW_v07#15 p.142-143, SW_v09#08 p.090, PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212-213 @education of children; moral education, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @differences in human capacity, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU3012 Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-19 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما محافل وفا را دوست داریم نه مناظر با صفا و اما وفا اول باید بخدا و اوامر و عهد او نمود We love meetings of fidelity and not picturesque scenes. We must first be faithful to God, to His ordinances and Covenant and to His servants BDA1.128.08 SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.137 @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
AB06772 120 mixed ميدانيم که در چه زحمتی و چه مشقّت ولی چون در سبيل حضرت رحمانيّت است عين مسرتّست We know what hardship and tribulation thou endurest, yet since it is in the path of the All-Merciful, it is pure joy [3.5s] MMK3#188 p.131x @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU0844 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-23 360 We know things by their opposites... When we were travelling from Baghdad toward Constantinople, one day, we thought to go ahead of the family DAS.1913-05-23 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @things are known by their opposites, @stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in Constantinople - -
ABU2772 Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken on 1909-01-09 70 We know that the body or form has nothing to do with spirit or spiritual conditions. When the spirit is disconnected with or leaves the body, that is no reason for thinking it can be reabsorbed or joined with the whole of spirit SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022 @relationship of the soul to the body, @unity in diversity - -
ABU3179 40 We know a violator, Abdu'l-Baha says, as we know a donkey when we see him, because violation of the Covenant, he says has a pungent odor SW_v09#05 p.062 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @mystery of the great reversal, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
ABU0001 Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 3400 mixed Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110 BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140 @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @war and peace, @elections, @stories; anecdotes, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @consultation - - MHMD1.120
ABU2377 Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 100 We hear the murmur of the sea always continuing. It never ceases. Were it to cease, the world would be dead, stagnant, lifeless. But the waves of the mind of man are far greater than those of the sea SW_v07#11 p.107-108, SW_v08#02 p.024, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104 @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @power of the mind over nature, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @power of imagination; thought; right intention - -
ABU1521 Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-11 210 We have wished it to be such. For many reasons, this incarceration is useful for me. One is that this is conducive to protection; for our enemies PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p030, SUR.227, BLO_PN#001 @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
ABU2852 Words spoken on 1913-02-18 in Paris 60 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 ما آنچه خیر وصلاح ایران و ایرانیان بود گفتیم و نوشتیم ولی گوش ندادند حتی در بدایت We have spoken and written about such things as will conduce to the good and betterment of Persia and its peoples BDA2.146 MHMD2.182-183 @parliaments; constitutional government, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @relationship between government and people, @past, present and future of Iran - -
ABU3204 40 We have sat together many times before, and we shall sit together many times again in the Kingdom. We shall laugh together very much in those times BW_v12p899, VLAB.153 @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @Christ; Christianity - -
ABU1433 Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-05-04 220 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 باز ما مراجعت بپاریس نمودیم به‌بینیم احباب چه کرده‌اند... تخمی افشاندیم و برگشتیم حال شما میتوانید بروید آبیاری کنید؟ We have returned to Paris to see what the believers have done… We have come to Paris and are sowing the seeds. Can you arise and irrigate them? When the divine farmer ploughs the ground and scatters the seeds BDA2.283 DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.373-374 @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @Christ; Christianity - -
ABU2589 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 80 Persian ما با گذشته کاری نداریم ما مضی مضی و ما سیاءتیک فاین قم فاغتنم الغرصه بین العدمین We have nothing to do with the past. “What has passed is past. And what is to come has not appeared. Therefore do not compare two vacuities.” KHH1.041 (1.057) KHHE.075 @bringing forth results; fruit, @symbolism, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU2763 Words to William Ellis, reporter for The Continent, around 1910 70 We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for. SW_v01#17 p.008, BLO_PN#006 @humility; meekness; lowliness, @love and unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU0737 Words to a friend from Scotland, spoken on 1913-05-12 400 We have many friends in Scotland, many devoted friends; amongst them is Mrs Whyte.... There are certain souls whose thirst is never allayed, while others are satisfied with one drop. DAS.1913-05-12 @knowledge; recognition of God, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @East and West; communication between East and West, @development of capacity and readiness - -
ABU0294 Public address given on 1912-06-11 740 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The We have just returned from a visit to Philadelphia, spending two nights there and speaking PUP#065 (p.183-186), SW_v04#06 p.099-100 @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transcending the material condition, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @man's distinction from the animal - -
ABU2537 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 90 We have grown up step by step, always to a state in advance of the last. God's processes are never retrogressive. SAS.103-104 @reincarnation, @soul; spirit after death, @education and the development of capacity, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @relationship of the soul to the body - -
ABU3010 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-23 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما در اینجا کارتان را تمام کردیم تخمی کشتیم نفوس خیلی منجذب شدند و منقلب گشتند We have finished our work here. We have sown a seed. Many souls have been attracted and transformed. BDA1.203.10 SW_v19#11 p.350, MHMD1.219-220 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @growth of the Cause - -
AB00061 Some Answered Questions #013 Commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Revelation of John 1370 Persian Answered Questions, Some از پیش گذشت که مراد از شهر مقدس و اورشلیم الهی در کتب مقدسه We have explained before that what the sacred scriptures most often mean by the Holy City MFD#13, OOL.C022.13 SAQ#13 @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @prophecy and fulfillment, @symbolism, @suffering and imprisonment, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation - -
ABU2381 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29 100 We have come to Paris striking the first note. But we find Paris is very cold. I was anticipating that in this trip I shall behold in this city the luminous torch of the love of God. Now having arrived I find that the inhabitants are steeped deeper in the darkness of materialism. DAS.1913-01-29 @spiritual transformation, @critique of Western values; culture, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness - -
ABU0382 Interview with F. R. Hinkle of the Sacramento Union, 1912-10-25 640 We have come here to this city to be your guests. We are Bahá’ís. We have come as travelers to see the various places in this country. ECN.903 @unity of governments; political unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @supreme tribunal, @universal language, @harmony of science and religion, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @religion as source of love and unity, @universal education, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @independent investigation of truth; reality - -
ABU2745 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-25 70 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما برای کار و خدمت آمدیم نه برای هوا خوری باید بعبودیت آستان جمال مبارک پرداخت و چنین بندگی را سبب راحت و مسرت جان و دل We have come for work and service and not for leisure. We must render service to the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty BDA1.166.14 MHMD1.181 @methods of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @thankfulness; gratitude, @courtesy; culture [adab] - -
ABU1330 Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 240 We have been writing this morning... You can offer services in English, and in America you can offer a better service in English. AHF.014-015 @universal language, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1294 Words spoken on 1912-10-24 in San Francisco 250 We have been for a drive in the Park as far as the lake - a most beautiful spot, with lawns about it ECN.213+500x @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU0574 Words spoken on 1912-10-05 in San Francisco 490 We have been driving in your lovely park. I found it so charming that I alighted from the automobile and walked along the pathways. ECN.092 @development of capacity and readiness, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @critique of Western values; culture, @education and the development of capacity, @Manifestation of God as sun - -
AB00057 Some Answered Questions #048 The Difference between Man and Animal 1420 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some یکدو مرتبه در مسئلهء روح صحبت شد اما نوشته نشد We have already had one or two conversations on the subject of the spirit but they were not written down. MFD#48, OOL.C022.48 SAQ#48, BWF.303-307 @man's distinction from the animal, @the mind's power of discovery, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @power of the mind over nature, @rational arguments, @the human soul - -
ABU0525 Words spoken ca. 1900 520 We had these flower last year and today we see the same. We are in the habit of saying these flowers are the return PN_1900_heh p059 @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @return of the Manifestations of God, @rejection of Muhammad - -
ABU1472 Words to Nabil-i-A'zam around 1889 220 We had sought shelter in the house of My uncle, Mirza Isma'il. Tihran was in the throes of the wildest excitement. DB.616 @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
ABU1918 Words spoken on 1913-06-17 in Port Said 150 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در این سفر چون بلاس انجلز رسیدیم ١٢ ساعت ریاضی نصف کرهٴ ارض را طی نمودیم We had crossed half the globe in the span of twelve hours when we arrived at Los Angeles on this journey. Had we returned by way of China, Japan, and India, we would have made a full trip around the world BDA2.355-356 MHMD2.473-474 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @law of cause and effect, @heat and motion - -
ABU0950 Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17 320 We had at one time very great sufferings and persecutions. We were greatly harassed at Acca. Praise be to God that you came here in the utmost joy and happiness... A Turk came here and one of the inhabitants told him PN_1919 p023, PN_1919 p115, LAT.038-043, STAB#141 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @universal language, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @music and singing - -
ABU0492 Words spoken on 1914-02-23 550 We had a person by the name of Estad Esmail. Indeed, he was peerless.... It is the duty of all the friends to help the families of the martyrs.... Indeed, Mullah Bahram is a blessed being.... Unless the souls are believers in God and assured in the verses of God, wealth causes the hearts to be hardened and without light. SW_v09#09 p.105-106 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @martyrs and martyrdom, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU0339 Words spoken on 1913-11-23 in Ramleh 690 We had a great teacher in this Cause by the name of ---. He lived a long life, and up to his last breath he served the Cause most faithfully. DAS.1913-11-23 @humor; jokes, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @stories; anecdotes, @eulogies; reminiscences, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB11512 20 Persian جناب میرزا محمد را بتکبیر ابدع ابهی مذکر و بذکر جمال الله مکبریم We extol Jinab-i-Mirza Muhammad with the Most Great salutation and glorify him with the remembrance of the Beauty of God. [3.5s] INBA84:482d @praise and encouragement - -
ABU1086 Words to some Arab Muslims, spoken on 1915-03-15 290 We do not teach these truths here because the inhabitants are still very remote from understanding these problems, but your questions led me into these unexpected domains of ideal mysteries. DAS.1915-03-15 @transcendence; unknowability of God, @empty learning; false spirituality, @limits of the intellect, @Manifestation of God as mediator - -
ABU3267 Words to Albert Vail 40 We do not oppose the religion of anyone. We act in accordance with the Gospel. But we must also act SW_v13#09 p.218 @independent investigation of truth; reality, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @Christ; Christianity, @oneness; unity of religion, @exhortations and counsels - -
ABU3105 Words spoken on 1914-01-24 50 We do not look at the evil deeds of the people. We do not consider the race, the religion, or nationality DAS.1914-01-24, SW_v11#02 p.025 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
AB00167 Some Answered Questions #049 The Evolution of Species 880 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some در این مسئله روزی دیگر مذاکره شد باز مجدداً نیز صحبتی میشود خلاصهء اینمسئله We discussed this matter the other day but we will speak of it again. Briefly, this question comes down to MFD#49, OOL.C022.49 SAQ#49, BWF.307-310 @evolution; human evolution, @need for an educator - -
ABU1687 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 180 Persian ما نه استبداد صرف را میخواهیم و نه آزادی بحت ما بامور روحانی و تعلقات We desire neither absolute despotism, nor unbounded liberty. We are concerned with the spiritual teachings and matters pertaining to the world above. KHH1.048-049 (1.068-069) KHHE.086-087 @freedom of thought and action, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa - -
ABU1139 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 280 We come now to the subject of transformation in the nature of matter; and we wish to show you that that which is temporal is essentially different from that which is eternal AELT.158-159 @law of transformation and change, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @the ephemeral and the eternal - -
ABU1074 Words spoken on 1915-09-07 in Haifa 290 Persian امیدواریم که در آلمان آتش محبت الله شعله زند، بجهت آنکه اهل آلمان، مردمان با استقامتی هستند. متلون المزاج We cherish the hope that in Germany the fire of the love of God may blaze forth, inasmuch as the German people are possessed of steadfastness and are not fickle in disposition [3.5s] ZSM.1915-09-07 - -
ABU1861 Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-04 160 We cannot in this world realize the bounty of God, nor can we appreciate His Love, but in the next world we can do so. PN_1909 p008, PN_1909 p032, PN_1909B p014, PN_1909C p069, DJT.041-042, BLO_PN#027 @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @soul; spirit after death, @law of pilgrimage, @knowledge; recognition of God - -
ABU0982 Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22 320 We can all serve in the Cause of God no matter what our occupation is. No occupation can prevent the soul coming to God. Peter was a fisherman PN_1899 p010, AEP.020-021, NRMM.162, BLO_PN#031 @spiritual transformation, @work as worship, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3672 Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 300 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 باروپا آمدیم دیدیم بعضی از اهل ایران یعنی چند نفر غیر مهم که ابداً در بند دیانت We came to Europe and found that some Persians -- individuals of no significance who are entirely unconcerned with religion BDA2.254-255 MHMD2.330-331 @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @past, present and future of Iran, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB00593 510 Persian جناب معلم از تاییدات غیبیه میطلبیم که در کل احیان در گلشن توحید چون عندلیب We beseech the unseen confirmations for Jinab-i-Mu'allim, that at all times in the garden of divine unity, he may, even as the nightingale [3.5s] AYBY.340 #022b @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU0521 Words to some newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-30 520 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما بهاءالله را اول مربی عالم انسانی میدانیم در زمانی که شرق را ظلمت اختلاف احاطه We believe Baha'u'llah to be the supreme educator of humanity. When the gloom of contention KHTB2.054, BDA1.060.06 MHMD1.068-070 @Manifestation of God as educator, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @harmony of science and religion, @religion as source of love and unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @equality of men and women - -
ABU1611 Public address given on 1912-10-02 190 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما در دنیا عقب انسان می گردیم انسان بحیات روحانی انسانست و سبب این حیات کمالات معنوی و صفات رحمانی است We aspire to find true human beings in this world. Man becomes human only through spiritual life, and the foundation of such a life is made up of heavenly perfections. BDA1.284.05 MHMD1.301-302 @man's distinction from the animal, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @purpose; goal of creation, @attaining the life of the spirit - -
ABU2044 Words spoken on 1914-06-16 in Haifa 130 We are waiting to see that perchance, God willing, a new breeze may waft over India, a new spirituality may be obtained DAS.1914-06-16 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3508 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 20 We are told in the Bible of the Baptism of Water and of the Spirit, and also of the Baptism of Spirit and of Fire, and these are the Three Baptisms. PN_1901 p025 @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @spiritual baptism - -
ABU1308 Words spoken on 1915-10-03 in Haifa 240 Persian ما تسلیمیم، اگر انسان تسلیم نباشد آن وقت گیر امتحانات می افتد. لنبلونکم بشئ من الخوف و الجوع و نقص We are submissive. Should man fail to submit, he will verily fall into the trials and tribulations. We shall surely try you with something of fear and hunger and loss [3.5s] ZSM.1915-10-03 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU1067 Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06 300 We are speaking in Persian and you have to listen…. Man has two ears and one tongue, so he should hear twice and speak once…. I have walked far and am very tired PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p020 @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual transformation - -
ABU2062 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-02 130 Persian ما مبلغ خیای لازم داریم باید جمیع احباء مبلغ باشند و تبلیغ بزبان تنها نیست ... هر یکی از احبای الهی باید در سال اقلا یکی را تبلیغ کنند We are sorely in need of many teachers. But all the believers of God must be teachers of the Cause. Teaching the Cause is not only through the tongue...Every one of the believers of God must, at the very least, teach one new soul in a year. AVK3.496.18x, MAS5.163 DAS.1914-02-02 @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3492 Words spoken ca. 1912-10-08 in the United States 20 We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon referred to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a spark will set aflame the whole of Europe. SW_v10#03 p.033, SW_v13#09 p.252-253, SAS.107-108, BSTW#022 @predictions and prophecies, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration - -
ABU1489 Words spoken ca. 1914 210 Persian الان ما در جوار مقام اعلی هستیم سزاوار است قدر این موهبت را بدانیم و برای نعمت زبان بشکرانه باز کنیم We are now under the shadow of the Shrine of the Bab. It is worthy that we fully appreciate the enormity of this bounty and loosen our tongue in gratitude and praise QT108.069-070, KHH1.317-318 (1.441-442) KHHE.454-455 @Moses, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @growth of the Cause, @station of the Manifestation of God, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU2636 Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-18 80 We are living and moving in a Cause the likeness of which is like unto this ocean. We must immerse ourselves in this sea and reach its depths, so that we may gather the unseen, brilliant pearls of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God DAS.1915-04-18 @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritual transformation, @call to action, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU1508 Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-10 210 We are in a sweet place where our food is also sweet... Among the proofs of the teachings of the Blessed Perfection PN_1919 p080, PN_1920 p011, PN_1920 p019 @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @interconnectedness of the teachings, @suffering and imprisonment, @universality of the Cause - -
