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AB03082 Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) 210 mixed Bahá'í Prayers; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá Tablet of Visitation for 'Abdu'l-Bahá الهی الهی انی ابسط الیک اکف التضرع و التبتل و الابتهال و اعفر وجهی بتراب O God, my God! Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine INBA21:164 (205) [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v021/?page=83] INBA55:453 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=455] INBA88:246 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=280] Ghazi3072.149-151 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tablets_3072.pdf] MKT1.485 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-484.html] MMK1#237 p.308 [https://www.bahai.org/r/541704370] AKHA_133BE #14 p.435 [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] AHB.128BE #06-11 p.199 AYT.529 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-529.html] HHA.376 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=385] KHSH14.000 [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_14] DUR2.088 ADH2.134 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] ADH2_5#10 p.169 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] MJMJ1.119 MMG2#444 p.488 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-491.html] MJH.072 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-73.html] NSR_1978.110 NSR_1993.123 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-121.html] ABMK.065 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf#page=68] OOL.C029 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw29-ar] SWAB#237 [http://www.bahai.org/r/696279814] BPRY.332-333 [http://www.bahai.org/r/827932523] SW_v13#04 p.093 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_4] DWN_v2#02 p.011-012 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-2-burma-1924] PAB.027-028 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha] A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=107] S. Toloui-Wallace [https://youtu.be/-SUt5ZeIEL8] S. Hansen [https://youtu.be/ReXHqb3oJRo] Sara, Samira & Shayda [https://youtu.be/DLQAKIioh54] almunajat.com [item 1] [https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_3.htm] unknown (1) [https://youtu.be/rzXM4ObzV58] unknown (2) [https://youtu.be/nj8EIFajdpQ] unknown (3) [https://youtu.be/-_7AmMR3v0w] L. Slott [https://youtu.be/rfceJOy7RQE] @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @power of prayer, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God Chanted by A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=106], who related to the compiler in 1995 that, to the best of his recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines.
AB10702 Words written in a guest book 60 Persian پروردگارا پاک یزدانا شکر ترا کوه و صحرا پیموده گشت و محیط اعظم قطع شد تا اینکه باین اقلیم O Lord! O Pure One! Thanks be to Thee that, traversing mountains and deserts HHA.199 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=208] YHA1.428 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=430] NJB_v05#04 p.002 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_4] BDA1.082.13 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-82.html] SW_v19#05 p.142 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_5] MHMD1.091 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=116] @prayer for specific individuals; groups
AB11532 Words written in a book 20 O Thou Lord of Unity, confirm this person who is old in faith and young in love, to summon people to Thy Kingdom. DAS.1913-01-21 @prayer for teaching, @teaching the Cause; call to teach
ABU0469 Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-15 560 This is the last day that I am meeting you, but in reality this is the first day. Although physically it is the last day, yet spiritually DAS.1913-11-15 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=130] @law of pilgrimage, @infinity and eternity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @soul; spirit after death, @servitude; submission to God; repentance
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 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=109] @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @past, present and future of Iran, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day
ABU0490 Words to Youness Khan in 1904 550 All the believers in Kashan were weeping and mourning. Here, there were fathers and mother patiently witnessing the agony of their beloved sons PN_1904 p056 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=56] @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance
ABU1185 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken on 1909-10-23 270 At this table you will not find material comfort, but you will find spiritual comfort... I praise this fact that women have made progress. They are, in America, to surpass the men. PN_1909 p086 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=86] @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @unity; oneness of humanity
ABU1143 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 280 In the day of every Universal Dispensation two great events occur; one is collection and the other is separation. PN_1909 p091 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=91] @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @creation of the world
ABU0841 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 360 In a certain newspaper there was written about the Shah of Persia a statement that he had left Persia... At such a time precisely I wrote to him not to be sorry or grieved PN_1909 p090 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=90] @constitutional revolution in Iran, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @parliaments; constitutional government, @relationship between government and people, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people
ABU0714 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 410 In America, praise be to God, the Cause has become famous and well-known. In most of the cities believers are to be found... If one should wholly abstain from meat and be contented with vegetables, it would be much better. PN_1909 p089 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=89] @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @words vs deeds, @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i
ABU0762 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 390 In these days the Jews have extracted certain meanings from their books--that eight years later the Promised One would manifest Himself. PN_1909 p088 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=88] @unity in diversity, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @unity; oneness of humanity
ABU0760 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 390 The Jews for a thousand and five hundred years were awaiting the coming, and their utmost desire was to live in the day of the Messiah PN_1909 p087 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=87] @suffering; rejection of Christ, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @blind imitation [taqlid], @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness
ABU1458 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 220 In the world of existence every great cause, which is the means of bonds, of the unification of humanity... that cause is Divine. PN_1909 p092 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=92] @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @composition and decomposition, @unity; oneness of humanity
ABU1557 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 200 If for a thousand years a man takes food, and nourishes his body, yet if for two or three days that nourishment ceases, his body will become weakened PN_1909 p093 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=93] @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal, @day of Resurrection; Judgement, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @Manifestation of God as sun
ABU1509 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 210 In these days, in the newspapers, very much is said about the North Pole - that Mr Peary has discovered it... We must endeavor to discover the world of humanity and the mysteries hidden in the reality of man. PN_1909 p093 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=93] @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @knowledge; recognition of God, @effort; striving, @knowledge of self
