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AB01163

360

O God! O God! Verily these intelligent souls are assured in Thy mentioning, are enkindled with the fire of Thy love

DAS.1914-10-17x

Business; financial; property matters; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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AB01168

360

mixed

ای احبای الهی جناب حاجی غلامحسین نامه ئی از لسان کل یاران نوشته و خامه

O ye beloved of God! Haji Ghulam-Husayn hath penned a letter, speaking with the tongue of all the friends [3.5s]

INBA84:271

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

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AB01171

360

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O ye heavenly Assemblage! Your letter was received and its contents became known. Ye have written concerning the printing and the publication of the Tablets.

TAB.000:iii-v

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

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AB01181

360

Persian

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بتاریخ ۱۲ شهر صفر سنه ۳۳۹ مرقوم نموده بودید رسید

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the 12th of the month of Ṣafar, 339, hath been received [3.5s]

INBA16:018

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution

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AB01190

360

Persian

ای دوستان الهی چندی پیش آشفته جمال حق آقا غلامرضا استدعا نمود که بان یاران

O divine friends! Some time ago that enamoured one of the Countenance of Truth, Aqa Ghulam-Rida, earnestly entreated that to the friends [3.5s]

INBA87:442, INBA52:456

Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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AB01192

360

Persian

ای زائر مشکین نفس نامه شما رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید معلوم است سزاوار یاران

O thou musk-scented pilgrim! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. It is evident that the friends are deserving [3.5s]

INBA87:201, INBA52:203

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities

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AB01202

360

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Thy letter was received. Its details concerning those two persons

SW_v06#12 p.095-096, BSTW#073c

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

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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

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AB01220

360

Persian

یا من ادخره الله لاعلاء کلمته از صحت و سلامت آنجناب نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل گشت

O thou whom God hath reserved for the exaltation of His Word! Utmost joy and delight were obtained from the news of thy health and well-being [3.5s]

INBA88:180c

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

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AB01223

360

Bahá'í Scriptures

O thou who art seeking for Truth! Your letter has been forwarded. I have no opportunity to write a detailed answer... As to life, however, it has had no beginning

BSC.434 #787-789, SW_v12#12 p.194, BSTW#104

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Evolution; human evolution; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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AB01225

350

Arabic

الهی الهی ترانی خاضعا لعزه ربوبیتک و خاشعا لعظمه الوهیتک متذللا الی جبروت

O my God, my God! Thou seest me abased before the majesty of Thy Lordship and humbled before the grandeur of Thy Divinity, prostrate before Thy might [3.5s]

INBA84:540

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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AB01227

350

mixed

اناجیک یا الهی بلسان سری و روحی و انت المناج للناجی و ارجوک یا محبوبی و

O my God, I commune with Thee with the tongue of my spirit and my soul, for Thou art the Answerer of those who cry out. I beseech Thee, O my Beloved One [3.5s]

INBA89:072

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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AB01244

350

mixed

ای ثابت بر عهد نامه اخیر که ارسال نموده بودید وصول یافت مضامین دلیل بر آن بود

O steadfast one in the Covenant! Your recent letter which you had sent was received, its contents bearing testimony to this [3.5s]

INBA87:039, INBA52:039

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement

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AB01247

350

O well-wisher of all humanity! The poem entitled “The Woods of Blavincourt” has been perused. It was eloquent and consummate.

TDD.011-012

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

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AB01248

350

Convey this message to each and all the believers in New York: Any person who comes to America

SW_v06#12 p.096, BSTW#073e

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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AB01262

350

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O ye esteemed maidservants of God, and ye revered beloved ones (or men believers) of the Merciful! Your letter was received

TAB.443-444

Consolation and comfort; Development of capacity and readiness; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death

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AB01265

350

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou herald of the Covenant! Thy letters have been received and an answer has been written.... I have been greatly affected by the death of Mr. Sandy Kinney. What

