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| ABU1986 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | فرمایشی که میرزا ابوالفضل کرده به بیان ثابت می شود. در احسن القصص که کتاب اول حضرت اعلی است | That which Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl hath uttered is proven through the exposition in the Aḥsanu'l-Qiṣaṣ, which is the first Book of His Holiness the Exalted One [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0958 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 320 | That which is most delicious in the world of existence is love. The air of itself is not delicious | SW_v08#10 p.127+134, AHF.030-031 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0467 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 560 | That which is always the cause of inharmony and delays the progress of the Cause of God is love for leadership and self-interest. Those who cherish such tendencies | PN_1906 p052, SUR.249-250, BLO_PN#001 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09023 | 90 | Persian | آنچه از هویت قلب و منابع وجدان نبعان نموده بود معلوم و مفهوم شد و انین و حنین | That which hath emanated from thine inmost heart and the wellsprings of thy conscience hath become manifest and understood, and the sighs and lamentations [3.5s] | MSHR4.264, ABDA.044a | Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2337 | Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles | 100 | That which has come forth from the Center of the Covenant you must take fast hold of. | SW_v11#14 p.243 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3454 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-06-15 | 30 | That was not what I said. I said that the spiritual man and the materialist were two different beings. The spirit is in the flesh. | DJT.311, FDA.031, BLO_PN#027 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0010 | Words spoken at Unitarian church in Dublin, 1912-08-11 | 2300 | mixed | در نزد عموم عقلا مسلم است که عالم طبیعت ناقص است و محتاج تربیت ملاحظه میکنید | That the world of nature is imperfect and needs education is to the wise beyond question. Consider, man uneducated is in utmost barbarism | BRL_DAK#0639, AMK.248-258, MJMJ1.090x, MMG2#163 p.185x, MJH.036x, KHF.042, KHAB.355 (362), KHTB2.212, NJB_v03#16 p.001, YFY.141x | SW_v14#02 p.042-045 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2196 | Words spoken on 1914-07-20 | 120 | That soul is alone who is negligent of God. But if he knows God, although he may live in an interminable desert | DAS.1914-07-20, SW_v08#18 p.236 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03201 | 210 | Persian | آن جان پاک بجهان تابناک شتافت و آن ستاره روشن بافق ابدی صعود نمود | That pure soul hath hastened to the luminous realm, and that bright star hath ascended to the everlasting horizon [3.5s] | MMK2#320 p.234x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2717 | Words spoken on 1913-04-28 in Stuttgart | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | با آن تعصب در مجامع بهآئیان سیاهان و سفیدان مانند برادران و خواهران بودند حتی در امر بهآئی ازدواج | That prejudice notwithstanding, at Baha'i gatherings the blacks and the whites were like brothers and sisters | BDA2.269 | MHMD2.352-353 | Race unity; racial issues; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3536 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911 | 20 | That is well. Very well. A day's work done in the spirit of service is in itself an act of worship. Such work is a prayer unto God. | CHH.152, BLO_PN#022 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2608 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken on 1908-01-11 | 80 | That is very good, that is right for that brings harmony into the meeting. ...the Hidden Words should be read, and often the Tajalleyat | PN_1908 p013 | Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2941 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02 | 60 | That is passed now. An arrow that has been shot does not return to the bow... That rests with the delegates to the Convention, delegates only - not strangers. The Convention is like a parliament. | PN_1919 p059, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012, PN_1920 p021 | Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3081 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02 | 50 | That is all talk. The Text of the Blessed Book cannot be changed. No one can interfere with it. | PN_1919 p060, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012, PN_1920 p021 | Elections; House of Justice; Spirit and form in the administration | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09683 | 80 | Persian | محرم خلوتگاه الهی و امین خزائن اسرار ربانی سرور کامکاریست که مرکز سنوحات | That inviolate sanctuary of the Divine, that trusted custodian of the treasuries of heavenly secrets, is the sovereign of felicity who is the center of divine inspirations [3.5s] | PYK.234 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0616 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 460 | Persian | آن گاو هم نفسی بوده است که در میان بنی اسرائیل بسیار محترم و معتبر و معزز بوده است | That Cow was indeed a sacred being who was highly revered, honored and esteemed among the Children of Israel [3.5s] | KHH2.290-293 | Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1018 | Words to M.H. in 1912 | 310 | That child is your trust within the charge of God. She was a child when she went... I had a son who was four years old | SW_v09#09 p.102, PN_1912 p134, VLAB.142x | Consolation and comfort; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1118 | Words spoken at Thornburgh-Cropper home, 1911-09-12 | 280 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | الحمد لله خوب جمعیتی است بسیار بسیار نورانی است روحانی است | Thanks be to God, this is a good meeting. It is very enlightened; it is spiritual | MSHR3.061x, KHAB.055 (064), KHTB1.021, NJB_v02#14-16 p.012 | AIL.046, SW_v02#12 p.004-005, ABS#07 | Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; True liberty; freedom; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1967 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 140 | Persian | الحمد لله سر به آستان مقام اعلی و روضهٌ مبارکه گذاشتید آستانه هائی را بوسیدید | Thanks be to God all of you were assisted by Him to come and visit the Shrines, which are the points of adoration for the world. | KNR.101 | KNRE.108 | Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11523 | 20 | Thank thou God for inspiring thee with these verses in which thou art urging for peace, quietness, unity and affiliation. | BLO_PT#052.21 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1679 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-21 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر کنید خدا را بالطاف باقیه فائز شدید و دیدهٴ بینا یافتید همه کورند و شما بینا جمیع زمینی هستند | Thank the Lord that you have attained His eternal favors and have been blessed with seeing eyes. All are blind but you are endowed with sight. | BDA1.324.04 | MHMD1.342-343 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0799 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-24 | 370 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر کن خدا را زیرا اول کسی که خود را پسندید شیطان بود انسان نباید خود را بر تر از دیگران داند | Thank God, because the first self-conceited one was Satan. A man must never consider himself greater than others.... Act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'u'llah. Do not only read His teachings but put into practice in your lives the Hidden Words... It [mind-to-mind communication] is evident. If a lover holds the hand of a beloved, it is obvious what feelings ensue... I have not come for rest and diversion. | BDA1.266.15 | MHMD1.285-286 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB01294 | 350 | Thank God that you have come and attained to this visit! I hope, as you have received physical health, you will receive your spiritual health | SW_v08#18 p.232x, PN_1905 p007, BSTW#369a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0432 | Words to Ramona Brown, Marie Barr and Betty Vent, spoken on 1912-10-24 | 590 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر کنید خدا را که فیض الهی بشما رسیده شمس حقیقت بر شما تابیده و آب حیوان و حیات آسمانی | Thank God that the divine bounty has reached you, that the Sun of Truth is shining upon you and that the water of everlasting life has been provided for you. | BDA1.328.06 | MHMD1.346-347, MAB.079-080 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2353 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-01 | 100 | Thank God that He has gathered us all together here. Before this Cause was established the East and the West never met | PN_1909 p003, PN_1909 p075, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p072 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09530 | 80 | Thank God that a light of guidance has shone in the court of thy heart and soul! Thirsty wert thou, thou didst attain to the fountain of eternal life. | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007 | Living waters; water of life; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3059 | Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921 | 50 | Tests are not sent as punishment, but to reveal the soul to itself. Suffering unfolds both the strength and the weakness. | PN_1921 p012, BLO_PN#060 | Knowledge of self; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3644 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 10 | Tests are like fire which purifies. | TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1898 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Tell them they should do as they think best in these matters. Should they marry, divorce, leave their homes, move to other places | BSC.487 #936 | Freedom of thought and action; Personal instructions; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3501 | Words recorded by Miss Boylan spoken around 1911-08-25 | 20 | Tell them a Bahá'í is a person who is free from all prejudices - racial prejudice, religious prejudices... A Bahá'í is one in whom the human perfections are active. | PN_1912 p071 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2832 | Words to a socialist, spoken on 1912-06-01 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | باشتراکیون بگو اشتراک در اموال و اراضی اینعالم فانی سبب نزاع و جدال است اما اشتراک و وراثت ملکوت | Tell the socialists that sharing of property and land in this mortal world is the source of strife and warfare but sharing and inheritance in the Kingdom is the cause of love and unity. | BDA1.112.03 | SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.119 | The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3169 | Words to Percy Woodcock | 40 | Tell the friends the matter of building the Mashreq'Ul Azkar in Chicago is of supreme importance. Even if it be only a single room now it will have greater effect than the largest temples of the future. The most important thing in this day is the speedy erection of the Edifice... Its mystery is great and cannot be unveiled just yet. In the future it will be made plain. | SW_v13#06 p.132, SW_v06#07 p.053 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1327 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken on 1908-10-02 | 240 | Tell the believers I send them my greetings and love, that I love them very much; that they must occupy themselves with the thought of the eternal world | PN_1908 p002 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2280 | Words to some pilgrims, spoken on 1914-02-23 | 110 | Tell me, what voice is heard in thy city? Is it the voice of an earthly singer or the voice of the Cause of God?... The charm and beauty of the voice of Truth attract the hearts and spiritualize the thoughts | DAS.1914-02-23 | Music and singing; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The power of words; of speech; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2674 | Words spoken ca. 1914-02-22 | 80 | Tell me what is the voice that is calling loud in Kerman (Persia)? Is it the voice of the darvishes | SW_v09#09 p.105 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2936 | Words to Ibn-i-Asdaq, spoken on 1913-11-27 | 60 | Tell me how is the condition of Teaching? Do the believers Teach? This is that which the Blessed Perfection has required | DAS.1913-11-27 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2514 | Words spoken ca. May 1912 in New York | 90 | Tell Juliet that she teaches well. I have met many people who have been affected by you, Juliet. You are not eloquent, you are not fluent, but your heart teaches. | SW_v12#07 p.139, DJT.281, FDA.019-020, BLO_PN#027 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00877 | 420 | Persian | تلغراف وصول به نیویورک رسید بسیار مسرور شدیم که الحمد لله سالما رسیدید و امید | Telegraph of your arrival in New York was received and we were immensely gladdened | YHA1.194, KHH1.256 (1.357) | KHHE.374-376 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0992 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, ca. 1913(1911?) | 310 | Persian | Translation List | مبلغ باید مدارا داشته باشد جوهر تقدیس باشد اطلاعات داشته | Teachers of the Cause must have courtesy and forbearance. They must be the essence of sanctity—informed, moved by the divine teachings, knowledgeable and well apprised | INBA06:629-632 | RRT.086-088 | ADMS#158 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2915 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 60 | Teach them as the truths contained in their own religion... It is your sufferings and your faith in God which have brought you to the true spiritual insight | AELT.138 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Methods of teaching the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07846 | 100 | Persian | اطفال سبق خوان را درس عشق الهی ده و تعلیم تعالیم آسمانی | Teach the lesson of divine love to the schoolchildren, and instruct them in the heavenly teachings [3.5s] | MJTB.079x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2288 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Taken in general, women today have a stronger sense of religion than men. The woman's intuition is more correct | AIL.104 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Equality of men and women; Intuition; inspiration; Mary Magdalene; Resurrection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3199 | Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921 | 40 | Take prejudice, how it grows. First a few people say something disparaging about a person, and generally, there is a fragment of the truth in what they say. | PN_1921 p012, BLO_PN#060 | Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2833 | Words spoken on 1913-01-31 in Paris | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید ما چگونه در کنائس یهود و نصاری اثبات حقیقت اسلام نمودیم با وجود این مسلمین | Take note of how, in the churches and synagogues, we have established the truth of Islam, and consider the calumnies | BDA2.115 | MHMD2.142-143 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3125 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 40 | Persian | باید مواظب باشید که جانطه شمارا سارقین در راه بسرقت نبرند بسیار بسیار دقت و مراقبت نمائید | Take heed lest thieves upon the way make plunder of thy purse; be thou exceedingly vigilant and watchful [3.5s] | KHMT.099 | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for protection; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05047 | 150 | Take away thy dear child from among the heedless ones, for they are fast after | SW_v09#08 p.091 | Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0512 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-21 | 530 | Syria has an important position strategically. Ancient nations conquering this country extended the boundary of their empire to all the then known parts of the world. | DAS.1914-11-21 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2117 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | superstitions were of two kinds; those that were harmful and dangerous, and those that were harmless and produced certain good effects | AIL.073 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1304 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-23 | 240 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چهل سال ما را در سجن عکا نگاه داشتند اگر آزاد بودیم در ممالک اخری چه قدر کار میدیدیم ... سلطان عبد الحمید مارا چهل سال در حبس نمود اگر چهل سال | Sultan Abdu'l-Hamid imprisoned me for forty years. Were I free during those forty years, soon this Cause would have been widespread in America and Europe | BDA2.155-156 | DAS.1913-02-23, MHMD2.194-195 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2475 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 90 | Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid wished to strike terror into my heart; he sent to tell me that I should be imprisoned forever, or executed, or sent to a far-off penal colony. I answered his threats by a message | CHH.192, BLO_PN#022 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0707 | Words spoken on 1913-05-22 in Paris | 410 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | میگویند مقصود انبیا از ادعا ریاست و حکومت بوده با آنکه اساس امر الله ادعای مظاهر | Such people say that the goal of the prophets has been to claim a position of earthly sovereignty and leadership for themselves | BDA2.312-313 | MHMD2.413-414 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3626 | Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24 | 10 | Such people are doing the work of true religion. | AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, PN_unsorted p075, DJT.165-166, BLO_PN#027 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social) | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2817 | 60 | Persian | از این قبیل بسیار پیدا میشود اهمیتی ندارد بیت العدل درست میکند | Such matters arise often; they are of no consequence. The House of Justice shall set them aright [3.5s] | QT105.2.040, MUH1.0325 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1905 | 160 | Such is the way that must be adopted, for only through intimate association.... The Temple of Ishkabad is unique in that it is the first temple of the kind | SW_v11#01 p.015+019, SW_v13#10 p.263 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2319 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-02-28 | 100 | Persian | اینگونه مجالس بصرف فضل و اراده الهیه تشکیل میشود و الا ما کجا و شما کجا چه نسبتی در میان است | Such gatherings are only possible through the divine bounties and favours... Yes, indeed. The relationship between the East and the West must be like that | KHH1.180-182 (1.252) | KHHE.262-265, BSR_v13 p.092 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3020 | Words spoken on 1913-01-16 in London | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | مؤثر و مفید است ولی ما بجهت ملاقات فقرا آمدیم نه دیدن ملوک و اُمرا با هر طالبی بکمال محبت | Such a meeting would prove effective and useful. However, we have come to meet with the poor, not to consort with kings and rulers | BDA2.087 | MHMD2.105-106 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Non-participation in politics; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||
| AB12050 | 40 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Striving meaneth this, that ye should live and move according to the divine counsels and admonitions and be filled with zeal and fervour | BRL_ATE#075 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Effort; striving; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12046 | 50 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Strive with the full fervour of thy soul that the wellspring of true understanding may flow within thy heart | BRL_ATE#074 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07252 | 110 | Persian | بکوش تا لسان فارسی را درست تحصیل نمائی تا الواح بهاءالله را تلاوت نمائی و معانی آن را ادراک کنی | Strive thou to acquire the Persian tongue with perfection, that thou mayest recite the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and apprehend their meanings [3.5s]... O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to Got that the call… Endeavor to learn the Persian language correctly, that thou mayest recite the Tablets of Baha’u’llah and comprehend their meanings | ANDA#79 p.05x | SW_v02#10 p.004, ADMS#203cx | Growth of the Cause; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0135 | 1070 | Persian | عجیب است جمیع مردم مضطربند ده پانزده روز قبل با قنسول آلمان در مسئلهٴ | Strange indeed it is that all people are in a state of agitation. Some ten to fifteen days ago, with the German Consul regarding the matter of [3.5s] | KHF.068, KHAB.458 (459), KHTB3.037, NJB_v05#13 p.003 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Nationalism; love of country; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04693 | 160 | Persian | عرصه بر ياران در جميع اقاليم تنگ است و هر بی نام و ننگ سرکش و بی پالهنک ديگر معلوم است | Straitened indeed is the field for the friends throughout all regions, and every shameless and unbridled one, devoid of honor, hath now become manifest [3.5s] | MMK3#205 p.147x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2638 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26 | 80 | Still there may be souls like Mrs Kirchner, Dr Nutt and Fareed who have personal motives and wish to make a station for themselves. Dr Fareed wishes to acquire money. He has no religion or faith. | PN_1919 p014, PN_1919 p191 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2380 | Words spoken on 1912-07-29 in Dublin | 100 | Stagnation is the cause of retrogression. Man must always advance. As soon as man remains stationary in a certain cause he will go backward. | PN_1912 p004 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1412 | Words spoken on 1920-11-28 | 230 | Springtime is the time of buds and blossoms and flowers, but the season of fruits is after the springtime | SW_v13#01 p.018-019 | Growth of the Cause; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3334 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 30 | Spirituality is the possession of a good, pure heart. When the heart is pure | SW_v07#18 p.177, TDLA.018, BLO_PN#104 | Knowledge of self; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0277 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 770 | Persian | مسائل الهیه مطابقت تام با عقل و علم دارد ولی مسئله در بیان شیئی است مبین لازم دارد همان مسئله را میشود بچندین | Spiritual teachings are completely consistent with rational thought and science, but it is a question of how they are presented. An interpreter is needed. The same issue can be presented in multiple ways. | KHH1.224-227 (1.312-317) | KHHE.327-329, STAB#052, STAB#108 | Maintainance of degrees in society; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00482 | Some Answered Questions #071 Spiritual Discoveries | 560 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | اکتشافات روحانیه بر دو قسم است یک نوع اندکی اوهامست که مصطلح اقوام سائره است | Spiritual disclosures are of two kinds: one, which is commonly referred to among other peoples, is mere imagination | MFD#71, OOL.C022.71 | SAQ#71 | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3262 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 40 | Spirit is universal. Man is created spirit in a potential degree. Growth is from a mental into a spiritual station | SW_v14#01 p.009, TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 | Free will and predestination; fate; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3225 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 40 | Spirit is the highest and supreme development of the soul. Soul is the material or outer self—the Mind. Mind is the action of the Soul's powers. | SW_v14#01 p.009, TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1469 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 220 | Speech is necessary and good between soul and soul. Nothing of this world is eternal. The highest longing and ambition of some people is to be a king or queen | TDLA.017-018, BLO_PN#104 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2542 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-26 | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از حرب خودمان بگوئید که با جنود تأیید و نصرت در مقابل لشکر ظلمات عالم طبیعت | Speak of our own war, wherein the hosts of aid and confirmation fight against the legions of the darkness of the world of nature | BDA2.262 | MHMD2.342 | High station of learning; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2740 | Words spoken on 1913-02-25 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در مجامع صحبت کنید مانند شعلهٴ نار شوید مثل ستارهٴ درخشنده گردید تا این شهر را روشن نمائید | Speak at the gatherings! Be as a flame of fire and a brilliant star; thereby you shall illumine this city | BDA2.159 | MHMD2.200 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3384 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 30 | Sow the seeds of love in the heart... By our actions we reveal what is growing in the heart. Actions are mirrors of the soul. | SW_v08#05 p.058 , PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.012, BLO_PN#104 | Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1691 | Words spoken at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-02 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | نفوس دارای دو استعدادند یکی بصرف قوآء طبیعی و دیگری بتربیت معلم عالم انسانی حاصل شود و استعداد طبیعی نیز ظهور و بروزش | Souls possess two types of capacity: one is derived from innate powers and the other is acquired through the education imparted by the Teacher of the world of humanity... This, too, has two aspects. There are certain evils whose consequences | AVK3.085.08x, BDA1.065.08 | SW_v19#04 p.112, MHMD1.073 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2247 | Words spoken on 1915-08-15 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | نفوس را باید از نفوس بارده و نفوس سرد محافظه کرد. اگر محافظه کنی، سالم می ماند و الا بکلی ناخوش می ماند | Souls must be safeguarded from cold and frigid souls. If thou guardest them thus, they shall remain sound; else shall they be utterly afflicted [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-15 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0676 | Public address given on 1912-04-16 | 430 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | خوب مجلسی است قوای مادیه نمیتواند این گونه نفوس را | Souls from the East and from the West have been brought to this spot... Christ appeared in this world nineteen hundred years ago | KHF.192, KHAB.244 (255), KHTB2.027, NJB_v04#10 p.001, BDA1.036n | PUP#008 (p.018-020), SW_v03#10 p.006-007, BSTW#209 | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | MHMD1.045 | ||||||
| ABU0744 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 400 | Soul is the human will to live temporally. Spirit is the Divine Will to live forever. Salvation is the quickening of soul into Spirit. | PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.022-024, BLO_PN#104 | Differences in human capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3562 | 20 | Sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful are the fruits we obtain. | VLAB.128 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1150 | Words to Mrs MacNutt in Jan. 1905 | 280 | Soon shall we see the signs of the coming of the spring upon the mountains and on the plains... You shall know the tree by its fruits, be they good or bad. | PN_1905 p009 | Second birth; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1273 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 250 | Soon it will be the time of Spring. Already the signs of the flowers may be seen upon the mountains and in the valleys. When Spring comes, there is a Divine Wisdom in its appearance. | TDLA.057-058, BLO_PN#104 | Fulfillment of true potential; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2133 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اوائل صعود مبارک من چنین نوشتم که سوف تری رایة المیثاق تحقق علی الآفاق و همچنین شرق منور نما غرب معطر نما | Soon after the ascension of the Blessed Beauty I wrote: Erelong ye shall see the banner of the Covenant Hoisted over the world.... Outwardly the holy Manifestations of God were completely humiliated and despised. | BDA1.357.04 | MHMD1.375-376 | East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3628 | Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900 | 10 | Sometimes material food confers spiritual sustenance and strength. | SUR.136 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3518 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-30 | 20 | Sometimes joking is necessary. Otherwise we would get depressed. The Blessed Beauty said, 'In every twenty-four hours, two hours must be spent in a way that will cause happiness.' | PN_1919 p055 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humor; jokes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2169 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-13 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | وقتی و لو هزار دولار موجود باشد می بخشم اما وقت دیگر یک دولار هم صرف نمیکنیم اینها محض نظم و ترتیب امور است | Sometimes I give away as much as $1,000, if I have it, but at another time I do not spend even a single dollar. This is so that affairs are regulated. | BDA1.242.15 | MHMD1.259-260 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB11250 | 40 | Persian | چندی قبل سؤال از جمع بین اختین نموده بودید جواب مرقوم گردید ولی حال مکتوبی از آقا میرزا نعمت‌اللّه رسید | Some time ago thou didst inquire about marriage between two sisters, and an answer was written. Now a letter hath arrived from Áqá Mírzá Ni'matu'lláh [3.5s] | AVK4.156.12x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Laws of marriage and dowry; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2724 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-22 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی معتقدند که حرکت ثالث کرهٴ ارض سبب طول و قصر عمر است که این حرکت غیر از حرکت شبانه روز و حرکت | Some think that is a third motion of the earth which is the cause of the length or shortness of life. This motion, they say, is different from the diurnal and annual motions | MAS2.073, BDA1.162.10 | MHMD1.177 | Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2834 | Words to two new Baha’ís, spoken on 1913-05-07 | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی از نفوس مانند سراجی هستند که باید آنها را روشن کنند و بعضی خود روشنند ولی دیگران | Some souls are like unto the glass chimneys. They are pure and transparent but an outside light must come in and illumine them; there are others who are illumined but they do not confer illumination | BDA2.288-289 | DAS.1913-05-07, MHMD2.380 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; High station of teachers of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0408 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-29 | 610 | Some souls appeared among the Jews, the people of Moses, who concealed their real motives | PN_1920 p033, PN_1920_heh p005, PN_1920_heh_haifa p064 | Education of children; moral education; Idolatry; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00451 | 580 | mixed | Abdu'l-Baha's commentary on the Islamic tradition 'God doth give victory to this religion by means of a wicked man' | ان الله لیوید هذا الدین برجل فاجر حدیث شریفده کی فاجر کلمه سی فجوردن مشتق | Some persons have imagined that the word fajir in the holy tradition 'God doth give victory to this religion by means of a wicked man' | MJT.138 | BSR_v11 p.056-057x, BLO_PT#005 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2624 | Words spoken on 1913-08-17 in Ramleh | 80 | Some people are like unto the spiders. The more you tear to pieces their webs of imaginations and imitations, the greater will become their zeal to spin them again. | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Empty learning; false spirituality; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1296 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-20 | 240 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اکثر نفوس مانند اطفالند بامور جزئیه محزون یا مسرُور بشوند اما امور عظیمه را اهمیت نمید‌هند | Some people are like unto the children. The most unimportant event gives them happiness and the most trifling incident saddens their hearts. For example, if you give one Franc to a child | BDA2.309x | DAS.1913-05-20, MHMD2.409x | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Differences in human capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0654 | 450 | Some one has asked a question on astronomy. In past ages astronomers accepted the Ptolemaic system. | ADP.113-116 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0586 | 480 | Some one desires an explanation of the terms soul, mind and spirit. The terminology of ancient and modern philosophers differs. | ADP.120-122 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2793 | Words to the friends, spoken around 1912-05-03 | 70 | Some of you have observed that I have not called attention to any of your individual shortcomings.... I want you to be organized like a flock of the doves of Heaven, whose attitude and conduct toward each other | SW_v03#04 p.029, VLAB.077x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1601 | Words spoken on 1913-04-16 in Budapest | 190 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی از تعالیمشان باین امر نزدیک است ولی امرالله جامع جمیع مسائل الهیه است | Some of their [the Theosophists'] principles are similar to the teachings of this Cause. The Cause of God, however, is the embodiment of every divine principle | BDA2.242 | MHMD2.313-314 | Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1041 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 300 | Some of the souls are not aware of the importance of the Mashrak-el-Azkar. They think and say: The other nations | SW_v06#17 p.136x, AHF.023-024 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1537 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08 | 200 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی از فلاسفه را عقیده اینست که او حقیقت فائقه ئی است که در هر انسانی شراره ئی از آن قوهٴ فائقه موجود و او خود در نهایت قوت است | Some of the philosophers believe that God is the Supreme Reality and that every human being has a spark of this divine reality within him | BDA1.183.12 | SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199 | Emanation vs. manifestation; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0843 | Words to Mr and Mrs Holback, spoken on 1914-02-12 | 360 | Some of the materialists have always endeavored to refute the wholesome influence exerted by the power of religion over the members of a community. | DAS.1914-02-12 | Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Miracles and their interpretation; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08379 | 100 | mixed | بعضی از احباء در سر سر مذمت یاران دیگر نمایند و اساس غیبت را در نهایت متانت | Some of the friends, with utmost composure, engage in censure of other friends and lay the foundations of backbiting [3.5s] | INBA72:058, INBA88:324a, INBA89:059 | AVK3.183.12x, GHA.306 | Exhortations and counsels; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Knowledge of self | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03385 | 200 | mixed | بعضی از مفسّرین ضمیر موته را بحضرت مسیح ارجاع نموده‌اند و گفته‌اند که در مرّه ثانیه چون از آسمان نزول فرماید | Some of the commentators have referred the pronoun "His death" to Christ, and have said that when in His second coming He descendeth from heaven [3.5s] | YMM.340x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3428 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 30 | Some material things have a spiritual effect. The spoken words cause a vibration | DLA.013, BLO_PN#026 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01631 | Some Answered Questions #066 The Subsistence of the Rational Soul after the Death of the Body | 310 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بعضی را گمان چنین که جسد جوهر است و قائم بالذات است و روح عرض | Some hold that the body is the substance and that it subsists by itself, and that the spirit is an accident | MFD#66, OOL.C022.66 | SAQ#66 | Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB00267 | Christ and Baha’u’llah | 720 | Persian | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | بعضی از اشخاص ذکر نموده‌اند که هرچند آثار عظیمه از جمال مبارک ظاهر شده و اعمال غریبه صادر گشته | Some have asserted that, while mighty signs and marvellous deeds have appeared from Baha'u'llah, through which His greatness shines forth as resplendent as the sun | BRL_TTTP#12 | BRL_TTT#12 | Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2563 | Words spoken on 1912-10-09 in Palo Alto | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی مسیح را خدا بعضی کلمة الله و بعضی نبی الله گفتند و از اینگونه اختلافات | Some called Christ God, some the Word of God, some others the Prophet of God | BDA1.294.06 | MHMD1.312 | Christian doctrine and practice; Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1362 | Words spoken on 1916-05-02 in Bahji | 230 | Persian | بعضی برآنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل منبعث از تفاعل است و بجهت این احتیاج به مدبر حقیقی ندارند | Some assert that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings, and their dissolution proceedeth from interaction, and for this cause they stand in no need of a True Ordainer [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-02 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2562 | Words spoken on 1913-02-21 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی بر آنند که بواسطهٴ ریاضت و گوشه نشینی تعدیل اخلاق و تقرب الی الله حاصل میشود | Some are of the opinion that, by practising asceticism and withdrawing from society, one can rectify one's character | BDA2.151 | MHMD2.189 | Generosity [kirama]; Monasticism; asceticism; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3764 | Words to John D. Barry | 90 | Society is like the army. There must be degrees. There must be officers and there must be soldiers. | Agriculture; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1487 | Words to Saichiro Fujita, spoken on 1912-09-12 | 210 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | احوال افندی جاپانی ما چه طور است این ایام تازه سلطنت جاپان تبدیل شده امپراطور جدید گشته سلطنت میکادو تمام شد | So, how is our Japanese Effendi? Recently the government of Japan has undergone a change. A new emperor | BDA1.241.15 | MHMD1.258-259 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2157 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | دیشب خوابم نبرد. در غلام گردش نشسته بودم فکر می کردم. می دیدم که خدا چه موهبتی در حق ما کرده | Sleep did not visit me last night. I sat in contemplation within the garden's enclosure, reflecting upon how God had bestowed such bountiful favor upon us [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2811 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 70 | Sixty years ago Bahá’u’lláh taught the perfect equality of the sexes, essential difference in sphere, in point of view and service to their joint humanity, but each like two pillars supporting the arch of life | SAS.096-097 | Role and station of women; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2742 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | سی و شش نفر بر تخت خلافت نشستند و همه مقید بنام و نشان و از هیچ کدام نام و نشانی نمانده ولی بهلول | Six and thirty souls ascended unto the throne of dominion, and though each was bound to name and sign, of none remaineth now a name or trace save Bahlúl [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3315 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | نغمات و اصوات در تلاوت آیات و مناجات نظم و نهر باید باشد ولی در امور غیر منصوص من مداخله نمیکنم | Singing and chanting of scripture and prayers in verse or in prose should be used but I do not interfere in matters not expressly stated in the Text. | AVK4.152.04, YHA2.863a, BDA1.373.13 | MHMD1.392 | House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB11516 | 20 | Sing in all gatherings of the love and harmony of the beloved and the maidservants of the Merciful. | BSTW#009, BSTW#023 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3737 | Words spoken on 1912-12-20 in London | 40 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چون از نصیحت بهموطنان نتیجهئ‌ی ندیدیم و گوش شنوائی نجستیم لابد توجّه بغرب نمودیم | Since we discerned no fruit from the counsel we gave our countrymen, nor could we find a hearing ear among them, we felt it necessary to turn our attention to the West | BDA2.032 | MHMD2.038 | Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3733 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-07 | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من سر میز خواهم آمد ولی چند روز میخواهم قناعت داشته باشم والّا شرقیها تحکّمی ندارد | Since the people of the East have not treated the attendants of this ship well... I shall come to the table… It is possible that the Europeans believe themselves to be superior to us, but we consider all people the servants of God and regard all humanity the same way | BDA2.012 | MHMD2.014 | East and West; communication between East and West; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1563 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-07 | 200 | Since the day you arrived you have daily progressed and you have almost changed. Some souls come here and return unaltered. | PN_1909 p012, PN_1909 p043, PN_1909C p092, PN_1909E p002, PN_1909F p036, DJT.064-065, BLO_PN#027 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0590 | Words spoken on 1912-10-10 in San Francisco | 480 | Since the beginning of the world various philosophical thoughts and theories have been advanced. When we glance at history we find no end to these concepts. | ECN.117 | Limits of the intellect; Names and attributes of God; Rational arguments; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1569 | Words to Roy Wilhelm et al, spoken on 1907-04-23 | 200 | Since the beginning of the world up to the present time, whenever a Manifestation or a Holy One appeared, all stood against Him, disgracefully treated Him, rejected and opposed Him | PN_1907 p020, IHP.017-018, BLO_PN#046 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of the Manifestation of God; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Scarcity of receptive souls; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2520 | 90 | Since that date consider how conditions have changed, and how every one of those who oppressed | SW_v08#13 p.173 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0091 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, Nov. 1911 | 1280 | Paris Talks | Since my arrival in Paris, I have been told of the Theosophical Society, and I know that it is composed of | LOG#1076x, PT#40 p.129 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Non-participation in politics; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09032 | 90 | Since I intend to return home, therefore, I do not write in detail. Praised be God that we are all safe and secure in the shelter of divine care | LTDT.113x, LTDT.325 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1160 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 270 | Persian | امروز چون خدمت احباء نرسیدم خواستم بیایم در مسافر خانه مهمان بشوم چون هوا منقلب بود | Since I had not seen the friends all day, I decided to come to the pilgrim house and visit you.... Similarly, it is revealed, “The knowledge of bodies and the knowledge of religions.” Notice that the knowledge of body is given preference over the knowledge of religion. | KHH1.033-034 (1.047-048) | KHHE.063-064 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3304 | Words spoken on 1912-09-22 in Lincoln | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شعاع ظلمانی بالصراحه بپدرش نوشته که من در صدد تحصیل پول و متاع دنیوی هستم | Shu'a of darkness wrote to his father quite openly that his purpose was to amass wealth and worldly property | BDA1.262.08 | MHMD1.281 | Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0269 | Words spoken on 1916-06-06 in Haifa | 780 | Persian | اگر یک سیلی به تو بزنم به عالم دیگر پرواز می کنی. به این مناسبت ذکر اجراء حدود الهیه شد که چقدر تأثیر دارد | Shouldst thou receive from Me but a single blow, thou wouldst take flight unto the other world. Thus hath mention been made of the execution of divine ordinances, and how potent is their influence [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11318 | 30 | Arabic | Translation List | اذا امعنت النظر تشخص هذه الصورة مقابلاً لعینیک انساناً | Shouldst thou look carefully, thou wouldst perceive before thee a man in chains and fetters, from whose countenance shineth the radiance of joy and contentment | AHB.133BE #03-04 p.69 | ADMS#353 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2821 | Words spoken on 1913-05-16 in Paris | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اگر احبای الهی چنانچه باید قیام کنند و بحالتی آیند که هر یک مصداق و اجعل اورادی ورداً | Should the loved ones of God arise as they must; should they come to exemplify these ideals: ' Keep all my words of prayer and praise confined to one refrain | BDA2.301 | MHMD2.399 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3116 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 40 | Persian | اگر در ژاپون [امر] دربگیرد بسیار خوب می شود. آنها استعدادش را دارند، بعکس چینی ها. اهالی چین هیچ استعداد ندارند | Should the Cause take root in Japan, it would be most wondrous. They possess the capacity for it, unlike the Chinese. The people of China have no capacity whatsoever [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03070 | 210 | mixed | اگر آن نور هدی از آن افق غروب نمود و آن نجم وفا از آن مطلع افول ولی الحمد لله | Should that Light of Guidance set beneath that horizon, and that Star of Faithfulness decline from that dawning-place, yet praise be unto God [3.5s] | MMK6#421 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1816 | Words spoken on 1913-05-18 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اگر انسان خوب تأمل کند مییابد که تربیت روحانی اطفال از صغر سن چه قدر اهمیت دارد | Should one ponder carefully, one would realize how important it is to give children a spiritual education from their earliest years. | BDA2.305 | MHMD2.404 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB04556 | 170 | mixed | اگر نظر بحالت اين بنده حقّ گردد در سبيل الهی قعر چاه اوج ماه است زندان ايوان است | Should one gaze upon the state of this servant of Truth, then verily in the pathway of God the depths of the pit are as the moon's zenith, and prison is a palace [3.5s] | MMK3#216 p.156x | Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10707 | 60 | Persian | جناب آقا میرزا عبدالحسین اگر بطرف هندوستان بجهت ترویج تجارت شما سفر نماید | Should Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza 'Abdu'l-Husayn journey to India for the promotion of trade [3.5s] | INBA87:036a, INBA52:036a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3436 | Words spoken on 1914-06-12 in Tiberias | 30 | Should a black stone be placed facing the light of the sun, the signs of brilliancy would not appear | SW_v09#10 p.111-112 | Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09679 | 80 | Persian | شوقی من این خواب بسیار خوبست مطمئن باش تشرف بحضور حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدا | Shoghi Mine, this dream is a good one. Rest assured that to have attained the presence of His Holiness the Exalted One | AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.52, AHB.117BE #08-10 p.284, AHB.131BE #326 p.52, YHA2.584, PPRP.025, RMT.194-195 | PPRL.016 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0552 | 500 | Persian | شیخ عبدالله برای من حکایت کرد که جمال مبارک در سفر سلیمانیه در خانه نقشبندی اطاقی داشتند بسیار کم بیرون میآمدند | Sheikh Abdullah recounted unto me that the Blessed Beauty, during His sojourn in Sulaymaniyyih, occupied a chamber in the house of the Naqshbandi, wherefrom He would but rarely venture forth [3.5s] | YIK.367-370, ZIAB2.221 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0816 | Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-05 | 370 | She had passed her thirtieth year and after five years she was martyred... When this girl (bride of Mirza Mahmud) was quite young, her father was martyred | PN_1919 p069 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3735 | 40 | Persian | اوقات خودت را با خدا تقسیم کن نصف روز را در تلاش معاش و تامین زندگی مادی و شئون ظاهری صرف کن | Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God | AHB.133BE #339 p.83 | BLO_PT#219 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11052 | 50 | Persian | شاپور پور شاه بود امیدوارم که تو پرتو آسمان شوی اگر او تاجدار کشور خاک بود تو شهریار جهان تابناک گردی | Shapur was the son of a king. I cherish the hope that thou mayest become a radiant star of the heavens. If he was a crown-bearer of the earthly realm, mayest thou become a sovereign of the luminous world [3.5s] | INBA88:336c | YARP2.317 p.268 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10233 | 70 | Persian | شاهویر با رخی منیر در این انجمن یزدانی حاضر شد و سر بخاک آستان پاک نهاد | Shahvír, with a radiant countenance, entered this divine assembly and bowed his head to the sacred threshold [3.5s] | YARP2.733 p.484 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3410 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 30 | Severance is not poverty but freedom of the heart ... When a man's heart is free, and on fire with the love of God | BW_v13p1187 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3196 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26 | 40 | Severance from the world is the first sign of the Love of God. As long as man is much attached to this world he will be unaware of the Kingdom of God. | PN_1919 p203, LAT.141-142 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2027 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-02-27 | 140 | Several Baha'is lived in a hall room so small that one could hardly move in it. But they did not care for these outward comforts | DAS.1913-02-27 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hospitality; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07093 | 120 | Persian | خدمت به آستان مقدّس را شکر عظيمی لازم و مقرّر زيرا تربيت و تعليم بنات مورث عبوديّت | Service at the Sacred Threshold requireth great thanksgiving, for the education and training of young women leadeth to service [3.5s] | MMK3#168 p.118x | Education of children; moral education; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11572 | Cablegram | 10 | Arabic | اسلوا الکروسه سریعاً مرادنا ان نذهب الی العدسیه و ترجع الی حیفا عباس | Send the carriage swiftly; we intend to proceed to 'Addasiyyih and return to Haifa. 