ABU1224 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-30 260 We are hedged in from all directions. The roads of correspondence are all blocked and it is impossible to receive or send any news. DAS.1915-01-30 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @East and West; communication between East and West, @being a source of light; guidance - -
ABU1769 Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10 170 We are having a very good meeting, very sweet and full of the Spirit. Thanks be to God that the love of Baha'o'llah has gathered us. Our countries are different FRGA.016 @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @unity in diversity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @many are called but few are chosen, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
ABU1577 Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22 200 We are gazing upon Mt Carmel, where many kings and world conquerors had come... Bravo! Very Good! It is not the personality at which we should look PN_1909F p085, PN_1909F p111, AKL.012-013 @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @symbolism, @Shrines and Holy places - -
ABU0878 Interview with reporter from "Die Leit", Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-22 350 We are Bahá'ís but on certain questions we find ourselves in agreement with the Theosophists.... DAS.1913-04-22 @praise of Western values; culture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i - -
ABU2037 Words spoken on 1912-12-22 in London 140 We also have a theatre... Our theatre is built in a country where there is eternal springtime. The streets of that city DAS.1912-12-22, SW_v14#06 p.177 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @symbolism, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3356 Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool 30 Water flowing from one spring has more force and energy than if the same water is divided between DAS.1912-12-15, SW_v08#02 p.021 @praise and encouragement, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1069 Words spoken ca. April 1910 300 Was weiß Herr Goethe über die Ewigkeit? Was ist Ewigkeit? Wie definiert und erklärt Euer Dichter den Begriff der Ewigkeit ? SDW v11#11 p.122-123 @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @infinity and eternity, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @the human soul, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence - -
ABU3580 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 10 Was ist Kultur, wenn sie nicht lebendiger Besitz eines Einzelnen ist? Luxus des Begüterten! Klassen- und Kastenbesitz SDW v13#11 p.112 - -
ABU2265 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-22 110 Wait till the end of this war. The new ideals of peace which I have nurtured in my mind will be promoted. God willing we shall take another journey DAS.1915-04-22 @means of establishment of future civilization, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU0474 Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30 560 Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021 @chastity and purity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @harmony of science and religion, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3303 Words spoken on 1914-12-16 in Julis 30 Persian رؤیا بر سه قسم است رؤیای صادقه، رؤیای تعبیریه و اضغاث و احلام. اول عین واقع، دوم چون مخلوط با خطورات قلبیه می شود محتاج تعبیر است، اما اضغاث و احلام اوهام است Visions are of three kinds: true visions, interpretive visions, and confused dreams. The first is reality itself, the second, being mingled with the heart's promptings, requireth interpretation, while confused dreams are but vain imaginings [3.5s] ZSM.1914-12-16 @meaning; importance of dreams and visions - -
ABU1728 Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10 180 Virtue and excellence consist in true faith in God, not in having a small or a large appetite for food, or in similar matters. Jinab-i-Tahirih had a good appetite. PN_1906 p020, PN_1906 p028, SUR.229, BLO_PN#001 @love of God, @stories; anecdotes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @moderation; frugality; simplicity - -
AB09115 90 Victory is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material victory is not so important but spiritual victory is conducive to the life of the world of humanity. DAS.1914-10-26x @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU0924 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20 330 Very welcome! Are you all well? You must be very happy, very happy, very grateful, for it was very difficult for me to come and reach this part.... One act soul is preferable to a thousand inactive and useless souls BSTW#155b, ECN.144+178 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU2512 Words to Mr. Kinney, spoken on 1909-07-08 90 Very good; very good. Write a letter and answer it yourself. Look into your heart and see the answer....A day will come when all My communications upon paper -- all My writing – will be effaced. PN_1909 p013, PN_1909 p045, PN_1909C p093, PN_1909C p122, DJT.067, BLO_PN#027 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU2361 Words to George Latimer spoken around 1920 100 Very good, but all should direct attention to the teachings. They should not mention in such and such a place, such things were happening, and teachers have gone there. These affairs must be kept private PN_1919 p003 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @exhortations and counsels, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
ABU0044 Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 1620 Verses 1 to 11. This story needs no explanation. The meaning of it is plainly to be understood. Verse 11. 'Neither do I condemn thee...' SW_v08#11 p.144x, SW_v08#19 p.241x, PN_unsorted p066, BSTW#135, STAB#043x @stories; anecdotes, @love of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @the cloud ['ama], @Manifestation of God as sun, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @degrees of faith; certitude, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3279 30 Persian البته کارکنان چون در کارخانه با کمپانی شرکت حاصل نمایند از قبل خود نفوسی برای مشورت انتخاب خواهند کرد و یقین است آنکه مایه بیشتر سهم بیشتر دارد Verily, when workers establish partnership with the company in the factory, they shall of their own accord choose souls for consultation, and it is certain that whoso possesseth a greater portion shall have a greater share [3.5s] AVK4.346.02 @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing - -
AB01659 300 Verily, those who quaffed the cup of the great martyrdom in the path of God, are favored DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v09#10 p.120 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for martyrs, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU0860 Words spoken on 1916-07-09 in Haifa 350 Persian خواندن کتب خوب است بر اطلاعات می افزاید اهمیت در این است که علوم و فنون از قلوب انسان نبعان کند. اینهمه علوم و فنون که پیدا شده از این است که از قلوب نبعان Verily, the reading of books is praiseworthy and increaseth knowledge. Of paramount importance is that sciences and arts should spring forth from the hearts of men. All these sciences and arts that have appeared have emanated from the hearts [3.5s] SFI14.327-328, ZSM.1916-07-09 @independent investigation of truth; reality, @the human soul, @station of the Manifestation of God, @contemplation - -
AB11559 20 Arabic ان النقطه المجمله للمعانى قد تفصلت على وجه الانحلال باضمحلال انیتها فاصبحت معنى لائحاً Verily, the Point that containeth all meanings hath, through the dissolution of its selfhood, been fully unfolded, and hath emerged as a manifest truth [3.5s] RHQM2.1036-1036 (481) (296-297) - -
AB05032 150 Arabic ان طبقات النور النازله من السماء تحف مرقدک الباهر و جدثک الطیب الطاهر یا من Verily, the layers of light descending from heaven encompass thy resplendent resting-place and thy sacred and pure tomb, O thou [3.5s] HHA.179, NJB_v04#06 p.004 @praise and encouragement, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @visitation Tablets - -
AB00648 490 Persian ولکن مشکلات اینجاست که هر بدبختی خطاای کند این صادقان که اطاعت و صداقت و خیر Verily, the difficulty lies herein: whenever a hapless soul errs, it is those who are sincere, obedient, and virtuous who bear the burden [4o] QT108.123-124 @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @obedience to and respect for government authority - -
AB10248 70 Arabic Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha یا امه الله ان ذلک الطفل مولود و موجود و سیکون له من امره عجبا تسمعین به Verily, that child is born and is alive and from him will appear wondrous things that thou wilt hear of in the future. AKHA_105BE #04 p.05, AKHA_103BE #13 p.41, QT105.1.288, AYT.454, DUR3.239, YHA2.577, BHQ.220, BYM.009, ANB.060, PPRP.002, NFQ.020a, KNSA.187, MATA.260, KHH1.341 (1.475) TAB.484, MNYA.260, PPRL.002 @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU2146 Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji 120 Persian تاریخ درستی در اسلام نوشته نشد. بهترین تاریخ آن ابی الفدا است، هر چند مختصر است. مقصد از تاریخ آن است Verily, no true history hath been penned in Islam. The most excellent among its chronicles is that of Abu'l-Fida, though it be but brief. Know thou that the purpose of history is [3.5s] ZSM.1915-10-23 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @personal instructions, @Muhammad; Islam - -
ABU1836 Words spoken on 1915-09-08 in Haifa 160 Persian خیلی مردم در مخمصه هستند. نور ایمان هم که نیست تا سبب صبر و تحمل شود. انسان وقتی که قلبش مطمئن به ایمان است Verily, multitudes of men are encompassed by tribulation. The light of faith doth not shine forth that it might become the cause of patience and forbearance. When the heart of man is assured through faith [3.5s] ZSM.1915-09-08 @call to action, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @light and darkness - -
ABU2846 Words spoken on 1915-09-08 60 Persian زن و مرد باید فی الحقیقه رفیق باشند غمخوار یکدیگر باشند موافقنشان از روی حقیقت باشد Verily, man and woman must in truth be companions, consoling one another, and their concord must be founded upon reality [3.5s] GHA.160 @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @equality of men and women, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @idle fancies; lust and passion - -
AB10711 60 Persian جناب رشید جمشید نامهای دوستان را حرز جان نموده حتی در این سامان نیز همراه Verily, Jinab-i-Rashid Jamshid hath treasured the names of the friends as an amulet of the soul, bearing them even in these parts [3.5s] ALPA.088, YARP2.105 p.126 - -
AB11330 30 Arabic ان جمال الذین السائح الشهیر فى کل اقلیم الناشر لرائحة محبة الله اصبح سائحا Verily, Jamal-i-Din, the renowned traveller throughout every clime who diffuseth the fragrance of the love of God, hath become a wayfarer [3.5s] MSBH8.140 @eulogies; reminiscences, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU0194 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 910 Persian بلی در این امر شمشیر نفحات الهیه است آن شمشیر میکشت این جان می دهد Verily, in this Cause, the sword is the divine breezes of God; the physical sword took life, whereas this one bestows life eternal [4o] KHH2.256-261 @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @House of Justice, @contention and conflict, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU2455 90 Persian در قرآن کلمهٴ فان خفتم الا تعدلوا فواحدة دلالت بر این مینماید که عند الله حکم واحد مقبول است Verily, in the Qur'an the words "if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably, then one only" betoken that in the sight of God the decree of unity is acceptable [3.5s] AVK4.174.09 @Islamic laws and jurisprudence, @laws of marriage and dowry, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih - -
ABU0708 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 410 Persian واقعا اگر در ادوار سابق از برای نفوس شکی و ریبی و شبهه ئی بود از این بود Verily, if in the bygone ages there lingered any doubt, uncertainty or misgiving in the hearts of men, it was for this reason [3.5s] KHH2.287-290 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @prophecy and fulfillment, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @words vs deeds, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people - -
AB06015 130 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha Verily, I read thy magnificent letter, thy brilliant writing, and found its meanings as the chanting of the verses of guidance TAB.075 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement - -
AB12039 120 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Verily, I place my brow upon the dust, turn my face towards the Lord of Lords, and invoke Him with all fervour and attraction BRL_ATE#076 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @firmness in the Covenant, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB12043 80 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Verily, I beseech God to cast upon you the glances of the eye of His mercy, to raise you up through His celestial power BRL_ATE#079 @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB12278 200 Persian والله یحب المحسنین حقا که محسنی و متحصن در حصن حصین لهذا محفوظ و مصونی Verily, God cherisheth the doers of good, for they, like unto a fortified and steadfast citadel, are ever shielded and preserved [4o] INBA85:311 @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture - -
ABU3011 Words spoken in Dec. 1919 50 Persian ما دولت عادله را دوست داریم هر دولتی باشد پادشاه قدیم ایران انوشروان اگر چه Verily we cherish every just government, whatsoever it may be, even as the ancient Persian sovereign Anoshirvan, though he was [3.5s] NJB_v11#19 p.342 - -
AB10186 70 Verily thy letter reached Me, and I noted its contents, and the severe trials which surround thee from all sides. Be not sorrowful on this account BSTW#445x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @Mary Magdalene, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort - -
AB01095 380 Arabic و انک انت یا الهی سبقت رحمتک و کملت موهبتک و احاطت قدرتک کل الاشیاء فخلقت Verily Thou, O my God, Thy mercy hath preceded all else, Thy bounty hath been perfected, and Thy power hath encompassed all things, and thus didst Thou create [3.5s] Ghazi3072.153-156 BRL_DAK#1009, MKT1.206, BSHN.140.108, BSHN.144.108, MHT2.180 @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU1892 160 Verily the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth. LOG#2051x, SW_v08#12 p.148x, BW_v01p061 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual transformation, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
ABU3670 Words of Abdu'l-Baha in 1919 310 Verily it is so. They are now in Paradise. The German friends are pure, their hearts are overflowing with love, their whole beings are filled with the Cause of God BBBD.473-474 @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @East and West; communication between East and West, @universal peace; world unity - -
AB12047 50 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Verily I say unto thee: I am with you in heart and in spirit. I delight in your joy and my spirit rejoiceth in your happiness BRL_ATE#080 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
AB12029 170 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Verily I say unto thee that if thou be steadfast in this Cause, and arise with all thy power to promote the Word of God BRL_ATE#077 @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU2434 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 90 Persian بخت النصر هم خیلی به بنی اسرائیل مصیبت داد از بسکه بنی اسرائیل متردد Verily did Nebuchadnezzar bring grievous affliction upon the Children of Israel, inasmuch as they wavered exceedingly in their faith [3.5s] KHH2.267-268 @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @work as worship - -
ABU2908 Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 60 Vanity is a form of egotism, an excessive desire for notice of approval of one's personal appearance or deeds. It is self-conceit and self-hypnotization. DAS.1914-05-10 @humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @Satan; the Evil One - -
AB03046 220 Arabic علیکم ایها النجوم الزاهره و البدور الباهره و الشموس الساطعه التحیه و الثناء Upon you, O resplendent stars, radiant moons, and shining suns, be greetings and praise [3.5s] ABDA.316-317, NJB_v05#19 p.006 @martyrs and martyrdom, @knowledge; recognition of God, @visitation Tablets, @love of God, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
AB07084 120 Arabic علیک التحیه الوفیه و الثناء الجمیل ایها الجلیل الذی فدا روحه فی سبیل ربه تحت Upon thee be the most faithful greetings and most beauteous praise, O thou noble one who hast sacrificed thy soul in the path of thy Lord [3.5s] TSHA3.572, MSBH1.245 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @visitation Tablets, @eulogies; reminiscences, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @soul; spirit after death, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB09046 90 Arabic علیک بهاء الله و علیک سلام الله یا من آمن بالله و آیاته و صدق بکلماته و تشبث بذیل Upon thee be the glory of God and upon thee be the peace of God, O thou who hast believed in God and His signs, and hast testified to His words, and hast clung to His hem [3.5s] TISH.209, ANDA#67-68 p.122 @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB05938 140 Arabic علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه و رحمته و رضوانه یا من آمن بالله و ایقن بایاته و صدق Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise, and His mercy, and His favor LMA1.432, NYMG.138 NYR#103 @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God - -
AB07085 120 mixed علیک بهاء الله و ضیائه یا من اشتعل قلبه من نار محبه الله Upon thee be the Glory of God and His effulgence, O thou whose heart is set ablaze with the fire of the love of God [3.5s] MSHR3.195x @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @wisdom [hikmat], @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] - -
AB07767 110 Arabic علیک نفحات الله علیک جذبات ایات الله ایتها الورقه النورانیه و الفریده Upon thee be the fragrances of God, upon thee the raptures of God's verses, O luminous and unique leaf [3.5s] PYK.288 @praise and encouragement, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB04956 160 Arabic علیک نفحات الله و علیک تحیات الله و علیک صلوات الله و علیک برکات الله و علیک Upon thee be the fragrances of God, upon thee be the greetings of God, upon thee be the prayers of God, upon thee be the blessings of God, upon thee be His grace [3.5s] TSHA3.577 @prayer for martyrs, @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Shrines and Holy places - -
AB05419 150 Arabic علیک نفحات الله و علیک جذبات الله و علیک فیوضات الله و علیک تحیات الله ایها Upon thee be the fragrances of God, upon thee be the attractions of God, upon thee be the outpourings of God, upon thee be the greetings of God, O thou [3.5s] MAS9.117 @praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @love of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB02620 240 Arabic علیک التحیه و الثناء یا فخر النساء المنتسبه الی الشجره المبارکه الثابته الاصل Upon thee be salutations and praise, O pride of the female kindred of that Blessed Tree whose Root is firmly established ASAT4.289, IQN.111 LTDT.278-279 @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for the departed, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
AB03275 Tablet of Visitation for Manuchihr Khan 210 Arabic علیک التحیه و علیک الثناء و علیک الصلاه و علیک البهاء یا سید الوزراء و ملیک Upon thee be salutations and praise, and on thee rest blessings and glory, O leader of the ministers and sovereign of the rulers, O resplendent sun among the officials AHB.126BE #05-06 p.140, AYT.195, DLH3.430 ADMS#260 @prayer for martyrs, @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement - -
AB02621 240 Arabic علیک الثناء و علیک البهاء و علیک التحیه من الجمال الابهی اشهد بانک صدقت Upon thee be praise and upon thee be glory, and upon thee be greetings from the Most Glorious Beauty. I testify that thou hast spoken the truth [3.5s] INBA13:153 TISH.279 @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @visitation Tablets, @martyrs and martyrdom, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
AB04176 180 Persian علیک بهائه و نوره و ضیائه و عزه و ثنائه و Upon thee be His glory, His light, His radiance, His might and His praise [3.5s] LEID.Or4971-3 - -
AB03853 190 Arabic علیک التحیه و الثناء یا نظام الشریعه السمحه البیضاء و نظام الطریقه القویمه Upon thee be greetings and praise, O thou embodiment of the luminous and gracious Law, and exemplar of the straight Path [3.5s] ABDA.315-316 @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @visitation Tablets - -
AB11747 130 Arabic علیک التحیه و الثناء و علیک الموهبه و الصلاه ایتها الحقیقه المنجذبه الی الله Upon thee be greetings and praise, and upon thee be heavenly gifts and prayers, O thou who art attracted to the divine Truth [3.5s] YIA.395a @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @visitation Tablets - -
AB00594 510 Arabic علیک التحیه و الثناء و علیک البهاء و علیک السناء یا من خلق من جوهر الوفاء Upon thee be greetings and praise, and upon thee be glory and splendor, O thou who art created from the essence of fidelity [3.5s] INBA89:249 TISH.115-116, MSBH3.603-605, MSBH3.587x @martyrs and martyrdom, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
ABU0024 Public address given on 1912-08-27 2000 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The Upon the faces of those present I behold the expression of thoughtfulness and wisdom PUP#096 (p.284-289), FWU.057 @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @The Holy Spirit, @harmony of science and religion, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @universal peace; world unity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @heat and motion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @second birth - -