SW_v11#15 p.259-260, SW_v10#19 p.350x, BLO_PT#028jx

Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

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AB01267

350

Persian

ای منجذب میثاق تحاریر آنمشتعل بنار محبت الله واصل و اخبار پطرسبورغ و مسکو

O thou who art attracted to the Covenant! Thy letters, ablaze with the fire of the love of God, have reached me, along with news from Petersburg and Moscow [3.5s]

INBA89:195

Growth of the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement

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AB01276

350

Persian

ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب آقا مرتضی نامه نگاشته و نامهای مبارک اهل بها را در آن

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Áqá Murtaḍá hath penned a letter and written therein the blessed names of the people of Bahá [3.5s]

INBA87:247, INBA52:251

Praise and encouragement; The ephemeral and the eternal

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AB01292

350

Persian

یا من ادخره الله لخدمة امره اثر کلک گوهر فشان ملاحظه گردید حقیقت جمیع حِکَم

O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause! The traces of thy gem-scattering pen were perused. Verily, the essence of all wisdom [3.5s]

INBA55:441

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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AB01293

350

O thou revered one! Verily, I always remember thee, and forget thee not; I invoke God to ordain for thee good in this world and in the Kingdom

BSTW#033

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of prayer; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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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

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AB01295

350

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O my spiritual friends! What you have written is perused, all of which was an entreaty

TAB.645-647

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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AB01310

340

Persian

ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید عبارتی در

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou didst write unto Jináb-i-Siyyid Taqí was perused. An expression therein [3.5s]

INBA17:241

Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

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AB01326

340

mixed

ای دوستان الهی وقت اتحاد و اتفاق است و هنگام یگانگی و ائتلاف جمال قدم و اسم

O friends of God! This is the time for unity and accord, and the hour for oneness and alliance with the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA55:317

Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

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AB01332

340

Persian

ای سرگشته کوه و هامون و شیفته روی و آشفته موی دلبر انجمن الهی یوم یبعثون لوح

O wanderer of mountain and plain, enamoured of the countenance and disheveled tresses of the Beloved of the divine concourse on the Day of Resurrection [3.5s]

INBA55:370

Ahdieh, A. Bryan

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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AB01335

340

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written that Doctor Maria Montessori is expecting to go to America

DAS.1914-10-31x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Interconnectedness of the teachings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universality of the Cause

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AB01352

340

Persian

ای یاران مهربان هر چند بظاهر در آنکشتزار بکاشتن و آبیاری و حصاد مشغولید ولی فی

O kind friends! Though outwardly ye are occupied in that field with sowing and watering and reaping, yet in truth [3.5s]

INBA17:243

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Work as worship

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AB01358

340

mixed

ایها الفرع المنجذب بنفحات القدس المنتسب الی السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده

O branch attracted by the holy fragrances, who art related to the Blessed Tree! That which thou didst write [3.5s]... ...You wrote about the Eminent House and the Point of Adoration of the world, may my life be a sacrifice unto its dust. This issue is most important; nay, it stands as the most momentous of all matters

INBA87:313, INBA52:318

AFNAN.173-174x

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrdom of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places

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AB01362

340

Persian

جناب مشهدی ابوالقاسم ابوی از حق میجوایم که ایشانرا در جمیع احیان بنفحه عنایتش

I beseech God that He may at all times envelop him, Mashhadi Abu'l-Qasim Abavi, with the fragrant breaths of His grace [3.5s]

INBA84:481a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

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AB01367

340

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who art confident in the appearance of the Kingdom of God! Verily I read thy letter... Consider the past, so that thou mayest become informed

TAB.175-176, BWF.394-394x, BSC.481 #919x

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Praise and encouragement; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

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AB01368

340

The Greatest Name (may my life redeem His beloved!) was manifested in the centre of the world. It sent forth the Light of Unity and the Bounty of Harmony and Love.