'Abbas [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-22 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12855 | 20 | Seize thy chance, exert every effort, and pay no heed to matters that do not yield any fruit | BRL_ATE#085 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU0375 | Words spoken ca. 1909-1910 | 650 | Seine Heiligkeit Bahá'u'lláh hat ausdrücklich im gesegneten "Kitab i aqdas" erlaubt: "lhr (die Bahá'í) mögt alles tun, was nicht dem gesunden Menschenverstand widerstreitet" | SDW v11#05 p.052-054 | House of Justice; Justice and mercy; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of obligatory prayer; Reward and punishment; Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3027 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 50 | Sei nicht Sklave, sondern Herr deiner Stimmungen. Bist du aber so verärgert, so gedrückt, so wund | SDW v13#10 p.103 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Compassion; kindness; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0746 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 400 | See, how for the sake of a trifling gain, people subject themselves to terrible difficulties and suffering and trial... When we were in Tihran, Mirza Aqa Khan of Nur was the Prime Minister | PN_1906 p041, SUR.244-245, BLO_PN#001 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2672 | Words to Fugeta, two Druze Sheikhs, et al, spoken on 1919-12-31 | 80 | See what his holiness Bahá'u'lláh has done, that he has gathered us all and has made us all one! | PN_1919 p056 | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1789 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-20 | 170 | See to it that it is also published in a German newspaper and later in a pamphlet. This address is very useful for the Christians | DAS.1913-04-20 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2911 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 60 | See how the enemies of Christ persecuted and crucified Him, yet He loved them all. Man is like a tree. The tree lives to produce fruit. The fruit of man is love. | TDLA.020, BLO_PN#104 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0719 | Words spoken in Jun. 1906 | 410 | See how Mirza Muhammad Ali has said that 'Aqa [‘Abdu'l-Bahá] has abolished and effaced the Cause of God!' By the life of God | PN_1906 p042, SUR.246-247, BLO_PN#001 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0652 | Address to the Baha'is at table at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22 | 450 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | See how good Baha'u'llah is to us, how great the power of His Word! From what distant parts of the world.... When the Mohammedans came and conquered Persia | BDA1.046n | PUP#017 (p.043-044), SW_v03#03 p.012-014, SW_v09#18 p.206, SW_v19#03 p.089, STAB#054 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | MHMD1.054 | ||||||||
| ABU0036 | Words spoken at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, 1912-12-20 | 1800 | Scientists tell us that the world of matter is made up of constellation of molecules which hold it in its various forms; each molecule consists | SW_v03#17 p.006-009, SW_v08#10 p.121-122, SW_v12#06 p.122-123 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Supreme tribunal; Universal education; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0346 | Address to the Baha'is at Breed home in Cambridge, 1912-05-23 | 680 | mixed | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | ای احبای الهی امروز من بدارالفنون کلارک رفتم در شهر ووستر در آنجا خیلی جمعیت | Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer… This is 23 May, the anniversary of the message and Declaration of the Bab | BRL_DAK#0954, AYT.117x, KHTB2.083, NJB_v03#06-08 p.006, NJB_v04#05 p.001, BDA1.103n | PUP#052 (p.138-139) | MANA (1), MANA (2) | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Harmony of science and religion; Martyrdom of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | MHMD1.110 | |||||
| ABU0190 | Words to Laura Clifford Barney (?) spoken around 1906 | 930 | Science is systemized Truth. The laws of spiritual science are as exact as those of mathematics... There are invisible threads which connect us with every object which makes up our environment. | PN_1906 p013 | Harmony of science and religion; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1443 | Words spoken on 1921-01-13 | 220 | Persian | فرمودند بنویس این را در کتب و صحف الهی ذکر خلق جدید است افعیینا بالخلق الاول | Say: Write thou this in the divine Books and Tablets: The mention of a new creation. Were We then wearied by the first creation? [3.5s] | SFI07.033 | Continual renewal of creation; Metallurgical metaphors; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2046 | Words spoken on 1915-09-16 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | بگو ببینم چه می کنی. امروز چه کرده ئی. حضرت اعلی می فرمایند که انسان باید هر روز اعمال خود را بسنجد | Say: Let Me behold what thou doest. What hast thou accomplished this day? The Exalted One declareth that man must, day by day, take account of his deeds [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-16 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12482 | 120 | Arabic | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر بما خلقتنی من طین عجن بماء محبتک | Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! All praise and gratitude be unto Thee for having created me from clay kneaded with the water of Thy love [3.5s] | INBA85:141 | Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09681 | 80 | Arabic | قولی لک الحمد یا الهی بما انعمت علی بفضلک و جودک و هدیتنی الی ملکوتک | Say: All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that which Thou hast bestowed upon me through Thy grace and bounty, and hast guided me unto Thy Kingdom [3.5s] | ADH2.124, ADH2_4#03 p.155, MMG2#412 p.458 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2079 | Words to Mr MacNutt | 130 | Say, O people! Can the mosquito of violation withstand the eagle of the Testament? No, by the orb of effulgence! | PN_unsorted p013, BSTW#350 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3106 | Words spoken in May1921 | 50 | Say to this convention that never since the beginning of time has a convention of more importance been held. | SW_v12#06 p.115 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2372 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-07-07 | 100 | Say to her: I have two arts: one physical, the other spiritual. The physical one is that I draw the images of men. | PN_1909B p021, DJT.062, BLO_PN#027 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3143 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 40 | Persian | شیطان یکی نفس اماره است که ببغی و فحشا میکند و دیگری بعض نفوس بظاهر آراسته | Satan is the base self, which provokes destruction and impetuosity. Outwardly some individuals are refined and presentable, but in their essence they remain base. | KHH1.037 (1.051-052) | KHHE.068-069 | Outward and inward meanings; Satan; the Evil One | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00591 | 510 | mixed | تقدست یا الهی و تعالیت یا مولائی ان تدرکک افکار اولی الاسرار من اعلی طبقات | Sanctified art Thou, O my God, and exalted art Thou, O my Master, above the comprehension of the thoughts of those possessed of mysteries in the highest ranks [3.5s] | PYB#148 p.04 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1568 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13 | 200 | Sagacity is a power which enables one to become cognizant of the existence of a thing by means of the outward senses, or to feel the presence of a thing through certain outward signs. | PN_1906 p037, SUR.233, BLO_PN#001 | Limits of the intellect; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02020 | 270 | mixed | صفی علی شاه مطّلع بر سرّ و حکمت این مسئله هستند ولی نظر بحکمتی این سؤال را نموده‌اند | Ṣafí-'Alí-Sháh is well aware of the mystery and wisdom of this matter, yet hath posed this question in accordance with wisdom [3.5s] | AKHA_124BE #06 p.tx, MAS9.046x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2531 | Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh | 90 | Sacrifice of life is of two kinds. To be killed for the cause is not so difficult as to live for it in absolute obedience to the commands of God. | SW_v08#06 p.065, SW_v07#12 p.116 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0751 | Words spoken on 1912-10-25 in Sacramento | 400 | Sacramento is a good city. It is a well-built city. You must strive to make it a center of radiance and mercy. America is a marvellous country | ECN.222 | Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2652 | Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904 | 80 | Russia indeed made a great mistake in attacking Japan after Japan had made the first attack for this reason. | PN_1904 p094 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2374 | Words spoken ca. 1916 | 100 | Ridvaniyyih, there is a Garden of God. Human beings are trees growing therein. The Gardener is Our Father. When He sees a little tree in a place too small | CHH.216, BLO_PN#022 | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3427 | 30 | riches earned by personal effort with divine assistance, in various trades, agriculture and the arts, and rightly administered | SW_v07#15 p.145 | Agriculture; Conduct in finance and business; Promotion of commerce and industry; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0747 | Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-03 | 400 | Revelation 6: 'Measure of wheat for a penny.' May be fulfilled about 1335 A.H. or 1917 | PN_1900 p041 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0252 | Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-05 | 820 | Revelation 22, verse 1: The river of water is the Truth, new, pure and clear teachings | PN_1900 p043 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Predictions and prophecies; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1473 | Words to Marie Watson et al around Aug. 1921 | 220 | Retrogression is a possibility also through egotistic importance. Pride is the greatest sin - perhaps the only sin - leading to every other evil | PN_1921 p002x, PN_1921 p004 | Contention and conflict; Education and the development of capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Scarcity of receptive souls; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09238 | 80 | Persian | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای بنده حق تا توانی بخدمت احبای الهی پرداز زیرا خدمت احباء بندگی درگاه حضرت | Rest not, even for an instant, and seek not comfort, even for a moment; rather labour with heart and soul that thou mayest render devoted service | BRL_CONF2018P#09x, MMK2#249 p.179 | BRL_CONF2018#09x | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12596 | 90 | Persian | مبالغی که تا بحال ارسال گشته چه از طهران و چه از عشق آباد رسید مطمئن باش | Rest assured that all sums hitherto dispatched, whether from Tehran or from 'Ishqabad, have been received [3.5s] | AMIN.108-109 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2693 | Words spoken on 1914-06-05 in Tiberias | 80 | Rest assured in the protection of God. He will preserve his own children under all circumstances. | DAS.1914-06-05, SW_v08#19 p.241 | Consolation and comfort; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1674 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 180 | Persian | حضرات امریکائیها متصل کاغذ مینویسند و میخواهند به ایران بروند و وطن جمال مبارک را زیارت کنند | Repeatedly the illustrious American believers send missives, desiring to go to Iran and visit the native land of the Blessed Beauty... Yahya is in Cyprus and his son, Ridvan-‘Alí, has joined a [Christian] church. | KHH1.041 (1.058) | KHHE.075-076 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10275 | 70 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Remove not, O Lord, the festal board that hath been spread in Thy Name | BPRY.024-025, SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v2#03-4 p.019, BP1926.018 | Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08916 | 90 | mixed | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life | ای ناطق بذکر حق ذکر الهی چون باران و شبنم است که کل و ریاحین را طراوت بخشد و | Remembrance of God is like the rain and dew which bestow freshness and grace on flowers and hyacinths | BRL_DAK#0245, COMP_PDLP#23x, MMK2#132 p.100 | BRL_PMDA#23x, BRL_PDL#23x, COC#1745 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0532 | Words spoken on 1911-11-27 in Paris | 510 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | روسای ادیان امروز گمان میکنند که دین عبارت از تقلید آبا و اجداد است لهذا هر قومی تشبث | Religious leaders nowadays are of the opinion that religion consists of blindly following parental and ancestral beliefs… The greatest bounty of God to man is knowledge.... If religious beliefs should contradict science and reason, they are assuredly ignorance... Religion and science are linked together; they cannot be separated | BRL_DAK#0827, KHTB1.225, KHTP.171 | BRL_ATE#207x, BRL_ATE#208x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Harmony of science and religion; Idolatry; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rational arguments | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0178 | Public address given on 1912-05-19 | 970 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Religions are many, but the reality of religion is one. The days are many, but the sun is one | PUP#049 (p.126-129), SW_v03#09 p.010-012 | Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2144 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14 | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بلی در آیات بدیعه نازل که کار و شغل حکم عبادت دارد ولی این دلیل بر آن نیست که عبادات و اذکار | Religion without prayer is no religion; but in this Movement work and worship must go hand in hand; one must inspire the other. | BDA2.181 | DAS.1913-03-14, MHMD2.230 | Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Importance of prayer; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3382 | Words to Dr. Coles, spoken on 1914-04-18 | 30 | religion must ever become the cause of amity and love, otherwise irreligion is better; and science at the same time must be the means of human progress and enlightenment. If science creates deadly weapons for human slaughter and destruction it is worse than ignorance. | DAS.1914-04-18 | Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3608 | 10 | Religion is an attitude toward God which reflects itself in our attitude towards men. | SW_v13#04 p.090x | Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2376 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03 | 100 | Religion can be divided into two parts: the first is the spirit which never changes; and the second the laws | BAVA.031, BLO_PN#021 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3751 | 20 | Persian | دین و علم دو دائره است که به مرکز واحد سیر میکنند و ان مرکز حقیقت است | Religion and science are as two concentric circles that revolve around one common point, which is reality | AVK2.129.13x, VUJUD.123.18 | VUJUDE.164 | Harmony of science and religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2055 | Words spoken on 1915-08-02 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | راحتی از این جنگ، نعمت بزرگی است ولی آنها اصرار کردند که تا ما سرباز نشویم با مسلمانان مساوی نشویم | Relief from this conflict is a great blessing, but they insisted that until we become soldiers we shall not be equal with the Muslims [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-02 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Gambling and games of chance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05004 | Words to Baha'is of Stuttgart (via Lady Blomfield) | 160 | Rejoice! Rejoice! Because of the Glad-tidings! You have attained to the light of the Kingdom. The glory of the Sun of Truth | BBBD.138-139, SW_v02#17 p.008 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07155 | 110 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | استبشری یا امه الله بما عرفت الحق و سمعت ندائه و انجذبت الی نفحاته فارکعی و | Rejoice, O maidservant of God!—for that thou hast known God and heard His call and art attracted to His breaths! Then prostrate thyself... My Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee and I thank Thee for that whereby Thou hast favored Thine humble maidservant | BRL_DAK#0086 | BRL_APAB#22x, BPRY.249-250x, TAB.139, BSC.427 #771x, SW_v09#09 p.101x | E. Mahony | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for children and youth; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| AB10700 | 60 | Arabic | بشری لک ایتها الورقه الخاضعه الخاشعه لله ربک و رب العالمین تبارک الله الذی | Rejoice, O leaf humble and lowly before God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds! Blessed be God Who [3.5s] | AYBY.436 #162 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1774 | Words spoken in Jan. 1913 | 170 | Reincarnation is a very abstruse question. If one desires to give a satisfactory explanation, one must write a book | DAS.1913-01-02n | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02887 | 220 | Persian | Consultation; Family Life | ای بنده الهی در خصوص مشورت پدر با پسر و پسر با پدر در کسب و تجارت استفسار | Regarding thy question about consultation of a father with his son, or a son with his father, in matters of trade and commerce, consultation is one of the fundamental elements of the foundation of the Law of God | COMP_FAMP#53x, MKT4.032, AKHA_118BE #11-12 p.d, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.25x, MJMJ2.023bx, MMG2#251 p.282x, YHA1.365x (2.730) | BRL_CONSULT#17x, BRL_FAM#53x, COC#0183x, COC#0847x, LOG#0765x | Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00650 | 480 | Persian | از ایه مبارکه ان یا رایس قد تجلینا علیک مره فی جبل تینا و مره فی زیتاء و فی | Regarding the blessed verse: 'O Chief! Verily We have manifested Ourself unto thee once upon the Mount of Sinai, and again upon the Mount of Olives, and in...' [4o] | INBA85:448 | MMK6#609, BSHI.029-031 | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1419 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 230 | Regarding the birth of Jesus Christ, there is no doubt that Mary was the wife of Joseph; but the marriage had not yet taken place | PN_1900_heh p069 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1384 | Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 | 230 | Regarding the appearance of Christ, there were many prophecies in the Bible which foretold his coming. | SW_v09#01 p.005x, PN_1900 p011, PN_1900 p093, PN_1900 p109 | Christ; Christianity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11309 | 40 | Regarding His Holiness Christ and His birth into this world of matter: speak not of this, if you can, Should anyone ask, answer 'His Holiness Christ was born of the Holy Spirit,' and let that be final. | BSTW#357 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1155 | 280 | Regard this globe. Its divisions are mineral, vegetable and animal. Man is the result of all these; therefore man is the result of all existence here. | ADP.122-124 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; Teleology; goal-directed motion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1464 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 220 | Redemption has many meanings. V.14: Serpent means the religion of God. Moses lifted up this in the wilderness | PN_1900 p100 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3657 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | رسمیت در یک مملکت بخصوص که بهائیان در آن جمع شوند نمی شود در هر جا | Recognition will not occur in a specific country where the Baha'ís should gather. In every land, the friends will progress and the Cause of God will be recognized without warfare or conflict. Christianity in France was emancipated in this manner. | ISA.002-003 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Christ; Christianity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10784 | 60 | Receptivity is necessary. The love of God is like unto the ray of the sun. | DAS.1913-03-20x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3721 | Words to Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan in 1896-1897 | 60 | Recently, a Commission of Inquiry has arrived from Istanbul. Each day, I go to the government office and they interrogate Me | AFNAN.077 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3677 | 220 | Recently Siyyid Jamalu’d-Din [al-Afghani] has announced that the Bahá’í Faith intends to destroy the foundation of the world and aims at obliterating all religions | AFNAN.157-158 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00382 | 610 | mixed | از حوادث تازه اینکه در مدینه کبیره فسق و فساد و فتنه و نفاق جمال الدین و شیخ | Recent events reveal that in the great city, immorality, corruption, sedition and hypocrisy [emanate from] Jamaluddin and the Shaykh [3.5s] | INBA55:284 | RHQM1.616-617 (751) (460-461x), MAS5.223 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for governments and rulers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1093 | Words to some Arabs, spoken on 1914-02-09 | 290 | Reason works through the instrumentality of the five senses. The faculty of hearing is more important than the faculty of seeing... The throne of reason is the brain. | DAS.1914-02-09 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1624 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 190 | Real love is a spiritual thing. It is an emotion of the soul. From the emotion of the soul an effect is also produced upon the body. | PN_1900_heh p074 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0730 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23 | 400 | Real feasts were held during the days of the Blessed Perfection, for then we used to get up early mornings with the utmost joy | DAS.1914-08-24 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Eulogies; reminiscences; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Humor; jokes; Law of fasting | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1994 | Words spoken on 1914-02-11 | 140 | Readiness is necessary in order to be a recipient of divine bounty. Souls who are prepared are like candles | SW_v09#03 p.028 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1542 | Words spoken on 1913-03-24 in Paris | 200 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عین این عبارات را برای ایشان بخوانید و بگوئید که چهل سال پیش ازین انقلابات قلم ابهی بکمال صراحت | Read for him these passages exactly as they were revealed; then say to him that Baha'u'llah had predicted these upheavals | BDA2.196-197 | MHMD2.251-252 | Non-participation in politics; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1168 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 270 | Persian | سطوع نور و حرارت شمس و ریزش باران رحمت الهی مشروط بهیچ شرطی نیست و منظوری | Rays of sunlight, the heat of the sun, or the falling rain of divine bounty are bestowed unconditionally and without any ulterior motive. | KNSA.201 | MNYA.279-280 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Generosity [kirama]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1451 | Words spoken on 1913-01-29 in Paris | 210 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | و هم بطمع افتادن او برای اخذ از حضور مبارک که “ در حیفا آمد باو عتنائی نشد | Rashid Pasha came to Haifa, but I paid no attention to him. He even sent his son to 'Akka | BDA2.112 | MHMD2.138-139, STAB#094 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3664 | Words to a reporter, spoken ca. 1912-10-19 | 160 | Proud of him [Omar Khayyam]? Would you be proud of that man who had led your children into evil ways? Would you be proud of a drunkard | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU3272 | Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab, 1913-12-06 | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ابداً جائز نیست سجود بجهتی جائز نیست سجود بنص کتاب الله مخصوص مقام اعلی | Prostration, according to the explicit text of the Book of God, is confined to the Shrine of the Bab, the Shrine of Baha'u'llah and the Holy House. | BDA2.373 | MHMD2.500-501 | Law of pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2924 | Words to some Indians, spoken on 1912-10-11(?) | 60 | Prophets do not comprehend the God Essence. To comprehend the Sun of Reality we would have to be greater (than the Sun)... The Mirror of the Prophet cannot expand sufficiently to comprehend the Infinite. | PN_1912 p015 | Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00347 | Some Answered Questions #043 The Two Kinds of Prophets | 640 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | کلیهء انبیا بر دو قسمند قسمی نبی بالاستقلالند و متبوع و قسمی دیگر غیر مستقل و تابع | Prophets are in general of two kinds. Some are independent Prophets Who are followed, while others are not independent and are themselves followers. | MFD#43, OOL.C022.43 | SAQ#43 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1295 | Words spoken on 1914-07-28 in Haifa | 240 | Profitless discussions fatigue and weary a person. People who call on me almost every day carry on a stream of profitless, unspiritual talk.... Man's speech is the revealer of his heart…. There are persons with whom we associate and converse whose utterances are life-imparting | LOG#1139x, DAS.1914-07-28, SW_v08#02 p.024-025 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3006 | Words spoken on 1913-03-21 in Paris | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | قبل از بعثت رسول الله ص تعدد زوجات بین اعراب چنان رواج و کثرتی داشت که دفعةً ممکن نبود | Prior to the revelation of the Prophet Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the practice of polygamy was so prevalent | BDA2.193 | MHMD2.246 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2699 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-21 | 80 | Pride and haughtiness are the worst qualities. If a person becomes the possessor of the whole world he must not become proud. | DAS.1913-02-21 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01528 | Some Answered Questions #028 The Pre-existence of Christ | 320 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | قدم بر دو قسم است قدم ذاتیست که مسبوق بعلت نباشد بلکه وجودش بذاته | Pre-existence is of two kinds. One is essential pre-existence, which is not preceded by a cause | MFD#28, OOL.C022.28 | SAQ#28 | Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Manifestation of God as mediator; Word of God sanctified from time and place | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2346 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | نماز خیلی سهولت دارد بجهت اینکه کبیر و صغیر و وسطی هست. مصطفی رمزی پاشا می گفت من می خواهم | Prayer possesseth great facility, inasmuch as it may be performed in its greater, lesser and intermediate forms [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Law of obligatory prayer; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3528 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | Prayer is both attitude and word, it depends upon the soul-condition. It is like a song | SW_v08#04 p.043, TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104 | Importance of prayer; Music and singing; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1117 | Words spoken in Aug. 1915 | 280 | Persian | از اشیاء نفیسه بیت جمال مبارک یک تسبیح مروارید برای ما ماند | Prayer beads made of pearls - one of the most precious of the household possessions of the Blessed Beauty | RHQM2.0842-843 (257) (157) | STOB.014-015x #022, STAB#076 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Business; financial; property matters; Imam 'Ali | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1900 | Words spoken on 1914-06-18 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Prayer and supplication are two wings whereby man soars toward the heavenly mansion of the True One. | DAS.1914-06-18, BSC.438 #796x, SW_v09#10 p.113, SW_v08#04 p.041-042, SW_v14#06 p.166 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Importance of prayer; Meditation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1324 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Pray that your hearts may be cut from yourselves and from the world, that you may be confirmed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the fire of the love of God.... I say unto you that anyone who will arise in the cause of God... And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant... This is the balance | BSC.503 #970x, SW_v08#05 p.057-058x, SW_v12#16 p.250x, AEP.039-040, NRMM.164-165x, MAX.080x, BLO_PN#031 | T. Price, The Badasht Project, T. Nosrat, Juliet & Amelia, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 4] | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0406 | Words spoken on 1913-11-15 in Port Said | 610 | Pray that God may lighten his [Prof. Cheyne's] lamp day by day, cause His Kingdom to be established in the hearts | DAS.1913-11-15 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0575 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-02-28 | 490 | Pray from thy heart that my health continue to be well, so that I may attend to all the affairs. | DAS.1914-02-28 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Presence of; reunion with God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2444 | Words spoken on 1916-06-04 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | حرب خوب است که شکست نداشته باشد. آن حرب احبای الهی است. اگر بر سریر سلطنت نشینند غالبند | Praiseworthy is that warfare which knoweth no defeat, and such is the warfare of the loved ones of God. Should they ascend unto the throne of sovereignty, verily they shall prove victorious [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-04 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00015 | Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Qalam (Commentary on the Surih of the Pen) | 4670 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل النقطه البارزه فی کتاب الابداع طراز جداول الاختراع و فصل | Praised be to God Who made the Point to be outstretched within the Book of Origination, an Ornament through which is the Genesis of Creativity | INBA56:023 | BMT.119 | HURQ.BH48 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB09041 | 90 | Praised be Thou O Lord my God! This is one of the leaves of the Tree of Thy Oneness and a fruit of the Tree of Thy Singleness | LTDT.272 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2708 | Words spoken at Schweizer home in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, 1913-04-05 | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمد لله بفضل و عنایت حضرت بهآءالله بخانهٴ شما هم آمدیم هر بیتی که در آن ذکر بهآءالله بشود | Praised be God! Through the grace and bounty of Baha'u'llah, we have come to your home, too. Every house in which the mention of Baha'u'llah is made shall be blessed | BDA2.221 | MHMD2.286 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0856 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 350 | Persian | بحمد الله یوم مبارکی است چون که نسبت بحق پیدا کرده مبارک است روز بدو طلوع است | Praised be God! Blessed is this Day, for it hath attained its connection with Truth. Blessed is the day at its dawning [3.5s] | KHH2.299-301 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00767 | 450 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای عزیز پارسی هر چند الان بهیچوجه تحریر نتوانم و فرصت ندارم مع ذلک مختصر جواب | Praised be God ye have adorned yourselves with devotion and love... As to the question of evil spirits, demons and monsters, any references made to them in the Holy Books have symbolic meaning | INBA75:150 | BRL_DAK#0427, ALPA.089, YARP2.106 p.127 | BRL_ATE#138x, LOG#1731x | Astrology and numerology; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Demons and evil spirits; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0732 | Words to the friends spoken around 1914 | 400 | Persian | الحمد لله در ظل عنایت جمال قدم چنین مجالس روحانی فراهم بمشود حالا قدر این انجمنها معلوم نیست | Praised be God that under the shadow of the bounties of the Ancient Beauty such heavenly gatherings are now held.... At the beginning of our arrival at ‘Akka, we had gatherings, but very secretly. | KHH1.311-313 (1.434-436) | KHHE.447-449 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00559 | 530 | Arabic | Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اناجیک فی سری و ذاتی و کینونتی و حقیقتی و اذکرک بروحی و | Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord! O my Lord! I cry unto Thee from within the depths of my heart | BRL_DAK#0070, AKHT2.509, AKHT2.509a | BRL_APAB#23 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00922 | 410 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اننی اضع وجهی علی الثری و اعفر جبینی بتراب الذل و | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Verily, I lay my face upon the dust and humble my brow in the soil of lowliness [3.5s] | INBA17:027 | MKT4.154 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00194 | 830 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر علی ما انعمت و آتیت و والیت و اعطیت | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thanks be unto Thee O my Beloved!... O ye friends of God! The joy and happiness of the people of faithfulness | BRL_DAK#0587, MKT1.288, AMK.073-076, AMK.079-082, HHA.109x, RHQM2.0700 (090x) (056-057x), LMA2.409, MAS5.186, MJMJ2.050, MMG2#085 p.093, YHA1.341x, YHA1.348x, YHA1.380x (2.689), MLK.087, QT108.045x, NYMG.142x?, NYMG.175x | SW_v01#03 p.001-004, SW_v08#18 p.235-236, NYR#124x and 202, BSTW#031, BSTW#373 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00716 | 470 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک و عین الذکر تدل علی البقاء و حقیقه الثناء | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee when the very essence of remembrance testifieth to perpetuity, and the reality of praise [3.5s] | INBA21:179 (220) | MMK6#197 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01093 | 380 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما بعثت نفوسا نورانیه من مراقدها و حشرت عصبه رحمانیه و | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast raised up luminous souls from their resting-places and hast gathered together a company possessed of divine mercy [3.5s] | AKHA_123BE #03 p.d | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01758 | 300 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی علی جزیل العطاء و لک الشکر یا محبوبی علی الهدی و لک الثناء یا | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for Thy bountiful gifts, and gratitude be unto Thee, O my Beloved, for Thy guidance, and praise be unto Thee, O [3.5s] | TAH.300x, MSHR5.410x | Education of children; moral education; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12184 | 290 | Arabic | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اشرقت شمس الحقیقه من الافق المبین و تلوح علی هیاکل | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that the Sun of Truth hath shone forth from the manifest horizon and doth illumine the temples of being [3.5s] | INBA85:331 | Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04560 | 170 | Arabic | لک الحمد یا الهی بما ماج بحر الغفران علی اهل العصیان و لک الشکر یا منائی بما | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that the ocean of forgiveness hath surged upon the people of rebellion, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O Thou my heart's Desire [3.5s] | BSHN.140.257, BSHN.144.257, MHT2.072b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00082 | 1190 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و هتکت الحجاب و اوقدت سراج الهدی فی قلوب | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having rent asunder the veil, torn away the shroud and kindled the lamp of guidance within the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0063, MKT1.347 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Prophecy and fulfillment; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00257 | 730 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اشرقت الارض بنور ساطع من نیر الافاق و تجلیت علی الشجره | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having caused the earth to shine with a brilliant light from the Daystar of the horizons, and for having manifested Thyself upon the Tree [3.5s] | ABDA.020-021 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00327 | 660 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا محبوبی علی ما علت کلمتک و تمت نعمتک و سبقت | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Beloved, for Thou hast exalted Thy Word and perfected Thy bounty and caused it to precede [3.5s] | INBA16:046, INBA89:198 | MKT4.171, MILAN.186, ASAT5.126x | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01522 | 320 | Arabic | حمدا لک یا ربی الجلیل شکرا لک یا ربی العظیم علی ما فتحت ابواب الغفران بمقالید | Praise be unto Thee, O my glorious Lord, thanks be unto Thee, O my mighty God, for having opened wide the gates of forgiveness with the keys [3.5s] | INBA87:429b, INBA52:443 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01028 | 390 | Persian | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاست که بقدرت کامله و اراده محیطه اعلام امریه | Praise be unto the pure Lord, Who through His consummate power and all-encompassing will hath proclaimed His Cause [3.5s] | CMB_F66f28, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00037 | 1710 | mixed | حمدا لمن لاح برهانه و ظهر سلطانه و عم احسانه و بانت محجته البیضاء و ظهر شریعته | Praise be unto Him Whose proof hath shone forth, Whose dominion hath been made manifest, Whose bounties have encompassed all, Whose clear path hath appeared, and Whose Law hath been revealed [3.5s] | INBA89:133 | BRL_DAK#0721, MKT1.382, DWNP_v3#11 p.021-022x, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.010-014x, ANDA#73 p.05x, YHA1.329x, YHA1.341x, HYB.131x, AMIN.135-144 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12841 | 190 | Arabic | حمدا لمن خلق مبدء الوجود بفیض مشهود و جعله مرکز المقام محمود و بث من ذلک | Praise be unto Him Who, through His effulgent grace, created the Primal Origin of existence and made It the centre of the seat of glory....O Lord! Grant that this marriage may be blessed and happy. Send down Thy mercy upon them both in order that from them may issue forth noble children | BRL_SWOP#009x, BRL_SWOP#104x | BRL_SWO#009x, BRL_SWO#104x | Creation of the world; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Prayer for married couples | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00018 | Tafsir-i-Hadith هل رأیت رجلاً (Commentary on the Tradition "Dost thou see a man") | 4180 | Arabic | Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' | الحمد لمن تعالی بجوهر ذاته عن وصف الممکنات و تقدس بساذج حقیقته من نعت | Praise be unto Him Who, in the essence of His Being, is exalted above all description of contingent things and Who, in the reality of His Nature, is sanctified from every attribute [3.5s]... ...O thou who hast turned thy face towards the court of eternity, and art even as a brand afire with the flames of the Burning Bush! Concerning thy question about the term “angels”… And now concerning thy question about the 'Jinn', know thou that God - exalted be He - hath created man from four elements: fire, air, water and earth | INBA56:090, INBA55:077x | BRL_DAK#0649, AVK2.262x, AVK2.145.08x, AVK2.162.15x, BMT.234, MAS2.043-047x | BLO_sazedj#20x, ADMS#050bx | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00317 | 670 | mixed | حمدا لمن استقر علی سریر وحدانیته و استمرت نسائم الانس من حدیقه رحمانیته و هاج | Praise be unto Him Who is established upon the throne of His oneness, and from Whose garden of divine mercy the gentle breezes of intimacy continuously waft [3.5s] | INBA89:225 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00039 | 1660 | Arabic | حمدا لمن تقدس بذاته عن مشابهه مخلوقاته و تنزه بصفاته عن مماثله مکوناته و تعزز | Praise be unto Him Who in His Essence hath sanctified Himself above all likeness to His creatures, and Who through His Attributes hath exalted Himself beyond all similitude to His creation, and is glorified [3.5s] | UMich962.058-065, UMich991.027-038 | BRL_DAK#0720, MKT1.002, MNMK#007 p.058, YHA1.373x (2.749) | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00244 | 750 | mixed | حمدا لمن نشر رایاته و اظهر ایاته و اعلن کلماته و اوضح بیناته قد شرح الصدور | Praise be unto Him Who hath unfurled His banners, manifested His signs, proclaimed His words, and made clear His evidences! He hath, verily, gladdened the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0568, MKT1.155, MNMK#024 p.104, MJMJ2.025x, MMG2#321 p.359x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00160 | 900 | mixed | حمدا لمن اشرق و طلع و لاح من الافق الاعلی و بشر بطلوع نیر الافاق من مطلع | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth, arisen, and gleamed from the Most Exalted Horizon, and Who hath heralded the dawning of the Day-Star of the horizons from the Dayspring [3.5s] | INBA85:129 | MMK6#192 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09667 | 80 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرق و لاح و ظهر و باح و قدر و اتاح و سمح و اباح لکل کینونه نورانیه | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth and gleamed, Who hath appeared and proclaimed, Who hath ordained and granted, Who hath bestowed and permitted unto every luminous essence [3.5s] | INBA87:221c, INBA52:226b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00085 | 1170 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرق و لاح و تجلی علی الوجود بانوار الشهود و اظهر المقام المحمود فی | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth and gleamed and been made manifest upon all existence through the lights of divine appearance, and hath revealed the glorious station [3.5s] | MMK6#069 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Outward and inward meanings; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00714 | 470 | mixed | حمدا لمن انزل من السماء ماء ثجاجا فاهتزت و ربت کل ارض هامده و انبتت من کل | Praise be unto Him Who hath sent down from the heavens abundant rain, whereupon every dormant land did quiver and swell, bringing forth from all [3.5s] | MMK3#206 p.148x, NANU_AB#30x, ABDA.324-325 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00443 | 590 | mixed | حمدا لمن ادار اقداح الهدی فی محفل اهل الوفاء و سقاهم خمر العطاء فثملوا من | Praise be unto Him Who hath passed round the goblets of guidance in the assembly of the faithful, and given them to drink of the wine of bounty until they were intoxicated [3.5s] | MMK4#082 p.094 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00087 | 1160 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی فی البقعه المبارکه الارض المقدسه طور الایمن وادی طوی جبل سیناء | Praise be unto Him Who hath manifested Himself in the blessed Spot, the Holy Land, the Mount of Faith, the Vale of Tuwa, Mount Sinai [3.5s] | INBA59:068, UMich962.050-055, UMich991.015-022 | BRL_DAK#0630, MKT1.102, MNMK#009 p.067, MILAN.032, RHQM2.1223-1228 (701) (433-436) | Knowledge; recognition of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00134 | 960 | Arabic | حمدا لمن انار الافق الاعلی بنور الهدی و ازال ظلام الضلال بتبلج نور الصباح | Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the Supreme Horizon with the light of guidance and hath dispelled the darkness of error through the dawning light of morn [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0554, MKT1.121, MNMK#011 p.074, YMM.155x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01523 | 320 | mixed | حمدا لمن انار افق الوجود بنور السجود للرب الودود | Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the horizon of existence with the light of prostration before the Lord, the All-Loving [3.5s] | MSHR2.252-253x | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00297 | 690 | mixed | حمدا لمن خلق الارض و السموات و جعلها منشور ایاته البینات و انشا الشموس | Praise be unto Him Who hath created the earth and the heavens, and hath made them the open book of His clear signs, and hath brought forth the suns [3.5s] | TAH.326b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00216 | 790 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی انشا فی عالم الکیان غیب الاکوان حقیقه ثابته نورانیه فائضه علی | Praise be unto Him Who hath brought forth, in the realm of being, from the unseen worlds, a luminous and steadfast Reality that doth overflow with grace [3.5s] | INBA89:258 | BRL_DAK#0565, MKT2.130, MNMK#013 p.080, MILAN.195, AVK2.158.12, AVK2.192.12x, AVK2.206.16x, AVK4.119.13x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Imagery in the Qur'an; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00234 | 760 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ذرء دره بیضاء و فریده نوراء و جوهره غراء و یتیمه عصماء متلئلئه | Praise be unto Him Who hath brought forth a lustrous pearl, a radiant gem, a brilliant jewel, and a singular and immaculate treasure, resplendent in its light [3.5s] | INBA21:053 | Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01633 | 310 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرقت الارض بنوره و اضائت السماء بظهوره و تجلی بالطور الایمن البقعه | Praise be unto Him by whose Light the earth is illumined and by whose Manifestation the heavens are made resplendent, Who hath manifested Himself upon the sacred Mount of the right side [3.5s] | INBA16:194 | PYB#210 p.05 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0430 | Words at reception with Turkish Ambassador, spoken on 1912-04-23 | 590 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله قرون تاریک گذشت قرن نورانی آمد عقول و نفوس در ترقی است ادراکات در | Praise be unto God! The dark ages have passed away, and the illumined century hath dawned. Minds and souls are advancing, and understanding is [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0773, AMK.264-266, DWNP_v1#05 p.003-004, KHF.091, KHAB.250 (260), KHTB2.043, NJB_v05#08 p.002 | Call to action; Equality of men and women; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | BDA1.047, MHMD1.056 | |||||||
