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| AB12808 | 260 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب اخیر جواب مرقوم میگردد اما تحریر پیش انشاء الله عنقریب | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! A response is being penned to thy recent letter, and as to thy previous missive, God willing, it shall be answered ere long [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1149 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Law of inheritance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12809 | 250 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز بهاء مادر مهربان مانند مرغ بلند آشیان آهنگ لانه خویش در ملکوت | O precious handmaiden of Baha, loving mother! Like a bird of lofty nest, thou hast winged thy flight to thy home in the Kingdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1151 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12810 | 270 | mixed | از صعود ولد جلیل محزون مباشید زیرا این جهان تنگ است کیهان جنگ است جمیع ذرات | Do not be grieved at the ascension of your noble son, for this world is narrow and confined, the cosmos is a battlefield, and every single atom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1156 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12811 | 280 | Persian | ای ثابتان بر پیمان در این ایام اختلال و انقلاب در جمیع ایران علم افراخته در | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! In these days of disorder and revolution, throughout all of Persia, the banner hath been raised in [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1158 | Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Past, present and future of Iran; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12812 | 270 | mixed | ای کنیزان جمال مبارک شکر کنید حضرت احدیت را که بظل تقدیس وارد و در سایه الطاف | O handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty! Render thanks unto the Most Holy One, that ye have been admitted beneath the sheltering shade of sanctity and have found refuge in the shadow of divine favors [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1159 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for women; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12813 | 130 | Persian | ای جمع احباء الحمد لله در شبستان اسراایل شمعی روشنید و در دبستان حضرت ابراهیم | O concourse of the beloved ones! Praise be to God that ye are a shining lamp in the sanctuary of Israel and in the school of His Holiness Abraham [3.5s] | KASH.207-208 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12814 | 110 | Persian | ای دو دوست روحانی صد هزار امور لازمرا کنار گذاشته ام و محض خاطر شما نامه | O My two spiritual friends! One hundred thousand pressing matters have I laid aside, and solely for your sake do I take up this letter [3.5s] | KASH.280b | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12815 | 100 | Persian | ای فخر اسراایل سلاله یعقوب در جمیع کتب مقدسه موعود برب جنودند و پیمان سجود در | O pride of Israel, Descendant of Jacob! In all the holy Books they are promised unto the Lord of Hosts, and the covenant of prostration is [3.5s] | KASH.194 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12816 | 100 | Persian | ای نهالهای گلشن الهی پدر بزرگوار بجانفشانی کامکار گردید و در مشهد فدا پی | O sapling of the divine rose-garden! Thy noble father attained unto supreme felicity through his sacrifice, and in the sacred spot of martyrdom [3.5s] | KASH.243 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12817 | 110 | Persian | ای حق نظر شکر کن خدا را که نظر بحق داری و توجه بغنی مطلق پرتوی از شعاع شمس | O thou who gazest toward Truth! Render thanks unto God that thou hast fixed thy gaze upon Truth and hast turned toward the omnipotent Lord. Thou art a ray from the Sun's brilliance [3.5s] | KASH.190 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12818 | 100 | Persian | ای طائف مطاف ملا اعلی حمد خدا را که چندی درین بقعه مبارکه همدم و همنشین بودی | O thou who hast circled round the Concourse on High! All praise be to God that thou wert, for a time, an intimate companion and close associate in this blessed Spot [3.5s] | KASH.428-429x | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12820 | 250 | Persian | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی علی اکبرا الله اکبر از این موهبتی که بان فائز شدی و بحر رحمتی | BRL_DAK#1163 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12821 | 110 | Persian | ای زوار عتبه مقدس دو دست تضرع با نهایت تبتل بدرگاه خداوند آگاه می گشایم و شکر | BRL_DAK#1164 | Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12822 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء حمد کن خدا را که ببقعه نوراء رسیدی و نفحات قدس از تربت مبارکه استشمام نمودی | BRL_DAK#1165 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12823 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه مبتهله چه خوش بخت بودی که بزیارت درگاه احدیت موفق و موید شدی | BRL_DAK#1166 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12824 | 140 | Persian | ای یادگارهای آنشخص بزرگوار چندی بود که از شما خبری نبود الحمد لله این ایام خبر | BRL_DAK#1167 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12825 | 240 | Arabic | ایتها الطیبه السریره منوره القلب منجذبه الروح الی جمال الله انی مطلع بخدماتک | BRL_DAK#1168 | Mount Carmel; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12826 | 140 | Persian | ای قاصد کعبه تقدیس در این اوان که اریاح هجران و حرمان جمیع من علی الارض | BRL_DAK#1169 | High station of the true believer; Presence of; reunion with God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12827 | 120 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس از الطاف خفیه و تاییدات ربانیه موفق شدی و صد مراحل طی نمودی | BRL_DAK#1171 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12828 | 330 | Persian | ای زائر باهر الحمد لله باین ارض مبارکه وارد شدی و ببقعه مقدسه فائز گردیدی | BRL_DAK#1172 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12829 | 150 | mixed | ای طالب زیارت مطاف ملا اعلی بشری لک ثم بشری و یا فرحا لک ثم فرحا و یا طوبی لک | BRL_DAK#1173 | Living waters; water of life; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Presence of; reunion with God; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12830 | 150 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بنار محبت الله قد شممت الان رائحه الوفاء من قمیص یوسف امر الله | BRL_DAK#1175 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12831 | 330 | mixed | ای عاشقان روی دلبر آفاق نامه شما رسید و حقیقت شوق و اشتیاق واضح و مشهود گردید | BRL_DAK#1179 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12832 | 70 | mixed | یا مروج دین الله یا داعی الی المیثاق الان جناب زائر مطاف ملا اعلی عازم | BRL_DAK#1180 | Prayers (general or uncategorized); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12834 | 290 | Persian | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید فی الحقیقه منجذب حقیقتی و استعداد نورانیت هدایت | BRL_DAK#1206 | Being a source of light; guidance; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12835 | 240 | Arabic | رب و رجائی و ملجای و ملاذی و مرجعی و معاذی لک الحمد و لک الفضل و لک المن و لک الشکر | BRL_DAK#1207 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12836 | 350 | mixed | ای حمامه حدیقه عرفان آنچه از قلم انجذاب مرقوم نموده بودید بنهایت روح و ریحان | BRL_DAK#1213 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for strength; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12837 | 300 | mixed | ای یار قدیم و ندیم دیرین ایامی که در بقعه مبارکه بشرف مثول فائز بودی در خاطر | BRL_DAK#1221 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12838 | 300 | mixed | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء شما در جمیع اوقات بخدمت امرالله مشغولید و در سبیل الهی | BRL_DAK#1229 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12839 | 250 | Persian | ایتها المشتعله بنار محبه الله مکتوب مورخ ۲۴ تموز واصل گردید مضمونش مشحون | BRL_DAK#1239 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12840 | 270 | mixed | منجذبا و مشتعلا در سبیل رب جلیل قدم نهادی و طی مسافه بعیده نمودی تا آنکه | BRL_DAK#1244 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for service; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12853 | 370 | mixed | ای دو منادی میثاق تحاریر متعدده از آن دو سراج منیر وارد و مضامین سبب سرور و | O two Heralds of the Covenant! Numerous letters from those two luminous lamps have arrived, and their contents are the cause of joy [3.5s] | AYBY.423 #134, TSS.052, TRZ1.294 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0135 | 1070 | Persian | عجیب است جمیع مردم مضطربند ده پانزده روز قبل با قنسول آلمان در مسئلهٴ | Strange indeed it is that all people are in a state of agitation. Some ten to fifteen days ago, with the German Consul regarding the matter of [3.5s] | KHF.068, KHAB.458 (459), KHTB3.037, NJB_v05#13 p.003 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Nationalism; love of country; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0175 | 970 | Persian | در ایام دقیانوس امپراطور رومان بعد از حضرت مسیح واقع شد دقیانوس بغض و عداوت زیادی | In the days of Decius, Emperor of Rome, who arose after Christ, there transpired events stemming from intense hatred and enmity [3.5s] | AVK2.208.10 | Christ; Christianity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Outward and inward meanings; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0383 | 630 | Persian | از عادت حکومت ترکیه است که حکم فرمان را بحضور مقصر میخوانند تا تکلیف خود | It is among the customs of the Turkish government that they read aloud the decree in the presence of the accused, that he may know his fate [3.5s] | ASAT4.349-352 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0431 | 590 | Persian | جمال پاشا کوهی از غرور بود هر کجا میرفت دار بپا میکرد و هر که را میخواست | Jamal Pasha was as a mountain of pride; whithersoever he went, he raised the gallows, and whomsoever he desired, he condemned [3.5s] | ASAT3.042-045 | Humor; jokes; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0530 | 510 | Persian | جمال مبارک ملاقات هیچ متصرفی را نپذیرفتند و سلطان باندیشه شد | The Blessed Beauty accepted not the audience of any governor, and this caused the sovereign to fall into deep contemplation [3.5s] | ASAT4.352-354 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0545 | 500 | Persian | اینکه این روز نامه از جهت جامعه بحث میکرد اما | Whereas in this day the discourse concerned the community [3.5s] | NJB_v15#09 p.280 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0547 | 500 | Persian | جسمانیات اگر در ظل روحانیات باشد ترقی میکند و الا ایامی چند | Material things, when abiding beneath the shade of spiritual things, advance and progress; else they endure but for a few days [3.5s] | NJB_v15#07 p.216 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0552 | 500 | Persian | شیخ عبدالله برای من حکایت کرد که جمال مبارک در سفر سلیمانیه در خانه نقشبندی اطاقی داشتند بسیار کم بیرون میآمدند | Sheikh Abdullah recounted unto me that the Blessed Beauty, during His sojourn in Sulaymaniyyih, occupied a chamber in the house of the Naqshbandi, wherefrom He would but rarely venture forth [3.5s] | YIK.367-370, ZIAB2.221 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0640 | 450 | Persian | فی الحقیقه چه اماری ایران داشته عجب تمدنی داشته دول فرس بر آن سنگها نوشته است | In truth, what remarkable chronicles hath Persia possessed, what wondrous civilization it hath attained! The Persian sovereigns have carved their deeds upon those stones [3.5s] | NJB_v15#01 p.056 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0745 | 400 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| ABU0753 | 390 | Persian | امروز رفتم خضر ایلیا عرب میگوید الیاس جمال مبارک سه روز ... در این امر جمال مبارک یک میزانی قرار داده اند که آن میزان | Today I proceeded forth, and verily Khidr-Elijah of the Arabs, whom they call Elias, spake concerning the Blessed Beauty three days... In this Cause hath the Blessed Beauty established a Balance, and that Balance [3.5s] | QT105.2.230, TRZ1.318 | Chastisement and requital; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; House of Justice; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0829 | 360 | Persian | عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم که دشمنی در حق دوستان دارد | Two kinds of enmity there are: one is religious enmity, and one is personal enmity of the self that beareth rancor against the friends [3.5s] | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0853 | 350 | Persian | الملک لله صاحبی جز خدا ندارد ان الارض لله یورثها لمن یشاء من عباده چه ثمری از برای انسان | Dominion belongeth unto God. None other save Him hath any sovereignty. Verily, the earth is God's; He causeth whomsoever He willeth among His servants to inherit it. What fruit hath man therefrom? [3.5s] | NJB_v15#03 p.088 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0918 | 330 | Persian | در آنجا میرزا حسن برادر میرزا آقاخان حضور مبارک عرض کرد اینها همه تسلیم اند اگر | Therein did Mirza Hasan, brother of Mirza Aqa Khan, make petition before His blessed presence, saying: "All these are submissive if..." [3.5s] | TZH2.094-095 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1023 | 300 | Persian | امر مبارک الهی است ولی از هر جهت آفات آنرا احاطه کرده است جمیع ملل | The blessed Cause is divine, yet from every