PN_1909 p073

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity

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AB01369

330

mixed

الحمد لله الذی دلع لسان الوجود بمحامده و النعوت و انطق السن الکائنات بالثناء

All praise be unto God, Who hath caused the tongue of existence to speak forth His praise and attributes, and hath made the tongues of created things to voice His glorification [3.5s]

INBA87:001 , INBA52:001

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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AB01375

330

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your joint letter was received

SW_v10#07 p.136-137, BSTW#214

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

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AB01389

330

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy trip to the Holy Land.... Say on my behalf to the maidservant of God, Mrs. Claudi Coles: 'The end of every material work is without result

TAB.218-219, BSC.484 #927x, BSTW#449x

Naming of children; of individuals; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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AB01400

330

Persian

ای دوستان مهربان نامه های مفصل که از طهران رسیده چون منادی اختلافست ملاحظه

O kind friends! The detailed letters that have arrived from Tihran are, as they are harbingers of discord, to be noted [3.5s]

INBA16:053

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Elections; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

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AB01412

330

mixed

ای مست جام کلام الهی عریضه شما واصل و مضمون قلوب را محزون نمود و آه و فغان از

O thou who art intoxicated with the chalice of divine utterance! Thy letter was received, and its contents brought sorrow to hearts and caused sighs and lamentation [3.5s]

INBA55:116

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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AB01423

330

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou spiritual friend! Thy services are accepted in the Kingdom of Abha, mentioned in this merciful Assemblage and the cause of joy

TAB.417-418

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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AB01439

330

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, thy coming, at this time, unto this shining, blessed Holy Land

TAB.681-683, BSC.466 #868x, SW_v09#14 p.162-163x

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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AB01442

330

Persian

ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الرحمانیه چند روزی پیش مکتوبی ارسال شد و حال چون

O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Some days ago a letter was dispatched, and now [3.5s]

INBA87:470, INBA52:489

Consultation; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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AB01443

330

mixed

ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه مدتیست که آن جناب وارد ارض شین گشته اید و

O noble branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! For some time now thou hast arrived in the land of China [3.5s]

INBA87:283, INBA52:287b

Work as worship

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AB01444

330

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God and steadfast in the Covenant of God! Verily I read thine eloquent letter

TAB.199-200

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

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AB01454

330

Bahá'í Scriptures

Everything is from God, both good and evil... Everything in existence is good, and only the lack of goodness make a thing evil. The being is created good

BSC.500 #963x, PN_1900 p061, PN_unsorted p148, PN_1900 p003x

Free will and predestination; fate; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

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AB01455

330

...The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle of the Testament has illumined all horizons

SW_v08#16 p.214-215

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering; rejection of Christ

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AB01456

330

Every season hath its own condition. Every place hath its own beauties. In the time of spring the blossoming of the wilderness gives loving pleasure.

CHH.113-114, BLO_PN#022

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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AB01460

320

Arabic

الهی الهی تری و تشاهد ما جری فی هذه الایام التی فتحت ابواب البلاء علی وجوه

O my God, O my God! Thou dost witness and behold what hath come to pass in these days, wherein the gates of tribulation have been flung open upon all faces [3.5s]

INBA89:235

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

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AB01461

320

Arabic

الهی و کهف المضطرین و ملجا المضطربین و ملاذ المقربین هذا عبدک البائس الفقیر

O my God, Shelter of the distressed, Haven of the perturbed ones, and Sanctuary of them that are nigh unto Thee, this is Thy servant, destitute and poor [3.5s]

INBA21:106

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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AB01466

320

Persian

ای بادیه پیما در سبیل الهی مکتوبی اول و ثانی و این ثالث است که ارسال میشود

O wayfarer in the path of God! The first and second letters have been dispatched, and this is the third that is sent forth [3.5s]

INBA55:102

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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AB01468

320

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy excellent letter was full of spiritual significance. It was an indication of the loftiness of thy nature

TAB.624-625

Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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AB01470

320

mixed

ای بندگان جانفشان جمال ابهی صفحه نورانی و نقشه شمائل رحمانی یاران روحانی

O ye servants who sacrifice your lives for the Beauty of the All-Glorious, O luminous pages and divine portraits, spiritual friends [3.5s]

INBA87:367a, INBA52:376

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

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