| AB00684 | 470 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی قد فتح باب الکنز المخفی و افاض بالفیض الجلی و الخفی علی | Praise be unto God, Who hath unlocked the door of the hidden treasure and hath showered forth His grace, both manifest and concealed [3.5s] | INBA84:537b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02021 | 270 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل الألفة و المحبة تجلیا من تجلیات رحمانیته و ایة | Praise be unto God, Who hath made unity and love a manifestation among the manifestations of His mercy and a sign [3.5s] | MKT2.314b | Prayer for married couples; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03596 | 190 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اشرق نوره و ثبت ظهوره و لاحت نجومه و صالت جنوده و خفقت رایاته | Praise be unto God, Who hath made His light to shine forth, established His Manifestation, caused His stars to appear, marshalled His hosts, and unfurled His banners [3.5s] | INBA89:186 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00383 | 610 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اشرق بنور المیثاق علی الافاق و اظهر اسرار العهد فی حیز الشهود | Praise be unto God, Who hath caused the light of the Covenant to shine forth across the horizons and hath manifested the mysteries of the Testament in the realm of existence [3.5s] | MMK6#232 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1159 | Words spoken on 1911-09-14 in London | 270 | Persian | الحمد لله مجلسی در نهایت لطافت و کمال تشکیل شده | Praise be unto God, that an assemblage of utmost delicacy and perfection hath been established [3.5s] | KHAB.058 (067), KHTB1.050, NJB_v02#14-16 p.014 | Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00247 | 740 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تنزه ذاته و تقدست کینونته عن ادراک حقائق مشرقه عن افق العرفان | Praise be unto God, He Whose Essence transcendeth all things and Whose Being hath been sanctified beyond the comprehension of those realities that shine forth from the horizon of mystic knowledge [3.5s] | INBA59:081, INBA88:242, UMich962.055-058, UMich991.022-027 | BRL_DAK#0553, MKT1.133, MNMK#015 p.086 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of the intellect; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00723 | 460 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ظهرت ایاته و بدت بیناته و تمت کلماته و ارتفعت رایاته و انتشرت | Praise be unto God, by Whose will His signs have been made manifest, His evidences unveiled, His words perfected, His banners raised aloft, and spread abroad [3.5s] | MKT3.164 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00223 | 770 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انشا حقیقه نورانیه و کینونیه رحمانیه و هویه ربانیه و کلمه | Praise be unto God Who hath brought into being the luminous Reality, the merciful Essence, the divine Identity, and the Word [3.5s] | UMich962.135-137, UMich991.086-091 | MKT1.151, AKHA_120BE #08-09.b | Empty learning; false spirituality; Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Intuition; inspiration; Limits of the intellect; Literal interpretation; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12166 | 310 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی زین الحقیقه الانسانیه بایات باهره حبیه رحمانیه و اشرق علی الکینونات | Praise be unto God Who hath adorned the human reality with manifest signs of divine love, and hath illumined all existent beings | BRL_DAK#0821, BRL_SWOP#097 | BRL_SWO#097 | Composition and decomposition; Law of cause and effect; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0358 | Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-17 | 660 | Persian | الحمد لله در این سنوات جنگ احباء در هر کجا بودند محفوظ ماندند | Praise be unto God that throughout these years of war the friends, wheresoever they dwelt, remained preserved and protected [3.5s] | MUH3.225-226 | Contention and conflict; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1817 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | الحمد لله بفضل و عنایت جمال مبارک ما در بقعه مبارکه نوراء در ظل عنایت | Praise be unto God that through the generosity and benevolence of the Blessed Beauty, we have come to this resplendent spot...The believers must be servants to the world of humanity. They must be kind to one another | KHH1.044-045 (1.062-063) | KHHE.080-081 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1543 | Words spoken on 1914-10-13 ? in Haifa | 200 | Persian | حمد خدا را یکشب به بستر راحت استراحت ننمودم حضرت مسیح بعد از صعودش | Praise be unto God that not once did I rest in the bed of comfort. At the time of His ascension to the Abha Kingdom, His Holiness Christ had nearly sixty believers. | KHH1.107-108 (1.150-151) | KHHE.163 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1246 | Words spoken to Bishop Burg at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15 | 250 | Persian | الحمد لله ترقیات مادیه در این بلاد حاصل است ولکن مدنیت مادیه تنها کفایت نکند | Praise be unto God that material progress hath been achieved in these lands; yet material civilization alone sufficeth not [3.5s] | AMK.292-293, KHTB2.025, NJB_v04#10 p.001 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00007 | Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith "Rome was Overthrown") | 6630 | Arabic | Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines | Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith 'Rome was Overthrown') | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد نزلت من سماء عز احدیتک میاه الوجود بجودک و رحمانیتک | Praise be to Thee, O Lord! O my God! Out of Thy Bounty and Mercy, Thou hast caused the waters of existence to descend from the heaven of Thy Oneness | PCH.1237#14, , UMich962.001-034, UMich991.104-147 | MKT1.062, MNMK#004 p.012, BMT.086, DLS.317 | LOIR02.099 | God's love for His own Essence; Higher encompasses the lower; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | Baha’u’llah's assigning ‘Abdu’l-Baha to write this is mentioned in AQA5#036 p.045. | ||||
| AB10723 | 60 | Persian | ستایش پاک یزدانرا که ببخشایش آسمانی جهان دل و جان آدمیرا روشن و کیهان جاودان | Praise be to the pure Lord, who through His celestial bounty hath illumined the realm of the human heart and soul, and made resplendent the eternal universe [3.5s] | INBA88:336a | MSBH10.016, YARP2.315 p.267, PPAR.161, NVJ.040 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00967 | 400 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرق انواره و انکشف اسراره و شاع و ضاع آثاره و استمرت فیوضاته | Praise be to Him Whose lights have shone forth, Whose mysteries have been unveiled, Whose signs have spread and pervaded, and Whose outpourings have persisted [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0872, MKT3.194, MNMK#029 p.112, ABB.128 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Muhammad; Islam; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02817 | 230 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | حمدا لمن انار الافق الاعلی بضیاء ساطع من شمس الحقیقه علی الارجاء و افاض علی | Praise be to Him Who illumined the highest horizon with the brilliant light of the Sun of Truth, shedding its radiant beams upon every region, and poured forth [3.5s]... ...O servant of the holy threshold! Thou hast asked about those prayers that are beyond what is prescribed | MKT3.254, AVK3.447.01x, AVK4.027.14x | BRL_IOPF#2.23x | Law of obligatory prayer; Monasticism; asceticism; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00065 | 1270 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Social Action; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الحمد لله الذی کشف الظلام و محی الغمام و کشف الحجاب و ازال النقاب فلاحت | Praise be to Him Who hath rent the dark asunder, hath blotted out the night, hath drawn aside the coverings and torn away the veils... O my Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy mighty Covenant... O God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for kindling the fire of divine love... Exert every effort in the fields of development and of civilization | MKT2.202, MMK1#206 p.245, MILAN.163b, AKHA_135BE #01 p.02, AHB.107BE #06 p.116, BCH.006x, ADH2.102, ADH2_2#19 p.128, MMG2#015 p.013, NSR_1978.132x, NSR_1993.145x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.372x | SWAB#206, BRL_SOCIAL#014x, BPRY.071-072x, BPRY.234-235x, DWN_v3#01 p.011ax | N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, S. Toloui-Wallace | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual springtime; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB08393 | 100 | Arabic | حمدا لمن هتک الاستار و کشف النقاب و ازاح الحجاب فاشرقت الانوار علی الاقطار و | Praise be to Him Who hath rent asunder the veils, lifted the coverings, and dispersed the barriers, whereupon the lights shone forth upon all regions [3.5s] | AMK.180-180a | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00444 | Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs) | 590 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs) | سبحان من انشا الوجود و ابدع کل موجود و بعث المخلصین مقاما محمود و اظهر الغیب | Praise be to Him Who hath made the world of being, and hath fashioned all that is, Him Who hath raised up the sincere to a station of honour | INBA13:398, INBA55:229, INBA59:148, INBA88:051, UMich962.092-094, UMich991.047-051 | BRL_DAK#0958, MKT1.137, MNMK#021 p.099, MMK1#004 p.013, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.v, BCH.130, DLH2.223, OOL.C008 | SWAB#004, SW_v09#03 p.032-034, DWN_v3#08 p.070-073, STYLE.043x | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | x | * | * | ||||
| AB00298 | 690 | Arabic | حمدا لمن خلق حقیقه نورانیه و هویه رحمانیه و کینونه روحانیه و جوهره ربانیه | Praise be to Him Who hath created the luminous reality, the merciful essence, the spiritual being, and the divine substance [3.5s] | INBA13:390, INBA55:219, INBA59:143, INBA88:045b, UMich962.034-036, UMich991.012-015 | BRL_DAK#0759, MMK6#284, ASAT3.126x, AVK2.202x, YMM.397, YMM.471 | Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03270 | 210 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرق و لاح من افق التوحید بسطوع شدید و ظهور مجید و تجلی انکشفت به | Praise be to Him Who hath arisen and shone forth from the horizon of Divine Unity with intense radiance and glorious manifestation, through Whose revelation all things were unveiled [3.5s] | INBA55:187, INBA59:160, UMich962.134-135, UMich991.084-06 | BRL_DAK#1130, MKT1.241 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02818 | 230 | mixed | حمدا لمن انطق الورقاء بالثناء فی ایکه الوفاء علی الافنان بفنون الالحان | Praise be to Him Who caused the nightingale to sing forth laudations in the grove of faithfulness, upon the branches with diverse melodies [3.5s] | MSHR4.039-040 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11667 | 280 | mixed | حمدا لمن انطق الورقاء بالثناء علی شمس البهاء و نور الاوج الاسمی باسم من | Praise be to Him Who caused the dove to warble in praise of the Sun of Glory and illumined the highest horizon with the name of [3.5s] | FRH.117-118 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08392 | 100 | mixed | حمدا لمن انشا النشئه الاولی باثار باهره ... فی الحقیقه نفوس خاضعه خاشعه تاثیر | Praise be to Him Who brought forth the First Creation through resplendent signs [3.5s] | MSHR5.264x | Creation of the world; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00083 | 1170 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الحمد لله الذی اشرق بنوره الارض و السماء و اهتزت بنفحاته ریاض التقدیس المونقه | Praise be to Him through Whose splendours the earth and the heavens are aglow, through Whose fragrant breathings the gardens of holiness… O God, my God! This is Thy radiant servant, Thy spiritual thrall | MKT2.085, MNMK#010 p.071, MMK1#019 p.036, MILAN.057, YMM.437x | SWAB#019, BPRY.177-178x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3172 | 40 | Praise be to God! Your hearts are overflowing with the love of God and you have no great attachment to this world. | SW_v14#02 p.061, DJT.072, BLO_PN#027 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0356 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-26 | 670 | Praise be to God! You have attained the visit of the Holy Tomb... The worldly grades of every Manifestation are so different | PN_1900 p020, BSTW#169c | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; The cross and the trinity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0228 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 860 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله در خانهٴ مسس گودال و مسس کوپر در نهایت محبت مجتمعیم هر مائده ئی موجود و مهیا قلوب در نهایت مودت و صفا | Praise be to God! You are the guests of Mrs. Goodall. With the utmost love has she prepared this feast, and every kind of food is before you. The effulgence of the mercy of Baha’u’llah is resplendent. | BDA1.315.15x | SW_v04#12 p.203-204+209, MHMD1.333x, MAB.054-057x, ECN.150+582+991 | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB05990 | 130 | mixed | الحمد لله شما از شدت ثبوت و رسوخ تلافی لغزش و فتور اخوی نمودید اگرچه آن | Praise be to God! Through the intensity of thy steadfastness and firmness thou hast made amends for the wavering and shortcomings of thy brother. Although [3.5s] | ANDA#81 p.44 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04660 | 160 | Praise be to God! Thou art engaged in teaching and educating the children | SW_v09#08 p.093 | Education of children; moral education; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03817 | 190 | Persian | الحمد للّه اين موطن مقدّس رحمن بنفحات قدس معطّر است و اسرار الهيّه بوسائط رحمانيّه منتشر | Praise be to God! This sacred dwelling-place of the All-Merciful is perfumed with holy fragrances, and divine mysteries are diffused through spiritual means [3.5s] | MMK2#223 p.159x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1161 | Public address given on 1912-04-13 | 270 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | ایام ظهور مظاهر مقدسه بهار الهی است اراضی قلوب را سبز | Praise be to God! This is an illuminating gathering. The faces are brilliant | KHF.193, KHAB.239 (249), KHTB2.011, NJB_v04#14 p.002, BDA1.031n | PUP#004 (p.009-011), SW_v03#08 p.004-005 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | MHMD1.040-041 | ||||||
| ABU0150 | Public address given on 1912-09-20 | 1040 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Praise be to God! This is a beautiful and radiant assemblage. It is a merciful gathering | PUP#105 (p.325-328) | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Proofs for the existence of God; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00012 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Ra'd (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Thunder) | 4830 | Arabic | الحمد لله تنطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر | Praise be to God! The tongues of the eloquent ones give utterance to wondrous and comprehensive wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving [3.5s] | INBA56:043 | BMT.045 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0009 | Public address given on 1912-11-06 | 2320 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | فی الحقیقه در این سفر نهایت انصاف و محبت را از اهالی امریکا دیدم و ملاحظه نمودم که از هر جهت حریت افکار | Praise be to God! The standard of liberty is held aloft in this land. You enjoy political liberty... O Thou compassionate Lord, Thou who art generous and able! | BDA1.359.01x | BPRY.112x, PUP#118 (p.390-397), FWU.079, SW_v05#13 p.195-199, SW_v05#13 p.200, MHMD1.377-378x | Emily Price & Van Gilmer | Being a source of light; guidance; Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Harmony of science and religion; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||
| AB03240 | 210 | mixed | الحمد للّه دولت نهايت عدالت خواهد ولی پيشوايان فتنه‌انديش گمان کنند اذيّت ياران الهی سبب عزّت | Praise be to God! The government seeketh ultimate justice, yet the seditious leaders imagine that persecution of the friends of God will bring forth glory [3.5s] | MMK6#432x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1693 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20 | 590 | Praise be to God! That this city is progressive; that it is adorned with the existence of the believers... The deceased, his honor Mr. Chase, was a blessed soul; he was a holy reality. | SW_v04#13 p.225-226x, BSTW#155e, ECN.145+182 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1152 | Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart | 280 | Praise be to God! that I have come to Stuttgart, that I could meet with you. Praise be to God! | SW_v04#04 p.067 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0012 | Public address given on 1912-09-05 | 2260 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Praise be to God! It is with a deep realization of happiness that I am present here this evening... O my Lord! Thou Who art ever-forgiving! Verily, this assembly hath turned its face | PUP#103 (p.312-319), SW_v13#11 p.292-293x, ABIC.014-017 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Power of prayer; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1599 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-17 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله عون و عنایت مبارک از جمیع جهات رسید و تأیید ملکوت ابهی احاطه نمود امر الله گوشزد عموم گردید | Praise be to God! His divine help and assistance have enveloped us and the confirmations of the Abha Kingdom have surrounded us.... Had there not been this servitude, constancy and confirmation | BDA1.378.03 | MHMD1.397-398 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB05007 | 150 | Persian | الحمد لله بتجربه رسیده که زندگانی این عالم را مزیت و حلاوتی نه و گلسان حیات | Praise be to God! Experience hath shown that life in this mortal world possesseth neither merit nor sweetness, and the garden of existence [3.5s] | BSHN.140.473, BSHN.144.466 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06700 | 120 | mixed | الحمد للّه چنانچه بشما وعد صریح شده بود توفیقات الهیّه و تأییدات رحمانیّه از هر جهت احاطه نموده | Praise be to God! Even as was explicitly promised unto thee, divine confirmations and heavenly assistance have encompassed thee on every side [3.5s] | AVK1.000.01x, MSBH7.118x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0748 | Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco | 400 | Praise be to God: The United States has in reality made extraordinary progress... It will lead other nations spiritually, for its illumination is far-reaching ... but the greatness of every country | COF.035x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x, SW_v05#11 p.166-167, SW_v05#11 p.161, SW_v13#12 p.343x | Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2695 | Words spoken on 1914-07-24 in Haifa | 80 | Praise be to God, you are firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament. Firmness and | DAS.1914-07-24, SW_v08#05 p.059 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02467 | 250 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | یا شقیقتی العزیزه الحمد لله در ظل عنایت جمال مبارک در اقلیم فرنگ نسیمی از | Praise be to God, within the sheltering grace of the Blessed Beauty, here in the lands of the West a breeze hath blown from over the rose-gardens of His bestowals | BRL_DAK#0386, MMG2#263 p.292x, BHKP_2#09 | BRL_ATE#147, BHK_2#09 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02485 | 240 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اشرق نوره و تجلی ظهوره و تنسم نسائم التقدیس من ریاض قدسه و | Praise be to God, Whose light hath shone forth, Whose Manifestation hath been made evident, and from Whose sanctified gardens waft the breezes of holiness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1119, MKT1.199 | Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04227 | 170 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی احاطت فیوضاته و ظهرت ایاته و ارتفعت رایاته و فاضت من غمام فضله | Praise be to God, Whose bounties encompass all, Whose signs have been manifest, Whose banners have been raised aloft, and from Whose clouds of grace abundance doth flow [3.5s] | MKT6.059, MNMK#058 p.139 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02855 | 220 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی موج بحر الامکان باریاح عاصفه فی ملکوت الابهی فقذفت الامواج | Praise be to God, Who hath stirred the ocean of existence with tempestuous winds in the Kingdom of Abhá, causing the waves to surge forth [3.5s] | INBA89:173 | The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08478 | 90 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اظهر امره و اشرق نوره و لاح فجره و طلع بدره و سطع نجمه | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested His Cause, shed abroad His light, made His dawn to break, unveiled His full moon, and caused His star to shine forth [3.5s] | INBA59:214a | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00786 | 440 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنور جماله و کشف الغطاء عن وجه عزه جلاله و اشرق بنور | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself through the light of His beauty, lifted the veil from the countenance of His might and majesty, and hath shone forth with radiance [3.5s] | INBA13:382, INBA72:069, INBA59:154 | Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00683 | 470 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی بجماله و ظهر بعظمه جلاله و اشرق بنور وجهه و لاح بضیاء | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself in His beauty, revealed Himself in the grandeur of His majesty, shone forth with the light of His countenance, and radiated with His splendour [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0819, MKT1.236, AYBY.335 #018, MJMJ2.063bx, MJMJ2.091x, MMG2#131 p.147x, MMG2#390 p.437x | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01457 | 320 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی و کشف الغطاء و هتک الستار بغلبه الاسرار و فاض بالانوار و | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself and rent asunder the veils, Who hath drawn aside the curtain through the power of His mysteries and shed forth His luminous rays [3.5s] | INBA13:342, INBA59:302 | MJMJ2.044bx, MMG2#160 p.181x | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02853 | 220 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اظهر من افق العالم النیر الاعظم و اشرق و ابرق و سطع و لاح علی | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested from the horizon of the world the Most Great Light, and made it to shine forth and gleam and shed its radiant effulgence upon all [3.5s] | PR20.005 | MKT2.163 | Development of capacity and readiness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03072 | 210 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل مرکز اشراقه و مطلع انواره و افق آثاره و مرکز اسراره الافق | Praise be to God, Who hath made the horizon the center of His effulgence, the dawning-place of His lights, the dayspring of His signs, and the repository of His mysteries [3.5s] | MKT1.208 | Shrines and Holy places; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01538 | 310 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی رفع الحجاب و کشف النقاب و اظهر جمال الحقیقة مکشوفا | Praise be to God, Who hath lifted the veil, drawn aside the covering, and made manifest the beauty of truth unveiled [3.5s] | INBA89:069 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02175 | 260 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اشرق الوجود بنور وحدانیته و غدت ایات ملکوته شهودا بفردانیته و | Praise be to God, Who hath illumined existence with the light of His oneness, and made the signs of His Kingdom bear witness to His singleness [3.5s] | MKT6.060, MNMK#047 p.132 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02854 | 220 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اید کوره العظیم بالمیثاق الشدید و خصص ظهوره الجبیل بالعهد | Praise be to God, Who hath fortified His mighty Cause with a resolute Covenant and hath distinguished His glorious Manifestation with a solemn Pact [3.5s] | INBA13:331 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00365 | 620 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی کشف الظلام بنور ساطع من الصبح المبین و فتق و قشع سحاب الاحتجاب | Praise be to God, Who hath dispelled the darkness by the radiant light of the manifest morn, and hath rent asunder and scattered the clouds of concealment [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0504, MKT4.002 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03307 | 200 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اشرق و لاح و سطع نوره و باح و احیی الارواح القدسیه بالنفحه | Praise be to God, Who hath dawned and shone forth, and Whose light hath radiated and diffused, quickening the sanctified souls through His divine breath [3.5s] | INBA59:105b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05488 | 140 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اصطفی و اجتبی نفوسا قدسیه رحمانیه و حقائق انسیه نورانیه و جعلها | Praise be to God, Who hath chosen and singled out holy, divine souls and luminous, human realities, and made them [3.5s] | INBA87:575b, INBA52:611b | BRL_DAK#0330, MKT5.132, MNMK#062 p.141 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12249 | 220 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی موج بحور السرور بأرياح الحب والحبور في هذا اليوم المشکور | Praise be to God, Who hath caused the oceans of joy to surge with the breezes of blissful love on this celebrated day through the union of one of His handmaids | ADMS#320 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for married couples | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11125 | 40 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی انطق الورقاء بالثناء و اظهر النقطه البارزه عند الباء بالالف | Praise be to God, Who hath caused the nightingale to sing His praise and made manifest the Point prominent beside the letter B [3.5s] | INBA59:122a | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06549 | 120 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی قد اشرق انواره و ظهر اسراره و شاع آثاره و انزل من ملکوته ماء | Praise be to God, Who hath caused His lights to shine forth, revealed His mysteries, diffused His signs, and sent down from His Kingdom water [3.5s] | KNJ.107a | Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01776 | 290 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اشرق نوره من مطلع الافاق و قرت بمشاهدته اعین اهل الاشراق و | Praise be to God, Who hath caused His light to shine forth from the Dayspring of the horizons, and hath gladdened, through its contemplation, the eyes of the people of effulgence [3.5s] | INBA89:207b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04615 | 160 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی ذرء و برء نقطه جامعه کامله مجمله حاویه واجده للمعانی الکلیه فی | Praise be to God, Who hath brought into being and fashioned forth the all-embracing, perfect and complete Point, a repository containing all universal meanings [3.5s] | INBA59:086b | YMM.434 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00014 | Tafsir-i-Hadith لا یسعنی (Commentary on the Tradition "Heaven and Earth cannot contain me…") | 4700 | Arabic | الحمد لله بما من علی العباد بالفضل و الافضال فی هذه الایام التی فیها تجلی علی | Praise be to God, Who hath bestowed upon His servants grace and bounty in these days wherein He hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA56:067 | BMT.219, SFI02.166 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12067 | 90 | Persian | الحمد لله دمی نیاسائی و نفسی راحت ننمائی و همواره در سبیل حق آواره | Praise be to God, Thou takest no rest, nor findest repose, but ever wanderest in the pathway of Truth [3.5s] | YQAZ.122ax | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0447 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26 | 580 | Praise be to God, this is a very good gathering! Blessed souls are present... What is the meaning of the image and likeness of God? | PN_various p021x, BSTW#089 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Human reality created in the image of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0047 | Words spoken on 1912-10-22 in Oakland | 1600 | Praise be to God, this is a good meeting… This evening I shall relate to you the story of the sojourn of Bahá’u’lláh during the two years of his solitude on the mountain of Sarkalu. | ECN.191+485 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; House of Justice; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2285 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Praise be to God, this century is a glorious century; may love increase every day | AIL.107 | Christ; Christianity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1087 | Words to pilgrims from India, spoken on 1914-04-22 | 290 | Praise be to God, the news received from all parts indicate the fact that the believers of God are striving in the promulgation of the Cause of God. | DAS.1914-04-22 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05489 | 140 | Praise be to God, the Lamp is lighted and the Path hath become straight and manifest. The Breeze of Providence is spirit-imparting and the Sun of Reality | DAS.1913-03-23x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00021 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Jinn (Commentary on the Surah of the Jinn) | 3270 | Arabic | الحمد لله الاول بلا اول و الاخر بلا آخر الذی خلق الارض و السماء و ابدع | Praise be to God, the First without beginning and the Last without end, Who hath created the earth and the heavens and brought forth through His power of creation [3.5s] | BMT.153, NSS.157bx | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08239 | 100 | Praise be to God, that through Mr. and Mrs. Kinney thou didst hear the glad-tidings | SW_v12#05 p.106-107 | Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0644 | Words spoken in Feb. 1918 | 450 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God, that the dark ages have passed away and the century of light has come.... The past age was an age of wondrous achievements... Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! That the Sun of Reality hath shone forth! Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! | BSC.505 #971x, SW_v10#06 p.111-112+098 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0802 | Words to some students, spoken on 1914-10-12 | 370 | Persian | مقصود اینست که الحمد الله تلامذه بهائی در بیروت بحسن اخلاق بحسن اطوار | Praise be to God, that the Bahai students in Beirut are well known for the beauty | NSS.161x, KHH1.110-111 (1.155) | COC#0798x, LOG#0719x, KHHE.168fn, DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v09#09 p.099-100x, PN_1914 p072, SEIO.011x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; High station of learning | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1202 | Words spoken at E.J. Rosenberg's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-08 | 270 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Praise be to God, that such a meeting of purity and steadfastness is being held in London. | AIL.044 | Call to action; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as educator; Moses; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1353 | Words to Bishop Birch, spoken on 1912-04-17 | 240 | Praise be to God, that stupendous material developments are obtained in this country | DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v07#17 p.175-176, ABIE.067, BLO_PN#007 | East and West; communication between East and West; Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise of Western values; culture; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2710 | Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمد لله در این انجمن جمعی اهل شرق و غرب جمعند جمیع مانند یک جنسند هیچ اختلافی در افکار ندارند | Praise be to God, for groups from both the East and the West have come together in this gathering | BDA2.047 | MHMD2.056 | East and West; communication between East and West; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0369 | Words to Kathryn Frankland spoken at house of the Master in Haifa, 1920-11-22 | 650 | Praise be to God you have been here a month and have attained to the privilege of visiting the Holy Tombs | PN_1920 p073, PN_1920_heh p026, PN_1920_heh_haifa p083 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1927 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-11 | 150 | Praise be to God you had a spiritual time in Germany... Paris is the jungle of nature... The German people are religious. | DAS.1914-10-11, PN_1914 p060 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07847 | 440 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی بظهور مظهر نفسه قد تکورت الشموس و انغمست النجوم و نسفت الجبال | Praise be to God Who, through the appearance of the Manifestation of His Self, hath caused the suns to be folded up, the stars to be darkened, and the mountains to be scattered [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0985, MSHR2.099x, MSHR3.198x, MSHR3.198x | Apocalyptic imagery; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00006 | Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure) | 8270 | mixed | Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan) | Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure) | الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات | Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace | INBA13:411x | BRL_MON#26x, MKT2.002, BMT.174, ADH2.070x, ADH2_2#09 p.101x, MMG2#120 p.135x, MJH.051x, HUV1.004x, OOL.C028, VUJUD.139.18x | BRL_POAB#26x, BRL_Aqdas.n023x, SW_v08#06 p.062-063x, BLO_PT#024, VUJUDE.146x, JHT_A#005x | S. Rezaei and M. Vahman, Ahdieh, S. Tirandaz, S. Taefi [track 13], unknown, L. Slott | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; Knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God; Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1 | * | - | Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769. | ||
| AB00009 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave) | 5500 | Arabic | Translation List; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn; As to what is meant by Gog and Magog, these were two factions that were in constant strife…" | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave) | الحمد لله الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت العظمه و الاقتدار و جعلها حجه لاهل | Praise be to God Who hath sent down verses from the Kingdom of grandeur and power, and made them a proof for the people [3.5s]... ...As to the intended meaning of Dhu’l-Qarnayn in this verse, it is none other than Muḥammad Himself—may the spirits of them that are nigh unto God be a sacrifice for Him | BMT.059 | ADMS#329x, ADMS#345x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00028 | 2110 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها کالبحر المتلاطم المواج تقذف دراری | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them even as a surging and tempestuous ocean casting forth pearls [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0647, MMK6#282, MSHR1.128x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00031 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Furqan | 1950 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی اهل الامکان و افاض انوار الجمال لمن فی الاکوان بطراز | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto the peoples of the contingent world and shed the effulgent lights of His beauty upon all created things [3.5s] | BMT.073 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00017 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Qayyumu'l-Asma (Commentary on a Verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma) | 4460 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم | Praise be to God Who hath ordained that the Line, proceeding from the Primal Point manifested in the letter Bá, be the ornament of the seal [3.5s] | INBA59:001 | BRL_DA#305, MAS9.048 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12135 | 420 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی فتح علی قلوب المخلصین ابواب العطاء و انعم علیهم بمائده من السماء | Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the gates of bounty before the faces of His sincere ones and bestowed upon them heavenly sustenance [3.5s] | INBA85:240 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00023 | Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Celestial Spheres) | 3020 | Arabic | Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih); Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers | Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe) | الحمد لله الذی جعل اسمائه و صفاته لم یزل نافذه احکامها فی مراتب الوجود | Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence | INBA55:048, INBA59:027b, UMich962.036-050, UMich991.150-170 | MKT1.013, MNMK#006 p.047, MILAN.001, AVK2.150.10x, MAS5.147x, ADH2.093x, ADH2_2#16 p.121x, MMG2#122 p.140x, YHA1.375x, DLS.319, OOL.C005 | BLO_PT#142 | Treatise highlighting the intimate connection between physical and spiritual realities and laws. Opens with an exordium on the names and attributes of God, which move "in the firmament of perfection in descending and ascending arcs", and "in the orbits of sanctity and circles of glorification", occupying "spiritual spheres" which are "subtle", "fluid", and "vibrating". Explains that since motion is intrinsic to existence, and this motion must be governed that order and perfection may be maintained, a universal attractive force was brought into being between the "holy and resplendent suns" and their planets and satellites. Emphasizes that the creation of God has no limits. Clarifies that the preceding are "spiritual truths pertaining to the spiritual world" and that material truths can also be inferred from this, for "physical things are signs and imprints of spiritual things". Describes the interconnected and relative nature of "earthly" and "heavenly", "material" and "spiritual", "accidental" and "essential", "particular" and "universal", "foundation" and "structure". States, quoting a Hadith, that particular and universal realities in both the physical and spiritual realms are infinite. Explains that the divine grace is manifested according to capacity, both individually in the human reality and collectively in this new cycle: thus "in this most great manifestation ... the gates of revelation and discovery have been thrown wide open". Clarifies that it is not possible that God's grace should have appeared all at once, but that a gradual and progressive revelation is necessary. Warns that the knowledge and sciences of past ages are "superstitious fancies" compared to those realities which have become unveiled in this Revelation, and so all matters must be weighed in the balance of this Cause. Directs that all things be investigated "in a methodical and scientific way", and that conventional wisdom be rejected, in order "to discover the undisclosed verities and the hidden mysteries, which are concealed in the inmost heart of the universal realities". Reiterates that the discoveries and opinions of earlier philosophers, including those regarding the celestial spheres, were unsound, since it is only in this age that the mathematical sciences have been systematized. Defends the statements of the Prophets about the celestial spheres, that they merely referred to the orbits of the planets. Affirms that the planets move within a subtle, fluid and vibrating substrate, and that "the heavens are a restrained wave because a void is impossible and inconceivable". Rejects the notion that the celestial spheres are solid and glassy. Returns to the topic of the errors of the ancient philosophers, in relation to the orbit of the Earth around the sun: while Pythagoras, Plato and Aristarchus affirmed the correct theory, their opinions were based on presentiment and not on evidence; while most of the sages, including al-Farabi, followed the erroneous theory of Ptolemy (in contradiction to the explicit text of Qur'an 36:38). Reiterates that sound scientific theories are supported by logical proofs and careful observation, as well as being "in conformity with the principles of the universal themes expounded in the divine sciences". Praises the careful observations of Copernicus. Closes with a prayer in praise of God and this Day and asking for steadfastness. | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | 1 | * | - | |||
