Partial inventory: all items by Abdu'l-Bahá, details

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, YHA1.428, NJB_v05#04 p.002, BDA1.082.13

SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.091

@prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB11532

Words written in a book

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

@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

@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

@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

@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

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

@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

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

@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

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

@unity in diversity, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@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

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @creation of the world

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @composition and decomposition, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@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

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

@two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @knowledge; recognition of God, @effort; striving, @knowledge of self

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

@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

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, PN_1909 p092

@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 ?

Never talk about God to a man with an empty stomach. Feed him first.

SW_v11#03 p.043-044, VLAB.105

@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

We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for.

SW_v01#17 p.008, BLO_PN#006

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @love and unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @growth of the Cause

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, BLO_PN#109

@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

This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

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, CUPAB.017-018x, BLO_PN#109

@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, BLO_PN#109

@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, PN_1901 p077, BLO_PN#109

@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, BLO_PN#109

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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, BLO_PN#109

@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, BLO_PN#109

@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

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, PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

@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

ABU1763

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

170

Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician.

PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @love and unity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as divine physician

ABU2655

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-15

You must go back to America as signs of love and love the people very much... In the East the love of the believers is very great, but America has not yet reached this station.... Tell them that love is the one great thing - it is life - the only life of the spirit.

PN_1909B p060, PN_1909C p057, PN_1909E p097

@unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

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

@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

ABU3377

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13

You have been taught right; it is because the mirror of your heart has been clear enough to reflect them. You must lock them in your breast. To speak of them prevents your own growth. This does not make you better than anyone else.

PN_unsorted p158

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

ABU3642

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13

This is right, this is right.

PN_unsorted p158

@spiritual transformation

ABU0716

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

410

You must have no fear in going to Persia…. When you breathe forth the breath of the Holy Spirit from your hearts into the world... When we consider the realm of existence, we discover a great motive factor

SW_v08#08 p.103x, PN_1909B p051, PN_1909C p023, PN_1909E p038, PN_unsorted p157

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @development of capacity and readiness, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU2910

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

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, PN_unsorted p156

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity

ABU3376

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

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, PN_unsorted p155

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @Mosaic imagery, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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, PN_1909C p005, PN_1909E p023, PN_unsorted p155

@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

@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

@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

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

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

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

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

SW_v19#04 p.112, MHMD1.073

@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(?)

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, CHH.184, VLAB.122, 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

MHMD1.363-365

@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

SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.065

@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

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

@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

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

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

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

ABU1157

Words to two prominent Persians, spoken on 1913-01-25

280

It is natural in man to oppress. When two individuals fight, they go before the civil court and settle their differences but there is no law or court whereby the nations may resort thereto

DAS.1913-01-25

@competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @past, present and future of Iran, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2385

Words to two Persians, spoken on 1913-05-18

100

The dawning-point of these lights have been always in the East.... There is an ineffable something in the atmosphere of the Orient that causes the increase of spiritual susceptibilities.

DAS.1913-05-18

@critique of Western values; culture, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @purpose; goal of creation, @human reality created in the image of God, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU2830

Words to two Persians from Tihran, spoken on 1912-08-24

Persian

ایرانیان بدست خویش خانهٴ خود را خراب کردند بامید ساختن خانهٴ دیگر ولی حال در صحرا بی لانه و آشیانه مانده اند با انکه نوشتنیم

The Persians destroyed their home with their own hands in the hope of building another one; but now thy are left in the desert without a home or shelter.

BDA1.204.14

MHMD1.221

@past, present and future of Iran, @relationship between government and people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital

ABU2834

Words to two new Baha’ís, spoken on 1913-05-07

Persian

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

@high station of teachers of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU3613

Words to two mullahs, spoken on 1913-07-30

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

ABU2430

Words to two Japanese Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-04

Persian

این از وقوعات تاریخیه است و از امور خارق العاده که شخصی ایرانی با نفوس جاپانی در سانفرانسیسکو

This is an historic event. It is out of the ordinary that an Iranian should meet Japanese people in San Francisco with such love and harmony.

BDA1.287.02

MHMD1.304

@power of the Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2741

Words to two Bahá’ís, spoken on 1913-03-30

You must become fully informed with these Teachings. It is good to be thoroughly informed with science or arts or literature. Likewise you must be established in the Kingdom of God.

DAS.1913-03-30

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @study; deepening, @poems and quotation from poetry

ABU3072

Words to two actors, spoken on 1913-04-02

The plays should endeavor to elevate the ideals of humanity and not degrade them. The theatre is like unto a school and the playwrights must ever think how to educate his audience

DAS.1913-04-02

@literature; drama; humanities; the arts

ABU1145

Words to True, Esslemont, spoken on 1919-11-20

280

Bahá'u'lláh frequently predicted that there would be a period when irreligion and consequent anarchy would prevail; the chaos would be due to too great liberty among people who were not fit for self-government.

PN_1919 p034, PN_1919 p034

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @justice and wrath of God, @nationalism; love of country

ABU0482

Words to travellers from the East, Port Said, 1913-06-27

550

mixed

فی الحقیقه خوب مجلسی است بهتر از این نمیشود حاضرین از احبای الهی در کمال توجه

This is indeed a good gathering; it does not get any better than this. With rapt attention to God, His loved ones in attendance here are seated next to one another

BRL_DAK#0771, AMK.293-295, AVK2.205.12x, KHF.051, KHAB.447 (447), KHTB3.029, NJB_v04#10 p.002

ADMS#219

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @eulogies; reminiscences

ABU1838

Words to Tirandaz, spoken on 1914-10-29

160

Persian

در بغداد کارپرداز ایران بقدری عداوت داشت که وقتی که ذکر جمال مبارک می شد چشمهایش تغییر می کرد. من طفل بودم از من پرسید تیر می اندازی

Is this wee bit of an animal your donkey? Your name has just brought to my mind a story of my childhood. At the time of our arrival in Bagdad

ZSM.1914-10-29

DAS.1914-10-29

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2203

Words to three hotel maids, spoken on 1912-10-26

120

You are very welcome. Read them and ponder over them carefully, for if you are fully informed of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh then you will witness that the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh are the cause of the illumination of the world.

ECN.901

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation

ABU2658

Words to three friends, spoken on 1913-01-26

Just as you are striving in [the] material sphere, work also in [the] spiritual sphere. Try to suffer the people to enter in the Kingdom of God... There is a vast difference whether you hear about the light, see the light or whether you live in the light.

DAS.1913-01-26

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit

ABU2893

Words to three Baptist missionaries, spoken on 1913-06-27

The title of the Son is not as great as the title of the Word, because in the Old Testament all the Israelitish people are called sons of God

DAS.1913-06-27

@Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @oneness; unity of religion, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU0407

Words to Thornton Chase spoken around 1900

610

It is said in the Gospels that 'ye will known them by their fruits'... The sacred Books of all nations speak of the possibility of the new birth of man. What does this mean?... The Blessed Perfection has likened the new birth, or resurrection, to iron placed in the fire...

PN_1900_heh p056, PN_1907 p072, BSTW#194x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @second birth, @spiritual baptism, @words vs deeds, @soul; spirit after death, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation

ABU1779

Words to the women believers, spoken on 1915-04-21

170

I hope that this feast of Ridvan will be blessed to all the lovers of Baha! It was an hour like unto this and on such a day that Bahá'u'lláh was bidding farewell to the friends in Baghdad

DAS.1915-04-21

@stories; anecdotes, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah

ABU2928

Words to the wife of Counsel Schwartz, spoken on 1913-04-04

You must let the children study that which they like best. If your daughter loves art, she can devote her time to it and surely she will succeed.

DAS.1913-04-04

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @creativity in art, @education of children; moral education

ABU1934

Words to the wife of a professor, spoken on 1913-01-19

150

You must thank God that, although I am a person from the East and you are a revered lady from the West, yet we are gathered in this place with the utmost of spiritual affection.

DAS.1913-01-19

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU1571

Words to the Turkish Consul General, spoken on 1913-04-14

200

other/unknown lang

امروز شرق بهیچوجه مقابلی یا غرب نتواند و با هیچ قوّهٴئ‌ی نه برابری بلکه محافظهٴ خود

Today the armies of Europe, well-drilled, well-provisioned, phalanx-like, are similar unto the waves of the ocean pounding against the shores of Asia…. The East today cannot compete with the West in any way…

BDA2.238

DAS.1913-04-14, MHMD2.308x

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3049

Words to the ship's doctor, spoken on 1913-12-05

Divine civilization is peace, love and unity. The East has been the founder of divine civilization, but the West the spreader of material civilization.

DAS.1913-12-05

@East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1903

Words to the secretary of the New York Peace Society, New York, 1912

160

You must rest assured and let there be no trace of doubt in your souls that God is your assister and helper

SW_v13#12 p.343-344

@Christ; Christianity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

ABU3390

Words to the secretary of Sepahdar Azam, spoken on 1913-04-20

When you return to Persia, give my greeting to the green mountains and rolling valleys, to the singing nightingales and the cooling springs, to the fragrant rose-gardens and the fresh breeze of Persia. I love them all. Remember me to them.

DAS.1913-04-20

ABU0906

Words to the Seattle and Portland friends, spoken on 1912-10-21

340

Welcome, very, very welcome. These friends who have come from Seattle and Portland have taken a great deal of trouble to come here.

ECN.730

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @unity in diversity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU1538

Words to the Russian Consul-General of Beirut, spoken on 1913-11-09

200

A ruler must consider himself the real father of all the people. Just as the father is solicitous about the education of his sons

DAS.1913-11-09

@relationship between government and people

ABU1533

Words to the resident friends, spoken on 1914-04-29

200

This is a blessed day, a happy and joyful day. The beauty, the holiness and the significance of these days of Rizvan are not known now.

DAS.1914-04-29, SW_v08#13 p.169-170

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @power of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU2468

Words to the president of the university, spoken on 1912-05-23

Persian

من از شما بسیار راضی هستم و از دارالفنون شما خیلی خوشنود فی الحقیقه خدمت بعالم انسانی مینمائی و بنوع بشر جانفشانی

I am very pleased with you and delighted to see your university. You are, indeed, serving the world of humanity and expending your life for mankind

BDA1.102.14

SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.109

@high station of learning, @praise and encouragement, @love and unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU1830

Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22

160

Persian

تا حال واقع نشده که از شرق شخصی بغرب بیابد محض انبعاثات وجدانی و ملاقات دوستان الهی

Until now it never happened that someone from the East, impelled by the promptings of his conscience, should come to the West to see the friends of God... A great war and commotion shall inevitably take place

BDA1.325.14

MHMD1.344

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU3520

Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1913-01-26

If this Cause had appeared in America, today there would not have been a single soul in that country who would not be either a Bahá'í or a friend.

DAS.1913-01-26

@growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1738

Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1912-12-28

170

If the believers of God had lived in accord with the good pleasure of the Blessed Perfection, all the people of the world would have been Baha'is by now

DAS.1912-12-28

@growth of the Cause, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @Manifestation of God as sun, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2150

Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1912-04-01

120

Persian

جمال مبارک ریشهٴ اوهام را کسند ایادی امر در اینظهور باسم و لقب و ارث نیستند

The Blessed Perfection has extirpated superstitions, root and branch. The Hands of the Cause in this dispensation are not heirs to any name or title; rather, they are sanctified souls

BDA1.019.06

LOG#1079x, DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.026, ABIE.087, BLO_PN#007

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @priestcraft, @Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2640

Words to the Obers, spoken on 1920-05-06

I hope that God willing, there shall be many such tables laid out... All the gatherings that are formed are based on certain interests, but this gathering has no object except the Divine Love.

PN_1920 p089

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @love of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2350

Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13

100

Why did Christ come into this world? People think he came in order that they might believe in him as the Word of God

DAS.1913-01-13

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @spiritual transformation

ABU2612

Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13

I am only a servant of God. The station of servitude is very great. It is very difficult for any one to live in accord with the requirements of servitude

DAS.1913-01-13

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU1663

Words to the Mayor of Berkeley, spoken on 1912-10-07

180

Persian

باید کوشید تا نوع انسان سعادت ابدی یابد قواعدی در اینخصوص لازم که هم مراتب باقی ماند

We must strive until mankind achieves everlasting felicity. Laws are needed which can both preserve the ranks... As these laws are in conformity with the demands of the time, they will unfailingly prevail

BDA1.291.07

MHMD1.309

@maintainance of degrees in society, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU3301

Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-07-06

Persian

در طبیعت انسان باید طلب صعود باشد نه نزول هوای زیر زمین حبس است رفتن از راه بالا بهتر بود

In man's nature there must be a desire to ascend and not to descend. The underground air is suffocating.

BDA1.147.14

MHMD1.159

@spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @law of burial and cremation

ABU3281

Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-06-02

Persian

اول حین ورود بکلیسا حالت صحبت نداشتم اما چون در مقابل آن جمعیت عظیم ایستادم

At the time of my arrival at the church I was in no condition to speak; but when I stood before this great gathering I found the atmosphere of the church filled with the Holy Spirit and so a state of wonderful happiness and joy came over me.

BDA1.112.11

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.119

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3076

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-26

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

@pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU0844

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-23

360

We know things by their opposites... When we were travelling from Baghdad toward Constantinople, one day, we thought to go ahead of the family

DAS.1913-05-23

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @things are known by their opposites, @stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU3399

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-18

Mr Hoar is a sincere, true, upright Bahá'í. I have tested him and have not found him wanting. I have a way of testing the people which always shows their real character. Mr Hoar is a righteous, just, honest man.

DAS.1913-05-18

@praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2004

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-11

140

If you have the perceptive power, as soon as you look in the faces of the people, you can observe what ideals are reigning in their hearts.

DAS.1913-05-11

@praise of Western values; culture, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2088

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-10

130

Consider the power of the Covenant! Where is Acca and where is Los Angeles! Yet the power of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh has united these two distant points!... In order to preserve the unity of the Cause and to spread the religion of God, Baha'o'llah has established this Covenant and Testament

DAS.1913-05-10, SW_v08#13 p.183x, SW_v09#13 p.139x

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU2891

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-09

All the people are asleep. Why are they so negligent and neglectful of the glorious destiny which His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has appointed for them?

DAS.1913-05-09

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @call to action, @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1060

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-06

300

These sad events which are transpiring in the East are the results of thoughtlessness. Thoughtlessness is the worst calamity of the human race. When constitution was declared in Turkey

DAS.1913-05-06

@relationship between government and people, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ABU0372

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-05

650

When we were exiled again from Baghdad, in our company there was a Bahá'í by the name of Mirza Ahmad Kashani. He accompanied Bahá'u'lláh to Constantinople

DAS.1913-05-05

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @humor; jokes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0173

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-28

980

If we could appreciate more the bounties of this age, and the marvels of this century, we would be more thankful to God than ever.

DAS.1913-04-28

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Baha'u'llah, @thankfulness; gratitude, @critique of Western values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU2663

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-27

He [Bismark] was the most wonderful genius in statesmanship. He was a wise, shrewd and most intelligent diplomatist.

DAS.1913-04-27

@praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0871

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26

350

There were 60 stages from Bagdad to Samsun and the trip was made under the most difficult circumstances. It was a time of famine

DAS.1913-04-26

@banishment to; life in Constantinople, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @business; financial; property matters, @personal instructions

ABU1518

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26

210

When I was in Baghdad, one day I was walking through the poor quarter of the city. I saw an old Arab standing in front of a store. He had neither hat nor shoes

DAS.1913-04-26

@stories; anecdotes, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1643

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26

190

Many blessed and holy souls have appeared in this Cause who have been the essence of essences. That is why the Cause is wonderfully spread all over the world.

DAS.1913-04-26

@power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU3193

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26

When Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned in the barrack of Acca, he could see the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire under the despotic and fanatical rule of the Sultans

DAS.1913-04-26

@critique of Eastern values; culture

ABU1050

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25

300

During the first year of our arrival in Baghdad, one day Mirza Javad asked me to go out with him to an outlying district. At this time, Arabian robbers frequented the roads

DAS.1913-04-25

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU1449

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25

220

Persian

من در هیچ مدرسه ای داخل نشدم معهذا در ایام طفولیت وقتی در بغداد برای جمعی صحبت میکردم

I was only fifteen. One day in the Mosque of Baghdad I was surrounded by a number of Mohammadan clergy. They were asking many questions about jurisprudence

BDA2.260

DAS.1913-04-25, MHMD2.338-339

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

ABU2017

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25

140

The believers of Persia made the greatest self-sacrifice and the trip was made possible. They made large and small contributions

DAS.1913-04-25

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @work as worship, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2595

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-25

I have set a conflagration throughout America. Its results will become known later. Wait for a few years and you will behold the appearance of many traces.

DAS.1913-03-25

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @predictions and prophecies, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause, @Christ; Christianity

ABU3135

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-19

There was a Baktashi who passed by the door of a theological seminary. He saw the attendant beating a dog.

DAS.1913-03-19

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @kindness to and rights of animals

ABU3288

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-19

We must try to return very soon to Haifa. There upon the mountain all alone, pray and supplicate with God. There one finds the ecstasy of spiritual bliss. Supplication, invocation, prayer, inspiration.

DAS.1913-03-19

@mystical themes, @Shrines and Holy places, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation

ABU0851

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-18

350

Although in this Cause there are no nuns and nunneries, yet truly some of these nuns serve most faithfully the world of humanity.

DAS.1913-03-18

@monasticism; asceticism, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2777

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-15

110

The Cause of God will soon throw a great reverberation throughout the pillars of the world. It will embrace in its fold the East and the West. Its power will penetrate through every atom of creation.

DAS.1913-03-15

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause, @consolation and comfort

ABU1715

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14

180

I remember that during my childhood we had a colored servant whose name was Mubarak. He was big and strong. At that time I was six or seven years old

DAS.1913-03-14

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2144

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14

120

Persian

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

@importance of prayer, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @work as worship, @contention and conflict

ABU2485

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14

It is evident that the five books which are generally attributed to Moses were written by Ezra the high priest. Only the Tablets and the commandments belong to Moses.

DAS.1913-03-14

@criticism and its limits, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @Christian doctrine and practice, @apostles; early disciples of Christ

ABU1648

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-10

190

These objections are always raised against the truth but the truth will march toward its ultimate goal of triumph. When we were exiled from Teheran to Bagdad

DAS.1913-03-10

@defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2661

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-10

Today whosoever has arisen to teach the Cause and serve the believers, divine confirmations shall descend upon him; otherwise he is wasting his time.

DAS.1913-03-10

@stories; anecdotes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1948

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-04

150

The more we thank Bahá'u'lláh for these bounties with which He has encircled us, the more numerous will they become. When Bahá'u'lláh in the early history of the Caused desired to test any one

DAS.1913-03-04

@conference of Badasht, @scarcity of receptive souls, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @goodly deeds; actions

ABU2660

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-03

Last night a curious thing happened. Long after midnight I got out of my bed and was on the point of calling Siyyid Asadollah when suddenly

DAS.1913-03-03

@stories; anecdotes, @accounts of dreams and visions

ABU2618

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-01

For the present, in Paris we are all engaged in mentioning the name of the True One. We are all beneath the protection of the Blessed Perfection.

DAS.1913-03-01

@suffering and imprisonment, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @development of capacity and readiness

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, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @hospitality, @poems and quotation from poetry, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0598

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-02-19

470

While we were in Baghdad this Mirza Javad was with us. He had a melancholic and disconsolate disposition

DAS.1913-02-19

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @wisdom [hikmat], @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar

ABU2726

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-12-05

Persian

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

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the concourse on high, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2759

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-10-29

Persian

هر خوابگاهی را یکدالر دادن نقلی نیست لکن ما میخواهیم تقیدی براحت تن نداشته باشیم

It is not a matter of our reluctance to pay one dollar but of our unwillingness to be dependent on bodily comfort. We must be equal to the hardships of traveling

BDA1.339.10

MHMD1.357

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @disregarding bodily comfort

ABU0986

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-10-01

310

Persian

بخاطر دارم که طفل بودم در طهران در بیرونی در جنب حضرت وحید یعنی جناب آقا سید یحیی

I remember once in Tihran when I was a child, I was sitting by Aqa Siyyid Yahya Vahid

BDA1.280.02x

MHMD1.298x, BKOG.063x, STAB#133

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @call to action, @stories; anecdotes, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1298

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30

240

Persian

امر الله نافذ است جمیع عالم را احاطه خواهد کرد الآن من چون بصحرای امریکا نگاه می کنم می بینم مملو از اهل بهاست

The Cause of God is penetrating. It will encompass the whole world. Now as I observe the wilderness of America, I see it full of Baha'ís.

BDA1.279.04x

MHMD1.297x

@universal peace; world unity, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @Word of God and human limitations, @harmony of science and religion, @growth of the Cause

ABU1829

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30

160

Persian

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

@stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spiritual transformation, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0520

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-28

520

Persian

حضرات الطاف جمال مبارک موج میزند الآن چون نگاه می کنم می بینم بحر عنایتش مواجست

Dear friends, the waves of the bounties of the Blessed Beauty are surging. As I look I see the ocean of His favor swelling

BDA1.276.09x

MHMD1.294x

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2339

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-24

100

Persian

ملاحظهٴ قدرت و تأیید جمال مبارک نمائید که کشیش خود میآید و بتمام خضوع ما را دعوت می کند

Behold the power and confirmation of the Blessed Beauty: The pastor comes in person with all humility to invite us

BDA1.268.05

MHMD1.286-287

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1438

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-21

220

Persian

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @means of establishment of future civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU2217

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-20

110

Persian

بجهت این بلاد مبلغ منجذب منقطع و عالم بسیار واجب است مثل بعضی از مبلغین جانفشان ایران

In this country it is essential to have teachers who are attracted, wholly severed and learned like some of the self-sacrificing Persian teachers.

BDA1.259.05

MHMD1.277

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU3017

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-20

Persian

من باو نوشتم تو اول کسی بودی از معلمین و مولفین اروپا که بساحت اقدس مشرف شدی

I wrote to him [E.G. Browne], saying 'You are the first European teacher and author to have attained His Blessed Presence. Do not lose this distinction.' He did not understand me

BDA1.259.13

MHMD1.278

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @predictions and prophecies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2216

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-19

110

Persian

باز اهل غرب چون ثروت و مالشان زیاد می شود آثار عتیقه جمع می کنند که خدمتی بعالم صنایع نمایند

When people of the West become wealthy, they begin to collect antique objects in order to render a service to the world of art. But when Persians become wealthy

BDA1.256.08

MHMD1.274

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU2431

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-16

Persian

این صدمات سفر و حضر را برای این تحمل مینمایم که بلکه امر الله از بعضی

I am bearing the discomforts of this journey with stopovers so that the Cause of God may be protected from any breach.... Because of certain people who sought to fulfill their personal desires

BDA1.250.07

MHMD1.268, VLAB.029-030x

@suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Shrines and Holy places, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @House of Justice, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2169

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-13

120

Persian

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, @spiritual transformation, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU2728

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-12

Persian

تأیید و نصرت ملکوت ابهی اظهر من الشمس است هیچ چشم و گوشی تا حال چنین تأییدی نه دیده

The confirmation and assistance of the Abha Kingdom are more manifest than the sun. No eye or ear has seen or heard of such confirmations. Christ went into the Temple of the Jews

BDA1.240.12

MHMD1.257

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @praise of Western values; culture, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU2982

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-09

Persian

بصریح انجیل در ظهور اول هم با انکه آن حضرت از مریم متولد شده بود

The Gospel expressly records that in His first coming, although Christ was born to Mary, He Himself said that He came from heaven. Thus, the meaning of 'heaven' is the greatness of the Cause

BDA1.234.11

MHMD1.251

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @power of the Manifestation of God, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

ABU2210

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-04

110

Persian

ای بهآءالله بقربانت ای بهآءاللة بفدایت حرفی زده ئی که منکر ندارد چه امر عظیمی تأسیس فرموده ئی

O Baha'u'llah! May I be a sacrifice for Thee. O Baha'u'llah! May my life be offered up for Thee.

BDA1.227.04

MHMD1.243

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @praise and encouragement, @miracles and their interpretation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3010

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-23

Persian

ما در اینجا کارتان را تمام کردیم تخمی کشتیم نفوس خیلی منجذب شدند و منقلب گشتند

We have finished our work here. We have sown a seed. Many souls have been attracted and transformed.

BDA1.203.10

SW_v19#11 p.350, MHMD1.219-220

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @growth of the Cause

ABU1980

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-09

140

Persian

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

@praise and encouragement, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1828

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-03

160

Persian

بیان باید بمشرب حضار و اقتضای وقت باشد حسن عبارات و اعتدال در ادای معانی و کلام است

The explanations must be adapted to the capacity of the hearers and suited to the exigency of the time.

ANDA#79 p.15, MAS5.176b, GTB.015, BDA1.175.08

MHMD1.190-191, STAB#079

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @methods of teaching the Cause, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU2127

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-01

120

Persian

اعمال خیریه چون ممدوحیت پیدا کرده لذا نفوس محض شهرت و جلب منفعت خود و تحسین خلق عمل خیر می کنند

As charitable works become praiseworthy, people often perform them merely for the sake of fame and to gain benefit for themselves

BDA1.174.02

MHMD1.189

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @goodly deeds; actions

ABU3015

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-29

Persian

مردم چه قدر اسیر اوهامند محض شهرت و نام چه زحمتها می کشند این اوهام چه انجا می خواهد داشت جمیع شئون محو و فانی و نابود

What captives of superstitions people are! What troubles they endure for the sake of name and fame! What fruit will these superstitions bear?

BDA1.171.01

MHMD1.185-186

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @empty learning; false spirituality, @development of capacity and readiness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU3114

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-27

Persian

اگر انصاف باشد ثابت میشود که برای احبای الهی من چه کرده ام و همهٴ اینها بعون و عنایت جمال مبارک بوده و الا ما اشخاص ایرانی با اهالی امریکا در دبلین بالای تل و کوه بظاهر چه مناسبتی داریم

If there is any justice, then what I have done for the friends will become apparent. I have done all this through the bounty and assistance of the Blessed Beauty. Otherwise, what have we Persians in common with the Americans on top of this mountain and valley in Dublin?

BDA1.168.02

MHMD1.182-183

@East and West; communication between East and West, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU2745

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-25

Persian

ما برای کار و خدمت آمدیم نه برای هوا خوری باید بعبودیت آستان جمال مبارک پرداخت و چنین بندگی را سبب راحت و مسرت جان و دل

We have come for work and service and not for leisure. We must render service to the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty

BDA1.166.14

MHMD1.181

@methods of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @thankfulness; gratitude, @courtesy; culture [adab]

ABU3122

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-12

Persian

این شهر و اطرافش نصف ایران جمعیت دارد اگر ایران چنین جمعیت و ثروتی میداشت و رو بترقی میگذاشت

This city with its suburbs has about half the population of Persia. If Persia had a population and an affluence like this, and had she turned herself to progress

BDA1.154.06

MHMD1.167

@praise of Eastern values; culture

ABU2831

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-01

Persian

این عون و عنایت از قدرت او و این تأییدات بصرف جود و فضل اوست ورنه ما جز بنده ئی ضعیف

This help and assistance are from Him and these confirmations are through His bounty and favor; otherwise, we are nothing but weak servants. We are as reeds

BDA1.143.04

MHMD1.154

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU2856

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-24

Persian

من بعد از صعود مبارک امری نماند مگر انکه در اعلآء کلمة الله بآن تشبث نمودم

After the Ascension of Baha'u'llah I did everything within my power to promote the Cause of God. I clung to spiritual methods and rendered such servitude

BDA1.133.11

MHMD1.143

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @growth of the Cause

ABU2567

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-23

Persian

ترقیات مادیه اروپا بحد یقف می رسد هر امریکه بحد یقف رسید لابد تدنی نماید

The material progress of Europe is approaching its zenith. Everything that reaches its zenith undoubtedly begins to decline.

BDA1.133.01

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.142-143

@growth of the Cause, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3476

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-23

Persian

کاش جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آورده بودند از بس جمال مبارک اینگونه مناظر را دوست میداشتند

Would that the Blessed Beauty could have come to these regions! He loved such scenery very much.

BDA1.101.13

SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108

ABU2858

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-15

Persian

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

@universal peace; world unity, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @goodly deeds; actions

ABU3319

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-13

Persian

هر چه ما میگوئیم بندهٴخد‌ا عبدالبها هستیم باز مردم ما را باسم پیغمبر

Although I say always that I am ‘Abdu'l-Baha, a servant of God, still people refer to me as a messenger and a prophet. It would be better if they would not attribute such titles to me.

BDA1.093.07

SW_v19#06 p.180, MHMD1.100

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3282

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-24

Persian

ای بهآءالله چه کرده ئی ای بهآءالله بقربانت ای بهآءالله بفدایت ایام را بچه مشقت و بلا گذرانیدی

O Baha'u'llah! What hast Thou done? O Baha'u'llah! May my life be sacrificed for Thee!

BDA1.049.04

GPB.293x, SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.057

T. Price, Zannetta [track 12], L. Slott

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @growth of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2751

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13

Persian

من از تعالیم جمال مبارک در اینجا یکی را موضوع صحبت قرار داده ام هنوز مسائل

I have made the subject of my talks here only one of the principles of the Blessed Beauty. I have not as yet touched upon others of greater importance.

BDA1.033.02

MHMD1.042

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity, @East and West; communication between East and West

ABU3472

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13

Persian

در آینده امریکا ترقی سریع نماید ولی از این عمارتهای بسیار بلند و کثرت نفوس قلبم میگیرد و برای صحت خلق خوب نیست

America will make rapid progress in the future but I am fearful of the effects of these high buildings and such densely populated cities; these are not good for the health.