direction calamities have encompassed it and all peoples [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.003 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1036 | 300 | Persian | قائم مقام حیفا به نهایت عداوت منع عمارت مقام اعلی کرد | The Governor of Haifa, with utmost enmity, forbade the construction of the Most Exalted Shrine [3.5s] | YIK.300-301, ZIAB2.074-075 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1039 | 300 | Persian | وقتی که سنین عمر من به سی و دو سال رسید والده و خویشان اصرار کردند که ازدواج کنم من قبول نکردم | When my years of life had reached two and thirty, my mother and kindred did earnestly entreat me to wed, yet I consented not [3.5s] | YIK.297, ZIAB2.025 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1124 | 280 | Persian | پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معرف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکندگی یعنی تفرق سبب ذلشان است سبب بی سر و سامانیشان است سبب نادانیشان است | Before all those possessed of intellect, the bearers of thought and the lords of wisdom, manifest it is that the world of humanity in its dispersion - that is to say, its disunity - is the cause of its abasement, the cause of its disarray, the cause of its ignorance [3.5s] | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1132 | 280 | Persian | لهذا انسان هر چیزی را باید بعین خودش نظر کند نه بدیده دیگران باید خودش تحری حقیقت نماید تا | For this reason must every soul regard all things with his own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and must himself search after truth, until [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.004 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imam Husayn; Independent investigation of truth; reality | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1212 | 260 | Persian | در روز سیزده حزیران پس از زیارت روضه مبارکه در عکا هیکل مبارک مرا با خود بردند به باغ فردوس | On the thirteenth day of June, following the visitation of the Holy Shrine in Akka, the Blessed Beauty took me with Him to the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | YIK.299, ZIAB2.120-121 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1263 | 250 | Persian | قصر مدت سی سال اجاره اش را دادیم تا آنکه خریدیم وناقضین ازما گرفتند | For the span of thirty years did We pay its rent, until We purchased it, and then the Covenant-breakers wrested it from Us [3.5s] | ASAT4.501-502 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1267 | 250 | Persian | نوشته اند که میخواهند بعضی از سنگهای تاج ایران را بفروشند تاج ایران عدل است نه سنگ | They have written that they wish to sell certain jewels of Iran's crown. The crown of Iran is justice, not stones [3.5s] | NJB_v05#06 p.003, KHH2.154 (2.284) | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Manifestation of God as sun; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1297 | 240 | Persian | النور هو تموجات مادیه مثل الحرارة و غیرها من تأثیرات الماده | Light consisteth of material undulations, even as heat and other material influences [3.5s] | ASAT5.243-244 | Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1309 | 240 | Persian | مظاهر الهیه گاهی حکم میکنند به موجب ادله ظاهره یعنی مسائل را ظاهرا میگیرند | The Divine Manifestations do at times pronounce judgement according to outward proofs, that is to say, They take matters in their apparent aspect [3.5s] | YIK.301, ZIAB2.211-212 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1381 | 230 | Persian | و بعد بیاناتی فرمودند که منتهی شد به رجال بیت العدل که حال حکمة محفل روحانی | And thereafter He made utterances that culminated in reference to the men of the House of Justice, which is at this time represented in the wisdom of the Spiritual Assembly [3.5s] | AHB.125BE #01-02 p.21-22 | Consultation; House of Justice; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1435 | 220 | Persian | بعضی بر آنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل آن منبعث از تفاعل است | All glory be unto Him! Some have held that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings and their dissolution, springeth from interaction [3.5s] | NJB_v14#11 p.352 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Proofs for the existence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1491 | 210 | Persian | جمال الدین افغانی از مزورین بود و محض تحریک دولت بر ضد ما ادعای فیلسوفیت | Jamal ad-Din the Afghan was amongst the deceivers, and solely to stir up the government against Us did he lay claim unto philosophy [3.5s] | ASAT3.040-041 | Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1540 | 200 | Persian | جمال مبارک حاجی میرزا حیدر علی را از اسلامبول بمصر فرستاد و امر بحکمت کرد | The Blessed Beauty sent Haji Mirza Haydar-'Ali from Constantinople unto Egypt and commanded him to exercise wisdom [3.5s] | ASAT3.121-122 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1596 | 190 | Persian | از جمله مکرهای میرزا محسن خان سفیر ایران در اسلامبول آنکه یک بار | Among the stratagems employed by Mirza Muhsin Khan, the Persian Ambassador in Istanbul, was that on one occasion [3.5s] | ASAT3.110-111 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1598 | 190 | Persian | اگر چنانچه ممکن باشد که نسبت هر روزنامه ازامر منقطع گردد که مردم بدانند | Would that it were possible for every newspaper to become detached from command, that the people might know [3.5s] | ASAT4.046-047 | Chastisement and requital; Newspapers and the media; publications; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1603 | 190 | Persian | چقدر ساده و لطیف است که انسان گمان میکند مانند آنرا تواند نوشت هیهات | How simple and delicate it appeareth, such that man imagineth he can write the like thereof! Far, far from possible! [3.5s] | ASAT4.174-175 | Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1604 | 190 | Persian | حجاب نسوان مانع از تعلیم و تعلم است فقهاء درینخصوص مبالغه نمودند که حتی صوت نساء | The veiling of women preventeth learning and instruction. The divines have, in this matter, gone to such extremes that even the voice of women [is forbidden] [3.5s] | AVK3.341.18x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Role and station of women; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1681 | 180 | Persian | ظن دو ظن است ظن سؤ ظن حسن و در جائی ظن معنی یقین و علم آمده یظنون انهم | Know that suspicion is of two kinds - evil suspicion and virtuous suspicion. And in one sense suspicion signifieth certitude and knowledge, even as they believe that they [3.5s] | AVK2.207.05 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1756 | 170 | Persian | ناقضین قصر را از ما گرفتند و حتی یک اطاق هم به ما ندادند | The Covenant-breakers seized the mansion from Us, and did not grant unto Us even a single chamber [3.5s] | YIK.304, ZIAB1.150-151 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1758 | 170 | Arabic | هم عندهم المساوات و نحن عندنا لیس فقط المساوات بل المواساة هم یطلبون المساوات کرها | They seek equality amongst themselves, while We possess not equality alone but rather fellowship and consolation. They pursue equality with aversion [3.5s] | YIK.315-316, ZIAB2.151 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1837 | 160 | Persian | در این دور حجاب محکمتر از سابق میباشد در دوره اسلام حجاب چنان شده بود | In this Dispensation the veil hath grown more impenetrable than in former times. During the Islamic Dispensation the veil had become such [3.5s] | AVK3.340.15x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1922 | 150 | Persian | من بیشتر مکاتیب بدست خود مینوشتم ولکن چون سه انگشتان دستم از کثرت کتابت از کار افتاد مجتاج شدم که کاتبی بگیرم | Most of My epistles did I pen with Mine own hand, yet when three fingers of Mine hand became disabled through the profusion of writing, I found Myself compelled to take a scribe [3.5s] | ASAT5.010-011 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1987 | 140 | Persian | فی الحقیقه هزار و سیصد سال عذاب کشیدند مظلوم هستند اخلاقشان خوب است | In truth, for thirteen hundred years they have endured tribulation, they are the oppressed, and their conduct is virtuous [3.5s] | YIK.302-303, ZIAB2.210 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2045 | 130 | Persian | بعضی نفوس هستند که بدون سبب عداوت میکنند و اهل غرض هستند مثلا مدیر یکی از جراید فارسی | There are certain souls who, without cause, manifest enmity and are possessed of ulterior motives - as, for instance, the editor of one of the Persian newspapers [3.5s] | YIK.302, ZIAB2.210-211 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2160 | 120 | Persian | روزی جمال قدم قصد کردند که در برج عکا مشی نمایند مردم از هر طرف مجتمع | One day the Ancient Beauty resolved to walk upon the ramparts of Akka, whereupon the people gathered from every direction [3.5s] | YIK.303-304, ZIAB1.159 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2237 | 110 | Persian | عزمی دده رئیس طائفهٴ مولویه در اسلامبول از علماء بود و خدیو اسمعیل پاشا | Azmi Dede, who was among the divines and served as chief of the Mevlevi Order in Istanbul, and the Khedive Isma'il Pasha [3.5s] | ASAT3.237-238 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2335 | 100 | mixed | در آیات بعضی مسائل بحسب استعداد سائل و اعتقاد آن زمان نازل شده مثلاً در قرآن مسئلهٴ ذوالقرنین و مسئله یأجوع و مأجوج | In the sacred verses certain matters were revealed according to the capacity of the questioner and the beliefs of that time, as for example in the Qur'án the question of Dhu'l-Qarnayn and the matter of Gog and Magog [3.5s] | YMM.230x | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Harmony of science and religion; High station of learning; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Literal interpretation; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2452 | 90 | Persian | در این سفر باید بعون و عنایت الهی معجز نمائید و صحبت شما باید در نهایت روحانیت باشد بگوئید جمال مبارک | In this journey, through divine aid and grace, ye must manifest miracles, and your speech must needs be imbued with the utmost spirituality. Say: O Blessed Beauty! [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.004, KHH2.096 (2.178) | Christ; Christianity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2455 | 90 | Persian | در قرآن کلمهٴ فان خفتم الا تعدلوا فواحدة دلالت بر این مینماید که عند الله حکم واحد مقبول است | Verily, in the Qur'an the words "if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably, then one only" betoken that in the sight of God the decree of unity is acceptable [3.5s] | AVK4.174.09 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2547 | 80 | Persian | المسیح ماکان عنده احباء کفایة بحافظون علی قبره قبره کان فی مزبلة | The Christ had not sufficient loved ones who would keep watch over His tomb, for His sepulchre was amidst a refuse heap [3.5s] | ASAT4.467-468 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Law of burial and cremation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2577 | 80 | Persian | حاجی عرب در عراق سبب ثهادتش این است که سه چهار سال قبل در عراق یک عائله را شهید | Concerning the Arab pilgrim in Iraq, the cause of his martyrdom was that some three or four years prior, a family was martyred in that land [3.5s] | YIK.302, ZIAB2.211 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2732 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | All created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transformation. Youth is followed by old age; a tender plant grows into an aged tree | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU2817 | 60 | Persian | از این قبیل بسیار پیدا میشود اهمیتی ندارد بیت العدل درست میکند | Such matters arise often; they are of no consequence. The House of Justice shall set them aright [3.5s] | QT105.2.040, MUH1.0325 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2841 | 60 | Persian | چون بعضی اشراق انوار شمس حقیقت را از آفاق امریک دیدهاند بخیال آن افتادند که نفوسی بآن صفحات | When certain souls beheld some rays of the Sun of Truth dawning from the horizon of America, they became possessed of the fancy that some persons in those regions [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.003 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2853 | 60 | Persian | مردی عرب با زنش بالای بام خفته بود نیمه شب تعدادی از طیور قطا را زن دید | A man of Arabia lay sleeping with his wife upon the rooftop, when, in the midnight hour, the woman beheld a flock of sand grouse passing overhead [3.5s] | YIK.303, ZIAB1.167-168 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2970 | 50 | Persian | اطاعت اوامر دولت بر هر بهائی واجب است وگرنه خطر بر همهٴ هیئت | Obedience unto the ordinances of the government is binding upon every Bahá'í, else peril shall encompass the entire body [3.5s] | ASAT3.257 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3005 | 50 | Persian | عرس العرب فی البادیة بسیط جداًالعرس یقف علی حجرٍ والعروس تقف علی حجراٍ | The marriage of the Bedouin in the desert is exceedingly simple: the bridegroom standeth upon one stone and the bride upon another [3.5s] | ASAT4.071 | Equality of men and women; Moderation; frugality; simplicity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3007 | 50 | Persian | قرة العین که معروف آفاق است وقتی که مؤمن بخدا شد منجذب بنفحات الهی گشت | The Point of the Eye, who became renowned throughout all regions, when