| AB07848 | 750 | mixed | Family Life | الحمد لله الذی تجلی من الافق الرحمانی علی العالم الانسانی و اضاء بالنور | Praise be to God Who hath dawned from the horizon of the All-Merciful upon the world of humanity and illumined it with light [3.5s]... ...In marriage the more distant the blood-relationship the better, for such distance in family ties between husband and wife provideth the basis for the well-being of humanity | BRL_DAK#0672, COMP_FAMP#10x, AVK4.156.03x, AVK4.173.09x, GHA.186x | BRL_FAM#10x | Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00246 | 740 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی انطق الورقاء باحسن اللغی فی حدیقه الرحمن علی الاغصان بابدع | Praise be to God Who hath caused the tongue of the Mystic Dove to speak with the best of words in the Garden of the All-Merciful upon the boughs with the most wondrous of melodies | INBA55:149, INBA59:023b, UMich962.069-072, UMich991.043-047 | BRL_DAK#0645, MKT1.114, MNMK#017 p.090, TZH6.1104-1107, ABB.125 | SMR.292-295 | Exhortations and counsels; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08477 | 90 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اسمع الصم و هدى العمى و انطق الیکم و اح | Praise be to God Who hath caused the deaf to hear, guided the blind, and enabled the tongue to speak [3.5s] | INBA21:193a (243a) | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1245 | Words spoken on 1912-10-11 in San Francisco | 260 | Praise be to God we are in receipt of good news from the Orient. The Orient is exhilarated. The fire of the love of God is ignited everywhere. | ECN.121 | Growth of the Cause; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0804 | Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-28 | 370 | Praise be to God that you have crossed the mountains and deserts, the lands and the seas and attained to the visit of the Holy Tomb with joy and fragrance. | DAS.1913-06-28 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Law of pilgrimage; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2262 | Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-29 | 110 | Praise be to God that you have come. For many days you have been here and with perfect joy and fragrance we associated | DAS.1913-09-29, ABIE.371, BLO_PN#007 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0397 | Words spoken on 1914-01-30 | 620 | Praise be to God that you have come to this Divine Spot... Now that you are returning to your respective homes you must be like unto ignited candles | DAS.1914-01-30, SW_v08#05 p.049x | Being a source of light; guidance; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2111 | Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias | 130 | Praise be to God that you have come into this desert and exalted the name of God | DAS.1914-05-17, SW_v08#02 p.021 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0842 | Words spoken on 1914-01-06 | 360 | Praise be to God that you have come and blessed your foreheads at the Court of Sanctification. You obtained the inestimable privilege of access to worship | DAS.1914-01-06 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0249 | Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-03-13 | 820 | Praise be to God that you have attained... The believers of God must ever be ready to sacrifice their lives in the path of each other. This is one of the conditions of faith. | DAS.1914-03-13 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0754 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 390 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این روز آخر اقامت ماست در اسستتکارت و اول روز ورود شما در ملکوت ابهی | Praise be to God that you have attained. This is our last day in Stuttgart and the first day of your entrance into the Kingdom... It is easy to enter into the Kingdom but it is difficult to remain in it firm and steadfast. | BDA2.278-279 | DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.364-365 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03597 | 190 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | الحمد لله در این انجمن نورانی حاضریم و به ملکوت ابهی متوجه آنچه ملاحظه | Praise be to God that ye are present in this radiant assemblage and have turned your faces ... Glad tidings! Glad tidings! The Morn of Guidance hath dawned. | BRL_DAK#0239 | BRL_ATE#051, ADMS#106 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01037 | 380 | Persian | الحمد لله در ظل حفظ و عنایت الهیه در نهایت سکون و قرار و اطمینان و استقرار | Praise be to God that under the sheltering care and divine providence we dwell in utmost peace, composure, assurance and tranquility [3.5s] | MMK5#026 p.019, QT108.072 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00883 | 420 | Praise be to God that through the Bestowal and Grace of the Beauty of Abha, from the Continent of Europe I have returned to the Continent of Africa…. During this long trip great capacity was created… | DAS.1913-07-28, SW_v08#17 p.228x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007 | Growth of the Cause; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05085 | 150 | mixed | الحمد للّه توجّه به ملکوت الهی نمودی و به مشاهده انوار تجلّيات چشم گشودی و به اقبال و ايمان | Praise be to God that thou hast turned unto the Kingdom of God, hast opened thine eyes to behold the splendors of His divine effulgence, and through faith and acceptance [3.5s] | MMK6#279x | Past, present and future of Iran; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2696 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God that thou hast found guidance... This turning the face toward God is the healing of the body, the mind and the soul.... Therefore sacrifice all thy talents at the feet | BSC.490 #941, SW_v08#18 p.233x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01065 | Words spoken ca. Jul. 1914 | 380 | Persian | الحمد للّه بحقیقت مسئلهٴ ازل اطّلاع یافتی البتّه در اظهار حقیقت آن بکوش تا این ابرهای تاریک | Praise be to God that thou hast discovered the truth concerning the matter of Azal. Strive thou, assuredly, to manifest this truth, that these dark clouds [3.5s]... Praised be God that you have now understood the reality of Azal. You must assuredly strive to propagate this truth | RHQM2.0633-634 (012x) (009-010x), KHH1.264-265 (1.368-370) | KHHE.386-387 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrdom of the Bab; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01263 | 350 | Persian | ای متوجه بملکوت الله نامه ات رسید و معانی دلیل بر احساسات روحانی بود که | Praise be to God that thou has obtained thy portion through the grace of the All merciful and that thou hast witnessed the illuminations | BRL_DAK#0796, MMK2#117 p.090 | BSTW#347 | Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1700 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 | 180 | Praise be to God that thou art wealthy through the treasury of the Kingdom. True wealth is the wealth of the Kingdom of God. The heart of man must be rich. | DAS.1914-05-10 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04946 | 160 | mixed | حمد کن خدا را که بنام اصغری ولی محرم میثاق اسم اعظمی دیگران بنام اکبر لکن | Praise be to God that thou art named Asghar, yet art intimate with the Covenant of the Most Great Name, while others bear the name of Akbar [3.5s] | MMK5#201 p.155 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09910 | 70 | mixed | الحمد للّه از سابقين در ايمان هستيد، السّابقون السّابقون اولئک هم المقرّبون | Praise be to God that thou art among those who have preceded others in faith - "and those who are foremost shall be foremost: these are they who will be brought near." [3.5s] | MMK6#533x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10772 | 60 | Praise be to God that the Treasury of the Kingdom is inexhaustible and the holy, divine graces a fathomless sea. | DAS.1914-09-07 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11436 | 30 | Praise be to God that the Sun of Universal Religion hath dawned. From all parts of the world host after host enter under its Radiance. Erelong it will become world-wide. | DAS.1913-03-29x | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1724 | 180 | Praise be to God that the sun of reality of religion hath dawned. From all parts of the world | ADP.035-036 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07140 | 120 | Praise be to God that the radiant century hath come. Praise be to God the springtime of Eternity hath pitched its tent. | DWN_v1#05 p.002 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Harmony of science and religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1357 | Message to humanity, through a journal editor, spoken at Milburn home in Chicago, 1912-11-03 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله قرون ظلمانى گذشت قرن نورانى آمد الحمد الله آثار اوهام و تقالید زائل شد و عقول | Praise be to God that the centuries of darkness have passed.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, that the Sun of Truth has shed its radiance! | PYM.182, KHTB2.319, BDA1.351.03 | MHMD1.369-370, VLAB.113x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1174 | Words spoken on 1914-01-08 in Haifa | 270 | Praise be to God that the believers of the Merciful are living in the slope of Mount Carmel in the Pilgrims' Home. Every morning they face the Tomb of Baha'o'llah and the Tomb of the Báb is in close proximity. | DAS.1914-01-08 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0826 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-03 | 360 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | حمد خدا را که مسس کروگ سبب اجتماع شما و انعقاد چنین محفلی گردیده که به ذکر الهی... خدایا ما ضعیفیم تو قوی کن ما نادانیم تو دانا فرما خدایا فقیریم | Praise be to God that Mrs Krug has been the cause of your gathering in this meeting where you are engaged in mentioning God and in adducing proofs…. O Lord! We are weak; strengthen us | AKHA_134BE #03 p.101x, ADH2_1#33 p.050x, MMG2#276 p.309x, KHTB2.331, BDA1.401.16 | PUP#136 (p.457-458), SW_v07#12 p.114-115, MHMD1.420-421, PN_1912 p020 | S. and S. Toloui-Wallace | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1402 | Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11 | 230 | other/unknown lang | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود | Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality | BDA2.230x | DAS.1913-04-11, BSC.300 #608x, MHMD2.298x, BSTW#146, BSTW#327 | Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB10224 | 70 | Persian | حمد کن خدا را که در این کور اعظم بر شاطی بحر احدیت وارد و در گلشن قدس محبت | Praise be to God that in this Most Great Dispensation thou hast attained unto the shores of the ocean of oneness and entered the sacred garden of love [3.5s] | INBA13:091 | MMK3#039 p.025x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06804 | 120 | Praise be to God that in this glorious manifestation thou hast been made of the chosen and not of the called. | BSTW#259 | Many are called but few are chosen; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0056 | Address to crew of the Cedric, spoken on 1912-03-27 | 1500 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | حمد خدا را که در این محفل اجناس مختلفه جمعند در اینجا ما اهل شرقیم و شما اهل غرب همین الفت و اجتماع | Praise be to God that in this gathering diverse peoples are assembled. Here, we are from the East and you are from the West, yet this very fellowship and unity [3.5s] | KHF.234, KHAB.230 (239), KHTB2.001, NJB_v04#17 p.001 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; East and West; communication between East and West; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; War and peace; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | BDA1.014, MHMD1.020 | |||||||
| AB04428 | 170 | Praise be to God that in the blessed day of Narooz the sanctified remains of | SW_v13#05 p.120 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Elections; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00541 | 540 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب متعدده واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع | Praise be to God that His Majesty the King exerts the utmost patience, and with justice and equity wards off tyranny and favoritism. In a similar manner, the pillars of the monarchy and the ministers of the government | INBA87:284, INBA52:289 | YHA1.126x, QT108.043x | GEN.194x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2527 | Words spoken on 1914-10-17 in Haifa | 90 | Praise be to God that his holiness Baha'o'llah, has spread before us the heavenly table | DAS.1914-10-17, SW_v07#16 p.154 | Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2709 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-18 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله خداوند مملکتی آباد بشما داده شهرها معمور است تجارتها در ترقی و آثار عمران در نهایت جمال و کمال | Praise be to God that He has given you a prosperous country. Towns are flourishing, commerce is progressing and the outward evidences of prosperity are displayed with utmost beauty and perfection. | BDA1.253.15 | MHMD1.271-272 | Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Satan; the Evil One; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0852 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 350 | Persian | الحمد لله ایامی چند آمدند در اینجا در آستان مبارک بودند و در کمال محبت معاشرت کردید | Praise be to God that for several days they came here and dwelt at this blessed Threshold, associating with thee in the utmost fellowship and love [3.5s] | KHH2.301-303 | Presence of; reunion with God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03071 | 210 | mixed | الحمد لله از تاییدات ملکوت الابهی و هجوم جنود ملا اعلی انوار تقدیس شرق و غرب | Praise be to God for the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom and the onrushing hosts of the Supreme Concourse, as the lights of sanctification shine upon both East and West [3.5s] | MMK6#619 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00004 | Madaniyyih (The Secret of Divine Civilization) | 20800 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Secret of Divine Civilization | Secret of Divine Civilization (book) | بدایع حمد و ثنا و جوامع شکر و سپاس درگاه احدیت پروردگاریرا سزاست که از بین کافه | Praise and thanksgiving be unto Providence that out of all the realities in existence He has chosen the reality of man | BLIB_Or.08686, IOM.100, BLIB_Or.08117, | SDCP, AVK3.336.14x, AVK3.222.07x, AVK3.290.13x, AVK3.292.05x, AVK3.324.05x, AVK4.317bx, AVK4.328x, AVK4.339x, MSHR3.097x, OOL.C019 | SDC, WOB.037-038x, WOB.192x, LOG#1061 ¶1x, LOG#1417x, LOG#1682x, LOG#1882x, LOG#1883x, BSC.424 #767.1x, SW_v07#18 p.181-182x, BLO_PT#057, STAB#044, STAB#064 | Treatise addressed anonymously to the entire Persian nation, outlining both the secular and the religious bases of true civilization. Identified by Shoghi Effendi as Abdu'l-Baha's "outstanding contribution to the future reorganization of the world." Presents a defense of Western-style modernization in the face of opposition to the Shah's reforms. Explores the qualities of the spiritually learned through the lens of an Islamic tradition that the learned "must guard himself, defend his faith, oppose his passions and obey the commandments of his Lord". Presents the essential outlines of the Lesser Peace. Argues that religion is the greatest instrument for achieving true civilization, but warns that it can be diverted to the wrong ends. Rejects the possibility of a secular morality based on an "innate sense of human dignity", since "self-love is kneaded into the very clay of man". Issues a call for education reform, borrowing from other cultures as necessary, to restore the ancient glory of Persia. | Bribery and corruption; Call to action; Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Muhammad; Islam; Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of the mind over nature; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Universal education; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | 1 | * | * | MMAH.234 | ||
| AB02825 | 230 | mixed | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا قضیب نسیب نصبته فی ریاض محبتک و ربیته بایادی ربوبیتک | Praise and glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! This is a choice sapling which Thou hast planted in the meads of Thy love | BRL_DAK#1200, HUV2.011, MMTF.008 | BRL_CHILD#13, BPRY.254-255 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1843 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-08 | 160 | Persian | فقر از هر جهت بر ناس غلبه نموده ما هم امور مان وضعی است که نمیتوانیم | Poverty has become widespread amongst all the inhabitants of Syria and our affairs are in such a confused state... the station of such a wealthy man is greater than the poor who is patient | KHH1.233 (1.325-326) | KHHE.342-343, DAS.1915-05-08 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Christ; Christianity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1483 | Words to students at the 'Akka boys school in Dec. 1902 | 220 | Ponder upon this and understand what it means. One who associates with evil companions loses his reputation and his good name | AELT.214-215 | Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; High station of learning; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1744 | Words spoken on 1911-09-14 in London | 170 | Persian | تحیت محترمانهٴمرا بجمعیت تیاسفی برسان و بگوشما فی | Please give my respectful greetings to the Theosophical Society, and tell them ‘You are in truth promoting the oneness of humanity | KHAB.057 (066), KHTB1.018 | ABS#05 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Theosophy; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11815 | 390 | Persian | بشخص محترم عرض نمااید که مدتیست در ایران اسباب ویرانی مهیا و مشکلات عظیمه در | Please convey to the esteemed individual that for some time now, the conditions for havoc have been prepared in Iran, and immense difficulties have arisen [4o] | BRL_DAK#0259 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2056 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 130 | Persian | زیارت در وجود خود انسان است تا چقدر فیض ببرد و استفاده کند اگر بکمال توجه و تضرع زیارت نمود | Pilgrimage has to do with one's soul and, depending on one's approach, one benefits accordingly. If one was to approach pilgrimage with the utmost devotion and consecration | KHH1.020 (1.028-029) | KHHE.042-043 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2162 | Words spoken on 1915-07-01 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | ضعف جسم باندک اسبابی زائل می شود. چند روزی در هوای خوب و غذای خوب زائل می شود، لکن ضعف روح مشکل است | Physical weakness is banished by modest means. It vanisheth after a few days through wholesome air and nourishing food, but the weakness of the spirit is a matter most difficult [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-01 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1829 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پطرس از تربیت ظاهری مقدس و مبری بود بدرجه ئی که ایام هفته را نمیتوانست نگاهدارد هفت بستهٴ نان می بست | Peter was devoid of all schooling and so untrained that he could not remember the days of the week. He would tie up seven loaves of bread and open one each day. | BDA1.279.15 | MHMD1.297-298 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0384 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 630 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان دو قسم استعداد دارد فطری و اکتسابی مانند سایر کائنات که هر یک استعداد و خاصیت | Personality is of two kinds. One is the natural or God-given personality which the western thinkers call individuality | BDA2.138x | DAS.1913-02-14, SW_v04#02 p.038-040, MHMD2.172x, ADP.130-134 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2648 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 80 | Personal identity of the devil is not true. God could not have created evil. Timothy 1 was written by bishops. | PN_1900_heh p049 | Free will and predestination; fate; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Satan; the Evil One; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1227 | Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-10 | 260 | Persia will become luminous. Her future grandeur shall by far eclipse her past recorded glory. | DAS.1913-11-10 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1121 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-04-28 | 280 | Persia has unlimited possibilities for the development of its material resources, but there must be civilizing influences and untiring efforts. | DAS.1914-04-28 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Past, present and future of Iran; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3209 | Words spoken on 1913-06-24 in Port Said | 40 | Perfection is impossible without humility; humility is unattainable without the love of God | PN_1909 p024, PN_1913 p004 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2965 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-30 | 50 | Persian | ادراکات بر دو قسم است، قسمی مبنی بر حواس خمسه و قسمی مبنی بر قوای معقوله. قوای حساسه آلتی است از برای عقل | Perceptions are of two kinds: the one founded upon the five senses, and the other founded upon the rational faculties. The powers of sensation are but instruments for the mind [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-30 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1794 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 170 | People must live for one another and not live in seclusion as the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. Light is of no value in an empty room... Man must work and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good | PN_1901 p024 | Importance of community building; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2808 | 70 | People have come to realize that in unity there lies strength; in concentration of purpose there is power | SW_v16#05 p.509 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1613 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-12 | 190 | Persian | مردم از قول حق خاضع نمیشوند ولی اگر عمل حق ببینند خاضع میشوند | People do not become submissive because of virtuous dictums; but rather, when they observe righteous deeds, they grow submissive. (DAS: Generally the people are not impressed by the words of the Divine Manifestation but if they hear about His actions they will humble themselves immediately.) | KHH1.212 (1.297) | KHHE.310-311, DAS.1915-04-12, BSR_v13 p.100 | Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0940 | Interview with Sir William Crookes, 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-18 | 330 | People are running after dogmas... The teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are the spirit of this age; for although material civilization has advanced | DAS.1913-01-18 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2464 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | مردم در صدد اطفای سراج الهی هستند ردیه ای نوشته اند نمیدانند که این ردیه ها باعث انتشار کلمة الله | People are exerting [great efforts] to extinguish the Light of God. They have written and will write many polemics, as they recently wrote in Tihran. | KHH1.024 (1.035) | KHHE.050 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2529 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-27 | 90 | Pay not attention to things material but reach after the Spirit. Fix your eyes on the Sun of Truth | SW_v08#08 p.103 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2367 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10 | 100 | Paul and Peter, the Apostles, once went into one of the cities of the Greeks and engaged in teaching the Truth. In that city, there was a temple | PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p029, SUR.230, BLO_PN#001 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3582 | Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907 | 10 | Part is what you are and part is what I hope you will be. | PN_1907 p063 | Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3192 | Words to Mrs Sanderson, spoken on 1913-01-28 | 40 | Paris is like unto a green meadow, the people are like unto sheep, they are grazing in this meadow, they drink of the flowing streams. The materialists, cow-like, graze also with the rest. | DAS.1913-01-28 | Critique of Western values; culture; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3235 | Words to some Persian friends, spoken on 1913-03-18 | 40 | Paris is like a very large, clean stable where many millions of horses are well-fed, well-kept and well-trained; but you do not expect to find spirituality. | DAS.1913-03-18 | Critique of Western values; culture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0626 | The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul: Words spoken on 1911-11-03 in Paris | 460 | Paris Talks | Paris is becoming very cold, so cold that I shall soon be obliged to go away | PT#20 p.060 | Evolution; human evolution; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0873 | Words spoken ca. 1913-03-29 in Paris | 350 | Paris is a city of adornment. I hope that, as this century is a radiant century and this age a merciful age | ADP.185-188 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Harmony of science and religion; Literal interpretation; Praise of Western values; culture; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2502 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 90 | Parents must find out as to that calling or profession for the acquisition of which their children show the most aptitude and natural desire | PN_1906 p083, SUR.237-238, BLO_PN#001 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1302 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 240 | Persian | بهشت و جهنم هم در این عالم است و هم در آن عالم نفوسیکه در اینعالم بهر پیش آمدی تسلیم | Paradise and hell exist both in this world and in that world - those souls who in this world submit to every circumstance [3.5s] | PYB#061 p.16x, KHMT.071-072 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1439 | Words spoken on 1913-09-19 in Ramleh | 220 | Outside of Teheran we had a great park planted by the father of the Blessed perfection | DAS.1913-09-19, SW_v09#16 p.184, ABIE.334, BLO_PN#007 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1285 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 250 | Our shelter is strong; our protector is a Mighty One. He protected us last year when the enemies made such false representations which might have resulted in our destruction. | PN_1906 p079, SUR.270, BLO_PN#001 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2920 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-02 | 60 | Our real happiness is in the Kingdom. Here we seek no happiness, because in this world happiness does not exist. If you consider, you will see that people are in trouble. | PN_1909 p004, PN_1909 p077, PN_1909B p008 | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00036 | Some Answered Questions #081 Reincarnation | 1720 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | آنچه گفته میشود ما را مقصد بیان حقیقت است توهین عقاید ملل دیگر نیست | Our purpose in what we are about to say is to express the truth and not to denigrate the beliefs of others | MFD#81, OOL.C022.81 | SAQ#81 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Reincarnation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2776 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-11 | 70 | Our pathway is supplication and invocation, severance from all else save Him and communion with the Source of all benediction. | DAS.1913-02-11 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of prayer; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1438 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-21 | 220 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | جنگ خودمان خوبست که جمیع را مغلوب مینماید وقتیکه حضرت مسیح را تاج خار بر سر نهادند | Our own 'war' is good because it conquers all. When a crown of thorns was placed on the head of Christ, He saw with His own eyes the crowns of kings under His feet.... If the republics of America assembled and agreed on the question of peace | BDA1.260.02 | MHMD1.278-279 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Means of establishment of future civilization; Prophecy and fulfillment; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1616 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مقصد ما صلح عمومی و وحدت انسانی است سفری در پاریس و لندن بودم | Our object is universal peace and the unity of humankind. I have traveled to Paris and London and now I have come to America... One of these ills is the people's restlessness and discontent under the yoke of the war expenditures of the world's governments.... It is the war which is today the cause of all trouble. | BDA1.027.02 | DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.035-036, ABIE.091, BLO_PN#007 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3765 | Words to John D. Barry | 390 | Our movement goes back to the young leader who called himself The Gate or The Door, in our language, The Báb… The two never met. But at the age of thirty-two Bahá’u’lláh received a tablet from Báb… The first thing he did was to write an epistle to all the kings of the earth and to the pope and to your President | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08384 | 100 | Persian | تهمتنا همنامت دلیر و شیرگیر بود و جهانرا بضرب شمشیر تسخیر نمود حال تو نیز باید | Our illustrious and valorous namesake subdued the world by the might of his sword. Now thou too must [3.5s] | YARP2.690 p.463 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1206 | Words spoken on 1913-03-07 in Paris | 260 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امید ما اینست که شرق و غرب دست در آغوش شود و ملل و امم مختلفه حکم یک ملت | Our hope is that the East and the West shall embrace one another, and that the various people and nations of the world | BDA2.171-172 | MHMD2.216-217 | Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04966 | 160 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | یا امه الاعلی نامه ای که در خصوص مدرسه دختران مرقوم نموده بودی از قرائتش دلها | Our hearts rejoiced at thy letter concerning a school for girls. Praised be God that there is now a school of this type in Ṭihran | BRL_DAK#0273, COMP_WOMENP#049x, TRBB.067, MJTB.128, NJB_v05#19 p.002 | BRL_ATE#102, BRL_WOMEN#049x, COC#0632, COC#2140x, DAS.1914-08-12 | East and West; communication between East and West; Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2778 | Words following address to theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-10 | 70 | Our hearts like unto pure mirrors receive the impressions and these spiritual images are reflected from one mirror upon another without the medium of language. | DAS.1913-04-10 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Limits of language; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3613 | Words to two mullahs, spoken on 1913-07-30 | 10 | Our field of activity is Europe and America. I have come here to rest for a few months. | DAS.1913-07-30, ABIE.130, BLO_PN#007 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0731 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-21 | 400 | Our feasts are very wonderful. They are unique and peerless. During the days of the Blessed Perfection we celebrated this national New year's Day with great festivities | DAS.1914-03-21, PN_1914 p017 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Consultation; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2968 | Words spoken on 1913-02-12 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از هر طرف اعدا مهاجمند نمی‌بینید یحیائیها چه میکنند آرام برای ما نگذاشته‌اند | Our enemies have beset us on all sides. Do you not see what the Azalis are doing?... How strange it is that such prayers as these should be intoned | BDA2.131 | MHMD2.164 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1539 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-10 | 200 | Persian | تقریبا در یکماه پیش در فرانسه مسیو برنارد کشته شده این شخص اذیت بموری را روا نمیداشت از بس از جنگ | Our companions in Europe report that some people have been killed there. In France they killed [a Baha'í] Monsieur Bernard | KHH1.147-149 (1.205-206) | KHHE.219-220 | Bribery and corruption; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2481 | Words to George Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-29 | 90 | Our aim is not to rest but to become assisted to serve the Cause no matter where we are. Our purpose is to become enabled to render service at the Divine Threshold. If this is realized it will be very good, otherwise life itself is meaningless. | PN_1912_heh p012, PN_1912 p003 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3601 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 10 | Our Actions reveal what we are, no matter what the tongue speaks. | TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2922 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1911-08-27 | 60 | Others are passing from an immortal to a mortal kingdom, but the Bahá'ís are journeying, in the Ark of the Covenant, from a mortal to an immortal world. | AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p034, DJT.186, BLO_PN#027 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2875 | 60 | Ordinary a moral teacher strives day and night until a person abandons one of his many evil attributes. But as soon as the guidance | SW_v13#05 p.114 | Fulfillment of true potential; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2053 | Words to a minister, spoken on 1913-04-28 | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در عالم کشیش بسیار است اما کشیش موفق کم است در زمان مسیح رؤسای روحانی خیلی بودند | Ordained ministers are many, confirmed ministers are few. During the days of Christ there were many Rabbis and high-priests but none of them was confirmed except Paul. | BDA2.268 | DAS.1913-04-29, MHMD2.350-351 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Christian clergy; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3513 | Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26 | 20 | Opposition is unnecessary. Here is one who has a lecture to give. It you like, go; if not, stay away. You have more important things to consider, such as teaching. | PN_1909 p082 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08399 | 100 | Persian | زبان بستایش خداوند بیچون و بی نشان باز کن و آغاز سپایش نما چندی بود ایران | Open thy tongue in praise of the peerless and traceless Lord, and begin thy tribute of glorification. For some time Iran [3.5s] | YARP2.653 p.443 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08620 | 90 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای پروردگار این دوستان یاران تواند و سرمست پیمانه پیمان تو همه پرورده آغوش | Open Thou the portals of hope, and from the bounties of heaven bestow upon them a share. Turn this gloomy night into day, and cause the day of Naw-Rúz to become blessed | INBA75:022 | BRL_DAK#0891, AKHA_133BE #09 p.201, AKHA_134BE #01 p.05, ALPA.012, ALPA.070, AYT.354, PYB#256 p.04, DUR1.280, DUR1.560, MJMJ1.047, MMG2#232 p.260, MJH.010a, YARP2.014 p.072 | BRL_ATE#184x | S. Tirandaz | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1099 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-11 | 290 | Only in America such brilliant ideas are born. This will be a most effective token of America's attitude in the matter of brotherhood... The axis around which the consolation of the hearts revolves is Faith in God. | DAS.1914-12-11 | Consolation and comfort; God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Nationalism; love of country; Praise of Western values; culture; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2246 | Words spoken on 1912-12-25 in London | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نفس امارهٴ انسان اگر اطفال را بحال طبیعی بگذارید اخلاق جمیع مذموم و شیطانی شود | One's insistent self. Were you to leave a child to persist in his natural state, he would develop a character that is reprehensible and fiendish | BDA2.042 | MHMD2.049-050 | Education of children; moral education; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3716 | Words spoken in the pilgrim house | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خیلی عجیب است این امر از کجا بود و بکجا رسید شیراز کجا طهران کجا بغداد کجا رومیبی کجا عکّا و حیفا کجا | One will find it most strange when he reflects on where this Cause once was and where it has now reached. Consider the cities of Shiraz and Tehran | BDA2.369 | MHMD2.493 | Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1351 | Words to Miss Pearson in Akka, 1899-02-26 | 240 | One thing I ask of you for your own good, and that you must do if you wish to gain the blessing. | SW_v12#14 p.236, PN_1899 p004 | Mary Magdalene; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2214 | Words spoken on 1912-12-13 in Liverpool | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اینها محل اعتماد نیستند و ابداً اهمیت ندارند در این سفر امریکا نفوسی اظهار خضوع | One should not place one's trust in such people. What he [Edward Browne] has said is of no importance to me whatsoever | BDA2.021 | MHMD2.024 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1151 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 280 | One other proof which tends to convince people of this Truth is the uprightness and steadfastness of the First Point. | PN_1900_heh p029, PN_1900 p096 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1044 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-19 | 300 | One of the things that Dr. Farid has circulated in London is that 'I have grown old and weak...' My power consists of the Bestowals of the Blessed Beauty. | DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#14 p.217-218, PN_1914 p104 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3456 | Public address given on 1912-04-26 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از جمله تعالیم بهآءالله تساوی حقوق رجال ونسآء است | One of the teachings of Baha'u'llah is equality of rights for men and women. | BDA1.054.x | SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.063 | East and West; communication between East and West; Equality of men and women; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3043 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 | 50 | One of the special laws of Bahá'u'lláh is the one prohibiting cursing and defamation, and that all should seek forgiveness from their enemies | SW_v19#07 p.220 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2180 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 120 | One of the most necessary and at the same time difficult things in this Cause is amicable association with the outsiders. Only through the constant widening of the circle of one's acquaintances and friends the Truth will be made known | DAS.1915-05-06 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2208 | Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-27 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از شهدای این امر یکی در وقت شهادت گفت که حضرت مسیح فرمود که جسد از شهادت خائف است اما | One of the martyrs of this Cause, at the time of his martyrdom... What a blessing God bestowed upon the Persians but they could not appreciate it! | BDA1.168.13 | MHMD1.183-184 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0655 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris , 1913-01-30 | 450 | One of the ladies present has asked me to speak on the subject of soul, mind and spirit. | SW_v04#02 p.037-038, BSTW#092 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2491 | Words to Dr Faber, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 90 | One of the kings of Persia once got sick. This king was very proud and despotic. All the people at the court feared him and cowered before him. | DAS.1913-04-26 | Humor; jokes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1066 | Words to Baroness Bertha Von Suttner, spoken on 1913-04-23 | 300 | One of the greatest teachings of Bahá'u'lláh is in regard to international peace. We must not lose our hope and courage. The beginning of a downpour of rain is only a few drops. | DAS.1913-04-23 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Nationalism; love of country; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0146 | Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02 | 1050 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities | BDA1.065n | LOG#0488x, LOG#2077x, LOG#2086x, PUP#032 (p.074-077), BSC.308 #629, SW_v03#04 p.012-014, DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x, PN_1912 p081 | Equality of men and women; Manifestation of God as sun; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity in diversity; Universal education | - | - | MHMD1.073 | ||||||||