BDA1.032.07

SW_v19#02 p.054, MHMD1.041

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU2576

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-27

Persian

چه قدر تفاوتست بین نفوس شخصی چنان خود را پست مینماید که پرستش جماد و اشکال

What a great difference exists between men. One person degrades himself to such a degree that he idolizes and worships stones

BDA1.013.17

DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.020, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007

@Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @station of the Manifestation of God, @idolatry

ABU2330

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-25

100

Persian

در زمان رومان مشهور بعلم اخلاق بودند ولی حالا مانند یونانیها در نهایت سوء اخلاق مشاهده میشوند

During the last days of our stay in Egypt, we went to Tanta for the repair of the tomb of Haji Abu'l-Qasim

BDA1.009.11

MHMD1.014

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU2182

Words to the Kinney party in 1909(?)

120

The Blessed Perfection came for the purpose of uniting the hearts that He might link them together. For this purpose you must prove the means of unity

PN_1909 p002, BSTW#340

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @unity of thought and belief, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

ABU2635

Words to the governor of Akka and others, spoken on 1915-04-02

the Beloved gave a detailed and stirring account of the history of Akka from the time it was taken by the Crusaders in 1104 A.D... I have no doubt that had he the inclination and desire he could write a most instructive history of this ancient and sacred town.

DAS.1915-04-02

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU0413

Words to the friends, spoken on 1921-11-19

610

Although you are here with these assembled friends and cannot speak with them.... When lovers meet it may be that they cannot exchange a single word

SW_v13#07 p.163-164, BSTW#482

@martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0947

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-30

320

Persian

این طیور را ببینید چقدر راحتند، هیچ فکری، هیچ غمی، هیچ غصه ئی ندارند. احبای الهی که خالص و مخلص هستند

Behold these birds, how tranquil they are, free from every thought, every sorrow, every grief. Such are the loved ones of God who are pure and sincere [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-06-30

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU2051

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-26

130

Persian

در آنجا [ماردین] بودیم، روزی که حرکت کردیم شخصی آمد و داد و فریاد می زد که من دیشب باطمینان

When We were there [in Mardin], on the day We set forth upon Our journey, a certain man came, crying aloud that he had in truth beheld the night before [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-06-26

@stories; anecdotes, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0617

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-23

460

Persian

بسیار خوش رفتار بود. از روزی که باین امر اقبال کرد خدمت کرد تا نفس اخیر، یعنی فی الحقیقه دقیقه ای فتور نداشت

His holiness [Muhammad Taqi] Afnan was a man of delightful character and sociability. He came to Baghdad when we lived there and visited the Blessed Perfection.

ZSM.1915-06-23

DAS.1915-06-24

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0164

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-03

1000

In this glorious Tablet to the King of Persia Bahá'u'lláh has perfected His proof from every standpoint. There has been left for him no loophole... When his holiness Badi' reached Tihran he found the Shah was not in the city

DAS.1915-06-03

@martyrs and martyrdom, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment

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

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @business; financial; property matters, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0074

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-27

1400

In the world of creation every cause has a magnetic focus, a center of attraction around which revolves its powerful activities and interests... The magnetic center of the Bahá'í Cause ... is steadfastness.

DAS.1915-05-27

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @high station of learning, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0953

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-22

320

I found the Jews very crestfallen today, because on slight excuses the government has exiled eight of their prominent leaders. The new rigorous laws of naturalization wear heavily on them.

DAS.1915-05-22

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @literal interpretation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1363

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-22

230

The physical body has also a share. When I was in America a number of Christians came to me and asked a most subtle and difficult question.

DAS.1915-05-22

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Christian clergy, @physical limitations of the Manifestation of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @connection between material and spiritual worlds

ABU1196

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-17

270

There are two kinds of afflictions, the first is human, the second is divine. Human affliction can be coped with and eradicated by human agencies and methods

DAS.1915-05-17

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @chastisement and requital, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2349

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-02

100

The individuals of the world of humanity are in different degrees. They are like unto candlesticks.... Similarly there are some enkindled souls whose very presence in a meeting changes its atmosphere

DAS.1915-05-02

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @light and darkness, @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @being a source of light; guidance, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU0684

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27

430

Amongst the believers of God there must exist the utmost cooperation, equality and the solidarity of rights. Through their deeds and lives

DAS.1915-04-27

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU1187

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27

270

Beneath the shade of the Blessed Perfection there must occur in a Baha'i life a complete regeneration! If he continues to live in accord with the old standards and habits, then what has he gained by the change of a name!

DAS.1915-04-27

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1195

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26

270

The influence of the Word of God is all-penetrative. One must simply arise and engage in the service of the Cause... The armies of the Supreme Concourse are drawn in battle-array on the plain of the Kingdom... The Zoroastrians must be very enkindled

DAS.1914-04-26

@Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1398

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26

230

The signatory powers of the Hague Convention did not abide by their own agreement. They violated in this last outburst of savagery every article of those carefully drawn, long-debated conventions.

DAS.1915-04-26

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @war and peace, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU1397

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-23

230

As much as possible we must make our lives simple and reduce its accumulated complexities. Our necessary wants were originally very few

DAS.1915-04-23

@call to acquire knowledge; sciences, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU1626

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-20

190

Association with outsiders is like unto a 'knife-edge file'. It wears and cuts away the spirit. One does not hear from them one joy-creating word. From noon till now I have been speaking

DAS.1915-04-20

@war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU0159

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-19

1010

The above verses are very clear and explicit that we are living in the time of their fulfillment. The globe is encircled with the fire of God's wrath

DAS.1915-04-19

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @critique of Western values; culture, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @predictions and prophecies, @martyrdom of the Bab, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

ABU0564

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-18

490

The Blessed Perfection educated us in this most great Prison. If we consider this fact with the sight of justice we will realize that He instructed us with the tears of His eyes.

DAS.1915-04-18

@suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0794

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-17

370

The tests of God have encircled the world of humanity from all directions. From one direction the horrors of war have laid waste millions of homes

DAS.1915-04-17

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for peace and unity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @spiritual transformation, @justice and wrath of God

ABU0505

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-16

530

Persian

هارون الرشید خواست حفر کند نتوانست بعد مامون باین خیال افتاد بعد از زحمت

Harum ar-Rashid wanted to excavate [the Pyramids] but was unsuccessful.... One thing that has enabled European civilization to advance so considerably is the aptitude for accepting the truth

KHH1.218-220 (1.305-307)

KHHE.319-321, BSR_v13 p.102

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power of the mind over nature, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU3133

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-13

Persian

حرص و طمع مخمر در طبیعت انسانی است ولکن تربیت الهی این صفات را تغییر میدهد

Greed and avarice are ingrained in human nature. However, divine teachings will change these attributes.

KHH1.215 (1.302)

KHHE.316, DAS.1915-04-13, BSR_v13 p.101

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @Manifestation of God as educator, @suffering and imprisonment, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world

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

@words vs deeds, @martyrs and martyrdom, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0921

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-11

330

Persian

فی الحقیقه این مدت بیفایده گذشت باز در امریکا که بودیم مشغول بودیم

How spiritual and glorious were those divine days spent amongst the believers of God in the Western world!... Truly, this period has not been productive. At least when we were in America, we were busy and constantly met with people

KHH1.209-210 (1.293-295)

KHHE.307-308, DAS.1915-04-11, BSR_v13 p.099

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1189

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-10

270

The staff of life is bread. All other things are comparatively non-essential. Let us pray that the wheat fields may be saved

DAS.1915-04-10

@trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU0329

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-09

700

Persian

این مردم بیچاره کشته میشوند و نمیدانند برای چه جانهای خود را فدای خاک میکنند خاک که انزل موجودات است

These wretched soldiers die for the sake of some earth, which is the lowest form of creation, and do not know why they are slain. Consider how some are refined and how some abase themselves.

KHH1.295-296 (1.410-414)

KHHE.425-427, DAS.1915-04-09, BSR_v13 p.098

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation

ABU1261

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-21

250

Persian

در سال دو نقطه اعتدال است که آفتاب از افق آن طلوع مینماید

May this Naw-Ruz be a blessing to all the friends! In the year there are two equinoxes in which the hours of the day and the height are equal.

AYT.347-348, KHH1.196-197 (1.275-276)

KHHE.286-287, DAS.1915-03-21

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @spiritual springtime

ABU0132

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-13

1090

Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.

DAS.1915-03-13

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1554

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-12

200

All the efforts of these people in this or other direction are like unto the vanishing traceries made on the mirror-like surface of water.

DAS.1915-03-12

@spiritual transformation, @wisdom [hikmat], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0567

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-10

490

My sole aim in the education of these boys amounted to this: I hoped that after their graduation these boys would arise with the utmost severance... but none of them fulfilled my desire

DAS.1915-03-10

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @being a source of light; guidance, @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause

ABU0990

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-10

310

The mention of the Cause makes the faith of men firm and strong. Those souls who accept this revelation and then do not engage in teaching and conveying it to others will remain stationary

DAS.1915-03-10

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @music and singing, @power of prayer

ABU0638

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-09

450

When you, who are the believers of God, gather together in a meeting, let all your conversation be about the Cause. Review the proofs that uphold it

DAS.1915-03-09

@suffering and imprisonment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @Muhammad; Islam, @rejection of Muhammad, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @study; deepening

ABU0765

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-09

390

Mirza Anayatullah has brought us some very interesting news from Acca. He says Mirza Badi'u'llah has circulated a wild report that I am going to be arrested

DAS.1915-02-09

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

ABU0812

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-05

370

May God bestow a little pity and compassion to these artful, deceiving kings and emperors who style themselves lords and masters of the world

DAS.1915-02-05

@nationalism; love of country, @human reality created in the image of God, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @war and peace

ABU0646

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-03

450

Truly I say this is the most prodigious catastrophe and the most ill-boding calamity which has ever taken place on this globe. According to a number of reports already more than 2 million souls are killed or wounded.

DAS.1915-02-03

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @war and peace, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU0929

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-02

330

The glorious maturity of this world depends upon the realization of two things: The establishment of the era of universal Peace and the discovery or appearance of the hidden science which shall renovate all the conditions of existence.

DAS.1915-02-02

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @universal peace; world unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @alchemy; the elixir, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU0761

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-01

390

We were speaking today about the religion of the Druzes. All along they have been most kind to us and how appropriate it would have been if the Fragrances of the Merciful reach also their nostrils! The Blessed Perfection visited Abu Sinan

DAS.1915-02-01

@empty learning; false spirituality, @methods of teaching the Cause, @harmony of science and religion, @priestcraft

ABU1224

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-30

260

We are hedged in from all directions. The roads of correspondence are all blocked and it is impossible to receive or send any news.

DAS.1915-01-30

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @East and West; communication between East and West, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU2020

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-29

140

There was once a Jewish merchant in Constantinople who bought many bales of drapery and worsted goods to be shipped to Persia for sale. Each bale was of a different color

DAS.1915-01-29

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2895

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-29

There are some souls who have not any tie, they are completely detached from all else save God. How wonderful is this station! There are also a number of individuals who are detached as far as themselves are concerned

DAS.1915-01-29

@the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @compassion; kindness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0197

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-17

910

During the reign of Kaliph Abdol Malek Mervan there lived in Damascus a merchant. At first everyone trusted him and deposited in his safe large amounts of money.

DAS.1915-01-17

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual transformation, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1007

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-12

310

I spent the first years of my childhood in Mazandaran. At the time Bahá'u'lláh was in Teheran. After a while He sent for us. I started with one of my uncles.

DAS.1915-01-12

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1578

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-11

200

Today we call on Sheik Ibrahim Akki. As you know his two merchant steamers are sunk by the Russian warship in Beirut harbor.

DAS.1915-01-11

@conduct in finance and business, @stories; anecdotes, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @composure; tranquillity; serenity

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @bribery and corruption, @war and peace, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2104

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-20

130

All the people are sacrificing their lives for the sake of the worthless (valueless) earth.

DAS.1914-12-20, SW_v13#10 p.269

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @unity of governments; political unity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0183

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-01

940

Persian

امروز جمعی آمده بودند و میگفتند چرا از شهر بیرون نمیروید بمن اعتراض میکنند که با اینهمه اضطراب و اغتشاش

Today a number of people came to Me and asked, “Why do You not leave the city?”... Sulayman Khan and Mírza Fathu'llah were candle-pierced, that is, they were pierced with bayonets

KHH1.277-280 (1.386-389)

KHHE.400-403

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU0176

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-11-24

970

Persian

مصطفی افندی نامی بود مدیر تحریرات لاینقطع اذیت میکرد ومردم را بر علیه ما میشوراند بطوری متصرف " کرده "

There was a certain Mustafa Effendi in charge of the newspaper, who persistently caused us difficulties and incited people against us, including the Mutasarrif Kurdih

KHH1.298-301 (1.415-419)

KHHE.429-433

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @bribery and corruption, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU0868

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-11-09

350

If these governments were endowed with deep insight they could see clearly that already all their ships are sunk and disappeared from the surface of [the] water.

DAS.1914-11-09

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

ABU0861

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-11

350

Persian

در طول حیات و قصر حیات اهمیتی نیست انسان صد سال در این دنیا بماند

The tragic passing of Bashir was indeed sudden.... The length and shortness of life is not considered important. Whether man lives a few years or a hundred years

KHH1.106-107 (1.148-150)

KHHE.160-162, DAS.1914-10-11, SW_v08#02 p.027x, PN_1914 p062

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

ABU1138

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07

280

The friends have brought good news from Germany... The Blessed Beauty in all circumstances has given us the way to behave

PN_1914 p040

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @praise and encouragement

ABU2838

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07

Persian

جمال مبارک که از سلیمانیه تشریف آوردند بعد از دو سال قبای بسیار کهنه ئی

When after two years the Blessed Beauty returned from Sulaymaníyyih, He was wearing a dilapidated coat, a vest with no sleeves and a cotton headgear.

KHH1.102 (1.143)

KHHE.156

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @suffering and imprisonment, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @praise and encouragement

ABU0969

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02

320

God does not change. He is the unchangeable, the immutable. True religion also does not change.

DAS.1914-09-02

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @oneness; unity of religion, @interconnectedness of the teachings, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @absolute freedom; independence of God

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

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @blind imitation [taqlid]

ABU2092

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02

130

When His holiness Christ appeared the Jews said the same thing. They thought that after Moses no other divine man must appear in the world

DAS.1914-09-02

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @rejection of Muhammad, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Seal of the Prophets, @Christian doctrine and practice

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

@law of fasting, @humor; jokes, @eulogies; reminiscences, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih

ABU0778

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23

380

Every meeting which is held for the purpose of teaching the Cause of God and the people

DAS.1914-08-23

@false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @chastisement and requital, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU0077

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-20

1400

His Honor Aqa Rida and His honor Aqa Mahmud were most sincere. They were serving day and night.

DAS.1914-08-26

@stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @eulogies; reminiscences, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3374

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-16

Faith is the centre of human virtues. Through the light of faith justice is established.

DAS.1914-08-16

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1219

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-13

260

There are many people who enter this Cause with some preconceived ideas and finding that their ideas cannot be engrafted

DAS.1914-08-13, PN_1914 p018, BSTW#295

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @spiritual transformation, @love of God

ABU0286

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-20

750

Today I was thinking over the following subject: The heavenly farmer came and cleared the ground from thorns and thistles.

DAS.1914-07-20

@symbolism, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @light and darkness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

ABU0393

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-20

630

There was a Motasarraf by the name of Abdu'r-Rahman Pasha. In some ways he became most inimical against us. He did his best to find a pretext

DAS.1914-07-20

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU0291

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18

750

God, addressing one of the great Prophets of the past, says: 'Dost thou find thou art able to guide a blind man

DAS.1914-07-18

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @stories; anecdotes, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @degrees of faith; certitude

ABU2271

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18

110

Tonight they are holding the Feast of Elijah on the top of Mount Carmel, in memory of his ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire.

DAS.1914-07-18

@oneness; unity of religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @Mount Carmel

ABU1033

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-13

300

Persian

حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدا میفرمایند که یک کلمه یا یک آیه من یظهره الله حجت است از برای جمیع من علی الارض

His Holiness the Exalted One – may My spirit be a sacrifice unto Him – stated that one word or one verse of “Him Whom God shall make manifest”

KHH1.263 (1.367)

KHHE.384-386

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @martyrdom of the Bab

ABU1390

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-30

230

From 8am to 6pm I was speaking to them. They asked many questions peculiar to their sects... Now the answer must be given in such a manner as to establish a conciliation between these two schools

DAS.1914-03-29

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

ABU3195

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-30

The Western people think differently, argue differently, and reach the truth from a different standpoint. They are always looking for results.

DAS.1914-03-29

@praise of Western values; culture, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU0371

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-27

650

The spiritual food is prepared. Blessed are those who eat therefrom... if you can concoct such delicious dishes with vegetables and nuts I can assure you many people will join your crusade against slaughtering animals and eating their flesh.

DAS.1914-03-27

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @material and spiritual existence; two books

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, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @importance of community building, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar

ABU0889

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-20

340

A teacher must never ask for money for any of his personal needs but the believers must by themselves in a voluntary spirit provide him with his travelling expenses

DAS.1914-03-20

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spirit and form in the administration, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0632

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-15

450

These are the days of Bahá'í fasting but the Blessed Perfection has commanded us not to keep it in Turkey... The sweetest thing in this world is to obey strictly the commands of God... There is nothing sweeter in the world of existence than prayer…. What is prayer? It is conversation with God.

DAS.1914-03-15, SW_v08#04 p.041x, SW_v09#09 p.103-104x

MANA

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of fasting, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2815

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-12

The religion of God reforms the moral side of the life of mankind. It is the spreader of the virtues of the world of humanity... In this garden you will find the flowers seen in others, and beside, there are other rare flowers here that are not extant anywhere else.

DAS.1914-03-12, SW_v08#02 p.028

@religion as reality; definitions of religion, @unity in diversity, @universality of the Cause, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

ABU2784

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-11

This is the most important work. This is the light of the religion of God. This sea must ever be kept tempestuous. This fountain must always flow... The Cause is the cup, teaching is the ruby wine with which the souls are intoxicated.

DAS.1914-03-11

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1880

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-09

160

The good deeds of man are like unto the sweet fragrances emanated from the musk... As his deeds have been performed with no reference to the applause and commendation of men he enjoys them more than any one else.

DAS.1914-03-09

@chastisement and requital, @goodly deeds; actions, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @spiritual transformation

ABU0645

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-10

450

When the believers gather in a meeting and are engaged in the mention of God my heart is there... During our stay in Adrianople, Aqa Jamal and Mirza Ali Akbar Boroujerdy and his brother arrived from a long journey.

DAS.1914-02-10

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @Christ; Christianity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0837

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-06

360

The pilgrims were at Acca yesterday. I am now planning to go there myself to visit the Holy Tomb of the Blessed Perfection. Such a holy visit depends however upon the condition of the heart.

DAS.1914-02-06

@Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual transformation, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1978

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-02

140

The cohorts of the Abha Kingdom are engaged in uninterrupted conquest. They are gaining victory after victory. God willing, Mrs. Stannard shall win many signal triumphs in India.

DAS.1914-02-02, SW_v05#02 p.019

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @growth of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1592

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-06-07

200

In Tiberias the missionaries have built a modern hospital and pharmacy. The doctor

DAS.1913-06-07, SW_v09#03 p.040

@Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Christian doctrine and practice, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @The Holy Spirit, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1566

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-23

200

The real enjoyment of the world of humanity consists in the fact that every individual may think of the well-being of others... During the lifetime of Muhammad one day his son-in-law, Ali, his wife and two sons kept fast.

DAS.1913-05-23

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @stories; anecdotes, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

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, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1296

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-20

240

Persian

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

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @differences in human capacity, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @knowledge; recognition of God, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @man's distinction from the animal, @the mind's power of discovery, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1149

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-03

280

There are various degrees of sensitiveness in all the kingdoms of creation. Often, one word may reform a man

DAS.1913-05-03

@stories; anecdotes, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @differences in human capacity

ABU0754

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01

390

Persian

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity

ABU1740

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01

170

Persian

امروز من با شما وداع می‌کنم لکن وداع دو قسم است یکی آنست که نفوس بعد از وداع بمرور یکدیگر را فراموش میکنند

This is the day of farewell with you. Farewell is of two kinds. The first kind of farewell is followed by forgetfulness.

BDA2.276-277

DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.362

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @bringing forth results; fruit

ABU2226

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01

110

Persian

جمیع اهل غرب غرق ظلمات طبیعتند انوار الهیه غروب نموده هر چند در جسمانیات بمنتهی درجهٴ

The darkness of materialism has enveloped Europe. Natural civilization has advanced tremendously and progress is magical and by leaps and bounds

BDA2.277

DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.363

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1824

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-30

160

Persian

این چه محبتی است که بقوهٴ حضرت بهآءالله در میان ما احداث شده پادشاه ایران دو مرتبه

Consider what wonderful love is this that has been established between us through the power of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! The Shah of Persia came twice to Stuttgart.

BDA2.276

DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.361-362

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU2336

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-30

100

Persian

فردا ما از استتکارت حرکت خواهیم کرد الحمدلله باینجا آمدیم شماها را ملاقات نمودیم

I will leave Stuttgart tomorrow. Praised be God that we came here and met with you all, and that sentiments of the utmost spiritual affection

BDA2.272

DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.356-357

@unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West

ABU1917

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29

150

Persian

خیلی خوب است بین دوستان آلمان و امریکا مکاتبه شود تا مزید الفت و ارتباط قلوب گردد

It will be very beneficial to the Cause if a tie of correspondence is established between the German and the American Baha'ís. Spiritual correspondence must be continued

BDA2.271

DAS.1913-04-28x, MHMD2.355

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU2054

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29

130

Persian

در میان این اطفال نفوس مبارکی مبعوث خواهد شد نهالهائی که بدست تربیت باغبان کامل افتد

Among the children many blessed souls will arise, if they be trained according to the Bahai Teaching.

BDA2.271

COC#0696, LOG#0490x, DAS.1913-04-28, SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090-091, MHMD2.354, PN_1913 p006, PN_1913 p013, BW_v09p543

@education of children; moral education, @educational curricula, @excellence; distinction, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU1129

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-28

280

Persian

دیروز با آنکه هیچ حالت نداشتم محض خاطر شما بمجلس آمدم زیرا که مجمع احباء محفل روحانیان است

Your meeting yesterday afternoon was very good. I did not feel well but for your sake I came. The gathering of the believers is the assembly of the spiritual ones.

BDA2.268-269

DAS.1913-04-28, MHMD2.351-352

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @transcending the material condition, @Christ; Christianity, @race unity; racial issues

ABU0877

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-06

350

What did the Esperantists say last night? I delivered an address to them according to their conception of truth. They were the beginners, therefore I spoke to them with gentleness.

DAS.1913-04-06

@high station of the true believer, @development of capacity and readiness, @relativity of religious truth, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @literal interpretation

ABU2484

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-03-02

Although my body is ill, my spirit is happy. My hope is for the illumination, the spiritual motion and rejuvenation of Paris. The world of materialism has engulfed these regions.

DAS.1913-03-02

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @transcending the material condition, @spiritual transformation

ABU0591

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09

470

Persian

امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس

Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God

AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002

DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009

@creation of the world, @proofs for the existence of God, @law of cause and effect, @composition and decomposition, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence

ABU0757

Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-05-01

390

His Holiness St Paul says, 'You have died in Adam, you have come alive in the Christ.' This statement is most significant. The purpose is that in man there are two natures.

PN_1912 p078

@composition and decomposition, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the human soul

ABU2145

Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-06

120

Persian

بیائید اینمسئلهٴ مهم را بذهن بسپارید شخصی از طهران نوشته که مشیت کلیه همیشه بر عرش ظهور مستویست یعنی همیشه

Come here and consider this important question. A person from Tihran has written that the Universal Will is always manifest

BDA1.023.06

MHMD1.031

@false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations

ABU3287

Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-01

Persian

آنچه در زمین اسباب حمل و نقل آلات و اسباب حرب و قتال ساخته اند در هوا نیز چنان خواهند

Those who have provided the means for transporting arms and ammunition and the instruments of wars and massacres on earth will do so in the air.

BDA1.020.01

MHMD1.027

@predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ABU0450

Words to the friends, spoken around 1915-01-30

580

Mullah Jami writes in his book: 'When I completed my education in the University of Bokhara and gained mastery over the various branches of philosophy

DAS.1915-01-31

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @law of pilgrimage, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @stories; anecdotes, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world

ABU2065

Words to the friends, spoken around 1914-09-10

130

I am humble. I am meek. The Blessed Perfection has trained and educated me with the power of humility and renunciation.

DAS.1914-09-11

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @attaining good pleasure of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU1780

Words to the friends, spoken around 1914-09-07

170

The star of the fortune of some people is always on the ascendant. They are chosen by God to perform certain services in the world of humanity.

DAS.1914-09-08

@theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2793

Words to the friends, spoken around 1912-05-03

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

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0581

Words to the friends, spoken around 1909-02-20

480

The world of existence holds the station of one temple, one body; and man in comparison thereto is the spirit of such body.

AHF.034-036

@man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0797

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

370

Persian

حالا با آقا میرزا مهدی صحبت میکردم میگفتم که باید بسیار مسرور باشی که پدر مومنی داری

Earlier I was speaking with Áqa Mírza Mihdí, and I said to him: You must be very happy as you have a father who is a believer.

KHH1.039-040 (1.055-057)

KHHE.073-074

@Moses, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @high station of learning

ABU0824

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

360

Persian

بعد از اینها خوب میشود من از یک چیز متاثر شدم که یکوقت نوشته بودند

After these occurrences, it will be better.... Tolstoy is a deeply learned man. I wanted him to embrace the blessed Cause

KHH1.053-054 (1.074-076)

KHHE.092-094, STAB#112

@criticism and its limits, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0858

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

350

Persian

جناب ابوالفضائل با نهایت ضعف و پیری شب و روز به خدمت امر الله قائم است

Even though he is old and very frail, Mírza Abú'l-Fadl devotes night and day to the service of the Cause of God and the diffusion of the divine fragrance.

KHH1.027-029 (1.039-040)

KHHE.055-056, STAB#071

@events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @conduct in finance and business

ABU0887

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

340

Persian

طهران بسیار مغشوش است واقعا مرحوم مظفرالدینشاه در باره رعایای خود ابدا کوتاهی نکرد

Tihran is in great agitation. In truth, the late Muzaffari'd-Din Shah did all he could for his subjects. But it would have been better to first educate the people of Iran

KHH1.035-036 (1.050-051)

KHHE.067-068, STAB#014

@non-participation in politics, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @critique of Western values; culture, @true liberty; freedom, @constitutional revolution in Iran

ABU0915

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

330

Persian

حضرات اسم میخواستند امر را از صفحه روزگار محو کنند کشتند و زدند و حبس کردند

They wanted to obliterate the name of the Faith from the pages of history. They killed, harmed, imprisoned, exiled and did what they could

KHH1.080-081 (1.113-115)

KHHE.126-128

@growth of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrdom of the Bab

ABU0946

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

320

Persian

این شخص بخیال خودش در صدد قلع و قمع شجره مبارکه بر آمده ولی خودش نمیداند که منادی امر الله

This man thinks that he is uprooting the Tree of the Cause and does not see that he is promoting the Divine Faith. The Ancient Beauty has stated, “Whosoever arises to harm us is indeed a teacher of the Cause

KHH1.038-039 (1.054-055)

KHHE.072-073

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @growth of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU1078

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

290

Persian

جسد عالم مرده است شما باید بسهم خود شرکت کنید همت و فداکاری کنید انشاء الله که سما مسرورا

The spirit of the world is dead. Each of you, in accordance with your own measure, must arise in service and sacrifice.

KHH1.045-046 (1.063-064)

KHHE.081-082

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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, @wisdom [hikmat], @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU1493

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

210

Persian

در حرب خندق یا معروف بحرب الاحزاب حضرت محمد و اصحاب از شدت گرسنگی سنگ بشکم بسته

Being thoroughly surrounded by the enemies, in the course of the Battle of the Moat, known as Harbu'l-Ahrab, His Holiness Muhammad and His companions were so starved

KHH1.019-020 (1.027-028)

KHHE.041-042, STAB#067

@episodes from the early history of Islam, @prophecy and fulfillment

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

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU1687

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

180

Persian

ما نه استبداد صرف را میخواهیم و نه آزادی بحت ما بامور روحانی و تعلقات

We desire neither absolute despotism, nor unbounded liberty. We are concerned with the spiritual teachings and matters pertaining to the world above.

KHH1.048-049 (1.068-069)

KHHE.086-087

@freedom of thought and action, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

ABU1742

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

170

Persian

این مهمانی مال حضرات زائرین کلیمی است از فضل جمال مبارک در این حفله و در این مائده جمع شده اند

This feast belongs to the illustrious pilgrims of the Jewish descent.... In the East it was prohibited for men and women to assemble in the same room. However in this Dispensation, the women have the same rank as men

KHH1.050-051 (1.071)

KHHE.089-090

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women

ABU1748

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

170

Persian

شرکت خبرگزاری رویتر تلگراف نموده که مستر داد بهائی عازم هندوستان است

The Reuters news agency telegraphed that a Baha'í by the name of Mr. Dodd was proceeding for India. Reuters only sends telegrams for such prominent personages

KHH1.026-027 (1.037-038)

KHHE.052-053

@growth of the Cause, @prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @East and West; communication between East and West, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@pure intentions in teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @love and unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU1825

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

160

Persian

باید بسیار مسرور باشید که در چنین روزی بارض مقدس رجوع نمودید واقعا از تدین و صفای طینت

You must be thrilled that on such a Day you have come to the Holy Land.... This is an explicit promise and clearly enunciated by the Divine Prophets. They have foretold that even outwardly, the Jews will come to the Holy Land and once more reclaim their ancient splendor.