she believed in God, was drawn unto the divine fragrances [3.5s] | ASAT4.496a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3149 | 40 | Persian | مرکز میثاق را محور شرک نامید و نقطه نفی شمرد که معاذ الله در عدد چنین است | He designated the Center of the Covenant as the pivot of idolatry and regarded it as the Point of Negation—God forbid that such should be reckoned in numbers [3.5s] | AVK3.358.06 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3279 | 30 | Persian | البته کارکنان چون در کارخانه با کمپانی شرکت حاصل نمایند از قبل خود نفوسی برای مشورت انتخاب خواهند کرد و یقین است آنکه مایه بیشتر سهم بیشتر دارد | Verily, when workers establish partnership with the company in the factory, they shall of their own accord choose souls for consultation, and it is certain that whoso possesseth a greater portion shall have a greater share [3.5s] | AVK4.346.02 | Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3280 | 30 | Persian | انسان باید از میوههایی که در محل سکونت و اقامتش موجود است | Man must partake of such fruits as are to be found in the place of his habitation and dwelling [3.5s] | YIK.300, ZIAB2.088 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3460 | 20 | Persian | اگر چهار یا پنج نفس مثل میرزا ابوالفضل شوند من از این عالم مسرور و مطمئن میروم خدا مبعوث خواهد کرد | If four or five souls should become even as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, then would I depart from this world with gladness and assurance, for God shall raise them up [3.5s] | YIK.303, ZIAB2.228 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3465 | 20 | Persian | بعضی از پیغمبرها شاعر مخصوص داشتند چنانکه شاعر رسول الله حسان بود شاعر ما هم ورقاست | Certain among the Prophets had their chosen poets, even as Hassan was the poet of the Apostle of God, and Varqá is Our poet [3.5s] | MSBH1.265 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3469 | 20 | Arabic | حیاة الانسان لازم یحصل منها نتیجة الاهمیة لیست بطول العمر ام بقصره | The life of man must needs yield forth a fruit of consequence; its significance lieth not in the length or brevity of its duration [3.5s] | YIK.298, ZIAB2.130 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3477 | 20 | Persian | کیفیة شهادة قرة العین هو انهم اخبروها ان زوجةالصدر الاعظم تحب ان تلاقیها فی البستان | The manner of the martyrdom of Qurratu'l-Ayn was that they informed her that the wife of the Grand Vizier desired to meet with her in the garden [3.5s] | ASAT4.496b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3481 | 20 | Persian | هد هد شخصی بود که سلیمان بقاصدی فرستاد و باعلی درجه شهرت رسید مرغی ضعیف بود | The hoopoe was one who Solomon dispatched as a messenger, and attained unto the loftiest heights of renown though it was but a feeble bird [3.5s] | AVK2.208.04 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3482 | 20 | Persian | هر بنیانی عاقبت ویران شود مگر خدمت باستان یزدان پس خدمتی در دیوان الهی نما تا بایوان رحمانی راه یابی | Every foundation shall ultimately crumble save service at the threshold of the Ancient of Days; therefore render thou a service at the Divine Court, that thou mayest find thy way unto the pavilion of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | KHMT.192 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3564 | 10 | Arabic | البلشفیک ستسری من روسیا و متی یعم شرها یتفق العالم علی سحقها | The Bolsheviks shall spread forth from Russia, and when their evil encompasseth all, then shall the world unite to crush them [3.5s] | YIK.304, ZIAB1.105 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3565 | 10 | Arabic | الدنیا قلابة دائما من حال الی حال فالعاقل هو الذی لا یعتمد علی تقلباتها | The world doth ever revolve from state to state, and the wise one is he who placeth not his reliance upon its fluctuations [3.5s] | YIK.298, ZIAB2.141 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3575 | 10 | Persian | والله بتو محبت دارم و بیادت مشغولم اینست که اثر دارد | By God, I cherish thee with love and am occupied with thy remembrance. This verily hath effect [3.5s] | KHH2.192a (2.352) | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3649 | 130 | Persian | عبدالبافی افندی یکی از شعراء و فضلای مشهور موصل بود. در ذمان خود | Abdu'l-Baqi Effendi was among the renowned poets and scholars of Mosul in his time [3.5s] | MUH2.1024, NSS.133 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3666 | 490 | Persian | دو مسئله است یکی عصمت کبری و یکی مسئله علم باری جمیع اینها بر دو قسم است | Two matters there are: one being the Most Great Infallibility, and the other being the question of divine knowledge. All these are divided into two parts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0730 | Education of children; moral education; House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3678 | 220 | The religion of God has now been proclaimed in Germany. When the divine seed takes root in the soil, they will automatically spread and other roots appear and extend | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| ABU3757 | 20 | Persian | ظهور مولوی وکتاب مثنوی مثل شمعی (ستونی) بودکه به زیرآن دیوارمتمایل نصب شد ودوره دیانت اسلام به ١٢٠٠ سال بالغ گردید | The appearance of Rumi and his book, the Masnavi, was like unto a column erected to buttress a tilting wall, enabling the dispensation of Islam to extend twelve hundred years | KHSH06.024 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Muhammad; Islam | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3761 | 280 | Persian | من دعا میکنم و از برای خلق گشایش می طلبم اما خلق خودشان سبب تنگی میشوند مثل | I call out in prayer and seek relief for humanity, yet people themselves become the cause of constriction, like [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1145 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3762 | 280 | Persian | ایران تاییدات غیبیه میخواهد امیدوارم همان نوعیکه ممالک سائره از ایرانیان | Iran requireth divine confirmations, and I hope that just as other countries [have received these] from the Iranians [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1146 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Teachings as spirit of the age; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0088 | Address given at the Hotel Iroquois, Buffalo, 1912-09-10 | 1300 | Mahmúd's Diary | Power of faith; power of the spirit; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | MHMD1.253 | |||||||||||
| ABU0056 | Address to crew of the Cedric, spoken on 1912-03-27 | 1500 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | حمد خدا را که در این محفل اجناس مختلفه جمعند در اینجا ما اهل شرقیم و شما اهل غرب همین الفت و اجتماع | Praise be to God that in this gathering diverse peoples are assembled. Here, we are from the East and you are from the West, yet this very fellowship and unity [3.5s] | KHF.234, KHAB.230 (239), KHTB2.001, NJB_v04#17 p.001 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; East and West; communication between East and West; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; War and peace; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | BDA1.014, MHMD1.020 | |||||||
| ABU0171 | Address to Free Religious Association of Boston, Ford Hall, 1912-05-25 | 980 | Persian | ادیان الهیه بجهت محبت بین بشر نازل شده بجهت الفت نازل شده بجهه وحدت عالم | The divine religions have been revealed for the purpose of fostering love among humankind, to engender fellowship, and to achieve the unity of the world [4o] | KHF.085, KHF.238, KHAB.281 (291), KHTB2.086, NJB_v03#06-08 p.008, NJB_v04#04 p.001 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Harmony of science and religion; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10870 | Cablegram | 50 | Persian | ای پروردگار ای بی نیاز بندگان خویش را بنواز | O Lord, O Self-Sufficing One! Bestow Thy grace upon Thy servants [3.5s] | DUR1.450b | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11319 | Cablegram | 30 | Persian | از خبر صعود سمندر محزون منتجین ایشانرا تسلیت گواید ورقا در اول بهار بیایند | The news of Samandar's ascension hath brought sorrow to his collaborators. Convey unto them heartfelt condolences. Varqá shall arrive at the onset of spring [3.5s] | AVK4.298bx | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11567 | Cablegram | 20 | Persian | حیفا میرزا محسن افندی الحمدالله وصلنا امس الی طبریا فی صون حمایته الله عباس | Haifa. Mirza Mohsen Effendi. Praise be to God, we arrived yesterday in Tiberias under His divine protection. 'Abbas [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-21 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11572 | Cablegram | 10 | Arabic | اسلوا الکروسه سریعاً مرادنا ان نذهب الی العدسیه و ترجع الی حیفا عباس | Send the carriage swiftly; we intend to proceed to 'Addasiyyih and return to Haifa. 'Abbas [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-22 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2977 | Instructions for Baha'is in the United States, 1916-06-25 | 50 | Persian | ای دوستان حقیقی، ای اهل توحید، جناب محمود خان یار موافقست و بر ایمان ثابت و راسخ به جهت تحصیل علوم | O true friends! O people of divine unity! His honor Mahmud Khan is a faithful companion, steadfast and firm in faith for the acquisition of knowledge [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-25 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1030 | Interview with Prof. Henri Bergson, Paris, ca. Jan. 1913 | 300 | Persian | بین طبیعیون و الهیون در یک مورد وحدت نظر وجود دارد و آن این است که خلقت جمیع | Between the naturalists and the divines there existeth unanimity of view in one matter, and that is this: that throughout creation all things [3.5s] | VAA.254-255x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00005 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses) | 10300 | mixed | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets) | ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید | O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s] | INBA87:520, INBA52:548b | MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a | A. Haghighi | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | 1 | * | - | MMAH.237 | ||||
| AB04989 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Abhar | 2700 | mixed | یا من قام علی خدمه المیثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou who hast arisen to serve the Covenant! That which thou didst write hath been perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0139, MMK6#330x, YIA.363-371, YMM.299x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Education of children; moral education; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00026 | Lawh-i-Mahmud Furughi | 2440 | mixed | ای گمگشته بادیه پیما اگرچه چون باد بادیه پیماای ولی از جام عنایت سرمست | O thou who art lost and wandering in the desert! Though thou roamest the wilderness like unto the wind, thou art intoxicated with the wine of divine bounty [3.5s] | INBA13:364, INBA21:168 (209), INBA59:260, INBA88:299 | BRL_DAK#0640, AKHA_135BE #16 p.318x, BSHN.140.227, BSHN.144.227, DUR1.342x, MSHR2.103x, MSHR4.319x, MJMJ2.037x, MMG2#028 p.028x, MHT2.173, QUM.215x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0205 | Public address given on 1912-05-26 | 900 | Persian | مسئله بقای روح را نقلا در کتب مقدسه خوانده اید دیگر لازم نیست که من مجددا | As regards the matter of the immortality of the spirit, you have already studied this in the Holy Books, and there is no need for me to expound upon it anew [3.5s] | KHF.129, KHAB.346 (353), KHTB2.185, NJB_v04#19 p.004 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00031 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Furqan | 1950 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی اهل الامکان و افاض انوار الجمال لمن فی الاکوان بطراز | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto the peoples of the contingent world and shed the effulgent lights of His beauty upon all created things [3.5s] | BMT.073 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00021 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Jinn (Commentary on the Surah of the Jinn) | 3270 | Arabic | الحمد لله الاول بلا اول و الاخر بلا آخر الذی خلق الارض و السماء و ابدع | Praise be to God, the First without beginning and the Last without end, Who hath created the earth and the heavens and brought forth through His power of creation [3.5s] | BMT.153, NSS.157bx | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00012 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Ra'd (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Thunder) | 4830 | Arabic | الحمد لله تنطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر | Praise be to God! The tongues of the eloquent ones give utterance to wondrous and comprehensive wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving [3.5s] | INBA56:043 | BMT.045 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00017 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Qayyumu'l-Asma (Commentary on a Verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma) | 4460 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم | Praise be to God Who hath ordained that the Line, proceeding from the Primal Point manifested in the letter Bá, be the ornament of the seal [3.5s] | INBA59:001 | BRL_DA#305, MAS9.048 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00014 | Tafsir-i-Hadith لا یسعنی (Commentary on the Tradition "Heaven and Earth cannot contain me…") | 4700 | Arabic | الحمد لله بما من علی العباد بالفضل و الافضال فی هذه الایام التی فیها تجلی علی | Praise be to God, Who hath bestowed upon His servants grace and bounty in these days wherein He hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA56:067 | BMT.219, SFI02.166 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0430 | Words at reception with Turkish Ambassador, spoken on 1912-04-23 | 590 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله قرون تاریک گذشت قرن نورانی آمد عقول و نفوس در ترقی است ادراکات در | Praise be unto God! The dark ages have passed away, and the illumined century hath dawned. Minds and souls are advancing, and understanding is [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0773, AMK.264-266, DWNP_v1#05 p.003-004, KHF.091, KHAB.250 (260), KHTB2.043, NJB_v05#08 p.002 | Call to action; Equality of men and women; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | BDA1.047, MHMD1.056 | |||||||