| ABU1453 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-29 | 220 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یکی از فیوضات دین و ایمان حصول اطمینان قلب و جنان است و سرور روح و مسرت وجدان | One of the bounties of religion and faith is the attainment of peace of the heart and soul and the joy of spirit and conscience. This station can only be gained through faith and understanding. | BDA1.394.17 | MHMD1.414 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2513 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-13 | 90 | One of the Babis had a vision in which he saw a passage from the Qur'an written in English upon an arch beneath which sat the Shah. | AHV.016, BLO_PN#045 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1370 | Words spoken on 1913-05-16 in Paris | 230 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در مازندران شب حضرت باب الباب چون حضرت قدوس را دید و بیانات فضل و حکمت از لسان ایشان | One night in Mazandaran, when Mulla Husayn saw Quddus and heard his utterances of wisdom and knowledge, he arose at once | BDA2.302 | DAS.1913-05-16, MHMD2.399 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3342 | 30 | One night I was so hemmed in by My anxieties that I had no other recourse than to recite and repeat | GPB.275-276x, VLAB.029 | Business; financial; property matters; Importance of prayer; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1441 | Words spoken on 1913-05-24 in Paris | 490 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جمیع را قانع و شاکر نمود و اجمال بعضی از بیانات مبارکه در این خصوص این بود که باید پی بحقایق | One must understand the truth of such matters. Are you at all aware of the age in which Muhammad lived | BDA2.317 | MHMD2.419-421 | Critique of Western values; culture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Muhammad; Islam; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2433 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باید در کشتی الهی سوار شد زیرا این عالم دریای پر انقلاب است جمیع خلق روی زمین که بیش از دو ملیاردند | One must ride in the ship of God; for this life is a stormy sea, and all the people on earth--that is, over two billion souls--will drown in it before a hundred years have passed. | BDA2.009 | MHMD2.011-012, BW_v13p1187, VLAB.048 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB08480 | 90 | mixed | نبايد در کمالات روحانيّه و سنوحات رحمانيّه بدرجه‌ای قناعت نمود بلکه مستمرّاً | One must not remain content with any degree of spiritual perfections and divine bestowals, but rather must continually [3.5s] | MMK3#182 p.126x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3206 | Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907 | 40 | One must not look at one's self, for the more one does this, the more he sees his faults | PN_1907 p063 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3076 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-26 | 50 | One must never feel superior to anyone else. This feeling of superiority destroys all vestiges of friendship and love. I give thee this rule to be remembered throughout all thy life | DAS.1913-05-26 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2333 | Words spoken on 1913-02-11 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیده عبرت باید اگر انسان چشم عبرت باز ننماید چه فائده دارد هر روز دو کرور | One must look at things with a view to learning from them. Should he fail to open the eye of receptivity to such lessons | BDA2.129-130 | MHMD2.162, STAB#068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2552 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-05-30 | 80 | One must eat in moderation. Man is not created for food. He must not indulge in eating too much. Overeating is the cause of many diseases. | DAS.1913-05-30 | Education and the development of capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2903 | Words spoken on 1914-07-01 | 60 | One must always use the simplest and most direct words, that the meaning may be easily conveyed to the minds of the hearers. In writing, we must use the same style | DAS.1914-07-01 | Methods of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3523 | Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908 | 20 | One might say, 'Well, I will endure such-and-such a person so long as he is endurable.' But Bahá'ís must endure people even when they are unendurable. | IHP.032, VLAB.028, BLO_PN#046 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1620 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02 | 190 | One man is so sensitive that gentlest breeze racing over his face may become awakened | DAS.1914-09-02 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3419 | 30 | One is to forfeit possessions, to forfeit estates... One is to forsake relatives, station, et cetera, et cetera... Each one of these is a distinct insanity | PN_unsorted p073 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1338 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-10 | 240 | One hears nowadays so much about the high-handed ways of the censors. With every opportunity they distort the truth; even the inhabitants of their own countries know very little | DAS.1914-11-10 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0813 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 370 | One day, whilst at Kazimayn, through which He passed on his first journey to Karbila and Baghdad, Jamal-i-Mubarak was appealed to by a young man, 'Abdu'l-Vahhab | CHH.196-197, BLO_PN#022, STAB#035 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3682 | 180 | unknown | یک روز میرزا ضیاءالله پیش من آمد، دیدم بانگشتهای رنگین خود نگاه میکند و منتظر است من بپرسم چه شده است؟ | One day, Mírza Diya’u’llah came to see me. I noticed he was looking at his fingers, which were stained with ink, expecting Me to comment on them. I did not say anything | KNSA.052-053 | MNYA.039, AFNAN.077 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3446 | Words spoken in 'Akka to Aqa Muhammad Rahim | 30 | One day the Blesed Beauty observed: 'At this very moment the Tablet to the Czar of Russia is being read | STOB.049 #056 | Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2160 | 120 | Persian | روزی جمال قدم قصد کردند که در برج عکا مشی نمایند مردم از هر طرف مجتمع | One day the Ancient Beauty resolved to walk upon the ramparts of Akka, whereupon the people gathered from every direction [3.5s] | YIK.303-304, ZIAB1.159 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1131 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25 | 280 | One day she [Tahirih] was sitting with our Lord (Abbas Effendi, who was five years old) in her arms, behind a curtain | PN_unsorted p093 | Conference of Badasht; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0296 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-30 | 740 | One day in the course of conversation Haji Siyyid Javad said to me: 'I was a good friend of Haji Siyyid Ali, the maternal uncle of the Báb. | DAS.1915-05-30 | Business; financial; property matters; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power of the Manifestation of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1677 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-29 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در کلیفورنیا دیدم رئیس اساقفه با تبخر و جلال جمعیتی از عقب با خود میبرد گفتم چه خبر است | One day in California I saw a cardinal walking with pomp and ceremony in front of a procession. Inquiring about the occasion, I was told that a new church had been built and the cardinal was to officially open its doors | BDA1.338.07 | MHMD1.356 | Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3700 | 100 | One day in Baghdad, very early in the morning, Mullá Baqir, one of the Letters of the Living, attained the presence of Bahá’u’lláh. He asked him, “What were you doing last evening?” “I was reading the Ahsanu’l-Qisas,” he replied | AFNAN.130 | Letters of the Living; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1851 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | یکروز در بغداد با دو سه نفر از احباب به شکار رفتیم یک عرب برهنه سیاه سوخته سوار شتر بود | One day in Baghdad, I went hunting with two or three of the friends. Riding a camel, an unclad Arab Bedouin came towards us. | KHH1.034-035 (1.049) | KHHE.065, STAB#155 | Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04864 | 160 | mixed | در ارض سرّ روزی به تکيّه‌گاه اهل طريقت از اهل سنّت اتّفاقاً گذر افتاد. ملاحظه گرديد که جمعی محزون | One day in Baghdad, I chanced to pass by a gathering-place of the Sufi mystics from among the Sunni Muslims. There I observed an assemblage of grief-stricken people [3.5s] | MMK6#433x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0198 | Words spoken ca. 1916 in Abu Sinan | 910 | One day in Baghdad He called all His friends together and spoke to them of God. Then He departed from them alone. Nobody knew just where He was. | CHH.256-260, BLO_PN#022 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1713 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-23 | 180 | One day in Baghdad Bahá'u'lláh was walking beside the bank of the Euphrates. A learned man of that city who had never seen him passed and was greatly impressed | DAS.1913-05-23 | Humor; jokes; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1423 | 230 | One day a man became annoyed with his camel and promised himself that on the following day he would sell it | NJB_v11#19 p.341 | STAB#123 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3002 | Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh | 50 | One day a layman went to a Mullah and asked several questions. The Mullah did not answer him. | DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.186, BLO_PN#007 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3050 | Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 | 50 | One can worship God everywhere, and if only the Christians would go to Moslem mosques and Jewish Synagogues, similarly if the Mahomedans would go to the church | TDAB.17-18 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2942 | Words to Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, spoken on 1911-08-25 | 60 | Once, when I lived in Baghdad, I was invited to the house of a poor thorn-picker. In Baghdad the heat is greater even than in Syria | AIF.1911-08-25, SW_v08#13 p.167, PN_1909B p031, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027, STAB#089 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Hospitality; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1283 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22 | 250 | once when the Blessed Perfection was travelling from one place to another with His followers He passed through a lonely country where, at some little distance from the highway, a hermit lived alone in a cave. | AEP.023-025, VLAB.023, BLO_PN#031 | Love of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2532 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-04 | 90 | Persian | وقتی سلمان ایوذر را مهمانی کرد نان خالی حاضر کرده بود | Once upon a time, Salman called on Abouzar. When the lunch time came around | MUH1.0126-0127 | DAS.1914-05-04, SW_v09#18 p.206-207, STAB#031 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Hospitality; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0932 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-08 | 330 | Once upon a time there was a merchant in the city of Balsora | DAS.1914-12-08, SW_v13#06 p.152x, STAB#007 | Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2487 | Words to a patriotic youth, spoken on 1913-03-23 | 90 | Once upon a time the king of a certain country got hold of an owl and put it in a large golden cage hanging it in his royal Park. The King observed that the owl was not happy in his wonderful park | DAS.1913-03-23 | Humor; jokes; Nationalism; love of country; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1553 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-19 | 200 | Once upon a time I was invited to a garden party outside of the fortress of Akka. There were about seventy guests including the governor | DAS.1913-02-19 | Exhortations and counsels; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1882 | Words spoken on 1913-09-02 in Ramleh | 160 | Once there was a theologian who took a sea trip. While he was walking on the deck and watching the calm sea... By these remarks I do not mean that religious study must be entirely neglected | DAS.1913-09-02, SW_v09#18 p.210x, ABIE.269x, BLO_PN#007, STAB#154 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2191 | Words spoken on 1913-10-23 in Ramleh | 120 | Once there was a man who had a negro servant. His name was Kafour. Having decided to make a journey | DAS.1913-10-23, SW_v09#18 p.209-210, STAB#008 | Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2424 | 100 | Once the rats and mice held an important conference the subject of which was how to make peace with the cat | PTF.196, STAB#025 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1786 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-01-22 | 170 | Once Muhammad Ali thought in a public way [to] show his superiority over ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. In those days the Blessed Perfection lived in the Palace of Bahji | DAS.1913-01-22 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1316 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 240 | Once it was said that the plant had a spirit and the spirit of the plant is the name which was given to it... They are simply the results of the combination of the elements, and when they die nothing remains of them. | PN_1901 p023 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2038 | 140 | Once Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn both became ill. Their parents | PYB#210 p.17 | STAB#006 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2858 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-15 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من وقتی باحبای ایران نوشتم که اعضای کانفرانسهای صلح اگر باجرای انچه میگویند | Once I wrote to the friends in Persia in regard to peace congresses and conferences | BDA1.095.07 | SW_v19#06 p.180-181, MHMD1.102 | Goodly deeds; actions; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1852 | Words spoken on 1913-03-29 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | یکوقتی ما در طهران همه نوع اسباب آسایش و زندگانی داشتیم ولی در یکروز همه را غارت نمودند | Once during the imprisonment of the Blessed Beauty, I was very insistent to be taken to see Him.... They sent me with a black servant to His blessed presence in the prison. The warders indicated the cell | BDA2.206 | MHMD2.264-265, ABCC.011-012, STOB.013-014 #020 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2600 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 80 | Persian | یک آخوندی یکوقتی آمد اینجا از آن آخوندهای پر غرور بود اینجا از مناجاتهای عربی تلاوت میشد | Once came hither a certain divine, one of those clerics possessed of pride, at a time when Arabic prayers were being chanted in this place [3.5s] | KHH2.283 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1286 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28 | 250 | Once a servant went to a rich man and asked for a position. He had many certificates from his former masters regarding his conduct and manners. | DAS.1914-11-28 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1368 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 230 | Persian | در بیابانی یک نفر عرب مسکین در بالین کلب معلم خود گریه و زاری مینمود راهگذری رسید | Once a poor Arab was weeping and wailing in the wilderness while tending to his dying Dog. | KNSA.202 (371) | MNYA.281-282, STAB#026 | Kindness to and rights of animals; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2439 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | تاجر ماهوت فروشی چند توپ ماهوت از بغداد خریده | Once a cloth merchant bought some fabric in Baghdad and was taking it to his own town to sell. On the way, he encountered some thieves. | ISA.017 | ISAE.1919-12-30, STAB#160 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1929 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 | 150 | Once a Bahá'í was mistaken for his friend and arrested... Your hearts must be like mirrors brightly polished | PN_1909B p053, PN_1909C p031, PN_unsorted p159 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2681 | Words to Azizollah Bahadur spoken around April 1915 | 80 | On your return, write to the beloved friends everywhere and give them my heartiest love. Tell them that my health | SW_v06#06 p.046 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2073 | Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-10 | 130 | On your return to America speak with some of the firm Baha'is about the violators | PN_1914 p055 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11162 | 40 | mixed | ایّامی که اشتغال حرام است فلّاح آبیاری را بروز بعد تأخیر نماید امّا چوپان معذور است | On those days wherein work is forbidden, let the farmer defer his irrigation until the following day; yet the shepherd is excused [3.5s] | AVK4.012.14x | Agriculture; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0216 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-03 | 880 | On this journey many souls were set aglow with the fire of the love of God and they became exceedingly attracted to the Cause. | DAS.1913-05-03 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0910 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 330 | Persian | امروز کمتر متدین در میان یهود پیدا میشود زمانی در طبریه بودم ابدا بوی دین | On this day scarce can be found among the Jews one truly devout. When once I sojourned in Tiberias, no trace of true religion did I perceive [3.5s] | KHH2.297-299 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2739 | Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-16 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در راه این صحبت را میداشتیم که هیچ بخاطر نمیآمد که بکلیفورنیا بیائیم و این طور با احباء ملاقات کنیم | On the way here we were saying that it never occurred to us that we would come to California and meet with the friends in this manner | BDA1.314.17 | MHMD1.332 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1212 | 260 | Persian | در روز سیزده حزیران پس از زیارت روضه مبارکه در عکا هیکل مبارک مرا با خود بردند به باغ فردوس | On the thirteenth day of June, following the visitation of the Holy Shrine in Akka, the Blessed Beauty took me with Him to the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | YIK.299, ZIAB2.120-121 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0123 | Words spoken on 1917-11-12 in Haifa | 1110 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | در یوم ثانی محرم سنه ١٢٣٣ در طهران در محله دروازه شمیران | On the second day of Muharram in the year 1233, in Tehran, in the district of the Shimran Gate [3.5s]... ...Ḥají Mírza Áqasí harbored the utmost enmity towards Mírza [ʻAbbas Núrí] | AHB.130BE #09-10 p.20, AYT.062-067, TZH2.012-015, MHA.184-187x | BLO_courage.06a | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1980 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-09 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خیلی زحمت است این نحو گذران در چنین عمارتی بسر بردن در چنین هوا و فضائی سیر کردن با چنین خدام و دوستان محترمه ئی بودن واقعاً خیلی بشما بد میگذرد خدا بفریاد تان برسد | Oh! You are badly off here! May God hear your complaint!... Joking aside, what a wonderful table the Blessed Perfection has spread for His friends! | BDA1.185.02 | MHMD1.200-201 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0201 | Words to several women in the house of Abdu'l-Baha on 20 Jan 1910, spoken on 1910-01-20 | 910 | Oh, meine Schwester, aus deinem Munde spricht der gewaltige Stolz des Briten. Überlege dir einmal, liebt nicht jeder Mensch | SDW v10#11 p.157-159 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Language and the structure of reality; Past, present and future of Iran; Universal language; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2449 | Words spoken on 1912-09-08 in Montreal | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خیر آن دستگاه پیچیده شد و آن بساط بر هم خورد بقدری آن ایام سخت بود که همه یقین داشتند | Oh no, that organization has been rolled up; that system has been rendered null. Those days were so hard that all had believed | BDA1.233.01 | MHMD1.249-250 | Non-participation in politics; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3554 | Words to Prof. E. A. Rogers, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 20 | Oh my, that is a long, long story. It covers so much. Please come another day and I will tell you what I can. | ECN.755 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0422 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 600 | Persian | من حالم خوبست مرضی در کار نیست فقط اعصاب است ... امیدوارم خاتمه حیاتم چون مشک معطر | Of what use is good health to me? I want to wholly sacrifice myself... I wish the end of my life to be musk-laden. That is, I wish to drink from the chalice of martyrdom | KHH1.206-208 (1.289-291) | KHHE.302-305, DAS.1915-04-08, BSR_v13 p.097 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0662 | Words spoken on 1915-09-22 in Haifa | 440 | Persian | خوبی جسمانی چه ثمر دارد. اگر در خدمت امرالله و تذکر و تنبه بگذرد صحت اهمیت دارد والا اگر این نباشد چه اهمیت دارد | Of what benefit is physical wellbeing? Should health be expended in service to God's Cause and in remembrance and vigilance, then verily it is of consequence; otherwise, if this be not so, of what import is it? [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-22 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3490 | Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 | 20 | Of course, they can see us and know everything we are doing for that is the world of real sight and sense. | PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, BSTW#180c | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2594 | Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ملاحظهٴ قدرت جمال قدم و نفوذ اسم اعظم نمائید که ما را با اهل امریکا باین نحو الفت و اتحاد داده | Observe the power of the Ancient Beauty and the influence of the Greatest Name through which He has united us with the people of America in this way | BDA1.126.14 | SW_v19#08 p.253, MHMD1.135-136 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB05422 | 150 | Persian | ملاحظه کنید انبیا و رسل و هداة سیل مطالع انوار مقدسه چه بلا ها و مشقات شدیده کشیدند حضرت نوح | Observe how the Prophets, the Messengers, and the heavenly Guides—those dawning-places of sacred light—suffered grievous afflictions and severe trials. Consider Noah [3.5s] | AVK2.307.17x, RHQM2.1190-1191 (663) (408-409) | Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2726 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | به بینید چگونه اقتدار امر الله ولوله در دلها انداخت و چه انقلابی در نفوس افکند چه طور عون و عنایت جمال ابهی پی در پی رسید | Observe how the power of the Cause of God has created a tumult in the hearts and what a revolution it has produced. See how the aid and assistance of the Abha Beauty have reached us | BDA1.415.16 | MHMD1.432 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2970 | 50 | Persian | اطاعت اوامر دولت بر هر بهائی واجب است وگرنه خطر بر همهٴ هیئت | Obedience unto the ordinances of the government is binding upon every Bahá'í, else peril shall encompass the entire body [3.5s] | ASAT3.257 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02641 | 230 | Persian | حمد خدا را که شفق صبح صلح و سلام دميده اميدواريم که در مستقبل آفتاب سلام عامّ از افق عالم | O, thou son of the Kingdom! Your letter dated Dec. 14 1918 was received. Praise be to God, it was indicative of zeal and of happiness | MMK4#184 p.226x | BSTW#231 | Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0170 | Words spoken ca. 1909-1910 | 990 | other/unknown lang | ای دختر من اگر چه در ظاهر در مطالب به این شده شما اختلافی بنظر میرسد ولی در حقیقت | O, meine Tochter, in deinen Aussagen, so widersprechend sie auch erscheinen mögen, liegt nichts Gegensätzliches! | MSBH10.185-188 | SDW v11#10 p.110-112 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Evolution; human evolution; Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teleology; goal-directed motion | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10021 | 70 | mixed | ای ظهوری در میدان فصاحت و بلاغت فی الحقیقه ظهور و بروزی نمودی | O Zuhuri! In the realm of eloquence and rhetoric thou hast, in truth, shown forth a manifest radiance [3.5s] | MSHR1.020x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00265 | Lawh-i-Khurasan | 720 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Khurasan | ایا نفحات الله هبی معطره و ایا نسمه الله مری مطیبه و اقصدی وادی الرحمن نادی | O zephyr of God blow forth with fragrance! O breeze of God waft by sweetly scented! Hasten to the valley of the Merciful | INBA59:088, INBA88:029 | MKT1.141, MNMK#016 p.088, MILAN.156, HDQI.201, ANDA#07 p.04, OOL.C013 | SW_v09#12 p.130-131+133 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | x | * | - | |||||
| AB08109 | 100 | Persian | ای زهراء زهره زهراء در افق اعلی هر چند روشنی بخشست ولی این روشنی مظهر صور | O Zahra, radiant Zahra! Though thou shinest forth from the most exalted horizon, yet this radiance is but the manifestation of forms [3.5s] | INBA84:412a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09617 | 80 | Persian | ای یونس دریای انس خدمت امرالله الیوم الفت و محبت احباء الله است باید در کمال | O Yunus, thou who art of the ocean of intimacy! Service to the Cause of God today is to foster love and fellowship amongst the beloved of God. Thou must, with utmost [3.5s] | MMK2#182 p.131, PYB#096 p.03 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11918 | 130 | mixed | ای جوان رحمانی اثر کلک حقیقت نگار که در بیان عبودیت آستان مقدس ترجمه حال | O youthful servant of the All-Merciful! The trace of thy pen, which writeth the truth, expressed thy servitude at His Holy Threshold [3.5s] | INBA79.019b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06964 | 120 | Persian | ای نونهال بوستان الهی آنچه بجناب بهاج پرابتهاج علیه بهاء الله الابهی مرقوم | O youthful sapling of the divine garden! That which was written to his honour Bahhaj, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God [3.5s] | AYBY.401 #103, TRZ1.136 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11958 | 100 | mixed | ای جوان رحمانی هر چند از میلانی و لکن الحمد لله مرد میدانی و بجان مقیم آستانی | O youth of the All-Merciful! Though thou art from Milan, yet praise be to God, thou art a champion in the field and in thy soul art firm at His threshold [3.5s] | INBA79.037b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12149 | 360 | Persian | ای جوان رحمانی نامه ایکه بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O youth of the All-Merciful! The letter thou didst address to Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused [3.5s] | QUM.151-152 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11890 | 160 | Persian | ای جوان میلانی هیچ میدانی که الان در چه حالتی به یاد تو مشغولم با وجود اینکه | O youth of Mílan! Dost thou know at all in what a state I am thinking of thee at this moment? Though time, comfort, and peace are in no wise possible | INBA79.034 | ADMS#209 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06167 | 130 | Persian | ای جوان دل و جوان جان جوانی بدل و جان است نه به کالبد سست بنیان الحمد لله | O youth of heart and soul! Youth pertaineth to the heart and soul, not to this frail frame. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | YARP2.602 p.420 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01573 | 310 | Persian | Fire and Light | ای جوان رحمانی و جان جهان انسانی آنچه بجناب سید مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد | O youth infused with divine spirit and soul of the human world! That which thou didst write to his honor the Siyyid hath been perused [3.5s]... ...In these days when the wicked have created violent disturbances and the opponents have bestirred themselves, they have, in every region, stretched forth the hand of aggression | MKT8.070, NANU_AB#37x | BRL_FIRE_AB#15x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01840 | 290 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای نهالان بیهمال چمنستان هدایت و نورسیدگان اهل حقیقت هر چند حال تلامذه اید | O young trees and plants, matchless and tender, that grow in the meadows of guidance! ...the Bab hath said: "Should a tiny ant desire in this day to be possessed of such power | BRL_DAK#0400, MKT9.208, AMK.093-094, TRBB.079, DRM.019g, HUV2.025x | BRL_ATE#153, ADJ.046x, COC#0393x, COC#0648, COC#1682x, COC#2234x | David, Lucas, Milan & Malise | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB12264 | 210 | O you, who are captivated by the truth! Your letter has been received. It indicates that you have heard the voice of the Kingdom of God and are drawn to the divine breath | BBBD.586 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12854 | 130 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت الله نامه تو رسید از صحت عبدالبهاء استفسار نموده بودی از این | O you whose gaze is fixed on the Kingdom of God! Your letter has arrived. You had asked about the health of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. On account of this three-year journey | MMK5#083 p.067 | MHMD2s.324bx | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11718 | 160 | Persian | ای مشتاق آستان آندلبر یکتا آنچه نگاشتی و در ضمیر منیر مضمر داشتی مشهود و | O you who yearn for the threshold of that One Beloved! That which you had written, as well as what was latent within your radiant mind | SFI18.274a | LOIR20.169-170 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12421 | 140 | O you who long for the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God that you have heard the Divine Call with the ear of the spirit, found a path to the heavenly universe | BBBD.292 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11069 | 150 | Persian | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله مکاتیب متعدده شما وارد و مضامین کل مورث روح و ریحان | O you who have been enraptured by the fragrances of God! … In these days, that Turkish tax-collector — namely, Ibn-i Abhar — has also arrived | SFI18.279bx, MSHR3.032x, YIA.389x | LOIR20.175bx | Humor; jokes; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12340 | 170 | O you who have been attracted by the fragrances of God! Thank God that you became the companion of Miss Margarete Döring, through whose guidance the light of guidance shone into your heart | BBBD.373 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04397 | 170 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | ای سلیل سید مدینه تدبیر و انشاء و امیر اقلیم عقل و نهی مدتیست که با تو | O you who are the scion of the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment | MKT8.112, MKT9.140a, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.23, SFI18.272 | LOIR20.166-167, BLO_courage.32 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11657 | 320 | Persian | ای یادگار آن سراج منیر ترجمه حال و خدمات آن شخص جلیل حضرت علی قبل اکبر از قلم | O you who are the remembrance of that luminous lamp, the translation of the life and services of that illustrious person, Ali-Qabli-Akbar, from the pen [3.5s] | YIA.396 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12399 | 140 | O you who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter was received. From its contents, it was evident that you gathered in the house of Mrs. Bottcher | BBBD.595-596 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12155 | 350 | O you who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter dated March 22, 1921, was received. It brought immense joy, as it shared the news of your visit to Reutlingen | BBBD.584-585 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09929 | 70 | mixed | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای ثابت نابت الیوم جنود ملا اعلی ناصر و معین نفوس مبارکی است که به تبلیغ قیام | O you who are growing firm! In this day, the hosts of the Concourse on High aid and assist blessed souls who arise to teach the Cause | MMK5#081 p.066, AADA.146-147 | DAS.1913-06-27, MHMD2s.334-335 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02682 | 230 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بدیع معانی ملاحظه گردید نغمه بلبل وفا بود و یا گلبانگ | O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter, wondrous and replete with inner meaning, was perused | AHB.130BE #09-10 p.37, MSHR3.197 | BLO_courage.35-36 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11728 | 150 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مناجات طلب مغفرت از برای پدر بزرگوار گردید | O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received. You requested a prayer supplicating forgiveness for your great father | SFI18.280a | LOIR20.176 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03965 | 180 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای ثابت بر پیمان لائحه شما وصول یافت و از وقایع جلوه ملکوت الله مسامع یاران | O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your document has arrived, and the happenings indicating the splendid manifestation of God’s Kingdom | MMK5#079 p.064 | MHMD2s.334x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02365 | 250 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مرقوم نموده بودی که حکومت بجهت احقاق حق امر بمرافعه فرموده | O you who are firm in the Covenant! You had written that the government has initiated legal proceedings on the pretext of establishing justice | TABN.284, SFI18.277-278 | LOIR20.173-174 | Civil courts; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08643 | 550 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | ای ثابت بر پیمان لوح مسطور رق منشور بود اشارات بشارات بود و تلویح عین تصریح | O you who are firm in the Covenant! The letter you had written me was like an unrolled scroll | AHB.130BE #09-10 p.31, MSHR2.043x, MSHR5.257bx, YIA.379-380x | BLO_courage.32-34 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; Eulogies; reminiscences; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04319 | 170 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون بمعانی | O you who are firm in the Covenant! The letter which you had written to Áqa Siyyid Asadu’llah has been perused. It was replete with profound meaning | MMK6#502, SFI18.278x | LOIR20.174x | Consolation and comfort; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11650 | 350 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مدتیست نامه نگار نگردیدم مبادا دل فکار گردی زیرا فراموش نشدی | O you who are firm in the covenant! It has been some time since I last wrote to you. God forbid that this has saddened you | SFI18.281-282 | LOIR20.177-179 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03962 | 180 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | ای ثابت بر پیمان چندیست که مکاتبه ننمودم و این مجرد از کثرت مشاغل و غوائل | O you who are firm in the Covenant! I have not written to you for some time now; this is due only to the numerous preoccupations | MKT8.064, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.35 | BLO_courage.34-35 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12315 | 170 | O you two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received. It brought me the glad tidings of the love and harmony that reign among the friends of God | BBBD.436 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Race unity; racial issues; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12463 | 120 | O you two blessed souls! You are truly blessed, for you have sincerely occupied yourselves in the service of the Kingdom. You have no other desire | BBBD.412 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12467 | 120 | Persian | ای بنت ملکوت نامه که مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید و هم چنین خواهر عزیزت مس | O you spiritual daughter! I have read your letter and that of your sister, Miss Johanna Hauff. The content of these letters bears witness that you are drawn | BBBD.614 | BBBD.615 | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12633 | 80 | Persian | ای اهل ملکوت تا توانید بکوشید تا محبت الله از شدت ظهور مانند مجسمه گردد و در نهایت | O ye, the residents of the Kingdom! Strive ye as much as ye can so that the Love of God may become so manifest like unto a (life-like) statue | BBBD.403 | BBBD.404 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12284 | 190 | O ye, the couple in the kingdom of God! Your letter dated February 3 has been forwarded. Its content is conducive of firmness and stability | BBBD.420 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06380 | 130 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نورسیده گان بهائیان و طالبان علم و عرفان انسان را امتیاز از حیوان بچند چیز | O ye young Baha'i children, ye seekers after true understanding and knowledge! A human being is distinguished from an animal in a number of ways. | MKT4.104, MMK1#118 p.136, AKHA_123BE #04 p.b, AKHA_133BE #11 p.255, AHB.121BE #07 p.000, PYB#202 p.96, MJTB.073, ANDA#41-42 p.96 | SWAB#118 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01365 | 340 | Arabic | یا ایها المشتاقون المهتزون من سریان نسیم محبت الله من ریاض ملکوت الابهی | O ye yearning one's who are quickened by the breeze of the love of God, flowing from the meadows of the Abha Kingdom. | INBA59:166 | BRL_DAK#1034, MKT1.184, KHH1.047 (1.066) | KHHE.084-085 | Contention and conflict; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00627 | 490 | Persian | Fire and Light | ای اسیران مظلومان علمای آنسامان دست تطاول گشودند و از فرعون ذی الاوتاد و قوم | O ye wronged captives! The divines in that land have put forth the hand of aggression and have surpassed in cruelty the Pharaohs | NANU_AB#42 | BRL_FIRE_AB#16 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02379 | 250 | Turkish | ای حضرت احدیت پرستان معشوق دلجویمز و محبوب خوشخویمز و مهربان دلسوزمز و جمال | O ye worshippers of the One True God, our beloved and winsome Lord, our kind and tender-hearted Friend, and Beauty [3.5s] | INBA13:349, INBA59:308 | BRL_DAK#0525 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09096 | 90 | O ye wooers of the Beloved of regions! The true Beloved like unto the Joseph of Canaan, unveiled his face | DAS.1913-11-01 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02167 | 270 | mixed | یا من خصصهم الله بموهبته الکبری الحمد لله نفحات قدس آفاقرا معطر نموده و انوار | O ye whom God hath singled out for His greatest gift! Praise be to God, the sweet-scented breezes of holiness have perfumed all regions, and the lights [3.5s] | INBA89:161 | BRL_DAK#1003, AVK3.487.16 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04208 | 180 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye whom God hath chosen from among those who are called! -- know that "many are called... O ye beloved of God, know that steadfastness and firmness in this new | TAB.442-443, BWF.357-357x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Many are called but few are chosen; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00720 | 470 | mixed | یا من احبهم الله تجلی نامتناهی الهی چون از افق یحبهم اشراق نمود سرج نورانیه | O ye whom God doth love! When the infinite divine effulgence dawned forth from the horizon of His love, luminous lamps were kindled [3.5s] | MMK6#113 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01720 | 300 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای عزیزان عبدالبهاء لایحه های شما را در نهایت ابتهاج تلاوت نمودم سبب روح و | O ye whom Abdu'l-Baha loveth! I have read your reports with great joy; they are of a nature to cheer and refresh the heart and gladden the soul. | MMK1#040 p.079, NJB_v01#10 p.001-002 | SWAB#040, TAB.010-011, BWF.410-410x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Entry by troops; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01142 | 370 | mixed | ایها المتوجهون السابقون الی رحمه ربکم الرحمن انتبهوا و استیقظوا من مضاجع | O ye who, with resolute steps, turn toward the mercy of your Lord, the All-Merciful! Be wakeful and arise from your places of repose [3.5s] | INBA59:112b | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03195 | 210 | Persian | Light of the World | ای مشتاقان جمال دلبر مهربان معشوق عالمیان و محبوب روحانیان و مقصود ربانیان و | O ye who yearn for the beauty of the compassionate Beloved! No sooner had He Who is the Beloved of the worlds, the Desire of the spiritually minded | INBA87:262b, INBA52:266 | NURA#24, MKT2.267, MMK4#030 p.029 | LOTW#24 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB02523 | 240 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای تشنه حقیقت ایران ویرانست و جمیع احزاب فی الحقیقه تیشه بدست گرفته بریشه این | O ye who thirst for the truth! Iran is in ruins; indeed, all parties have taken an axe in hand | BRL_DAK#0078, PYB#086 p.04 | BRL_ATE#065 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02058 | 270 | mixed | ای تشنگان چشمه حیوان بامداد است و عبدالبهاء بیاد شما مسرور و شادمان فرح اندر | O ye who thirst for the fountain of eternal life! The morn hath broken, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá is filled with joy and gladness in remembrance of you [3.5s] | MSHR4.219-220 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00467 | 570 | Persian | ای بازماندگان دو نفس مقدس مبارک نامه شما رسید از مضامین واضح و مبرهن بود که | O ye who survive those two sacred and blessed souls! Your letter was received, and from its contents it was clear and evident that [3.5s] | DUR4.457, NNY.062-064, NNY.208-210, NNY.309 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06607 | 120 | mixed | ای بازماندگان حضرت شهید مجید فی الحقیقه این ماتم مورث درد و الم است زیرا آن | O ye who survive the illustrious martyr! In truth, this bereavement is the cause of pain and anguish, for that [3.5s] | HHA.299x, KHMT.096x, NANU_AB#12x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01570 | 310 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه شما رسید ولی عبدالبهاء دقیقه ای آرام ندارد از جهتی | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath not a moment's rest, for from one direction [3.5s] | MKT3.205, AKHA_123BE #05-06 p.b, AVK2.082.16x, AVK3.374.02x, MAS2.023-024x, YHA1.100x (1.204), QT108.076-077 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; House of Justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04336 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه که بتاریخ ۱۱ آپریل ۱۹۱۹ مرقوم نموده بودید با دو رساله | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! Your letter dated 11 April 1919, together with two treatises, was received [3.5s] | MKT3.339b | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Elections; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03140 | 210 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نام مبارک یاران و کنیزان ایزدی خوانده شد از خواندن ملاحظه | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! The blessed names of the friends and handmaidens of God were read aloud [3.5s] | YARP2.698 p.467 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06161 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه مبارک یاران با نهایت رقت تلاوت گردید و بدرگاه حضرت | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! The blessed letter of the friends was read with the utmost tenderness at the threshold of His holiness [3.5s] | INBA87:236a, INBA52:240b | MMK5#276 p.211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06713 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان جناب سرشته دار مدح و ستایش بیشمار از آن یاران پروردگار | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! Mr. Sereshtehdar hath bestowed boundless praise and tribute upon those loved ones of the Lord [3.5s] | MKT9.072a | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Hospitality; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12811 | 280 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان در این ایام اختلال و انقلاب در جمیع ایران علم افراخته در | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! In these days of disorder and revolution, throughout all of Persia, the banner hath been raised in [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1158 | Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Past, present and future of Iran; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04338 | 170 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر میثاق جناب منادی حق میرزا منیر لسان بستایش گشوده و نامه را آرایش | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! His Honour, the Herald of Truth, Mirza Munir, hath opened his tongue in praise and hath adorned the letter [3.5s] | AYBY.448 #186 | High station of teachers of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01700 | 300 | Persian | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای ثابتان بر میثاق داراب موطن اصلی حضرت وحید بود و آن نفس مبارک چون ستاره | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! Darab was the original homeland of His Holiness Vahid, and that blessed soul was even as a star [3.5s]... ...Strengthen thou the foundation of the Faith of God, and worship the Almighty. Be constant in offering obligatory prayer, and be mindful of fasting | ABDA.048-049 | BRL_IOPF#2.08x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Law of fasting; Law of obligatory prayer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01814 | 290 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه ای بجمیع یاران آن دیار چندی پیش نگاشته و فرستاده شد | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! A letter was dispatched, some time since, unto all the friends in those regions [3.5s] | AKHA_128BE #13 p.a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01487 | 320 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه از جناب احمد یزدانی رسید و نامهای مبارک شما مندرج و | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! A letter hath been received from Jináb-i-Ahmad Yazdání, and your blessed letters were enclosed [3.5s] | TSS.181, ADH2.067x, ADH2_2#07 p.098x, MJMJ1.021x, MMG2#216 p.243x, MJH.066bx | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01486 | 320 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان جمال مبارک بقلم اعلی عهد وثیقی و میثاق عظیمی تاسیس نمود و | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant of the Blessed Beauty! With the Most Exalted Pen did He establish a binding Covenant and a mighty Testament [3.5s] | INBA85:181 | MKT8.235 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08024 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان آن خاندان الحمد لله در ظل حضرت رحمانند... اما مسئله سرّ التّنکيس لرمز الرّئيس تنکيس دو معنی دارد يکی به معنی عود است و ديگری به معنی سرنگونی | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant of that household! Praise be to God, they abide beneath the shelter of the All-Merciful... As to the mystery of "reversing the symbol of authority," reversal hath two meanings: one signifieth return, and the other, overthrow [3.5s] | MMK4#168 p.192x, NSS.156x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00470 | 570 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان ورق مسطور منظور گشت و رق منشور ملحوظ گردید مضامین و معانی رحمانی | O ye who stand fast in the Covenant! The written page was received and the unfolded scroll was perused, with its divine themes and spiritual meanings [3.5s] | INBA84:454 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02073 | 270 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله از جمیع جهات اسباب اتحاد و اتفاق و ارتباط بعون و | O ye who stand fast in the Covenant! Praise be unto God that from every quarter the means of unity, harmony and connection, through His aid [3.5s] | INBA16:227 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04337 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان وقت عصر است و این عبد در کنار حدیقه بذکر یاران الهی مشغول | O ye who stand fast in the Covenant! It is the afternoon hour, and this servant, beside the garden, is occupied with the remembrance of the divine friends [3.5s] | MKT8.046 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00427 | 590 | mixed | Light of the World | ای ثابتان بر میثاق نیر اعظم اشراق چون از افق عراق طلوع فرمود و پرتوی نورانی از | O ye who stand fast and firm in the Covenant! No sooner had the Most Great Luminary of the world risen above the horizon of Iraq | NURA#25, MMK4#036 p.039, MSHR4.139-140 | LOTW#25 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07229 | 110 | Persian | ای بازماندگان آن کوکب مشرق در افق ملکوت ابهی هر وقت که بیکی از شماها نامه | O ye who remain after that star which dawned in the horizon of the Abhá Kingdom, whenever to one among you a letter [3.5s] | INBA59:228a | KHSH13.038 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01831 | 290 | mixed | ای مشتاقان بقعه مبارک نوراء فی الحقیقه زحمت کشیدید و خدمت نمودید و نیت صادق | O ye who long for the luminous Sacred Precincts! Truly ye have laboured and rendered service with sincere intent [3.5s] | INBA17:077 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05669 | 140 | mixed | ای دو مشتاق جمال الهی هر انسان در این جهان بکاری مشغول و بامری مالوف یکی در | O ye who long for the divine countenance! Every soul in this world is occupied with some pursuit and engaged in some endeavour. One is [3.5s] | BSHN.140.446, BSHN.144.440, MHT1b.191 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05782 | 140 | Persian | ای مشتاقان روی آن دلبر مهربان الحمد لله مدینه قزوین چنین ضیافتگاه علیین گردید | O ye who long for the countenance of that loving Beloved! Praise be to God, the city of Qazvin hath become such a banquet hall of the highest paradise [3.5s] | INBA17:110 | YQAZ.538b | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1609 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 190 | Persian | شما که به ایران میروید بهر جا وارد شدید باید روح مجسم باشید . با انجذابی رحمانی و انعکاس ملکوتی | O ye who journey unto Iran! Whithersoever ye enter, ye must be embodied spirits, with divine attraction and heavenly radiance [3.5s] | KHMT.098-099 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00112 | 1020 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب | O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset | INBA88:098 | MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319 | SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray | Call to action; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| AB06322 | 130 | mixed | ای مقبلان در این یوم مشهود و قرن محمود و عصر ملیک وجود که انوار فیوضات ملکوت | O ye who have turned unto God! In this manifest Day, this praiseworthy Century, this Age of the Sovereign of existence, when the splendours of the Kingdom's bounties [3.5s] | MKT8.143b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03480 | 200 | Persian | Translation List | ای مقبلان روحانیان و مقبولان درگه حضرت یزدان الحمد لله از فیض سحاب ملکوت | O ye who have turned spiritually to God and who are accepted at the Threshold of the Lord of Lords! Praise be to God that, through the outpourings of the clouds of the Kingdom [3.5s]... ...O God! Assist us in such wise that, destitute and insignificant though we be, we may still render service to Thy sacred threshold | MKT9.177, SFI07.020, HUV2.006x | ADMS#034x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04390 | 170 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای سرمستان جام الست شکر حضرت قیومرا که در ظل خباء عظیم داخلید و در جنت ابهی | O ye who have quaffed an intoxicating draught from the cup of fidelity to the Covenant! | BRL_DAK#0012, MKT5.184, YIK.291 | BRL_ATE#012, MAAN#29 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03494 | 200 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نفوس مطمئنه از نصوص الهیه چه در کتاب اقدس و چه در سائر الواح اینست که | O ye who have peace of soul! Among the divine Texts as set forth in the Most Holy Book and also in other Tablets is this | MMK1#101 p.124, MJTB.113, VAA.135-135 | SWAB#101 | Education of children; moral education; House of Justice; Justice and wrath of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05810 | 140 | Persian | ای مهاجرین فی سبیل الله آزادگی و آسودگی هر چند کام دل و راحت جان است | O ye who have migrated in the path of God! Though freedom and repose be the heart's desire and the comfort of the soul [3.5s] | PYB#238 p.51 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04862 | 160 | Persian | ای مهاجرین از وطن در سبیل الهی هر چند سرگردان شدید و بی سر و سامان شدید صدمات | O ye who have migrated from your homeland in the path of God! Though ye have become wanderers, bereft of home and shelter [3.5s] | INBA17:238 | BSHN.140.421, BSHN.144.415, PYB#238 p.50, MHT1b.152, YFY.081-082 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00535 | 540 | mixed | Fire and Light | ای ستمدیدگان سبیل الهی ظلم و اعتساف مردم بی انصاف همیشه بر اولیای الهی واقع | O ye who have been wronged in the path of God! The loved ones of the Almighty have always been exposed to the dire oppression and tyranny | INBA89:093 | AKHA_105BE #10 p.02, AKHA_127BE #10 p.a, AHB.129BE #05-06 p.077x, MJMJ2.009x, MMG2#126 p.144x, NANU_AB#25, QUM.262-263 | BRL_FIRE_AB#10x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB07226 | 110 | Persian | ای بار یافته گان آستان یزدان نیک بختی و خجسته طالعی شما را مطلع نور هدی نمود | O ye who have attained the threshold of God! Your felicitous fortune and blessed destiny made you the dayspring of the light of guidance [3.5s] | YARP2.526 p.380 | Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06455 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who have advanced! O ye who are rejoiced! Verily, God hath, through His grace and generosity, guided you toward His Kingdom | TAB.081-082 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02150 | 270 | mixed | ایها المقبلون المقبولون جناب درویش غلامحسین علیه بهاء الله الابهی از حیفا رقیمی | O ye who have advanced and been accepted! A letter from Haifa to his honour Dervish Ghulam-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0905, MKT6.177c | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10125 | 70 | Persian | ای ناظرین بملکوت ابهی عون و عنایت هویت مقدسه شاملست و فیض هدایت احدیت منزهه | O ye who gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom! The aid and bounties of the Sacred Essence encompass all, and the grace of guidance from the sanctified Unity doth embrace all [3.5s] | MKT6.017b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03776 | 190 | Persian | ای ناظرین بملکوت ابهی جناب میرزا ورقاء علیه بهاء الله الابهی چندی بود که | O ye who gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom! For some time now, His Honour Mírzá Varqá, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Luminous [3.5s] | YIK.311-312 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04875 | 160 | mixed | ای ناظران بمرکز پیمان سبحان الله بنص قاطع الهی کل من البدو الی الختم بعد از | O ye who gaze toward the Center of the Covenant! Glory be unto God! Through the conclusive Text divine, all, from first to last, after [3.5s] | ABDA.329b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04860 | 160 | mixed | ای منفقان برهان ایمان انفاق مال و جانست الذین یجاهدون فی سبیل الله باموالهم | O ye who expend in the path of God! The proof of faith is sacrifice of wealth and life. They who strive in the path of God with their possessions [3.5s] | INBA85:313 | MMK6#184 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04442 | 170 | Persian | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء صبح است و خسرو خاوری پرتوی بر دشت و صحرا زده و جمیع | O ye who draw nigh unto the Threshold of the All-Glorious! It is morn, and the Sovereign of the East hath cast His radiant beams upon meadow and plain [3.5s] | MKT3.214, DWNP_v6#02 p.002a | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06326 | 130 | Persian | ای مقربان درگاه حق در ملا اعلی مذکورید و در ملکوت ابهی مشهور و در لسان اهل | O ye who draw nigh unto the Threshold of God! Ye are mentioned in the Concourse on High, renowned in the Abhá Kingdom, and upon the tongues of the people [3.5s] | INBA72:094 | MKT9.182b, BSHN.140.240, BSHN.144.240, MHT2.101b, YQAZ.657a | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01337 | 340 | Persian | ای مقربان درگاه الهی جناب آقا غلامحسین طی مراحل و قطع بحور و سواحل نموده تا | O ye who draw nigh unto the Divine Threshold! Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-Husayn hath traversed many a stage and crossed seas and shores until [3.5s] | MKT9.180 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01961 | 280 | mixed | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء شمع هدی روشنست و دلبر موهبت کبری شاهد انجمن جام میثاق | O ye who draw nigh unto the court of the Almighty! The lamp of guidance burneth bright, and the Beloved of supreme bounty is witness to the gathering of the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK2#096 p.073 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02585 | 240 | mixed | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء نامه شما رسید ورقه که در جوف بود بسیار سبب سرور گردید | O ye who draw nigh unto the Court of the All-Glorious! Your letter hath arrived, and the page enclosed therein brought the utmost joy [3.5s] | INBA87:370, INBA52:380 | MMK6#518, HHA.303 | Generosity [kirama]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05768 | 140 | Persian | ای متشبثات ذیل عنایت در این ایام که حوادث امکان و طوفان امتحان و افتتان شرق و | O ye who cling to the hem of divine bounty in these days when the vicissitudes of contingent existence and the tempests of trials and tests have beset the East [3.5s] | MMK5#138 p.107 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02811 | 230 | Arabic | ایها المنادون باسم الله و الممتلئون حبا بجمال الله و المنجذبون قلبا الی | O ye who call out in the name of God, who are filled with love for the Beauty of God, and whose hearts are drawn unto [3.5s] | MMK6#301 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00101 | 1270 | mixed | ایها المنادون باسم الله المهیمن القیوم در این ایام سهام بغضا از جمیع انحا... این ایام تازگی امت بیحیا خدعه‌ئی نموده‌اند و مکر و دسیسه‌ئی مجری داشته‌اند | O ye who call out in the name of God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting! In these days, the arrows of hatred from all directions [3.5s]... ...The martyr, Haji Mirza Jani, had written a few chapters, brief and incomplete, on the history of the Faith. These were in the possession of Aqa Muhammad-Rida, the nephew of Dhabih | BRL_DAK#0448, RHQM1.450-454 (549x) (334-337x), MSHR1.123-124x, HBAB.044 | EGBBF.065x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04221 | 180 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are turned towards the Kingdom and drawn unto the Holy Fragrance diffused from the Garden of El-ABHA! | TAB.162, TAB.433-434, BWF.362-363x, BSTW#275c | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00397 | 610 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایها المختارون فیملکوت الابهی شکر کنید رب الجنود را که از آسمان غیب راکبا | O ye who are the chosen ones of the Abha Kingdom! Praise ye the Lord of Hosts for He, riding upon the clouds, hath come down to this world... O Thou loving Provider! These souls have hearkened | MKT3.092, MNMK#097 p.178, MMK1#017 p.033, BCH.175, MJMJ2.016ax, MMG2#025 p.026x | SWAB#017, BPRY.093x, BBBD.446-449 | JYSEP Goodna, Bass Adjustment | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB03033 | 220 | Arabic | ایها الممتحنون فی محبه الله قال الله تعالی فی القرآن العظیم الم احسب الناس ان | O ye who are tested in the love of God! God, the Most High, hath revealed in the Great Qur'án: "Do men suppose that..." [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1115, MKT3.218, MNMK#049 p.134 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02813 | 230 | Arabic | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المنجذبون ایها المتذکرون ایها المقبلون الی ملکوت الله انی اتضرع الی الله | O ye who are strongly attracted! O ye who are mindful! O ye who are advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily with all my heart and soul | MNMK#051 p.135, MMK1#157 p.181 | SWAB#157, TAB.407-408, BWF.386-386x | Anis & Shideh | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB06880 | 120 | Persian | ای مصیبت زدگان حضرت نوش هر زهریرا نوش بود و مجسمه عقل و هوش بود ایام خویش را | O ye who are stricken with grief! His Holiness accepted every poison as honey-sweet, and was the very embodiment of wisdom and understanding [3.5s] | YARP2.213 p.199 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03409 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابتان پیمان نامه مزین باسماء شما ملاحظه گردید از تلاوت نامهای مبارک | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter, adorned with your names, was perused, and from the reading of those blessed names [3.5s] | MKT9.072b, TAH.323 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12324 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان لانه شما کاشانه تبلیغ احباست و آشیانه مرغان آسمانیست بلکه | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your dwelling is a sanctuary for the teaching of the loved ones and a nest for the birds of heaven; nay, rather [3.5s] | INBA85:196 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12215 | 250 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان همواره در این انجمن رحمانی مذکور بوده و هستید و همیشه بلسان | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Ye have ever been, and continue to be, remembered in this divine assemblage, and at all times with the tongue [3.5s] | QUM.125-126 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00303 | 680 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الیوم این عنوان از ابدع الحان زیرا قوت امر الله بعهد | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Today, this title is the most wondrous of melodies, for the power of God's Cause lieth in the Covenant [3.5s] | MKT3.347b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06160 | 130 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان حضرت بیچون بنور میثاق تجلی بر آفاق نمود و چنان عهدی گرفت | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Through the light of the Covenant did the Incomparable Lord shed His radiance upon all horizons, and took such a pledge [3.5s] | INBA84:291 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01116 | 370 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان مهربان ببقعه مبارکه وارد سر باستان نهاد و بیاد یاران افتاد | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! This kindly one arrived at the Sacred Spot, bowed his head in homage, and called to mind the friends [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1235, ALPA.068b, YARP2.081 p.114, PPAR.210, RMT.050-051, QUM.232-233 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09312 | 80 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان این همّتی که در ارسال مبلّغین باطراف نموده‌اید بسیار محبوب و مقبول | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! This initiative ye have undertaken in dispatching teachers to divers regions is most beloved and acceptable [3.5s] | RRT.038x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power of prayer; Prayer for service; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00175 | 860 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابتان بر میثاق جناب زائر ذکر هر یک از شما را نمودند و رجای نامه های | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The pilgrim hath made mention of each one of you, and hath asked for a separate letter addressed to each | INBA16:022 | MNMK#093 p.170, MMK1#221 p.266, AKHA_109BE #12 p.2, AKHA_137BE #05 p.66, MAS5.026 | SWAB#221, LOG#0731x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01699 | 300 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان جناب جلال نامهای مبارک شما را نگاشته و نامه ای نام شما در | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The honoured Jalal hath written your blessed names, and a letter bearing your names [3.5s] | INBA87:063, INBA52:063 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03982 | 180 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر عهد تبریک عید سعید مولد حضرت اعلی رسید دلیل بر آن بود که آن | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The congratulations on the joyful birthday of Hazrat-i-Aala (the Declaration of the Bab) shows that these dear friends and handmaidens of the Merciful held a gathering | BLIB_Or.08687.022b, , BLIB_Or.08117.012, | BBBD.130 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04335 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان راپورت سالیانه که ارسال نموده اید قرائت گردید الحمد لله آن | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The annual report that ye sent hath been read. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | INBA16:235 | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04333 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله محفلی آراسته دارید و بخدمت کلمه الله و احبای الهی در نهایت | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God, ye have an assembly well-ordered and adorned, and are engaged in service to the Word of God and the beloved ones of the Lord [3.5s] | BSHN.140.145, BSHN.144.145, MHT2.121b | Bringing forth results; fruit; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05150 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله تحری حقیقت نمودید و سراچه دل را بنور هدایت | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God that ye have sought after truth and have illumined the chamber of your heart with the light of guidance [3.5s] | PPAR.113 | Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03407 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله از الطاف حق راههای مسدود باز شد و دل و جان از | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God that through His favours the sealed paths have been opened, and hearts and souls are [3.5s] | TABN.033a | Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03408 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان در پوسته پیش بجناب میرزا عطاء الله خان و جناب محمد خان | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! In the previous post to Jináb-i-Mírzá 'Atá'u'lláh Khán and Jináb-i-Muhammad Khán [3.5s] | MMK5#132 p.103 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02224 | 260 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر عهد و میثاق حضرت فاضل وارد و متضرع و مبتهل بنهایت صدق و خلوص ستایش | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! His honour the learned one hath arrived, and with utmost sincerity and purity doth offer humble supplications and entreaties [3.5s] | HDQI.240, ANDA#50 p.04 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05630 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه ای جناب ابن شهید تربتی ارسال نموده و ذکر جمیل آن | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! A letter was received from his honour, the son of the martyred one of Turbat, wherein mention was made of his goodly name [3.5s] | MKT8.050a | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01488 | 320 | mixed | ای ثابتان عهد و راسخان میثاق الحمد لله عشق آباد را مدینه عشق نمودید و آن | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant and firm in the Testament! Praise be unto God that ye have made 'Ishqábád a City of Love, and [3.5s] | TISH.033-034, PZHN v1#2 p.09 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03410 | 200 | mixed | ای ثابتان میثاق و راسخان پیمان ریاضیون سلف چون نجوم آسمانرا تقسیم نمودند در | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant and firm in His Testament! The mathematicians of old, even as the stars of heaven, divided [3.5s] | MKT5.157b, KHSK.068-069 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02543 | 240 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر امر الهی جهان بیدار و آگاه گشته و شرق و غرب هشیار شده نورانیت | O ye who are steadfast in the Cause of God! The world hath awakened and become aware, and East and West have become enlightened [3.5s] | MMK2#029 p.019 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05149 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابتان ای نابتان شکر کنید خدا را که بشرف و موهبت کبری فائزید و بخدمت احبا | O ye who are steadfast and risen up, render thanks unto God that ye have attained unto supreme honor and the most great bounty of serving the loved ones [3.5s] | MKT8.045, MSHR3.073 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02967 | 220 | mixed | ای مستقیمین و ثابتین بر امر جمال قدم و متشبثین بالعروه الوثقی التی لا انفصام | O ye who are steadfast and firmly established in the Cause of the Ancient Beauty, who hold fast to the sure handle that cannot be broken [3.5s] | INBA55:107 | MMK4#142 p.144 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01568 | 310 | mixed | Light of the World | ای ثابتان ای راسخان نور هویت چون در افق احدیت طلوع و اشراق نمود تجلی وحدانیت | O ye who are staunch! O ye who stand firm! When the light of Divine Essence dawned above the horizon of Singleness, the splendour of His Oneness shone forth | INBA72:052 | NURA#74, MMK4#053 p.059 | LOTW#74 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB08747 | 90 | Persian | ای زنده دلان موسم بهار جان پرور است و فصل ربیع بدیع وقت نزهت گلستانست و فسحت | O ye who are spiritually alive! The season of soul-nurturing spring hath come, and the wondrous vernal tide is at hand. It is the time for strolling in flower-gardens and their spacious grounds [3.5s] | PYB#265 p.03 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05532 | 140 | Persian | ای آزردگان سبیل حضرت یزدان آنچه در راه خدا بر سر اید هیکل وجود انسانرا | O ye who are sorely tried in the path of the Almighty! That which befalleth the human frame in the path of God [3.5s] | INBA85:137b | BSHN.140.420, BSHN.144.414, MHT1b.179, MHT2.129b, KASH.353 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03031 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm! O ye who are steadfast! Verily, I received a letter from that brilliant body and Spiritual Gathering | TAB.007-008 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03535 | 200 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المخلصون ایها الثابتون علی میثاق الله فی هذا العصر الجدید انی اشکر الله | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm in the Covenant of God in this new cycle! Verily I praise God for the He confirmed you in the service | BRL_DAK#0620 | TAB.011-012 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01143 | 370 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ایها المخلصون ایها المنجذبون ایها الثابتون علی العهد و المیثاق الحمد لله راه مسدود مفتوح گشت | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are enraptured! O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant and Testament! | BRL_DAK#0066, MKT3.311 | BRL_ATE#091 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Parliaments; constitutional government; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00778 | 450 | Arabic | ایها المخلصون ایها المنجذبون ایها الخلق الجدید قال الله سبحانه و تعالی | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are attracted! O ye who are the new creation.... Praise be to the One who created this marvelous dispensation! | MNMK#025 p.106, MJAI.012, NJB_v10#04 p.075 | SW_v10#04 p.073-075 | Continual renewal of creation; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04159 | 180 | mixed | ایها المخلصون الموقنون المومنون الممتحنون تالله لقد آثرکم الله علی کثیر من | O ye who are sincere, assured and faithful, ye who have been tested! By God, He hath truly preferred you above many [3.5s] | MMK6#583 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10280 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are set aglow with the fire of God's Love! Blessed are ye for having been chosen | TAB.084 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04450 | 170 | Persian | ای منتسبین جناب زائر هر چند دل و جانرا آرزو چنان که بهر یک نامه ای مرقوم گردد | O ye who are related to the illustrious Visitor! Though heart and soul yearn that a letter might be penned to each one [3.5s] | MKT9.187, FRH.101a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11911 | 140 | Persian | ای منتسبین آن بنده صادق بها پدر بزرگوار ترک اوطان و دیار نمود و در دشت و کهسار | O ye who are related to that faithful servant of Baha, your noble father forsook homeland and dwelling, traversing plain and mountain [3.5s] | TISH.498 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11708 | 170 | Persian | ای منتسبین ورقه منجذبه طائره خانم باهره آن کنیز عزیز الهی در مدت حیات ترتیل | O ye who are related to that enraptured and soaring handmaiden, that brilliant lady, that cherished bondmaid of God, who in the days of her life chanted [3.5s] | YIA.419 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11732 | 150 | Persian | ای منتسبین جناب زائر شکر کنید خدا را که این پدر مهربان شما را در این گلستان | O ye who are related to Jinab-i-Za'ir! Render thanks unto God that this loving father hath guided you unto this rose-garden [3.5s] | FRH.100-101 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09518 | 80 | Persian | ای منتسبین فائز برفیق اعلی هر چند آن مقرب درگاه کبریاء بجوار رحمت کبری شتافت | O ye who are related to him who attained the Supreme Companion! Though that near one to the Threshold of Glory hath hastened to the precincts of Most Great Mercy [3.5s] | BSHN.140.355, BSHN.144.353, MHT1b.212b | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04449 | 170 | Persian | ای منتسبان آن متصاعد الی الله جناب خلیل بملکوت جلیل شتافت و در جوار رحمت کبری | O ye who are related to him who ascended unto God! Khalil hath hastened unto the glorious Kingdom, and dwelleth nigh unto His great mercy [3.5s] | PYB#155 p.38, CPF.276, KASH.351-352 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0168 | Words spoken on 1911-08-27 in Thonon-les-Bains | 990 | Arabic | ایها الحاضرون الی متی هذا الهجوع و السبات و الی متی هذا الرجوع القهقری و الی | O ye who are present! How long this drowsiness and sleep! How long this ignorance and blindness! | AMK.162-170, KKD2.225, KHF.082, KHAB.044 (052), KHTB1.010, NJB_v05#10 p.001 | AIF.1911-08-28, SW_v05#10 p.154x, ABS#10 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03923 | 180 | mixed | ای اهل بصیرت و استقامت در ملکوت ابهی نامتان مذکور و یادتان مستمر و مشهور و | O ye who are possessed of insight and steadfastness! In the Abhá Kingdom your names are mentioned and your remembrance is perpetual and renowned [3.5s] | MMK6#466 | Angels; Fire and light; fire and water; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02563 | 240 | Persian | ای ستمدیدگان راه یزدان عوانان دست تطاول گشودند و ستمکاران قوت بازو نمودند | O ye who are oppressed in the path of God! The tyrannical oppressors have stretched forth the hand of aggression, and the cruel ones have displayed the might of their arms [3.5s] | MMK2#284 p.205 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04438 | 170 | mixed | ای مظلومان سبیل الهی انصاف چنین است که در محبت نور مبین بظلم شدید گرفتار شدید | O ye who are oppressed in the Path of God! Such is justice - that in your love for the Manifest Light ye have been caught in grievous oppression [3.5s] | MMK2#318 p.232 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01067 | 380 | Persian | ای دو مقرب درگاه کبریاء نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله دلیل بر انجذاب | O ye who are nigh unto the Divine Threshold! Your letter hath been received and perused. Praise be to God, it beareth testimony to attraction [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0993, MMK3#075 p.049x, AKHA_121BE #10 p.j, AMK.139-141, AMK.149-151, AVK2.220.12x, MAS2.050bx | Letters of the Living; Soul; spirit after death; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12819 | 90 | Persian | ای مقربان درگاه احدیت نامه شما رسید و از بلایای وارده احزان بسیار رخ داد | O ye who are nigh to the Threshold of God! Your letter was received, and the tribulations that have befallen you brought great sorrow | ADMS#340 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01213 | 360 | mixed | ایها المقربون ایها المنجذبون ایها المشتعلون بنار محبه الله فی هذا الیوم | O ye who are near, O ye who are attracted, O ye who are enkindled with the fire of God's love in this Day [3.5s] | INBA87:141, INBA52:138 | Growth of the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08550 | 90 | Persian | ای بندگان مقرب جمال مبارک مسئله ارتباط شرق و غرب اهمیت حاصل نموده است بعضی | O ye who are near-drawn servants of the Blessed Beauty! The question of East-West relations hath assumed great importance. Some [3.5s] | INBA16:211 | NJB_v03#01 p.006x | East and West; communication between East and West; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07564 | 110 | Persian | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء جناب ابن ابهر نهایت ممنونیت را از رعایت و محبت شما | O ye who are near unto the Threshold of Grandeur! Ibn-i-Abhar expresseth his utmost gratitude for your solicitude and love [3.5s] | MKT9.182a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04219 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are longing for the beauty of El-Abha! Verily that light | TAB.134-135 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03485 | 200 | mixed | ای منتسبین درگاه الهی هر چند احبای مازگون بقانون و زاکون الهی باید در هردم | O ye who are linked to the threshold of the Almighty! Although the beloved ones of Mazgun must, according to divine law and ordinance, at every moment [3.5s] | MKT8.146 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00905 | 410 | mixed | ای مخموران باده محبت الله و ای محروران شهد و شکر معرفت الله و ای عاشقان جمال | O ye who are intoxicated with the wine of the love of God, ye who are enraptured by the honey and sugar of the knowledge of God, ye lovers of Beauty [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.158-162 | MMK2#198 p.141, MJMJ3.058x, MMG2#362 p.404x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04434 | 170 | mixed | ای مخموران باده میثاق در عالم وجود و تاسیسات ملیه و ترویج تعالیم الهی و تربیت | O ye who are intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant in the realm of existence, ye builders of national institutions and promoters of divine teachings and education [3.5s] | MMK6#281 | Education of children; moral education; Effort; striving; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08114 | 100 | Persian | ای سرمستان باده محبت الله از جهان عنصری بیزار باشید و از کاس خوشگوار ساقی | O ye who are intoxicated with the wine of God's love! Be ye detached from the world of matter and drink from the sweet cup of the divine Cup-bearer [3.5s] | MKT9.138b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02748 | 230 | Persian | ای مخموران صهبای الهی نفحه رحمانی از ریاض باقی میوزد و صبح نورانی از افق معانی | O ye who are intoxicated with the Wine of God! The Breeze of the Merciful is wafting from the rose-garden of Eternity | INBA55:114, INBA55:411 | MMK4#140 p.143, AHB.107BE #05 p.92, AHB.122BE #02 p.47 | DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.244, BLO_PN#007 | Music and singing; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07440 | 110 | mixed | ای سرمستان جام الطاف یزدان دریای احسان حضرت یزدان پرموج است و جنود ملکوت در | O ye who are intoxicated with the chalice of divine favors! The ocean of the Lord's bounty is surging, and the hosts of the Kingdom are [3.5s] | INBA13:168 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02941 | 220 | mixed | Fire and Light | ای سرمستان پیمانه پیمان وقت آنست که بادیه هجران بپیمااید تا بسرمنزل جانان | O ye who are inebriated with the draught of His Covenant! It is time to pass beyond the desolate wilds of remoteness | NANU_AB#27 | BRL_FIRE_AB#12 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06866 | 120 | mixed | ای متوجهین بنور الهی جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا هر چند از این جهان صعود | O ye who are illumined by the divine light of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones - though He hath ascended from this world [3.5s] | MMK4#066 p.076 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04432 | 170 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای متمسکین بعهد و پیمان الهی الیوم اهل ملا اعلی از ملکوت ابهی ناظر و از جبروت | O ye who are holding fast unto the Covenant and Testament! This day, from the realms of the All-Glorious, from the Kingdom of Holiness | INBA88:145 | MKT6.108b, MNMK#130 p.244, MMK1#182 p.202, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.283 | SWAB#182 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of community building; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; The concourse on high; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||
| AB11742 | 140 | Persian | ای مهتدیان بنور هدی جناب جلال مرقوم نموده که در جویبار هدایت سروهای بیهمالید و در | O ye who are guided by the light of truth! Jinab-i-Jalál hath written that ye are peerless cypresses beside the stream of guidance and [3.5s] | FRH.102 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05301 | 150 | Persian | ای مهتدیان بنور هدی شمع هدی روشنست و افق اعلی بنور جمال ابهی ساطع و لامع | O ye who are guided by the light of guidance! The lamp of guidance is alight, and the Supreme Horizon is radiant and resplendent with the light of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:060 | MMK3#299 p.221, AKHA_127BE #02 p.a, PYB#196 p.03 | Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03823 | 190 | O ye who are firm in the Testament and the Covenant! I supplicate to God that He may cause ye to become two lamps resplendent... Convey my greeting and my longing to all the friends. I am fully pleased and satisfied with the friends in California and its dependencies | BSTW#227 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07350 | 110 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received. Praise be to God, that | SW_v05#17 p.264, MAB.091-092 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12400 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و مضمون دلالت بر فوران نار محبت الله در قلوب | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter hath arrived, and its contents betokened the blazing fire of the love of God in your hearts. That gathering was a heavenly assemblage | BBBD.607-608 | BBBD.608 | Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07719 | 110 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Verily, your letter was the third of those | SW_v10#01 p.003 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07348 | 110 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Today whatever assembly is established that has for its purpose the welfare of mankind | SW_v11#06 p.104 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03141 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! The report of the Spiritual Gathering, which is dated ... and sent by you, was received and its contents | TAB.005-006 | House of Justice; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spirit and form in the administration | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11812 | 450 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان یاران عشق آباد باید بکوشند تا اغبرار در میان نماند و محبت | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! The friends of 'Ishqabad must strive until no trace of estrangement remains and love prevails [3.5s] | TISH.032-033 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06162 | 130 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابتان بر عهد هر محفل روحانی که بعنایت الهیه تشکیل گردد و اعضا در نهایت | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Abdu'l-Baha is constantly engaged in ideal communication with any Spiritual Assembly | MMK1#046 p.086 | SWAB#046, BWF.410-411x, COC#0178x, SW_v12#01 p.028, BSTW#197, BSTW#458 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for morning; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09748 | 80 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant of the Self-Subsistent, Eternal God! Praise God with glad faces | SW_v11#07 p.105x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00388 | 610 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای ثابتان بر عهد و پیمان نامه شما رسید و نامهای مبارک شما یک یک ملاحظه گردید | O ye who are firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your letter was received… O Divine Providence! This assemblage is composed of Thy friends who are attracted to Thy beauty | MKT3.088, MNMK#103 p.189, MMK1#068 p.100, PYB#047 p.03x, MJMJ2.021x, MMG2#175 p.203x, YHA2.560, NJB_v10#08 p.167 | SWAB#068, BPRY.092x, SW_v10#08 p.154-155, SW_v10#08 p.046 | C. Faizi | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01571 | 310 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your letter of congratulation (November 26th, 1913) was received. Its contents were an evidence | DAS.1914-01-15 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12079 | 240 | Persian | Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای ثابتان بر عهد و پیمان دفتری که بجهت تاسیس مشرق الاذکار و توابع آن مریضخانه | O ye who are firm in the Covenant and Testament of God! The notebook containing your plans for the establishment of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar and its dependencies | BRL_DAK#0703, COMP_MASHRIQP#28 | BRL_MASHRIQ#28 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01883 | 290 | O ye who are favored in the Threshold of the Almighty and the lovers of His Holiness, BAHA'O'LLAH! According to the reports... O Thou Almighty! Illumine Thou this Association and make Thou this gathering the bright candle of the world! | SW_v01#05 p.004-005, SW_v02#01 p.004 | Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Importance of community building; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Promotion of commerce and industry; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02752 | 230 | mixed | ای مقبلان و مقبولان درگه کبریا جناب امین مکتوب شما را ارسال نمودند و استدعای | O ye who are favored and accepted at the Threshold of Glory! Jinab-i-Amin hath forwarded your letter and petition [3.5s] | MKT7.240b | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04056 | 180 | Persian | ای مجذوبان روی دلجوی آن دلبر بیهمتا مرکز حسن و جمال چون در آاینه جلال جلوه | O ye who are enraptured by the heart-captivating countenance of that peerless Beloved, Center of beauty and grace, as He gleameth in the mirror of glory [3.5s] | MMK2#286 p.207 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02633 | 230 | mixed | ای مجذوبان آن دلبر رحمانی جمال باکمال الهی جلوه به عالم امکانی نمود و عالم انسانی را به نفحات رحمانيّه | O ye who are enraptured by that divine Beloved! The consummate Beauty of God hath manifested its splendour in the world of being and hath wafted the fragrances of the All-Merciful upon the realm of humanity [3.5s] | MMK6#198x | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual springtime; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05785 | 140 | Persian | ای مشتعلین بنار محبت الله امه الله کوکب سلطان نامه نگاشته و نام شما برده و از برای شما | O ye who are enkindled with the fire of the love of God! The maidservant of God, Kokab Sultan, hath written a letter and made mention of your names [3.5s] | INBA17:128 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07550 | 250 | Persian | ای مشتعلین بنار محبه الله غبراء در لسان عربی زمین است و خضراء سپهر برین جمال | O ye who are enkindled with the fire of the love of God! In the Arabic tongue, "ghabrá" signifieth the earth, and "khadrá" the lofty firmament above [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1157, MMG2#200 p.228x, MUH2.1114x | Call to action; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07043 | 120 | O ye who are enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Ever do I inhale the fragrance of faithfulness | SW_v09#17 p.199x | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04441 | 170 | Persian | ای مقتبسان نار محبت الله حضرت موسی علیه السلام چون بوادی ایمن شتافت شعله طور دید | O ye who are enkindled with the fire of God's love! When His Holiness Moses, peace be upon Him, hastened unto the Valley of Ayman, He beheld the flame of the Mount [3.5s] | MKT3.181 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Moses; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06315 | 130 | Persian | ای مشتعلان بنار محبت الله الحمد لله صیت امر الله آفاقرا احاطه نموده و آوازه | O ye who are enkindled with the fire of God's love! Praise be to God that the fame of His Cause hath encompassed all horizons and its clarion call [3.5s] | AKHA_118BE #10 p.j | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08133 | 100 | Persian | ای شیفتگان آندلبر مهربان هر کسی را مرادی و مطلوب باو دادی هر سری را سری و هر | O ye who are enamoured of that loving Friend! To every soul hath He granted its cherished desire, to every head its own [3.5s] | YARP2.569 p.406 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05748 | 140 | mixed | ای فدائیان حضرت یزدان چون صبح میثاق رحمن دمید و آوازه پیمان بشرق و غرب رسید | O ye who are devoted to the Lord God! When the morn of the Covenant of the All-Merciful dawned forth, and the tidings of the Testament reached both East and West [3.5s] | MKT7.102 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06836 | 120 | Turkish | ای فدائیان روی بهاء حضرت احدیت الطاف و عنایتی هر جهتچه سزه شایان بیوروب انوار | O ye who are devoted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! The bounties and favors of His divine Unity are befitting unto you, and rays [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0244, TSAY.473-474 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05897 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are considering the Kingdom of your august Savior! I know the ardor which enflames you both with the desire to present yourselves | TAB.317-318 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00568 | 520 | mixed | ای متعلقان حضرت زائر جناب آقا میرزا محمد ایامی چند است که مونس و همدم و همراز | O ye who are connected with his honor the pilgrim, Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Muhammad! For some days he hath been a companion, confidant and intimate friend [3.5s] | MMK3#074 p.048x, MMK6#496 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02593 | 240 | mixed | ای واقفان اسرار و محرمان خلوتگه راز جناب سلطان محمد نامه نگاشت و نام مبارک آن | O ye who are cognizant of mysteries and confidants of the sanctuary of divine secrets! His honour Sultán-Muhammad hath penned an epistle, and that blessed name [3.5s] | INBA84:547 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02454 | 250 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ایها المختارون ایها الثابتون ایها المنادون ایها المخلصون انی اشکر ربی الاعلی | O ye who are chosen! O ye who are firm! O ye who are calling! O ye who are sincere! Verily, I praise my supreme Lord for choosing you | INBA89:244 | BRL_DAK#0402 | BRL_ATE#139, TAB.018-019 | Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB04145 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted! O ye who are united! O ye who are believers and assured! Glad-tidings unto you for that ye believed in God | TAB.272 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02812 | 230 | Arabic | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ایها المنجذبون ایها الثابتون ایها الغیورون فی خدمت امر الله | O ye who are attracted! O ye who are firm! O ye who are zealous... ...The greatest affair and the most important matter today is to establish a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar | INBA89:243 | BRL_DAK#0403, COMP_MASHRIQP#10x, QT108.165, NJB_v01#19a p.012x | BRL_MASHRIQ#10x, TAB.017-018, BWF.415-415x, SW_v01#11 p.010x, SW_v06#17 p.133-134x, BW_v01p062 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB12216 | 250 | mixed | ایها المنجذبون ایها المخلصون انی اضع الجبین علی وصید النور المبین و اتضرع | O ye who are attracted, O ye who are faithful! I lay my head on the threshold of the manifest Light and supplicate [3.5s] | QUM.134-135 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00066 | 1260 | O ye who are attracted toward the Kingdom and have drunk the Wine, the nature of which is cool and exhilarating! In these days that the Bestowals of the Kingdom of Abha | DAS.1914-06-20 | Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12325 | 170 | mixed | ای منجذبان نامه رسید از ورود جناب آقا سید جلال و جناب آقا سید حسن خبر داده | O ye who are attracted to the Truth! Your letter was received, conveying the news of the arrival of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Jalal and Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Hassan [3.5s] | INBA85:276 | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02760 | 230 | Persian | ای منجذبان حق شجره امید چون در جنت ابهی غرس شد روز بروز باید نشو و نما نماید | O ye who are attracted to the Truth! Now that the Tree of Hope hath been planted in the Abhá Paradise, it must needs, day by day, grow and flourish [3.5s] | MKT8.152a, AKHA_135BE #06 p.127 | Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06340 | 130 | Persian | ای منجذبان حق جذبا را انجذاب باید و نار محبه الله را التهاب شاید جذب از خواص | O ye who are attracted to the Truth! Attraction must needs be followed by magnetization, and the fire of the love of God must needs blaze forth. Attraction is one of the qualities [3.5s] | MAS9.134 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11841 | 240 | mixed | ایها المنجذبون المنبعثون من اجداث الامکان لعمر الله ان هیاکل التوحید و لیوث | O ye who are attracted to the Truth and risen from the graves of contingent existence! By the life of God, verily the temples of divine unity and the lions [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0271 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education and the development of capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08234 | 100 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your letter was received. It was a glorious proof to your firmness in the Cause of God. | DAS.1914-08-02, BSTW#040, BSTW#113, ACOA.054-055 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03539 | 200 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Verily, I have read your | SW_v08#16 p.216 | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03255 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted to the Heavenly Kingdom! O ye who are enlightened by the light of guidance! O ye lamps lighted by the light of love and faithfulness! | TAB.143 | Angels; Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00667 | 480 | mixed | ای منجذبین میثاق الیوم جمیع آفاق در خواب و شما بیدار کل مدهوش و شما هشیار همه | O ye who are attracted to the Covenant! Today all horizons lie in slumber, while ye are wakeful; all are bewildered, yet ye are clear-sighted [3.5s] | INBA21:084 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12229 | 240 | mixed | ای مجذوبان دلبر حقیقت حضرت مسیح ملیح روح الوجود له الفداء در انجیل میفرماید | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of Truth! The sweet and glorious Christ - may my life be a sacrifice unto Him - in the Gospel saith [3.5s] | INBA85:341 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Many are called but few are chosen; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Scarcity of receptive souls; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02759 | 230 | mixed | ای منجذبان جمال رحمانی حمد خدا را که بنفحات قدس از رقد هوی مبعوث شدید و | O ye who are attracted to the beauty of the All-Merciful! Praise be to God that through the holy fragrances ye have been awakened from the slumber of desire [3.5s] | MKT9.188 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02758 | 230 | Persian | ای منجذبان جمال ابهی ما را امید چنانست که شاهرود بهارود گردد و آن کشور بنفحات | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Our hope is that Shahroud may be transformed into Baharoud, and that land be perfumed with the fragrances [3.5s] | MKT5.106, AVK3.482.06x, MAS5.075x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02984 | 220 | Persian | ای منجذبان جمال ابهی در هویه قلب بحور محبت یاران پر موج و هیجان … ای قوی قدیر کل در قبضه قدرت اسیریم تو مجیر تو دستگیر عنایتی کن | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! In the depths of the heart, the seas of love for the friends surge with waves and fervor [3.5s]... ...O Thou Omnipotent Lord! We are all held within the mighty grasp of Thy power | INBA13:208, INBA21:194 (244), INBA88:111 , INBA75:045 | BRL_DAK#0090, BRL_MON#016x, MILAN.212, AKHA_128BE #05 p.a, ADH2_1#45 p.067, MJMJ1.051x, MMG2#205 p.233x, MMG2#239 p.268, MJH.012b, NJB_v12#08 p.151x | BRL_POAB#16x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07818 | 110 | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of ABHA! Your letter was received; it indicated that a new union and harmony | SW_v02#05 p.004 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05292 | 150 | Persian | ای منجذبان محبت الله ذکر و فکر من حصر در یاد و تذکار شماست از مکتوبی که بجناب | O ye who are attracted by the love of God! My remembrance and thoughts are wholly centered upon your mention and remembrance. From the letter to his honor [3.5s] | VAA.212-212 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01836 | 290 | Persian | ای منجذبان روح القدس جناب آقا سید مهدی و جناب آقا سید اسمعیل و جناب آقا | O ye who are attracted by the Holy Spirit, Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Mihdí, Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Ismá'íl and Jináb-i-Áqá [3.5s] | INBA88:154 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02446 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, this mundane world is as the mirage of the desert | TAB.660-661, BSC.426 #769 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00875 | 420 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | يا احبّاء اللّه اذا اشتدّت الارياح و هطلت الامطار و دمدمت الرّعود و لمع البرق و نزلت الصّواعق و اشتدّت | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read your letters which uttered your steadfastness in the Cause of God | MMK3#197 p.140x | TAB.012-014, BWF.395-396x, BSC.473 #892x, SW_v08#01 p.002x | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02592 | 240 | mixed | ای منجذبین بنفحات الله از قرار معلوم محفل روحانی بان نفوس رحمانی آراسته گشته | O ye who are attracted by the fragrances of God! According to what hath become known, the Spiritual Assembly hath been adorned with those celestial souls [3.5s] | MKT9.191, MMK6#243 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06862 | 120 | mixed | ای متعلقان آن موقن بالله چشمی بملکوت ابهی باز کنید و با راز او انباز گردید و | O ye who are attached to that one firm in the Faith of God! Open your eyes unto the Abhá Kingdom and become partakers of His mysteries [3.5s] | INBA85:115 | BSHN.140.401, BSHN.144.396, MHT1b.178 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08902 | 90 | Persian | ای موقنان حضرت احدیت چنان اشراق و تجلی فرمود که امکان را ایئنه لامکان فرمود | O ye who are assured of the Divine Unity! Such radiance and effulgence hath He vouchsafed that He hath transformed contingent existence into a mirror of the realm of the infinite [3.5s] | INBA84:423b | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05799 | 320 | mixed | ای منتسبان این منادی حق جناب ابن ابهر ترک راحت و حضور نمودند و از وطن مالوف | O ye who are associated with this Herald of Truth! His honor Ibn-i-Abhar hath forsaken comfort and repose, and from his familiar homeland [3.5s] | BSHN.140.477.08x, YIA.414 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02268 | 260 | mixed | ای منسوبان آستان حضرت احدیت قریب غروب است و باران آذری در شدت نزول و عبدالبهاء | O ye who are associated with the Threshold of the Divine Unity! The sun is nigh unto setting, and the autumn rain descendeth with great intensity [3.5s] | TABN.114 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11923 | 130 | Persian | ای منسوبان درگاه احدیت جناب زائر با قلبی طاهر و وجهی ناضر به بقعه بیضاء وارد | O ye who are associated with the Threshold of Divine Unity! The pilgrim hath arrived at the Snow-White Spot with a pure heart and a radiant countenance [3.5s] | TISH.308a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03762 | 190 | Persian | ای منتسبین حضرت زائر علیکم و علیکن بهاء الله فی الاخره و الاولی حضرت زائر چون | O ye who are associated with the revered Visitor, upon you be the glory of God in both this world and the next! The revered Visitor, when [3.5s] | INBA84:243 | BRL_DAK#0604, MKT3.178 | Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00359 | 630 | Persian | ای منتسبان حضرت زائر جناب خان کوه و بیابان پیمود و از صحرا و دریا مرور نمود... در یوم ظهور و قرن مجلی طور | O ye who are associated with the revered visitor Jinab-i-Khan! That holy soul traversed mountains and deserts, and journeyed across wilderness and seas... in this day of Manifestation and this age of the light that shone on Sinai [3.5s] | INBA17:106 | MKT4.096, BSHN.140.479.09x, BSHN.144.472bx | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01598 | 310 | mixed | ای منتسبین جناب زائر آقا مرتضی برضای الهی فائز و بفضل و موهبت ربانی حائز از | O ye who are associated with the revered pilgrim, Aqa Murtaza, who hath attained unto divine good-pleasure and acquired heavenly grace and bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:185, INBA52:186 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02754 | 230 | Persian | ای منتسبین جناب زائر آقا عبدالوهاب آن فائز بعتبه مقدسه ایامی که در بقعه مبارکه | O ye who are associated with the pilgrim, the honored Áqá 'Abdu'l-Wahhab, who attained unto the Sacred Threshold in those days at the Blessed Shrine [3.5s] | INBA85:082 | AKHA_127BE #03 p.a | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07410 | 110 | Persian | ای دو منتسبین شجره مبارکه حمد کنید خدا را که از این دوحه مقدسه نابت شدید و از | O ye who are associated with the blessed Tree! Give thanks unto God that ye have sprung from this sacred Tree and from [3.5s] | IQN.209 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11965 | 100 | Persian | ای منتسبین آن یار روحانی از خدا خواهم که گلشن ملکوت را نهال بیهمال گردید | O ye who are associated with that spiritual friend! I beseech God that ye may become peerless saplings in the garden of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA79.051a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11867 | 200 | Persian | ای منتسبین آن فائز به رفیق اعلی حکمت بالغه الهیه اقتضا چنین نموده بود که امری | O ye who are associated with that soul who hath ascended unto the Most Exalted Companion! The consummate wisdom of God hath ordained that a matter [3.5s] | TISH.594 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06332 | 130 | Persian | ای منتسبین آن بنده صادق الهی لسان بشکرانه گشااید و حضرت کبریاء را حمد و ستایش | O ye who are associated with that sincere servant of God, loose your tongues in thanksgiving and offer praise unto the Most Great Lord [3.5s] | MKT6.163 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04850 | 160 | Persian | ای منتسبین آنشخص جلیل شکر کنید خدا را که مهتدی بنور هدی و منجذب بملکوت ابهی | O ye who are associated with that glorious personage! Give thanks unto God that ye have been guided by the light of guidance and drawn unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | BSHN.140.442, BSHN.144.436, MHT1b.162 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04082 | 180 | mixed | ای منتسبین حضرت نبیل ثابت راسخ ذکر جمیل شما را آنشخص جلیل در مکتوب مختصر خویش | O ye who are associated with His Honour Nabíl, steadfast and firm, that illustrious soul hath made fair mention of you in his brief letter [3.5s] | KNJ.010c, KNJ.012, YQAZ.467x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06897 | 120 | Persian | ای منتسبین حضرت فتح اعظم این عنوان بسیار مبارکست زیرا الحمد لله که شرف اعراق | O ye who are associated with His Holiness, the Most Great Victory! This title is most blessed, for praise be to God, the nobility of lineage [3.5s] | INBA17:239 | ANDA#79 p.50 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08228 | 100 | Persian | ای منتسبین حضرت ملا محمد علی شهید علیه بهاء الله الابهی شهدای سبیل بهاء نجوم | O ye who are associated with His Holiness Mulla Muhammad-'Ali, the martyr - upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God - martyrs in the path of Bahá, the radiant stars [3.5s] | LMA2.420, MLK.106, TAN.151, NYMG.191 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02588 | 240 | Persian | ای منتسبین حضرت مشکین جناب مشکین قلم حاضر و ناظر و مانند محصل نادر با سیف | O ye who are associated with His Holiness Mishkín, Jináb-i-Mishkín-Qalam is present and observing, like unto a rare student with sword [3.5s] | DUR4.495 | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05287 | 150 | Persian | ای منتسبین حضرت عطار آه و فغان منمااید و اندوه و احزان مخواهید هر چند از مصیبت | O ye who are associated with His Holiness 'Attar, give voice not to sighs and lamentations, neither seek ye sorrow and grief, though misfortune [3.5s] | BSHN.140.408, BSHN.144.403, MHT1b.236 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05786 | 140 | mixed | ای مشتعلین بنار محبه الله و منتسبین ثابت بر پیمان شکر کنید خدا را که در ظل ظلیلید | O ye who are aflame with the fire of God's love and are steadfast in His Covenant! Render thanks unto God that ye dwell beneath His sheltering shade [3.5s] | MKT9.174a, AKHA_132BE #06 p.a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05405 | 150 | Arabic | ایها المصابان بمصیبه کبری و رزیه عظمی ان امتحان الله لشدید و افتتان الله | O ye who are afflicted with grievous calamity and dire catastrophe! Verily, God's test is severe and His trial [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.33 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03484 | 200 | Persian | ای منتسبان درگاه احدیت جناب آقا محمد صادق نامه مختصر نگاشت ولی رجای مفصل نمود | O ye who are affiliated with the Threshold of Divine Oneness! Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad Sadiq penned a brief letter, yet made therein an extensive plea [3.5s] | MKT8.145b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04835 | 160 | Persian | ای مشتعلان بنار میثاق در این اقلیم سقیم ترابی گشایش و آسایش تصور نتوان نمود | O ye who are ablaze with the fire of the Covenant! In this ailing earthly realm, no relief or repose can be imagined [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0937, MKT8.138a, VAA.102-102 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01144 | 370 | Arabic | ایها المشتعلون بنار محبه الله قد اخذت راجفه الامتحان و رادفه الافتتان اقالیم | O ye who are ablaze with the fire of God's love! The tremors of tribulation and successive waves of trial have seized the regions [3.5s] | MMK6#092 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07434 | 110 | Persian | ای سالکان سبیل هدی حمد خدا را که بدرقه عنایت رسید نور هدایت درخشید ظلمت ضلالت | O ye wayfarers in the path of guidance! Praise be to God that the convoy of His grace hath arrived, and the light of guidance hath shone forth, dispelling the darkness of error [3.5s] | HDQI.248, ANDA#48 p.03 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02043 | 270 | Persian | ای آوارگان راه حق جهانیانرا آاین دیرین چنین است که دشمن راستیند و بدخواه حق | O ye wanderers in the path of Truth! The ancient custom of humanity hath ever been to oppose righteousness and bear ill-will unto truth [3.5s] | MKT8.009, BSHN.140.161, BSHN.144.161, MSHR3.180x, MHT2.084b, NANU_AB#54 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02655 | 230 | Persian | ای آوارگان حق محزون مباشید دلخون مگردید افسرده ننشینید پژمرده نگردید هرچند | O ye wanderers in the path of Truth! Be not dismayed, let not your hearts be grieved; sit not in despondency, nor be withered in spirit, though [3.5s] | NANU_AB#55 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01668 | 300 | mixed | ای آوارگان جمال ابهی هر چند از موطن مالوف دور و مهجور گشتید و معذب در دست اهل | O ye wanderers in the path of the All-Glorious Beauty! Though ye are banished and driven far from your cherished homeland, and though ye suffer at the hands of the people [3.5s] | AHB.122BE #05-06 p.000, MSHR4.191, NANU_AB#56 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04650 | 160 | Persian | ای آوارگان سبیل الهی از وطن مالوف بسبب طغیان هر ستمکار عسوف دور و مهجور شدید | O ye wanderers in the path of God! From your cherished homeland ye have been banished and made remote through the tyranny of every cruel oppressor [3.5s] | PYB#072-073 p.02, HDQI.168b, ANDA#18 p.05, ANDA#45 p.06, NANU_AB#53 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05327 | 150 | mixed | ای نهالهای سبز و خرم بوستان محبت الهی از شدآئد قضا ناله ننمااید و از مصائب و بلایا | O ye verdant and flourishing saplings of the garden of divine love, let not the adversities of fate cause you to lament, nor the trials and afflictions [3.5s] | BSHN.140.430, BSHN.144.424, MHT1a.179b, MHT1b.137b | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01748 | 300 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها الورقات المخضرات المهتزات علی الشجره المبارکه انی تلوت کتابکن الناطق | O ye verdant and flourishing leaves of the Blessed Tree! Verily! I read your letter, which expressed your spiritual attraction to the fragrances of God | BRL_DAK#0801 | TAB.029-031 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08612 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two, servant and maidservant of the Beauty of Abha! Thank ye His Highness the Incomparable One, that ye have become assisted | TAB.585-586 | Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10501 | 60 | Persian | ای دو طفل خوردسال اگرچه خوردسالید ولی از پیران سالخورده برترید و بهتر چه که | O ye two young children! Though young in years, ye surpass the aged and hoary-headed ones [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0286, HUV1.030 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09354 | 80 | Persian | ای دو بنده یزدان پرست ستایش پاک یزدانرا که سرمست ساغر آندلبر یکتاستید و از | O ye two worshippers of God! Praise be unto the pure Lord, that ye are intoxicated with the chalice of that peerless Beloved [3.5s] | YARP2.590 p.415 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09365 | 80 | Persian | ای دو یگانه پرست الحمد لله از بیگانه بیزار شدید و باشنای یگانه پیوستید بمهر | O ye two who worship the One True God! Praise be unto God that ye have turned away from the stranger and have joined with the One Beloved in love [3.5s] | YARP2.519 p.376 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07408 | 110 | Persian | ای دو مقبل الی الله و دو مقبول درگاه کبریاء زهی بلنداختری و خوش بختی و | O ye two who turn towards God and are accepted at the Threshold of His grandeur! How lofty is your destiny and how blessed your fortune [3.5s] | YARP2.177 p.179 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02932 | 220 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان تحریر سبب تسریر قلوب بود و مضمون نشئه رحیق مختوم بخشید | O ye two who stand firm in the Covenant! Your letter brought joy to hearts, and its contents imparted the essence of the sealed wine [3.5s] | MMK5#167 p.129 | Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05668 | 140 | Persian | ای دو متوجه الی الله ایامی میگذرد آلامی در گذر است هر محنتی در سبیل حضرت | O ye two who are turned towards God! Days pass by, afflictions fade away, and every tribulation is in the path of the Lord [3.5s] | YBN.038a | Consolation and comfort; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01324 | 340 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضامین شیرین سرور جدیدی حاصل گردید آن | O ye two who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter was received and from its sweet contents fresh joy was obtained [3.5s] | AYBY.427 #139, TRZ1.301b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05662 | 140 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان حضرت بشیر ربانی در نامه خویش ذکر آن دو یار مهربان نموده که | O ye two who are steadfast in the Covenant! The divine Herald hath, in his letter, made mention of those two kind friends [3.5s] | MKT9.125a, YARP2.389 p.204 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04750 | 160 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر میثاق خوشا بحال شما که قیام بر خدمت امرالله نموده اید از این | O ye two who are steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed are ye, that ye have arisen to serve the Cause of God [3.5s] | MKT9.127 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08071 | 100 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان خوشا بحال شما که نصایح و وصایای حضرت زردشت را عمل نمودید | O ye two who are steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed are ye, that ye have acted according to the counsels and exhortations of His Holiness Zoroaster [3.5s] | ALPA.014a, YARP2.016 p.073 | Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12102 | 110 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما که برهان قاطع بر ثبوت و رسوخ بر میثاق بود رسید | O ye two who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter, which was a conclusive proof of your steadfastness and constancy in the Covenant, hath been received [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0493 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11361 | 50 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید شکر حضرت مقصود را که مانند نسمات اسحار و نفحات | O ye two who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received. Thanks be to the Most-Desired Lord that, like unto the breezes of dawn and the fragrant morn [3.5s] | MSBH4.558x, KASH.409x | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02933 | 220 | O ye two who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter dated January 28 | SW_v11#18 p.308 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08719 | 90 | Persian | ای دو منجذب الی الله موجی از بحر میثاق برخواست و بر قطعه امریک زد دور را | O ye two who are drawn towards God! A wave from the ocean of the Covenant hath arisen and struck the shores of America [3.5s] | INBA59:244a | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01936 | 280 | mixed | ای دو فداای جمال مبارک حقا که در درگاه احدیت قابلید و فائق خادمید و موافق | O ye two who are devoted to the Blessed Beauty! Truly, at the Threshold of Divine Oneness ye are accepted and are distinguished servants, harmonious [3.5s] | MKT6.148 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06762 | 120 | Persian | ای دو فداای جمال مبارک حمد خدا را که پرتو عنایت درخشنده است و نور احدیت روشن | O ye two who are devoted to the Blessed Beauty! Praise be to God that the rays of divine grace are shining bright and the light of oneness is radiant [3.5s] | MKT9.132a | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12367 | 150 | O ye two who are blessed at the threshold of the Almighty! Your letter has been received. Praise be to God that you are fully attentive to the Kingdom of Abhá with self-sacrifice as your greatest longing | BBBD.527-528 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11761 | 120 | Persian | ای دو منجذب حق هر چند نعم الهیه لایعد و لایحصی و انسان از شکرش عاجز و قاصر و | O ye two who are attracted to the Truth! Although divine bounties are beyond count or reckoning, and man stands feeble and powerless to render due thanks [3.5s] | YIA.310b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09362 | 80 | O ye two who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your blessed photograph was received and considered. Praise be to God | BSTW#158 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06196 | 130 | Persian | ای دو موقن بالله شکر کنید خدا را که منظور نظر عنایتید و موفق بموهبت حضرت | O ye two who are assured in God! Give thanks unto the Lord that ye are the objects of His gracious regard and are blessed with His heavenly bounty [3.5s] | MMK2#123 p.095 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08718 | 90 | Persian | ای دو منتسبین درگاه کبریا جناب اردشیر مانند شیر به بیشه نور منیر پی برد و | O ye two who are associated with the Threshold of the All-Glorious! His honour Ardashír, like unto a lion, hath found his way unto the luminous wilderness [3.5s] | YARP2.492 p.363 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09751 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two who are advancing towards the Kingdom of God! Mr. . . hath praised you that | TAB.256-257 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06194 | 130 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای دو کنیز عزیز الهی انسان آنچه بلسان گوید باید باعمال و افعال اثبات کند اگر | O ye two well-loved handmaids of God! Whatever a man's tongue speaketh, that let him prove by his deeds. If he claimeth to be a believer | MMK1#115 p.135, AKHA_103BE #07 p.05, PYB#219 p.05, TRBB.042, MJTB.108 | SWAB#115, TAB.507, LOG#1515x, SW_v08#05 p.058x | Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07390 | 110 | mixed | ای دو بادیه پیما حمد کنید خدا را که سرمست پیمانه پیمانید و در دشت و صحرا و | O ye two wayfarers of the wilderness! Render thanks unto God that ye are intoxicated with the chalice of His Covenant, and in field and desert [3.5s] | AYBY.428 #140, TRZ1.304a | Consultation; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03699 | 190 | Persian | ای دو دربدر جهان شکر کنید خدا را که در این سبیل بیسر و سامانید و پراکنده و | O ye two wanderers of the world! Give thanks unto God that ye are unsettled and dispersed upon this path [3.5s] | TAH.250b, YQAZ.234 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12379 | 150 | Persian | ای دو سرگشته صحرای محبت الله همیشه در ساحت اقدس مذکور بودید و در حضور جمال قدم | O ye two wanderers in the wilderness of the love of God! Ever were ye remembered in His holy court and in the presence of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | QUM.125a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04004 | 180 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای دو مومن صادق نامه شما رسید مضمونش ایمان و ایقان و خلوص بود دلیل بر بیناای | O ye two truthful believers! Your letter was received. Its contents were faith, certainty and sincerity… O God! Rear this little babe in the bosom of Thy love | BRL_DAK#1192, DRM.018ax, ADH2.131x, ADH2_5#07 p.163x, MMG2#431 p.476x, HUV1.016x, ABMH.054 | BRL_CHILD#06x, BPRY.033-034x, TAB.049-050, LABC.015x | MANA, G. and M. Smith, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 2], E. Mahony | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| AB12764 | 40 | Persian | ای دو دوست حقیقی سرکار لورد لامینگتون عازم سیاحت ایرانند شخص محترمی هستند | O ye two true friends! Lord Lamington intends to journey to Persia. He is an honoured personage [3.5s] | INBA85:530b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02386 | 250 | Persian | ای دو مومن ممتحن نامه وصول یافت و فی الحقیقه احبای آرتوز و احبای کول و احبای | O ye two tested believers! Your letter was received, and verily the friends of Artois and the friends of Cologne and the friends [3.5s] | MSHR4.141 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08080 | 100 | Persian | ای دو نهال تر و تازه جنت ابهی شکر کنید خدا را که در این باغ الهی نابتید و | O ye two tender plants in the Abha Paradise! Render thanks unto God that ye have sprouted in this heavenly garden. | DRM.009c, HUV2.044 | BRL_CHILD#35, LABC.011 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12336 | 170 | Persian | ای دو ورقه مبتهله جناب طاهر حاضر شدند و بعتبه مقدسه ساجد گشتند و بعالم ملکوت | O ye two suppliant leaves! Jinab-i-Tahir attained the presence and bowed in prostration at the Sacred Threshold and ascended unto the Kingdom of God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0912 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03701 | 190 | mixed | ای دو مجاهد فی الله هیچ نفسی را سزاوار نه که عبدالبهاء را آزمایش نماید زیرا | O ye two strivers in the path of God! No soul is deserving to put 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the test, for [3.5s] | MMK6#500 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01249 | 350 | mixed | ای دو برادر ثابت راسخ مهربان الحمد لله مانند فرقدان از مطلع ایمان و ایقان | O ye two steadfast, firm and loving brothers! Praise be to God that, like unto the twin stars, ye have risen from the horizon of faith and certitude [3.5s] | AHB.118BE #10 p.245 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12385 | 150 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید شمامه عنبر بود و مضمون مسک اذفر دلالت بر | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received. It was as fragrant as musk and its contents were as sweet-scented as the choicest ambergris, testifying to [3.5s] | INBA85:076 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06189 | 130 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما رسید و تفصیل شهادت سراج الشهداء آقا میرزا | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letter hath arrived, and the detailed account of the martyrdom of Siráju'sh-Shuhadá, Áqá Mírzá [3.5s] | MKT1.285a, HHA.153 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12094 | 70 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان المنه لله که روح مصور هیکل منور حضرت اعلی در جدث مطهر در | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Praise be to God that the embodied spirit and illumined temple of His Holiness the Báb reposes in the sacred tomb in [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0480 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05184 | 150 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان حضرت آقا سید مصطفی علیه بهاء الله قائم بر خدمت امرالله | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! His Honour Siyyid Mustafa, upon him be the glory of God, who standeth firm in service to the Cause of God [3.5s] | AADA.148-149 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05183 | 150 | mixed | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان این آواره دشت و صحرا را مدتی مجال خطاب بان دو سید ابرار | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Grant this wanderer of desert and plain a moment's respite to address those two noble souls [3.5s] | MSHR5.159b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00494 | 560 | mixed | Family Life | ای دو مومن موقن ثابت حمد خدا را که از شعله نور هدی سینای دل و جان روشن شد | O ye two steadfast believers assured in faith! Praise be to God that the flame of the light of guidance hath illumined the Sinai of your hearts and souls [3.5s]... ...God’s wisdom hath decreed that partners to a marriage should be of distant origins | BRL_DAK#0826, COMP_FAMP#11x, MKT3.370, MMK6#339, AVK3.509.09x, AVK4.155.03x, AVK4.192.03x, AVK4.209.05x, DWNP_v3#05 p.031-033 | BRL_FAM#11x | Law of divorce; Law of inheritance; Laws of marriage and dowry; Praise and encouragement; Unchastity and adultery | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04362 | 170 | mixed | ای دو بنده ثابت راسخ الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه | O ye two steadfast and firm servants of God! That which ye had written was perused. In truth [3.5s] | MKT9.124 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06192 | 130 | mixed | ای دو ستاره مانند فرقدان حمد خدا را که در افق محبت الله روشنید و در عتبه | O ye two stars, like unto the twin luminaries of the Great Bear! Praise be to God that ye shine bright in the horizon of the love of God and at the threshold [3.5s] | INBA16:010 | MMK2#332 p.241 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06191 | 130 | Persian | ای دو ستاره فرقدان در برج دوپیکر الحمد لله مانند شجر صنوان از یک منبت روایده | O ye two stars of Farqadan in the constellation of Gemini! Praise be unto God that, like unto twin trees springing from a single root, ye have grown from one source [3.5s] | ANDA#67-68 p.37 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11762 | 120 | mixed | ای دو یار روحانی خسرو خاوری عنقریب در باختر متواری گردد یعنی قریب بشام است و | O ye two spiritual friends! The Prince of the East will soon disappear in the West – that is, it is nigh unto evening [3.5s] | YIA.230-231 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12099 | 100 | Persian | ای دو نفس مومن بالله از یوم مفارقت از پاریس الی الان همیشه بیاد شماها هستم و از الطاف | O ye two souls who have believed in God! From the day of my departure from Paris until now, I have ever been mindful of you, and from the bounties [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0490 | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12350 | 160 | Persian | ای دو منجذب جمال الله جناب یونس مدتی مونس بود و در کمال محبت ندیم مستدیم بود | O ye two souls who are attracted to the Beauty of God! For some time Yunis was a companion, and in the utmost love, a constant and faithful friend [3.5s] | INBA85:251 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08079 | 100 | Persian | ای دو نفس مطمئنه در این کور امتحان از آتش افتتان چون ذهب آبریز رخ بتابید و | O ye two souls serene! In this Dispensation of trials, turn ye your countenance from the fire of tribulation like unto pure gold [3.5s] | MMK3#050 p.031 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06769 | 120 | O ye two souls of the Kingdom! Turn your faces to the Kingdom of the merciful One | SW_v12#01 p.028 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12220 | 240 | O ye two souls of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, day and night ye are confirmed in service and have no other motive and desire | BBBD.481-482 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12387 | 150 | Persian | ای دو مفتون روی دلبر آفاق هر چند در قم اقامت نتوانستید ولی الحمد لله در جویبار | O ye two souls enraptured by the countenance of the Beloved of all mankind! Though ye were unable to remain in Qum, yet praise be to God, in Juybar [3.5s] | QUM.170-171 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12443 | 130 | Persian | ای دو ابناء ملکوت حمد کنید خدا را که فضل و عنایت الهیه شما را موفق بان نمود | O ye two sons of the Kingdom! Render thanks unto God that divine grace and bounty hath enabled you to achieve this [3.5s] | INBA85:097 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08366 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two singing birds in the Garden of Belief! I have read your letter in which you confess the Unity of God and the grandeur of His reign | TAB.318 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00825 | 430 | mixed | ای دو بنده صادق حق آنچه بجناب سید مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید این صدمات در | O ye two sincere servants of the True One! That which ye had written to his honour the Siyyid hath been perused. These afflictions [3.5s] | MSHR4.150-151 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03419 | 200 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق حق و دو ناصر میثاق و دو ایادی امر نیر آفاق کمر همت را در | O ye two sincere servants of the True One, and ye two steadfast upholders of the Covenant, and ye two Hands of the Cause of the luminous horizon, gird up the loins of endeavour [3.5s] | MMK5#207 p.158 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09950 | 70 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق پروردگار نامه شما رسید از مطلع الفاظش نور محبت دمید و سبب | O ye two sincere servants of the Lord! Your letter was received, and from the dawning-place of its words the light of love shone forth and caused [3.5s] | ALPA.018b, YARP2.022 p.077 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06188 | 130 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال مبارک الحمد لله درگاه احدیت را پاسبانید و سر باستان منجذب | O ye two sincere servants of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be to God that ye are guardians at the threshold of Divine Unity, with hearts drawn to that ancient realm [3.5s] | INBA87:251a, INBA52:255 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06186 | 130 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال ابهی الحمد لله ناطقید و موافق و مانند نخل باسق ثمره طیبه | O ye two sincere servants of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be to God that ye are eloquent and united, and like unto a lofty palm tree, bearing goodly fruit [3.5s] | MKT8.082b | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06187 | 130 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب مرقوم ملحوظ گردید و معانی در صحائف قلب محفوظ | O ye two sincere servants of the Abha Beauty! Your letter was received, and its meanings were preserved in the pages of the heart [3.5s] | MMK5#017 p.010 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07396 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق الهی در انجمن رحمانی مذکورید و مشهور و در آستان مقدس معروف | O ye two sincere servants of God! Ye are mentioned and renowned in the heavenly assemblage, and are well-known at His sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MKT5.079b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05661 | 140 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق درگاه احدیت رستم پاک جان بجهان جاودان شتافت و آنسرور راستان | O ye two sincere servants at the threshold of the One God! Rustam, pure in soul, hath hastened to the eternal realm, that pride of the righteous ones [3.5s] | YARP2.429 p.323 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01250 | 350 | mixed | ای دو بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O ye two servants, near unto the threshold of the All-Glorious! The letter which ye had written to Jináb-i-Manshádí hath been perused [3.5s] | MSHR2.341 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05181 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا مکتوب ملاحظه گردید نفحات محبت الله از گلشن معانی | O ye two servants who have drawn nigh unto the court of divine grandeur! Your letter was perused, and the sweet fragrances of the love of God wafted from its garden of inner meanings [3.5s] | MKT8.084a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04749 | 160 | Persian | ای دو بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا مدتیست که با شما مخابره ننموده ام و راز درون | O ye two servants who are near unto the celestial court! For some time I have not corresponded with you nor shared the secrets within [3.5s] | KHSK.030 | Agriculture; Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10499 | 60 | Persian | ای دو بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا عبدالبهاء در این بقعه نورا بیاد شما در سرور بی | O ye two servants that have drawn nigh unto the celestial sanctuary of the Almighty! 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in this luminous spot, is mindful of you in joy [3.5s] | HDQI.301a, YARP2.530 p.381 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08707 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده حق در این دم بدرگاه احدیت اسم اعظم مناجات مینماید که ای پروردگار | O ye two servants of Truth! At this moment the Greatest Name, at the threshold of Oneness, doth supplicate, saying: O Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:090b, INBA52:089b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07394 | 110 | mixed | ای دو بنده درگاه حق از خدا بخواهید که موفق بجانفشانی گردید و بقربانگاه عشق | O ye two servants of the threshold of Truth! Beseech ye God that ye may become confirmed in self-sacrifice and attain unto the altar of love [3.5s] | MMK2#314 p.229 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02236 | 260 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان حق از قرائت نامه آن دو مرغ گلشن محبت الله نهایت حزن و اندوه | O ye two servants of the threshold of the True One! The perusal of the letter from you two birds of the rose-garden of God's love filled [me] with the utmost sorrow and grief [3.5s] | TABN.106, TABN.292 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06759 | 120 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان جمال مبارک مکتوب مختصر شما بغایت مفصل بود این ایجاز اعجاز | O ye two servants of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Your brief letter was indeed most detailed - this concision is truly miraculous [3.5s] | INBA87:007, INBA52:007 | Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07395 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده درگه احدیت منجمون در فلک در دائره منطقه البروج برج جوزاء یعنی دو | O ye two servants of the Threshold of Oneness, set like stars in the firmament within the circle of the zodiac in the sign of Gemini [3.5s] | AYBY.402 #106 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11770 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان جمال مبارک مکتوب مرقوم ملحوظ افتاد از فضل و موهبت دلبر آفاق | O ye two servants of the Sacred Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter was received and through the grace and bounty of the Beloved of all worlds [3.5s] | YIA.294 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04751 | 160 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom! Your letter was received. It was | SW_v10#17 p.319 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08072 | 100 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God, that your services are accepted in the divine threshold and your songs impart joy | SW_v07#10 p.092-093 | Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04993 | 160 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom of God! His honor, Mr. Vail, has arrived | SW_v11#15 p.259 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09351 | 80 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید فرصت مفصل نیست مختصر نگاشته میشود وقایع | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Your letter was received. There is not time for a detailed response; therefore shall I write briefly [3.5s] | INBA17:180 | ABDA.378-379 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09352 | 80 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید ولی جواب مختصر تحریر میگردد زیرا فرصت | O ye two servants of the divine Threshold! Your letter was received, but the reply must needs be brief, for time is pressing [3.5s] | YARP2.460 p.343 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05180 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بنده درگاه الهی مکتوب شما رسید از قرائن احوال چنین معلوم میشود که در | O ye two servants of the divine Threshold! Your letter was received, and from the circumstances it becometh evident that [3.5s] | ABDA.120 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09949 | 70 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان الهی از الطاف حضرت رحمانی امیدم چنان است که در ظل عنایت در کمال | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Through the favors of the All-Merciful Lord, my hope is that beneath the shade of His providence, in utmost [3.5s] | YARP2.192 p.186 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04364 | 170 | mixed | ای دو بنده درگاه الهی هر چند بجسم در محضر روحانیان حاضر نیستید و در محفل | O ye two servants of the divine Threshold! Though in body ye are not present in the gathering of the spiritually-minded [3.5s] | INBA13:275b | MKT8.082a, MUH3.394-395 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06182 | 130 | mixed | ای دو بنده آستان الهی الطاف نامتناهی شامل گشت تا حامل امانت عظمای الهی گردیدید | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Infinite favors have encompassed you, that ye might become the bearers of God's supreme trust [3.5s] | INBA87:390c, INBA52:401b | MMK2#121 p.093, RAHA.279-280 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03999 | 180 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان حق از قرار مسموع مسیحیانرا تصور چنان که در هر وقت فرصت و | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! According to what hath been heard, the Christians, whenever opportunity ariseth [3.5s] | TABN.108 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Universal education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08706 | 90 | mixed | ای دو بنده حضرت مقصود الحمد لله رب غفور شما را در یوم ظهور بعمل مبرور موفق | O ye two servants of the Desired One! Praise be to God, the All-Forgiving Lord, Who hath made you successful in righteous deeds in this Day of Manifestation [3.5s] | MMK6#014 | Many are called but few are chosen; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00901 | 410 | mixed | ای دو بنده آستان مبارک من مجاور مسجد اقصی و شما در آن عدوه قصوی با وجود این | O ye two servants of the Blessed Threshold! I am near unto the Most Holy Mosque, while ye abide in that far-distant realm [3.5s] | AHB.128BE #01 p.04, AHB.109BE #05 p.02, AVK3.483.16, BSHN.140.220, BSHN.144.220, MAS5.147, MJMJ2.110x, MMG2#392 p.440x, MHT2.170 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04748 | 160 | Persian | ای دو بنده جمال مبارک نامه ایکه بجناب آقا میرزا احمد سهراب نوشته بودید ملاحظه | O ye two servants of the Blessed Perfection! The letter that you have written to his honor Mirza Ahmad was perused. | SAHA.000 (و) | DAS.1913-11-18 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05179 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بنده جمال ابهی در این صبحدم بیاد شما افتادم و نامه شما خواندم قلب چنان | O ye two servants of the Abha Beauty! At this hour of dawn I remembered you and read your letter, and my heart was so [3.5s] | NJB_v04#06 p.003 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09350 | 80 | Persian | ای دو بنده الهی جناب یونس خان بخدمت حضرت یزدان مشغول و بعبودیت آستان مقدس | O ye two servants of God! Yunus Khan is occupied in service to the Lord, engaged in servitude at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MUH3.209ax | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04361 | 170 | mixed | ای دو بنده الهی نامه شما اثر خامه محبت الله بود سبب سرور دلها گردید هر | O ye two servants of God! Your letter, which was penned with the ink of divine love, brought joy to all hearts [3.5s] | MKT8.081b, MSBH4.372-373 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04747 | 160 | Persian | ای دو بنده الهی جهانرا بنیاد بر باد است و جهانیانرا بپایان بنیان هستی ویران | O ye two servants of God! The world's foundation resteth upon the wind, and the peoples of the world stand at the brink of ruin [3.5s] | BSHN.140.471, BSHN.144.464, DUR4.804, MHT1a.084, MHT1b.042, YARP2.216 p.200 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05177 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بندگان خدا پرتو آفتاب آسمانی مدتی از خاور ایران پنهان شد پس دریای بخشش | O ye two servants of God! The radiance of the celestial Sun was for a time concealed from the East of Iran; then the ocean of bounty [3.5s] | ALPA.072, YARP2.083 