KHH1.037 (1.052)

KHHE.069

@prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU1827

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

160

Persian

بزرگان مصر میخواهند وهابی بشوند عقاید وهابیان را پیش گیرند شاید بحرب و ضرب و جنگ

The Egyptian chiefs want to become Wahabbi and promote Wahabbi convictions. Perchance they hope to resist European expansion through wars, violence, confrontations and slaughter.

KHH1.052 (1.073-074)

KHHE.091-092

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @blind imitation [taqlid]

ABU1842

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

160

Persian

علویه خانم عیال ملا علی جان شهید خوابی دیده بود و برای جمال بروجردی نقل کرده بود

‘Alaviyyih Khanum, the wife of the martyred Mulla ‘Alí Jan [Mafuzaki], had a dream which she recounted to Jamal Burújirdí. She said, “I dreamt that Jamal Mubarak came to this room and graciously spoke in praise of me.”

KHH1.022 (1.031)

KHHE.045, STAB#121

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes, @accounts of dreams and visions

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, @the concourse on high

ABU1913

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

150

Persian

انظروا جنون دولت ایران و دولت الاتراک کیف نفوا بهاء الله من ایران و بغداد

Consider the foolishness of the governments of Iran and the Ottoman Empire, how they banished Baha'u'llah from Iran to Baghdad and Istanbul... Perchance it is because of this that Jewish people will embrace the Cause, since there is no other course left to them.

QT108.070, KHH1.057 (1.080-081), KHH1.322 (1.448-449)

KHHE.098-099

@predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU1914

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

150

Persian

اینها پنجاه سال است درس میخوانند که بمعلوم پی ببرند باز در یوم ظهور محروم میمانند

These people study for fifty years to learn the signs of Return, and yet on the Day of the Manifestation, they have remained deprived.

KHH1.051-052 (1.072-073)

KHHE.090-091

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @differences in human capacity

ABU1995

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

140

Persian

هجرت حضرت ابراهیم خلیل سبب ظهور و پیدایش حضرت کلیم ، حضرت مسیح

Abraham's migration precipitated the manifestation and appearance of Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Exalted One, and Baha'u'llah.

KHH1.018-019 (1.026)

KHHE.039-040

@prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael

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, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @poems and quotation from poetry, @development of capacity and readiness, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2167

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

120

Persian

من خیلی جاها را دیده ام هیچ جا صافی هوا و صفای مقام اعلی را ندارد

I have seen many places, but none has the vivifying air and the beauty of the Shrine of the Bab. Ere long this mountain will be developed.

KHH1.057-058 (1.081)

KHHE.099-100, COB.225-226

@predictions and prophecies, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Shrines and Holy places, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU2212

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

110

Persian

این درخت را که میبینید اگر بخود نگاه کند ابدا از خود امیدی ندارد و مایوس است

Consider this tree: If it only focuses on its own merits, then it will have no hope, and will be deprived. However, if its hope is on the billowing waves of the sea of nature

KHH1.042 (1.059-060)

KHHE.077

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @bringing forth results; fruit, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2213

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

110

Persian

این کوه مقدس خدا منتهای آرزوی انبیاء است و مطاف ملاء اعلی

Attaining unto this Mountain was the ultimate desire of the Prophets… After two thousand years of wandering, the Jewish people will return to the Holy Land and embrace the Cause of God

KHH1.061 (1.085)

KHHE.104

@future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @predictions and prophecies, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2232

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

110

Persian

در پاریس چنانچه باید و شاید امر الله علو ننموده است و آتش محبت الله در نگرفته البته در این حکمتی است

The Faith of God has not penetrated Paris and the fire of the love of God has not enkindled her people to the depth it should.... Sometimes, a translation is better than the original. A translator must fully comprehend the meaning [and the context] of the words.

KHH1.056-057 (1.079-080)

KHHE.097-098

@translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @language and the structure of reality, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2252

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

110

Persian

هر چه عمومی است الهی است و هر چه خصوصی است بشری احبای الهی آنچه تاسیس مینمایند

Whatever is public is divine, and whatever is private is devised of man. Therefore, whatever is established by the friends of God must be public, whether a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, or other institutions.

KHH1.025 (1.036)

KHHE.051-052

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universal education

ABU2427

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

امروز هر فردی باید قیام بتبلیغ نماید و زبان بتبلیغ بگشاید و این عالم بشر را

Today, each believer must arise to teach the Faith and speak of it to seekers. We must rescue the world of humanity from all dangers that threaten it and sacrifice our own comfort for our Divine Beloved.

KHH1.055 (1.077)

KHHE.095

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement

ABU2436

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

بسیار بسیار مبارک است خیلی خوب است که در هر شهری و هر قصبه و دهی اینکار را بکنند

This is very wonderful! The friends of God must do the same in every town and hamlet and provide a befitting place for the comfort of the itinerant believers

KHH1.021 (1.029)

KHHE.044

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU2464

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

ABU2473

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

هیچ نقطه ای در دنیا باین هوا و صفا و منظر و مناخ نیست در این کوه

No other spot in the world is as pleasant and vivifying as this realm, nor can rival it in beauty and majesty... Soon will the Jewish people return to the Holy Land, and even in outward appearance, they will be exalted.

KHH1.037-038 (1.052-053)

KHHE.070

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @prophecy and fulfillment, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU2575

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

چه زمستان سردی بود و ما در کاروانسرائی وارد شدیم

How bitterly cold was that winter! We arrived at a caravansary located by a moat. The journey was full of sufferings and difficulties

KHH1.018 (1.025-026)

KHHE.039, STAB#118

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @growth of the Cause

ABU2589

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

ما با گذشته کاری نداریم ما مضی مضی و ما سیاءتیک فاین قم فاغتنم الغرصه بین العدمین

We have nothing to do with the past. “What has passed is past. And what is to come has not appeared. Therefore do not compare two vacuities.”

KHH1.041 (1.057)

KHHE.075

@bringing forth results; fruit, @symbolism, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2997

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

در بغداد یکروز جمال مبارک از جسر عبور میفرمودند شخصی بحضور مبارک عرض کرد که از

When He had returned to Baghdad, one day the Blessed Perfection was passing over a bridge and someone mentioned to His blessed Person that a letter was received from Mosul

KHH1.035 (1.049)

KHHE.066-067

@growth of the Cause, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3001

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

سبب خذلانش گردید چون برای خاک میجنگید خاک که انزل موجودات است ولی

It caused his demise, because he was fighting for soil, which is the least worthy thing in creation. However, the migration and wandering of Abraham

KHH1.019 (1.027)

KHHE.040-041

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3127

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

بسیار چای خوبی است چای باید اینطور باشد قند خوب چای خوب آب زلال پیاله پاک

This is very good. Tea must be like this: good sugar, excellent tea, purified water, clean cup and in every way neat and organized. Otherwise, it is better not to drink it.

KHH1.052 (1.073)

KHHE.091

@stories; anecdotes, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @personal instructions, @cleanliness and refinement

ABU3143

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

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

@Satan; the Evil One, @outward and inward meanings

ABU3293

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

Persian

جمال مبارک بساط وحدت عالم انسانی گسترانیده و اختلافات مذهبی و طبقاتی را مرتفع ساخته

The Blessed Beauty has provided the means for the unification of the world of humanity and has removed religious and social conflicts.

KHH1.013 (1.018)

KHHE.030

@oneness; unity of religion, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0398

Words to the friends spoken around Dec. 1907

620

Persian

در زمان قدیم طوایف مختلفه بوده اند از جمله سامری ها که امروز نیستند و همچنین فریسیان

There were certain tribes in the old times, which no longer exist, such as Samaris or Pharisiyan.... These people believed that the Logos of that peerless Essence had been made flesh. That is, lahut had become nasut.

KHH1.029-031 (1.040-043)

KHHE.057-059

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @Christian doctrine and practice, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @anthropomorphism

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @stories; anecdotes, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1503

Words to the friends over lunch, spoken on 1913-01-10

210

The most important food is spiritual food. This material food must be eaten three times a day, but whosoever eats of the spiritual food shall never hunger.

DAS.1913-01-10

@stories; anecdotes, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the power of words; of speech, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

ABU0115

Words to the first American pilgrims, spoken on 1900-01-09

1160

The field in America is now likened unto a field of land in which are planted small trees

PN_1900 p068

@Mary Magdalene, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU1595

Words to the Falah family, spoken on 1914-06-06

190

The firm and steadfast believers living in a city will become the means of its ultimate illumination and will assist the inhabitants

DAS.1914-06-06, SW_v09#10 p.107-108x

@spiritual transformation, @Muhammad; Islam, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3302

Words to the editor of the Police Journal, spoken on 1912-09-17

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

روزنامه باید اول وسیلهٴ الفت بین نفوس باشد این اعظم وظائف صاحبان جرائد است که سوء تفاهم

A newspaper must in the first instance be the means of creating harmony among the people.

BDA1.252.04

MHMD1.270, ABCC.273

@newspapers and the media; publications, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues

ABU1940

Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30

150

We must let loose the divine forces so that those souls who are standing still at the turnpike may move along the path of progress... We must ever strive to find out the subject which is of interest to the other party and speak with him from that standpoint.

DAS.1913-06-30

@methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @Manifestation of God as divine physician

ABU3194

Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30

Well, what are we going to do next? Tell me what should be done? We have already travelled a good deal. We have crossed the seas

DAS.1913-06-30

@growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action

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

@Shrines and Holy places, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @law of pilgrimage, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar

ABU0629

Words to the Coopers, spoken on 1912-10-16

460

You are all dear children of Mrs. [Ella Goodall] Cooper. She loves you with her heart and soul. In Persian language they say that such a person loves another

ECN.841

@unity; oneness of humanity, @naming of children; of individuals, @unity in diversity, @suffering and imprisonment, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1530

Words to the Cooper-Frankland party

210

Abdu'l-Baha advised that all pray for others more than for themselves, as that will help us to become less selfish, and as we pray for the bounties to be showered upon others, we draw them in this way to ourselves.

PN_1914 p020-021, BSTW#205

@law of fasting, @reward and punishment

ABU2725

Words to the children, spoken on 1912-04-16

Persian

به به چه اطفال مبارکی هستند خیلی نورانیند در وجوهشان

These are blessed children. They are very illumined. In their faces the rays of the love of God can be seen. I pray in their behalf

KHTB2.026, NJB_v04#10 p.004

BSTW#341

@stories; anecdotes, @education of children; moral education, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @praise and encouragement

ABU1247

Words to the believers, spoken on 1914-07-15

250

The Holy Spirit is the only power which will ultimately unite and harmonize the races and nations of the world.

DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v08#08 p.101

@The Holy Spirit, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause

ABU0592

Words to the believers, spoken on 1913-12-29

470

mixed

بسیار خوب است که در مقام حضرت اعلی در ظل عنایت جمال مبارک همه جمعیم ابدا

It is most significant that we are all gathered here in the Tomb of His Holiness the Bab and beneath the protection of the Blessed Perfection.

KHH1.248 (1.347-349)

KHHE.364-366, DAS.1913-12-29

@thankfulness; gratitude, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0270

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05

780

Persian

این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده

This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores

ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11

PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @call to action, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0596

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-02

470

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

من در نیو یورک خیلی در مجامع شما بودم اقامت من در سایر شهرها عشر این نبود

I have been in your gatherings many times. I have not attended one-tenth

KHTB2.328, BDA1.399.10

PUP#138 (p.460-461), SW_v07#13 p.123-124, MHMD1.418-420

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU1440

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-01

220

Persian

چون از اغلب مشکلات سیاسی دورند و در گوشه ای آسوده و نسبت بسایر قطعات اهالی امریکا هم بیشتر طالب صلح و صلاح

As Americans are removed from most political difficulties they live at ease in isolation and, compared to most other regions

BDA1.398.01

MHMD1.417

@universal peace; world unity, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU1499

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-30

210

Persian

من از خدمات شماها بسیار ممنونم فی الحقیقه مرا خدمت کردید مهمان نوازی نمودید

I am most grateful for your services; in truth you have served me. You have extended hospitality.

MSBH8.208-209, YHA1.309, KHTB2.326, BDA1.396.08

MHMD1.415-416, VLAB.014-015

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @hospitality

ABU1453

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-29

220

Persian

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

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1989

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-27

140

Persian

مقصود مظاهر مقدسه الهیه تربیت نفوس مقدسه بوده بعضی چنان گمان نمودند که مقصد

The purpose of the divine Manifestations has been the education of holy souls.

MSBH8.207, BDA1.392.11

MHMD1.411-412

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @call to action

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, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @human reality created in the image of God, @spiritual transformation, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU1849

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26

160

Persian

من از ملاقات شماها کمال سرور حاصل مینمایم همیشه این محافل را در خاطر خواهم داشت ابداً فراموش نخواهم نمود

I always derive great pleasure from being with you. I shall always remember these gatherings. I shall never forget them.

BDA1.391.04

MHMD1.410

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU1992

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26

140

Persian

مومن بهاءالله کسی است که ثابت بر میثاق است هر کسی بپیمان الهی ثابت است مومن است

A believer in Baha'u'llah is he who is firm in the Covenant.... Is it possible that one may believe in a book without believing in the teacher

BDA1.391.15

SW_v14#08 p.228, MHMD1.410

@trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @firmness in the Covenant, @Manifestation of God as sun, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1599

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-17

190

Persian

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

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU1377

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-16

230

Persian

مظاهر مقدسه تحمل بلایا و مصائب عظیمه فرمودند و قبول زجر و جفا در هر دمی نمودند حضرت مسیح مبتلای بلایا شدیده گردید

The holy Manifestations endured great afflictions and persecutions and at every moment accepted torment and oppression.... Divine religions consist of two parts... Gracious God! Although people see with their own eyes that in the dispensation of Christ the eleven disciples were ordinary men

BDA1.376.16

MHMD1.395-396

@early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @suffering and imprisonment, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2462

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14

Persian

مبارکترین اوقات وقتی است که با احبای الهی ملاقات مینمایم این بهترین اوقاتست

The most blessed moments of my life are those which I spend in the company of the friends of God. These are the best times.

BDA1.372.11

MHMD1.391

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3315

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14

Persian

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, @music and singing, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU1366

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13

230

Persian

چون باصطلاحات علمی و براهین عقلی بود منکری نداشت و هیچ نفسی ادنی اعتراضی ننمود البته در اینگونه محافل

As they were delivered in scientific terms and with rational arguments, none could deny them and not a single voice was raised in opposition.

BDA1.370.12

MHMD1.389

@harmony of science and religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @rational arguments, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @changing and unchanging parts of religion

ABU3118

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-09

Persian

ای پروردگار در نهایت محبت مجتمعیم و بملکوت تو متوجه جز تو نخواهیم و غیر رضای تو

O Lord! We are assembled here in the utmost love and are turned toward Thy Kingdom

BDA1.363.06

MHMD1.382

@prayer to be recited at table, @power of prayer, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1990

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-08

140

Persian

من بسیار از ملاقات شماها مسرورم از الطاف جمال مبارک امید است که سبب عزت امرالله و انتشار کلمة الله گردید تا این شهر بر جمیع بلاد امریکا تقدم یابد

I am very happy to have met you. I hope that through the favors of the Blessed Beauty you shall become the instruments for the glorification of the divine Cause

BDA1.360.01

MHMD1.378-379

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU2133

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06

120

Persian

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @East and West; communication between East and West, @station of the Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @growth of the Cause

ABU2578

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06

Persian

حضرت بهآءالله بدون قواء ملکیه و شئون ظاهره تاسیس عزت ابدیه و ترویج تعالیم الهیه نمود

Baha'u'llah, without earthly power and worldly means, laid the foundations for eternal glory and promoted divine teachings.

BDA1.358.01

MHMD1.377

@growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity in diversity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1822

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02

160

Persian

اول وظیفه اعضا الفت و اتحاد آنهاست که سبب حصول نتائج حسنه گردد

The first duty of the members is to effect their own unity and harmony, in order to

MAS5.276, BDA1.349.05

COC#0187x, SW_v08#09 p.114, MHMD1.367-368, BSTW#248b

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2816

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02

Persian

ادیان الهیه برای الفت و محبت بوده و سبب اتفاق ملل و امم مختلفه گشته اما چون مدتی گذشت

The divine religions were revealed for love and amity and have brought about harmony among the different peoples and nations. But as time passed dogmas

BDA1.348.04

MHMD1.366

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

ABU1677

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-29

180

Persian

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

@the Christian clergy, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1379

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-25

230

Persian

میخواهم با شماها خدا حافظی نمایم این ملاقات و مجلس خیلی مؤثر است آخر الکأس است

Here I want to bid you farewell. This meeting and assemblage are very moving. This is the last draught in the goblet!

BDA1.330.10

MHMD1.348-349, ABCC.311-312, ECN.019+217

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power of prayer

ABU3320

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-24

Persian

هر روزی امری مؤید است و هر وقتی مقصدی مقتضی امروز تبلیغ امر الله و نشر تعالیم الهیه جاذب تأییدات غیبیه است وقت تخم افشانیست و القآء کلمهٴ الهی

Every day confirmations surround some specific pursuit and every hour has a purpose decreed for it. Today, teaching the Cause of God

BDA1.329.13

MHMD1.348

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2325

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-23

100

Persian

چون در راه سوارهائی که برای حفاظت همراه ایشان بوده‌اند اورا زخمی کرده اموالش را می برند

From the circumstances, as reported, we surmised that because Aqa Abu'l-Qasim-i-Hamadani had previously been with Baha'u'llah and had also set out on a journey... I have now been for some time in these regions.

BDA1.326.12

MHMD1.345

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih

ABU0750

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-21

400

I desire to say farewell today as I am going to leave in a few hours. But I do not say goodby. I repeat "Au revoir".

BSTW#155d, ECN.146+180

@growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU1679

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-21

180

Persian

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

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @eulogies; reminiscences, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @call to action, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0427

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20

600

You are very welcome, very welcome, very welcome! ...And the purpose of being a Baha'i is this, that man should be adorned with all the virtues of the world of humanity.

BSTW#155a, ECN.143+176

@firmness in the Covenant, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @growth of the Cause

ABU0924

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20

330

Very welcome! Are you all well? You must be very happy, very happy, very grateful, for it was very difficult for me to come and reach this part.... One act soul is preferable to a thousand inactive and useless souls

BSTW#155b, ECN.144+178

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @eulogies; reminiscences

ABU2863

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-17

Persian

هنوز آن هیئت تفتیش و تعدی در مراجعت از عکا بین راه اسلامبول بودند که سطوت عدالت ملکوت جمیع امور را

This commission of investigation and oppression was on its way back to Istanbul from 'Akka when the majesty of the justice of God revolutionized all matters.

BDA1.317.01

MHMD1.335

@Ottoman commissions of investigation, @justice and wrath of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0228

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16

860

Persian

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

@two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1048

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03

300

Meetings are various in kind. One meeting is like the meeting of people, an ordinary meeting, which is so easily forgotten.

MAB.034-035

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @growth of the Cause

ABU2228

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03

110

Persian

چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم روحانی نیز چنین است که چون بهار الهی منتهی و فیض رحمانی منقطع شود

As there are four seasons in this material world, so it is in the spiritual world. When the divine spring is over and the heavenly bounty ceases

BDA1.285.15

MHMD1.303

@cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual springtime, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU1819

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-26

160

Persian

امید وارم در صون حمایت الهی باشید و بخدمت نوع انسانی موفق شوید و همیشه

I hope that you will be under the protection of God... God has appointed provision for every living creature

MAS2.031x, BDA1.272.10

MHMD1.291

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @compassion; kindness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU0799

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-24

370

Persian

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, @the power of words; of speech, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2750

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20

Persian

من ابداً شما ها را فراموش نمیکنم همیشه در یاد و خاطر من هستید بجمیع یاران مهربانی ابلاغ دارید

I shall never forget you. You are always in my mind... If you sacrifice yourself for the rich, they think you do it because you are obliged

MAS5.266-267, BDA1.258.15

MHMD1.277

@assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2848

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20

Persian

شما ها بیکدیگر خیلی محبت داشته باشید دیدن همدیگر نمائید غمخوار کل باشید

You must have deep love for one another. Go to see each other and be consoling friends to all.

BDA1.258.08

MHMD1.276

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @words vs deeds, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2709

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-18

Persian

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

@Satan; the Evil One, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2543

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-17

Persian

از عنایت جمال مبارک شما را تائید و توفیق میطلبم در هر جا و محل باشم

I ask the Blessed Beauty to assist you and confirm you. Wherever I go, you will be in my thoughts.

BDA1.250.17

MHMD1.268-269

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU0245

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15

830

Persian

من از ملاقات شما خیلی مسرورم شکر می کنم خدارا که

I rejoice exceedingly at meeting you and render thanksgiving unto God that [3.5s]

KHTB2.240, NJB_v03#17 p.004

@suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Christ; Christianity

ABU2711

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15

Persian

امر الله همیشه از شرق ظاهر شده اما آثارش در غرب شدیدتر بوده وقتی بدری پاشا در مجمعی گفت

The Cause of God has always appeared from the East but it has been more effective in the West.

BDA1.248.16

MHMD1.266

@East and West; communication between East and West, @station of the Manifestation of God, @critique of Eastern values; culture

ABU2972

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-14

Persian

اگر جمال مبارک قیام و امرالله را بلند نمی فرمودند امر حضرت نقطهٴ اولی بکلی محو شده بود

If the Blessed Perfection had not exerted Himself to raise up the Cause of God, the Cause of the Primal Point would have been completely effaced... All the affairs and conditions of the world serve the Cause of God... With this type of sacrifice they attained success. But remember

BDA1.245.03

MHMD1.262-263

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

ABU3136

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-11

Persian

خیلی مسرورم که شماها بر امر الله ثابت و مستقیم هستید بعضی نفوس مانند گیاههای بی ریشه هستند

I am exceedingly pleased because I see you firm and unwavering in the Cause of God. Some individuals are like rootless plants

BDA1.238.04

MHMD1.254-255

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @symbolism, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @praise and encouragement

ABU2240

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-10

110

Persian

فقیر صابر بهتر از غنی شاکر است اما فقیر شاکر بهتر از فقیر صابر است و بهتر از همه غنی نتفق است

The patient poor are better than the thankful rich. But the thankful poor are better than the patient poor. And the best of all is the rich-giver who is free from temptations or tests, who becomes the cause of the happiness of mankind.... At the time of his death a king longed for the station of a poor man

KHMT.194x, MAS5.227, BDA1.185.10

SW_v19#12 p.379-380, MHMD1.201, ROB2.281, STAB#042

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @stories; anecdotes, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @thankfulness; gratitude, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU1755

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-06

170

Persian

میفرمودند ایرانیها هر امر مهمی را میخواهند یاد داشت کنند می گویند این را هم در جزء بیست و نهم بنویسید حال باصطلاح ایرانیها

When Persians want to record any important matter, they say, 'Write this down in the twenty-ninth section.'

BDA1.178.09

MHMD1.194

@Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @prophecy and fulfillment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2861

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05

Persian

همیشه این دأب غافلین بوده که مخلصین را از امر الله منع می نمودند اما دام الحمد لله ما شصت سال است در این دام خوشیم و ابداً فکر فراری نداریم

It has always been the practice of the heedless to hold back the sincere ones from the Cause of God. As for a trap, praise be to God that we have been trapped happily for sixty years

BDA1.177.11

MHMD1.193

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love of God

ABU3156

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05

Persian

میگویند اگر عالم روحانی یا ملکوتی می بود ما احساس مینمودیم با وجودیکه عدم احساس شأنی نیست هر گاه عدم احساس کمالی باشد

They say that had there been a spiritual world they would have sensed it. But, as a matter of fact, inability to sense a thing is not a proof of the nonexistence of that thing.

BDA1.177.16

MHMD1.193

@rational arguments, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @proofs for the existence of God, @limits of the intellect, @man's distinction from the animal

ABU2440

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-04

Persian

تأییدات جمال مبارک امور خارق العاده ظاهر می کند هر شانی از شئونات جمال مبارک در مقام خود حجتی بالغست

The assistance of the Blessed Beauty brings about extraordinary things. Every act of the Blessed Beauty constitutes in itself a consummate proof. In one of my early writings

BDA1.176.12

MHMD1.192

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2727

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30

Persian

تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی

Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries.

BDA1.172.12

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @effort; striving, @The Holy Spirit

ABU2978

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-26

Persian

این را هم در حاشیهٴ کتاب بنویسید که وقتی خواهد آمد که آن خانواده باسم مسس کروک و ایمانش فخر نمایند حالا شوهرش قدری دور و غافل است

Write this in the margin of the book: The time will come when her whole family will be proud of Mrs Krug and her faith.

BDA1.167.10

MHMD1.182

@predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @high station of the true believer

ABU2724

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-22

Persian

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

ABU2840

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-21

Persian

چه قدر بزرگان در دنیا آمدند چه قدر صاحبان ثروت بودند

How many great men have come into the world! What wealth they have owned! What kings have sat on the thrones

BDA1.162.02

SW_v19#11 p.347, MHMD1.176

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @eulogies; reminiscences, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2163

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-19

120

Persian

ضعف مزاج وکثرت اشتغال مانع است و الا ممکن بود نفوسی خارق العاده در میان این احباء مبعوث شوند

My weakened condition and excessive work hamper me, otherwise many extraordinary souls would have arisen among these friends.

BDA1.159.12

SW_v19#11 p.348, MHMD1.173-174

@martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3569

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-03

Persian

سلطنت الهی قدیم است و مادام خالق بوده خلق هم داشته

The Kingdom of God is pre-existent and, since He is the Creator; without doubt He has always had a creation.

BDA1.144.16

MHMD1.155-156

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @creation of the world, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @infinity and eternity

ABU3025

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-25

Persian

وقتی مسلمین رئیس موبدان را بسبب خوردن شراب بتازیانه بستند و زیر تازیانه نعره میزد و می گفت

When the Muslims arrested the leader of the Zoroastrians and flogged him for drinking wine, under the whip he cried,

BDA1.134.13

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.145

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3003

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-24

Persian

صحت جسمانی اهمیت ندارد اهمیت در صحت روحانیست که تأثیر و لذت ابدی دارد

Bodily health is not important. What is more important is spiritual health which gives eternal pleasure and has everlasting effect.

BDA1.133.16

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.144

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @transcending the material condition, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @disregarding bodily comfort, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU2573

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23

Persian

چگونه بوهم متمسکند میگویند در اول توقیع حضرت اعلی بیحیی این عبارتست

These people are following their false imaginings. They say that the letter from the Bab to Yahya begins thus

BDA1.131.08

MHMD1.141

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings

ABU3314

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23

Persian

نظر بمکان نیست بلکه بوجود و قلوب نورانیه احباست در بغداد اطاقی کوچک ثلث این اطاق بود

It is not the place that should be looked at but the illumined faces and hearts of the friends

BDA1.133.07

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.143

@banishment to; life in Baghdad

ABU2995

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-17

Persian

در ایام جمال مبارک من ابداً مایل به تحریر نبودم بدرجه ئی که از اطراف احباء گله می کردند

In the days of the Blessed Beauty, I never had a desire to write. The friends even complained about it.

BDA1.126.07

MHMD1.135

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3124

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15

Persian

با وجود انکه در حبس بودند خیمهٴ مبارک بالای جبل کرمل در نهایت جلال مرتفع و بظاهر ظاهر قدرت

Although He was a prisoner, He pitched His tent with glory on Mount Carmel. Even outwardly His power and majesty were such that for five years

BDA1.124.02

SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.132

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Mount Carmel, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3464

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15

Persian

بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند

What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.'

BDA1.124.05

SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133

@differences in human capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism

ABU2432

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-14

Persian

با وجود این ظلمها و بلاها امر الله غالب و عهد الله نافذ گردید حتی هیئت و اعضآء تفتیش

In spite of all these persecutions and afflictions, the Cause of God triumphed and the Covenant of God gained influence.

BDA1.122.16

SW_v19#07 p.220, MHMD1.131

@Ottoman commissions of investigation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital

ABU2329

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-13

100

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

در حدیث شیعیان در خصوص ظهور موعود مذکور که علم بیست و هفت حرفست

In the Shi'i tradition concerning this dispensation it is recorded that knowledge is composed of twenty-seven letters and that the divine messengers of the past from first to last have revealed but two letters

BDA1.122.05

MHMD1.130

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prophecy and fulfillment, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU1721

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11

180

It is my hope that the meetings of the Baha'i Assembly in New York shall become like

LOG#0581x, PUP#064 (p.183), SW_v03#10 p.014-015, PN_1912 p022

@unity; oneness of humanity, @consultation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @independent investigation of truth; reality

ABU2466

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11

Persian

معلوم است ما بین روح انسانی و حقایق موجودات ارتباطی عظیم است

It is obvious that a very deep relationship exists between the spirit of man

AVK1.243, MAS2.025-026x, BDA1.120.07

SW_v14#07 p.211, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.128

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions

ABU2731

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11

Persian

جمال مبارک سد ابواب اینگونه اختلافات فرمودند و امور را راجع ببیت العدل اعظم کردند

the Blessed Beauty has shut the door on such differences and has referred all affairs to the House of Justice

BDA1.119.15

SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.127-128

@House of Justice, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3294

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-10

Persian

جمال مبارک بعد از دارالسلام و ادرنه در محفل عمومی نطق نفرمودند

The Blessed Beauty did not make any more public speeches after leaving Baghdad and Adrianople

BDA1.119.10

SW_v19#07 p.218-219, MHMD1.127

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @the power of words; of speech, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

ABU1229

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-09

260

This is a meeting, the members of which are strung together like pearls, and all the pearls are brilliant, for all are Bahá'ís.