ABU3164 Words spoken on 1913-07-28 in Ramleh 40 Up to the time I was 32 years [old], I never slept in bed, preferring always a piece of mat and as cushion I chose one or two books. DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU1303 Words spoken on 1912-09-21 in Omaha 240 Persian Mahmúd's Diary تا بحال انچه واقع شده جمیع سبب اعلآء امر الله بود مهاجرت جمال مبارک از طهران و حرکت از بغداد Up to now, whatever has occurred has had the effect of spreading the Cause of God. BDA1.262.01 MHMD1.280 @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU3506 Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary 20 Up to now, to believe was to acknowledge, to make a confession of faith, but in this greatest of all Causes, believing means to have praiseworthy qualities and to perform praiseworthy acts. BW_v13p1187 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @goodly deeds; actions - -
AB01871 290 mixed لک الحمد یا الهی بما اوقدت فی زجاج القلوب سراج الهدی و نورت الابصار بسطوع Unto Thee be praise, O my God, for Thou hast kindled the lamp of guidance within the glass of hearts and illumined all eyes with radiance [3.5s] MSBH3.405 @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the power of words; of speech, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha - -
ABU3591 Words to Inez Cook spoken in Apr. 1920 10 Until the sun rises in the West, the door of repentance will remain open. PN_1920 p113 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @predictions and prophecies, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @symbolism - -
ABU1602 Words spoken on 1913-06-11 in Paris 80 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 تا دولت و ملت مانند شهد و شیر آمیخته نگردند نجاح و فلاح ممتنع و محال است Until the government [of Persia] and its people become commingled, even as milk and honey, their success and prosperity will remain entirely unattainable BDA2.345-346 MHMD2.459 @obedience to and respect for government authority, @relationship between government and people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @past, present and future of Iran, @unity of governments; political unity, @non-participation in politics - -
ABU1830 Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22 160 Persian Mahmúd's Diary تا حال واقع نشده که از شرق شخصی بغرب بیابد محض انبعاثات وجدانی و ملاقات دوستان الهی Until now it never happened that someone from the East, impelled by the promptings of his conscience, should come to the West to see the friends of God... A great war and commotion shall inevitably take place BDA1.325.14 MHMD1.344 @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @status of kings; future of monarchy - -
ABU1902 160 Until now it has been said that all religions were composed of tenets that had to be accepted, even if they seems contrary to science. ADP.102-103 @the mind's power of discovery, @harmony of science and religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @priestcraft - -
ABU0144 Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa 1050 Persian لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s] NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28 @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the power of example, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3247 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 40 Unser Verhältnis zu Gott, dem Herrn, muß auf zwei Grundpfeilern ruhen: williges Unterordnen des eigenen Willens unter den Göttlichen und Aufrichtigkeit SDW v13#11 p.112 @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @knowledge; recognition of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
ABU2795 Words to Mr King from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24 70 Unless a man give his whole thought to a subject, he cannot comprehend it fully. He must give his mind to the thing, be free, and then he will understand it. MAB.083 @effort; striving, @study; deepening, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU2967 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-10-30 50 Universal Peace is the best panacea for the diseases of the Islamic world DAS.1913-10-30 @war and peace, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @universal peace; world unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration - -
ABU1409 Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt 230 Unity is love. It cannot be established without love. Therefore try, as far as possible, to be filled with love. SW_v08#10 p.121, BLO_PN#002 @love of God, @pain of love; love as veil, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU2783 Words spoken on 1914-01-14 70 Unity is an ideal which is confirmed by the Almighty. When I hear the believers are united I am most happy. The Spirit of Baha'o'llah overshadows those souls DAS.1914-01-14 @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity - -
ABU0483 Address to women's gathering at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-19 550 Undoubtedly you must be happy; if you are not happy, then who should be happy?... In all the former dispensations, men were considered superior to women. BSTW#108 @equality of men and women, @role and station of women, @call to action, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU2782 Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1913-12-29 70 Under what tumultuous times the foundation of this divine structure was laid! Owing to the false reports DAS.1913-12-29 @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @Shrines and Holy places - -
ABU2931 Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-09 60 Under all circumstances, I am happy and well. I am never unwell. The body of man is the result of the composition of the elements and these elements are constantly at war with each other. DAS.1913-05-09 @composition and decomposition, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @relationship of the soul to the body - -
ABU2093 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22 130 Under all circumstances man must turn his face toward God and overlook the shortcomings of others, so that he may prosper in his affairs. There are some people who would go any length DAS.1915-04-22 @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11399 30 Persian دو قطعه لوح که عکس اثر قلم اعلی مع عکس حضرت غصن الله الاطهر واصل گردید Two Tablets - a photographic reproduction of the writing of the Most Exalted Pen, together with a photograph of His Holiness the Most Pure Branch - have been received [3.5s] INBA17:232 - -
ABU1180 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 270 Two or three years ago He wrote to some of the believers in America and also to Dr. Kheiralla, stating these events PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p043 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcending the material condition, @suffering and imprisonment, @predictions and prophecies, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU3666 490 Persian دو مسئله است یکی عصمت کبری و یکی مسئله علم باری جمیع اینها بر دو قسم است Two matters there are: one being the Most Great Infallibility, and the other being the question of divine knowledge. All these are divided into two parts [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0730 @House of Justice, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11645 370 Persian دو طغرا مکتوب آنجناب وارد ولی هیچیک تاریخ نداشت مکتوب اول حکایت جناب استاد Two letters with your letterhead arrived, but neither had a date. The first letter tells the story of Jinab-i-Ustad [3.5s] INBA85:400 BRL_DAK#0199, YIA.340-341 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise of Western values; culture, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @smoking - -
AB01363 340 Persian دو مکتوب آنجناب در یکهفته واصل و بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید و از تفاصیلی که مرقوم Two letters from you were received in one week and were studied with complete attention. From the details which [3.5s] PYK.250 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU0829 360 Persian عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم که دشمنی در حق دوستان دارد Two kinds of enmity there are: one is religious enmity, and one is personal enmity of the self that beareth rancor against the friends [3.5s] @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU0348 Words spoken on 1915-03-28 680 Persian معرکه شده است دنیا بهم خورده است در کارند که همه بجان همدیگر بریزند Tumult hath seized the earth, chaos reigneth, and all souls are moved to rise up one against another [3.5s] KHF.071, KHAB.455 (456), KHTB3.040, NJB_v05#12 p.003 @supreme tribunal, @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion - -
ABU2295 110 Bahá'í Scriptures Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love of God, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
ABU3624 10 Truth (the highest truth) is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy Spirit. SW_v08#08 p.098 @The Holy Spirit, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge - -
ABU3622 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-09 10 Trustworthiness is the most brilliant jewel in the diadem which crowns man's heavenly attributes. DAS.1912-12-09, SW_v08#02 p.025 @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU2894 Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 60 Trust thou wholly in God, and be entirely detached from this world. Then the comfort of this world also will be thine. All these men that thou art beholding DAS.1913-12-03 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3416 Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 30 Trust in God. Be kind to thy fellow-men, fill the world with the spirit of love. DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @high station of the true believer, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @love and unity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
ABU3108 50 Truly I say unto thee, every maidservant who arises in this day in the mystery of sacrifice in the path of God SW_v07#12 p.115-116 @praise and encouragement, @role and station of women, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @angels - -
ABU0646 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-03 450 Truly I say this is the most prodigious catastrophe and the most ill-boding calamity which has ever taken place on this globe. According to a number of reports already more than 2 million souls are killed or wounded. DAS.1915-02-03 @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @war and peace, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration - -
ABU0444 Words spoken on 1914-02-13 580 Persian فی الحقیقه صعود حضرت ابی الفضائل بلیه ای بود از برای اهل بها در جمیع ممالک دنیا Truly I say the departure of Mirza Abdu'l-Fazl is an irretrievable loss for the people of Baha. NJB_v05#01 p.005 DAS.1914-02-13 @high station of learning, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @eulogies; reminiscences, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB03885 190 Truly I say many societies are organized in America for the promotion of the thought of peace and universal brotherhood. CHU.074 @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @means of establishment of future civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration - -
ABU0743 Words spoken on 1914-01-18 400 Truly I say if at every moment we praise Baha'o'llah a hundred thousand times for His bounties and gifts, we shall be unable to express adequately DAS.1914-01-18 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @praise of Western values; culture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
ABU1323 Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 240 Truly I say I am well satisfied with both of you... There are many heralds in this world. Here is a herald who summons the people to the love and defense of his country DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v05#14 p.216-217, SW_v08#16 p.217-218, PN_1914 p100 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @call to action - -
ABU0272 Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-02 780 Truly God has created all the beings, but has created them that they may be educated. And every existing being is endowed with two perfections - creative and educative. PN_1900 p027, PN_1900 p050, BSTW#169h @universal education, @Muhammad; Islam, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @Moses, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @education and the development of capacity, @light and darkness, @need for an educator, @man's distinction from the animal - -
ABU2828 Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris 60 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اهمیت در حالات و شئون روحانی است اگر شما منجذب بنفحات روحانی باشید True significance lies in states of spirituality. Should you all be captivated by the sweet savours of spirituality, then I shall always be with you BDA2.182 MHMD2.231 @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
ABU2646 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 80 True Religion has nothing to do with human imagination. God's Will is independent of human opinion. Personal ideas and mere human prejudice are the great obstacles to spiritual growth. TDLA.009-010, BLO_PN#104 @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @unity in diversity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @Word of God is its own standard, @religion as reality; definitions of religion - -
ABU0472 560 True happiness is found in purity of thought. Whenever I look into your radiant faces I am made most happy because your thoughts are pure SW_v13#05 p.102-104 @high station of learning, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Shrines and Holy places, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU2379 Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris 100 Travelling is a very good thing. It opens the eyes and broadens the horizon. In the East one may behold vast and desert places where once lay peopled towns PN_1911 p017 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @growth of the Cause - -
AB00003 Maqaliy-i-Shakhs Sayyah (A Traveller's Narrative) 22000 Persian Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A; Traveler's Narrative, A Travelers Narrative, A (book) در خصوص شخص معروف بباب و حقیقت احوال اینطائفه روایات مختلفه و تفاصیل Touching the individual known as the Bab and the true nature of this sect diverse tales are on the tongues CMB_F56, IOM.100-101 TNP, AVK3.203.01x, AVK3.210.12, AVK3.214.06x, AVK3.223.01x, AVK3.286.11x, AVK3.473.16x, OOL.C021 TN, GPB.055x, GPB.066x, GPB.075x, GPB.113x, GPB.133x2x, GPB.143x, GPB.159x5x, GPB.197x, GPB.201x, TDH#158.18x, STAB#116 "The ablest and most valuable presentation of the early history of the Faith and of its tenets." (Shoghi Effendi) Recounts events in the life of the Bab and in the lives of His followers and illustrates the character of the Baha'í revelation with numerous quotations from Baha'u'llah's Writings. @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrdom of the Bab, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im, @empty learning; false spirituality, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @petitions to authorities, @growth of the Cause, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @martyrs and martyrdom, @grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Letters of the Living, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat] 1 * - PN_1919 p023
ABU2271 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18 110 Tonight they are holding the Feast of Elijah on the top of Mount Carmel, in memory of his ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire. DAS.1914-07-18 @oneness; unity of religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @Mount Carmel - -
ABU0682 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28 430 Tonight the weather is very cool. It conduces one to sleep. Sleep is one of the greatest gifts of God... The gift is not noticed as long as it exists but when it disappears DAS.1914-12-28 @stories; anecdotes, @things are known by their opposites - -
ABU0713 Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1909-07-11 410 Tonight is a beautiful night because, Praise be to God, the believers of America and Persia are joined here at one table. This is one of the great fruits of the Word of God. PN_1909 p021, PN_1909 p057, PN_1909C p111, DJT.108-110, BLO_PN#027 @East and West; communication between East and West, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU0223 Public address given on 1912-04-18 870 Persian Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171 MANA @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @human reality created in the image of God, @banishments of Baha'u'llah - - MHMD1.046-047
ABU0054 The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10 1510 Persian Paris Talks امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature. BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x @soul; spirit after death, @composition and decomposition - -
ABU0882 Public address given on 1912-04-18 340 Persian Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056 @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @stories; anecdotes, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - - MHMD1.047
ABU0404 Public address to Congress of East-West Relations, spoken on 1912-04-20 610 Persian Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks امشب من نهایت سرور دارم که در همچو مجمع و محفلی وارد شدم من شرقی هستم Tonight I am most happy, for I have presented myself to an audience like unto this BRL_DAK#0711, AMK.309-311, PYB#159 p.44, DUR4.034x, DUR1.100x, MJMJ1.093x, MMG2#178 p.206x, MJH.038ax, KHF.033, KHTB2.030, BDA1.040n BRL_ATE#185x, PUP#014 (p.035-037), SW_v03#03 p.008-009, SW_v15#08 p.235-236, SW_v19#03 p.087, ADMS#052 unknown @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @unity of governments; political unity, @praise of Western values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity, @suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God - - MHMD1.049
ABU0607 Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool 470 Tonight I am exceedingly happy to find myself in an assembly, the members of which are a recognized factor in philanthropy SW_v03#17 p.004-005 @oneness; unity of religion, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @prayer for peace and unity, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU0736 Words spoken on 1912-06-19 in New York 400 mixed فردا من میخواهم بمونت کلر بروم امروز روز آخر است باز مراجعت خواهم کرد لهذا Tomorrow I wish to go to Montclair. Today is the last day in which we gather together with you... In former cycles no distinct Covenant has been made… AMK.261-262, AVK4.288ax COC#0224x, SW_v04#14 p.237-238, SW_v03#14 p.009-010, SW_v05#15 p.227-228, SW_v08#14 p.187-188, SW_v09#13 p.139+147, SW_v12#14 p.227-228, BSTW#052q @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @House of Justice, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations - -
ABU1213 Words spoken ca. 1915 260 Persian رفتیم با آقا میرزا حیدر علی بگردیم دیدیم جمعیت زیادی روبه کوه میروند فردا شب عید مارالیاس است Together with Áqa Mírza Haydar-‘Alí, we went for a stroll. We saw a large multitude going up the mountain, as the next evening was a festivity in honor of Saint Elijah KHH1.288 (1.401-402) KHHE.415-416 @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @empty learning; false spirituality, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation - -
AB10576 60 Persian اليوم که آتش فرقت پرحرقت محبوب آفاق دل وجان دوستان حقيقی را سوخته و بنياد حيات جسمانی Today, when the burning fire of separation from the Best-Beloved of the horizons hath consumed the hearts and souls of His true loved ones and the foundation of physical life [3.5s] MMK4#073 p.079x @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort - -
ABU3674 250 Today, this man [Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí] has done such a deed and written in such wise that Mutisarrif Pasha wanted to use his statement as evidence to uproot Us completely. He has written AFNAN.215-216 @law of inheritance, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
AB07860 100 mixed الیوم اعظم امور ثبوت و رسوخ بر امرالله است جمال قدم احبای الهی را از برای Today, the most paramount of matters is steadfastness and firmness in the Cause of God. The Ancient Beauty hath enjoined upon the loved ones of God [3.5s] INBA55:148 AYBY.327 #007 @call to action, @House of Justice, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3583 Words spoken on 1905-03-26 10 Today, the most important affair is firmness in the Covenant SW_v05#15 p.227, SW_v04#14 p.237 @role of the Covenant in preserving unity - -
AB06014 130 mixed الیوم اعظم و اهم امور استقامت بر امرالله و ثبوت و رسوخست و تربیت نفوس بلکه Today, the most exalted and vital of all matters is steadfastness in the Cause of God, constancy and deep-rooted faith, and the education of souls, nay rather [3.5s] AYBY.331 #013 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1968 Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11 140 Persian Mahmúd's Diary امروز اعظم علاج عاجل و تریاق فاروقی که حکیم الهی تجویز فرموده وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومیست Today, the greatest and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity BDA1.296.06 MHMD1.314 @harmony of science and religion, @Christian doctrine and practice, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @literal interpretation - -
ABU0674 Words spoken on 1914-06-29 in Haifa 430 Today, the friends of God are the illuminated candles of the world of humanity SW_v09#11 p.130 @unity; oneness of humanity, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB04132 180 Persian امروز ياران الهی مانند ستاره صبحگاهی الحمد للّه بنور محبّت اللّه روشنند و هر يک سر دفتر عاشقان Today, praised be God, the friends of God shine even as the morning star with the light of His love, and each is foremost among the lovers [3.5s] MMK3#284 p.206x @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prayer for forgiveness, @love of God - -
ABU2548 Words spoken on 1919-12-25 80 Persian امروز چون عید ولادت حضرت مسیح بود دیدن بعضی دوستان مسیحی رفتم من بموجب امر جمال Today, inasmuch as it was the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, I proceeded, in accordance with the command of the Beauty, to visit certain Christian friends [3.5s] ASAT5.144-145 @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