p.116 | Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11173 | 40 | Persian | ای دو بنده خدا امید بحفظ حمایت حضرت حق داشته باشید محفوظ مانید و مصون و در | O ye two servants of God! Place your hopes in the protection and shelter of the True One; may ye remain preserved and safeguarded [3.5s] | YARP2.175.2 p.178 | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06184 | 130 | mixed | ای دو بنده خدا جناب آقا محمد مکتوبی مرقوم و از قبل شما استدعای تحریری مخصوص | O ye two servants of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad hath written a letter, requesting on your behalf a special missive [3.5s] | INBA89:066a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02929 | 220 | Persian | ای دو بنده الهی من در حق شما دعا نمایم و بدرگاه احدیت جمال ابهی بنهایت تضرع | O ye two servants of God! I shall pray on your behalf and, with the utmost humility, supplicate the threshold of His oneness, the All-Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | AVK4.289-290 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06183 | 130 | Persian | ای دو بنده حق برادر مهربان ببقعه رحمان رسید و سر باستان نهاد و از درگاه جمال | O ye two servants of God, loving brothers, who have attained unto the sacred precincts of the All-Merciful and laid your heads at the threshold of Beauty [3.5s] | AMK.126-126 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02708 | 230 | Persian | ای دو بنده الهی وای اماء آستان ربانی عبدالبهاء را چنان آرزو که بهریک از احبای | O ye two servants of God, and O ye handmaidens of the Divine Threshold! Such is 'Abdu'l-Bahá's longing for each of the loved ones [3.5s] | INBA87:049, INBA52:049 | MKT7.212c | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07398 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا مکتوب شما رسید و بجهت آوارگان سروستان نامه مفصل | O ye two servants nigh unto the celestial Threshold! Your letter hath been received, and concerning the wanderers of Sarvistan, a detailed letter [3.5s] | AYBY.426 #137, TRZ1.298 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05182 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا یاران پارسی را صدق و راستی خلق و خوی است و رفتار | O ye two servants near unto the throne of Grandeur! Truthfulness and sincerity are the character and conduct of the Persian friends [3.5s] | YARP2.554 p.394 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05659 | 140 | Persian | ای دو بنده درگاه خدا سهراب بامس باستان ایزد دانا رسید و شما را همی بخاطر آورد | O ye two servants at the threshold of God! The letter of Sohrab reached the Ancient Lord, the All-Knowing, and brought you to remembrance [3.5s] | YARP2.578 p.410 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08705 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان مقدس محافلی که از برای تربیت و تعلیم نورسیدگان ترتیب گردیده | O ye two servants at the Holy Threshold! We have been greatly cheered and refreshed to know that ye have organized meetings for the education of children. | NLAI_BH_AB.005a | MKT3.329, TSS.315, TRBB.042, NJB_v11#15 p.263 | COC#0602 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04753 | 160 | mixed | ای دو طالب نور هدایت الحمد لله بعون و عنایت حضرت احدیت کشف غطا شد و فتح باب | O ye two seekers of the light of guidance! Praise be unto God that through the aid and bounty of His Divine Unity the veil hath been lifted and the door opened [3.5s] | MKT6.147 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00409 | 600 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو حقیقت جو نامه شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت مکاتیبیکه از پیش | O ye two seekers after truth! Your letter was received and its contents noted. As for the letters ye had previously sent, not all were received | MNMK#150 p.279, MMK1#163 p.187 | SWAB#163, LOG#0692x, SW_v02#05 p.003-004, SW_v14#01 p.036-037 | Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06765 | 120 | Persian | ای دو مشتاق دیدار در نهایت سرور بیاد آن دو شمع پرنورم و بکمال اشتیاق نامه | O ye two seekers after the Divine Countenance! With utmost joy do I call to mind those two radiant candles, and with complete yearning this letter [3.5s] | MKT7.096 | Importance of community building; Love of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08721 | 90 | Persian | ای دو نهال جنت ابهی شمائل پرملاحت شما در نزد عبدالبهاء حاضر شد چون نظر بر روی | O ye two saplings of the Abha Paradise! Your charming likeness hath been presented before 'Abdu'l-Bahá. When He gazed upon [3.5s] | DRM.011a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05477 | 150 | O ye two revered souls! Since the day of my departure from Budapest I have been always remembering you and have begged from his holiness | DAS.1913-04-25 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01281 | 350 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الشخصان المحترمان الخادمان فی کرم الله انی قرئت کتابکما و اطلعت بالمضمون | O ye two revered persons, ye servants in the vineyard of God! Verily, I read your letter and was informed of its contents filled with spiritual attractions | BRL_DAK#1026 | TAB.348-350 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06197 | 130 | O ye two respected souls! Thank ye God that you have a son like Mr Vakil. Erelong Vakil will become glorious | DAS.1914-09-07 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04758 | 160 | O ye two respected souls! At this moment Abdu'l-Baha is remembering those two pure spirits | DAS.1914-07-25 | Praise and encouragement; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12755 | 50 | Persian | مرسله جنابان اخوان ندافان علیهما بهاء الرحمن مبلغ بیست و پنج لیره انگلیزی معادل یکصد | O ye two respected brothers, recipients of the mercy of the All-Merciful, twenty-five English pounds, equivalent to one hundred [3.5s] | QUM.113 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08723 | 90 | Persian | ای دو یادگار پیشینیان کیانیان افسر و دیهیم داشتند و چتر زرین افراشتند ولی چه | O ye two remnants of them that came before, who wore crowns and diadems, and raised aloft the golden canopy [3.5s] | ALPA.081b, YARP2.095 p.122 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00510 | 550 | Persian | ای دو یادگار دو نفس بزرگوار حضرت عبدالمجید و حضرت سید محسن این دو نفس مبارک | O ye two remembrances of those two noble souls, His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Majíd and His Holiness Siyyid Muḥsin, those two blessed beings [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0780, MKT3.407, ASAT3.111x, TSHA3.291 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11962 | 100 | Persian | ای دو منسوب دو شهید راه خدا این ازدواج چه قدر سبب ابتهاج است زیرا هر یک منتسب | O ye two relatives of martyrs in the path of God! How great a source of joy is this marriage, for each of you is connected [3.5s] | TISH.192b | Martyrs and martyrdom; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09348 | 80 | Persian | ای دو اختر روشن نامه شما خوانده گشت شادمانی آورد و کامرانی بخشید زیرا نشانه | O ye two radiant stars! Your letter was read, bringing joy and bestowing gladness, for it was a sign [3.5s] | YARP2.521 p.377 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10500 | 60 | Persian | ای دو ستاره روشن در افق محبت الله جنود ملکوت ابهی گاهی بصورت بشر در عرصه | O ye two radiant stars upon the horizon of the love of God! The hosts of the Abhá Kingdom do at times appear in human form on earth [3.5s] | MKT5.081, YMM.245 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05178 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بنده تابنده جمال ابهی در حق جناب افنان فی الحقیقه نهایت همت مجری | O ye two radiant servants of the Abha Beauty! In truth, concerning the honored Afnán, the utmost endeavor hath been exerted [3.5s] | INBA17:132 | Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09358 | 80 | Persian | ای دو شمع روشن اگر فتوری در ارسال سطور رود از کثرت اشغال است و شدت احزان نه | O ye two radiant candles! If there be any delay in dispatching these lines, it is due not to neglect but rather to a multitude of occupations and intensity of sorrows [3.5s] | INBA87:216a, INBA52:219b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12544 | 100 | Persian | ای دو خواهر پاک گهر از خدا خواهم که آن دو خواهر مانند دو اختر فرقدان در افق | O ye two pure-natured sisters! I pray to God that ye those two sisters, like unto two heavenly stars, may shine upon the horizon of the Love of God | BBBD.400 | BBBD.401 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12629 | 80 | O ye two pure-hearted souls! Your letter arrived. Name the newborn child "Kurshed". Do not grieve and do not be discouraged by the resistance of people | BBBD.113 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Naming of children; of individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12427 | 130 | Persian | ای دو نفس زکیه نامه شما رسید مضمون سبب نهایت سرور شد زیرا مناجات بود و طلب | O ye two pure souls! Your letter arrived, and its content brought me great joy because it contained a request in which you ask for the assistance of the power of the Holy Spirit | BBBD.560 | BBBD.561 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04756 | 160 | Persian | ای دو نفس زکیه ندای شما بسمع اشتیاق مسموع شد و لقای شما محبوب و مرغوب گشت | O ye two pure souls! Your call reached the ears with eagerness, and meeting with you became beloved and desired [3.5s] | INBA87:448, INBA52:463 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09956 | 70 | Persian | ای دو نفس زکیه تا توانید در خدمت آستان احدیت حضرت مقدسه بکوشید و چون | O ye two pure souls! Strive, as much as ye can, in service at the sacred Threshold of the One True God, and when [3.5s] | MKT8.095b, LMA2.430 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11792 | 80 | Persian | ای دو بنده پاک جان جانان مرا آرزو چنان که آن دو نفس مبارک دو شمع تابان گردند و | O ye two pure servants of the Best Beloved! My fervent hope is that these two blessed souls may become as two shining candles and [3.5s] | FRH.095 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07411 | 110 | Persian | ای دو ورقه طیبه و دو کنیز جمال قدم جناب ابن ابهر علیه بهاء الله الانور در | O ye two pure leaves and handmaidens of the Ancient Beauty! His honour Ibn-i-Abhar, upon him be the most luminous glory of God [3.5s] | MKT7.097 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03704 | 190 | mixed | ای دو نفس نفیس خطه بطحاء وادی غیر ذی زرع و سنگلاخ بود چنانچه نص قرآنست از | O ye two precious souls! The valley of Batha was a barren wasteland and stony ground, as is attested in the text of the Holy Quran [3.5s]... ...The region of Nur is the birthplace of the Speaker on the Mount. Consider to what grandeur, importance and splendor it shall attain throughout future ages and cycles. | MMK6#231x, IQN.020 | DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.144, BLO_PN#007 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06770 | 120 | Persian | ای دو نفس نفیس آفتاب جهان تقدیس چنان اشراق بر آفاق نمود که هر شخص خسیس از | O ye two precious souls! The Sun of sanctification hath shed such radiance upon all horizons that every base person [3.5s] | INBA87:025, INBA52:025a | YARP2.402 p.310 | Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09952 | 70 | mixed | ای دو کنیز عزیز الهی الیوم اعظم خدمت بملکوت ابهی ایقاد سراج هدی و تبلیغ | O ye two precious handmaidens of the Divine! Today the greatest service unto the Abhá Kingdom is the kindling of the lamp of guidance and teaching [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1044, MKT7.091b | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12801 | 230 | Persian | ای دو زائر مطاف ملا اعلی نامه شما رسید و اهتزاز قلب شما از دیدار روی یاران | O ye two pilgrims to the sanctuary of the Concourse on High! Your letter was received, and from it was learned of the joy that thrilled your hearts upon beholding the countenance of the friends [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1131 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04000 | 180 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دو زائر تربت مقدسه خبر وصول بپاریس محفوظا و مصونا رسید و سبب فرح و سرور | O ye two pilgrims of the Holy Shrine! The news of your safe arrival in Paris was received | BRL_DAK#0212 | BRL_ATE#056, TAB.319-320 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Effort; striving; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02384 | 250 | mixed | ای دو زائر مرقد مقدس منور با نهایت روح و ریحان بمنزلکه جانان رسیدید و از گلشن | O ye two pilgrims of the hallowed and luminous Shrine! With utmost joy and fragrance ye have attained unto the dwelling-place of the Best-Beloved and from the rose-garden [3.5s] | MMK5#137 p.106 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06190 | 130 | Persian | ای دو زائر مشکین نفس حمد کنید حضرت معبود را که بمنتها مقصود جواهر وجود فائز | O ye two pilgrims of musk-laden breath! Praise ye the Lord, your Object of worship, for ye have attained unto the ultimate goal of the jewels of existence [3.5s] | MKT6.041 | Law of pilgrimage; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01938 | 280 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو نفس صابره نامه شما رسید و از وفات آن نوجوان عزیز از جهت فرقت شما نهایت | O ye two patient souls! Your letter was received. The death of that beloved youth and his separation from you have caused the utmost sorrow | MMK1#169 p.194 | SWAB#169, BWF.379-380x, SW_v10#19 p.340-341 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12588 | 90 | Persian | ای دو مفتون حقیقت نامه رسید بملکوت وجود پرستش نمودم و آرزوی عون و عنایت | O ye two ones who are enchanted in reality! Letter received. I prayed to the kingdom of existence, and invoked for (God's) assistance | BBBD.546-547 | BBBD.547 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12311 | 180 | O ye two of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived. It expresses gratitude for the presence of the Khans (the three Persian friends). I sent them because their visit also brought joy and happiness | BBBD.499 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08067 | 100 | Persian | ای دو برادر پاک گهر عموی مهرپرور چون باین کشور رسید یاد آن دو برادر افتاد و | O ye two noble-hearted brothers! When your loving uncle arrived in this land, he recalled those two brothers [3.5s] | MKT5.079a | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03702 | 190 | mixed | ای دو نجل جلیل مبلغ امر الله جناب ابوی مهربان در آستان یزدان همواره بیاد شما همدم بود | O ye two noble offspring, heralds of the Cause of God! Your loving father, at the threshold of the Lord, was ever mindful of you [3.5s] | AADA.149-150 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07402 | 110 | Persian | ای دو سلاله جلیله حضرت ابراهیم نامه شما رسید و بدقت ملاحظه گردید زیرا دلالت | O ye two noble descendants of Abraham! Your letter was received and perused with careful attention, for it indicated [3.5s] | MMK6#441 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05657 | 140 | mixed | ای دو برادر خوش گهر در این جهان پرکدر محزون و مگدر نگردید روحانی و نورانی و | O ye two noble brothers! In this world of sadness and turbidity, be ye neither grieved nor troubled; remain ye spiritual and luminous [3.5s] | MKT9.123b | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul is the essential reality of man | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03259 | 210 | Arabic | ایها الشخصان الرشیدان الجلیلان انی اتضرع الی العزه الالهیه و ابتهل الی العتبه | O ye two noble and discerning souls! I beseech the Divine Majesty and fervently implore the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MMK6#148 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00735 | 460 | mixed | ای دو بلبل گلبن معانی الطاف بی نهایت حضرت رحمانی را ملاحظه نمااید که آن دو | O ye two nightingales of the rose-garden of meanings! Behold the boundless favours of the All-Merciful Lord, these two [3.5s] | AYBY.422 #133, TRZ1.292 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for healing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05059 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two merciful assemblies! Praise be to God! that through the outpouring of guidance, India is rapidly becoming a Rose-garden of Abha | TAB.634-635, BSTW#079 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08714 | 90 | Persian | ای دو کنیز درگاه الهی حرم شهید شفاعت شما نموده و خواهش نامه بجهت شما کرده من | O ye two maidservants of the divine Threshold! The shrine of the martyr hath interceded for you and hath presented a supplication on your behalf [3.5s] | MKT7.091a | Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07406 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two maidservants of God! The Lord of the Kingdom hath invited, chosen and guided you through His pure favor | TAB.478-479 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04368 | 170 | mixed | ای دو سراج روشن در زجاجه محبت الله آنچه مرقوم شده بود مشهود و معلوم گردید و | O ye two luminous lamps within the glass of the love of God! That which was written hath been noted and understood [3.5s] | INBA13:357, INBA55:156, INBA84:353, INBA84:506 | MMG2#100 p.114x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12242 | 220 | Persian | ای دو شمع روشن محبت الله جناب میرزا عبد الحسین ستایشی زاید الوصف از آن نفسین | O ye two luminous candles of the love of God! Jinab-i-Mirza Abdul-Husayn hath offered praises of you that surpass all description [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0943, BRL_DAK#0972 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09357 | 80 | Persian | ای دو شمع پرنور در محفل تبلیغ امر الله امروز روز بیانست و وقت وقت نغمه و | O ye two luminous candles in the gathering for the proclamation of God's Cause! Today is the day of utterance, and the time hath come for melody and [3.5s] | MSBH1.159, MUH3.195 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05665 | 140 | Persian | ای دو شمع محبه الله نامه شماها رسید الحمد لله بروح محبه الله زنده اید و بنفحه | O ye two luminaries of the love of God! Your letter hath arrived. Praise be unto God, ye are quickened by the spirit of the love of God and by His breath [3.5s] | MKT3.339a | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08082 | 100 | Persian | ای دو یار مهرپرور عبدالبهاء فارسیان فی الحقیقه سبب سرورند و شادمانی موفور هر | O ye two loving companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Persians are, in truth, the cause of abundant joy and gladness [3.5s] | YARP2.533 p.382 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08069 | 100 | Persian | ای دو برادر مهرپرور حمد کنید خدا را که بجسم و جان برادرید و از یک پدر و مادر | O ye two loving brothers! Render thanks unto God that ye are brothers both in body and soul, born of the same father and mother [3.5s] | MMK2#328 p.239, YARP2.490 p.362 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06758 | 120 | mixed | ای دو برادر مهرپرور شکل جوزا را در فلک بپارسی دو پیکر گویند که مانند دو انسان | O ye two loving brothers! In the celestial sphere, the sign of Gemini is called "Two Figures" in Persian, which resembleth two humans [3.5s] | TABN.116 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12424 | 130 | O ye two lights of God's love! Your letter arrived, and its contents brought forth the feelings of the heart. I hope that you will always be ideal Bahá'ís | BBBD.109 | Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11736 | 140 | Persian | ای دو ورقه مقربه درگاه کبریا گمان منمااید که پدر بزرگوار یا متعلقین او فراموش | O ye two leaves who have drawn nigh unto the divine Threshold! Think not that your noble father or his kindred have been forgotten [3.5s] | YIA.293-294 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04759 | 160 | mixed | ای دو ورقه مقربه درگاه کبریا دو شاهد صادق آگاه گواهند که کنیز مقرب درگاه خدا | O ye two leaves near the divine threshold, two truthful and aware witnesses testify that the handmaiden near the threshold of God [3.5s] | INBA84:491 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12591 | 90 | O ye two lamps which are kindled with the fire of the Love of God! Your letter was received. Ye should be highly rejoiced and obliged to Mr. Herrigel, Mr. and Mrs. Bosch | BBBD.600 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06761 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two lamps of the Love of God! Your letter to . . . was read and its contents considered. Its meanings expressed the feelings of spiritual hearts | TAB.320-321 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08077 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two kind and beloved maidservants of God! A splendor from the Supper of the Lord was cast upon the table that ye have spread | TAB.534 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06198 | 130 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دو نفس محترم نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم و قلب محزون گردید که آن دو شخص | O ye two honourable souls! Your letter was received and its contents noted. My heart was saddened | BRL_DAK#0230 | BRL_ATE#058 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of divorce; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04754 | 160 | Persian | ای دو کنیز محترم حق چه قدر خوشبخت و نیک اختر بودید که در محبت شهریار سریر | O ye two honored handmaidens of God! How blessed and fortunate were ye in your love for the Sovereign of the Throne [3.5s] | MSBH5.057-058 | Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03705 | 190 | Persian | ای دو یار محترم هر چند احبای سرچاه در سبیل دلبر مهربان و آن مه تابان صدمات و | O ye two honored friends! Though the loved ones at Sarchah have endured tribulations in the path of the compassionate Beloved One and that resplendent Moon [3.5s] | MKT5.084b | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05187 | 150 | Persian | ای دو منادی حق الحمد لله که با کمال جد و جهد بتبلیغ امرالله در جمیع ایران | O ye two heralds of truth! Praise be to God that, with the utmost earnestness and zeal, ye have arisen to teach the Cause of God throughout Persia [3.5s] | AYBY.424 #135, TRZ1.295, FRH.358-359 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00185 | 840 | Persian | ای دو منادی محبت الله نامه ثالث که بتاریخ ۹ جمادی الاول ۱۳۲۶ مرقوم بود رسید | O ye two heralds of the love of God! The third letter, which was dated the ninth of Jamádí'l-Avval 1326, hath arrived [3.5s] | AVK3.338.07x, AVK3.339.10x, TAH.311, MSBH4.035-036 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12388 | 150 | O ye two heavenly souls! In the existing world, everything that signifies love is regarded as a heavenly gift. Now, your engagement is the greatest expression of love and affection | BBBD.537 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12627 | 90 | O ye two heavenly souls! I received your engagement announcement. I turned my face to the Holy Threshold of God and prayed that this marital bond be interwoven with prosperity | BBBD.566 | Prayer for married couples | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10907 | 50 | Persian | ای دو بنده پارسی آسمانی خداوند آفرینش شما را بخشش و دانش و بینش داد تا در | O ye two heavenly Persian servants of the Lord of Creation! He hath endowed you with bounty, knowledge and vision, that ye may [3.5s] | YARP2.349 p.282 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08078 | 100 | Persian | ای دو کنیز مقرب حضرت کبریاء هردم بیاد پرده نشینان سرادق رحمان آاید و در ملاء | O ye two handmaidens, who are nigh unto the glorious Threshold! At every moment do thoughts come to mind of those who dwell within the pavilions of the All-Merciful, and in the concourse [3.5s] | INBA17:175 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08709 | 90 | Persian | ای دو خادمه احباء الله سزاوار این است که افتخار و مباهات بر ملکه های اقطار | O ye two handmaidens of the loved ones of God! It behooveth you to attain such honor and glory as to surpass the queens of all lands [3.5s] | INBA87:518a, INBA52:545 | High station of the true believer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04002 | 180 | Persian | ای دو کنیز خداوند عزیز از فرقت جناب اسمعیل حرقت نجواید و حسرت ننمااید و کدورت | O ye two handmaidens of the glorious Lord! Grieve not at your separation from Isma'il, neither let sorrow overtake you, nor gloom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.461, BSHN.144.455, MHT1b.214 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06764 | 120 | Persian | ای دو کنیز حق شرط کنیزی جمال مبارک ملکیت کشور انقطاعست و تنزیه و تقدیس از | O ye two handmaidens of God! The condition of servitude to the Blessed Beauty is possession of the realm of detachment and purity and sanctification from [3.5s] | MKT7.090 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00356 | 630 | Persian | Light of the World | ای دو امة البهاء جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی و کینونتی و ذاتی لتربته الفدا در هر | O ye two handmaidens of Baha! The Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life, my soul, and mine inmost being be offered up | NURA#31, MMK4#049 p.052 | LOTW#31 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07407 | 110 | Persian | ای دو کنیز مقرب درگاه کبریا نامه شما قرائت شد و مضمون سبب مسرت گشت لطف و | O ye two handmaidens near to the Court of the All-Glorious! Your letter was read, and its contents brought great joy [3.5s] | YARP2.566 p.401 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04006 | 180 | O ye two guiding souls! Your letter was received. It was indicative of | SW_v10#19 p.342 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03420 | 200 | Persian | ای دو پارسی خداپرست پارسیان هزار سال بلکه افزون بود پریشان و بی سر و سامان و | O ye two God-worshipping Persians! For a thousand years, nay even more, have the Persian people been scattered and bereft of order and stability [3.5s] | PYB#244 p.03, YARP2.488 p.361 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03422 | 200 | O ye two glorious leaves of the Divine Ferdows! It is now some time that his honor Mirza Abdul Ghani | DAS.1914-07-24 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07393 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده آزاده الهی هرچه نگارم سر مصون ضمیر مکشوف نگردد و حقیقت معانی معلوم | O ye two freed servants of God! However much I may write, the hidden core of my thoughts remaineth unrevealed, and the true meaning undiscovered [3.5s] | MKT9.123a | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04752 | 160 | mixed | ای دو ریحان بوستان محبت الله جناب حاجی ابوی در سجن اعظم وارد و بموهبت عظمی و | O ye two fragrant plants of the garden of God's love! The honored Haji, thy father, hath arrived at the Most Great Prison and attained unto supreme bounty [3.5s] | INBA84:305b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07399 | 110 | O ye two firm ones in the Covenant! Happy are ye that, like unto a blessed | SW_v10#14 p.268 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07400 | 110 | O ye two firm ones in the Covenant! Although we are living in the holy land and you are dwelling in the United States | SW_v07#17 p.167 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01189 | 360 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو کنیز مقرب پروردگار نامه امة الله مادر بیچر بنظر گذشت و فی الحقیقه لسان | O ye two favoured handmaids of the Lord! The letter from Mother Beecher hath been received, and truly it spoke for you both... It is hoped that all the maidservants of the Merciful, in those regions, will be (united) like unto the waves of one boundless sea. | MNMK#105 p.192, MMK1#036 p.073 | SWAB#036, BSTW#504a | D. Stevenson | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01934 | 280 | mixed | ای دو بنده باوفای جانفشان جمال ابهی نامه رسید و از قرائتش سروری جدید حاصل | O ye two faithful servants who have sacrificed your lives for the Abhá Beauty! Your letter was received, and from its perusal a fresh joy was obtained [3.5s] | INBA84:405 | MKT9.146, MMK6#337 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01323 | 340 | mixed | ای دو بنده صادق آستان مقدس الحمد لله که از راحت تن و آسایش جان بیزارید و از | O ye two faithful servants of the Sacred Threshold! Praise be unto God that ye are detached from bodily comfort and the repose of the soul, and [3.5s] | TZH8.0850 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08708 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق خداوند بیهمتا شکر کنید خدا را که در این روز فیروز پروانه شمع | O ye two faithful servants of the peerless Lord! Give thanks unto God that on this blessed day ye are even as moths circling round the flame [3.5s] | MMK2#303 p.220, ALPA.073b, YARP2.085 p.117 | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12331 | 170 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق رب ابراهیم جناب آقا شکرالله در بقعه نوراء بیاد احباء افتاد و بدعا | O ye two faithful servants of the Lord Abraham! Jinab-i-Aqa Shukru'llah, in the luminous Spot, remembered the loved ones and raised his voice in prayer [3.5s] | INBA85:436 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06760 | 120 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق درگاه الهی نامه قرائت گشت مسرت داد و فرح و شادمانی مبذول داشت | O ye two faithful servants of the divine Threshold! Your letter was read, bringing joy and gladness and delight [3.5s] | TAH.136 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05660 | 140 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید ولی بعد از آنکه جناب جمشید داراب و | O ye two faithful servants of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter hath been received, yet after Jináb-i-Jamshíd-i-Dáráb [3.5s] | YARP2.605 p.422 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01818 | 290 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال مبارک حقا که جانفشانید و خادم حضرت رحمان عبدالبهاء از | O ye two faithful servants of the Blessed Beauty! Truly ye have laid down your lives and become servants of the All-Merciful. 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MSBH4.027-028 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04149 | 180 | mixed | ای دو بندهٴ صادق جمال مبارک هرچند در سبیل محبوب مصائب و متاعب موفوره دیدید | O ye two faithful servants of the Blessed Beauty! Though in the path of the Beloved ye have suffered manifold afflictions and tribulations [3.5s] | NANU_AB#66x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07397 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق جمال ابهی فضل بی پایانست و موهبت پی در پی آشکار و عیان ابواب | O ye two faithful servants of the Blessed Beauty! Boundless is the grace, and manifest and evident are the successive bestowals [3.5s] | INBA88:371, INBA89:118a | AKHA_134BE #07 p.a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02930 | 220 | Persian | ای دو بنده باوفای جمال ابهی مدتی بود که از فاروق بزوغ و شروقی مشاهده نشده | O ye two faithful servants of the Abha Beauty! For some time now, no dawning or rising hath been witnessed from Farooq [3.5s] | INBA87:402, INBA52:414 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11871 | 190 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق حق من به درگاه احدیت شکرانه نمایم که شما را هدایت فرمود | O ye two faithful servants of God! I render thanks before the Threshold of God that He hath guided you [3.5s] | TISH.183-184 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02931 | 220 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق درگاه احدیت شمس حقیقت چون از صبح احدیت اشراق بر آفاق نمود | O ye two faithful servants at the Threshold of Divine Unity! When the Sun of Truth shone forth from the Dayspring of Oneness upon all horizons [3.5s] | MMK3#119 p.081 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07413 | 110 | mixed | ای دو یار وفادار همیشه در نظر بوده و هستید ابدا فراموش نشده و نخواهید شد اگر | O ye two faithful friends! Ever have ye been, and still are, before Mine eyes. Never have ye been forgotten, nor shall ye ever be forgotten [3.5s] | MKT9.133a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12563 | 100 | mixed | ای دو اخوان باوفای جناب زائر خوشا بحال شما که چنین برادر مهربانی دارید که در آستان | O ye two faithful brothers of his honor the pilgrim! How blessed ye are to have such a kind brother in the Divine Threshold [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.165 | Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02712 | 230 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو نفس مومن موقن نامه رسید الحمد لله خبرهای خوشی داشت کلیفورنیا استعداد | O ye two faithful and assured souls! The letter was received. Praise be to God, it imparted good tidings…. Those souls who during the war have served the poor and have been in the Red Cross Mission work | MMK1#081 p.113x, MMK1#164 p.190x | SWAB#081x, SWAB#164x, SW_v10#19 p.339-340, BSTW#039 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05188 | 150 | O ye two faithful and assured souls! Praise be to God, your son, George | SW_v11#10 p.159+163 | Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07405 | 110 | Persian | ای دو فرع رفیع دوحه مبارکه نامه شما رسید و معانیش دلالت بر ثبوت و رسوخ احبای | O ye two exalted branches of the blessed Tree! Your letter hath reached us, and its contents testify to the firmness and steadfastness of the beloved ones [3.5s] | INBA87:334a, INBA52:341 | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04158 | 180 | mixed | ایها الفرعان المحترمان من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب آن دو فرع لطیف واصل و از | O ye two esteemed branches of the Blessed Tree! Your letters, from two gracious branches, have been received, and from [3.5s] | INBA87:220, INBA52:224 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11729 | 150 | Persian | ای دو مفتون میثاق تا قوت جاذبه بمیدان نیاید ثبوت و رسوخ رخ ننماید حتی ثبوت و | O ye two enchanted lovers of the Covenant! Until the power of attraction is manifest in the arena, steadfastness and firmness will not be revealed [3.5s] | FRH.097a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04369 | 170 | O ye two eloquent, impassioned and artistic poets! Thank ye God that ye are spending your time | DAS.1914-10-13 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07720 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two doves, flying in the verdant Gardens of the Kingdom! Thank ye your Lord for that by reason of which He hath guided you into the Path | TAB.188 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06763 | 120 | O ye two doves of the nest of the Love of God! Although it is a long time that no news has reached us from you | SW_v07#10 p.093-094 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03152 | 210 | mixed | ای دو حمامه ایکه عرفان حمد کنید خدا را که در گلشن میثاق در ظل شجره انیسا لانه | O ye two doves of divine knowledge! Glorify God, for ye have built your nest in the rose-garden of the Covenant, beneath the shade of the celestial Tree [3.5s] | MKT5.080 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10908 | 50 | Persian | ای دو سلیل حضرت خلیل جلیل ای خوشا بحالتان که در ریاض الهی داخل شدید و در | O ye two descendants of His Holiness Abraham, the Glorious! How blessed is your state, that ye have entered the divine gardens [3.5s] | YMM.306x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08715 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your longing to visit the Sacred Soil is expressed and evident and your presence | TAB.506 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02710 | 230 | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your letter dated December 4th | SW_v10#07 p.144, BSTW#425 | House of Justice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03700 | 190 | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Ye have written that Mr. Marion Nuevo | SW_v12#12 p.201-202 | Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12269 | 200 | Persian | ای دو بنت ملکوت الله نامه شما رسید مضمون فوران نار محبت الله بود و ثبات بر | O ye two daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter has been received. The contents were the fervour of the fire of the love of God, firmness and steadfastness in the Covenant | BBBD.610 | BBBD.611 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12499 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید الحمد لله بشارت تعلق قلوب بملکوت الله داشت | O ye two daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter has been received. Praise be unto God, it conveyed the glad-tiding of the attachment of hearts | BBBD.525 | BBBD.526 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05185 | 150 | Persian | ای دو حمامه همدم و همراز الحمد لله در گلشن الهی پرواز نمودید و بملکوت راز پی | O ye two companion doves, united in heart and spirit! All praise be to God that ye have soared in the divine garden and winged your way to the Kingdom of mysteries [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that you are soaring in the Divine rose-garden, have found your way to the Kingdom of Mysteries and have become the recipients of the Favors of His Highness the Incomparable One! | INBA87:260b, INBA52:264 | NJB_v04#12 p.005 | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10502 | 150 | Persian | ای دو مرغ آمیخته آموخته حمد کنید خدا را که در ریاض الهی در شجره امید در یک لانه | O ye two closely knit and enlightened birds! Praise ye God that in the divine garden, upon the tree of hope | BRL_SWOP#100, MJMJ2.083x, MMG2#381 p.427x | BRL_SWO#100 | Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06195 | 130 | Persian | ای دو کنیز عزیز الهی درگاه احدیت را دو امه مقربید و آستان مقدس را دو خادمه | O ye two cherished maidservants of God! Ye are two handmaidens near-drawn to the Court of the Divine Unity, and two servants at His sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MKT7.092b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09953 | 70 | Persian | ای دو کنیز عزیز الهی پروردگار مهربان کنیزان پرهیزکار خواهد تا سرج هدی گردند و | O ye two cherished handmaids of God! The loving Lord desireth His virtuous handmaidens to become beacons of guidance [3.5s] | INBA17:092 | MKT7.092a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02553 | 240 | Persian | ای دو کنیز عزیز درگاه احدیت پدر بزرگوار الحمد لله در افق شهادت کبری کوکب | O ye two cherished handmaidens of the Court of Divine Unity! Your noble father, praise be to God, hath become a star in the heaven of martyrdom [3.5s] | YBN.049 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01937 | 280 | Persian | ای دو کنیز عزیز جمال مبارک این چه گمانست و این چه تصور محال زیرا چنانکه | O ye two cherished handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty! What thought is this, and what impossible fancy, for even as [3.5s] | MKT7.095 | Consolation and comfort; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09954 | 70 | Persian | ای دو کنیز عزیز جمال ابهی هر چند در دور قدیم حیثیت نساء بالنسبه برجال قلیل بود | O ye two cherished handmaidens of the Abhá Beauty! Though in ages past the station of women was inferior in relation to men [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0969, MKT7.094 | Equality of men and women; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03153 | 210 | mixed | ای دو کنیز عزیز الهی جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله در نامه خویش نام شما برده و | O ye two cherished handmaidens of God, Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Habíbu'lláh hath made mention of your names in his letter [3.5s] | MKT7.093, PYM.231x, MAS5.293 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02934 | 220 | mixed | ای دو یار نازنین الحمد لله یار دلنشین و منجذب نور مبینید و سیراب از عین یقینید | O ye two cherished companions! Praise be to God, ye are attracted to the manifest Light and are refreshed from the fountain of certitude [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0911, YARP2.343 p.279, PPAR.098 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01935 | 280 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دو شمع محفل یاران کاتب در محفل روحانیان باید مانند شمع درخشنده باشد زیرا | O ye two candles of the Meeting of the Friends! The secretary in the meeting of the spiritual ones must be shining as a candle... Although in the future thousands of Mashriqu’l-Adhkars will be erected | BRL_DAK#0786 | BRL_ATE#203x, GPB.351x, SW_v05#05 p.065 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12316 | 170 | Persian | ای دو شمع محبه الله نامه های شما رسید الحمد لله روح ملکوتی روز بروز رو بقوت | O ye two candles of the Love of God! Your letters were received. Praise be to God that the Spirit of the Kingdom is day by day gaining | BBBD.491 | BBBD.485-486, BBBD.492 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12101 | 120 | Persian | ای دو شمع محبت الله حمد کنید خدا را که پرتو شمس حقیقت شامل شد و سبب روشناای | O ye two candles of the love of God! Glorify ye the Lord that the effulgence of the Sun of Truth hath shone forth and become the cause of illumination [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0492 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09951 | 70 | Persian | ای دو شمع مشتعل جهدی کنید تا از نار موقده در شجره مبارکه اقتباس شعله نمااید | O ye two burning candles! Strive ye that ye may acquire a flame from the enkindled Fire in the Blessed Tree [3.5s] | MKT8.095a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04746 | 160 | mixed | ای دو برادر اخوت و برادری چون در دو برادر روحانی حاصل همه اش شهد و شکر است و | O ye two brothers! When spiritual brotherhood and fellowship are established between two brethren, all is honeyed sweetness [3.5s] | INBA17:165 | MMK6#205 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03698 | 190 | Persian | ای دو برادر آن روح مجرد آن جان پاک رو بافلاک کرد و از جهان خاک رها یافت و | O ye two brothers! That sanctified spirit, that pure soul, hath ascended unto the celestial realms, finding release from this world of dust [3.5s] | INBA13:267 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01491 | 320 | Persian | ای دو برادر چون فرقدان درخشنده و تابان نور حقیقی در عالم خلق پرتو محبت الله | O ye two brothers! Like unto the Twin Stars ye shine forth and radiate, the light of Truth casting its rays of divine love throughout the world of creation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.273, BSHN.144.273, MHT1b.197, QUM.256 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07391 | 110 | Persian | ای دو برادر چون دو کوکب دوپیکر در افق محبت الله بفضل خدا چون فرقدان تابانید | O ye two brothers! Like twin stars in the horizon of the love of God, by His grace ye shine even as the twin stars of heaven [3.5s] | INBA13:259a | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06178 | 130 | Persian | ای دو برادر چون دو فرقد از مشاکل و مصائب و مشقات در اینجهان ملول و محزون | O ye two brothers, who are like unto the twin stars, wearied and saddened by the difficulties, tribulations and hardships of this world [3.5s] | MKT5.018 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06179 | 130 | Persian | ای دو برادر دو پیکر حمد خدا را که جبال و تلال و دشت و صحرا و دریا را طى و | O ye two brothers, two embodiments, praise be to God that ye have traversed mountains and hills, plains and wilderness, and crossed the seas [3.5s] | INBA55:281 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06181 | 130 | mixed | ای دو برادر یک روح در دو پیکر الحمد لله اخوت جسمانی و معنوی و جسدی و روحانی در | O ye two brothers, one spirit in two bodies! Praise be to God for physical and spiritual, bodily and celestial brotherhood [3.5s] | INBA87:266a, INBA52:269b | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07392 | 110 | Persian | ای دو برادر مانند دو پیکر آسمانی جناب امین از قوت قلب و علو همت و سمو منقبت | O ye two brothers, like unto two celestial bodies! His honor Amín, through the strength of his heart, the loftiness of his purpose, and the sublimity of his virtues [3.5s] | MSHR5.132 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06756 | 120 | mixed | ای دو برادر چون دو پیکر در سبیل جمال الهی مصائب و شدائد عظیم تحمل نمودید فسوف | O ye two brothers, like unto twin bodies, who have endured grievous trials and mighty tribulations in the path of the Divine Beauty [3.5s] | INBA16:123 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06180 | 130 | Persian | ای دو برادر مانند دو پیکر فلکیان برج جوزا را دو پیکر نامند و آن دو صورت | O ye two brothers, like unto the celestial twins! The constellation Gemini they call the Two Figures, those twin forms [3.5s] | INBA84:533 | ANDA#78 p.04 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06755 | 120 | Persian | ای دو برادر چون دو پیکر آسمانی جناب درویش الان حاضر و خواهش نگارش این رقیمه | O ye two brothers, like unto celestial bodies! The venerable Dervish is now present and requesteth the penning of this epistle [3.5s] | MKT6.144 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02707 | 230 | mixed | ای دو برادر پاسبان آستان الهی شکر کنید خدا را که با برادر خویش بوفا پرداختید | O ye two brothers, guardians of the Divine Threshold! Give thanks unto God that ye have shown faithfulness to your brother [3.5s] | ANDA#63 p.14 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08068 | 100 | mixed | ای دو برادر در آسمان جهان دو پیکر که بتازی جوزا گویند موجود و بسی درخشنده و | O ye two brothers in the firmament of the world, twin stars which in the Arabic tongue are called Gemini, bright and resplendent [3.5s] | MKT6.007 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - |
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