SW_v05#06 p.090, MAB.064-065

@suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement

ABU3313

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-30

Persian

من مبین آیات جمال مبارکم و منصوص قلم اعلی کل باید اطاعت نمایند جمیع امور

I am the interpreter of the Writings of the Blessed Beauty, as explicitly designated by the Supreme Pen.

BDA1.111.05

MHMD1.118

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @House of Justice

ABU0926

Words to the Baha'is from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24

330

All are welcome; all are very welcome! I was longing to see you very much. Praise be to God you came, and here we are meeting.

MAB.082-083, ECN.838

@praise and encouragement, @being a source of light; guidance, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU0945

Words to the Baha'is and others, spoken on 1912-10-31

320

Persian

این امر در آفاق منتشر شده و بین ملل و احزاب صلح داده نفوس مختلفه

This Cause has spread all over the world... Behold the creative power of Baha'u'llah!... This is the third time that I am in Chicago.

BDA1.342.06

MHMD1.360-361

@many are called but few are chosen, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @unity of governments; political unity, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU1741

Words to the Baha'í women, spoken on 1912-11-12

170

Persian

این انجمن دختران من است در خانهٴ دختر من مسس کروک لهذا از این اجتماع بسیار مسرورم خوب مجلسی است

This is the assemblage of my daughters in the home of my daughter, Mrs Krug. Therefore I am very happy with this gathering.

BDA1.369.11

MHMD1.388

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2456

Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-04-02

Persian

سابق طی بحر محیط باین سهولت ممکن نبود و تا کنون این نحو مسافر هم از ایران بامریکا نرفته

In past ages crossing the ocean was not as easy as it is now. Up to the present time no one has traveled, with a purpose like ours, from Persia to America.

BDA1.020.15

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.028, ABIE.089, BLO_PN#007

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3130

Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-03-31

Persian

تاریخ حاجی میرزا جانی را کم و زیاد نموده کتابخانهٴ پاریس و لندن فرستادند

They [the Azalis] tampered with the contents of the history of Haji Mirza Jani by removing some of its passages and inserting others. They sent it to the libraries of London and Paris

BDA1.018.01

MHMD1.024

@review of publications

ABU2942

Words to Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, spoken on 1911-08-25

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

ABU3068

Words to Takeshi Kanno, spoken on 1912-10-21

The war between Japan and Russia came about after the departure of Bahá'u'lláh, but before these events occurred Bahá'u'lláh often mentioned kindly the name of the Mikado

MAB.064b

ABU3640

Words to Sutherland Maxwell in 1909

Where is He?... Everywhere is nowhere.

BW_v12p658

@God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator

ABU0420

Words to students of Beirut university, spoken on 1914-08-31

600

Persian

خوب مجلسی است بسیار محفل روحانی است مجلسی است مرتب و منظم در اینعالم مجمعهای

This is a delightful gathering. It is very spiritual and is well-organized and orderly. Many gatherings are held in the world

MAS5.135, KHF.279, KHAB.452 (453), KHTB3.105, KHH1.282-284 (1.393-396)

KHHE.407-409, DAS.1914-08-31, STAB#057

@Christ; Christianity, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @unity of thought and belief, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1347

Words to students of Beirut College, 1914-04-15

240

From now on you must strive to beautify the moral aspect of your lives. Advise each other with the utmost consideration

DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v07#18 p.183-184

@man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @attaining good pleasure of God, @compassion; kindness, @excellence; distinction, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @education of children; moral education, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @exhortations and counsels, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @high station of learning, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2599

Words to Stanwood Cobb, spoken on 1913-03-28

No. In this movement there will never be any paid ministers, no appointed clergy, no bishops, no cardinals, no popes, no ceremonies.

DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093c

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @priestcraft, @spirit and form in the administration, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU3221

Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908

It is not enough to wish to do good. The wish should be followed by action. What would you think of a mother who said

IHP.031-032, BLO_PN#046

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @words vs deeds

ABU3523

Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908

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

ABU1996

Words to someone who asked for money, spoken on 1913-05-31

140

Persian

ولی وِل خرجی مکن زیرا اسراف همیشه انسان را ملول و سرگردان نماید من اگر می‌بینید بعضی تعارفات

Never be a spendthrift. Do not be extravagant in thy expenses. An extravagant person comes always to a sad end and feels the pinch of want and misery.

BDA2.324

DAS.1913-05-30, MHMD2.430

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0515

Words to some Zoroastrian friends, spoken on 1915-04-18

530

The Blessed Perfection expressed always great love for the Parsee friends. When Manikchi came to Baghdad and stood in His spiritual Presence he related many stories concerning the humiliation of the Parsees

DAS.1915-04-18

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @predictions and prophecies, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ABU2496

Words to some Zoroastrian farmers, spoken on 1915-02-26

Giving is a divine quality. Blessed are those who give! When we were in Baghdad we had an Arab Bahá'í who lived nine miles out of the city.

DAS.1915-02-26

@stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU0603

Words to some Zoroastrian Bahá’ís, spoken on 1914-05-06

470

The more union and agreement appear amongst the believers of God the greater will be the divine Confirmations, the more uninterrupted will be the descent ... The cause of God is like unto a college. The believers are like unto the students.

COC#0424x, DAS.1914-05-06, SW_v07#18 p.178-179x, BSTW#052X

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @bringing forth results; fruit, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0510

Words to some young Bahá’ís, spoken on 1915-05-02

530

All the Bahá'í children must learn a trade or manual profession. This must be aside from their literary education... Do not be satisfied with a superficial smattering of a language

DAS.1915-05-02

@useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @education of children; moral education, @excellence; distinction, @high station of learning

ABU0695

Words to some young Bahá'í women, spoken on 1912-10-17

420

Be seated! How are you? We have been for a walk. San Francisco is a good city. San Francisco is a good garden, fresh and verdant.

MAB.059-061

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @work as worship, @wisdom [hikmat], @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU1478

Words to some visitors, spoken on 1913-02-27

220

There was once a Sufi in Baghdad who on a hot summer day went to the Euphrates river with his water pitcher

DAS.1913-02-27

@stories; anecdotes, @empty learning; false spirituality, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena

ABU1636

Words to some visitors, spoken on 1913-02-27

190

There was once a Persian Bahá'í who was very hospitable and always entertained new guests. Although he was poor

DAS.1913-02-27

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2022

Words to some visitors, spoken on 1913-02-27

140

A young man who was graduated from the college applied for a position of teaching in a village far away from civilization.

DAS.1913-02-27

@wisdom [hikmat], @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU1997

Words to some Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-20

150

other/unknown lang

من بسیار مسرُورم از اینکه در این انجمن حاضر شدم این انجمنیست که اعضایش معتقد بروحانیّاتند

I was most pleased to present myself in your midst and speak with you; a meeting which believes in the spiritual power

BDA2.248-249

DAS.1913-04-20, MHMD2.322-323

@Theosophy, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @call to action

ABU2569

Words to some students, spoken on 1915-06-29

Persian

تعالیم جمال مبارک نوعی کرده است که احبای الهی از جمیع من علی الأرض ممتازند. اینها از برکت نصایح و تعالیم جمال مبارک

The teachings of the Blessed Beauty have made the loved ones of God distinguished above all who dwell upon the earth. This is through the blessing of the counsels and teachings of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-06-29

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @non-participation in politics, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love and unity

ABU0533

Words to some students, spoken on 1914-10-12

510

Persian

گفتند شما ها امروز میخواهید بروید گفتم پس بروم وداع کنم علی العجاله در تابستان

I have been informed that you are leaving today... When the Commission of Inquiry came [in 1904], they made matters difficult for us.

KHH1.108-110 (1.151-154)

KHHE.164-169, DAS.1914-10-12, PN_1914 p068

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @mystery of the great reversal, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

ABU2061

Words to some students, spoken on 1914-07-15

130

God be praised! How wonderful are these students! I am looking forward with

DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v09#09 p.100, SW_v13#05 p.104

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual transformation

ABU2746

Words to some spiritualists, spoken on 1912-08-17

Persian

ما دعا می کنیم خدا شفا میدهد ما اهل ادعا نیستیم اهل بیانیم جمیع منادی بامر بهآءالله هستیم من عبدالبهاء هستم و حضرت بهاءالله مطلع تقدیس است

We pray but God bestows healing. We do not make claims for ourselves. We are only the expounders of the Word.

BDA1.195.07

MHMD1.211

@station of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual transformation, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

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

@Word of God and human limitations, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @music and singing, @the power of words; of speech

ABU2005

Words to some pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-21

140

When Bahá'u'lláh left Baghdad and without the knowledge of the friends went to Suleymaniyyih, one day He met a boy in the street weeping.

DAS.1913-06-21

@stories; anecdotes, @education of children; moral education, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU1968

Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11

140

Persian

امروز اعظم علاج عاجل و تریاق فاروقی که حکیم الهی تجویز فرموده وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومیست

Today, the greatest and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity

BDA1.296.06

MHMD1.314

@harmony of science and religion, @Christian doctrine and practice, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @literal interpretation

ABU1210

Words to some Persians living in Paris, spoken on 1913-05-05

260

Persian

حیات انسان خیلی عزیز است انسان باید این حیات عزیز را در امری عظیم صرف نماید

The life of man is very precious; so he must spend it in a precious cause. To study the sciences of commerce, agriculture and medicine is very praiseworthy but to concentrate all our time on such things is not good.

BDA2.285

DAS.1913-05-05, MHMD2.375-376

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @work as worship, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU3235

Words to some Persian friends, spoken on 1913-03-18

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, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God

ABU1998

Words to some Persian Baha'is, spoken on 1913-10-23

140

We summon the people to severance and enkindlement. We call their attention to spirituality. We have nothing to do with political tricks and chicaneries.

DAS.1913-10-23

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @non-participation in politics, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

ABU2782

Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1913-12-29

Under what tumultuous times the foundation of this divine structure was laid! Owing to the false reports

DAS.1913-12-29

@Ottoman commissions of investigation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU0344

Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1912-05-01

690

The colored meeting was very good. The speech was well done and they understood it well.

PN_1912 p073, BSTW#157

@race unity; racial issues, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0668

Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1912-04-18

440

But such a representation should be complete, and taken from its inception to its consummation.... For example: His baptism

DJT.263-265, BLO_PN#027

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @literal interpretation, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0521

Words to some newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-30

520

Persian

ما بهاءالله را اول مربی عالم انسانی میدانیم در زمانی که شرق را ظلمت اختلاف احاطه

We believe Baha'u'llah to be the supreme educator of humanity. When the gloom of contention

KHTB2.054, BDA1.060.06

MHMD1.068-070

@Manifestation of God as educator, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @harmony of science and religion, @religion as source of love and unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @equality of men and women

ABU2860

Words to some musicians, spoken on 1912-08-13

Persian

نغمات عبارت از تموجات هوائیه است که از آن پرده های گوش متأثر میشود و نغمه و صوت ملیح

Music is produced by vibrations of air which affect the tympanum of the ear. Although music or an ordinary pleasing voice is of the physical realm

BDA1.188.12

MHMD1.204

@connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @music and singing

ABU3186

Words to some materialist scholars spoken in Dec. 1900

A living body cannot come forth from a dead body. Only a living man can make a living child; this is a scientific fact.

PN_1900 p118

@birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @evolution; human evolution

ABU3142

Words to some Jewish visitors, spoken on 1912-10-07

Persian

روزی آمده و زمانی ظاهر شده که انبیای الهی بان وعده داده اند یوم یومی است که صهیون برقص آید

The day and age promised by the divine Prophets has appeared. This is the day in which Zion dances with joy.

BDA1.292.11

MHMD1.310

@prophecy and fulfillment, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2924

Words to some Indians, spoken on 1912-10-11(?)

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, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU2827

Words to some Indians, spoken on 1912-10-11

Persian

انسان باید شجرهٴ مبارکه ئی را آبیاری نماید که اثمار باقیه دارد و سبب حیات من علی الارض است

Man must irrigate the Blessed Tree which has eternal fruits and is the cause of life for all on earth.

BDA1.297.03

MHMD1.315, ECN.543

@growth of the Cause, @symbolism, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East

ABU2581

Words to some Greek passengers, spoken on 1912-10-26

Persian

KHH1.100-101 (1.140-141), KHH2.128-129 (2.236)

خدا حرب نخواسته این نزاعها مخالف رضای الهیست او بجهت بندگانش صلح و صفا خواسته

God does not want war. These wars are against the divine will. He desires peace and love for His servants.

BDA1.334.02

MHMD1.352

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @light and darkness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3140

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-06-22

Persian

دیشب خواب دیدم که روی شتری سوارم و این شتر مرا اذیت می کرد. از گردن او پیاده شدم. بعد این شتر پیراهن مرا دندان گرفته و بزمین می مالید و گمان می کرد من در پیراهن هستم و حال آنکه من ایستاده تماشا می کردم

Last night I dreamt I was riding on a dromedary, going fast through a desert. The animal became wild and beyond my control.

ZSM.1915-06-22

DAS.1915-06-22

@accounts of dreams and visions, @symbolism

ABU2671

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-26

The sandy desert along the beach is full of mystic stillness... If a person could disclose and bring into the light of day the real and secret qualities of the hearts, he would observe that although these people are human in outward form and shape

DAS.1915-05-26

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0106

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-24

1200

The parents must exert their utmost effort; thus their children may learn trades and professions... In this dispensation to study an art is prayer... When we were imprisoned in the barrack, one day, the Blessed Perfection spoke about the necessity of industrial education

DAS.1915-05-24

@education of children; moral education, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth

ABU1405

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-23

230

A Bahá'í must conform all his great and small affairs in accord with the good-pleasure of the Blessed Perfection. This is the unerring criterion.

DAS.1915-05-23

@the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @attaining good pleasure of God

ABU1386

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21

230

Yes. It would have had a marked effect. God willing this excellent idea will become realized, for such representatives and senators would concentrate all their energies

DAS.1915-05-21

@unity of governments; political unity, @universal peace; world unity, @universality of the Cause, @war and peace, @promotion of commerce and industry

ABU2181

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21

120

It is now demonstrated that all their existent powers have contributed something toward the realization of this world war

DAS.1915-05-21

@growth of the Cause, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2497

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21

Yes. We must wait and see how the results of the mighty events which are taking place in these days will shape themselves into concrete facts

DAS.1915-05-21

@unity of governments; political unity, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0232

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-20

860

His real name was Mirza Muhammad Qa'ini. He was a man of great spirituality and wit. Long before the appearance of the Báb from Shiraz

DAS.1915-05-20

@humor; jokes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0595

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-13

470

Persian

من امروز ماست خوردم چون آقا میرزا حبیب را دوست میدارم هر چه میگوید میشنوم من ماست

Today I had some yogurt... God forbid if a person is overtaken with pride. During His last days, the Blessed Beauty was greatly annoyed [with Mírza Áqa Jan] to the point that I wanted to punish him physically.... Mírza Áqa Jan did not have a good end.

KHH1.240-242 (1.336-339)

KHHE.355-357, STAB#122

@stories; anecdotes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @poems and quotation from poetry

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

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @Christ; Christianity

ABU1466

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07

220

When the Blessed Perfection was in Constantinople He sent a message to Mirza Hossein Khan, the Persian Ambassador

DAS.1915-05-07

@growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrdom of the Bab, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU1757

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07

170

Persian

هر امری که قوه دارد خودش کار میکند حال ما اینجا هستیم جمیع ابواب مسدود و طرق مقطوع است

The Cause which is endued [with] dynamic, spiritual energy will advance and develop in spite of all obstacles.... It has taken possession of the subterranean layers of human consciousness…

KHH1.228 (1.317)

KHHE.334-335, DAS.1915-05-07

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause

ABU2896

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07

The believers of God must invite the people to the feast of the love of God. The result of such a feast is the spirituality of the souls and the upliftment of the minds

DAS.1915-05-07

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1329

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06

240

I am tired with the inactivity of these days. Our precious time has become unprofitable and valueless... The constant presentation of reiteration of worldly talk wears away the sharp edge of the spiritual susceptibilities

DAS.1915-05-06

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @symbolism, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @call to action

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

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a source of light; guidance, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU2669

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-23

When I was a young man I wished to be entirely free, devoting my time to the service of the Cause. My first intention was not to marry. Four times the means of marriage were brought about by my family

DAS.1915-04-23

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0814

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

370

In past ages, every night from this Mount Carmel the voices of the invocations of the saints ascended... A few nights ago I had a lovely dream the memory of which has uplifted my soul... That [Western] voyage was epochal in the history of the Bahá'í Cause.... To what an astounding degree people are attached to their digestive organ!

DAS.1915-04-22

@accounts of dreams and visions, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Shrines and Holy places, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @importance of prayer, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU2093

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

130

Under all circumstances man must turn his face toward God and overlook the shortcomings of others, so that he may prosper in his affairs. There are some people who would go any length

DAS.1915-04-22

@pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2791

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

Horticulture is one of the most fascinating arts. I love it and watch the growth of the trees and flowers as one watches the growth of the babes.

DAS.1915-04-22

@creativity in art, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @agriculture

ABU1573

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-21

200

Look at these white lilies - how fragrant and pure they are! An emblem of the spotless heart... Praise be to God that we are enjoying the benefits of the material and spiritual Ridvan... The message of Ridvan is love, love and still more love

DAS.1915-04-21

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @symbolism, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

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, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1883

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-03

160

These [locusts] are the armies of God. They are countless in number. Look at them how they fly. How high they are ascending in the air. They must also be fed.

DAS.1915-04-03

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2668

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-31

The essence of Deity is unknown and will never be properly understood and defined. In every age different names are given to the same essence.

DAS.1915-03-31

@names and attributes of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1003

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-29

310

These [locusts] are also the servants of God. They are not created by the devil. They are in need of food. They will not eat very much. They are the guests of the people.

DAS.1915-03-29

@stories; anecdotes, @belief and denial

ABU1676

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-29

180

There lived in Isfahan a merchant who was very rich but practiced parsimony to the utmost degree. Because he had many boys and girls

DAS.1915-03-29

@moderation; frugality; simplicity, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU1281

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-28

250

The teaching of the Cause is through the heat of the Love of God, attraction and enkindlement. Every active headquarter must send Bahá'í teachers to different parts.

DAS.1915-03-28

@power of love, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0349

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-25

670

In reality there has been and there will ever be only one religion and that is the religion of Truth, one faith and that is the faith of Love. All other things are non-essentials.

DAS.1915-03-25

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritual transformation, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @universality of the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU1761

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-23

170

My highest desire in this world is to be confirmed in the service of the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection. No other title or station is pleasing to me. Bahá'u'lláh Himself crowned my head

DAS.1915-03-23

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU0283

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-19

760

His holiness Bahá'u'lláh had a beautiful habit which was kept up till the last years of His life. Every evening after having partaken of His dinner He would retire inside of His mosquito net and then send for all the members of the blessed household

DAS.1915-03-19

@stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @humor; jokes, @methods of teaching the Cause, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU0504

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-18

530

I am straining my ears toward the city of Shiraz--the sacred birthplace of the Báb--that perchance I may hear the sweet rapturous songs of its inhabitants.

DAS.1915-03-18

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise of Eastern values; culture

ABU0165

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-16

1000

Because the children are truthful one would love them even if they did something mischievous. The father may punish them for their misdeeds

DAS.1915-03-16

@stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

ABU0863

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-15

350

They seem to be all alive but are they not dead? They all see, but are they not blind? They appear to hear but are they not deaf?

DAS.1915-03-15

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @man's distinction from the animal, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU1507

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-15

210

The inhabitants of the world will not become mindful and aware of the bounties and favors of the glorious God; nay rather when these bestowals pour upon them uninterruptedly, their negligence increases in equal ratio.

DAS.1915-03-15

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @unity; oneness of humanity, @light and darkness, @spiritual transformation

ABU0959

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14

320

When we were in Baghdad there was amongst the believers a young man by the name Jinab-i-Munib. He was one of the most spiritual youths that I have known in the Bahá'í revelation.

DAS.1915-03-14

@martyrs and martyrdom, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @eulogies; reminiscences, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU2264

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14

110

How important is the cleanliness of the body! It is well-expressed that cleanliness is godliness: because this body is the spiritual temple of the Almighty, it must be kept clean and pure.

DAS.1915-03-14

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @cleanliness and refinement, @chastity and purity

ABU0621

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-27

460

This century is pregnant with the most mighty and world-reforming events. Now it is going through the painful throes of a new birth. The body of the world must go through these tortures

DAS.1915-02-27

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @spiritual springtime, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @banishment to; life in Adrianople

ABU1698

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-24

180

The progress and adornment of a country depends upon the qualities and perceptions of its people and not upon its monuments, parks... In the beginning we were all shut up in the military barrack

DAS.1915-02-24

@suffering and imprisonment, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU2263

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-24

110

When Aqa Abdu'r-Rahim came to Baghdad he was a young man with a heavy black moustache. He has grown old in this Cause.

DAS.1915-02-24

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2634

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-22

It is very strange indeed how many particulars of my earliest childhood always stick to my memory. I remember when I was 4 or 5 years old there was a very poor old man in our street

DAS.1915-02-22

@youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @poems and quotation from poetry

ABU0742

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-15

400

In Europe and America music plays an important part in the national and individual life of the nations inhabiting those regions.... Music is a divine art and capable of unlimited progress

DAS.1915-02-15

@music and singing, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @mystical themes, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1947

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-15

150

During our stay in Baghdad there lived in that city one of the Ameers of Afghanistan. He was reputed to be very wealthy and cultured. He used to frequent our house

DAS.1915-02-15

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes

ABU0496

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-11

540

This afternoon we passed by the nunnery and entered into its garden. The government forced the nuns to leave the country

DAS.1915-02-11

@monasticism; asceticism, @critique of Western values; culture, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @religion as source of love and unity

ABU0833

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-10

360

This world is like unto a vast theatrical stage. The audience is composed of the whole human race. The range and variety of the plays acted upon this stage are as numerous

DAS.1915-02-10

@spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @effort; striving

ABU1644

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-01-14

190

The constitution of some people is kneaded with the water of loyalty. They are like unto a pure soil in which the seeds of loyalty are planted

DAS.1915-01-14

@stories; anecdotes, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU0312

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-01-08

720

In the year 622 A.D. Mohamad, after several years of preaching and teaching his Islamic doctrines in his own native city

DAS.1915-01-08

@episodes from the early history of Islam, @rejection of Muhammad, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @unity in diversity, @Muhammad; Islam, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih

ABU2797

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-01-03

This globe with all the infinite forms of life teeming through its length and breadth is but a grain of poppy in comparison with this stupendous creation

DAS.1915-01-03

@infinity and eternity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0682

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

430

Tonight the weather is very cool. It conduces one to sleep. Sleep is one of the greatest gifts of God... The gift is not noticed as long as it exists but when it disappears

DAS.1914-12-28

@stories; anecdotes, @things are known by their opposites

ABU2019

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

140

Association of ideas is a deep psychological phenomenon. Nowhere does my heart truly rest save in this room where the Blessed Beauty spent His days and nights for many years.

DAS.1914-12-28

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3238

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

I never dreamed to buy land around the Lake of Galilee and by the river Jordan, but the Blessed Perfection commanded me to do so, in consideration of their biblical sacredness

DAS.1914-12-28

@prophecy and fulfillment, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @business; financial; property matters

ABU0542

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-24

510

When I was in Mazandaran I was a wee bit of a child and enjoyed all the fun and play belonging to that age.

DAS.1914-12-24, SW_v13#10 p.271-272, STAB#004

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes

ABU0968

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22

320

When I was a very little child in Teheran it became necessary and urgent that I should carry a message of great importance to the General of the army

DAS.1914-12-22

@youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2286

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22

110

There are certain forms of work which are beyond human endurance and others which are within it

DAS.1914-12-22, SW_v13#10 p.270-271

@self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1528

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21

210

May thy body be at peace... The name of this old man is Rustam Effendi... This man is Asaad Bey.

DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.269-270

@stories; anecdotes, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU2474

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21

The realization of these two opposite attitudes in a single individual is very rare. In the Bahá'í Cause it is taught... I went out to return the morning call of the German officer.

DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.270

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2939

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-19

A person must be rapid in motion and not slow and tortoise-like. You see, I take always Khosro and Mirza Ahmad with me, because they move rapidly... Train yourselves to be always in time no matter where you are.

DAS.1914-12-19

@effort; striving, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @courtesy; culture [adab]

ABU1336

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-13

240

Last night it rained very hard and I could not sleep more than two hours. I saw many dreams but most of them were short.. I one of the dreams I saw myself in Baghdad living in the same house

DAS.1914-12-13

@accounts of dreams and visions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0781

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-11

380

Happiness is the ambrosia of the spirit and the nectar of the souls. It confers upon man the boon of immortality

DAS.1914-12-11, SW_v13#06 p.153x

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0488

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-10

550

What dost thou want with a room of stone and clay! I have prepared for thee such glorious rooms the walls, the roofs, the floors and the furniture of which are of purest deeds

DAS.1914-12-10, SW_v13#06 p.152x

@praise of Western values; culture, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @work as worship, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1141

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05

280

For three years I was away from the fanatical prejudices of the East and breathed in the Western clime the air of the freedom of conscience, and the broad catholicity of human and divine principles was much to my liking.

DAS.1914-12-05

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @second birth

ABU2025

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05

140

When I reached Los Angeles, I realized how far I was from Acca and my people, the people whom I loved with passionate earnestness. On the second night of my arrival

DAS.1914-12-05

@eulogies; reminiscences, @Shrines and Holy places, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU2631

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05

The American women as a whole are better educated, more well-informed on classical as well as current subject and the spreaders of the right ideals of education.

DAS.1914-12-05

@role and station of women, @praise of Western values; culture, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy

ABU0999

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-04

310

The body of man is built with various material constituents and therefore it is a prisoner of nature, it is dominated and ruled by nature. It is a philosophic theory that the part is attracted to the whole.

DAS.1914-12-04

@spiritual transformation, @man's distinction from the animal, @power of the mind over nature, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @transcending the material condition

ABU3079

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-03

Man must possess the religion of God which is the source of all valour, moral and intellectual. If he has not this, he may have at least, the simple 'natural religion' of humanity.

DAS.1914-12-03

@courage, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1534

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01

200

Persian

این دنیا عالم کون و فساد است عالم خسته نمیشود

The world is the plane of creation and disintegration. The process never stops: on one hand it creates new people

KHH1.266 (1.372-375)

KHHE.389-392, DAS.1914-12-01, BSR_v13 p.084

@continual renewal of creation, @creation of the world, @composition and decomposition

ABU1991

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01

140

Persian

من در اروپا همیشه میگفتم که امر حضرت بهاٌالله جامع جمیع ادیان قبل است و دارای جمیع فواید

While in Europe, I always proclaimed, ‘The Cause of Baha'u'llah embraces all the past Dispensations and manifests all their benefits to human society. It is like a tree that has many strong branches.

KHH1.268 (1.374-375)

KHHE.392, DAS.1914-12-01

@war and peace, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3311

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01

Persian

من از سن سی سالگی نبضم مطئی است هر کس دیگر باشد ٧٥ - ٨٠ خواهد بود

From the age of 30 I have had a slow pulse. All others have a pulse rate of about 75 to 80 and therefore greatly wonder about my pulse rate.

KHH1.269 (1.376)

KHHE.393, DAS.1914-12-01, BSR_v13 p.084

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1006

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28

310

In this Cause I had many wishes, none of which are realized. My first and greatest wish was that I may become confirmed in the service of the Holy Threshold.

DAS.1914-11-28

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @Shrines and Holy places, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@humor; jokes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @courtesy; culture [adab], @wisdom [hikmat], @stories; anecdotes

ABU1855

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28

160

A crow was perched on the lofty branch of a tall tree. In its beak it carried a piece of cheese. It so chanced that two jackals passed by under the tree.

DAS.1914-11-28

@stories; anecdotes, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU2165

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-27

120

Persian

محبت دو نوع است یکی محبتی است عن علیه و یک محبتی بلا علیه مثلا این مردم بسیار

There are two kinds of love. The first love is based on a motive; the second love is motiveless. People, as a general rule love each other, show kindness towards each other but such manifestations of kindliness are based upon ulterior motives

KHH1.260 (1.363)

KHHE.380, DAS.1914-11-27

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @praise and encouragement, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God

ABU0828

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-25

360

Notwithstanding these clear texts the Shiites do not believe in the 'meeting with God'; but they say in the end of the time so many extraordinary events will transpire

DAS.1914-11-25

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

ABU0324

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-23

710

The law of Jihad has ever been a veritable firebrand with which the Ulamas of Islam have threatened the world from time to time. In former ages its moral influence

DAS.1914-11-23

@holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0908

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-23

330

He [Sheikh ar-Ra'is] is one of the noblest men of Persia. Learned and eloquent and as a former representative of the people

DAS.1914-11-24

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @praise and encouragement, @justice and mercy

ABU0409

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-22

610

Much that is written or said about Muhammad is pure fabrication. The reality is not stated, because it is misunderstood. The origin of the current opinion

DAS.1914-11-22

@rejection of Muhammad, @stories; anecdotes, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1823

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-22

160

In these days the most important affair is to render a worthy service at the Holy Divine Threshold and this is no other but the guidance of the people of the earth.