AB07764 110 mixed امروز اگر یاران رخ برافروزند و بوصایای جمال مبارک چنانکه باید و شاید قیام نمایند در اندک Today, if the friends illumine their faces and arise, as they must and should, to carry out the counsels of the Blessed Beauty, in but a brief [3.5s] AKHA_104BE #08 p.02 @power of love, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU0501 Words spoken at hotel suite in New York, 1912-05-31 530 Persian Mahmúd's Diary امروز میخواهم آقامیرزا ولی الله خان را بشما معرفی کنم Today, I would like to introduce you to Áqa Mírza Valíyu’llah Khan. This young man was the son of Áqa Mírza Varqa KHTB2.107, NJB_v03#18 p.004 ADMS#177 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God, @stories; anecdotes, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - - BDA1.111, MHMD1.118
ABU2427 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 90 Persian امروز هر فردی باید قیام بتبلیغ نماید و زبان بتبلیغ بگشاید و این عالم بشر را Today, each believer must arise to teach the Faith and speak of it to seekers. We must rescue the world of humanity from all dangers that threaten it and sacrifice our own comfort for our Divine Beloved. KHH1.055 (1.077) KHHE.095 @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU0518 Words spoken on 1911-11-27 in Paris 520 Persian Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks امروز میخواستم بیایم اینجا دم در دیدم اروپ‌پلن بلند شده بسیار منظر خوشی بود حقیقت Today, as I intended to come here, I beheld at the threshold an aeroplane soaring aloft - truly it was a wondrous sight [3.5s]... ...But the flight of the human spirit is through the glad-tidings of God. The flight of the human mind is through the increase of understanding and perception BRL_DAK#1005, KHTB1.228 BRL_ATE#201x @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @power of the mind over nature, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU2661 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-10 80 Today whosoever has arisen to teach the Cause and serve the believers, divine confirmations shall descend upon him; otherwise he is wasting his time. DAS.1913-03-10 @stories; anecdotes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU0911 Words to Indian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-28 330 Today whosoever arises to promote the Word of God the powers of the world of existence will assist him from all directions. Teaching the Cause is the Magnet which attracts unto man Divine Confirmations DAS.1914-05-28 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love as fire, @Imam Husayn - -
AB11272 40 Today whosoever arises to herald the Kingdom of Abha, a magnetic power will be produced which shall attract the rays of confirmation DAS.1913-03-29x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU0433 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 590 Today we will speak about Obedience! The Manifestation of God is a perfect example... Real obedience and real sacrifice are identical - absolute readiness to follow and SW_v08#05 p.060x, SW_v08#17 p.221-222x, TDLA.048-051, BLO_PN#104 @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God - -
ABU1932 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 150 Today we will occupy ourselves with the glad tidings of God. It is for us to consider how we may educate men that the darkness of ignorance AELT.212-213 @spiritual transformation, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU0614 Words spoken on 1911-11-30 in Paris 460 Persian امروز با یکی از خانمها در این مذاکره بودیم که Today we were engaged in discourse with one of the women concerning this matter [3.5s] KHF.117, KHAB.121 (132), KHTB1.236 @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @second birth, @oneness; unity of religion, @knowledge; recognition of God - -
ABU2826 Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-12 60 Persian Mahmúd's Diary امروز در کنیسه موسویان صحبت کردیم شما دیدید که چگونه اثبات شد که حضرت مسیع Today we spoke in the Jewish temple. You saw how it was proven that Christ was the Word of God BDA1.307.11 MHMD1.324-325 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Christ; Christianity, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1463 Words spoken on 1914-06-23 220 Today we have received a newspaper from London containing the photograph of a Bahá'í girl who has given a most dramatic speech before the King and Queen of England DAS.1914-06-23 @means of establishment of future civilization, @role and station of women, @equality of men and women - -
ABU1578 Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-11 200 Today we call on Sheik Ibrahim Akki. As you know his two merchant steamers are sunk by the Russian warship in Beirut harbor. DAS.1915-01-11 @conduct in finance and business, @stories; anecdotes, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @composure; tranquillity; serenity - -
ABU0086 Public address given on 1912-08-06 1310 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The Today we are enjoying temperate weather. As there are many strangers present, we will answer questions. PUP#088 (p.247-252), SW_v03#18 p.006-007+10, SW_v19#09 p.258, SW_v08#08 p.098-099, PN_1912_heh p028, STAB#110 @Christ; Christianity, @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @veiling [hijab], @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @oneness; unity of religion, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @conference of Badasht - -
ABU0630 Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-10 450 Persian امروز خیلی گرم بود حضرت رسول فرموده است اللهم اجعل صیفنا صیف و شتائنا شتا Today was exceedingly warm. The Apostle of God - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "O God! Make our summer a summer indeed, and our winter a winter." [3.5s] MUH3.224 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @education of children; moral education, @oneness; unity of religion, @station of the Manifestation of God, @stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU1025 Words spoken on 1914-01-22 in Haifa 300 Persian امروز یک خبر بسیار محزنی رسید خلیل محزن فی الحقیقه بسیار شخص جلیلی بود از جمیع جهات نادر بود Today very sad news has been received. He [Mirza Abu'l-Fazl] was indeed a very glorious personage... How humble and meek he was! We tried our best to persuade him to keep a servant MSBH2.349-350x, YHA2.911-912, NJB_v05#01 p.004 DAS.1914-01-22, SW_v09#03 p.025x, SW_v08#06 p.066x @humility; meekness; lowliness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @high station of learning, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
ABU0255 Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04 800 Persian Mahmúd's Diary امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s] KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011 @power of the mind over nature, @human reality created in the image of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization - - BDA1.354, MHMD1.372
AB07828 110 Today there is no greater service to the Kingdom of God than endeavor in uniting the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful One. BSTW#504ax @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
ABU2799 Words spoken in Jun. 1906 70 Today the world's gaze is extended to the lives of the Bahá'ís: when they find a believer committing an evil deed, they may imagine such to be the deed of all the Bahá'ís PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001 @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds - -
ABU0755 The Two Kinds of Light: Words spoken on 1911-11-05 in Paris 390 Persian Paris Talks بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید امروز هوا تاریک است Today the weather is gloomy and dull! In the East there is continual sunshine, the stars are never veiled KHAB.125 (137), KHTB1.111 PT#22 p.064, SW_v08#08 p.097-098 @light and darkness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @spiritual transformation, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation - -
ABU3109 50 Today the true duty of a powerful king is to establish universal peace: for verily it signifies the freedom of all the people of the world. SW_v07#15 p.136 @true liberty; freedom, @unity of governments; political unity, @universal peace; world unity, @status of kings; future of monarchy - -
AB04504 170 Persian امروز علم وحدت ميثاق بلند است و ارتباط قلوب محکم تا توانيد از اسرار عهد و ميثاق بيان کنيد Today the standard of the oneness of the Covenant is raised aloft and the hearts are firmly bound together. To the extent ye are able, proclaim the mysteries of the Testament and Covenant [3.5s] MMK3#288 p.212x @firmness in the Covenant, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @light and darkness, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
AB08637 90 Persian الیوم تسلّی عبدالبهاء محبت و خضوع و خشوع احباء است بیکدیگر و تا حقیقت محبت قلبیه و نهایت محویت Today the solace of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is the love, submissiveness and humility of the friends towards one another, and the reality of heartfelt love and complete self-effacement [3.5s]... ...Thou shouldst endeavour to study the science of medicine. It is extremely useful and serveth as the greatest instrument for the dissemination of the Cause AVK3.096.15x COC#1021x, LOG#0961x @firmness in the Covenant, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @love and unity, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3034 Words spoken on 1912-05-12 50 Today the real king is the soul who serves all, and dear is he who exhibits humility toward all humanity. SW_v07#18 p.188 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU3494 Words spoken on 1914-07-24 in Haifa 20 Today the highest of all the degrees are the degrees of firmness and steadfastness in faith and certainty. DAS.1914-07-24, SW_v08#16 p.219 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU0944 Words spoken on final evening of Western trip on 1913-06-16 320 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اعظم و اقدم امور تبلیغ امرالله است این کار مؤید است از جمیع نفوس بیشتر من Today the greatest of all affairs is to teach the Cause of God and to promote the glad-tidings of the appearance of the Lord of Hosts BDA2.352x DAS.1913-06-16, MHMD2.468x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause - -
ABU1584 Public address given on 1912-04-25 200 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the existing misunderstandings LOG#1138x, PUP#025 (p.060-061), SW_v03#03 p.023-024, SW_v11#18 p.304 @means of establishment of future civilization, @universal language, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of thought and belief, @language and the structure of reality - -
ABU3667 450 Today the dynamic energy of the Holy Spirit has poured in such volume through the Messenger of God that even the masses of men have received it… The labour saving machines were given to create leisure for all mankind SW_v24#04 p.106 @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @The Holy Spirit, @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @universal education - -
ABU1763 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19 170 Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician. PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @love and unity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as divine physician - -
ABU1571 Words to the Turkish Consul General, spoken on 1913-04-14 200 other/unknown lang Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 امروز شرق بهیچوجه مقابلی یا غرب نتواند و با هیچ قوّهٴئ‌ی نه برابری بلکه محافظهٴ خود Today the armies of Europe, well-drilled, well-provisioned, phalanx-like, are similar unto the waves of the ocean pounding against the shores of Asia…. The East today cannot compete with the West in any way… BDA2.238 DAS.1913-04-14, MHMD2.308x @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU0591 Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09 470 Persian Bahá'í Scriptures امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002 DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009 @creation of the world, @proofs for the existence of God, @law of cause and effect, @composition and decomposition, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence - -
ABU0098 Public address given on 1912-05-20 1240 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions peculiar to this radiant century LOG#2080x, LOG#2082x, LOG#2099x, LOG#2103x, LOG#2104x, PUP#051 (p.133-137), SW_v03#08 p.018-020, STAB#129, STAB#130 @role and station of women, @universal peace; world unity, @the animal kingdom, @equality of men and women, @unity in diversity - -
AB04815 160 Persian اليوم رمز مصون اسرار محبّت اللّه است که در هويّت قلوب مستور است و نارش در قلوب موقود Today is the sacred symbol of the mysteries of the love of God that lie hidden in the essence of hearts, and its fire is enkindled within them [3.5s] MMK2#175 p.128x @pain of love; love as veil, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU0127 Address to the friends at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1913-05-23 1090 mixed امروز چون مبعث حضرت اعلی بود لهذا جمیع شماها را تبریک میگویم امروز روزی بود Today is the anniversary of the declaration of the Bab - Peace be upon thee! Today the Bab declared this cause in Shiraz AMK.296-301, AYT.107, GHA.375, KHF.005, KHAB.436 (437), KHTB3.005 ADP.051-054 @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @martyrdom of the Bab, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU0366 Words spoken on 1919-03-09 650 Persian امروز روز بسیار مبارکیست متبرک و متیمن است طلوع انوار صبح هدی است Today is a most blessed Day, sanctified and auspicious; it is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance [3.5s] AYT.113 @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @apocalyptic imagery, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab - -
ABU0706 The Two Natures in Man: Words spoken on 1911-11-01 in Paris 410 mixed Paris Talks شنیده ام امروز در پاریس عید است عید جمیع قدیسین چرا این ها را شماها قدیس Today is a day of rejoicing in Paris! They are celebrating the Festival of 'All Saints'. Why do you think that these people were called 'Saints'? KHAB.113 (123), KHTB1.097 PT#18 p.055 @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures - -
ABU0508 Words to Agnew, Chase, Sheffler, spoken on 1907-04-12 530 Today is a beautiful day. I have been longing to see such a day. I am very happy. My happiness is from the point that the Power of God has gathered us together…. If there should not be decomposition, composition would not be. PN_1907 p073x, TTAG.008-011, BLO_PN#101 @composition and decomposition, @unity in diversity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @critique of Western values; culture, @war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion - -
ABU0600 Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12 470 Today in the world of humanity the most important matter is the question of Universal Peace. The realization of this principle is the crying need... COC#1604x, LOG#1419x, DAS.1914-05-12, SW_v05#08 p.115-117, SW_v07#06 p.041-042, DWN_v1#12 p.007bx, PN_1914 p011 @means of establishment of future civilization, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @relationship between government and people, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU3373 Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-05 30 Today if you teach one person it is as though you have resurrected a dead soul into life. It is as though you have changed the black stone into diamond. It is as though you have transmuted metal into gold, Satan into angel, animal into man. DAS.1913-04-05 @spiritual transformation, @metallurgical metaphors, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU0023 Public address given on 1912-07-14 2030 Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers Today I wish to speak to you upon the subject of the oneness of humanity, for in this great century... O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee… O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts BPRY.238-239x, COC#0858x, LOG#0732x, PUP#082 (p.228-235), BSC.345 #672, SW_v03#11 p.013-016 A. Youssefi, N. Zabihi, P. Weber @unity; oneness of humanity, @Satan; the Evil One, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @suffering and imprisonment, @equality of men and women, @universal language, @war and peace - -
ABU0286 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-20 750 Today I was thinking over the following subject: The heavenly farmer came and cleared the ground from thorns and thistles. DAS.1914-07-20 @symbolism, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @light and darkness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world - -
ABU0658 Words spoken ca. 1914 440 Persian امروز در احوال بعضی از نفوس سیر میکردم که دهقان آسمانی آمد و اراضی را از خس و خاشاک پاک کرد Today I was pondering the deeds of certain people. The heavenly Farmer comes and clears the earth of deadwood and debris. The divine Cultivator withstands every grievous trial YHA1.109-110 (1.224), NJB_v05#14 p.004, KHH1.293-294 (1.408-410) KHHE.423-425 @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator - -
ABU0753 390 Persian امروز رفتم خضر ایلیا عرب میگوید الیاس جمال مبارک سه روز ... در این امر جمال مبارک یک میزانی قرار داده اند که آن میزان Today I proceeded forth, and verily Khidr-Elijah of the Arabs, whom they call Elias, spake concerning the Blessed Beauty three days... In this Cause hath the Blessed Beauty established a Balance, and that Balance [3.5s] QT105.2.230, TRZ1.318 @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @chastisement and requital, @stories; anecdotes, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @House of Justice - -
ABU1403 Words to some American visitors, spoken on 1913-11-08 230 Today I leave for Port-Said. I am leaving you here for 3 to 5 days. During my absence speak only of divine subjects. DAS.1913-11-08 @call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity - -
ABU0342 Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-23 690 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary Today I have been speaking from dawn until now, yet because of love, fellowship and desire to be with you BDA1.046n PUP#019 (p.046-048), SW_v03#03 p.015-016, SW_v08#02 p.026, SW_v08#18 p.243 @soul; spirit after death, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the departed, @wisdom [hikmat] - - MHMD1.055
ABU0595 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-13 470 Persian من امروز ماست خوردم چون آقا میرزا حبیب را دوست میدارم هر چه میگوید میشنوم من ماست Today I had some yogurt... God forbid if a person is overtaken with pride. During His last days, the Blessed Beauty was greatly annoyed [with Mírza Áqa Jan] to the point that I wanted to punish him physically.... Mírza Áqa Jan did not have a good end. KHH1.240-242 (1.336-339) KHHE.355-357, STAB#122 @stories; anecdotes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
ABU0274 Words spoken on 1913-12-20 in Haifa 770 Persian امروز رفتم یک قدری تا این پائین ها راه رفتم خوب بود عجب است انسان اگر توی Today I came down here. It was a pleasant walk. Praise be to God, that, through the favor NJB_v05#11 p.001 SW_v09#02 p.019+023 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU0308 Public address given on 1912-04-23 720 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary امروز من در نهایت سرورم زیرا می بینم بندگان الهی در این مجمع حاضرند سفید و سیاه Today I am most happy, for I see here a gathering of the servants of God... ...In the estimation of God there is no distinction of color; all are one in the color BRL_DAK#0712, KHF.261, KHAB.247 (257), KHTB2.039, BDA1.047n BWF.267-270, ADJ.037b-038x, ADJ.038x, PUP#018 (p.044-046), FWU.034, SW_v03#03 p.014-015 @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @love and unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice - - MHMD1.055
ABU1214 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 260 Persian من امروز خیلی خسته هستم امروز مفتی قنسول و دیگران آمدند چقدر بد گذشت Today I am greatly wearied, for the Mufti, the Consul and others came, and how grievously did the day pass [3.5s] KHH2.265-267 @stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU0605 Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-03 470 Today I am going to speak to you on the object of the appearance of the prophets. It is evident that the world of humanity is in need of educators. DAS.1913-11-03 @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @education of children; moral education, @need for an educator - -
AB11457 30 Today firmness in the Covenant is the means of the promotion of the Word of God and conducive to the effect of the word of the teacher. DAS.1913-03-29x @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
AB00030 Some Answered Questions #010 Rational and Traditional Proofs from the Sacred Scriptures 2070 Persian Answered Questions, Some امروز در سر این سفره قدری از برهان صحبت بداریم اگر در ایام ظهور نور مبین Today at table let us speak a little of proofs. Had you come to this blessed spot in the days MFD#10, OOL.C022.10 SAQ#10, GPB.092x2x, GPB.196x @miracles and their interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @twin Manifestations, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU0183 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 940 Persian امروز جمعی آمده بودند و میگفتند چرا از شهر بیرون نمیروید بمن اعتراض میکنند که با اینهمه اضطراب و اغتشاش Today a number of people came to Me and asked, “Why do You not leave the city?”... Sulayman Khan and Mírza Fathu'llah were candle-pierced, that is, they were pierced with bayonets KHH1.277-280 (1.386-389) KHHE.400-403 @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU3131 Words spoken on 1912-09-27 in Glenwood Springs 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary توجه بمیثاق اطاعت جمال مبارکست و سبب جمع شمل اهل بها واضح بگویم To turn to the Covenant is to obey the Blessed Beauty which is a cause of gathering together the people of Baha. BDA1.275.16 MHMD1.294 @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity - -
AB00647 490 mixed لک الحمد یا الهی بما انزلت الماء الطهور و سقیت به اراض هامده خامده خاویه قبل To Thee be praise, O my God, for Thou hast sent down the pure water and with it hast watered the barren, lifeless, desolate lands of old [3.5s] AYBY.370 #056 @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB02684 230 mixed ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و ملاحظه گردید و از ریاض معانی نسیم معطری وزید To the steadfast in the Covenant: The letter hath been received and perused, and from the meadows of inner meanings a perfumed breeze hath wafted [3.5s] MILAN.219, AVK4.443ex @predictions and prophecies, @call to action, @firmness in the Covenant, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11434 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha To the servant of God! I ask God to make thee a growing, developing branch in His vineyard TAB.653 @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @bringing forth results; fruit, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator - -
ABU3322 Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 بدرجهئ‌یکه جمیع بهائیان شرق بجهت ترویج صلح جان میدهند بیست هزار نفر خود را فدای امر صلح To the extent that all the Baha'is of the East are ready to give up their lives in their efforts to promote peace. Twenty thousand souls have sacrificed themselves BDA2.079 MHMD2.095 @critique of Eastern values; culture, @critique of Western values; culture - -
AB04165 180 Persian جناب امین نامه مرسل از بادکوبه رسید و همچنین نامه ای که بتاریخ ۹ ربیع الثانی To the esteemed trustee, the letter dispatched from Baku hath been received, as well as the letter dated the 9th of Rabi' al-Thani [3.5s] INBA16:173 @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU2283 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 110 To the Beloved of God, Tell them I love them with all My Heart, that I always think of them and never forget them DLA.068, BLO_PN#026 @love and unity - -
AB10818 50 Persian ای احبای الهی امة الله لوا مدتی در هندوستان بنشر رائحة طیبه محبت الله مشغول بود To the beloved of God in America--On them be glory and bounty! The maidservant of God, Lua NJB_v06#12 p.093, ZSM.1915-08-29 SW_v06#12 p.092 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU0461 570 To see the joy of divine gladness on your faces is the cause of my happiness, for when I see you happy, I am happy also. SW_v13#05 p.101, ADP.069-073 @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @oneness; unity of religion, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU2363 Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken around 1909-02-22 100 To remove any source of differentiation, the believers must know that the Blessed Bab was giving the glad tidings of the coming of the Blessed Perfection PN_unsorted p152, AKL.002 @development of capacity and readiness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @twin Manifestations - -
ABU3253 Words spoken on 1912-06-12 in New York 40 To pray is not to read Psalms. To pray is to trust in God, and to be submissive in all things to Him... Strong ships are not conquered by the sea,--they ride the waves. SW_v08#03 p.038, DJT.305, FDA.028, ABCC.214, VLAB.115-116, BLO_PN#027 @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment - -
ABU1105 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 290 Abdu'l-Bahá in London To most men who have not heard the message of this teaching, religion seems an outward form, a pretence AIL.056 @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU2923 Words to Mr. Remey, spoken on 1912-04-20 60 to many people the great Pyramid was the most to be admired structure in Egypt, but to him it had always produced an unpleasing impression, for it recalled to his mind the intense suffering of the thousands of slaves PN_1912 p060 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @soul is the essential reality of man - -
ABU3094 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 50 Abdu'l-Bahá in London To man, the Essence of God is incomprehensible, so also are the worlds beyond this, and their condition AIL.066 @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @limits of the intellect - -
ABU1013 Words compiled by Isabella Brittingham, spoken in 1903 310 To live the life. To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit... To be silent concerning the faults of others TOR.168-170, ABTM.072-073, BNE.083x, BSTW#036, BSTW#390 @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
ABU0050 Words to Anton Haddad ca. 1900 1590 To live in peace, love, union and agreement, and to overlook the faults and defects of others... BSTW#037 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity in diversity, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @methods of teaching the Cause, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @religion as source of love and unity - -
ABU2810 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 70 To know the Truth, to have attained knowledge, is good, but it is only the first step, it is not enough. The only thing that avails for the soul's growth, is to live the truth. SAS.093 @words vs deeds, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation - -
AB04207 180 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha To him who is looking unto God! O thou who art gazing unto the Center of the Covenant -- may God confirm thee! TAB.161, BSTW#274b @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU2684 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 80 To have it (the Mashrak-el-Azkar) built is most important. Some material things have spiritual effect SW_v06#07 p.053, SW_v06#17 p.134, SW_v07#07 p.058+060, BW_v01p060-061, DLA.014, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026 @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @importance of community building, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB01360 Some Answered Questions #074 The Relativity of Good and Evil 340 Persian Answered Questions, Some بیان حقیقت اینمسئله بسیار مشکل است بدانکه کائنات بر دو قسم است To explain the truth of this matter is difficult indeed. Know that created things are of two kinds MFD#74, OOL.C022.74 SAQ#74 @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3590 Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 10 To enter in the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most important duty. DAS.1913-04-23 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU0217 880 To begin, let it be understood that the Prophets or Messengers of God are holy souls sent by Him to lead us to a knowledge of God and establish laws BSTW#138 @evolution; human evolution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @symbolism, @imagery in the Qur'an, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU2235 Words to people invited for lunch, spoken on 1912-09-02 110 Persian Mahmúd's Diary شکر نعمآء الهیه هنگام سختی و زحمت لازم زیرا در بحبوبهٴ نعمت هر نفسی میتواند شاکر باشد حکایتیست که سلطان محمود خربزه ئی را برید To be grateful for the blessings of God in time of want and trouble is necessary BDA1.222.04 MHMD1.238, STAB#019 @stories; anecdotes, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
ABU2580 Words spoken ca. 1919 80 Persian حمام در حقیقت نعمت بزرگی است در رومیلی در تمام خانهها حمام و آب موجود بود To bathe oneself is a great bounty. Near the army barracks in ‘Akka there existed a public bath which was in a state of ruin YIK.298-299, ZIAB2.133 STOB.049-050 #057 @cleanliness and refinement, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @business; financial; property matters, @personal instructions - -
ABU2250 Words to Prof. Enayat Khan and others, spoken on 1913-05-29 110 To attain to Nirvana means to reach to perfection. This is made possible through the bestowals of God.... DAS.1913-05-29 @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @fulfillment of true potential, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance - -
ABU0887 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 340 Persian طهران بسیار مغشوش است واقعا مرحوم مظفرالدینشاه در باره رعایای خود ابدا کوتاهی نکرد Tihran is in great agitation. In truth, the late Muzaffari'd-Din Shah did all he could for his subjects. But it would have been better to first educate the people of Iran KHH1.035-036 (1.050-051) KHHE.067-068, STAB#014 @non-participation in politics, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @critique of Western values; culture, @true liberty; freedom, @constitutional revolution in Iran - -
AB04859 160 Thy services in Baltimore were truly great and became acceptable and approved. Display thou an effort SW_v14#07 p.211 @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11320 30 mixed خدمات آنجناب در آستان مقدّس مقبول و محبوب و مکث در آن ارض و بنای طبابت بسیار بجا و محبوب Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are accepted and beloved, and thy sojourn in that land and establishment of medical practice are most fitting and well-pleasing [3.5s] MSBH4.479x @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1778 Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias 170 Thy present condition is transitory... Dissatisfaction with one's self is a sign of progress. The soul who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan DAS.1914-06-01, SW_v07#18 p.184-185x, BNE.084x @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation - -
AB12679 70 Persian نامه مبارک آنجناب ملاحظه گردید و قباله بعضی از اسهام خانه حضرت حجت نیز واصل Thy precious letter was received, as was the deed to certain shares of the residence of his honor Hujjat [3.5s] BSHI.124-125 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @business; financial; property matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB05002 160 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha Thy letters were received. Although thou hast complained on account of not receiving answers TAB.498-499x @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
AB00576 520 Persian نامه که بتاریخ شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۸ مرقوم نموده بودید رسید سئوالاتی چند فرموده Thy letter, dated the month of Sha'ban 1338, hath reached me, wherein thou didst pose several questions [3.5s]... ...As to the supplication of one’s needs in holy places: Since those sites are associated with God, they are, therefore, the most exalted of all spots. It is certain that the supplication of one’s needs in the most exalted of spots is not like praying in other places AVK2.213.07x, AVK4.147.04x, MAS2.027-030, YARP2.135 p.153 ADMS#312x @soul; spirit after death, @Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @Shrines and Holy places, @higher encompasses the lower, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher - -
AB04611 170 Thy letter written May 19th, 1920, duly received. Notwithstanding the lack of time SW_v12#03 p.058-059 @newspapers and the media; publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB12024 90 Meetings, Bahá'í Thy letter was received. Thou hast written in regard to the Sunday meeting, saying that it is established in the utmost of love. BRL_MEET.AB#15x @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11986 90 Persian نامه شما رسید از تاسیس محفل روحانی در طبرستان مرقوم نموده بودید بسیار سبب سرور Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written about the establishment of the Spiritual Assembly in Tabaristan, which brought exceeding joy [3.5s] INBA79.062a @exhortations and counsels, @Hands of the Cause, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @praise and encouragement - -
AB06480 130 Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it contained the glad tidings of the firmness and uprightness SW_v09#11 p.123 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB05132 150 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه تو رسید حمد خدا را که مژده صحت و عافیت تو داد و خبر این Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it imparted the good news of thy health and safety and indicated that thou art ready to enter an agricultural school. MMK1#126 p.141 SWAB#126, BWF.377-378x, LOG#1857x @agriculture, @work as worship, @high station of the arts and sciences - -
AB07822 110 Thy letter was received. On account of the death of thy father and brother the utmost sorrow and regret was produced. SW_v07#19 p.192 @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB07149 120 Thy letter was received. Its perusal indicated thy faith and firmness in the Covenant SW_v08#16 p.219-220x @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
AB04595 170 Thy letter was received. Its contents perused with attention. From its words I heard a sweet melody and that melody was the psalm of the love of God. DAS.1914-08-17, SW_v08#12 p.142-143 @love as fire, @love of God, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @power of love, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @spiritual transformation - -
AB09721 80 Thy letter was received. It was in indication that (thou art) firm and steadfast in the SW_v08#16 p.215-216 @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
AB01816 290 Persian ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید دلیل بر سرور قلب و نهایت خلوص نیت و قیام بر Thy letter was received. It showed the happiness of thy heart, the utmost purity of thy motives, and thy determination to serve the Cause of God BRL_DAK#0849 MAX.288 @methods of teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit - -
AB09054 90 Persian Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha نامه ات رسید و سبب سرور گردید تا بحال خدمت بملکوت الهی نمودی و موفق گردیدی Thy letter was received. It became conducive to happiness. Up to the present thou hast been serving in the Kingdom of God and hast been assisted. MKT7.002a TAB.226 @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB09842 70 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá ای بنده الهی نامه رسید امیدوارم که در صون حمایت حق محفوظ و مصون مانی و همواره Thy letter was received. I hope that thou mayest be protected and assisted under the providence of the True One, be occupied always in mentioning the Lord MMK1#128 p.142 SWAB#128 @praise and encouragement, @excellence; distinction, @work as worship - -
AB05977 140 Thy letter was received. From its contents, it became evident that, Praise be to God! The lights of the Kingdom are spreading DAS.1914-07-07, SW_v09#10 p.119 @growth of the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance, @call to action, @methods of teaching the Cause - -
AB10304 70 Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that a report is circulated in those parts that I am departing for India. DAS.1913-11-07 @personal instructions - -
AB11366 30 Persian ای شهناز نامه تو رسید با امة الله طائره همیشه مکاتبه نما تا سبب انجذاب جان و Thy letter was received. Correspond always with the maidservant of God, Taereh, so that it may prove to be the cause of the attraction NJB_v02#02 p.003x BLO_PT#052.15 @personal instructions - -
AB11985 90 Persian مکتوب شما واصل و تصاویری که ارسال فرموده بودید واصل گردید مگر صد و چهل عدد Thy letter was received, as were the photographs that thou hadst sent, save one hundred and forty [3.5s] INBA79.037a @martyrs and martyrdom, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB12744 50 Persian نامه آنجناب وصول یافت ولی فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود Thy letter was received, and though time doth not permit a detailed reply, this brief response is now penned [3.5s] INBA85:455a @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB00033 1760 mixed مراسله آنجناب واصل و بر وقوعات و هذیان مفتریان اطلاع حاصل گردید از اینگونه Thy letter was received, and the doings and ravings of the calumniators described therein have been noted [4o] INBA59:254 BRL_DAK#0725, MKT5.118, MSHR3.097x @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes, @petitions to authorities, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB09832 70 Persian نامهٴ تو رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که نهایت آرزو داری که من بآنصفحات شتابم من را نیز نهایت اشتیاق Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that thou dost cherish the utmost desire for me to hasten to those regions. I, too, have the most intense [3.5s] NJB_v02#06-07 p.008x @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consultation - -
AB06535 130 Thy letter was received and read. Thou hast invited me to America, saying: "In that region and in that country SW_v02#06 p.006 @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
AB02481 250 Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @call to action, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation - -
AB01873 290 Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals BSTW#188 @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @effort; striving - -
AB02107 270 Persian ای منجذب عهد و پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل Thy letter was received and its contents imparted utmost joy, because it indicated firmness and steadfastness in the Cause of God BRL_DAK#0907, ANDA#74 p.07, MATA.284 MAX.290 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB09917 70 Thy letter of April 10th 1914 was perused. Whenever thou desirest thou hast permission to come to the Presence DAS.1914-04-25 @growth of the Cause, @personal instructions, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB10091 70 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá نامه ات رسید و از میهمانی هر نوزده روز مرقوم نموده بودی Thy letter hath been received. Thou didst write of the Nineteen Day festivity, and this rejoiced my heart. MMK1#049 p.088x SWAB#049x @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the power of words; of speech, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @The Holy Spirit, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11862 200 Persian Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks نامه شما رسید در حق جلال الدوله و سائر آواره گان ایران بقدر مقدور نهایت رعایت Thy letter hath been received. Do thou thy utmost to show Jalalu’d-Dawlih and other Iranian refugees maximum consideration and kindness… The aim of the Baha’ís is to raise aloft the banner of the world’s Great Peace, to eradicate the foundations of war BRL_DAK#0088 BRL_ATE#095x @constitutional revolution in Iran, @universal peace; world unity, @non-participation in politics - -
AB04957 160 Thy letter dated December 21, 1918, reached us... Concerning SW_v10#01 p.012-013 @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @personal instructions, @unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement, @unity in diversity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters - -
AB10240 360 mixed نامه به تاریخ ۲۷ رجب سنه حالیه رسید تهنیت رجوع بشرق بود و خبرهای خوش از طهران Thy letter dated 27 Rajab of the current year reached us, conveying the joyful tidings of a return to the East and good news from Tihran [3.5s] BRL_DAK#1006, MAS2.026x, YIA.343-344 @martyrs and martyrdom, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11874 190 Persian Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The نامه شما با دو نقشه مشرق الاذکار رسید هر دو نقشه ملاحظه گردید سبب سرور قلوب شد Thy letter and the two plans for the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar were received. Both plans were reviewed, and cheered the hearts BRL_DAK#0421, COMP_MASHRIQP#20 BRL_MASHRIQ#20 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
AB03276 210 Persian Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life; Family Life اگر چنانچه فی الجمله مراعات پدر و مادر را نیز بنمائی که فی الجمله راضی شوند رضایت منست Thy last letter was received and its contents brought joy. Thank thou God, for thou art engaged in serving the Word of God… With regard to the Obligatory Prayer, this should be said individually, but it is not dependent on a private spot… If thou wouldst show kindness and consideration to thy parents so that they may feel generally pleased COMP_FAMP#51x, COMP_PDLP#32x BRL_ATE#175x, BRL_IOPF#2.22x, BRL_FAM#51x, BRL_PDL#32x, TAB.463-464, COC#0843x, LOG#0767x, LOG#1527x @review of publications, @law of obligatory prayer, @parents and children; youth; families, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @personal instructions - -
AB09642 80 mixed ایمان و ایقانت مسلم و اقبال و عرفانت مصدق و قال رجل مومن من آل فرعون یکتم Thy faith and certitude are firmly established, and thy hope and knowledge bear witness. And there spoke a believing man from among the people of Pharaoh who concealed his faith [3.5s] MMK6#469 @wisdom [hikmat], @dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB09504 80 mixed نامه نامی رسيد و اراده صادق معلوم گرديد. حلاوت لفظ و ملاحت معنی و فصاحت گفتار Thy distinguished letter arrived and thy sincere intention became evident. Sweet were its words, graceful its meaning and eloquent its utterance [3.5s] MMK6#588x @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @love of God - -
AB11445 30 Thy detailed letter... was duly received. Its contents produced joy and happiness SW_v08#16 p.219x @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB03741 190 Thy detailed letter was received. Indeed, it was not a letter but a spiritual rose-garden in which the flowers of inner meaning MAX.290-291 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
AB01283 The Transference of Matter across the Kingdoms of Existence 350 Persian Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká در کائنات نامتناهیه اعظم وسائط تجدد وجود بلکه ترقی قضیۀ اکل و مأکول است Throughout this endless universe the greatest means for the progress and renewal of existence is that all things are eaters and eaten. BRL_TTTP#08 BRL_TTT#08 @law of transformation and change, @composition and decomposition, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being - -
ABU0588 Address to the Baha'is at banquet, Great Northern Hotel in New York, 1912-11-23 480 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The Throughout the world there are innumerable meetings and assemblages, more or less important PUP#132 (p.447-448) @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @universality of the Cause - -