| ABU0182 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-07 | 950 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خوش آمدید خوش آمدید انسان دو حیات دارد یک حیات جسمانی یک حیات روحانی حیات | Welcome, welcome! Man possesseth two lives: one life physical, one life spiritual [3.5s] | BSHN.140.530x, BSHN.144.518x, MHT1a.126x, MHT1b.084x, BQA.054, KHF.036, KHAB.334 (341), KHTB2.176, NJB_v03#18 p.001 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcending the material condition | - | - | MHMD1.162 | |||||||
| ABU0531 | Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-03 | 510 | mixed | دین الله فی الحقیقه عبارت از اعمال است عبارت از الفاظ نیست زیرا دین الله | The Religion of God, in truth, consisteth in deeds and not in mere words, for verily the Religion of God [3.5s] | KHF.283, KHAB.119 (129), KHTB1.105, KHTP.082 | Christian doctrine and practice; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1671 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-27 | 180 | Persian | چون انسان به خیرات و مبرات پردازد، عیون برکت و فزونی به جوش و خروش آید و از آسمان و زمین فراوانی رخ بگشاید | When man engageth himself in deeds of goodness and charity, the fountains of bounty and abundance shall surge forth, and from heaven and earth shall plenteous blessings be unveiled [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-27 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3285 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-28 | 30 | Persian | اینها قلبشان از رحمت الهی مأیوس است لابدند که خود را به یک چیزی تسلی دهند، اینست که به فسق و فجور مشغول می شوند | These souls, whose hearts are bereft of divine mercy, have no recourse but to console themselves through some means; thus do they engage in deeds of wickedness and transgression [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-28 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2965 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-30 | 50 | Persian | ادراکات بر دو قسم است، قسمی مبنی بر حواس خمسه و قسمی مبنی بر قوای معقوله. قوای حساسه آلتی است از برای عقل | Perceptions are of two kinds: the one founded upon the five senses, and the other founded upon the rational faculties. The powers of sensation are but instruments for the mind [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-30 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0987 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-23 | 310 | Persian | پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معارف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکنده گی یعنی تفرق سبب خذلانشان است | Before the minds of them that are endowed with understanding, and the possessors of thought, and the lords of knowledge, it is evident that the dispersion and disunity of the human world is the cause of their abasement [3.5s] | NJB_v14#11 p.352, ZSM.1916-09-23 | Nationalism; love of country; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Race unity; racial issues; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1664 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-24 | 180 | Persian | بسا نفوس به این فکر افتادند و به کلی محو شدند. خلافت فاطمیه دویست سال زحمت کشید بی نتیجه | How many souls have fallen into this thought and been utterly effaced! The Fatimid Caliphate strove for two hundred years, yet all was in vain [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-24 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1988 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-26 | 140 | Persian | معلم نمی تواند کامل بکند. معلم نمی تواند شمع عالم انسانی بکند. البته طفلی که تربیت نشده باشد ولو بتواند بخواند بهتر از نفسی است | The teacher cannot perfect. The teacher cannot make one the candle of the human world. Verily, an untutored child who can yet read is better than a soul [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-26 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0255 | Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04 | 800 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع | Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s] | KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011 | Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | BDA1.354, MHMD1.372 | |||||||
| ABU0090 | Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-05 | 1290 | Persian | مظاهر مقدسه الهیه هر یک عالم امکان را شمسی در نهایت اشراق بودند هر یک وقت | The sacred Manifestations of God were each, in the world of existence, even as a sun in its utmost splendor, each in its time [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0599, KHF.001, KHAB.221 (231), KHTB3.001 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0352 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-06-20 | 670 | Persian | جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الفداء دو سفر به بغداد و کربلا فرمودند. یک سفر بعد از شهادت حضرت اعلی | The Blessed Beauty - may my spirit be offered up for His loved ones - undertook two journeys to Baghdad and Karbila. One journey was after the martyrdom of the Exalted One [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-20 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1494 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-06-24 | 210 | Persian | شامل هر دو است مثل بنی اسرائیل و بنی حشام و بنی امیه و بنی یافث و بنی سام و بنی عباس ، این اصطلاح شرق است | It encompasseth them both, even as the Children of Israel, the Children of Hashim, the Children of Umayyah, the Children of Japheth, the Children of Shem, and the Children of Abbas - this is the designation of the East [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-24 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Role and station of women; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1492 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-07-19 | 210 | Persian | خیر، هیچ مشتبه نمی شود، غرض بمیان میآید. همه حضرات که راجع شده اند می دانستند که میرزا محمد علی مخالفت | Nay, there remaineth no obscurity, for the intention hath been made manifest. All those who were involved were well aware that Mirza Muhammad Ali opposed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-10 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0032 | Words spoken at Minneapolis synagogue in Minneapolis, 1912-09-18 | 1850 | Persian | بسیار مسرورم که خود را بین این جمع می بینم الحمد لله وجوه نورانی نفوس روحانی | I am most delighted to find myself in this gathering. Praise be to God! These faces are radiant, these souls spiritual [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0642, AHB.123BE #07-08 p.191x, KHF.104, KHTB2.245 | Christ; Christianity; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Moses; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0240 | Words spoken at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-15 | 840 | Persian | سه هفته است که من در دوبلین هستم در حقیقت دوبلین جای بسیار خوشیست جای بسیار | For three weeks have I dwelt in Dublin, which is, in truth, a most delightful place, a place most pleasing [3.5s] | AVK4.325bx, AVK4.331bx, AVK4.332x, AVK4.340ax, KHF.088, KHAB.365 (371), KHTB2.202, NJB_v03#15 p.002 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Praise and encouragement; Proofs for the existence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0288 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1919 | 750 | Persian | این کوه مقدّسی است که در تورات مذکور است، در جمیع کتب انبیای بنی اسرائیل مذکور است. اکثری از انبیای الهی به این کوه مقدّس آمدند | In days of old, by reason of the progress and civilization of the Phoenicians and the proximity of Haifa to Tyre and Sidon, there was prosperity and abundance [3.5s] | MLK.117-122 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1254 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 250 | Persian | جرجس الجمال کان من اهل العقل و الوداد و لکنه کان پرتستانی متعصب عنید مرة طلبت مثه ارض الصنوبر | ASAT2.091-093, KHH1.324 (1.451-452) | Business; financial; property matters; Humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1266 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 250 | Persian | من عادة الحکومه العنمانیه هوانها تقرٴ حکم الفرمان بحضور المذنب حتی یعلم تکلیفه و یتبع القوانین | ASAT4.349, KHH1.325-326 (1.453-454) | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0548 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 500 | Persian | حضرات مسافرین رفتند اگر راه ها کلاً و کاملاً باز شود مسافرتها آسان میگردد انسان در مدت قلیلی وارد ایران میشود | The honored wayfarers have departed. Should the pathways be wholly and completely opened, journeys shall become easy, such that man may enter Persia in but a brief span [3.5s] | KHMT.078-079 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Critique of Western values; culture; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1252 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 250 | Persian | بلی چنین است این آخوند همیشه ورد زبانش یا لیتنی کنت معک فافوز فوزاًعظیما بود ولی چون خودرا در صحرای کربلا | Yea, verily, such was this divine that forever upon his tongue were the words "Would that I had been with Thee, that I might have attained a most great triumph," yet when he found himself upon the plain of Karbila [3.5s] | KHMT.080-081 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1300 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 240 | Persian | این حاجی محمد یک روز گریبان کشیش مسیحی را گرفته بود که اورا تبلیغ نماید | Lo! On a certain day, this Haji Muhammad seized the collar of a Christian priest that he might convert him to the Faith [3.5s] | KHMT.076-077 | Humor; jokes; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The cross and the trinity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1302 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 240 | Persian | بهشت و جهنم هم در این عالم است و هم در آن عالم نفوسیکه در اینعالم بهر پیش آمدی تسلیم | Paradise and hell exist both in this world and in that world - those souls who in this world submit to every circumstance [3.5s] | PYB#061 p.16x, KHMT.071-072 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1307 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 240 | Persian | در زمان فتعلیشاه ذوالفقار خان نامی حاکم سمنان بود بسیار شخص غیور و جسوری بود | During the reign of Fath-'Ali-Shah, one Dhu'l-Faqar Khan governed Simnan, and he was a man possessed of exceeding valor and intrepidity [3.5s] | KHMT.079-080 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Eulogies; reminiscences; Imam Husayn; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1609 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 190 | Persian | شما که به ایران میروید بهر جا وارد شدید باید روح مجسم باشید . با انجذابی رحمانی و انعکاس ملکوتی | O ye who journey unto Iran! Whithersoever ye enter, ye must be embodied spirits, with divine attraction and heavenly radiance [3.5s] | KHMT.098-099 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1746 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 170 | Persian | حاج میرزا کمال الدین نراقی عموئی داشت موسوم به حاجی ملا محمد نراقی روزی حاجی میرزا کمال الدین حکایت کرد | Hajj Mirza Kamal'ud-Din-i-Naraqi had an uncle named Haji Mulla Muhammad-i-Naraqi. One day Haji Mirza Kamal'ud-Din related [3.5s] | KHMT.081-082 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1747 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 170 | Persian | در این مدت من تب داشتم و نتوانستم در محفل شما حضور پیدا کنم لذا از ملاقات شما ها محروم بودم | During this period, I was stricken with fever and could not attain unto your gathering; thus was I deprived of meeting with you all [3.5s] | KHMT.090 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2206 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 110 | Persian | احبا هر روز در انتظار نامه جدیدی هستند که از من به آنها برسد و پس از وصول بخوانند و در جعبه های خود بگذارند | The beloved ones await, day after day, a fresh epistle that shall reach them from Me, that they may peruse it upon its arrival and place it within their treasured boxes [3.5s] | KHMT.072 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2451 