DAS.1914-11-22

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @idolatry, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East

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

ABU0599

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18

470

In the seventy fourth chapter of the Koran called 'The Greeks' the following verse occurs significant of the present situation: 'Destruction hath appeared by land and by sea

DAS.1914-11-18

@spiritual transformation, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU1178

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18

270

When the prophetic light of Muhammad dawned from the horizon of Hijaz the Persians and the Greeks were engaged in a severe battle.

DAS.1914-11-18

@rejection of Muhammad, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2630

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18

This world is like unto a theatre on the stage of which all kinds of drama, plays, tragedies, comedies and operas are presented

DAS.1914-11-18

@war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

ABU0265

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-13

790

When I was in Alexandria, Ahmad Aniss, the minister of [...] of the Khedivial court called upon me and proposed to me that he would like to arrange a meeting between his Highness the Khedive and myself.

DAS.1914-11-13

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @means of establishment of future civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of governments; political unity, @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2008

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-13

140

Napoleon the great conquered Germany and brought under his control its domain but to what result! It was only a temporary victory.

DAS.1914-11-13

@war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0536

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-12

510

Nadir Shah was one of the great rulers of Persia and during his military career he conquered India and many other countries. He was a resourceful leader

DAS.1914-11-12

@wisdom [hikmat], @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @stories; anecdotes, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1972

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-11

140

Persian

اینکه میفرمایند "عاشروامع الادیان " مقصد مثل این نفوس است

When it is revealed, 'Consort with all religions', the intention is association with such people.

KHH1.265-266 (1.371)

KHHE.389, BSR_v13 p.083

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU2140

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-11

120

Persian

اینها قبل از موسی بودند از عرب بائده هستند یعنی که خبر شان منقطع شده است

There were [certain tribes] prior to the time of Moses who numbered among the Arab clans that are no more, that is, no sign of them has remained.

KHH1.265 (1.371)

KHHE.388

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @stories; anecdotes, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @justice and wrath of God

ABU0568

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-10

490

It will be capital accomplishment if a school conducted on Bahá'í lines could be built. In the Bahá'í movement a system of education is outlined, whose value is not for the present appreciated.... Every little child will have a slate before him on his small desk.

DAS.1914-11-10

@educational curricula, @methods of teaching the Cause, @education of children; moral education, @excellence; distinction

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

@newspapers and the media; publications, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2321

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-31

100

Persian

بجمال افندی لوحی داده فرموده بودند بچندین شهر میروی و ازبیراهه بقم میروی و این مکتوب را بهر واسطه شده

I gave a Tablet to Jamal Effendi and instructed that traveling through certain cities and following an unfrequented route he should reach Qum and to deliver the Tablet to the Sadr A‘zam

ZSM.1914-10-31, KHH1.130 (1.179-180)

KHHE.194-195

@petitions to authorities

ABU1640

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-29

190

In these days the people of the world are in the bondage of a thousand trials and sufferings but they bear all these things without a murmur

DAS.1914-10-29

@symbolism, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3392

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-29

Before entering the Sacred Shrine every one should perform ablution and be clean and pure in body, soul, mind and even his outward apparel. His heart must be purified from all worldly feelings and his consciousness be cleansed from all unholy suggestions.

DAS.1914-10-29

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

ABU1970

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-28

140

Persian

این محل مطبخ بود دود جمال مبارک را صدمه میزد من تغییر دادم بیست سال

In the time of the Blessed Beauty the kitchen was in the opposite corner and as the hole of the chimney was torturous, the house was always filled with smoke. This high ceiling was black with soot.

KHH1.122 (1.170)

KHHE.184-185, DAS.1914-10-28

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @predictions and prophecies, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @growth of the Cause

ABU1071

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-07

290

Persian

استغفر الله من از برای آنها عزت ابدیه خواستم این پسر را دکتر فرید را تربیت نمودم

Astaghfuru'llah! I desire for them everlasting glory. I educated this youth (Dr. Faríd) so that he would be of benefit to the Cause

KHHE.153-154

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU1234

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-04-30

260

I am leaving tomorrow for Tiberias. I am leaving because you have persisted so much... In the Cause we must give up all pleasures and recreation for the sake of service

DAS.1914-04-30

@devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @words vs deeds, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @past, present and future of Iran, @call to acquire knowledge; sciences, @suffering and imprisonment, @universal peace; world unity, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU2907

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-28

A wise man must adapt himself as quickly as possible to every environment. If he is disgruntled and complains he will make his life miserable

DAS.1914-02-28

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment

ABU2081

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-08

130

Most of these girls come from Europe and dedicate their lives entirely to prayer and worship. They are known as the brides of Christ.

DAS.1914-02-08

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @monasticism; asceticism, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU2062

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-02

130

Persian

ما مبلغ خیای لازم داریم باید جمیع احباء مبلغ باشند و تبلیغ بزبان تنها نیست ... هر یکی از احبای الهی باید در سال اقلا یکی را تبلیغ کنند

We are sorely in need of many teachers. But all the believers of God must be teachers of the Cause. Teaching the Cause is not only through the tongue...Every one of the believers of God must, at the very least, teach one new soul in a year.

AVK3.496.18x, MAS5.163

DAS.1914-02-02

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3117

Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-05-08

Man must never get satisfied. He must ever be thirsty. There is nothing worse in this world than 'satiety'. Man must drink from every fountain.

DAS.1913-05-08

@spiritual transformation, @effort; striving, @condition of search, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1433

Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-05-04

220

Persian

باز ما مراجعت بپاریس نمودیم به‌بینیم احباب چه کرده‌اند... تخمی افشاندیم و برگشتیم حال شما میتوانید بروید آبیاری کنید؟

We have returned to Paris to see what the believers have done… We have come to Paris and are sowing the seeds. Can you arise and irrigate them? When the divine farmer ploughs the ground and scatters the seeds

BDA2.283

DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.373-374

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @Christ; Christianity

ABU2662

Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-03-29

I am under the protection and preservation of God. God looks after me. He guards me against any danger. Sometimes He comes and caresses me. He kisses my lips and touches my back.

DAS.1913-03-29

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @consolation and comfort, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3223

Words to some friends, spoken on 1912-07-04

Even the sword is no test to the Persian believers.... But some of the people here are tested if I don't say 'How do you do?'

PN_1909B p047, DJT.327, BLO_PN#027

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0133

Words to some friends, spoken around 1914-11-15

1090

There are many militarists of the ancient, conservative school who hold the opinion that Alexander of Macedon was the greatest born leader

DAS.1914-11-15

@justice and mercy, @wisdom [hikmat], @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @war and peace, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0582

Words to some friends, spoken around 1914-11-10

480

In the battle of Khandag the enemy hordes rushed forward and besieged the city of Medina. Mohamad and his companions were in the town and had no other recourse but to defend it.

DAS.1914-11-11

@prophecy and fulfillment, @episodes from the early history of Islam

ABU2215

Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26

110

Persian

آنچه را شما در زمین باز نمائید در آسمان گشوده خواهد شد لکن مسیحیان معنی ان را نفهمیدند و گمان کردند مقصد رفع گناهان خلق بواسطهٴ رؤسای مسیحیه است

Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'. The Christians have not understood its meaning.

BDA1.135.05

MHMD1.145

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @idolatry, @Christian doctrine and practice, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2854

Words to some engineers, spoken on 1912-11-03

Persian

مشرق الاذکار مدور و دائره شکل است ٩ خیابان ٩ باغچه ٩ حوض با فواره های آب و ٩ دروازه در اطراف دارد

The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar is circular in shape. It has nine paths, nine gardens, nine pools with fountains and nine gates.

BDA1.352.03

MHMD1.370-371

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1259

Words to some Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-19

250

You are a good party! God willing, you shall have good weather on your journey! May you expend your days in the utmost joy and fragrance!

DAS.1914-01-19, PN_1914 p016

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @call to action, @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0782

Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03

380

Azrael, the Angel of death, is well-known in the Muhammadan world for his heartlessness in the face of misery and sorrow

DAS.1914-11-03

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @angels, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the concourse on high, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1051

Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03

300

there were in the past ages many temperance societies and as a result of their activities teetotalers became very numerous.

DAS.1914-11-03

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium

ABU1860

Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03

160

I read in a newspaper the other day a story concerning the present conflict raging between the European Powers

DAS.1914-11-03

@war and peace, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2494

Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-02

In America the houses are decorated with costly portraits and pictures of men and women. They pay fabulous prices for these works of art

DAS.1914-11-02

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @critique of Eastern values; culture

ABU1098

Words to some Druze friends, spoken around Nov. 1914

290

The life of a judge in the Turkish Empire is the subject of constant satire and the ineffectiveness of Turkish laws and their inadequacy the source of much amusement and diversion.

DAS.1914-11-04

@civil courts, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2747

Words to some clergymen, spoken on 1912-04-13

Persian

مادیات و روحانیات همیشه همعنان بوده ولی حال مادیات غلبه نموده و اساس الهی فراموش شده

Materialism and spirituality have always kept pace together. Now materialism has gone ahead, the divine foundation is forgotten and is being left behind.... The appearance of the divine Manifestation is like the coming of springtime.

BDA1.031.01

SW_v19#02 p.053, MHMD1.040

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @harmony of science and religion, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @blind imitation [taqlid], @spiritual springtime

ABU0426

Words to some Christians, spoken on 1914-12-26

600

The deeds which are perpetrated by the present civilized Christian nations of Europe are opposite to the commandments of Christ. He shuns their association

DAS.1914-12-26

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @call to action, @justice and wrath of God, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @critique of Western values; culture, @war and peace, @Christian doctrine and practice

ABU2836

Words to some Christian ministers, spoken on 1912-12-01

Persian

تعالیم حضرت مسیح فراموش شده ملاحظه نمائید که مسیح بپطرس میفرماید شمشیر خود را غلاف کن باز می‌فرماید

The teachings of Christ are forgotten. Consider that Christ commanded Peter to sheathe his sword. He also said

BDA1.398.15

MHMD1.417-418

@Christ; Christianity, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU2244

Words to some children, spoken on 1912-11-24

110

Persian

من امیدوارم چنانچه باید و شاید تربیت شوید و هر یک سبب فخر خاندان خویش گردید خدا شما را تأیید کند

I hope that you will be educated as you ought to be and that each of you will become the pride of your family. May God assist you to acquire divine knowledge

BDA1.389.03

MHMD1.407-408

@education of children; moral education, @praise and encouragement, @parents and children; youth; families, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

ABU1781

Words to some children, spoken on 1912-10-12

170

What radiant children these are! How radiant! What radiant and beautiful children! These will become very good

MAB.050-051, ECN.126+477+495n

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @education of children; moral education

ABU1008

Words to some children spoken in Oct. 1912

310

You are all my grandchildren. I feel the utmost joy to be present here with you, especially to be surrounded with such radiant children.

MAB.051-052

@East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @growth of the Cause, @symbolism, @praise and encouragement

ABU1135

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1913-12-09

280

As long as a person is not separated from the sacred surroundings of the Threshold of Bahá'u'lláh, he does not realize the magnitude of his loss

DAS.1913-12-09

@presence of; reunion with God, @Shrines and Holy places, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU1680

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-20

180

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

شماها باید باباتفاق بر خدمت امر الله برخیزید دست بدست یکدیگر دهید و مشغول تبلیغ امر الله باشید

You must all arise in unison to serve the Cause of God. You must work hand in hand to teach the Cause and know that the confirmations of Baha'u'llah will descend upon you.

BDA1.382.10

MHMD1.401-402

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0020

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-18

2100

Persian

حمد میکنم خدا را که با شما هستم باسباب ظاهره و قوه ملکی چنین مجلسی فراهم نمودن

I praise God that I am with you. Such an assembly would be utterly impossible to hold through worldly power and outward means

BDA1.380.10x

PUP#131 (p.442-447), FWU.104, SW_v06#08 p.059-061+064, DWN_v6#08 p.001-002x, MHMD1.399x

@station of the Manifestation of God, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @second birth, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @praise of Western values; culture, @unity in diversity, @blind imitation [taqlid], @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU3574

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13

Persian

هیئتی برای ترجمهٴ آثار مبارکه لازمست که در چند لسان ماهر باشند

A committee consisting of experts in several languages is essential for the translation of the Sacred Writings.

BDA1.371.15

MHMD1.390

@translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ABU2598

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03

Persian

نفسی منکر فضائل مبارک نبود و جمیع عقلای شرق اول شخص عالم میدانستند ولی می گفتند حیف که ادعای الوهیت

No one was a denier of His virtues. All the wise men of the East considered Him the greatest person in the world. But they said, 'Alas, that He has claimed divinity for Himself.'

BDA1.286.07

MHMD1.303-304

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @love and unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @universality of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3307

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-04

Persian

عظمت تعالیم حضرت بهآءالله وقتی معلوم می شود که بموقع عمل و اجرا آید هنوز از صد یکی اجرا نشده

The greatness of the teachings of Baha'u'llah will be known when they are acted upon and practiced.

BDA1.226.08

MHMD1.242

@exhortations and counsels, @goodly deeds; actions, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2715

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-26

Persian

این ملاقات دلیل بر وفاست که همدیگر را فراموش ننمودیم در عالم وجود امری اعظم از وفا نیست که طول مدت سبب فراموشی و خلال

This visit is a proof of faithfulness, proof that we have not forgotten one another. In the world of existence nothing is greater than faithfulness

BDA1.206.11

SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.223

@martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU2164

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-27

120

Persian

فی الحقیقه این آیات دلیل جلیل بر غنا و بزرگواری و عظمت رسول الله که با آن غلبه و قدرت بخطاب ما کنت تدری ما الکتاب و لا الایمان

In reality these verses [of the Qur'an] are the most convincing proof of the all-sufficing greatness and nobility of the Prophet of God, Who, triumphant and powerful, yet sets forth God's address to Him with the words: 'Thou didst not understand, ere this

BDA1.136.17

MHMD1.147-148

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3013

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-27

Persian

مبدء و مأب من آستان مقدس است انچه داریم از ان درگاهست و عودمان باو اگر عون و عنایت او نبود این نفوس

My beginning and my end, the place from which I start and the place to which I return is the Holy Threshold. What I have is from that Threshold

BDA1.136.14

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.147

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3012

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-19

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

ما محافل وفا را دوست داریم نه مناظر با صفا و اما وفا اول باید بخدا و اوامر و عهد او نمود

We love meetings of fidelity and not picturesque scenes. We must first be faithful to God, to His ordinances and Covenant and to His servants

BDA1.128.08

SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.137

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU0120

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-11

1130

Persian

بشیکاغو و واشنگتن رفتیم و مراجعت نمودیم بسسیار خوش گذشت زیرا اهالی امریک همه

It is only three weeks that we have been away from the New York friends

BDA1.079.x

PUP#045 (p.111-113), SW_v03#10 p.011-012, SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.088

@unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1835

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-04-29

160

Persian

خوب شهری دارید ندای آلهی اول در این شهر بلند شد امیدوارم که در شیکاغو امر الله نهایت نفوذ حاصل نماید

You have a good city. The call of God was first raised in this city. I hope that in Chicago the Cause of God will progress greatly... The severest tests were in Persia.... This building commands a good view

BDA1.059.05

SW_v19#04 p.111, MHMD1.067-068

@growth of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love and unity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @race unity; racial issues

ABU1144

Words to some Bahá'í youth, spoken on 1912-10-22

280

About teaching. You may teach in two ways. One way is limited teaching; another way is the unlimited teaching.

MAB.066-067, ECN.190x

@methods of teaching the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@the power of words; of speech, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

ABU3403

Words to some Arab visitors, spoken on 1913-11-10

The outer sacrifice of the sheep is a symbol of inner sacrifice. One must sacrifice his life, his identity, his being in the Path of God.

DAS.1913-11-10

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @outward and inward meanings

ABU1086

Words to some Arab Muslims, spoken on 1915-03-15

290

We do not teach these truths here because the inhabitants are still very remote from understanding these problems, but your questions led me into these unexpected domains of ideal mysteries.

DAS.1915-03-15

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @empty learning; false spirituality, @limits of the intellect, @Manifestation of God as mediator

ABU2851

Words to some Arab Baha'is, spoken on 1913-12-03

Man must so adorn himself with good attributes, attractions and divine characteristics that he may become the cause of the illumination of the world of humanity

DAS.1913-12-03

@bringing forth results; fruit, @goodly deeds; actions, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @man's distinction from the animal

ABU1403

Words to some American visitors, spoken on 1913-11-08

230

Today I leave for Port-Said. I am leaving you here for 3 to 5 days. During my absence speak only of divine subjects.

DAS.1913-11-08

@call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity

ABU2550

Words to some American friends, spoken on 1913-05-24

America has the capacity of becoming the standard-bearer of international peace. Geographically it is a vast continent, far away from the jealous eyes of the envious neighbors

DAS.1913-05-24

@unity of governments; political unity, @prayer for peace and unity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU3459

Words to Siyyid Asadu'llah Qumi, spoken on 1912-03-26

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

اگر انسان خود را در امر الله ذلیل و حقیر دانست نزد کل عزیز میشود بالعکس بمجرد خیال بزرگی ذلیل و ساقط میگردد

If a man considers himself humble and lowly in the Cause of God, he becomes glorified in all eyes. On the other hand, the moment he aspires to personal greatness, he falls into disgrace and oblivion.

BDA1.011.05

MHMD1.016

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU1874

Words to Siyyid Asadollah around March 1912

160

When Jesus Christ was on earth He taught for three years and was then crucified. As he hung on the cross, during those dark hours

PN_1913 p015

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrdom of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0931

Words to Sigurd Russell et al, spoken on 1904-04-14

330

His condition, there, in the world of spirit is the same as it was here! While here, his eyes were not opened to the real spiritual light

PN_1904 p020, PN_1904 p028, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180a

@priestcraft, @station of the Manifestation of God, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2769

Words to Sigurd Russell et al, spoken on 1904-04-14

Their glory is but temporal and mortal, for they are but rulers of this ephemeral sphere, where all things change from day to day

PN_1904 p020, PN_1904 p028

@Mary Magdalene, @high station of the true believer, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU0759

Words to Sigurd Russell et al, spoken on 1904-04-13

390

Whenever the heart is happy, the atmosphere is good, no matter what or where the place may be.

PN_1904 p019, PN_1904 p030

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0441

Words to Shaykh Yousef and others, spoken on 1915-02-21

580

This world of ours is very, very old, subject to periodic revolutions and cyclic fluctuations. Motion and change are its two fixed rules. These two laws are inseparable from each other.

DAS.1915-02-21

@composition and decomposition, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @law of transformation and change, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated

ABU0317

Words to Shaykh Salman, spoken on 1915-04-12

710

Persian

چه لزوم کرده اخبار دروغ انتشار بدهند اگر خبری ندارند اصلا ننویسند حالا که دروغ میگویند

Why do they feel compelled to spread false rumors?... It is said that Nadir Shah once advanced a claim to Baghdad... His Holiness (Imam ‘Alí) was surrounded by enemies and wished to take refuge elsewhere. He said to one of His companions (Salman, the Persian), “Place me in this basket

KHH1.212-215 (1.298-301)

KHHE.312-313, DAS.1915-04-12, STAB#011, STAB#012

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @stories; anecdotes, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU0793

Words to Shaykh Salman, spoken on 1915-01-10

370

Persian

این مسئله مسلم عموم است که شر قویتر از خیر است شر شر سریع التاثیر است

It is universally recognized that evil is stronger than good. Evil has a rapid effect, whereas good is slow in its impact.

KHH1.145-147 (1.202-203)

KHHE.217-218, DAS.1915-01-10, BSR_v13 p.087

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @education of children; moral education

ABU0639

Words to Shaykh Salih, spoken on 1915-04-05

450

Persian

طبیعیون هم منتظرند ولی انتظار شان نه بمثل الهیو نست که از شهر غیر معلوم بیاید و باخیل و حشم

The adherents of all the religions of the world are expecting the coming of a Promised One and they pray for his advent.... In principle they agree with the religionists, but in the mode of expression and phraseology they differ from each other. (KHH: Even the naturalists [are expectant]. However, their expectation is not like the religionists who claim, ‘He will come from some unknown city,,,')

KHH1.200-203 (1.280-282)

KHHE.293-298, DAS.1915-04-05, SW_v13#06 p.145-146

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @prophecy and fulfillment, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU0014

Words to Shaykh Salih, spoken on 1915-01-11

2230

Persian

از بس میترسی خوابهایت هم مغشوش و مشوش است مثل قصه آن شخص میماند که در روضه

Because you are so frightened, your dreams are also disturbed. Your situation is like the story of the man who would attend rawdih-khanís

KHH1.150-158 (1.208-219)

KHHE.222-232, STAB#022

@stories; anecdotes, @accounts of dreams and visions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@past, present and future of Iran, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @language and the structure of reality, @universal language, @Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

ABU1888

Words to several Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-01

160

I desire to make manifest among the friends in America a new light that they may become a new people

PUP#078 (p.218), PN_1912 p068, BLO_PT#028m

M. Weigert

@unity; oneness of humanity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @being a source of light; guidance, @words vs deeds, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0897

Words to several Arabs, spoken on 1914-03-29

340

While I was living in Baghdad one day I was walking beside the river Euphrates... Suddenly my attention was attracted to wild-eyed girl who was running fast toward the river... Every soul must strive to impart that joy and happiness to mankind the nature of which is permanent.

DAS.1914-03-29, PN_1914 p009x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3019

Words to Sepahdar Azam, spoken on 1913-04-20

After the ascent of Bahá'u'lláh I was all alone. Enemies within and enemies without had attacked me and a thousand difficulties surrounded me.

DAS.1913-04-20

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah

ABU0337

Words to Seattle and Portland friends, spoken on 1912-10-16

700

Welcome, very welcome. I have longed to see you very much…. It often happened in the old days that they were killed on the way…. Once upon a time in the city of Aleppo they captured two people who were on their way to the Land of Desire (Akka).

ECN.517+734+743

@martyrs and martyrdom, @call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering and imprisonment, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3008

Words to Sarah Farmer, spoken on 1912-08-21

Green Acre must be made the center for the investigation of reality, not that everybody should come and use it as a place of propaganda for his own ideas and benefits. The Shining Reality which is the Spirit of the world today is One and not many.

SW_v19#12 p.380

@oneness; unity of religion, @unity of thought and belief

ABU0821

Words to Sarah Farmer, Jun. 1906

360

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

Inquire after the health of Miss Farmer, send her my greeting and say: “Many ideas rise up in the human mind; some of them concern truth

TAB.301-302, PN_1906 p086

@empty learning; false spirituality, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1089

Words to Saidol Molk, spoken on 1913-12-04

290

In the coming of every prophet and messenger of God, this objection was uttered by the people of negation. Even Pharaoh

DAS.1913-12-04

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i

ABU1487

Words to Saichiro Fujita, spoken on 1912-09-12

210

Persian

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

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of love, @The Holy Spirit

ABU3547

Words to Safa Kinney

No, I do not know everything. But when I need to know something, it is pictured before Me.

IHP.060, BLO_PN#046

@special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

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

@scarcity of receptive souls, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU3401

Words to Rev. Allen, spoken around 1909-04-12

When you remove the causes thereof. These causes are racial, patriotic and religious bias or prejudice. This bias will be removed, and when it is removed, people will live in friendliness, kindness and love which will bring forth unity.

PN_1909 p085

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @race unity; racial issues

ABU3115

Words to reporters, spoken on 1912-09-11

Persian

اگر بگوئیم برای خلق اول و آخری است مثل اینست که از برای خدا اول و آخری معتقد شده ایم

If we determine a beginning and an end for creation, it is as if we determine a beginning and an end for God. There can be no creator without a creation.

BDA1.238.01

MHMD1.254

@God's attributes require the existence of objects, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness

ABU0141

Words to reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, spoken on 1912-10-03

1050

Persian

اقلیم امریکا اقلیم معموری است. اسباب تربیت موجود است. مدارس عالیه دارد و تلامذه تربیت می شوند و تحصیل می کنند

The continent of America is most progressive. The means of instructions are prepared.... Divine civilization is a symposium of the perfections... We do not look upon the dresses of women

NJB_v14#05 p.160, ZSM.1915-09-26

DAS.1913-07-23, SW_v04#12 p.206-207, SW_v07#07 p.054, SW_v07#15 p.134, ABIE.099, VLAB.032x, BLO_PN#007

@equality of men and women, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @freedom of thought and action

ABU1459

Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16

220

Did you hear the cooing of the doves? Just now some one fired a gun and they

DAS.1914-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.205, PN_1914 p090

@stories; anecdotes, @kindness to and rights of animals, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU1765

Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16

170

When we were in Salmani-Pak, an Indian prince, Iqbalu'd-Dawlih, accompanied by one student, came there. There were between thirty and forty souls with Bahá'u'lláh.

DAS.1914-10-16, PN_1914 p093

@business; financial; property matters, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1960

Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16

150

There was a man by the name of Haji Mohammad Taki Shirazi, who had joined our company.

DAS.1914-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.205-206, PN_1914 p092

@stories; anecdotes, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @kindness to and rights of animals, @personal instructions

ABU1524

Words to Remey and Struven in May 1910

210

Later on I will give instructions... Yes. He was the ninth generation in succession from Jesse, but this was not the Jesse of the Bible...

SW_v01#12 p.002-003, PN_1910 p004, PN_unsorted p059

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @law of Huququ'llah, @consultation, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @day of rest

ABU3365

Words to Remey and Struven in May 1910

In movements there is life, in immobility there is death. The traveling of the teachers from place to place, from Orient to Occident, and from country to country, is one of the greatest means for spreading the Fragrances, and for sowing spiritual seeds in the soul of the people.

PN_unsorted p058

@pioneering; travel teaching, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech

ABU3337

Words to Remey and Struven in 1910

The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar must have nine sides, doors, fountains, paths, gateways, columns and gardens

SW_v02#01 p.002, BW_v01p060x

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU2024

Words to Remey and Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-14

140

There are two kinds of standing within: the first is as the standing or continuing, as water in an earthen bowl

DAS.1914-10-14, PN_1914 p010, PN_1914 p015, PN_1914 p081, BSTW#368

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

ABU3636

Words to Ramona Brown, spoken on 1912-10-24

Memorize the talk I gave at Stanford University.

MAB.080

@methods of teaching the Cause, @personal instructions

ABU0432

Words to Ramona Brown, Marie Barr and Betty Vent, spoken on 1912-10-24

590

Persian

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @The Holy Spirit

ABU3234

Words to Ramona Allen Brown, spoken on 1912-10 ca.

You have intuition. You must follow it always, because when you follow it, it increases and becomes more clear. Only a few have this gift.

MAB.014

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @intuition; inspiration, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3418

Words to Rabbi Stephen Wise, spoken on 1912-05-13

The term religious war is a misnomer, because there can be no war where there is religion. All we have is a hollow sham, a pretence. When once we have real religion, war will cease.

APD.067

@war and peace, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU2557

Words to professors and clergymen, spoken on 1912-09-03

Persian

اینست مقصد اهل بهآء آیا تو نمیخواهی این کار را بکنی تو هم بکوش تا عالم انسانی وحدت حقیقی یابد

This is the purpose of the people of Baha. Would you not like to serve such an ideal? I hope you will put forth effort in this direction so that the world of men may find real unity

BDA1.224.04

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.240

@unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity

ABU2250

Words to Prof. Enayat Khan and others, spoken on 1913-05-29

110

To attain to Nirvana means to reach to perfection. This is made possible through the bestowals of God....

DAS.1913-05-29

@Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @fulfillment of true potential, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU0517

Words to Prof. E. A. Rogers, spoken on 1912-10-22

530

I longed very much to visit you at your school in Los Gatos but there was not the time

ECN.758

@educational curricula, @education of children; moral education

ABU3554

Words to Prof. E. A. Rogers, spoken on 1912-10-04

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

ABU2519

Words to Private Sinclair, spoken on 1919-02-14

From what I can gather from the events of my life, history clearly shows the wars that have been waged, the peace measures that have been subsequently adopted

SW_v11#03 p.050-051

@war and peace, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1222

Words to President of the Touranian Society, Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-12

260

Your aim, of course, is the realization of Universal Peace, but with what power or with what executive force will you be able to bring it about? In the matter of universal peace a great, universal Power is necessary, which we may name a "Universal Collective Center"

DAS.1913-04-12

@nationalism; love of country, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity of governments; political unity

ABU0920

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-10-28

330

Persian

زیارت باید در نهایت تضرع و ابتهال باشد والا زیارت نیست تماشا است اینهمه نفوس

The pilgrimage to the Holy Tomb must be done with spiritual concentration, attention and humility; it must not be like the automaton pilgrimage of Mohamedans or Christians

KHH1.122-123 (1.171-172)

KHHE.185-186, DAS.1914-10-28

@development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1024

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29

300

O let me weep like unto the vernal showers of the Spring!... This day is the day of parting. The farewell hour is most difficult to bear.

DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.134-135

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU1035

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29

300

Persian

عشق اباد محال خوب مرکزی است مرو در زمان قدیم مرکز خراسان بود

Ishkabad is now a good center. In the past, Merv was the center

AVK4.434.06x

DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.133-134

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @education of children; moral education, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @growth of the Cause

ABU0331

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-27

700

Whenever during His lifetime the Blessed Perfection desired to signalize anyone with His special favor, He encouraged him to go forth and teach the Cause of God.

DAS.1914-06-27, SW_v13#07 p.185-186x

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1841

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-10

160

The Supreme Báb was the promised one of the Koran. with regard to the question of the Seal of the Prophets

SW_v09#10 p.111

@Seal of the Prophets, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU2023

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-10

140

This is the lake around which His Holiness Christ often walked, over which He often sailed. The site wherein He called His apostles into active service is very near.

DAS.1914-06-10

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1228

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-04-23

260

I have often repeated that kissing the hands, the feet and kneeling and bowing are strictly forbidden in the Bahá'í Dispensation. These are old, archaic customs of the religious East

DAS.1914-04-23

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Satan; the Evil One, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @human reality created in the image of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU0996

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-04-22

310

In reality all my movements are fraught with danger. The Favors and Graces of the Blessed Perfection have been always with me.

DAS.1914-04-24

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0230

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-14

860

Persian

خوش آمدید از وقتیکه از این سفر مراجعت نمودم تا دیروز هیجان شدیدی در اعصاب من... ظلّ‌السّلطان از برای من در پاریس حکایت کرد

Before my arrival in Denver, I read in the newspapers that there was held in that city a great religious revival

Majlis210461.003-006

NNY.114-116x

DAS.1913-11-14

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0713

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1909-07-11

410

Tonight is a beautiful night because, Praise be to God, the believers of America and Persia are joined here at one table. This is one of the great fruits of the Word of God.

PN_1909 p021, PN_1909 p057, PN_1909C p111, DJT.108-110, BLO_PN#027

@East and West; communication between East and West, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0465

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1906-07-06

560

The believers must not be influenced by the conditions in Akka, be Akka in a state of calm or confusion. No matter what happens in Akka

PN_1906 p074, SUR.267-268, BLO_PN#001

@stories; anecdotes, @Mary Magdalene, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0997

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1906-06-29

310

Were the whole world to act together in order to prevent these stars from giving light - verily they will fail to do so. Now, see how unwise are the enemies of the Cause

PN_1906 p080, SUR.265-266, BLO_PN#001

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @growth of the Cause, @martyrdom of the Bab, @oneness; unity of religion, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3078

Words to pilgrims, Haifa, 1914-04

In past you must not imagine that the prophets spoke things which the people could not understand. They were very well understood by their contemporaries

TDAB.14

@outward and inward meanings, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @limits of language

ABU0279

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

770

This was a place for dirt and refuse and loathsome to look upon. During the days when Akka was in confusion and the whirlwind of tests was violent, and a rumor persisted

PN_1906 p066, SUR.256-258, BLO_PN#001

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @need for an educator

ABU0558

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

500

These Bahá'í Feasts are celebrated in the East according to the lunar calendar. We also celebrate them here in accord with the lunar reckoning.

PN_1906 p070, SUR.262, BLO_PN#001

@Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0840

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

360

Many a time, a calamity becomes the means to a bounty. Not until man has endured hardship because of a thing will he appreciate the full value of the thing.

PN_1906 p064, SUR.255-256, BLO_PN#001

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

ABU1095

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

A food that is prepared in love and partaken of in love gives one great delight. Nay, whatever is done with love imparts great delight. When we were in Baghdad

PN_1906 p078, SUR.269-270, BLO_PN#001

@hospitality, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @stories; anecdotes, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU1097

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

Certain officials in the City have requested me to write a petition for them to use before the higher authorities to bring about my release from incarceration.

PN_1906 p072, SUR.242, BLO_PN#001

@personal instructions, @effort; striving, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @disregarding bodily comfort

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @poems and quotation from poetry

ABU2878

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Those who first arose to persecute us and plotted against us are now seeking a means for reconciliation. We have no quarrel with anyone

PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001

@contention and conflict, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU2900

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Bahá'u'lláh has said that whoever has an art or handicraft, it is incumbent upon him to endeavor to develop it to the point of perfection - even though that art be as humble as that of weaving coarse straw matting.

PN_1906 p074, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001

@heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @excellence; distinction, @work as worship

ABU3217

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Men are trained and developed through these; that is, through poverty, vicissitudes and want. Otherwise, God would have ordered that His friends and Saints become endowed with great wealth

PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3495

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Both Peter and Paul suffered martyrdom with all steadfastness by the order of Nero. This is a clear and indisputable fact.

PN_1906 p077, SUR.268, BLO_PN#001

@Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause

ABU0538

Words to pilgrims departing for India, spoken on 1914-04-18

510

Although the religions of God undergo change and transformation yet the primal objects are immutable... The prevalent notion that the religions of the past have set aside and abolished each other is a great mistake.

DAS.1914-04-18

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

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

@spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance, @praise and encouragement

ABU2386

Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-05

100

The people of this country are not interested to read these articles and addresses and if you ask from those few

DAS.1913-09-05, ABIE.281, BLO_PN#007

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3095

Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-03

You are very welcome. I was longing to see you... It is very strange that when a face is not illumined with the light of the love of God

DAS.1913-09-03, SW_v08#12 p.143x, ABIE.272x, BLO_PN#007

@education of children; moral education, @critique of Western values; culture, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium

ABU0414

Words to Persian Baha'Is and others in Ridvan Garden, Apr 1910

610

Die Lehre Seiner Heiligkeit Muhammed, des gesegneten Prophecen wird gerade von den Okzidentalen (Europziern und Amerikanern) im Punkte der Vorausbestimmung

SDW v10#12 p.172-174

@free will and predestination; fate, @justice and wrath of God, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU3252

Words to Percy Woodcock in Ramleh, ca. Mar. 1911

I have a few friends in different cities who love Me.... When you return to America, call together those sincere souls who have asked this question

SW_v02#03 p.007

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @freedom of thought and action, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

ABU1572

Words to Percy Woodcock in 1909

200

It is a great mistake to suppose that there will be a House of Justice established in each city. The fact is there will be but one House of Justice for the whole world... we are simply the servants building the house. The house is not ours. We simply contribute the labor.

PN_1909F p028

@House of Justice, @means of establishment of future civilization, @elections

ABU1729

Words to Percy Woodcock in 1909

180

If we wish to pray we must have some object upon which to concentrate. If we turn to God

SW_v08#04 p.047-048, PN_1909B p048

@Manifestation of God as mediator, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2771

Words to Percy Woodcock in 1909

It has two distinct meanings, the esoteric and exoteric. Esoterically the ark is that shelter given by God

PN_1909F p029

@love of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3169

Words to Percy Woodcock

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], @prophecy and fulfillment, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

ABU1926

Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12

150

Man thinks too much of perfecting the body, but of what use is it to him without the perfecting of the spirit?

DJT.341-343, BLO_PN#027

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU1963

Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12

150

When one prays, one sometimes has divine glimpses. So, when one is spiritually developed, a sublimity of nature is obtained, a delicacy of vision

DJT.344, BLO_PN#027

@suffering and imprisonment, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2235

Words to people invited for lunch, spoken on 1912-09-02

110

Persian

شکر نعمآء الهیه هنگام سختی و زحمت لازم زیرا در بحبوبهٴ نعمت هر نفسی میتواند شاکر باشد حکایتیست که سلطان محمود خربزه ئی را برید

To be grateful for the blessings of God in time of want and trouble is necessary

BDA1.222.04

MHMD1.238, STAB#019

@stories; anecdotes, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1846

Words to Otto Häfner, spoken on 1913-04-04

160

Persian

مبلغی در طفولیت خوبست من باین سن که بودم تبلیغ می‌کردم شخصی از احباب برادری داشت

It is good to be a spreader of the Teachings of God in childhood. I was a teacher

BDA2.218

DAS.1913-04-05, SW_v09#18 p.201, MHMD2.281, VLAB.103, STAB#114

@regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2685

Words to Osman Bey and others, spoken on 1914-12-23

The citizens of a country are like the various members and organs of the body. So long as the brain

DAS.1914-12-23, SW_v13#10 p.271

@relationship between government and people, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU0888

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

340

Persian

گفتم میزان سوم میزان عقل است چیزی را که انسان میخواهد درک کند

How many means of knowledge does humankind possess?... [He explained to them that] there are three means of knowing things. One is the through the senses, such as vision

KNR.065-066

KNRE.074

@rational arguments, @limits of the intellect, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1311

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

240

Persian

من در مجالس سانفرانسیسکو خیلی میرفتم یک روز یک جمعیتی پیش من

[He spoke one night about when He visited San Francisco, where He went to various meetings and gatherings of the friends and others.]

KNR.064-065

KNRE.073

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat]

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2218

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

110

Persian

بدانید و مطمئن باشید که آنچه واقع می شود باعث اعلای امر الله است وقتی حضرت اعلی شهید

You, dear ones, must remember that whatever happens is for the progress of the Cause of God.

KNR.043

KNRE.053

@growth of the Cause, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @martyrdom of the Bab, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2253

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

110

Persian

هیچ کدام نه مدح کنید و نه ذم فقط بگوئید امر جمال مبارک با

You must neither praise nor speak ill of them [the communists]. You should say that the Cause of God has no objection specifically concerning them

KNR.091-092

KNRE.099

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @maintainance of degrees in society, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

ABU2334

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

100

Persian

روزی در آلمان در کوچه ای می رفتم دختری دیدم به قدر نصف این فوزیتا

[Then He said that] one day He was walking on a street in Germany when He noticed that a short woman—shorter even than our Fujita

KNR.059-060

KNRE.069

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2454

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

در زمان قبل قرآن یک شأن داشت، انجیل یک شاٌن داشت

in past religions the holy scriptures had been in one style of revelation but in this Faith the Writings were of many styles and kinds, revealed as tablets, prayers, treatises, etc.

KNR.044

KNRE.054

@prophecy and fulfillment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU2744

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

کار بدست اطفال افتاده کار به دست بی سر و پاها افتاده از برای سلطان قدری باقی نمانده است

The affairs of Íran have fallen into the hands of children and those who have no moral compass. Their behavior is such that there is no value or merit in the station of kingship.

KNR.082-083

KNRE.091

@past, present and future of Iran, @predictions and prophecies, @call to action, @spiritual transformation

ABU2847

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

سنگلاخ های این کوه مبدل به گل و ریاحین خواهد شد و گردش گاه ملل

At present rocks and thornbushes surround the Shrine of the Bab, but in the future this place will be encompassed by an abundance of trees and flowers

KNR.041

KNRE.051

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @Shrines and Holy places, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2857

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

من تمام کارهای خود را در این جهان تمام کردم و باید از این عالم بروم فقط بیت مبارک

[He said that He has completed His work in this world and must leave this mortal plane. But the only matter He has been unable to take care of is the House of Baha’u’llah in Baghdad]

KNR.079

KNRE.087

@Shrines and Holy places, @call to action

ABU0250

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-29

820

Persian

چون من وارد این شهر شدم دیدم همهمه است پرسیدم چه خبر است گفتند کنگرهٴ زراعت تشکیل میشود

When I entered this city, I saw there was quite a stir. I asked the reason and was told that an agricultural convention was being held.

BDA1.277.04x

MHMD1.295x

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

ABU3016

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-18

Persian

مسائل و احکام دین الله بر دو قسم است قسمی اساس اصلی احکام روحانیه و اصول سعادت بشریه و تحسین اخلاق

The laws and commandments of God are of two kinds: one set is composed of those essential spiritual principles which are the basis for human prosperity

BDA1.255.03

MHMD1.273

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2221

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-05-06

110

Persian

پیام من وحدت عالم انسانی است و صلح عمومی و تطبیق مسائل دنیه با علوم صحیحه تساوی حقوق

My message is the oneness of humanity and universal peace; the harmony of true science and religion

BDA1.073.13

SW_v19#05 p.140, MHMD1.082

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @blind imitation [taqlid], @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0516

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

530

The proper spirit in which to visit places hallowed by remembrances of Christ... To be a Bahai simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood…. The world in the past has been ruled by force

COMP_WOMENP#025x

BRL_WOMEN#025x, COC#2116x, LOG#2079x, SW_v03#03 p.004-005, SW_v09#07 p.087, SW_v13#05 p.115, SW_v19#02 p.052, VLAB.084x, BNE.071x, BNE.083x, BNE.149x, BLO_PN#002x

@role and station of women, @humor; jokes, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education, @universal peace; world unity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @freedom of thought and action

ABU1616

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

190

Persian

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

@war and peace, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal education

ABU2293

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

110

Having heard of the numerous organizations for peace and arbitration, and because of My great interest in these subject, I have come here to advocate

SW_v19#02 p.053

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @universal peace; world unity, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God

ABU3165

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

There are good and bad newspapers. Those which strive to speak only that which is truth, which hold the mirror up to the truth, are like the sun

SW_v03#03 p.003

@newspapers and the media; publications, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the power of words; of speech, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU3423

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

I am here to unify the religions of the world, to talk in the interest of universal peace. I have no creed to preach. I have no doctrine to propound. My word is the word of love... Do not worship the Lantern-worship the light.

SW_v19#02 p.052

@unity; oneness of humanity, @religion as source of love and unity, @spirit and form in the administration, @symbolism, @literal interpretation, @love and unity

ABU1076

Words to Nawabzade Mohammad Yousof, spoken on 1913-06-14

290

Persian

امروز جمیع عالم علی الخصوص امم شرق بچنین قوّهٴ نافذهئ‌ی محتاجند تا از مضائب اختلاف

As long as these antiquated social customs and religious ceremonies hold sway in India, complete progress will not be obtained. This age is the age of light.

BDA2.349x

DAS.1913-06-14, MHMD2.463x, PN_unsorted p075

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @call to action, @chastisement and requital

ABU1472

Words to Nabil-i-A'zam around 1889

220

We had sought shelter in the house of My uncle, Mirza Isma'il. Tihran was in the throes of the wildest excitement.

DB.616

@youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0448

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

580

The [animal] spirit will not become human spirit, nor will vegetable spirit become animal spirit. Existence is one, as it appears in every grade, according to the exigency of that grade.

PN_unsorted p053, BLO_PN#070

@composition and decomposition, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @unity; oneness of humanity, @contention and conflict, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible

ABU0681

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

430

It is a certain fact, absolutely established, that people whether righteous or wicked, the people of light or darkness

PN_unsorted p051, BLO_PN#070

@soul; spirit after death, @higher encompasses the lower, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @life and death, @the concourse on high

ABU2014

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

140

All are connected by the bond of existence. What greater bond is there than this? Furthermore, none of these can continue to exist independently

PN_unsorted p052, BLO_PN#070, BLO_PN#112

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU0323

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

710

There is reincarnation of matter, and there is reincarnation of spirit. Reincarnation of matter is the process whereby matter is developed or evolved... When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end

BSC.434 #789x, AELT.178-183

ABU0343

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

690

God is Love and Peace. God is Truth. God is Omniscience. God is without beginning and without end.

BSC.300 #609, AELT.153-157

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @reincarnation, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @the human soul, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @evolution; human evolution, @human reality created in the image of God

ABU0361

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

660

Every deed of life is a thought expressing itself in action; it is the actual mirror of the man within. The act sets up a force which is the spirit of the deed.

AELT.143-148

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU0401

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

620

The Sun of Reality, by which we mean the Perfections of God, appears, like the physical sun, to change its position in the spiritual heavens relatively to us.

AELT.195-198

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @Manifestation of God as sun, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @outward and inward meanings, @symbolism, @literal interpretation

ABU0464

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

560

The first state of the perceiving soul is that in which it is engrossed in the gratification of desire. In this state its nature is like that of animals

AELT.169-172

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual transformation, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0524

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

520

There are two states of existence—the temporal and the eternal- the conditioned and the unconditioned—the estate of impotence and of primeval power.

AELT.191-194

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @Muhammad; Islam, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Christ; Christianity, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal

ABU0563

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

490

Those who lack wisdom think that the worlds of God are limited to the material universe. They deny that there are spiritual realms.

AELT.187-190

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @soul; spirit after death, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

ABU0565

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

490

The world of existence has two estates: the one is the Unconditioned, the Absolute, the Divine; the other is that of submission to God.

AELT.172-176

@realms of being; three realms; five realms, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @The Holy Spirit, @education and the development of capacity

ABU0647

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

450

The word "spirit" has several different significations, or rather there are several degrees of spirit.

AELT.162-165

@spiritual transformation, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @ether; the phenomenon of light, @the human soul, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0648

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

450

Man has four standards to which he refers in the ascertainment of truth—the report of the senses, the verdict of reason, tradition or testimony, and inspiration.

AELT.149-152

@four methods of acquiring knowledge, @limits of the intellect, @The Holy Spirit, @intuition; inspiration, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God

ABU0780

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

380

You have asked me for an explanation about soul. Man possesses a gift by which he is distinguished from all other creatures—a spiritual principle which is bodiless

AELT.166-168

@the human soul, @man's distinction from the animal, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @the mind's power of discovery, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @soul is the essential reality of man

ABU0892

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

340

This world is a world of darkness, affliction, and work. It is like the womb; one must bear in patience its troubles and its pains.

AELT.184-186

@symbolism, @soul; spirit after death, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU0894

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

340

Every one receiving these instructions will think, 'How like my own religion!' This is because they are so broad that they include all truths; and all religions are built upon the same foundation.

AELT.128-130

@unity; oneness of humanity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @oneness; unity of religion, @outward and inward meanings

ABU0927

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

330

GOD has created all things wisely and with a purpose. For everything He has ordered a heaven and a hell; its heaven is its place of high degree

AELT.205-207

@man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @education and the development of capacity, @Manifestation of God as educator, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @need for an educator

ABU0964

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

320

When I speak of health, I refer to spiritual health. The health of the body is impermanent. However carefully one seeks to preserve it

AELT.199-201

@evolution; human evolution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @Manifestation of God as sun, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU1046

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

300

No Divine Messenger ever encouraged strife, or suggested that the sword be used in promulgating his teachings. When followers of Christ or Mahomet have resorted

AELT.118-120

@holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @differences in human capacity, @justice and wrath of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love of God, @contention and conflict

ABU1139

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

280

We come now to the subject of transformation in the nature of matter; and we wish to show you that that which is temporal is essentially different from that which is eternal

AELT.158-159

@law of transformation and change, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @the ephemeral and the eternal

ABU1220

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

260

I wish that I could be with you always, but my time is not my own. Yet my heart is with you. The important thing is to be with each other in union of the heart.

AELT.211-212

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @effort; striving

ABU1221

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

260

All things have qualities which are created with them—which are innate in them. The brilliance of the stars, the beauty of the trees

AELT.201-203

@development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @station of the Manifestation of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @need for an educator, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU1280

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

250

Man's happiness has its source in the heart, not in the body. When his heart is glad, a man is happy, though in prison.

AELT.203-204

@spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @connection between material and spiritual worlds

ABU1320

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

240

Happiness is of two kinds: physical, possessed by animals and men, and spiritual, which is known only by those men who have attained to holiness.

AELT.207-209

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1396

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

230

Each Manifestation was alike great in himself, each spoke with the same authority, each alike breathed the spirit of God.

AELT.131-133

@differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU1462

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

220

All religions are written symbolically. This is the only way in which Truth can be written to withstand time and its changes. Languages change, the meaning of words is lost

AELT.134-135

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @symbolism, @outward and inward meanings, @limits of language

ABU1567

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

200

The ancient philosophers of Greece, Persia, and Egypt believed that God manifested in material things His final and supreme Reality.

AELT.160-161

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

ABU1853

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

160

God is to every human being as great as the individual mental capacity permits one to see Him. So, also, is the Manifestation who represents Him in this world of beings.

AELT.136-137

@methods of teaching the Cause, @differences in human capacity, @station of the Manifestation of God, @universality of the Cause

ABU1862

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

160

The reference of the words of the Old Testament 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' is double

AELT.117-118

@stories; anecdotes, @justice and wrath of God, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @chastisement and requital, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU1932

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

150

Today we will occupy ourselves with the glad tidings of God. It is for us to consider how we may educate men that the darkness of ignorance

AELT.212-213

@spiritual transformation, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2083

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

130

The poor of this world suffer: we should care for them. The poor are nearer the kingdom of heaven than the rich.

AELT.215-216

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities

ABU2516

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

This narrative cannot be literally true, as the earth is round and not to be surveyed from any mountain. The meaning is this: Man has two natures

AELT.121-122

@spiritual transformation, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2645

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

A seed comes into the world of existence. It is planted, and it sprouts and grows. The plant puts out branches, leaves, and flowers

AELT.177

@matter; essence; substance and form, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @return of the Manifestations of God, @Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil], @symbolism, @the human soul

ABU2915

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

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

ABU3044

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

Good thoughts, good resolves, and good deeds bring men nearer to God, and that is heaven. Hell is the state of mind in which there are evil thoughts

AELT.122-123

@heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @nearness and remoteness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU3366

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

No. The birth of our Lord was for all; those who shall know of Him and those who shall not. The Spirit is the same everywhere... They too will be heard, and God will protect them

AELT.142

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @oneness; unity of religion, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3375

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

They see from their own standpoint. But these people are pure in heart and simple in spirit; therefore, though not intellectually advanced, they are capable of grasping their portion of truth, for truth is for all.

AELT.140

@differences in human capacity, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @limits of the intellect, @universality of the Cause

ABU3417

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

Where there is contention, there cannot be the highest conception of truth. We must have sympathy for all beings, and to have real sympathy means to feel with others in their higher aims and ideals.

AELT.128

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

ABU3522

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

Love for men is love for God. To serve men is to serve God. My sign is this--that I serve the people, that I clothe the people.

AELT.116

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God

ABU3715

Words to Ms Richard and others, spoken on 1913-05-12 in Paris

Persian

قوّهٴ روح القدس هر ضعیفی را قوی نماید به‌بینید قوم ذلیل اسرائیل را چگونه عزیز نمود ماهیگیر را شهیر آفاق کرد

The power of the Holy Spirit makes every weak one strong. Observe how it exalted the abased people of Israel!

BDA2.297-298

MHMD2.393

@call to action, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1477

Words to Mrs. von Lilenthal, spoken on 1913-11-22

220

There are souls who are capable of becoming quickened by the Divine Fragrance and the statement of His Holiness Christ in regard to the second birth applies to them

DAS.1913-11-12, PN_1913-14_heh p117, PN_unsorted p048, PN_unsorted p090

@soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @attaining the life of the spirit, @The Holy Spirit, @knowledge; recognition of God, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @the human soul

ABU2042

Words to Mrs. Tatum, spoken on 1912-08-21

130

Persian

PN_1913-14_heh p115, PN_1913-14_heh p117

این علامت ترقی است ان کس که خود راضی است شیطانست و انکه راضی نیست مظهر رحمن

This is a sign of progress. The person who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan and the one who is not satisfied is the manifestation of the Merciful One.

AVK3.097.17x, MAS5.138, YHA2.856-857, GTB.142-143x, BDA1.200.17

SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.216-217

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @progress only takes place within its own degree

ABU2884

Words to Mrs. Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

When Mohammad put forth His claim, a great multitude of the disciples of Christ believed in Him as the man who put forward the claim of being the Comforter

PN_1900 p123

@predictions and prophecies, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @knowledge; recognition of God, @The Holy Spirit, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3236

Words to Mrs. Hoagg, spoken around Jan. 1914(?)

Individual consciousness is realized after birth here. This is the matrix world for the soul, even as the womb was the matrix world for the body or vehicle. Birth into consciousness of another world begins here, a world for which this physical and material one is but the preparation and foundation.

@the human soul, @soul; spirit after death, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @second birth

ABU2483

Words to Mrs. Henlay, spoken on 1913-02-18

By attaching no importance to material things. According to the laws which bind us to this planet, everyone is tied to the gratification of self... Even the theatrical world would not prevent you from becoming what I desire you to become.

DAS.1913-02-18

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcending the material condition, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @excellence; distinction

ABU2617

Words to Mrs. Henlay, spoken on 1913-02-18

Whenever you feel depressed, go alone into the secret chamber, read one of the Hidden Words and with the utmost supplication

DAS.1913-02-18

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @importance of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation

ABU1812

Words to Mrs. Emma Blum, spoken on 1912-10-07

170

My admonition to you is this. Be thoughtful of attaining to that which was the utmost desire of the Saints. Strive with all your heart and soul to attain to the Kingdom of God.

ECN.676

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @exhortations and counsels

ABU1884

Words to Mrs. C, Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24+25

160

This is the Lord's supper. Sometimes the material things have a spiritual effect - for instance, music is material but has an effect over the spirit

PN_1920_heh_haifa p043

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU2774

Words to Mrs. Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

It will begin at midnight, the same as the solar year... In the Arabic there is no difference... These are symbols. Always, hair is the symbol of the glory of God...

PN_1909 p094

@Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @grammar and orthography, @symbolism

ABU1976

Words to Mrs. Angeline Haste (Mr. Raymond ?), spoken on 1912-10-07

140

Live and act in accordance with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. There is no road straighter and better than this... I will give you one and that is sufficient... become evanescent

PN_1912 p122, ECN.657

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

ABU3089

Words to Mrs. Allen, spoken on 1912-10-21

Because you have this intention, that is capacity. The intention is capacity.

MAB.064a

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @development of capacity and readiness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3441

Words to Mrs. A.S.K. [Alma Sedonia Knobloch], spoken on 1913-04-02

If they cannot arrange to go every Sunday, they must go every other Sunday, if not every other Sunday then once a month.

SW_v09#08 p.094

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @exhortations and counsels, @importance of community building

ABU2956

Words to Mrs Thornburg-Cropper

There are seasons in the revelation from God, as in the natural year, and just as the Christ manifested the Spirit of God in the flesh

SW_v13#12 p.342

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @Christ; Christianity, @Manifestation of God as divine physician

ABU0836

Words to Mrs Stannard, spoken on 1913-10-11

360

The Principles of the Bahá'í Cause are the pure seeds which we are sowing in the fertile ground.

DAS.1913-10-11

@spiritual transformation, @Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Theosophy, @non-participation in politics

ABU0686

Words to Mrs Stannard

430

Consecrate all thy time to the service of the Kingdom of God and the propagation of its principles

DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v05#01 p.005-006, SW_v07#11 p.104-106

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @human reality created in the image of God

ABU2148

Words to Mrs Smith, spoken on 1912-06-19

120

Persian

تو یاید همیشه مسرور باشی و با اهل انبساط و سرور محشور و با خلاق رحمانی متخلق

You must always be happy. You must associate with joyous and happy people

BDA1.129.11

SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.139, VLAB.112x, STAB#038

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @stories; anecdotes, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU0486

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

550

Third explanation [of sacrifice] - The worldly grades of every Manifestation are so different from the spiritual grades, that each Manifestation has voluntarily sacrificed everything pertaining to worldly honor

PN_1900 p121

ABU0601

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

470

Let us consider the prophecies announcing the coming of God or the Manifestation

SW_v09#01 p.007x, PN_1900 p115

@prophecy and fulfillment, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @symbolism, @Declaration; advent of the Bab

ABU1002

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

310

Mohammed was the Advocate who was to come after Christ. Every Prophet was given of the spirit according to the conditions of the people

PN_1900 p083

@holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @Christian doctrine and practice, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @station of the Manifestation of God, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU1056

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

300

The Book (Koran) revealed to Mahomet is the greatest proof of Him as a Prophet, as the Arabic language in the Koran has never, until now, been equalled.

PN_1900_heh p023, PN_1900 p087

@martyrs and martyrdom, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

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

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Christ; Christianity, @Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

ABU1697

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

180

The Zoroastrians, who were very numerous throughout Persia... While the Christians claim this passage is to be taken literally, and that it means that Christ was born of a virgin

SW_v09#01 p.006x, PN_1900 p084

@birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @prophecy and fulfillment, @growth of the Cause

ABU2105

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

130

The Manifestation (Baha'o'llah) had all the qualities of the sun of Truth manifested

SW_v09#01 p.006

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU2689

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

Bahá'u'lláh said the children are of two kinds - the mature and the immature. The

SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090

@development of capacity and readiness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God

ABU3192

Words to Mrs Sanderson, spoken on 1913-01-28

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, @symbolism, @regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause

ABU1707

Words to Mrs Rosenberg, Cropper, and Heron, spoken on 1913-01-20

180

Although this globe of ours is very small, yet it has all these living beings. Can it be imagined that those tremendous bodies hanging in a limitless atmosphere are without inhabitants!

DAS.1913-01-20

@limits of the intellect, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @infinity and eternity, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU2460

Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-28

Persian

فصل بهار بود و در منزل شما مجامع خوبی داشتیم من هیچوقت فراموش

This was the springtime; we had good meetings at your home... This material world has an outer appearance. It has also a hidden aspect.

BDA1.057.14

SW_v14#07 p.209x, SW_v19#03 p.092x, MHMD1.066

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU3123

Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-25

Persian

این نحو مسافر و مهمان خیلی زحمت دارد و باید خانه را بگذاری و فرار کنی

It is very difficult to have one like me as a guest. Every guest and traveler has a limited number of friends with whom he makes special dates for visits, but you are forced all day long to be the entertainer of all.

BDA1.051.12

SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.059

@hospitality, @personal instructions

ABU2257

Words to Mrs Noel, spoken on 1913-05-19

110

First we must make ourselves receptive, then the bounties of God descend upon us. The mirror must become clear from rust first, then the sun with all its glory will be reflected therein.