ABU0593 Words spoken on 1915-09-09 in Haifa 470 Persian در سفر امریکا همیشه ذکر و فکر من روضهٴ مبارکه بود و این شعر سعدی را می خواندمآخر ای کعبهٴ مقصود کجا افتادی Throughout my journey in America, my thoughts and remembrance ever dwelt upon the Sacred Shrine, and I would recite these words of Sa'di: "O Ka'bih of my heart's desire, where art thou situated?" [3.5s] ZSM.1915-09-09 @rational arguments, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU2981 Words spoken in Washington, 1912-05-08 50 Persian Mahmúd's Diary بسبب ندانستن آنگونه معانی همیشه ملل از مظاهر فیوضات علة العلل محتجب می گشتند Through their ignorance of these meanings people have always remained veiled BDA1.077.x MHMD1.086 @literal interpretation, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @symbolism, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU0917 Words spoken ca. 1915 330 Persian خداوند بلسان مظهر وحی خود فرموده " یا ابن الروح احب الاشیاٌ عندی الانصاف Through the tongue of His Manifestation, God has revealed: “O Son of Spirit! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice..." ...people that investigate claims for themselves learn the fundamental truth. We walk in a path that has no interest in other people's affairs. KHH1.289-290 (1.402-404) KHHE.416-418 @independent investigation of truth; reality, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU1172 Words spoken on 1915-03-26 in Abu Sinan 270 Persian مظاهر مقدسه الهی بقوه ملکوتی نفوس بشری را Through the power of the Kingdom, human beings are saved from the grip of nature by the sanctified Manifestations of God and are illumined by the light of divinity. KHH1.197-198 (1.276-277) KHHE.288-289, BSR_v13 p.095 @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @transcending the material condition, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people - -
AB11507 20 Persian جناب شاپور از فضل و عنایت پروردگار مهربان میطلبیم که چون شاپور مستولی بر ممالک Through the grace and tender mercy of the loving Lord, we beseech that His eminence Shapur may, like Shapur of old, gain sovereignty over the realms [3.5s] INBA84:483a @knowledge; recognition of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB12441 130 Persian از جود سلطان وجود امیدواریم که در این ایام افتتان و امتحان آن منجذبین جمال رحمن Through the bounty of the Sovereign of existence, we cherish the hope that in these days of test and trial, those souls who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Merciful [3.5s] QUM.098, QUM.124b @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3110 50 Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone; inflammable matter jets out from the interior of the earth SW_v16#04 p.473 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @light and darkness - -
ABU3060 Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07 50 Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone PN_1904 p007, PN_1904 p039, TTAW.010, BLO_PN#102 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
ABU3635 Words to American pilgrims spoken around April 1907 10 Through prayer, supplication, purification of the heart and good wishes. SW_v08#04 p.045 @spiritual transformation - -
AB05487 140 Persian از طهران سه فقره از طرف آقا سید نصرالله و حاجی غلامرضا در اروپا رسیده ولی Three letters have arrived in Europe from Ṭihrán on behalf of Áqá Siyyid Naṣru'lláh and Ḥájí Ghulám-Riḍá [3.5s] INBA16:168 @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
ABU3750 Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 افکار مال و منال و آمال جاه و جلال صرف اوهام است خدا محض عمران دنیا این اوهام را در سرها انداخته Thoughts of wealth and riches, as well as hopes of rank and glory, are sheer illusion. God has cast these thoughts into our minds only so that this world might prosper; apart from this, they are of no importance BDA2.360 MHMD2.479-480 @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @purpose; goal of creation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU3740 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هر چند این جرائد اگر بیغرضانه بنویسند سبب آگاهی نفوس است ولی ما مقالاتی در جرائد ملکوت نوشتیم Though these newspapers will, if written impartially, inform the people, yet we have written articles in the newspapers of the Kingdom BDA2.139 MHMD2.172 @newspapers and the media; publications, @call to action, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3158 Words spoken on 1913-01-28 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هر چند استقلال ایران را بباد دادند ولی ایران روز بروز رو بترقی است نا امید نباید بود Though the independence of Perisa has been cast to the wind, yet does it continue to progress with every passing day BDA2.110 MHMD2.136 @past, present and future of Iran, @predictions and prophecies, @consolation and comfort, @law of transformation and change - -
ABU0865 Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa 350 Persian هر چند اساس معین است مثل اساس حضرت مسیح اما اگر کسی در میان نصاری سیر کند می بیند که Though the foundation is established, even as was the foundation laid by Jesus Christ, yet should one journey amidst the Christians, one beholdeth that [3.5s] ZSM.1916-07-12 @Theosophy, @reincarnation, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas - -
ABU1073 Words spoken on 1913-03-18 in Paris 70 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اگر چه حال پاریس مخمود است ولی عاقبت باهتزاز آید زیرا شبهای بسیاری در اینجا من طلب تأیید Though Paris is today sunk in apathy, its soul will soon be stirred, for I have spent many a night here praying BDA2.187 MHMD2.238 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @exhortations and counsels, @love of God, @stories; anecdotes, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB09128 80 Persian اگر چه بظاهر در محفل قرب حاضر نیستی اما فی الحقیه در خلوتخانه قلوب مذکور و Though in outward appearance thou art not present in the gathering of nearness, yet in truth, in the innermost chambers of hearts, thou art remembered [3.5s] AYBY.452 #192, SAM.392 @wisdom [hikmat], @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @saddening another soul - -
ABU2736 Words spoken on 1913-02-01 in Paris 70 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در این مدت ولو در غرب بودم ولی همیشه رویم بسوی احبای شرق بود و تأیید ایشان را Though I have been in the West throughout this span of time, yet my face has ever been turned towards the Baha'is of the East BDA2.117 MHMD2.145 @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU2918 Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906 60 Though I had not time to answer all the letters you brought from your cities, you are the true letters that I send unto them as answer. For there are two kinds of letters PN_1906 p073, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001 @outward and inward meanings - -
AB03855 190 mixed حقيقت بشريّه هر چند در نهايت ضعف و ناتوانی است ولی موهبت ربّانيّه در غايت قوّت و توانائی Though human reality abideth in the uttermost weakness and impotence, yet divine bestowals are in the fullness of might and power [3.5s] MMK3#164 p.115x @transcendence; unknowability of God, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3710 Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London 80 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هر چه بطرفین نصیحت شد و راه صواب نموده و بمداخلهٴ همسایه‌ها انذار گشت Though admonitions were given to both sides, though the right path was shown to them, and though they were warned about meddling from their neighbours BDA2.045 MHMD2.054 @constitutional revolution in Iran, @growth of the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @non-participation in politics - -
AB04148 180 Persian این بندهٴ بها شکایت با حکایت از انقطاع مائده روحانى نموده بودی که یک سال است Thou, servant of Bahá, hadst voiced thy complaint and recounted the story of being deprived of spiritual sustenance for the span of a year [3.5s] INBA13:229 @humor; jokes, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11604 10 Thou shouldst continue thy profession and at the same time try to serve the Kingdom of God COC#1022x @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @effort; striving, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @work as worship - -
ABU3291 Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ترانا یا الهی مجتمعین علی هذه المائدة شاکرین لنعمتک ناظرین الی ملکوتک Thou seest us, O my God, gathered around this table, praising Thy bounty, with our gaze set upon Thy Kingdom. AVK4.070, MAS5.256, BDA1.310.01 MHMD1.327, ABCC.308 @prayer to be recited at table, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB00070 1240 Arabic ترانی یا الهی معترفا بروحی و ذاتی و حقیقتی و کینونتی بعجزی و فقری و فناای Thou seest me, O my God, with my spirit, my essence, my reality and my being, confessing my powerlessness, my poverty and my nothingness [3.5s] INBA16:201 BRL_DAK#0635, MKT1.165 @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @eulogies; reminiscences, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
AB00499 560 Arabic ترانی یا الهی مبتهلا الی ملکوت رحمانیتک متضرعا الی جبروت وحدانیتک مهتزا من Thou seest me, O my God, supplicating before Thy merciful Kingdom, humbly beseeching at the threshold of Thy divine Unity, trembling with [3.5s] INBA88:135b AYBY.343 #025 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for protection - -
AB00145 930 Arabic Bahá'í Scriptures ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold INBA16:069 MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002 BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for peace and unity, @Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @war and peace - -
AB00156 910 mixed Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x @prayer for sacrifice, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment - -
ABU2980 Words to a Persian student, spoken on 1914-06-24 50 Thou must strive day by day so that the fire of the Love of God may burn brighter and brighter upon the censer of thy heart DAS.1914-06-24 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @study; deepening, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @effort; striving - -
ABU1924 Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-21 150 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 همیشه ملتفت حال خود باش بهبین چه نقصی داری کوشِش نما تا آن را اصلاح کنی چشم انسان Thou must look to thyself and within thyself and find thine own errors and weaknesses. If thou hast any imperfection thyself, try to improve it. BDA2.310 DAS.1913-05-21, SW_v08#11 p.138, MHMD2.410-411, BSTW#338 @knowledge of self, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation - -
AB02479 250 Thou must be firm and unshakable in thy purpose, and never, never let any outward DAS.1913-08-19, SW_v04#12 p.208+210, ABIE.208, PN_1913 p005, MAB.016, VLAB.127x, BLO_PN#007 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB00140 940 mixed و انت تعلم یا الهی مبلغ حبی و فرط هیامی و عظیم ودادی و شده تعلقی بافنان سدره Thou knowest, O my God, the extent of my love, the intensity of my yearning, the magnitude of my affection, and the depth of my attachment to the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree [4o] INBA87:293, INBA52:297 @praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for pilgrims, @review of publications, @call to action, @exhortations and counsels - -
AB12248 220 Arabic و انت تعلم یا الهی ذلی و مسکنتی و فقری و مسغبتی و تبتلی و تضرعی و تذللی Thou knowest, O my God, my lowliness and poverty, my destitution and desperate need, my utter devotion, my supplications, and my complete self-effacement [3.5s] INBA85:427 @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @suffering; rejection of Christ - -
AB05167 150 Persian Bahá'í Prayers ای خدا تو شاهدی و گواهی که در دل و جان آرزوای ندارم جز آنکه برضایت موفق گردم Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure BRL_DAK#0221, MMK2#004 p.002, MMG2#401 p.447 BPRY.203-204 @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB07759 110 Arabic Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers رب انت تعلم بان النفوس محفوفه بالنواب و الافات و محاطه بالمصائب و الرزیات کل بلاء Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble. Every trial doth attack man BRL_DAK#1186, ADH2.065, ADH2_2#06 p.097, MJMJ1.020, MMG2#348 p.389, MJH.066a, NSR_1978.135b, NSR_1993.148 BPRY.154, TAB.619, BSC.431 #781, RBB.139-140x J. Cavanagh @prayer for protection, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB07480 110 Persian Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' مرقوم نموده بودی که از احبّا شنيدی که انسان اگر ترقّی ننمايد محو و نابود گردد مقصد عدم صرف نيست Thou hast written that some of the friends have informed thee that if man does not progress, he will perish and become nonexistent. MMK3#047 p.029x BLO_PT#080.47x @soul; spirit after death, @differences in human capacity, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence - -
AB00542 530 mixed از انتشار اجنحه طیور لیل مرقوم نموده بودید هذا ما اخبر به القلم الاعلی فی Thou hast written regarding the spreading of the wings of the birds of night. As the Most Exalted Pen hath foretold in [3.5s] INBA85:362 MMK6#430, YMM.036, AADA.129x @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB00447 Commentary on the Fig and the Olive 590 mixed و التین و الزیتون ایت کریمه نک دقایق معانیسندن سوال بیورلمشدر معلوم عالیلریدر Thou hast inquired about the subtle meanings of the blessed verse “By the Fig and the Olive.” MJT.146 BLO_PT#128 @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @symbolism, @literal interpretation, @outward and inward meanings, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit - -
AB11351 30 mixed در خصوص وحی مرقوم نموده بودید ائمّهٴ اطهار مطالع الهام بودند و مظاهر فیض حضرت رحمان وحی اختصاص بحضرت رسول Thou hast inquired about divine Revelation. The holy Imams were the dawning-places of inspiration and manifested the bounty of the All-Merciful. Divine Revelation was confined to Mubammad, the Messenger of God. Thus, we do not refer to the words of the Imams as the Word of God, but we regard them as divinely inspired AVK2.032.17x, MAS2.022x, VUJUD.141.02x VUJUDE.155x @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB00326 660 Arabic قد خلقت یا الهی کونا جامعا و کیانا واسعا بفضاء غیر متناه قصرت عن حدوده العقول Thou hast created, O my God, an all-encompassing universe and a vast existence within an infinite expanse, before whose bounds all minds stand powerless [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0458, MKT1.191 @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @call to action - -
ABU1408 Words to Mirza Ali Akbar 230 Thou hast been with me for a long time, and I have grown to love thee very much. When I love people DAS.1913-10-31, SW_v05#01 p.006-007, SW_v07#10 p.095-096 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @exhortations and counsels, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU0185 Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914 940 Bahá'í Scriptures Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381 @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @the human soul, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @soul is the essential reality of man, @second birth - -
AB00353 630 mixed ای بنده الهی سوال از عصمت انبیای سلف نموده بودی مظاهر مقدسه ما ینطق عن الهوی Thou hast asked about the infallibility of the ancient prophets. The Holy Manifestations uttered that which was revealed unto them… Thy second question concerneth the impregnation of Mary through the Holy Spirit. This is an established and certain fact MMK6#504x, AVK1.324x, AVK2.049, AVK2.186.18x, MAS2.081x, MAS9.004, MSHR5.075-077 KSHK#25x, ADMS#222x @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @outward and inward meanings - -
AB00624 500 mixed یا ملجای و ملاذی یا ربی و رجائی انی ابتهل بکل ذل و انکسار الی ملکوت رحمانیتک Thou has written concerning the pilgrims and pilgrims' note. Any narrative that is not authenticated by a Text should not be trusted AVK3.483.12x, AVK4.319x, PYK.235 LOG#1431x @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @consultation, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @non-participation in politics - -
AB07082 120 Persian در مسئله خلقت استفسار نموده بوديد . متصوّفين چنان اعتقاد نمايند که حقائق اشيا از حقّ ظهور يافته Thou hadst inquired concerning the matter of creation. The mystics thus believe that the realities of all things have become manifest from the True One [3.5s] MMK3#021 p.014x @emanation vs. manifestation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God - -
AB12027 180 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Thou hadst asked about the meaning of the statement “the transgressions of the parents will affect four generations of their descendants BRL_ATE#086 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @being a source of light; guidance, @the power of example - -
AB01544 310 Arabic انت تشهد یا الهی بعبودیتی و ذلی و فقری و مسکنتی و عجزی و فقری بباب احدیتک و Thou dost witness, O my God, my servitude and my lowliness, my poverty and my destitution, my powerlessness and my indigence at the threshold of Thine oneness [3.5s] INBA59:080 @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB02091 270 mixed ملاحظه مينمائی که نور حقيقت شرق و غرب را روشن نموده شمع ايران آن ممالک بعيده را منوّر کرده Thou dost observe how the Light of Truth hath illumined both East and West, and how the Candle of Iran hath brightened those distant lands [3.5s] MMK2#088 p.068x @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rejection of Muhammad, @power of the Manifestation of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @proofs of the Manifestations of God - -
AB09831 70 Persian مرقوم نموده بودی که احبّای بوستون و مالدن نهایت سرور داشتند که شاید من به امریک خواهم آمد Thou didst write that the friends in Boston and Malden were filled with utmost joy at the prospect that I might come to America [3.5s] NJB_v02#02 p.003x @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @exhortations and counsels - -
AB10399 60 Persian از بلايای وارده و رزايای نازله اشاره نموده بوديد اين ره عشق است و از لوازم ذاتيه اش جانفشانی است Thou didst refer to the calamities that have befallen thee and the tribulations that have descended. This is the pathway of love, and self-sacrifice is among its essential requirements [3.5s] MMK3#199 p.143x @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB01990 280 Arabic Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Necessity for Prayer, The ایتها المقبله الی ملکوت الله قد قرئت نمیقتک اللطیفه الانشاء البدیعه المعنی Thou didst question the necessity for prayer, and the wisdom that might lie behind it. What reason could there be, thou didst ask BRL_DAK#0682 BRL_ATE#174x, SW_v04#18 p.303, SW_v08#04 p.044-045 @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @power of prayer, @importance of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
AB03941 180 mixed ذکر بلايا و مصائب و رزايا نموده بودی و فرياد و فغان کرده بودی حقّ با شماست اگر خون بگريی سزاوار است Thou didst make mention of tribulations, calamities and afflictions, and didst raise a cry of lamentation and wailing. Thou art in the right - if thou shouldst weep tears of blood, it would be fitting [3.5s] MMK3#207 p.149x, NANU_AB#50x @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB11172 40 Persian سؤال فرموده بودید که اگر قصوری سرّی از نفس صادر و شخصی دیگر تشهیر دهد Thou didst ask regarding a circumstance wherein one soul committeth a hidden fault and another person discloseth it [3.5s] AVK3.185.14x @consolation and comfort, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @personal instructions - -
AB07077 120 mixed سؤال از تکلیف فرموده بودی تکلیف اینست که شریک و سهیم عبدالبهآء گردی Thou didst ask concerning thy duty. Thy duty is this: that thou shouldst become a partner and associate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] AHB.118BE #10 p.000x, MSBH5.129-130x, YQAZ.124x - -
AB09864 70 mixed سؤال از روح بعد از صعود نموده بوديد که آيا روح بعوالم جسمانی و آنچه بر او وارد شده منتبه است يا نه Thou didst ask concerning the spirit after its ascension, whether it is conscious of the physical worlds and that which hath come upon it, or not [3.5s] MMK3#049 p.031x @soul; spirit after death, @suffering and imprisonment, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation - -
AB09920 70 Persian سؤال از عالم روح نموده بوديد که بعد از صعود از اين جهان بجهان پنهان چگونه و چسانست Thou didst ask concerning the realm of spirit and how it is, after ascension from this world to the hidden realm [3.5s] MMK3#041 p.025x @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @soul; spirit after death, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB08275 100 Persian آرزوی قوّهء تبلیغ مینمائی این آرزو نهایت آمال مخلصین است البته انسان کامل Thou desirest the power to teach; this desire is the ultimate aspiration of the sincere ones [3.5s] AVK3.481.15x @methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB00346 640 mixed ترانی یا الهی قد استغرقت فی بحار الحیره و خضت فی غمار الذهول و لم دار کیف Thou beholdest me, O my God, immersed in the oceans of wonderment and plunged in the depths of bewilderment, and I know not how [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0763, MKT1.285b, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.253x, MJMJ2.054, MMG2#386 p.432, YHA1.367-368x (2.736) @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @prayer for forgiveness - -
ABU1250 Conversation with Hans Springer, Haifa, 1914-06-30 250 Persian آیا تو همیشه روی زمین سفر مینمائی در فکر آن نیستی که سفری بآسمان کنی Thou art welcome. Where didst thou come from?... Dost thou travel always on the surface of the earth? ZSM.1914-06-30 DAS.1914-06-30, SW_v07#03 p.020-022, SW_v07#18 p.178, PN_unsorted p024 @Christ; Christianity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @universal language - -
AB00045 1530 mixed Light of the World و انت الذی یا الهی تقدست اسمائک الحسنی و تنزهت امثالک العلیا عن ادراک عقول Thou art He, O my God, Whose most beauteous names and most sublime likenesses are sanctified above the comprehension CMB_F65.001-005x, PR12.001x NURA#72, MMK4#173 p.196 LOTW#72 @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @limits of the intellect, @prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU0784 Words to Mrs C. et al, spoken on 1920-10-24 380 Thou art accepted before God. Even though you may be weak here... Never forget these days--remember them.. The cool breeze does not always blow; the rain does not always come PN_1920 p086 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