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 90 | Persian | در اوقاتیکه جمالقدم جل جلاله به سلیمانیه تشریف برده در کوه سرگلو معتکف و منزوی بودند | In those times when the Ancient Beauty, glorified be His majesty, had betaken Himself to Sulaymaniyyih and was secluded and withdrawn upon Mount Sar-Galu [3.5s] | KHMT.072 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; High station of the true believer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2843 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 60 | Persian | در این مسافرت بسیار زحمت کشیدید . این اوقات بواسطه حرب عمومی مسافرت بسیار صعب و مشگل | In this journey ye have endured manifold hardships. At this time, by reason of the universal conflagration, travel hath become most arduous and difficult [3.5s] | KHMT.069 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2994 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 50 | Persian | حالا وقت آنستکه آنچه در دل داری بگوئی زیرا تا بحال فرصتی حاصل نشده که بتوانم شما را ملاقات و بدرد های دلت برسم | Now is the time for thee to reveal that which lieth within thy heart, for until this hour no opportunity hath been vouchsafed Me to meet with thee and to attend to the sorrows of thy heart [3.5s] | KHMT.092 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3125 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 40 | Persian | باید مواظب باشید که جانطه شمارا سارقین در راه بسرقت نبرند بسیار بسیار دقت و مراقبت نمائید | Take heed lest thieves upon the way make plunder of thy purse; be thou exceedingly vigilant and watchful [3.5s] | KHMT.099 | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for protection; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3298 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 30 | Persian | حالا اگر احبای الهی بهمان حدیث اول یعنی به یکی از الواح جمال قدم جل جلاله عامل باشند | Now if the beloved ones of God would act in accordance with that first tradition, namely, one of the Tablets of the Ancient Beauty, may His glory be exalted [3.5s] | KHMT.074-075 | Exhortations and counsels | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0194 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 910 | Persian | بلی در این امر شمشیر نفحات الهیه است آن شمشیر میکشت این جان می دهد | Verily, in this Cause, the sword is the divine breezes of God; the physical sword took life, whereas this one bestows life eternal [4o] | KHH2.256-261 | Contention and conflict; Growth of the Cause; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; House of Justice; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0367 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 650 | Persian | شریعت الله بر دو قسم است یک قسم اساس دین الله و آن تعلق بروحانیات دارد | The Law of God is of two kinds: One kind is the foundation of the Religion of God and pertaineth unto spiritual things [3.5s] | KHH2.262-265 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0616 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 460 | Persian | آن گاو هم نفسی بوده است که در میان بنی اسرائیل بسیار محترم و معتبر و معزز بوده است | That Cow was indeed a sacred being who was highly revered, honored and esteemed among the Children of Israel [3.5s] | KHH2.290-293 | Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0708 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 410 | Persian | واقعا اگر در ادوار سابق از برای نفوس شکی و ریبی و شبهه ئی بود از این بود | Verily, if in the bygone ages there lingered any doubt, uncertainty or misgiving in the hearts of men, it was for this reason [3.5s] | KHH2.287-290 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0739 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 400 | Persian | همیشه انبیای الهی در صدمات و بلیات بوده اند این صدمات و بلایا در سبیل | Ever have the Prophets of God been encompassed by tribulations and calamities. These afflictions and trials were in the path [3.5s] | KHH2.251-253 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0852 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 350 | Persian | الحمد لله ایامی چند آمدند در اینجا در آستان مبارک بودند و در کمال محبت معاشرت کردید | Praise be to God that for several days they came here and dwelt at this blessed Threshold, associating with thee in the utmost fellowship and love [3.5s] | KHH2.301-303 | Presence of; reunion with God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0856 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 350 | Persian | بحمد الله یوم مبارکی است چون که نسبت بحق پیدا کرده مبارک است روز بدو طلوع است | Praised be God! Blessed is this Day, for it hath attained its connection with Truth. Blessed is the day at its dawning [3.5s] | KHH2.299-301 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0910 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 330 | Persian | امروز کمتر متدین در میان یهود پیدا میشود زمانی در طبریه بودم ابدا بوی دین | On this day scarce can be found among the Jews one truly devout. When once I sojourned in Tiberias, no trace of true religion did I perceive [3.5s] | KHH2.297-299 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0948 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 320 | Persian | این قطعه زمین را که خریده بودی باید نیت خود را تغییر ندهی زیرا در این امر | With respect to this plot of land which thou didst purchase, thou must not alter thy purpose, for in this matter [3.5s] | KHH2.268-270 | Business; financial; property matters; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0949 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 320 | Persian | این مدرسه خیلی اهمیت دارد در عالم وجود اعظم از دانائی چیزی نیست | This school holdeth great import in the world of existence, for nothing is more exalted than knowledge [3.5s] | KHH2.253-255 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Universal education | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1077 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 290 | Persian | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است که به تربیت الهی تربیت گردد و اخلاق اطفال را باید تربیت کرد | The education of children is a mighty service, whereby they may be trained through divine education, and verily must their character be nurtured and refined [3.5s] | KHH2.286-287 | Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1214 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 260 | Persian | من امروز خیلی خسته هستم امروز مفتی قنسول و دیگران آمدند چقدر بد گذشت | Today I am greatly wearied, for the Mufti, the Consul and others came, and how grievously did the day pass [3.5s] | KHH2.265-267 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1264 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 250 | Persian | مجلس مبعوثان سوخته است آتش زده اند یا یانغین یعنی حریق واقع شده است | The Assembly of Deputies hath been consumed in flames - whether by deliberate conflagration or by an accidental fire that hath broken forth therein [3.5s] | KHH2.281-283 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1545 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 200 | Persian | دهقان الهی تخمی می پاشد در اراضی طیبه بعضی از آنها در اراضی شوره | The Divine Husbandman scattereth seeds upon goodly lands, while some fall upon barren soil [3.5s] | KHH2.270-272 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1547 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 200 | Persian | فضل است لکن فضل استعداد لازم دارد که قبول کند مثلا آمدن باران | Grace abideth, yet grace requireth capacity that it may be received, even as the coming of rain [3.5s] | KHH2.280-281 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Development of capacity and readiness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1615 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 190 | Persian | مقصد از اصحاب کهف نفوسی بودند که از احوال دنیا گذشتند آن اشخاصی که از شدت انجذب بنفحات الهی استغال بحق | The purpose of the Companions of the Cave were they who had detached themselves from worldly conditions, those souls who, through their intense attraction to the divine fragrances, became occupied with the True One [3.5s] | KHH2.290 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1683 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 180 | Persian | قصد از عدد نیست دوازده ساعت زیاد است یعنی ششماه بر نورانیت افزود | By these numbers it is not meant the twelve hours excessive be, rather it signifieth that six months were added unto the luminosity [3.5s] | KHH2.276-277 | Freedom of thought and action; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Miracles and their interpretation; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1686 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 180 | Persian | ما این را می گوئیم نه تنها حضرت داود اگر خدا به عدل رفتار کند | This do We proclaim: were God to act with justice, not David alone [3.5s] | KHH2.249-250 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1735 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 170 | Persian | احبا باید مربی نفوس باشند نفوس را باخلاق روحانی و انجذاب وجدانی | The beloved ones must be educators of souls, nurturing them through spiritual attributes and conscientious attraction [3.5s] | KHH2.294-295 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Satan; the Evil One; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2067 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 130 | Persian | هزار و نهصد سال است ناقوس میزنند هنوز کلال و ملال پیدا نکرده | A thousand and nine hundred years have they sounded the bell, yet still have they found neither weariness nor fatigue [3.5s] | KHH2.279a | Christ; Christianity; Christian doctrine and practice; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2155 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 120 | Persian | در حیز ملکوت مقامی ندارند ولکن بالنسبه بخلق معلوم است آنها از دیگران | In the realm of the Kingdom they possess no station, yet in relation to creation it is known that they differ from others [3.5s] | KHH2.277-278 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2223 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 110 | Persian | جمال مبارک این گونه حرکات را نهی فرمودند ما خلق جدیدیم عادت قدیمه | The Blessed Beauty hath forbidden such practices. We are a new creation; [we have] ancient customs [3.5s] | KHH2.261-262 | Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2249 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 110 | Persian | نوشته اند که میخواهند بعضی از سنگهای تاج ایران را بفروشند تاج ایران عدالت است | It hath been written that they desire to sell certain jewels of the Crown of Iran. Know ye that the Crown of Iran is Justice [3.5s] | KHH2.284-285 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Past, present and future of Iran; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2434 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 90 | Persian | بخت النصر هم خیلی به بنی اسرائیل مصیبت داد از بسکه بنی اسرائیل متردد | Verily did Nebuchadnezzar bring grievous affliction upon the Children of Israel, inasmuch as they wavered exceedingly in their faith [3.5s] | KHH2.267-268 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2584 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 80 | Persian | شما این را تطبیق کنید به قواعد از قدرت الهی بعید نیست ولکن اینها معنی دارد | Ye shall align this with the ordinances - far be it from the Divine Power [to withhold it] - yet verily in these are profound meanings [3.5s] | KHH2.276 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2600 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 80 | Persian | یک آخوندی یکوقتی آمد اینجا از آن آخوندهای پر غرور بود اینجا از مناجاتهای عربی تلاوت میشد | Once came hither a certain divine, one of those clerics possessed of pride, at a time when Arabic prayers were being chanted in this place [3.5s] | KHH2.283 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2722 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 70 | Persian | بحر الاعظم جمال مبارک است یعنی جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آوردند | The Most Great Ocean is the Blessed Beauty, meaning that the Blessed Beauty did graciously arrive upon these shores [3.5s] | KHH2.297 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2839 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 60 | Persian | جمیع عالم استعداد دارد فقط مبلغ لازم دارد اگر عالم استعداد نداشت نفس ظهور نمیشد | The whole world possesseth capacity; it doth but require teachers. Were the world devoid of capacity, the Manifestation would not have appeared [3.5s] | KHH2.285-286 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2849 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 60 | Persian | ظلمت عدم نور است وجودی ندارد یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشا | Darkness hath no existence in truth, for it is but the absence of light. He guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He pleaseth [3.5s] | KHH2.281 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2971 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 50 | Persian | اگر باین صفات رحمانی متصف شویم عنقریب مقصد کلی که عبارت از اتحاد | If we become adorned with these attributes of the All-Merciful, ere long shall the