DAS.1913-05-19

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU1116

Words to Mrs Narcissa Casad Purdon, spoken on 1912-10-09

290

Your mother? Blessed!... You must be thankful to God for having such a daughter for she writes down everything I say…. There are some times when the favors of God descend without man asking for them, without request on the part of man.

ECN.609+1047

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @differences in human capacity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @many are called but few are chosen, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0303

Words to Mrs Moore, spoken on 1913-05-18

730

The will-power exists both in animal and man. The animals enjoy only a physical will-power which is limited in the sphere of its activity... We develop our will-power through 'divine unrest' which causes us to long for the better and nobler ideals of life.

DAS.1913-05-18

@power of the mind over nature, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @human reality created in the image of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @man's distinction from the animal, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @free will and predestination; fate

ABU0925

Words to Mrs Moore, spoken on 1913-05-18

330

How is Green Acre? When will the season be opened? Green Acre is a most delightful spot. I enjoyed my visit to that charming place… In Green Acre you must concentrate your forces around the one all important fact--the investigation of reality.

DAS.1913-05-18, SW_v08#05 p.050-051x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity in diversity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2437

Words to Mrs Moody's relatives, spoken on 1912-11-02

Persian

به بینید قدرت حضرت بهآءالله چگونه قلوب را ارتباط داده و شرق و غرب را بهم مربوط ساخته که وقتی دکتور مودی بطهران رفت

Behold how the power of Baha'u'llah has connected the hearts and has joined the East and the West. When Dr Moody first went to Tihran

BDA1.348.09

MHMD1.367

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0981

Words to Mrs Merriman, spoken on 1912-10-08

320

How are you? Are you comfortable? Are you pleased with having such a company here?... Come! I want to take you to heaven. Will you go with me?

ECN.634+668+1027

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1909

Words to Mrs Merriman and Mr Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08

160

It was a day of happiness for me, too. What I discussed this morning was evident as the sun. That was the fundamental oneness of phenomena.

ECN.520+628+663+1021

@intuition; inspiration, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3563

Words to Mrs Maxwell, spoken on 1912-09-06

Persian

اطفال زینت خانه اند منزلی که طفل ندارد مثل اینست که چراغ ندارد

Children are the ornaments of the home. A home which has no children is like one without light.

BDA1.230.15

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247

@parents and children; youth; families, @light and darkness

ABU1811

Words to Mrs Masten and son, spoken on 1912-10-07(?)

170

I feel very happy to be amongst you. This is a happy nation and a striving one. I hope that this nation will be the instrument for the illumination of the world of humanity.

ECN.651

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1486

Words to Mrs Mary C. Bell, spoken on 1912-10-04

220

I have brought glad tidings. I hope you may be set afire with the love of God. May you discover a new spirit and attain a new power. May you become the cause of guidance

ECN.722+732

@Theosophy, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @compassion; kindness

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

@spiritual springtime, @spiritual transformation, @words vs deeds, @second birth, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1100

Words to Mrs Lilianthal, spoken on 1913-05-09

290

My sweet-singing birds are your hearts, for they sing the songs of the Kingdom. Through this I am made very happy. The twittering of the birds is good for some people

DAS.1913-05-09

@Christ; Christianity, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU0203

Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31

900

Persian

بکلیفورنیا رفتیم هیجان شدیدی در نفوس افتاد در یونیورستی دارالفنون و کنائس و مجامع خلق بحرکت آمدند

Welcome, exceedingly welcome! We went to California and a great commotion was set up in the souls....

BDA1.342.02x

MHMD1.360x, BSTW#132, BSTW#308

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause

ABU1374

Words to Mrs Holley, spoken on 1913-05-04

230

Persian

PN_1913-14_heh p114, PN_1913-14_heh p116

شفا دو قسم است جسمانی و روحانی خدا دوا را بی سبب خلق نکرده... چون در اجزآء بدن مانند جزء شکری یا نشوی

For healing, prayer and medicine both are necessary. God has created the herbs and the plants with their useful properties.... We have been talking about healing

BDA2.284-285x

DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.374x

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of prayer

ABU0783

Words to Mrs Hoagg in Jan. 1914

380

When Jesus came the Jews called Him Beelzebub. I have always said that the believers will be blamed for this cause... Before leaving America I mentioned in many meetings the things that would happen.

@prophecy and fulfillment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0471

Words to Mrs Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-29

560

In the books of God there is no mention of this subject, but in the religion of God eating meat is permissible...For instance, the animals that are diseased suffer more than from death. To die is better than to suffer from these diseases.

PN_1920_heh p006, PN_1920_heh_haifa p061

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @kindness to and rights of animals, @evolution; human evolution

ABU3211

Words to Mrs Hiscock, spoken on 1913-11-08

The greatest day in the life of a human soul is when as a thirsty one he arrives at the Fountain of the Water of Life

DAS.1913-11-08

@spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @living waters; water of life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2825

Words to Mrs Hearst, spoken on 1912-10-16

Persian

امر الله از قوای ملکی و امور دنیوی مقدس است و از جمله تعالیم الهیه بنفوس امانت و انقطاع و تقدیس است

The Cause of God is sanctified from all political power and worldly affairs.

BDA1.313.08

MHMD1.331

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @non-participation in politics, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU1342

Words to Mrs Goodall, spoken on 1912-10-11

240

I want you to write this exactly, to the believers, giving the details. Tell them I have many letters from the Orient - all stating that the believers in the Orient have travelled long distances

PN_1912 p012, ECN.070x+123

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @race unity; racial issues, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2522

Words to Mrs Goodall and Mrs Cooper

...You have written concerning the spiritual meetings. The foundation of the spiritual meetings must be the teaching

SW_v02#06 p.005

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @music and singing

ABU1625

Words to Mrs Garrett of Boston in Sept. 1911

190

Convey to the friends in Boston affectionate greetings, and tell them that though I am in London, my heart and soul are with them.

BSTW#082

@firmness in the Covenant, @chastisement and requital, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3198

Words to Mrs Dixon, spoken on 1912-11-08

It is in God's hands. Pray for me to return and say: 'O Bahá'u'lláh! Confirm ‘Abdu'l-Bahá in the Cause of God.

PN_1912 p017

@personal instructions, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1935

Words to Mrs DeBons, spoken on 1913-10-16

150

You must live and conduct yourself in Cairo in such a manner and characterize yourself with such attributes

DAS.1913-10-17

@being a source of light; guidance, @words vs deeds, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @music and singing

ABU2665

Words to Mrs Cruttwell, spoken on 1913-05-27

O Thou Almighty! Direct Thou this traveller toward the pathway of Thy guidance! Suffer this thirsty one to reach to the fountainhead of Thy bestowal!

DAS.1913-05-27

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for nearness to God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @living waters; water of life

ABU1194

Words to Mrs Chase, spoken on 1912-10-19

270

You are very welcome. I have come to pay you a visit. I was exceedingly sad and heartbroken when I heard of the departure of Mr. Chase.

PN_1912 p016, BSTW#346

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @consolation and comfort, @martyrs and martyrdom, @bringing forth results; fruit, @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU1200

Words to Mrs C., spoken on 1920-10-23

270

There is no great hurry. We have lived here many years without electric lights... I know the hearts and the thoughts of all the believers. The wise physician knows the condition of all his patients... It does not mean that he lived 900 years as we count them... These questions are not very important.

PN_1920 p068

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @light and darkness, @laws of marriage and dowry

ABU0758

Words to Mrs C. H. Wise in 1912

390

It is natural when such a young man departs from life one is greatly affected. I had a son who passed away, but I never felt sad at all. Why? Because I fully realized that I did not lose him.

PN_1912 p027

@spiritual transformation, @soul; spirit after death, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @relationship of the soul to the body, @second birth

ABU0784

Words to Mrs C. et al, spoken on 1920-10-24

380

Thou art accepted before God. Even though you may be weak here... Never forget these days--remember them.. The cool breeze does not always blow; the rain does not always come

PN_1920 p086

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU3544

Words to Mrs C in 1910

I tell you to be happy because we can not know the spiritual life unless we are happy!

TOR.211, VLAB.116

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0224

Words to Mrs Bryan, spoken on 1912-09-23

870

I have come especially to Lincoln to repay the visit you made to me during your trip around the world.... Work for the sake of God and for the improvement of humanity, without any expectation of praise and reward

DAS.1914-05-13, SW_v05#08 p.119+122x, SW_v07#18 p.188+195x

@universal peace; world unity, @justice and wrath of God, @freedom of thought and action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU3515

Words to Mrs Brittingham in 1912

The 'Self' of God spoken of in the Tablets refers to the Attributes of the Merciful, not to His Essence. This 'Self' is found in 'Perfection' in the Prophet, only.

PN_unsorted p090

@identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU3530

Words to Mrs Bingham and Mrs Devin, spoken on 1907-10-15

No. Melchisedek, who was 'without beginning or end of days' was the first one.

PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU0535

Words to Mrs Bernard, spoken on 1913-03-18

510

Persian

ولی انقطاع بعدم اسباب نیست بلکه بعدم تعلق قلب است ما در طهران شب دارای هر چیز

You have travelled through India... When the Persian government imprisoned Baha'u'llah in Teheran... Detachment does not imply lack of means; it is marked by the freedom of the heart. In Tihran, we possessed everything… There were once two friends, one rich but free of heart

BDA2.187

DAS.1913-03-18, MHMD2.238-239, ABCC.009x, BW_v13p1187-1188x, VLAB.144x, STAB#028x

@spiritual transformation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @excellence; distinction, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism

ABU2171

Words to Mrs A. Burks, spoken on 1914-04-14

120

The book of Ighan revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad and translated in America is one of the most fundamental Bahá'í works. Then the Hidden Words, likewise Tajalliyat, Ishraqat, Tarazat, etc, also the books of Mirza Abdu'l-Fadl.

DAS.1914-04-14

@study; deepening, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

ABU3157

Words to Mr. Woodcock, spoken on 1912-04-01

Persian

نفس واسطهٴ ما بین روح و جسم است فیوضات و کمالات را از روح گرفته بجسم

The soul is a link between the body and the spirit. It receives bounties and virtues from the spirit and gives them to the body

BDA1.020.04

MHMD1.027

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the human soul

ABU3367

Words to Mr. Wilkins, spoken on 1913-03-06

If such is the case the future of the French Republic is fraught with great danger. It cannot stand on such atheistic foundation.

DAS.1913-03-06

@critique of Western values; culture, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU3046

Words to Mr. Smiley at Peace Society conference in Lake Mohonk, 1912-05-16

Your members may be compared to beams of different metals and you are trying to unite them as you would tie these fingers together with a string.

SW_v19#06 p.182

@love of God, @unity in diversity, @metallurgical metaphors

ABU2923

Words to Mr. Remey, spoken on 1912-04-20

to many people the great Pyramid was the most to be admired structure in Egypt, but to him it had always produced an unpleasing impression, for it recalled to his mind the intense suffering of the thousands of slaves

PN_1912 p060

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @soul is the essential reality of man

ABU0703

Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08

420

Bahá’u’lláh has closed the door to the introduction of these superstitions and imitations, because He has revealed a book

ECN.632+666+1025

@encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @House of Justice, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU1115

Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08

290

It is in fact considered as a necessity. The Baha'is have made a special study of other religions.

ECN.520+630+664+1023

@stories; anecdotes, @John the Baptist, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

ABU3031

Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08

The teachings of Bahá’u’lláh are not yet evident, not yet made known, not all accumulated. For instance, there are teachings in the Book of Akdas

ECN.522+631+665+1024

@collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3250

Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08

Yes. There are the accessories of the temple. There will also be two universities; but the school, as an accessory of the Mashrak-ul-Azkar will not be as large

ECN.520+629+664+1022

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU0208

Words to Mr. Reed, at dinner, spoken on 1912-10-08

900

There we do not have any Sunday. Whenever we get tired we simply withdraw…. When we were in Rumelia, in the Jewish quarter there was one of the grandees among the Jews, a very wealthy man

ECN.614+1030

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @day of rest, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU2306

Words to Mr. Raymond, spoken on 1912-10-07

110

This Cause is comprehensive. Every community finds the reality of its principles in this Cause. The Bahá’í Cause is like a tree and these various communities, or gatherings or societies, are branches.

ECN.657

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @unity in diversity, @universality of the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU3445

Words to Mr. Pell in Oct. 1912

In Persia the Arabs have no doctors. All the people submit to God. There are no physicians, no remedies. When a person gets sick he eats barley soup. When he has a fever he eats dates. This material health is of no importance.

ECN.524

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @transcending the material condition, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU2493

Words to Mr. N. R. Vakil, spoken on 1914-04-18

They contain many inspired utterances, but through the lapse of time human ideas have crept in and afterward men have come to believe that they are all, in their totality, the revealed words of God.

DAS.1914-04-18

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God

ABU1733

Words to Mr. McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06

180

Is there any greater desire than this? It is a big desire. This desire cannot be compared to all others. It is hard to be steadfast

ECN.481+707+814

@transcending the material condition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @exhortations and counsels

ABU2121

Words to Mr. McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06

130

These letters are symbols predicting future events. If you add these letters, each representing a number, without repeating any one of them, the sum total will be the year of the appearance of his holiness the Báb

ECN.425+709+816

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @prophecy and fulfillment, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU2122

Words to Mr. McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06

130

When love obtains a man can travel one hundred thousand miles without fatigue and enjoy it. Love renders the bitter sweet.

ECN.484+711+816

@miracles and their interpretation, @power of love, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2198

Words to Mr. Lorge, London, 1912-12-20

120

Yes, it is possible. Often people speak together without the mediary of the tongue. There are two methods of intercourse

DAS.1912-12-20, SW_v14#07 p.209-210, SW_v03#19 p.006

ABU3039

Words to Mr. Lorge, London, 1912-12-20

Europe is steeped in a sea of materialism. People are either agnostics or full of religious superstitions

DAS.1912-12-20, SW_v03#19 p.006

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @praise of Western values; culture, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU2512

Words to Mr. Kinney, spoken on 1909-07-08

Very good; very good. Write a letter and answer it yourself. Look into your heart and see the answer....A day will come when all My communications upon paper -- all My writing – will be effaced.

PN_1909 p013, PN_1909 p045, PN_1909C p093, PN_1909C p122, DJT.067, BLO_PN#027

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2331

Words to Mr Wilhelm and others, spoken on 1912-11-15

100

Persian

در عالم وجود تعلیم و تربیت اهم امور است بدون معلم در امور مادی ترقی حاصل نشود تا چه رسد در امور روحانی

Education and training are the most important issues in the world of existence. Without an educator, little progress can be made in material affairs... The whole world is like a physical body and the power of Baha'u'llah may be regarded as the main artery in the body of existence.

BDA1.374.06

MHMD1.393

@need for an educator, @education and the development of capacity, @education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity, @spiritual transformation

ABU2837

Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-28

Persian

تیاسفیها طفلی را در مدارس اروپا تربیت می کنند تا او موعود ملل شود چه قدر بی فکری است موعود را خدا باید انتخاب کند نه خلق

The Theosophists are educating a boy in the schools of Europe and say that he will become the promised one of all nations. How ignorant is this! God must select the Promised One, not men.

BDA1.169.14

SW_v19#11 p.348, MHMD1.184

@Theosophy, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU2208

Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-27

110

Persian

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

@predictions and prophecies, @martyrs and martyrdom, @past, present and future of Iran

ABU3718

Words to Mr Schweizer, spoken on 1913-04-29 in Stuttgart

Persian

من در تو استعدادی می‌بینم که اگر قیام بر تبلیغ امر کنی چنان تأییدی یابی

In you I see such ability that if you should arise to teach the Cause… The Revelation of Baha'u'llah is for action; peruse The Hidden Words and see what He has said therein

BDA2.270

MHMD2.353-354

@words vs deeds, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3722

Words to Mr Schweizer, spoken on 1913-04-29 in Stuttgart

other/unknown lang

من او را خیلی دوست میدارم این شخص بجهت اینکه در خدمت امر اللّٰه آزاد باشد تأهل ننمود

I love him [Mirza Abu'l-Fadl] very much. In order to leave himself free to serve the Cause of God, he has not married

BDA2.270

MHMD2.354

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2974

Words to Mr Schwarz, spoken on 1913-04-03

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary

امیدوارم سُرور ما ابدی باشد در جمیع عوالم الهیه با هم باشیم در ظل عنایت حضرت بهآءالله

I hope that our happiness may last forever--that we may be together throughout all the realms of God

BDA2.214-215

MHMD2.277

@soul; spirit after death, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU3359

Words to Mr Remey, spoken on 1914-10-14

What is necessary is divine joy. Divine happiness is the speaker of the heart.

DAS.1914-10-14, SW_v13#04 p.102, PN_1914 p009, PN_1914 p082

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1209

Words to Mr Remey and Mr Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-15

260

Persian

ای را بدانید که هر کسی در آمریکا به اسم من بخواهد پول جمع کند ابدا تعلقی به ما ندارد

When you return to America say to all the believers in my behalf that whenever a person comes to that country

KHH1.112 (1.157)

KHHE.171-172fn, DAS.1914-10-15, SW_v07#13 p.122, PN_1914 p085

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0001

Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04

3400

mixed

امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا

We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH

BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110

BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @war and peace, @elections, @stories; anecdotes, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @consultation

MHMD1.120

ABU1171

Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04

270

Persian

لابد خواهد شد اما امریکا داخل نمیشود این جنگ در اروپا می شود شما یک گوشه ئی راگرفته اید

It will certainly come about but America will not participate in it. This war will be staged in Europe. You are in a corner

BDA1.113.11

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.121

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @predictions and prophecies

ABU3414

Words to Mr Nutt in 1912

I have brought to you the sand, the mortar, the bricks and the stone. You must build a house here. I will crush the rocks that are in the way and you must walk over them.

PN_1912 p072

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

ABU3312

Words to Mr Newman, spoken on 1914-06-10

I pray that God may aid your journeys and that you may return to America with the utmost happiness and safety.

DAS.1914-06-10, SW_v09#10 p.110-111

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU2338

Words to Mr Newman, spoken on 1914-06-09

100

The principal aim of this Movement is to investigate reality and promote the underlying unity of the world's religions. His Holiness Baha'o'llah suffered imprisonment

DAS.1914-06-09, SW_v09#10 p.109

@Christ; Christianity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

ABU1217

Words to Mr Michel and others, spoken on 1915-05-10

260

When I was travelling in Europe and America I attended some concerts and oratorios and was delighted with the progress of the vocal and instrumental art in those parts... At one time I was walking along the shores of the Euphrates. Absorbed in my thought I suddenly heard

DAS.1915-05-10

@music and singing, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @predictions and prophecies, @excellence; distinction, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU3331

Words to Mr McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06

I am the lover of all the friends of God -- from the heart and soul I love them. This will become manifest.

ECN.481+707+814

@words vs deeds, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1166

Words to Mr Maxwell, spoken on 1912-08-31

270

Persian

در اینگونه مدارس چون تنها درس مادیات و حکمت طبیعی خوانده میشود لهذا نفوس تحریری که ذی فنون باشند

Every city in which the remembrance of God is raised... As only material education is imparted and only natural philosophy is taught, these universities do not produce highly talented scholars... Behold what eleven disciples of Christ have accomplished, how they sacrificed themselves!... On our way to Baghdad

BDA1.210.16

SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.228-229

@apostles; early disciples of Christ, @educational curricula, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

ABU3305

Words to Mr Maxwell and others, spoken on 1912-09-06

Persian

شماها باید بآنچه سبب آسایش عالم انسانی است تشبث نمائید یتیمها را نوازش کنید گرسنه ها را سیر نمائید

You must cling to those things which prove to be the cause of happiness for the world of man. You must show kindness to the orphans

BDA1.231.02

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247

@assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

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

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3378

Words to Mr M in 1912

When you pray you must not think of your aching body, nor of the birds outside the window, nor of the cracks in the wall.. When you wish to pray you must first know that you are standing in the presence of the Almighty.

VLAB.132

@mindfulness; concentration; focus, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @presence of; reunion with God

ABU2428

Words to Mr Lee and Miss Hodgson, spoken on 1913-05-09

Persian

انسان اول باید خود را تبلیغ نماید خود منجذب و منقطع باشد تا نفس او در دیگران تأثیر کند

Every soul must first teach himself; he must be severed, attracted, enkindled; he must be living the life -- then his words will have effect... This Cause has cost us very dear. We have not received it cheaply.

BDA2.293

DAS.1913-05-09, MHMD2.386

@devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @development of capacity and readiness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU2749

Words to Mr Kinney's students, spoken on 1912-12-04

Persian

مقصود از تلاوت و قرائت پی بردن بحقائق آیات و اسرار کتابست اگر تنها خواندن بود بایستی ملت یهود جمیع مؤمن مسیح شده باشند

The object of reading and reciting is to understand the inner significance of the verses and mysteries of the Book. Had reading sufficed

BDA1.404.08

MHMD1.423

@literal interpretation, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

ABU3065

Words to Mr Kinney, spoken on 1909-07-02

There are two ways of taking pictures. These things about here that you have pictured will all pass away, but the true picture is the one you take on the mirror of the heart.

PN_1909 p060, PN_1909D p017

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @humor; jokes, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU2078

Words to Mr Kinney, spoken around 1909-07-11

130

Among the nations of the world there is darkness of religion. Darkness due to hostility and animosity is intense.

PN_1909 p059

@unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2795

Words to Mr King from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24

Unless a man give his whole thought to a subject, he cannot comprehend it fully. He must give his mind to the thing, be free, and then he will understand it.

MAB.083

@effort; striving, @study; deepening, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1943

Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-26

150

The future of the Cause in Germany is very bright. Likewise Budapest and Vienna will become Bahá'í Centers.

DAS.1913-04-26

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual springtime, @spiritual transformation

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2003

Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-20

140

other/unknown lang

شماها باید از استتکارت باین حدود بیائید و بنشر نفحات اللّٰه بپردازید

The city of Vienna will become a center for the Cause of God: only after my departure the friends must not remain inactive. They must work with greater zeal

BDA2.249

DAS.1913-04-20, MHMD2.324

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Theosophy

ABU2097

Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-15

130

Gather once a week in a public meeting. Before the meeting begins, one must read a prayer, afterward they may sing together an anthem or a song. This is optional.... Crystallization of forms will kill the spirit...

DAS.1913-04-15

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spirit and form in the administration, @unity of thought and belief, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1870

Words to Mr Frosell and his brother, spoken on 1913-04-11 in Budapest

160

I have come here to see men and not piles of stones and clay. These buildings you can find everywhere; for my part I am searching for men.

DAS.1913-04-11

@the ephemeral and the eternal, @human reality created in the image of God, @spiritual transformation, @goodly deeds; actions, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3220

Words to Mr Esslemont and Mrs True, spoken around Nov. 1919

As to the House of Spirituality the first question relates to its election. The election should be carried out with sincerity and goodwill.

PN_1919 p016, BSTW#248a

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @elections, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU2620

Words to Mr Eckstein, spoken on 1913-04-05

A thirsty man will run after every fountain, he may drink bitter and stagnant water but at last he will reach to the sweet spring.

DAS.1913-04-05

@religion as reality; definitions of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU1783

Words to Mr Diebold and Miss Wieland, spoken on 1913-04-28

170

I have heard you are engaged to get married. It will be a blessed union. A marriage performed according to the religion of God will be very blessed.

DAS.1913-04-28

@love and unity, @chastity and purity, @marriage as means of spiritual progress

ABU2901

Words to Mr Crewe of Newfoundland, spoken on 1913-03-03

O Thou Kind God! We are Thy humble servants; endear us in Thy Kingdom! We are poor; enrich us through Thy heavenly Treasury! We are ignorant, suffer us to become informed

DAS.1913-03-03

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1776

Words to Mr Crewe of Newfoundland, spoken on 1913-03-02

170

The physical body is accidental and the inherent quality of every accidental composition one of which is decomposition. For example, the inherent quality of a house

DAS.1913-03-02

@relationship of the soul to the body, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @composition and decomposition, @existence; immortality of the human soul

ABU1587

Words to Mr Charles Tinsley, spoken on 1912-10-10

200

You must not be sad. This affliction will make you spiritually stronger. Do not be sad... A certain ruler wished to appoint one of his subjects to a high office

LOG#2040x, SW_v04#12 p.205, SW_v09#18 p.214x, ECN.374+451+527+604, STAB#115

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort

ABU1012

Words to Mr Chant, Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-26

310

Do you like Haifa by this time?... Look at the spiritual side of Haifa, not the material side... The title of 'Bahá'u'lláh' was given by Himself.

PN_1919 p046

@Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @Baha'u'llah

ABU0673

Words to Mr Briggs, spoken on 1914-03-09

440

The humane principles of Bahá'u'lláh have enlightened the East. They have laid waste to the foundation of prejudices.

DAS.1914-03-09

@oneness; unity of religion, @stories; anecdotes, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @unity in diversity, @universality of the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0988

Words to Mr And Mrs W. White from Honolulu, spoken on 1912-10-07

310

You have taken great trouble. You have come a long way. You are very welcome, exceedingly welcome. How are the friends of God in Honolulu? Are there many there?

ECN.671

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @development of capacity and readiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God

ABU2357

Words to Mr and Mrs Stark and Mr Moore, spoken on 1913-04-15

100

The Cause will be spread very much in this country. Blessed souls shall arise to serve the Bahá'í revelation... Translate the Hidden Words, the Words of Paradise, Tajalleyat, Tarazat, the Bahá'í Proofs and other small pamphlets

DAS.1913-04-15

@methods of teaching the Cause, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1939

Words to Mr and Mrs Scott, spoken on 1913-05-07

150

You are the flowers of Paris and the cause of my happiness. All the inhabitants of this city are either thinking of industry or wealth or they are chasing after the worldly pleasures

DAS.1913-05-07

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @growth of the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB07158

Words to Mr and Mrs Ober

110

Bahá'í Prayers

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Verily, this thy servant and this Thy maidservant

BPRY.120, SW_v03#12 p.015

MJ Cyr, E. Mahony

@prayer for married couples, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prayer for unity, @prayer for protection

ABU0811

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-22

370

You must be a source of happiness to whomsoever you meet. The world is like the body and the love of God is like the spirit

PN_1909 p067

@being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0514

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

530

Whosoever turns to the Kingdom must neither be affected by poverty or wealth... While the Master was in Teheran and the family was pillaged, for three days and nights they were left absolutely foodless... Man comes into the world naked

PN_1909 p065, PN_1909C p121

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0941

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

330

Wine is always a dangerous thing to take and no good effects ever come from it... Arak is a very, very dangerous drink

PN_1909 p064, PN_1909D p006-007

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @second birth, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @love of God

ABU2870

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

Everyone upon awaking in the morning awakes with a thought. The commercial man awakes with the thought of commerce...

SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_1909 p063, PN_1909D p018

@bringing oneself to account each day, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transcending the material condition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3370

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

The stars that we can see in the heavens are not one per cent of those that actually exist. Ignorant people imagine this to be the only world of existence, but there are many, very, very many world of existence, many more than we can see.

PN_1909 p063

@celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

ABU2107

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al around Aug. 1909

130

The more one falls into difficulties the more he finds help so that he will find those difficulties very easy tasks.

PN_1909C p120

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

ABU1678

Words to Mr and Mrs Hollback, spoken on 1914-04-10

180

My happiness comes from the Kingdom of Abha! My joy is from the Delectable Paradise!

DAS.1914-04-10, SW_v13#04 p.102x, PN_1914 p009

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love as fire, @The Holy Spirit

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

@war and peace, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Christ; Christianity, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @miracles and their interpretation

ABU2312

Words to Mr And Mrs Holbach, spoken on 1914-01-19

100

The leaders of religion must be the means of binding the hearts together, establishing good-fellowship between the members of the human family

DAS.1914-01-19

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @symbolism, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2378

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-28

100

There is a parting which is in reality meeting. If you will carry out the precepts of the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1909F p076, PN_1909F p143, AKL.014

@spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2419

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26

100

In that hour you should make the children familiar with the prophecies in the Gospels

SW_v09#08 p.093, PN_1909F p069, PN_1909F p130, AKL.013-014

@education of children; moral education, @study; deepening, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge

ABU2528

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26

There should be no differentiation between the blacks and the whites. All are the creatures of God

SW_v12#05 p.107, PN_1909F p069, PN_1909F p129?, AKL.011

@unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @stories; anecdotes, @chastisement and requital

ABU2654

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26

Hold fast to that which is the cause of unity and friendship. The result of everything should be the Love of God. This is the essential fact of everything

PN_1909F p071, PN_1909F p135, AKL.014

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @love of God

ABU3512

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26

The word 'same' means that the reality is one. Just as the sun arises from several points.

PN_1909F p071, PN_1909F p135, AKL.014

@oneness; unity of religion, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1517

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-25

210

The Arabs we met today were deprived of civilization, and yet they think they are not in need of civilization or knowledge.