ABU1656 Words spoken ca. 1900 190 Bahá'í Scriptures Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144 @outward and inward meanings, @man's distinction from the animal, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @physical limitations of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU0563 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 490 Those who lack wisdom think that the worlds of God are limited to the material universe. They deny that there are spiritual realms. AELT.187-190 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @soul; spirit after death, @realms of being; three realms; five realms - -
ABU3287 Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-01 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary آنچه در زمین اسباب حمل و نقل آلات و اسباب حرب و قتال ساخته اند در هوا نیز چنان خواهند Those who have provided the means for transporting arms and ammunition and the instruments of wars and massacres on earth will do so in the air. BDA1.020.01 MHMD1.027 @predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology - -
ABU2878 Words to pilgrims in June 1906 60 Those who first arose to persecute us and plotted against us are now seeking a means for reconciliation. We have no quarrel with anyone PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001 @contention and conflict, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
ABU0033 Public address given on 1912-12-04 1850 Persian Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary نفوسی که خبر از عالم حقیقت و تتبع در کائنات ندارند اکتشاف حقایق Those who are uninformed of the world of reality, who do not comprehend the ANDA#43-44 p.161, KHTB2.333, BDA1.405.02 PUP#139 (p.462-468), BSC.292 #598, FWU.107, SW_v07#08 p.069-071+074-076, MHMD1.423-429 @literal interpretation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as educator, @creation of the world, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @the human soul, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness - -
ABU0805 Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-29 370 Those who are endued with spiritual insight see in the small chapter a typical portrayal of the present upheaval in all parts of the world DAS.1914-11-29 @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @chastisement and requital, @justice and mercy, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @apocalyptic imagery - -
ABU3385 Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh 30 Those Prophets who are Manifestations of God, sent by God (Avatars) are of the Essence (logos) and quite untouched by the faith of disciples PN_1911 p007 @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others - -
AB00153 Commentary on the Unity of Existence 920 mixed Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd); Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence Commentary on the Unity of Existence صنادید متصوفه که تاسیس عقیده وحدت الوجود نموده اند مرادشان از آن وجود وجود Those pre-eminent Sufis who founded the doctrine of the “unity of existence” never intended by this term the universally predicated existence MKT3.354, MNMK#148 p.274, DWNP_v1#06 p.001-004 BLO_PT#164 @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will - -
ABU1876 Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01 160 Those persons who are firm in the Faith during these days shine like unto the brilliant sun and are the cause of the tranquility of the hearts; but those whose hearts are not set aglow DAS.1914-12-01 @stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU2716 Words spoken on 1913-05-06 in Paris 70 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 آن نفوس پر غفلت و غرور گمان مینمودند که خود لیاقت و استحقاقی دارند غافل از اینکه Those people, filled as they are with pride and ignorance, deemed themselves to be worthy or deserving, oblivious of the fact BDA2.286 MHMD2.377 @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge - -
AB02482 240 mixed Light of the World احبای الهی که از خلیج کلیم ببحر رب عظیم و طمطام جمال قدیم توجه نموده اند در Those loved ones of God who have turned from the Mosaic gulf towards the ocean of the Almighty Lord and the billowing waters of His Ancient Beauty NURA#38, MMK4#074 p.080 LOTW#38 @consolation and comfort, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @predictions and prophecies, @stories; anecdotes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
AB03605 190 Arabic الهی الهی هذا یوم النیروز و صباح الالطاف یلوح بنور مشرق ساطع لائح من فیض ملکوتک This, O God, my God, is the day of Naw-Rúz. The morn of heavenly bounties shineth with the resplendently radiant light MAS9.031 ADMS#149 @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] - -
ABU0328 Words spoken on 1915-09-10 700 Persian امسال سال امتحان و افتتان است از هر جهت در قرآن میفرماید This year is the year of tests and trials from every direction, as He hath revealed in the Qur'an [3.5s] NJB_v15#10 p.312 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @oneness; unity of religion, @hypocrisy - -
ABU0229 Words spoken on 1915-09-10 in Haifa 860 Persian امسال سال امتحان و افتنان است از هر جهت. در قرآن می فرماید:" أم حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة و لا یأتیکم This year is a year of tests and trials from every direction. In the Qur'án He saith: "Did ye suppose ye should enter Paradise ere there come unto you..." [3.5s] ZSM.1915-09-10 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan - -
ABU1243 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 260 Abdu'l-Bahá in London this would depend upon the respective stations of the two. If both had the same degree of development, they would be reunited immediately after death. AIL.074 @soul; spirit after death, @differences in human capacity, @education and the development of capacity - -
ABU0441 Words to Shaykh Yousef and others, spoken on 1915-02-21 580 This world of ours is very, very old, subject to periodic revolutions and cyclic fluctuations. Motion and change are its two fixed rules. These two laws are inseparable from each other. DAS.1915-02-21 @composition and decomposition, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @law of transformation and change, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated - -
ABU3498 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-02 20 This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109 @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU0833 Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-10 360 This world is like unto a vast theatrical stage. The audience is composed of the whole human race. The range and variety of the plays acted upon this stage are as numerous DAS.1915-02-10 @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @effort; striving - -
ABU2630 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18 80 This world is like unto a theatre on the stage of which all kinds of drama, plays, tragedies, comedies and operas are presented DAS.1914-11-18 @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion - -
ABU0892 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 340 This world is a world of darkness, affliction, and work. It is like the womb; one must bear in patience its troubles and its pains. AELT.184-186 @symbolism, @soul; spirit after death, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU2945 Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in London 60 This world is a theatre. It is not an eternal world: it is a stage where every kind of play is enacted. SFQ.231 @things are known by their opposites, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU2762 Words spoken on 1914-07-16 70 This wonderful Cause has not been properly introduced into China. It is very necessary that it should be done. DAS.1914-07-16 @growth of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU2304 110 This wonderful age has rent asuner the veils of superstition…. Music is most important. Music is the heart's own language. Its vibrations uplift the spirit SW_v15#05 p.131 @music and singing, @critique of Eastern values; culture - -
ABU2460 Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-28 90 Persian Mahmúd's Diary فصل بهار بود و در منزل شما مجامع خوبی داشتیم من هیچوقت فراموش This was the springtime; we had good meetings at your home... This material world has an outer appearance. It has also a hidden aspect. BDA1.057.14 SW_v14#07 p.209x, SW_v19#03 p.092x, MHMD1.066 @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU2170 Words to Ethel Rosenberg, spoken on 1904-04-30 120 this was not rightly expressed. It is not meant that after physical death those who are dead spiritually will cease to exist... We need not understand in their literal sense the descriptions of hell fire PN_1904 p026 @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU1383 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken around 1909-10-15 230 This was a spiritual condition recognized through the physical senses.... It was just as if two clear crystal goblets were filled with pure water. They were so clear the goblets could not be seen - only the water PN_1909C p105 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love as fire, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU0279 Words to pilgrims in June 1906 770 This was a place for dirt and refuse and loathsome to look upon. During the days when Akka was in confusion and the whirlwind of tests was violent, and a rumor persisted PN_1906 p066, SUR.256-258, BLO_PN#001 @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @need for an educator - -
ABU2555 Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa 80 Persian این جنگ خیلی طول کشید و بمناسبت حکایت قلعه شیخ طبرسی را فرمودند که:" در قلعهٴ طبرسی صد و ده نفر بودند This war was greatly prolonged, and concerning the narrative of the fortress, they spoke of Shaykh Tabarsi, saying: "In the fortress of Tabarsi there were one hundred and ten souls." [3.5s] ZSM.1915-09-19 @stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU2714 Words spoken on 1915-01-09 in Abu Sinan 70 Persian این جنگ بلای خانمانسوزی است ولی بعد از این نفوس صلحجو زیاد خواهد شد This war is indeed ruinous and devastating in its effects. However, afterwards, the number of peace-loving people will grow considerably KHH1.145 (1.201) KHHE.216, BSR_v13 p.086 @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration - -
ABU2715 Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-26 70 Persian Mahmúd's Diary این ملاقات دلیل بر وفاست که همدیگر را فراموش ننمودیم در عالم وجود امری اعظم از وفا نیست که طول مدت سبب فراموشی و خلال This visit is a proof of faithfulness, proof that we have not forgotten one another. In the world of existence nothing is greater than faithfulness BDA1.206.11 SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.223 @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
AB00256 Some Answered Questions #034 Peter and the Papacy 730 Persian Answered Questions, Some این بیان مسیح تصدیق قول پطرس است در وقتی که گفت چه اعتقاد بمن داری This utterance of Christ is an affirmation of Peter's reply, when Christ asked: “Whom do ye believe me to be?” MFD#34, OOL.C022.34 SAQ#34, PN_1905 p008x @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @priestcraft, @Christian doctrine and practice, @high station of learning, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @the Christian clergy - -
ABU2415 100 This universe is not created through the fortuitous concurrences of atoms; it is created by a great law which decrees that the tree bring forth certain definite fruit. ADP.140-140 @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @critique of Western values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @creation of the world, @law of cause and effect - -
AB11009 50 Persian این رساله در سن صباوتدر (ادرنه) مرقوم شده است در بعض مواقع بعضی تعبیرات This treatise was penned in the years of childhood in Adrianople, and at certain times, some expressions [3.5s] MKT2.055, HHA.021, KHSH08.093 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings - -
ABU2787 Words spoken on 1914-06-04 in Tiberias 70 This town [Tiberias] is very sacred in the estimation of the Jews, yet they seldom think of its improvement and cleanliness. DAS.1914-06-04 @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
ABU2013 Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-19 140 This time I want to send you with a new spirit, a new strength, to enlighten California PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351e @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause, @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @Mary Magdalene - -
ABU2395 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11 100 This theory is not true. But in very ancient times Asia led all the continents in civilization. At this time there was a connection between Asia and America which was lost and entirely forgotten. AHV.013, BLO_PN#045 @mystical themes, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @universality of the Cause, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
AB00395 Some Answered Questions #059 Man's Comprehension of God 610 Persian Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some این مسئله را زمان فرصت لازم و در سر ناهار بیان مشکل است This subject requires ample time, and to explain it at table will be difficult. MFD#59, OOL.C022.59 SAQ#59, BWF.321-323 @Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @human reality created in the image of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror - -
ABU1749 Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London 60 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 این بحث بین افراد بود چنانچه ذکر شد بشر حقّ انتقام ندارد امّا اگر ملّتی تعدّی کند This subject has been discussed among people for some time. As was mentioned previously, no one has the right to take revenge BDA2.080 MHMD2.096-097 @kindness to and rights of animals, @justice and mercy, @unity; oneness of humanity, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance - -
ABU2405 Words spoken on 1919-06-06 100 This spiritual communication and mutual exchange of thoughts is conditioned upon certain facts SW_v10#18 p.336 @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU1301 Words spoken on 1913-04-25 in Stuttgart 240 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اینگونه صلح از مقتضیات این عصر است و هر چند جمیع انبیای الهی خلق را بصلح و یگانگی This sort of peace is one of the exigencies of this age. Though all the Prophets of God have summoned humankind to peace and unity BDA2.261-262 MHMD2.340-341 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU0949 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 320 Persian این مدرسه خیلی اهمیت دارد در عالم وجود اعظم از دانائی چیزی نیست This school holdeth great import in the world of existence, for nothing is more exalted than knowledge [3.5s] KHH2.253-255 @educational curricula, @high station of learning, @universal education, @education of children; moral education, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @man's distinction from the animal, @knowledge; recognition of God - -
AB08358 100 Persian این حلق بها در حلقه فتاد آن طوق بلا موی تو بود هر نفحه مشک کاید بمشام از خلق This ring of eminence hath fallen into that noose of tribulation - it was thy tress; every musk-fragrance that reacheth the senses cometh from creation [3.5s] INBA21:183 (234) BRL_DAK#0304, MJH.019 @love of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
ABU1288 Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles 250 This revered personage was the first Bahai in America. He served the Cause SW_v03#13 p.014-015, SW_v04#11 p.186+189, ABCC.066x @bringing forth results; fruit, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @review of publications - -
ABU0307 Words spoken at reading room and library for the blind in San Francisco, 1912-10-13 730 This revered lady, Mrs. Rowan, is indeed doing the world of humanity a great and useful service, for she assists those who are blind ECN.345+495x @knowledge; recognition of God, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @power of imagination; thought; right intention - -
ABU0585 Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22 480 This refers to the great disturbance which is to occur in that day--the latter day. That those souls who occupy the highest stations shall be reverted to the lowest PN_1909F p087, PN_1909F p105, AKL.004-006 @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Christian doctrine and practice, @Mary Magdalene, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul - -
ABU3080 Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18 50 This question will only be solved through the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh... From the association of the white friends with the colored friends the others, people outside the Cause, will learn the meaning. PN_1919 p017x, BSTW#319 @race unity; racial issues - -
ABU2233 Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco 110 Persian Mahmúd's Diary دو جواب دارد یکی جواب فلسفی و یکی ملکوتی جواب فلسفی آسان است چه که This question may be answered in two ways, philosophically as well as spiritually. ...in philosophy the spirit is energy BDA1.317.06 MHMD1.335 @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @existence; immortality of the human soul - -
ABU2197 Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh 120 This power is not verbal. It must be actual, demonstrative, dynamic. This power has gone out of the body of Islam. DAS.1913-10-25, SW_v08#08 p.102 @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise of Western values; culture, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih - -
ABU1727 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 180 This power is neither heavenly nor spiritual; neither is it an influence from disembodied spirits. It is the human spirit-magnetism LOG#1753x, DLA.037-038, BLO_PN#026 @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena - -
ABU3676 230 This pearl rosary and a ruby ring originally belonged to Mírzá Musa Jawahiri, the son of Mírzá Hadi, and were both in that box AFNAN.213-214 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @business; financial; property matters, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU3463 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 20 Persian این صلح بعد از انقلابات و حوادث عظیمه است که رخ می گشاید ... بلی در همین عصر و قرن که در او داخلیم This peace shall be unveiled after mighty commotions and momentous happenings... yea, in this very age and century wherein we now find ourselves [3.5s] KHH2.273b @predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU1559 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 200 This parable was revealed on behalf of Peter and Paul, because at first Paul was one of the adversaries of the Revelation... The 'fatted calf' is the Heavenly Table of Knowledge PN_1901 p024 @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @Judas, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU0110 Public address given on 1912-04-25 1180 Persian Mahmúd's Diary امشب شب مبارکی است شایان نهایت سرور و ستایش است بجهاتی چند اولا الحمد لله This night is a very blessed night, worthy of the utmost praise and joy for many reasons. KHTB2.046, BDA1.052 SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.060-061 @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity, @oneness; unity of religion - -
AB12004 70 mixed این روزنامه را در غرب شخصی از خارج طبع نموده و فصلی مفصل در این امر مرقوم This newspaper has been published in the West by a person from abroad, and a detailed chapter concerning this Cause hath been written therein [3.5s] INBA79.059a @newspapers and the media; publications, @review of publications, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
AB03557 200 Arabic هذه الامه لاتصلح اواخرها الا بما صلح به اوائلها کانت العرب مشته الثمل مفرقه This nation shall not find rectitude at its end, save through what secured its righteousness at the beginning. The Arabs were scattered and dispersed [3.5s] MMK6#321 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @Muhammad; Islam, @love and unity - -
ABU2516 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 90 This narrative cannot be literally true, as the earth is round and not to be surveyed from any mountain. The meaning is this: Man has two natures AELT.121-122 @spiritual transformation, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU1908 Words spoken on 1912-10-21 in San Francisco 160 This morning we were speaking of the fact that God never leaves anything unexplained. He will make everything manifest, even though it may remain hidden for a long time. ECN.184 @Mary Magdalene, @resurrection of Christ, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU0454 Words spoken on 1912-10-12 in Oakland 580 This morning we spoke in the Temple Emanu-El at the invitation of Dr. Meyer, who is a most broadminded man. In Persia there are a great many Jews who have become followers of Bahá’u’lláh. ECN.130 @growth of the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU2785 Words to Haji Mirza Haydar Ali, spoken on 1914-04-15 70 This Mirza Ahmad has become the 'recorder of my deeds'. As soon as I open my mouth he takes out his notebook. If I make a joke, it will be spread all over Europe. DAS.1914-04-15 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes - -
ABU2767 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 70 this meant the River of those who went before; that is to say, the religious laws of each preceding prophet are annulled... In the time of Christ the commands of Moses were as dry bones PN_1901 p023 @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @symbolism, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture - -
AB10785 60 This means when the mirror is purified and turned toward the sun, the Bestowals of the sun will become reflected therein. The disc of the sun does not enter DAS.1913-03-20x @Manifestation of God as mirror, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within - -