ultimate purpose, which is none other than unity, be attained [3.5s] | KHH2.242-243 | Call to action; Prophecy and fulfillment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3024 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 50 | Persian | وقتی که ما آمدیم عکا زحمت های شدیدی داشت آما چقدر خوب بود | When We came to 'Akká, grievous were the hardships, yet how glorious it was! [3.5s] | KHH2.240 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Degrees of faith; certitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3121 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 40 | Persian | این رمز است مانند آن که طواف کعبه را باید در وقت معینی و محل | This is an emblem, even as the circumambulation of the Sacred House must needs be performed at an appointed time and place [3.5s] | KHH2.294a | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3463 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 20 | Persian | این صلح بعد از انقلابات و حوادث عظیمه است که رخ می گشاید ... بلی در همین عصر و قرن که در او داخلیم | This peace shall be unveiled after mighty commotions and momentous happenings... yea, in this very age and century wherein we now find ourselves [3.5s] | KHH2.273b | Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3466 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 20 | Persian | بلی امروز یوم جمال قدم و عصر اسم اعظم است روز عروسی است ایام بهار است بعد ایام تابستان و خزان و زمستان میرسد | Yea, this day is the Day of the Ancient Beauty and the Age of the Most Great Name. It is the wedding day, these are the springtime days, after which shall come the days of summer, autumn and winter [3.5s] | KHH2.273a | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3474 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 20 | Persian | سبب هدایت فضل است سبب عنایت فضل است مثلا این چشم را عنایت کرده این گوش را فضل عنایت | The cause of guidance is grace, the cause of bounty is grace. For example, He hath bestowed this eye by His bounty, and this ear He hath graciously granted [3.5s] | KHH2.279b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2734 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1921 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | چه موهبتی اعظم از سرور احباست انسان باید یا فائض باشد یا مستفیض | What bounty is greater than the joy of the beloved ones! Man must either be the bestower or the recipient thereof [3.5s] | QT105.2.039 | Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3470 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1921 in Haifa | 20 | Persian | خط جناب زین سند است جناب زین کاتب جمال مبارک بود هر لوحی که بخط اوست صحیح و درست | This is the writing of his honor Zein, who was a scribe of the Blessed Beauty. Every tablet penned by his hand is authentic and correct [3.5s] | QT105.2.039 | Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1444 | Words spoken in 1915 in Abu Sinan | 220 | mixed | فوالله الذی لا اله الا هو اگر احباب بوصایای جمال مبارک عمل نمایند ملوک خاضع | By Him Who is, in truth, the One God, and there is none other God but Him! Should the loved ones act in accordance with the counsels of the Blessed Beauty, verily the kings shall bow down in submission [3.5s] | AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.b | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2064 | Words spoken in 1915 in Akka | 130 | Persian | من آنچه باید بروم در جمیع اطراف و اکناف فریاد بزنم زدم در جمیع شهرها ندا | I who must needs journey forth to every region and corner have raised My call and issued My summons in all cities [3.5s] | AVK4.463.03 | Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0664 | Words spoken in 1916 in Haifa | 440 | Persian | در سویس راه میرفتیم بسمت هتلی که بالای کوه ساختهاند یکدفعه نگاه کردم دیدم هیکل غریبی با کلاه فرنگی | In Switzerland did we traverse the path toward the hotel that had been erected upon the mountain, when suddenly I beheld a strange figure wearing a European hat [3.5s] | NNY.231-233x | Impossibility of true worship of God; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2459 | Words spoken in 1919 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | عاکور همین عکا است که فرنگیها عاکر میگویند عکاء اسامی مختلفه پیدا نمود | Akko is indeed that same Akka which the Franks call Acre. Akka hath acquired diverse names throughout the ages [3.5s] | ASAT4.345-346 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2966 | Words spoken in Dec. 1919 | 50 | Persian | اراء ملت امریکا در این مسئله مختلف است گروهی هستند میگویند از برای خدمت عالم انسانی چنگ کردیم | The views of the American people concerning this matter are diverse; there are those who declare: "We have taken up arms for the service of the human race." [3.5s] | NJB_v11#19 p.341a | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3011 | Words spoken in Dec. 1919 | 50 | Persian | ما دولت عادله را دوست داریم هر دولتی باشد پادشاه قدیم ایران انوشروان اگر چه | Verily we cherish every just government, whatsoever it may be, even as the ancient Persian sovereign Anoshirvan, though he was [3.5s] | NJB_v11#19 p.342 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1031 | Words spoken on 1910-01-19 | 300 | Persian | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است باید که بتربیت الهی تربیت کرد که هوائی در نیاید | The education of children is a mighty service. They must needs be educated through divine training, lest they be swayed by desires [3.5s] | NJB_v05#06 p.003, KHH2.155 (2.286) | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0688 | Words spoken on 1910-11-24 | 420 | Persian | ایران در هر صورت خوب میشود فلاح و نجاح ایران مقرر است | In all circumstances, Iran shall prosper; verily, the success and triumph of Iran is foreordained [3.5s] | MSBH4.239-241 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2549 | Words spoken on 1911-01-23 | 80 | Persian | امروز قربانی جسمانی قیمتی ندارد مشکلات و مصائب و بلیات داخلهٴ بهائیان را | In this Day physical sacrifice hath no value; rather, it is the inner afflictions, hardships and tribulations of the Bahá'ís [3.5s] | MSBH4.243 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1082 | Words spoken on 1911-02-04 | 290 | Persian | قریب پنجاه امری بروح و ریحان با هم بودیم از شما خیلی راضیم | Nearly fifty of us were together in a spirit of joy and fragrance; with thee am I well pleased [3.5s] | MSBH4.243-245 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1159 | Words spoken on 1911-09-14 in London | 270 | Persian | الحمد لله مجلسی در نهایت لطافت و کمال تشکیل شده | Praise be unto God, that an assemblage of utmost delicacy and perfection hath been established [3.5s] | KHAB.058 (067), KHTB1.050, NJB_v02#14-16 p.014 | Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0633 | Words spoken on 1911-10-15 in Paris | 450 | Persian | چون بدیده حقیقت نظر شود روحانیات مطابق جسمانیات است همینطور که در عالم جسمانی | When gazing with the eye of truth, spiritual realities correspond to physical ones, even as in the material world [3.5s] | DWNP_v1#07 p.001-002, BCH.087, KHAB.079 (089), KHTB1.052, KHTP.029 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Law of transformation and change; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Muhammad; Islam; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0235 | Words spoken on 1911-10-21 in Paris | 850 | mixed | در جمیع کتب الهیه از جمیع ملل روزی موعود است که آنروز روزی است که جمیع بشر در | In all the divine Books of every people there is promised a Day, a Day wherein all humanity [3.5s] | DWNP_v4#08-9 p.025-027, DWNP_v5#09 p.006-007x, KHAB.088 (098), KHTB1.064, KHTP.044 | Differences in human capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0318 | Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris | 710 | Persian | در عالم مادیات هر چند محبت موجود ولی محدود است در عالم جسمانی وسائط و روابط | In the realm of materiality, though love existeth, yet it is limited; in the physical world are there means and bonds [3.5s] | AMK.228-231, KHAB.094 (104), KHTB1.072, KHTP.051 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power of the mind over nature; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcending the material condition; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0179 | Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris | 960 | Persian | من باروپا بپاریس آمدم ملاحظه کردم اروپا در مادیات نهایت ترقی را کرده ولکن | When I arrived in Paris from Europe, I observed that while Europe had achieved the utmost progress in material civilization, yet [3.5s] | AMK.243-246, BSHN.140.521x, BSHN.144.509x, MHT1a.164x, MHT1b.122x, KHF.160, KHAB.115 (125), KHTB1.100, KHTP.074 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Critique of Western values; culture; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Human reality created in the image of God; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0215 | Words spoken on 1911-11-16 in Paris | 880 | mixed | آفتاب جهانتاب آسمانیرا طلوع و غروبی و از این جهه کیهانرا شب و روزی موسم ربیع | The celestial Sun hath both its rising and its setting, and thus doth the universe know both night and day, and the season of spring [3.5s] | DWNP_v2#07 p.058-060, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.003-006x, KHTB1.254, NJB_v02#14-16 p.017 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Literal interpretation; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0614 | Words spoken on 1911-11-30 in Paris | 460 | Persian | امروز با یکی از خانمها در این مذاکره بودیم که | Today we were engaged in discourse with one of the women concerning this matter [3.5s] | KHF.117, KHAB.121 (132), KHTB1.236 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Second birth; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0103 | Words spoken on 1912-07-10 in New York | 1200 | Persian | امشب میخواهم از برای شما سبب احتجاب ناس را از مظاهر مقدسه الهی بیان کنم این | This evening I wish to explain to you the cause of the people's veiling from the sacred Manifestations of God [3.5s] | KHF.178, KHAB.338 (345), KHTB2.154, NJB_v04#01 p.007 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0264 | Words spoken on 1912-07-12 in Brooklyn | 790 | Persian | عالم امکان نظیر انسان است انسان مقام نطفه مقام شیرخواری اوقات نشو و نما وقت | The contingent world is like unto the life of man: as man traverseth from the station of the embryo unto infancy and thence through the periods of growth and maturity [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0782, KHF.031, KHAB.343 (350), KHTB2.181, NJB_v04#03 p.001 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0151 | Words spoken on 1912-08-02 in Dublin, NH | 1040 | mixed | خوش آمدید خیلی خوش آمدید از این احساسات که در عالم انسانی پیدا شده است باید | Welcome, most welcome! From these sentiments that have emerged in the world of humanity, it is incumbent [3.5s] | AMK.304-309, KHTB2.197, NJB_v04#11 p.003 | Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0221 | Words spoken on 1914-02-04 | 870 | Persian | انبار طهران جائی نبود که کسی بتواند یک ماه زیست کند واقعا محل عجیبی بود زیر زمینی بود | The prison storehouse of Tehran was no place where any soul could survive for even a month. Verily, it was a strange place, situated underground [3.5s] | ASAT1.232-236 | Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1845 | Words spoken on 1914-02-08 | 160 | Persian | کلمه عزت و نجات بنی اسرائیل وقتی نازل شد که جمیع انها در ذلت بودند بدرجه | The Word of glory and deliverance was sent down upon the children of Israel at a time when all of them had sunk to such depths of abasement [3.5s] | MAS5.187-188x | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2558 | Words spoken on 1914-02-14 | 80 | Persian | اینکه جمال مبارک فرمودند سلالهٴ اسرائیل تحریر خواهند شد این بیان مبارک در وقتی بود | Concerning that which the Blessed Beauty hath uttered regarding the lineage of Israel, that it shall be recorded - this blessed utterance was made at a time [3.5s] | AVK4.471.10 | Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2989 | Words spoken on 1914-02-14 | 50 | Persian | جمال مبارک ذکر خراسان را میفرمودند که این امر مبارک آنجا نشر خواهد یافت همه | The Blessed Beauty made mention of Khurasan, saying that this blessed Cause would be diffused throughout that land, wholly and entirely [3.5s] | AVK4.434.02 | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2844 | Words spoken on 1914-12-16 in Abu Sinan | 60 | Persian | در هر دوری سه شخص بوده است: در دور موسی، موسی و نار و مکلم طور... باصطلاح فلاسفه | In every Dispensation there have been three persons: In the Dispensation of Moses, there was Moses, and the Fire, and the Speaker on Sinai... in the terminology of the philosophers [3.5s] | ZSM.1914-12-16 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; The cross and the trinity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3303 | Words spoken on 1914-12-16 in Julis | 30 | Persian | رؤیا بر سه قسم است رؤیای صادقه، رؤیای تعبیریه و اضغاث و احلام. اول عین واقع، دوم چون مخلوط با خطورات قلبیه می شود محتاج تعبیر است، اما اضغاث و احلام اوهام است | Visions are of three kinds: true visions, interpretive visions, and confused dreams. The first is reality itself, the second, being mingled with the heart's promptings, requireth interpretation, while