PN_1909F p066, PN_1909F p125, AKL.010

@critique of Eastern values; culture, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @The Holy Spirit, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @spiritual transformation

ABU2764

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-25

It has no effect. It does not develop the mind to subsist upon a vegetable diet. A man can be without reason or understanding, though he does not eat meat or flesh

PN_1909F p067, PN_1909F p127, AKL.010-011

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @kindness to and rights of animals

ABU2919

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-25

It is not a duty incumbent upon them; it is not obligatory, but if they have no special demand upon their time, the believers must be present at the meetings.... In such meetings, that is to say, the meetings which are open to the public

PN_1909F p066, PN_1909F p123, AKL.009-010

@love of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @importance of community building

ABU0687

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

430

In this day of dispensation asceticism is of the spiritual type, for spiritual asceticism is right

SW_v08#05 p.060-061, PN_1909F p058, AKL.006-007

@monasticism; asceticism, @transcending the material condition, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU2089

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

130

There are two meanings to this narrative [of Cain and Abel]--the material and the spiritual. As to the former the occurrence is correctly stated

PN_1909F p060, PN_1909F p113, AKL.007-008

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power of the mind over nature, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @symbolism

ABU2609

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

the development of existence may be represented by two arcs forming a circle. The one descending, the other ascending. Beginning with the mineral

PN_1909F p060, PN_1909F p114, AKL.008

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @arcs of ascent and descent, @man's distinction from the animal, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @evolution; human evolution, @spiritual transformation

ABU2773

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

there is a communication between spirits, but [that] the spiritual séances as given in Europe where spirits are supposed to move objects, etc., are phantasmagoria.

PN_1909F p062, PN_1909F p116, AKL.013

@occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU2886

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

this is a matter of Divine Will. That although the Theosophists dwelt upon Karma and ultimate perfection, this was not to be expected, as degrees of existence must always be presented.

PN_1909F p061, PN_1909F p115, AKL.009

@maintainance of degrees in society, @Theosophy, @differences in human capacity, @fulfillment of true potential

ABU3064

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

There is either a standstill or a progression. There could not be a descent, upon the same principle that a man could not become a babe again.

PN_1909F p061, PN_1909F p115, AKL.008-009

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @light and darkness, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence

ABU3189

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...that was not really a deterioration of the essential part of the man, the mind or spirit, but a weakening of the functional organs.

PN_1909F p061, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009

@relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @symbolism

ABU3387

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony

PN_1909F p062, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009

@diversity of thought and belief, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence

ABU0585

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22

480

This refers to the great disturbance which is to occur in that day--the latter day. That those souls who occupy the highest stations shall be reverted to the lowest

PN_1909F p087, PN_1909F p105, AKL.004-006

@false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Christian doctrine and practice, @Mary Magdalene, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU1577

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22

200

We are gazing upon Mt Carmel, where many kings and world conquerors had come... Bravo! Very Good! It is not the personality at which we should look

PN_1909F p085, PN_1909F p111, AKL.012-013

@oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @symbolism, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU1785

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22

170

If entertainments were of an intellectual character such as lectures or singing and music, they were approved, but a Bazaar was not so commendable

PN_1909F p086, PN_1909F p103, AKL.011-012

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU2363

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken around 1909-02-22

100

To remove any source of differentiation, the believers must know that the Blessed Bab was giving the glad tidings of the coming of the Blessed Perfection

PN_unsorted p152, AKL.002

@development of capacity and readiness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @twin Manifestations

ABU3177

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen in 1909

I am the servant of Baha'o'llah and nothing more; Abdu'l-Baha is the sum of all perfections

SW_v08#15 p.211

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1658

Words to Mr And Mrs Grosse, spoken on 1912-10-11

190

The dinner was perfect. It was cooked most deliciously. Everything was very good. The dishes were very delicious. You worked very faithfully.

ECN.761+808

@love of God, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @praise and encouragement, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2588

Words to Mr and Mrs Austin, spoken on 1912-04-01

Persian

کاتولیکها هر قدر تعصب نمودند ذلیل تر گشتند تا حال که بترتیب جدید راضی شدند و الا این اشخاص متعصب ترین مذاهب عالمند

The more the Catholics showed prejudice, the more they were debased. Only now have they shown willingness

BDA1.018.17

MHMD1.025

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU2096

Words to Mr and Mr C R Ashbee in March 1920

130

First we must get rid of all glosses, Talmuds, codes of divinity, and clerical law. Get back to the revealed word of God where we can.

APN.116-120

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity of governments; political unity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @twin Manifestations, @literal interpretation, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1704

Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken on 1909-05-26

180

In brief, the duties of the Board of Council and teaching are important matters; for this is the foundation of the edifice - teaching with the training of souls

PN_1909 p080

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1714

Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken on 1909-05-26

180

There may be speaking from a text taken from the writings, but it should be written out by the speakers... You must be careful not to have anyone harmed by speaking. Suppose some speak not well.

PN_1909 p071, PN_1909 p081

@review of publications, @consultation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU1047

Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26

300

Assisting one another and promoting unity and solidarity. These little troubles must not take up your time.

PN_1909 p082

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @conduct in finance and business, @House of Justice, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @generosity [kirama], @education of children; moral education

ABU1104

Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26

290

These Council Boards are not Houses of Justice. That is a universal affair to be organized in time by all. Now is not the time.

PN_1909 p079

@House of Justice, @spirit and form in the administration, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications, @growth of the Cause

ABU3513

Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26

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

ABU2501

Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921

In one prayer I could have health the remainder of My life, but it is necessary for Me to suffer to show others that these things can be borne and overcome.

PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the power of example

ABU2876

Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921

Jesus was a Manifestation of God. Everything of him pertained to God. To know him was to know God.

SW_v12#11 p.188, SW_v15#08 p.249, SW_v20#05 p.133, PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339

@identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU2718

Words to Mona DeBons, spoken on 1913-10-16

If the people ask you whether you are English or French, tell them you are a Bahá'í.

DAS.1913-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.203-204

@stories; anecdotes, @being a source of light; guidance, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i

ABU0549

Words to Mon. Richard, spoken on 1913-05-10

500

Persian

حق را بحر و موجودات را امواج و اشباح گویند اما انبیای الهی حق را مقدس از حلول و حدود دانند

He quoted the philosophic apothegms of the Sufi leaders stating that the Sufi idea about God is pantheistic

DAS.1913-05-10

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @pantheism, @symbolism, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator

ABU0870

Words to Mon. Richard, spoken on 1913-05-10

350

the Persian Bahá'í women ... are being educated and new ideals spread amongst them. Their hearts and consciences are free.

DAS.1913-05-10, BSTW#360

@law of transformation and change, @spiritual transformation, @light and darkness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @critique of Eastern values; culture

ABU2888

Words to Mms Bernard, Richard and Sanderson, spoken on 1913-03-05

In the books of Bahá'u'lláh one finds the solution of every problem. For instance the Hidden Words contain the moral precepts

DAS.1913-03-05

@universality of the Cause, @call to action

ABU2772

Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken on 1909-01-09

We know that the body or form has nothing to do with spirit or spiritual conditions. When the spirit is disconnected with or leaves the body, that is no reason for thinking it can be reabsorbed or joined with the whole of spirit

SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022

@relationship of the soul to the body, @unity in diversity

ABU2377

Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09

100

We hear the murmur of the sea always continuing. It never ceases. Were it to cease, the world would be dead, stagnant, lifeless. But the waves of the mind of man are far greater than those of the sea

SW_v07#11 p.107-108, SW_v08#02 p.024, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @power of the mind over nature, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @power of imagination; thought; right intention

ABU3218

Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09

the one essential, the only thing to do was that the members of the little groups should love each other very much and be devoted friends. The more they loved each other, the more the meetings would attract and draw others, and the more they loved, the more their influence would be felt.

SW_v07#11 p.107, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @importance of community building, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @growth of the Cause

ABU3231

Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09

All these things - the fish, the honeycomb etc, are symbols and were meant to be understood spiritually, just as the Resurrection itself was a spiritual resurrection.

SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022

@resurrection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @literal interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU3519

Words to Miss Rosenberg in 1902(?)

How could they (the Manifestations) teach and guide others in the Way if they themselves did not undergo every species of suffering to which other human beings are subjected.

SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p073, PN_1909 p105, PN_unsorted p022

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU1279

Words to Miss Rogers, spoken on 1909-07-05

250

This is the third time you have been here. It has been a great pleasure for you... Man must always associate with those from whom he can get light or be with those to whom he can give light.

SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1909 p009, PN_1909 p035, PN_1909C p083, DJT.049-050, BLO_PN#027

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @bringing forth results; fruit, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@power of faith; power of the spirit, @Mary Magdalene, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1962

Words to Miss Ollie Gish, spoken on 1912-10-07

150

Good morning. Your whistling is wonderful, just like a bird. I have heard the songs of various birds

ECN.680+1004

@music and singing, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

ABU2984

Words to Miss Fraser, spoken on 1913-03-29

Yes! But His sadness did not come from anything belonging to Himself. He desired to make a man illumined, but man preferred darkness

DAS.1913-03-29, SW_v16#11 p.713, ADP.073-074

@suffering and imprisonment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2453

Words to Miss Fraser, spoken on 1912-12-16

You have written excellent articles in the papers in regard to the Cause, I will never forget

DAS.1912-12-16, SW_v03#19 p.003

@critique of Western values; culture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @newspapers and the media; publications

ABU2488

Words to Miss Fraser and Miss Hodgeson, spoken on 1913-03-24

You are two good sisters. Bahá'í sisterhood is very precious. It is not like material sisterhood. Material sisterhood is forgotten and often changed into hatred.

DAS.1913-03-24, ADP.112-113

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU2803

Words to Miss Fanny A. Knobloch, Paris, 1913-05-20

The Sunday School is very important; then why did the parents become indifferent? It is very essential

SW_v09#08 p.094-095

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @education of children; moral education

ABU1645

Words to Miss E. Goodall, Kheirallah et al in March 1899

190

It would be very difficult to speak of the spiritual Kingdom in any way... You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit.

PN_unsorted p041

@soul; spirit after death, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @symbolism

ABU2647

Words to Miss E. Goodall, Kheirallah et al in March 1899

Yes, everything was created in pairs but this earth is the flaming sword and sometimes even if affinities do meet they are not happy for various reasons

PN_unsorted p041

@soul; spirit after death, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB04609

Words to Miss Buckton

170

...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come.

BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356

@development of capacity and readiness, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

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

ABU2556

Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25

‘Abdu'l-Bahá said that he had fulfilled that prophecy by building the Tomb of the Báb. He said, "The blessed and holy Tomb (of Baha'u'llah, May my soul be a sacrifice to its dust!) and the Tomb of the Bab on Mount Carmel was the first Mashraq'ul-Azkar…"

AIF.1911-08-23, SW_v11#01 p.015, PN_1912 p071, PN_1912 p120

@prophecy and fulfillment, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @Shrines and Holy places

ABU2579

Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25

Christ healed by the power of his word, because the word of the Messiah was the Holy Spirit

SW_v08#18 p.231, PN_1920 p097

@the power of words; of speech, @miracles and their interpretation, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3389

Words to Miss Boylan and Edith Sanderson, spoken around 1911-08-25

When Jesus Christ came to this world, He planted a tree. I have come to see what has become of that tree. The branches are all turned toward the earth.

PN_1912 p071

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Christ; Christianity, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0767

Words to Miss Barney, spoken around 1900-10-19

390

Grace and welcome unto you. I wish you not the temporal strength of the passing body... Your faith comes like rain; the first drops are far between

SW_v07#16 p.149-150, PN_1900 p004, BSTW#181

@spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @second birth, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @living waters; water of life, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]

ABU1057

Words to Mirza Youness Khan around 1904

300

Well there is a wisdom and I must be sometimes suffering... It is a mistake to think that the Glorious Cause may be better spread in peace and tranquility. There must always be change of position, movements, revolutions and calamities

PN_1904 p083

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU2987

Words to Mirza Munir, spoken on 1912-03-26

Persian

بیچاره گمنام شد و در ملک و ملکوت ذلیل گردید چه عزتی داشت ولی چون قدر ندانست

The poor man [Kheiralla] has become nameless and debased both in this world and in the Kingdom. What a high honor he had!

BDA1.011.01

MHMD1.016

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU2467

Words to Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, ca. 1906

Persian

ملاحطه نمائید که در سنهٴ ماضیه اعداء و بدخواهان این مظلوم بنهایت فساد برخاستند

Consider ye how in the bygone year the enemies and ill-wishers of this Wronged One arose with consummate mischief [3.5s]

ASAT5.110

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @Ottoman commissions of investigation

ABU0727

Words to Mirza Lotfullah, spoken on 1914-01-23

410

Now that thou hast decided to live in Aleppo, thou must act, speak and conduct thyself

DAS.1914-01-23, SW_v07#17 p.168-169

@cleanliness and refinement, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @goodly deeds; actions, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU3721

Words to Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan in 1896-1897

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2185

Words to Mirza Fazlollah Khan, spoken on 1915-02-10

120

The confirmations of God are with those sanctified teachers who are calling mankind to the Cause of the Blessed Beauty. Through teaching the hidden forces of the hearts and the minds are unfolded.

DAS.1915-02-10

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement

ABU2632

Words to Mirza Fazlollah Khan, spoken on 1915-01-29

All their theories and opinions have been useless and without result. They have made a trial of this, still they are not warned. They start in words and end in words. Their whole system of philosophy is based on speculations

DAS.1915-01-29

@empty learning; false spirituality, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation

ABU1448

Words to Mirza Fazlollah and his wife, spoken on 1913-05-12

220

I am most pleased with your marriage. For this is a marriage between the East and the West. The more intermarriage between the Europeans, Americans and Persians the better

DAS.1913-05-12

@stories; anecdotes, @unity in diversity, @love and unity

ABU1408

Words to Mirza Ali Akbar

230

Thou hast been with me for a long time, and I have grown to love thee very much. When I love people

DAS.1913-10-31, SW_v05#01 p.006-007, SW_v07#10 p.095-096

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @exhortations and counsels, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU0340

Words to McNutt, Getsinger and others

690

Muhammad Ali had a great opportunity given him, but through his ambitions he became false and lost it... Let us analyze this paragraph in the Kitab-i-Ahd.... Muhammad Ali has taken the Tablet and separated the pages... and then gilded the pages so as to make the trick invisible

BSTW#087

@corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

ABU0034

Words to Mayor Stitt Wilson of Berkeley, spoken on 1912-10-05

1810

I have always had the utmost longing to come to America and associate with the revered members of the societies of international peace

ECN.683+941

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @unity; oneness of humanity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @war and peace, @religion as source of love and unity, @equality of men and women

ABU1529

Words to May Maxwell, spoken on 1898-02-17

210

You are like the rain which is poured upon the earth making it bud and blossom and become fruitful

AEP.012-013, MAX.076-077, BLO_PN#031

@spiritual transformation, @symbolism, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU0140

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22

1060

If your hearts are turned always towards God, and filled with the love of God, that love will separate them from all other things, that love will be the wall

PN_1899 p004, AEP.021-022, NRMM.163, BLO_PN#031

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0982

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22

320

We can all serve in the Cause of God no matter what our occupation is. No occupation can prevent the soul coming to God. Peter was a fisherman

PN_1899 p010, AEP.020-021, NRMM.162, BLO_PN#031

@spiritual transformation, @work as worship, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@stories; anecdotes, @love of God

ABU1324

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25

330

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]

@power of faith; power of the spirit, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @nearness and remoteness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1702

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25

180

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

Now the time has come when we must part, but the separation is only of our bodies... Another commandment give I unto you! That ye love one another as I love you....Behold a candle and how it gives its light. It weeps its life away, drop by drop, in order to give forth its flame of light.

BSC.503 #969x, SW_v08#06 p.065x, SW_v08#12 p.144x, SW_v12#16 p.251+254x, PN_1899 p014x, AEP.041-042, VLAB.012, BLO_PN#031

Baha'i World Congress, B. Weber, S. Sunderland

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love and unity, @spiritual transformation

ABU0893

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-23

340

All the sufferings you pass through in gaining the Kingdom of God will be obliterated when you attain its perfect happiness. It is as a man who has been ill and helpless

AEP.026-029, NRMM.166, BLO_PN#031

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @The Holy Spirit, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3581

Words to Mason Remey around Sept. 1911

Bahá'u'lláh is the root, I am the Branch. The root of the tree does not bear fruit. The fruit is found upon the branches.

SW_v02#12 p.011

@Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1520

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

210

This is indeed a blessed meeting, for the East and the West are joined here in love and harmony. This was the will of the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1904 p089

@Manifestation of God as sun, @spiritual transformation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @East and West; communication between East and West

ABU1710

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

180

There are different kinds or degrees of love: First, from God to God... Fifth, from man to himself. If this is simply selfish it is disastrous to the soul

PN_1904 p087

@four; five pathways of love, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @love of God, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2651

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

If you asked me a hundred questions, two hundred more would spring up in your mind before I answered them. Truth is not like a pool of water... Be as a running stream fed from an infinite reservoir. Come into a station where you do not need to ask questions.

PN_1904 p090

@knowledge; recognition of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation

ABU2768

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

You might receive a gift of no value from a friend, yet you value the gift for the sake of the love you have for your friend.

PN_1904 p088

@human reality created in the image of God, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3062

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

I wish you to become heralds of happiness, because happiness is the cause of progress and development. The appearance of the Manifestations is to bring happiness

PN_1904 p090

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @attaining the life of the spirit

ABU3205

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

Forty years ago there was no rain at Cairo. Thoughtful scientific men planted trees in that region. Now the country is refreshed by rain. Capacity attracts.

PN_1904 p086

@development of capacity and readiness, @education and the development of capacity, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @living waters; water of life

ABU3400

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

Are you happy? For only by happiness can you progress spiritually.

PN_1904 p091

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual transformation

ABU0560

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

500

The Christians explain these verses by saying they refer to the Holy Spirit which came to the disciples after Christ's departure.

BAVA.041-042, BLO_PN#021

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU0898

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

340

This indicated first of all, those who claim falsely to be the Messiah, but they had no followers.

BAVA.034-035, BLO_PN#021

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @miracles and their interpretation, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @Christ; Christianity, @symbolism

ABU1470

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

220

...there are five kinds of love: 1st: The love of His own perfections which caused God to create

SW_v08#10 p.126x, BAVA.038-039, BLO_PN#021

@four; five pathways of love, @soul; spirit after death, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

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

@symbolism, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU3413

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03

My heart is in a continual state of thanksgiving, and so often those accustomed to this form say the words with the lips merely

BAVA.030-031, VLAB.133x, BLO_PN#021

@empty learning; false spirituality, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1878

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02

160

These words of Christ were addressed to the Jews and Pharisees. By coming in the name of the Father

BAVA.024-025, BLO_PN#021

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @prophecy and fulfillment, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees

ABU2503

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02

For everything there is a special time. There is a special time to plant the seed; there is a special time for its growth

BAVA.025, BLO_PN#021

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @symbolism, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

ABU2869

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-31

In the Koran are many things referring to Christ not mentioned in the Gospel. For instance: It is said that Christ took a bit of clay

SW_v09#18 p.211, BAVA.021, BLO_PN#021

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @Christ; Christianity, @spiritual transformation, @symbolism

ABU0474

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30

560

Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection

BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021

@chastity and purity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @harmony of science and religion, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation

ABU1574

Words to Mary J. MacNutt

200

Bahá'u'lláh dictated the book of Iqan to me 1275 A.H. in less than twenty-four hours…

PN_unsorted p006

@review of publications, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2529

Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-27

Pay not attention to things material but reach after the Spirit. Fix your eyes on the Sun of Truth

SW_v08#08 p.103

@spiritual transformation, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Manifestation of God as sun, @The Holy Spirit, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Christ; Christianity

ABU3450

Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-18

Yes, surely sincere prayer always has its effect and it has a great influence in the other world

SW_v08#04 p.047, PN_1911 p017

@soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @power of prayer

ABU2370

Words to Mary Hanford Ford in 1910

100

But we are all happy because we have the love of God in our hearts. When the heart is full of the love of God it loses consciousness of the body.

PN_unsorted p150, TOR.160

@love of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcending the material condition, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3232

Words to Mary Hanford Ford in 1910

I think we should learn to live in the body as if it were a glass case, through which we can look clearly on all sides. But we must remember that we cannot see through glass unless it is clean, and no one can dust his own case but himself.

TOR.200-201

@occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @spiritual transformation

ABU2610

Words to Mary Hanford Ford et al around 1911-10-25

I am very unhappy to see how wicked and uncivilized human beings can be... See what a slight thing will shut off our physical sight, so will a slight indiscretion, a cross word, an adverse criticism shut off the delicate spiritual sight.

SW_v08#11 p.139x, PN_1911 p019, PN_1911 p024

@two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU1317

Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911

240

The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts

BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @words vs deeds

ABU0064

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

1440

I have sent for thee. Others have had to ask for permission. I have thus honored thee.... All the believers in this cycle are in the same station when they accept the Manifestation of God and His Teachings. This is the baptism of water...

SW_v16#05 p.518x, PN_1921 p006

@spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity in diversity, @Word of God and human limitations, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

ABU3059

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

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

@self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge of self

ABU3199

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

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

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @education and the development of capacity, @scarcity of receptive souls, @contention and conflict, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1871

Words to Marie Watson et al around Aug. 1921

160

I plant a seed in your mind; if your heart approves it, it will become a tree and bear fruit... When the brain cells in the 'upper chamber' are active, they respond to celestial vibrations... Discerning, conscious souls who comprehend the reality of the divine teachings are few in every age.

ABU3687

Words to Marie Watson et al

150

You must be like these swift-moving, luminous clouds. They move, nothing hinders them. I shall pray for you that you will be like these clouds.

BLO_PN#060

@disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @love and unity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2082

Words to Mahmud Zarqani, spoken on 1914-06-18

130

You have worked very diligently over the compilation of these two volumes. During the first journey to Europe no one was thinking to do this work. Now and then Mirza Baqir Khan

DAS.1914-06-18

@growth of the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3052

Words to Madame Scaramuchi, spoken on 1913-02-20

The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ. For example this room is now lighted, but someone comes in and turns off the light

DAS.1913-02-20

@oneness; unity of religion, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU2935

Words to Madame Laheebe Hashem, spoken on 1913-10-24

Be thou kind to all mankind. Try thy utmost to alleviate their burdens. Enlighten the minds with the light of knowledge.

DAS.1913-10-24

@education of children; moral education, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2927

Words to Madame D'astre, spoken on 1913-01-29

When a person is a light sleeper, one single touch will awake him, if he sleeps heavily, then one must awake him by shaking him... if even this will not awake the sleeper we will then have to use dynamite.

DAS.1913-01-29

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1711

Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15

180

Yes, I know, and the more you think to know the reason the less you can solve the problem... Man erroneously thinks his happiness comes from the world

PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p029

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @suffering and imprisonment, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @human reality created in the image of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU2606

Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15

No, no, one never returns here, for this world is a school where the soul of man learns its first lessons in spirituality

PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180c

@soul; spirit after death, @reincarnation, @the human soul, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3490

Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15

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

@soul; spirit after death, @connection between material and spiritual worlds

ABU0191

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

930

Now have we, the beloved of God, gathered together to partake of material and spiritual food... Strive, Strive always that ye may be united... There are two kinds of love... There is something that I especially wish to make you sure of... If you should receive news in America that I have been thrown into the sea

BSC.450 #821x, SW_v12#16 p.254x, SW_v08#10 p.134x, PN_1905 p010, PN_1904 p088x, PN_1905 p011x, BSTW#320

@unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @love and unity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering and imprisonment, @Nineteen-Day Feast

ABU0671

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

440

There is something especially I wish to make you sure of…. Until real firmness is established among the believers in New York, individually and together, there will be no result.

PN_1905 p015

@consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @Mary Magdalene, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU2656

Words to Mabel MacCoy Irwin, spoken on 1911-09-18

Give to them in America my loving greetings and my wish for their success. Tell them that if they would attain nearness to the Blessed Beauty they must love much, for love is everything.

PN_1911 p025

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @love of God

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

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death

ABU2517

Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-27

I have many wounds, I do not speak of them and bear the pain in silence. You know well that I have to bear the brunt of criticisms and to be ready to escape the pitfalls

TDAB.21

@suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause

ABU1784

Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-07

170

It is really very sad to see how Buddha and Christ are fallen into the hands of the bad people of their respective followers... At the very utmost photographs are for remembrance and not for worship.

DAS.1914-04-07, TDAB.04-05

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @photographs and recordings, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @idolatry, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2269

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

110

No atom can succeed without help and assistance. Everything in this world depends upon the assistance of others.

TDAB.07-08

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness

ABU2310

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

110

You must not look at the quality of the thing served at the table, you must always consider whether yourhost loves you or not. If he loves you and the food served is seasoned with love then there is no better food than that.

TDAB.19

@hospitality, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3050

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

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

@oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity

ABU3396

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

Zoroastrians are the real Iranis. Their blood is not spoiled by the admixture of Turkish, Russian and Arab bloods.

TDAB.08-09

ABU3558

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

No, the world will be so trained that no one will harm even his own enemy.

TDAB.09

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

ABU1231

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-15

260

Now that thou art departing for India I desire that thou mayest become like unto a rose garden to perfume the nostrils of al the people.

DAS.1913-11-15

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ABU0390

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-10

630

When thou dost enter a city in India, associate with the people in the beginning as a tourist, as a person interested in India

DAS.1913-11-10

@constitutional revolution in Iran, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU1745

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1912-07-07

170

Persian

جمال مبارک این عهد را برای اطاعت گرفتند نه مخالفت و این را من محض حفظ امر الله و اتحاد احباء می گویم

The Blessed Beauty entered into this Covenant for obedience and not for opposition. I say this merely for the protection of the Cause of God and for the purpose of safeguarding unity among the friends.

BDA1.148.17

MHMD1.160-161

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU1333

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1904-04-27

240

God possesses the attributes of both justice and mercy. Justice demands that bounty be given to all equally

PN_1904 p084

@justice and mercy, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @many are called but few are chosen, @development of capacity and readiness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @differences in human capacity, @Mary Magdalene

ABU1582

Words to Lua Getsinger, Ramleh, 1913-08-21

200

In the election of the members of the House of Spirituality no political tactics should enter. They must be free from self

DAS.1913-08-21, ABIE.216, BLO_PN#007

@non-participation in politics, @consultation, @elections, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love and unity

ABU0299

Words to Lua Getsinger, Dec. 1900

740

As the world follows a circle, so human beings travel in cycles. This illustration represents the cycle of man. All existence is created by the Infinite Essence.

PN_1900 p015, PN_1900 p052, PN_1900 p106, BLO_PN#033, BSTW#272

@Manifestation of God as mirror, @reincarnation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @arcs of ascent and descent, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @station of the Manifestation of God, @return of the Manifestations of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds

ABU3266

Words to Lua Getsinger in June 1912

I appoint you, Lua, the Herald of the Covenant. And I am the Covenant, appointed by Bahá’u’lláh.

DJT.313, BLO_PN#027

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU2605

Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904

The baptism of the Christians as practiced today is not the teachings of Christ.

PN_1904 p093

@symbolism, @John the Baptist, @love of God, @spiritual baptism

ABU2652

Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904

Russia indeed made a great mistake in attacking Japan after Japan had made the first attack for this reason.

PN_1904 p094

@war and peace, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU2885

Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904

How grateful would be a poor man who had met a king- grateful to the one who introduced him.

PN_1904 p093

@human reality created in the image of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0167

Words to Lua Getsinger

1000

Ios was a shepherd boy who tended his flocks in the valleys and on the sloping hills of Persia. He was poor and simple

SW_v13#07 p.182-184, STAB#018, STAB#020, STAB#021

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3447

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-30

The light is of four kinds: First the light of the sun.... Second, the light of the eye

SW_v08#08 p.098, AHV.025, BLO_PN#045

@being a source of light; guidance, @light and darkness, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2479

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15

The Word is a book. The believers are the letters. The letters of the alphabet taken separately have no meaning. But in combination they form words

AHV.018, BLO_PN#045

@differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @love and unity, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God

ABU3222

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15

The most important thing is deeds. Good deeds are accepted by all nations and religions. As to presenting the teachings by word, the teacher must be as a skillful physician

AHV.019, BLO_PN#045

@goodly deeds; actions, @methods of teaching the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU3487

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15

I liken you to the pupil of the eye. You are black and it is black, yet it becomes the focus of light.

AHV.017, BLO_PN#045

@light and darkness, @symbolism

ABU2513

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-13

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

@stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @accounts of dreams and visions, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3045

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12

Yes, it means that the dominion of their laws and ordinances covered such periods. The allotted span of human life does not vary from age to age.

AHV.014, BLO_PN#045

@evolution; human evolution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @the human body

ABU3197

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12

The colored people must attend all the unity meetings. There must be no distinctions. All are equal. If you have any influence to get the races to intermarry, it will be very valuable.

AHV.015, BLO_PN#045

@race unity; racial issues, @laws of marriage and dowry

ABU2395

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11

100

This theory is not true. But in very ancient times Asia led all the continents in civilization. At this time there was a connection between Asia and America which was lost and entirely forgotten.

AHV.013, BLO_PN#045

@mystical themes, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @universality of the Cause, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3388

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11

The best means is to accept this Cause. All differences must fade among believers. In the present antagonism there is great danger to both races. Intermarriage is a good way to efface racial differences.

AHV.012, BLO_PN#045

@race unity; racial issues, @laws of marriage and dowry, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2898

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

There are four classes of people. The first is those who have accepted the teachings and occupy themselves spreading the Glad Tidings. The second is those who are good believers

AHV.009, BLO_PN#045

@growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3354

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

No, some games are innocent, and if pursued for pastime there is no harm. But there is danger that pastime may degenerate

SW_v08#02 p.025-026x, AHV.009, BLO_PN#045

@moderation; frugality; simplicity, @gambling and games of chance, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU3409

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

The best thing for it is to accept these teachings. In this way they will gain the confidence of the whites and differences will fade. The Bahá'í teachings reveal the means of both material and spiritual progress.

AHV.010, BLO_PN#045

@race unity; racial issues, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU0185

Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914

940