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ABU3763 370 Every Manifestation is the Adam of His time... There were one hundred thousand Adams before the Adam of biblical records each being the Manifestation of his own time or cycle. PN_unsorted p087 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=87] @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @station of the Manifestation of God
ABU3534 20 The outpouring of the Holy Spirit changes the small acorn into an over-shadowing tree SW_v08#08 p.103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8] @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @The Holy Spirit
ABU3683 170 "There are many kinds of martyrdom. How many times have I prayed for it… So Christ never suffered upon the cross SW_v24#04 p.105 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_24/Issue_4] @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] @conduct in finance and business, @promotion of commerce and industry, @agriculture, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @work as worship
ABU3682 180 unknown lang 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 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/329.pdf#page=56] MNYA.039 [https://bahai-library.com/afroukhteh_nine_years_akka] AFNAN.077 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=79] @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant
ABU3425 30 I have trained Zeenat Khanum, and having confidence in her, therefore, I sent her to America SW_v05#04 p.058 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_4] @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach
ABU3535 20 Let us pray to God that the breath of the Holy Spirit may again give hope and refreshment to the people, awakening in them a desire to do the Will of God. SW_v08#08 p.104 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8] @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer, @The Holy Spirit
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 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=132] @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Letters of the Living
ABU3645 10 The insistent self. BW_v13p1187x [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol13-1954-1963.pdf#page=118] VLAB.010x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] @Satan; the Evil One, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures
ABU3564 10 Arabic البلشفیک ستسری من روسیا و متی یعم شرها یتفق العالم علی سحقها The Bolsheviks shall spread forth from Russia, and when their evil encompasseth all, then shall the world unite to crush them [3.5s] YIK.304 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/257.pdf#page=313] ZIAB1.105
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 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=73] @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual transformation
ABU3649 130 Persian عبدالبافی افندی یکی از شعراء و فضلای مشهور موصل بود. در ذمان خود Abdu'l-Baqi Effendi was among the renowned poets and scholars of Mosul in his time [3.5s] MUH2.1024 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf#page=112] NSS.133 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=131]
ABU3553 20 Every stone of that building, every stone of the road leading to it [the Shrine of the Báb] I have with infinite tears and at tremendous cost, raised and placed in position GPB.275x [http://www.bahai.org/r/466167473] VLAB.029 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] COB.224 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/COB.pdf#page=233] @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment
ABU3684 160 At dawn, with wondrous and melodious voices, they will be engaged in the mention of God. Ships carrying the flag of “Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá!” will anchor at the port [of Haifa] and kings will disembark RKS.067 [http://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi.pdf#page=76] @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Shrines and Holy places, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
ABU3546 20 ...(Under such circumstances) if I should fail to make an effort to protect you, I should be not only responsible SW_v08#12 p.154 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_12] @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics
ABU3679 210 It had been my earnest wish for you to stay in this region and to see to affairs related to the Holy Land. In particular, now that I am busy with the construction of the Shrine of the Báb AFNAN.154 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=156] @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @growth of the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as sun
ABU3678 220 The religion of God has now been proclaimed in Germany. When the divine seed takes root in the soil, they will automatically spread and other roots appear and extend
ABU3761 280 Persian من دعا میکنم و از برای خلق گشایش می طلبم اما خلق خودشان سبب تنگی میشوند مثل I call out in prayer and seek relief for humanity, yet people themselves become the cause of constriction, like [3.5s] BRL_DAK#1145 [https://www.bahai.org/r/701557005] @episodes from the early history of Islam, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @universal peace; world unity
ABU3673 260 These honored persons have sent a report to the Commission of Inquiry, which has resulted in the Commission’s head moving with a vengeance to eradicate the Cause of God AFNAN.082-083 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=84] @rejection, opposition and persecution, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Ottoman commissions of investigation
ABU3702 100 Many people come here in a gala journey. They stop at the best hotels. They come here when they have nothing to fear, they travel in a company of friends and are a gay crowd! SW_v24#04 p.104 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_24/Issue_4] @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness
ABU3676 230 This pearl rosary and a ruby ring originally belonged to Mírzá Musa Jawahiri, the son of Mírzá Hadi, and were both in that box AFNAN.213-214 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=215] @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @business; financial; property matters, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers
ABU3575 10 Persian والله بتو محبت دارم و بیادت مشغولم اینست که اثر دارد By God, I cherish thee with love and am occupied with thy remembrance. This verily hath effect [3.5s] KHH2.192a (2.352) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/355.pdf#page=213] @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
ABU3757 20 Persian ظهور مولوی وکتاب مثنوی مثل شمعی (ستونی) بودکه به زیرآن دیوارمتمایل نصب شد ودوره دیانت اسلام به ١٢٠٠ سال بالغ گردید The appearance of Rumi and his book, the Masnavi, was like unto a column erected to buttress a tilting wall, enabling the dispensation of Islam to extend twelve hundred years KHSH06.024 [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_6] @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @Muhammad; Islam
ABU3762 280 Persian ایران تاییدات غیبیه میخواهد امیدوارم همان نوعیکه ممالک سائره از ایرانیان Iran requireth divine confirmations, and I hope that just as other countries [have received these] from the Iranians [3.5s] BRL_DAK#1146 [https://www.bahai.org/r/885525679] @past, present and future of Iran, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @teachings as spirit of the age, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization
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 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=159] @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day
ABU3481 20 Persian هد هد شخصی بود که سلیمان بقاصدی فرستاد و باعلی درجه شهرت رسید مرغی ضعیف بود The hoopoe was one who Solomon dispatched as a messenger, and attained unto the loftiest heights of renown though it was but a feeble bird [3.5s] AVK2.208.04 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-209.html] @stories; anecdotes, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people
ABU3608 10 Religion is an attitude toward God which reflects itself in our attitude towards men. SW_v13#04 p.090x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_4] @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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 [https://bahai-library.com/uhj_share_time_god] @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship, @service to others; to the Cause of God
ABU3477 20 Persian کیفیة شهادة قرة ‌العین هو انهم اخبروها ان زوجة‌الصدر الاعظم تحب ان تلاقیها فی البستان The manner of the martyrdom of Qurratu'l-Ayn was that they informed her that the wife of the Grand Vizier desired to meet with her in the garden [3.5s] ASAT4.496b [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=250] @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution
ABU3469 20 Arabic حیاة الانسان لازم یحصل منها نتیجة الاهمیة لیست بطول العمر ام بقصره The life of man must needs yield forth a fruit of consequence; its significance lieth not in the length or brevity of its duration [3.5s] YIK.298 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/257.pdf#page=307] ZIAB2.130
ABU3607 10 The body is the word. The spirit is its meaning. The word passes. The meaning remains. SW_v13#04 p.090x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_4] @outward and inward meanings
ABU3465 20 Persian بعضی از پیغمبرها شاعر مخصوص داشتند چنانکه شاعر رسول الله حسان بود شاعر ما هم ورقاست Certain among the Prophets had their chosen poets, even as Hassan was the poet of the Apostle of God, and Varqá is Our poet [3.5s] MSBH1.265 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/247.pdf#page=130] @poems and quotation from poetry, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam
ABU3561 20 The withered and faded are refreshed, the joyless becomes happy, the extinct SW_v08#08 p.103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]
ABU3606 10 The meaning of the dream I dreamt is now clear and evident. Please God this dynamite will not explode GPB.271x [http://www.bahai.org/r/629394842] VLAB.138 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of dreams and visions
ABU3525 20 It is most clear and manifest that national affairs will never revolve around their SW_v07#15 p.138 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v07#15 p.141 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v09#07 p.082 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_7] @universal education, @unity of thought and belief, @unity of governments; political unity, @education of children; moral education
ABU3460 20 Persian اگر چهار یا پنج نفس مثل میرزا ابوالفضل شوند من از این عالم مسرور و مطمئن میروم خدا مبعوث خواهد کرد If four or five souls should become even as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, then would I depart from this world with gladness and assurance, for God shall raise them up [3.5s] YIK.303 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/257.pdf#page=312] ZIAB2.228
ABU3562 20 Sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful are the fruits we obtain. VLAB.128 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow
ABU3614 10 Be not grieved on account of poverty for true wealth is surging and inundating like unto the ocean. SW_v08#02 p.020 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2] @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @symbolism, @consolation and comfort
ABU3681 190 How many of the prophets longed to be here in these days of God. Many Germans left their homeland and settled here on this mountain, where they awaited the arrival of the Promised One BBBD.367 @Mount Carmel, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @prophecy and fulfillment, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @rejection of Muhammad, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul
ABU3615 10 I dreamed a dream and behold, the Blessed Beauty (Baha'u'llah) came and said to Me: `Destroy this room.' GPB.310x [http://www.bahai.org/r/432149072] PAB.003 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha] @accounts of dreams and visions, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes
ABU3482 20 Persian هر بنیانی عاقبت ویران شود مگر خدمت باستان یزدان پس خدمتی در دیوان الهی نما تا بایوان رحمانی راه یابی Every foundation shall ultimately crumble save service at the threshold of the Ancient of Days; therefore render thou a service at the Divine Court, that thou mayest find thy way unto the pavilion of the All-Merciful [3.5s] KHMT.192 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KHMT.pdf] @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world
ABU3449 30 A heavy chain was placed about His neck by which He was chained to five other Babis GPB.072x [http://www.bahai.org/r/005302799] @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @suffering and imprisonment
ABU3690 130 I had a dream and you must interpret it for me…. Last night the Ancient Beauty appeared in my dream and said, ‘I have guests that have never been here before. I want you to receive them most befittingly.’ AFNAN.147 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=149] @interpretation of dreams and visions, @prophecy and fulfillment, @growth of the Cause
ABU3689 150 The letters that come from the German believers bring me the greatest joy, for the suffocating air of the violation of God's Covenant has not entered their land. BBBD.361-362 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement
ABU3705 90 The good news that I had promised is this: the sacred remains of the Exalted Báb have safely left the soil of Iran and just arrived in the Ottoman land. They are now completely out of danger AFNAN.135-136 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=137] @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @prophecy and fulfillment, @poems and quotation from poetry
ABU3624 10 Truth (the highest truth) is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy Spirit. SW_v08#08 p.098 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8] @The Holy Spirit, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge
ABU3595 10 Give the message with love and joy to those we meet and leave the souls to God. SW_v13#04 p.090x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_4]
ABU3630 10 I am a servant and this station I have chosen for myself. SW_v08#15 p.210 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]
ABU3594 10 I mean the heaven from which Christ descended and to which he ascended--the heaven of divine Will, the heaven of spirituality SW_v13#06 p.148 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_6] @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @resurrection of Christ
ABU3593 10 Children of unbelievers and infidels who die before the age of responsibility are not punished, because they are under the favor of God. SW_v09#09 p.101 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_9] @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God

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