confused dreams are but vain imaginings [3.5s] | ZSM.1914-12-16 | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0348 | Words spoken on 1915-03-28 | 680 | Persian | معرکه شده است دنیا بهم خورده است در کارند که همه بجان همدیگر بریزند | Tumult hath seized the earth, chaos reigneth, and all souls are moved to rise up one against another [3.5s] | KHF.071, KHAB.455 (456), KHTB3.040, NJB_v05#12 p.003 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Supreme tribunal; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0544 | Words spoken on 1915-04-07 in Abu Sinan | 500 | mixed | این بیچاره های مردم گشته میشوند و نمیدانند برای چه جانهای خود را فدای خاک میکنند | These hapless souls wander astray, and know not why they sacrifice their very lives unto the dust [3.5s] | MSBH2.421-423 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3290 | Words spoken on 1915-04-18 in Haifa | 30 | Persian | بیت العدل مقام تشریع دارد و آنچه منصوص نیست تشریع نماید و تنفیذی نیست . در ایالات مختلفه انتخابات می شود و بیت عدل تشکیل شود و مرکز را بصلاح دید خود معین خواهند کرد | The House of Justice possesseth legislative authority, and that which hath not been expressly revealed may be legislated by it, and is not revocable. Elections shall be held in diverse provinces, and the House of Justice shall be established, and they shall determine the center thereof according to their own wisdom [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-04-18 | Elections; House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3147 | Words spoken on 1915-06-19 in Haifa | 40 | Persian | کلمات مکنونه بعد از سفر سلیمانیه نازل شد. رشح عما در سنهٴ شصت و هفت نازل شد. شهرت جمال مبارک به بهاء الله آنوقت شد. هیکلی که حضرت اعلی نوشته اند در شصت و هفت بود در آخر ایام حضرت اعلی | The Hidden Words were revealed after the sojourn in Sulaymaniyyih. The Most Great Effusion was revealed in the year sixty and seven. The Blessed Beauty became renowned as Bahá'u'lláh at that time. The Temple which the Exalted One had penned was in sixty and seven, in the latter days of His ministry [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-19 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2162 | Words spoken on 1915-07-01 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | ضعف جسم باندک اسبابی زائل می شود. چند روزی در هوای خوب و غذای خوب زائل می شود، لکن ضعف روح مشکل است | Physical weakness is banished by modest means. It vanisheth after a few days through wholesome air and nourishing food, but the weakness of the spirit is a matter most difficult [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-01 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2446 | Words spoken on 1915-07-02 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | حضرت رسول می فرماید رحمة الله شیبة شابت فی الاسلام. حالا نفحات الله علی شعر ابیض فی عبودیة البهاء | The Prophet - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "Divine mercy descendeth upon grey hairs that have grown hoary in Islam." Now doth the fragrant breeze of God waft over white hair grown in servitude unto Bahá [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-02 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1672 | Words spoken on 1915-07-04 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | حاجی هاشم را جمال مبارک بنفس خود تبلیغ فرمودند. دامادی داشت آقا خلیل دولت آبادی | The Blessed Beauty Himself taught and guided Haji Hashim. He had a son-in-law, Aqa Khalil-i-Dawlatabadi [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-04 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0576 | Words spoken on 1915-07-07 in Haifa | 480 | Persian | جمال مبارک از بغداد تشریف برده بودند و هیچ خبری نبود. احبابی نبود مگر در کاظمین از اعراب | The Blessed Beauty had departed from Baghdad, and no tidings were at hand. There were no loved ones save for some Arabs in Kazamayn [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-07 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1605 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 190 | Persian | حیات اشیاء بآب است بجهت این آیات الهی و فیوضات ربانی بآب تشبیه شده "و انزلنا من السماء ماء وصارت اودیة | The life of all things dependeth upon water, and for this reason have the divine verses and heavenly bounties been likened unto water, "And We sent down from heaven water, and the valleys flowed..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Differences in human capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2346 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | نماز خیلی سهولت دارد بجهت اینکه کبیر و صغیر و وسطی هست. مصطفی رمزی پاشا می گفت من می خواهم | Prayer possesseth great facility, inasmuch as it may be performed in its greater, lesser and intermediate forms [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Law of obligatory prayer; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1306 | Words spoken on 1915-07-14 in Haifa | 240 | Persian | خوب گفته. اروپا از اینجهت ترقی کرده زیرا کارشان متفرق نیست. مثلاً ساعت سازی، یکی فقط عقربه می سازد | Blessed are they who say: Europe hath advanced on this account - that their labors are not scattered. Consider how in the craft of watchmaking, one fashioneth but the hands alone [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-14 | Excellence; distinction; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1973 | Words spoken on 1915-07-14 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | اینها به امریکا رفتند و نطق خوب می کردند و دو فنون هم بودند. انگلیزی را خوب می دانستند. معذلک هیچ کاری | These souls journeyed unto America and delivered goodly addresses, being possessed of dual arts. They were well-versed in the English tongue. Nevertheless, no fruit was borne [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-14 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0663 | Words spoken on 1915-07-15 in Haifa | 440 | Persian | در اروپا بمناسبتی ذکر می کردم که آنچه را جمیع ناس نهایت آمال و آرزویشان است و دستشان بآن نمی رسد | While I was in Europe, on a certain occasion, I made mention that whatsoever all souls hold as their highest hopes and aspirations, yet their hands fail to attain thereunto [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-15 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The animal kingdom | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2041 | Words spoken on 1915-07-15 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | این بیچاره ها را بیخود از اینجا بیرون کردند، اقلاً دخترها را تربیت می کردند. هر چند متعصب هستند و متصل به بچه ها نماز | These helpless ones were unjustly banished from hence; would that they had at least educated the daughters. Though they be fanatical and ever constraining the children to prayer [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-15 | Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1163 | Words spoken on 1915-07-19 in Haifa | 270 | Persian | باید انسان بکوشد که ایام را بنهایت سرور و روح و ریحان بگذراند و این جز بنفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله میسر نشود | Man must strive to pass his days in the utmost joy, delight and fragrance, and this cannot be achieved save through the sweet-scented breezes of God and the exaltation of His Word [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-19 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1365 | Words spoken on 1915-07-19 in Haifa | 230 | Persian | جمیع بشر حاضر خوردن هستند، اگر بخواهند یک حبه را خلق کنند نتوانند. همه زحمت انسان را خدا می کشد | All mankind partaketh of sustenance, yet were they to endeavor to create but a single grain, they would prove powerless. God beareth all the burdens of man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-19 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Hospitality; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1667 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | بهائی در هر شهری که باشد باید بافعال مشهور آفاق شود. بهائی بودن بعمل است نه بقول. اینست که می فرماید | The Bahá'í, in whatsoever city he may abide, must needs become renowned throughout all horizons by his deeds. The state of being a Bahá'í is attained through action, not through words. This is what He hath decreed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1670 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | چه خوب یادگاری گذاشته و در جمیع عوالم الهی مذکور است حتی در عالم لاهوت. ملاحظه کنید که حضرت موسی | How excellent is the memorial left behind, mentioned in all the divine worlds, even unto the realm of Láhút. Consider ye how Moses [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2742 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | سی و شش نفر بر تخت خلافت نشستند و همه مقید بنام و نشان و از هیچ کدام نام و نشانی نمانده ولی بهلول | Six and thirty souls ascended unto the throne of dominion, and though each was bound to name and sign, of none remaineth now a name or trace save Bahlúl [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3310 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 30 | Persian | مردم بر سنگهائی که حواریین برآن نشسته بودند سجده می کردند و این از اثر نسبت الی الله و از قوهٴ بقای حقیقت آنها است که حتی جلوسشان بر سنگ این تأثیر را دارد | The people prostrated themselves before the stones whereon the apostles had been seated, and this proceedeth from their connection with God and from the potency of their enduring reality, such that even their mere act of sitting upon a stone hath produced such an effect [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2234 | Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | سیاسیون عالم برآنند که چیزی که سبب ترقیات مادی و عقلی است حرب است. ولی خودشان عربان بادیه را حقیر | The politicians of the world maintain that war is the cause of material and intellectual progress [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-23 | War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2443 | Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | چه قدر خوب است مذاکرات، چقدر سبب سرور انسان است، نشئه می دهد بانسان، هر صحبتی از برای انسان وقتی که طول بکشد | How wondrous are these communions, how greatly do they bring joy unto man, imparting rapture unto the soul. Every discourse, when it is protracted, doth verily for man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-23 | Harmony of science and religion; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0561 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 490 | Persian | خیلی مطول بود و چهار سال طول کشید. هم چنین بیان اینکه کشتی ها و راه آهن و تراموای مسافرت را آسان کرده | Most prolonged was it, extending over a span of four years. Similarly did the advent of vessels, railways and tramways render travel with facility [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; The power of words; of speech; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1080 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 290 | Persian | در وقتی که ظلمت نادانی افق شرق را تاریک کرده بود در چنین وقتی حضرت بهاء الله ظاهر شد. نورش در شرق | At such time as the darkness of ignorance had enshrouded the horizon of the East, in such an hour did Bahá'u'lláh appear. His light in the East [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1119 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 280 | Persian | اولاً اینکه این بجهت نسبت است. مثلاً نقطه[ای از] خاک منسوب بحق شد، این مطاف جمیع نفوس واقع شد | First, know that this is by virtue of its connection. For example, when a particle of dust became associated with Truth, it became the point of circumambulation for all souls [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3004 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 50 | Persian | طهارت و نظافت از لوازم ایمان است. انسان وقتی که لباسش نظیف است، لطیف است، روحانیت پیدا می کند | Cleanliness and purity are among the requisites of faith. When man's garments are clean, his soul becometh refined and a spiritual condition is made manifest [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Cleanliness and refinement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0635 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 450 | Persian | حکمتهای بالغهٴ الهی است که این اسباب را فراهم می آورد. تا طوفان زمستان نباشد، سکون بهاری حاصل نمی شود | It is among the consummate wisdom of God that He hath brought forth these means, for without the tempests of winter, the tranquility of spring shall not be attained [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Continual renewal of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0643 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 450 | Persian | وقتی که ما را به حیفا آوردند به یک اطاق کوچکی بردند. بعد در قایق بادی کوچکی به عکا بردند | When they brought Us unto Haifa, they led Us unto a small chamber. Thereafter did they convey Us in a small vessel unto 'Akká [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1736 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 170 | Persian | اسباب اینطور فراهم آمده که مجالس و معاشر حضرات تلامذه باشم. حکم غیبیه است که معلوم نیست | The circumstances have been thus ordained that I should associate and commune with the disciples. It is a divine decree whose purpose remaineth hidden [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0880 | Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa | 340 | Persian | اغنیا رحم بر فقرا نمی کنند، خودشان هم معذب هستند. اگر رحم می کردند، ??