ABU2603 Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 80 this means that the death of the body is of no importance and not in the least to be feared... It is said of Mary Magdalen that out of her went seven devils. PN_1901 p002, NRMM.205 @martyrs and martyrdom, @soul; spirit after death, @Mary Magdalene, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU3119 Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris 90 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 این امور اهمیت ندارد و قابل جواب نه امری که بنیان آن اوهن از بیوت عنکبوتست This matter [of Shu'a'u'llah's attacks] is of no importance and is unworthy of a response… In spite of all the love and support I have him, Mirza Badi'u'llah caused a fresh adversity with every passing day BDA2.182 MHMD2.231-232 @chastisement and requital, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU2954 Words spoken on 1909-02-22 60 This material food was very simple, just enough for life, but that the spiritual food was varied and abundant AKL.012 @material and spiritual existence; two books, @symbolism, @Christian doctrine and practice, @condition of search - -
ABU0946 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 320 Persian این شخص بخیال خودش در صدد قلع و قمع شجره مبارکه بر آمده ولی خودش نمیداند که منادی امر الله This man thinks that he is uprooting the Tree of the Cause and does not see that he is promoting the Divine Faith. The Ancient Beauty has stated, “Whosoever arises to harm us is indeed a teacher of the Cause KHH1.038-039 (1.054-055) KHHE.072-073 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @growth of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
ABU0584 Words spoken ca. 1900 480 This lesson is to explain, if it be possible for either a believer or an unbeliever to advance in the next world. The believer attains to eternal life in this world. PN_1900_heh p046, PN_1900 p113 @soul; spirit after death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU3732 Words spoken on 1913-06-01 in Paris 50 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اینگونه عشق از کمال عقل حاصِل گردد لذا هر قدر بنیان و اساس عقل و معرفت متین‌تر باشد This kind of love is the fruit of consummate reason, for the firmer the foundation of reason and knowledge, the greater the heights that the lofty palace of love will reach BDA2.328 MHMD2.435 @power of love - -
ABU1857 Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-14 160 This kind of food is not Persian. It is European... There is no grape in the Kingdom. This is a symbol or sign of the Word of God. The intoxication of this wine is such that it will be seen. PN_1907 p076, TTAG.018, BLO_PN#101 @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU0142 Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka 1050 Persian این سفر امریکا خیلی زحمت داد چند سال طول کشید هر روز در یک جائی در حرکت بودیم، لکن تأییدات This journey to America entailed manifold hardships and extended over several years. Each day found us in a different place, yet divine confirmations [3.5s] NJB_v14#10 p.320, ZSM.1915-10-31 @suffering and imprisonment, @the power of example, @unity; oneness of humanity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU2436 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 90 Persian بسیار بسیار مبارک است خیلی خوب است که در هر شهری و هر قصبه و دهی اینکار را بکنند This is very wonderful! The friends of God must do the same in every town and hamlet and provide a befitting place for the comfort of the itinerant believers KHH1.021 (1.029) KHHE.044 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
ABU3127 Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 40 Persian بسیار چای خوبی است چای باید اینطور باشد قند خوب چای خوب آب زلال پیاله پاک This is very good. Tea must be like this: good sugar, excellent tea, purified water, clean cup and in every way neat and organized. Otherwise, it is better not to drink it. KHH1.052 (1.073) KHHE.091 @stories; anecdotes, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @personal instructions, @cleanliness and refinement - -
ABU3470 Words spoken ca. Nov. 1921 in Haifa 20 Persian خط جناب زین سند است جناب زین کاتب جمال مبارک بود هر لوحی که بخط اوست صحیح و درست This is the writing of his honor Zein, who was a scribe of the Blessed Beauty. Every tablet penned by his hand is authentic and correct [3.5s] QT105.2.039 @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings - -
ABU2616 Public address given on 1913-02-17 80 This is the work. All else save this has no result. Humanity must become illumined with the light of the Kingdom, otherwise all our efforts will remain fruitless. DAS.1913-02-17 @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @attaining the life of the spirit, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU1279 Words to Miss Rogers, spoken on 1909-07-05 250 This is the third time you have been here. It has been a great pleasure for you... Man must always associate with those from whom he can get light or be with those to whom he can give light. SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1909 p009, PN_1909 p035, PN_1909C p083, DJT.049-050, BLO_PN#027 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @bringing forth results; fruit, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU2713 Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa 70 Persian این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19 BLO_PT#216.028 @symbolism of color and light, @seven stages of creation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture - -
ABU1971 Words spoken on 1916-05-09 in Haifa 140 Persian این مقامی است مقام افاضه و آن تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله و ترویج تعالیم است. این من الحق الی الخلق است This is the station of outpouring, and it is the propagation of the Cause of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God, the exaltation of the Word of God, and the promotion of His teachings. This floweth from the Truth unto creation [3.5s] ZSM.1916-05-09 @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun - -
ABU0309 Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-10-14 720 mixed این دفعه دوم است که در مجمع احبای پاریس آمدیم الحمد لله می بینم رویهای احبای This is the second time that we have come into the gathering of the beloved friends in Paris. Praise be to God, I behold the faces of the loved ones [3.5s]... ...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah the West will have replaced the East KHAB.076 (086), KHTB1.046, NJB_v02#14-16 p.016 COF.030bx2x, GPB.253x, GPB.253-254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x @stories; anecdotes, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU2557 Words to professors and clergymen, spoken on 1912-09-03 80 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اینست مقصد اهل بهآء آیا تو نمیخواهی این کار را بکنی تو هم بکوش تا عالم انسانی وحدت حقیقی یابد This is the purpose of the people of Baha. Would you not like to serve such an ideal? I hope you will put forth effort in this direction so that the world of men may find real unity BDA1.224.04 SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.240 @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity - -
ABU0351 Words spoken on 1916-04-29 670 Persian این نهم عید رضوانست عید جمال قدم است عید طلوع شمس حقیقت است عید بسیار بزرگ This is the ninth Ridván, the Festival of the Ancient Beauty, the Festival of the dawning of the Sun of Truth, the Most Great Festival [3.5s] AHB.102BE #06 p.02-03, AYT.328-331 @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU2784 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-11 70 This is the most important work. This is the light of the religion of God. This sea must ever be kept tempestuous. This fountain must always flow... The Cause is the cup, teaching is the ruby wine with which the souls are intoxicated. DAS.1914-03-11 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation - -
ABU1249 Words spoken on 1913-06-05 in Paris 250 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 این اهم و اقدم از کمالات اکتسابی است زیرا علم اکتسابی و تربیت ظاهری استعداد فطری This is the most important of the acquired perfections, inasmuch as acquired knowledge and material education aid one's inborn disposition BDA2.334 MHMD2.443-444 @priestcraft, @empty learning; false spirituality, @blind imitation [taqlid], @high station of learning, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU1884 Words to Mrs. C, Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24+25 160 This is the Lord's supper. Sometimes the material things have a spiritual effect - for instance, music is material but has an effect over the spirit PN_1920_heh_haifa p043 @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture - -
ABU0469 Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-15 560 This is the last day that I am meeting you, but in reality this is the first day. Although physically it is the last day, yet spiritually DAS.1913-11-15 @law of pilgrimage, @infinity and eternity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @soul; spirit after death, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
ABU2023 Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-10 140 This is the lake around which His Holiness Christ often walked, over which He often sailed. The site wherein He called His apostles into active service is very near. DAS.1914-06-10 @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU2633 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-01-30 80 This is the first German house built in Haifa by the leader of the colony, called Hirtik, who came here in 1870 with about 500 people DAS.1915-01-30 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
ABU1474 Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13 220 This is the exposition of one of the great questions of Divine Wisdom which Christ has couched in this brief and simple utterance. That great question is this: PN_1906 p033, SUR.231-232, BLO_PN#001 @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @effort; striving, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion - -
AB09645 80 Persian این یوم یوم قیام بخدمت است و عبودیت آستان احدیت تا حیات باقیست تعجیل نمائید This is the Day to arise in service, and to show servitude at the Threshold of Oneness whilst life endureth; make haste [3.5s] AHB.126BE #03-04 p.84, PYB#211 p.04, ANDA#67-68 p.23 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech, @call to action, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU3442 Words spoken on 1913-08-02 in Ramleh 30 This is the day of teaching. This is the day of service. This is the day of the illumination of the world of humanity. Nothing else will give permanent result. This is our work. DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.143, BLO_PN#007 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB07845 110 This is the Day of rejoicing for the Truth hath been made manifest. His call hath been raised NYR#002 @spiritual springtime, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
ABU3437 Words to Emogene Hoagg spoken in 1914 30 This is the day of happiness. In no time of any manifestation was there the cause for happiness as now. SW_v13#05 p.102, PN_1914 p009 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU1740 Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 170 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 امروز من با شما وداع می‌کنم لکن وداع دو قسم است یکی آنست که نفوس بعد از وداع بمرور یکدیگر را فراموش میکنند This is the day of farewell with you. Farewell is of two kinds. The first kind of farewell is followed by forgetfulness. BDA2.276-277 DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.362 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @bringing forth results; fruit - -
AB11387 30 Persian Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá این عهد و میثاق است که جمال مبارک در ارض مقدس بقلم اعلی در ظل شجره انیسا گرفته This is the Covenant and Testament which the Blessed Beauty established through the Supreme Pen in the Holy Land MAS2.056b BRL_DA#216, BLO_sazedj#23x @primordial Covenant; the day of alast - -
ABU3162 Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart 40 This is the best thing; we will arrive in Stuttgart.... How attracted and enkindled are the German Bahais! SW_v04#09 p.162 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU1741 Words to the Baha'í women, spoken on 1912-11-12 170 Persian Mahmúd's Diary این انجمن دختران من است در خانهٴ دختر من مسس کروک لهذا از این اجتماع بسیار مسرورم خوب مجلسی است This is the assemblage of my daughters in the home of my daughter, Mrs Krug. Therefore I am very happy with this gathering. BDA1.369.11 MHMD1.388 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3028 Words spoken on 1911-09-23 in London 50 Abdu'l-Bahá in London This is the age of woman. She should receive the same education as her brother and enjoy the same privilege AIL.081 @material and spiritual existence; two books, @equality of men and women, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @role and station of women, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU2268 Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 110 This is self-evident and is in no need of proof. For example the hand corresponds with another hand. No sooner thou takest hold of the hand of thy beloved than a world of feelings and emotions are conveyed DAS.1914-05-10 @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @need for an educator, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
ABU3642 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 10 This is right, this is right. PN_unsorted p158 @spiritual transformation - -
ABU0270 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05 780 Persian Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11 PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117 @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @call to action, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction - -
ABU2820 Words spoken on 1913-08-06 in Ramleh 60 This is one of the wonders of this age, that an oriental and an occidental can meet on common ground DAS.1913-08-06, SW_v08#10 p.136, ABIE.164, BLO_PN#007 @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual transformation - -
AB00441 Some Answered Questions #070 Free Will and its Limits 590 Persian Answered Questions, Some این مسئله از مهمات مسائل الهیه است و بسیار غامض است This is one of the most important questions of divinity and it is most abstruse. MFD#70, OOL.C022.70 SAQ#70 @free will and predestination; fate, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU0134 Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906 1080 This is one of the conditions of the teachers of the Truth; he must possess pure severance, so that his words may produce such an effect on the hearers PN_1906 p055, SUR.250-253, BLO_PN#001 @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU3208 Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18 40 This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means. DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @soul; spirit after death, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @personal instructions, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3503 Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 20 This is not only the golden age but the age of Diamond. This is the Century of Lights! This is the cycle of Love. This is the glorious Down of the Sun of Reality DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology - -
ABU2899 Words spoken on 1913-11 ca. in Ramleh 60 This is not good. Why do they stop so suddenly the wheels of evolution? The body is composed of so many elements DAS.1913-11-04 @law of burial and cremation, @law of transformation and change, @composition and decomposition - -
ABU1038 Words spoken on 1911-09-08 in London 300 Persian منزل کوچک نیست باید قلوب وسعت داشته باشد This is not a small house – it is the hearts that must be enlarged. When we first arrived in Akka… His Holiness Solomon said, "When I was a child I used to think that happiness was riding a horse or going on an outing. KHAB.052 (060), KHTB1.016 STAB#039x, ABS#04 @stories; anecdotes, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @unity; oneness of humanity, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU2798 Words to Fugeta, Dr. C. et al, spoken on 1919-12-18 70 This is not a correct translation. I wrote that his highness the Supreme (Báb) was the forerunner like John the Baptist, like the dawn. The Blessed Beauty is the sun and I am ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and no one should go beyond that. PN_1919 p038 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @twin Manifestations, @John the Baptist - -
ABU0108 Words spoken ca. 1913 1200 This is my second visit to Paris and I meet you with great joy. On a third visit to Europe I hope to see a brilliant flame COC#2138x, ADP.079-086 @education of children; moral education, @growth of the Cause, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @equality of men and women, @universal language, @universal education, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Manifestation of God as divine physician - -
ABU2850 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10 60 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 کم است نسبت بامریکا هر چند مصارف انگلند کمتر است ولی باز اُجرت مزدوران This is little compared to America. Though expenses are lower in England, still their workers' wages are too low BDA2.015 MHMD2.018 @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice - -
ABU0482 Words to travellers from the East, Port Said, 1913-06-27 550 mixed فی الحقیقه خوب مجلسی است بهتر از این نمیشود حاضرین از احبای الهی در کمال توجه This is indeed a good gathering; it does not get any better than this. With rapt attention to God, His loved ones in attendance here are seated next to one another BRL_DAK#0771, AMK.293-295, AVK2.205.12x, KHF.051, KHAB.447 (447), KHTB3.029, NJB_v04#10 p.002 ADMS#219 @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
ABU1520 Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 210 This is indeed a blessed meeting, for the East and the West are joined here in love and harmony. This was the will of the Blessed Perfection. PN_1904 p089 @Manifestation of God as sun, @spiritual transformation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @East and West; communication between East and West - -
ABU0350 Lecture Given at a Studio in Paris: Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-11-27 670 Persian Paris Talks این منزل محفلی است بهائی محفل بهائی هر جا تاسیس شد روز بروز اتساع یافت و سبب This is in truth a Baha'í house. Every time such a house or meeting place is founded it becomes one of the greatest aids to the general development KHTB1.221 PT#24 p.069 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
ABU0305 Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-22 730 This is childish play. They did these things so that the English would not evacuate.... On the way to Akka the rest of us went ashore at Alexandria PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p155, LAT.097-101 @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3641 Words spoken on 1907-04-15 10 This is but the imagination of mankind. BSTW#211a @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @demons and evil spirits, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU2430 Words to two Japanese Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-04 90 Persian Mahmúd's Diary این از وقوعات تاریخیه است و از امور خارق العاده که شخصی ایرانی با نفوس جاپانی در سانفرانسیسکو This is an historic event. It is out of the ordinary that an Iranian should meet Japanese people in San Francisco with such love and harmony. BDA1.287.02 MHMD1.304 @power of the Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3121 Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 40 Persian این رمز است مانند آن که طواف کعبه را باید در وقت معینی و محل This is an emblem, even as the circumambulation of the Sacred House must needs be performed at an appointed time and place [3.5s] KHH2.294a @symbolism, @spiritual transformation, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam - -
ABU2796 Words spoken on 1914-06-14 in Tiberias 70 This is all very good! I hope many such useful articles will appear in the press of America and Europe. The mass of humanity must be informed DAS.1914-06-14 @newspapers and the media; publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause - -
ABU0192 Public address given on 1912-05-06 930 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary This is a very joyous evening, an evidence in itself of the possibility of uniting the East and the West BDA1.074n PUP#042 (p.101-103), SW_v03#04 p.029+031-032, SW_v13#12 p.324 @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @war and peace, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @East and West; communication between East and West, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @oneness; unity of religion - - MHMD1.082
ABU1575 Words at a wedding, spoken on 1920-11-18 200 This is a very happy evening, one of joy. In one respect it is a wedding night PN_1920 p082, PN_1920_heh p023 @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU0129 Public address given on 1912-06-16 1090 Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032 William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony @Manifestation of God as sun, @love and unity, @education of children; moral education, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU0259 Address to the Baha'is at MacNutt home in New York, 1912-06-16 800 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The This is a splendid gathering, a meeting of the maidservants of the Merciful and the beloved of God LOG#1377x, PUP#070 (p.194-197), SW_v03#10 p.017-019 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @astrology and numerology, @development of capacity and readiness, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -

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