ABU1506 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 210 The entrance to the Kingdom of God depends upon the absolute Bounty of God. If the grace of God descends upon the soul, it will be accepted. Acceptance is not due to capacity or ability. PN_1909 p087 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=87] @suffering; rejection of Christ, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @development of capacity and readiness, @humility; meekness; lowliness
ABU1893 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 160 Bodily matters are not important. The physical suffering of Christ passed away SW_v14#01 p.011 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_1] PN_1909 p092 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=92] @existence; immortality of the human soul, @soul is the essential reality of man, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world
ABU3623 Words to William Randall ? 10 Never talk about God to a man with an empty stomach. Feed him first. SW_v11#03 p.043-044 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_3] VLAB.105 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @methods of teaching the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat]
ABU2763 Words to William Ellis, reporter for The Continent, around 1910 70 We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for. SW_v01#17 p.008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_17] BLO_PN#006 [https://bahai-library.com/rabbani_abdul-baha_egypt_eyewitnesses] @humility; meekness; lowliness, @love and unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @growth of the Cause
ABU1182 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-03 270 It is stated in the New Testament that Jesus Christ was once drinking of the fruit of the vine and said he would drink no more except in the presence of the Father. PN_1901 p083 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=83] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @Christ; Christianity, @second birth, @Judas, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul
ABU3498 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-02 20 This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha PN_1901 p083 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=83] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]
ABU1181 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-01 270 In this greatest period there are only two manifestations, the blessed Báb and the Manifestation of the Blessed Perfection. PN_1901 p082 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=82] CUPAB.017-018x [https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_compilation_utterances_station] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @contention and conflict, @twin Manifestations, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha
ABU0076 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-24 1400 In the time of the Manifestations of God people were hindered mostly in two ways. First the statements of the previous books were not understood. PN_1901 p078 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=78] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @suffering; rejection of Christ, @physical limitations of the Manifestation of God, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @literal interpretation
ABU0890 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-23 340 A certain rich man came into the presence of Jesus Christ and said 'O Thou Spirit of God, I want to be one of thy disciples.' DWN_v4#07 p.113-114 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-4-burma-1926] PN_1901 p077 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=77] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
ABU0740 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-22 400 When this blessed Cause was manifested in Persia, some of the divines and famous learned men became believers and were martyred. PN_1901 p076 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=76] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution
ABU1555 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-21 200 The Kingdom of God is likened unto a garden and the gardener is a blessed Manifestation. The gardener comes and finds the trees unfruitful and the garden in disorder. PN_1901 p075 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=75] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @power of the Manifestation of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity
ABU1385 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-20 230 The history of the prophets who came before Abraham is not known, but it is known of those who came after him. PN_1901 p075 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=75] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Judas, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul
ABU1763 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19 170 Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician. PN_1901 p073 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=73] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @love and unity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as divine physician
ABU0691 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19 420 In the world of creation there is one nature common to all things. When we study their nature, we perceive that they are either essentially as light or darkness DWN_v5#07-8 p.001-002x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927] PN_1901 p073 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=73] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men] @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @power of love
ABU2655 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-15 80 You must go back to America as signs of love and love the people very much... In the East the love of the believers is very great, but America has not yet reached this station.... Tell them that love is the one great thing - it is life - the only life of the spirit. PN_1909B p060 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=60] PN_1909C p057 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=57] PN_1909E p097 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909E.pdf#page=97] @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion
ABU3642 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 10 This is right, this is right. PN_unsorted p158 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=158] @spiritual transformation
ABU3377 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 30 You have been taught right; it is because the mirror of your heart has been clear enough to reflect them. You must lock them in your breast. To speak of them prevents your own growth. This does not make you better than anyone else. PN_unsorted p158 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=158] @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision
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 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=53] PN_1909C p031 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=31] PN_unsorted p159 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=159] @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within
ABU0716 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 410 You must have no fear in going to Persia…. When you breathe forth the breath of the Holy Spirit from your hearts into the world... When we consider the realm of existence, we discover a great motive factor SW_v08#08 p.103x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8] PN_1909B p051 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=51] PN_1909C p023 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=23] PN_1909E p038 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909E.pdf#page=38] PN_unsorted p157 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=157] @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @development of capacity and readiness, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause
ABU3376 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 30 No it is not a physical condition, but spiritual, a very high one which is so intense it reaches the nerves and these react upon the body. When one is spiritually developed, the body responds to spiritual conditions or emotions. PN_1909C p014 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=14] PN_unsorted p155 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=155] @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @Mosaic imagery, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
ABU2910 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 60 Did this occur when both were in service for the Cause?... Two human beings may live side by side, may be closely related, and yet be very far apart. Their souls may never meet. And two souls may be attracted instantly PN_1909C p015 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=15] PN_unsorted p156 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=156] @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity
ABU1017 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-11 310 This is a great day - greater than you can comprehend - and you ought to appreciate it... Opposition but makes the Cause grow stronger. It is like the earth - the more it is ploughed, the more fruitful it becomes. PN_1909B p049 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=49] PN_1909C p005 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=5] PN_1909E p023 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909E.pdf#page=23] PN_unsorted p155 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=155] @unity in diversity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @rejection, opposition and persecution
ABU1383 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken around 1909-10-15 230 This was a spiritual condition recognized through the physical senses.... It was just as if two clear crystal goblets were filled with pure water. They were so clear the goblets could not be seen - only the water PN_1909C p105 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=105] @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love as fire, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @service to others; to the Cause of God
ABU1422 Words to visitors, spoken on 1914-03-28 230 The biographies of such blessed souls must be written in detail – thus the children of the next generation may try to imitate the virtues of their fathers DAS.1914-03-28 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=88] @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @eulogies; reminiscences, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God
ABU1618 Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-05-12 190 There is a story attributed to Christ in the oriental literature that is not found in any of the four Gospels. It is reported that one day a number of people saw Christ flying away with great haste. DAS.1913-05-12 @stories; anecdotes, @miracles and their interpretation, @The Holy Spirit
ABU2544 Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-19 80 Persian از کنار نهر گنگا از هند بایران رفتند و پس از کهرت و تعد و قبائل بعضی رو The Persians, the Austrians, the Germans, the French, the Italian and the English people belong to one common stock of Aryan race… BDA2.247 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-255.html] DAS.1913-04-19 MHMD2.320 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @universal language, @spiritual transformation, @unity in diversity
ABU3373 Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-05 30 Today if you teach one person it is as though you have resurrected a dead soul into life. It is as though you have changed the black stone into diamond. It is as though you have transmuted metal into gold, Satan into angel, animal into man. DAS.1913-04-05 @spiritual transformation, @metallurgical metaphors, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir, @teaching the Cause; call to teach
ABU1394 Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-03-23 230 Ignorance and prejudice have encircled the nations of the earth and they are attacking each other with weapons of death instead of love. DAS.1913-03-23 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @fanaticism and hatred
ABU3150 Words to visitors, spoken on 1912-05-02 40 Persian مقصد از طی مصافت و تحمل صعوبت سطوع نورانیت در عالم غرب بوده زیرا در ممالک The object of my undertaking such a long journey with all its inconveniences has been to bring about spiritual illumination in the Occident BDA1.064.16 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-64.html] SW_v19#04 p.112 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_4] MHMD1.073 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=98] @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity
ABU2879 Words to Viscount Arawaka spoken around Nov. 1911(?) 60 The religious ideal is the soul of all plans for the good of mankind... Scientific discoveries have increased material civilization. There is in existence a stupendous force, as yet, happily, undiscovered by man. JWTA.051 [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_japan_turn_ablaze] CHH.184 [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] VLAB.122 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] BLO_PN#022 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @non-participation in politics, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization
ABU0319 Words to various people, spoken on 1912-11-01 710 Persian من ابداً بنیهٴ سفر نداشتم ولی تأیید جمال مبارک مدد نمود هر امری بتأیید از پیش میرود اگر تأیید نباشد هیچ نمیشود My health was absolutely not up to traveling but the assistance of the Blessed Beauty helped me. All affairs advance with His aid. Without His aid, all would come to naught.... Baha'u'llah has delivered us from all prejudices... If the socialists succeed they would seize the world's wealth and then divide it... I have said in America and Europe that there is only the question of votes in which women have been held back BDA1.345.02 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-345.html] MHMD1.363-365 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=388] @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @equality of men and women, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
ABU2324 Words to various individuals, spoken on 1912-04-27 100 Persian چنانکه در میان ایالات متحدهٴ امریکا اتحاد حاصل است ممکن است میان دول عالم باشد It is possible to establish among the powers of the whole world the unity which is found among the states of the United States of America… BDA1.056.15 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-56.html] SW_v19#03 p.091 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_3] MHMD1.065 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=90] @universal peace; world unity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @unity of governments; political unity
ABU2568 Words to two Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-31 80 It is a mathematical impossibility that a soul may comprehend the purport of the Teachings of Baha-ollah and then arise to oppose them. DAS.1914-05-31 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=66] @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @light and darkness
ABU2704 Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23 70 Persian از برای انسان دو ترقیست ترقی جسمانی و ترقی روحانی ترقیات جسمانیه موقتیست There are two kinds of progress, spiritual progress and material progress. Material progress is temporal and vanishing BDA2.256x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-264.html] DAS.1913-04-23 MHMD2.328x @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men
ABU3695 Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23 120 Persian در ملکوت بهآء اللّٰه داخل شوید تا از هر جهت مؤیّد گردید در ایران نسآئی هستند Enter into the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah, that you may be aided in every respect. In Persia, there are women who are entirely bereft of wealth BDA2.253 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-261.html] DAS.1913-04-23 MHMD2.329 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity

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