م خود راحت بودند هم فقرا | The affluent show no mercy unto the poor, and they themselves are tormented. Were they to show compassion, both they themselves and the poor would find repose [3.5s] | NJB_v15#03 p.088, ZSM.1915-07-27 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2248 | Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | نفوس کشته می شوند ولی بی نتیجه. چقدر سلاطین کشته می شوند ولی هیچ ذکری از آنها نیست، ولی یک نفر که در سبیل الهی | Lives are sacrificed, yet to no avail. How many monarchs are slain, and no remembrance remaineth of them; yet a single soul who in the path of God [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-27 | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1501 | Words spoken on 1915-07-28 in Haifa | 210 | Persian | وقتی که جمال مبارک در کردستان تشریف داشتند آقا محمد کریم فرستاد اهل و عیالش را به بغداد آوردند | When the Blessed Beauty sojourned in Kurdistan, He caused Aqa Muhammad Karim to send forth his family and dependents, that they should repair unto Baghdad [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-28 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1427 | Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa | 220 | Persian | اهالی اروپا چقدر در این مسئله دقت دارند و اگر این نبود حیات و زندگی از برای آنها بسیار صعب بود | O peoples of Europe! How vigilant are ye in this matter, and were it not for this, life and existence would have proven most arduous unto you [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-29 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2587 | Words spoken on 1915-07-31 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | قتلگاه کربلا و نجف را با خاک یکسان کردند، بعد شخم زدند. قریب هشتاد سال شخم می زدند و زراعت می کردند | They razed the holy sites of Karbila and Najaf to the ground, and thereafter did they plough the earth. For nigh upon fourscore years did they till and cultivate that soil [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-31 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2055 | Words spoken on 1915-08-02 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | راحتی از این جنگ، نعمت بزرگی است ولی آنها اصرار کردند که تا ما سرباز نشویم با مسلمانان مساوی نشویم | Relief from this conflict is a great blessing, but they insisted that until we become soldiers we shall not be equal with the Muslims [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-02 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Gambling and games of chance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0951 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 320 | Persian | پنجاه نفر در یک طرفة العین کشته شده اند ولی نمی دانند از برای چه گرگر می روند. جناب شیخ علی اکبر قوچانی | In the twinkling of an eye, fifty souls have been slain, yet they know not why they wail and lament [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1081 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 290 | Persian | شخصی از او از [شخص] کاملی پرسید، او هم اشاره به شخصی در نیشابور کرد. حسب الاشاره از حال شخص مذکور | A certain one inquired of him concerning a perfect one, whereupon he made mention of a person in Nishábúr. According to that which was indicated regarding the state of the aforementioned person [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1831 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حالا که عالم مغشوش است تا ببینیم بعد از این طوفان چه می شود، انشاء الله خوب می شود. این دول بدون اینکه مشکلات | Now when the world is in tumult and confusion, We shall behold what shall come to pass after this tempest; God willing, it shall be well [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2151 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | چقدر خوب بود که یک مشرق الاذکار و یک مدرسه جهانی در این کوه تأسیس می شد. مردم نمی دانند که مدرسه بهائی | How excellent would it be that a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár and a universal school should be established upon this mountain! The people know not that the Bahá'í school [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0440 | Words spoken on 1915-08-04 in Haifa | 580 | Persian | اگر در ظل روحانیات باشد آنوقت ترقی می کند والا ایامی چند نمی گذرد هباءً منبثاً می شود. نتیجه نمی بخشد | If one dwelleth beneath the shade of spiritual things, then shall one advance; else shall not many days pass ere it becometh as scattered dust, yielding no fruit [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-04 | Call to action; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0519 | Words spoken on 1915-08-04 in Haifa | 520 | Persian | حالا یک روزنامه می خواندم از جهت جامعه بحث می کرد. نمی توانست خوب تعبیر کند اما مقصد این بود که جامعه | Just now I was perusing a journal which discoursed upon the theme of society. Though it could not well express its intent, yet its purpose was that society [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-04 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0832 | Words spoken on 1915-08-05 in Haifa | 360 | Persian | هوای اینجا بسیار خوب است. صفای اینجا بسیار خوب است. در جوار مقام اعلی محل راحتی است | The air in this place is most excellent. The purity herein is surpassing fair. In the vicinity of the Most Exalted Shrine lieth a place of repose [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-05 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1986 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | فرمایشی که میرزا ابوالفضل کرده به بیان ثابت می شود. در احسن القصص که کتاب اول حضرت اعلی است | That which Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl hath uttered is proven through the exposition in the Aḥsanu'l-Qiṣaṣ, which is the first Book of His Holiness the Exalted One [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2347 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | ولکن بعضی نفوس مثل عناکب می مانند، هر چه پرده اش را بدری باز فوراً می بافد. حضرت اعلی روحی فداه | But certain souls are like unto spiders: howsoever thou rendest their veil, they do straightway weave it anew [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2546 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | الفت از برای انسان هر مشکلی را آسان می کند. این فلاح ها حال به این مشکلی، زندگانی به این سختی، برای اینها | Friendship doth make easy for man every difficulty. These farmers now, with such hardship, with life so arduous, for them [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2157 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | دیشب خوابم نبرد. در غلام گردش نشسته بودم فکر می کردم. می دیدم که خدا چه موهبتی در حق ما کرده | Sleep did not visit me last night. I sat in contemplation within the garden's enclosure, reflecting upon how God had bestowed such bountiful favor upon us [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2345 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | نفس وقتی که بر انسان مسلط می شود هر بلائی بسر انسان می آورد. یک ساعت بخیال ریاست می اندازد | At the moment when the self gaineth dominion over man, it visiteth upon him every affliction. For the space of an hour it casteth him into thoughts of supremacy [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1834 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حضرت می فرمایند این آیات از فطرت من نازل می شود، از جبرئیل نیست. همیشه مخابرهٴ معنوی بود، مخابرهٴ مستمره بود | He saith: These verses are revealed from Mine own nature, not from Gabriel. Ever was it a spiritual communion, an unceasing communication [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2050 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | خوب جائی است از برای طبابت و شهرت می کند. حاجی فرج الله بود کحال که هیچ نمی دانست و هزاران چشم | A goodly place it is for the healing arts and renowned it hath become. Haji Farajullah was an oculist who knew naught, yet thousands of eyes [he treated] [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3116 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 40 | Persian | اگر در ژاپون [امر] دربگیرد بسیار خوب می شود. آنها استعدادش را دارند، بعکس چینی ها. اهالی چین هیچ استعداد ندارند | Should the Cause take root in Japan, it would be most wondrous. They possess the capacity for it, unlike the Chinese. The people of China have no capacity whatsoever [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1662 | Words spoken on 1915-08-10 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | ایمان مثل شمع روشن می ماند و قلب انسان مثل زجاجه و جسم انسان مثل مشکوة. آن مصباح و این زجاجه | Faith is even as a resplendent lamp, the human heart as a crystal, and man's body as a niche. This lamp and this crystal… [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-10 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0458 | Words spoken on 1915-08-11 in Haifa | 570 | Persian | موسم عید است و ما نومید از دیدار یار عالمی در عیش و نوش و ما بچشم اشکبار | It is the season of festivities, yet We remain bereft of the vision of Our Beloved; whilst the world exulteth in pleasure and delight, Our eyes are filled with tears [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-11 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2721 | Words spoken on 1915-08-14 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | باید نفوس بروح و ریحان خاضع و خاشع شوند. از احبای الهی کمالاتی ببینند، روش و سلوکی ببینند که مجبور | It behooveth souls to become submissive and humble with utmost joy and fragrance. From the loved ones of God must they behold such perfections, such conduct and behavior, that they become compelled [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-14 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2247 | Words spoken on 1915-08-15 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | نفوس را باید از نفوس بارده و نفوس سرد محافظه کرد. اگر محافظه کنی، سالم می ماند و الا بکلی ناخوش می ماند | Souls must be safeguarded from cold and frigid souls. If thou guardest them thus, they shall remain sound; else shall they be utterly afflicted [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-15 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2132 | Words spoken on 1915-08-19 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | انشاء الله می شوند، لیس علی الله بعزیز. آنکه به میرزا ابوالفضل داد، [به] اینها هم می دهد. میرزا ابوالفضل لسان اجنبی نمی دانست، اینها می دانند | God willing, this shall come to pass, for naught is difficult for God. He Who bestowed this gift upon Mirza Abu'l-Fadl shall likewise bestow it upon these souls. Though Mirza Abu'l-Fadl knew not foreign tongues, these do possess such knowledge [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-19 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Effort; striving; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1032 | Words spoken on 1915-08-22 in Haifa | 300 | Persian | جمیع اموری که واقع می شود، مبنی بر حکمت الهی است. هیچ حرکت و سکونی نیست که مبنی بر | All matters that come to pass are founded upon divine wisdom. No movement or stillness existeth except that it resteth upon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-22 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2859 | Words spoken on 1915-08-23 in Haifa | 60 | Persian | می خواهم بیایم بالا در مسافرخانه و یک برغل پلوی برای حضرات بپزم. جمال مبارک مرا خادم احباء قرار داده | I wish to ascend to the pilgrim house and cook pilaf for the friends. The Blessed Beauty hath appointed me a servant of the beloved ones [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-23 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1685 | Words spoken on 1915-08-26 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | مِن بعد خیلی معرکه می شود. ملوک ارض کوزه های گل بر سرشان از مقام اعلی یک سر مناجات کنان به روضهٴ مبارکه | Ere long shall there come to pass mighty upheavals. The kings of the earth, with earthen vessels upon their heads, shall, with suppliant voices raised in prayer, hasten together from the Most Exalted Station unto the Sacred Court [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-26 | Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2048 | Words spoken on 1915-08-27 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | چقدر خوب است که انسان تشنه باشد و العطش العطش گویان به هر طرف بدود و چنین فنجان آبی برایش میسر شود | How excellent it is that man should be athirst, and, crying out "thirst, O thirst!", should run in every direction until such a cup of water be vouchsafed unto him [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-27 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2712 | Words spoken on 1915-09-01 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | اهالی خیلی در صدمه هستند زیرا همه اولادهایشان را به سربازی برده اند. چون صدای اشعار [را] از بالا بشنوند | The people are sorely afflicted, for their sons have been taken into military service. When they hear the verses from above [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-01 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0798 | Words spoken on 1915-09-02 in Haifa | 370 | Persian | در نیویورک یک روزی به یک کلیسائی دعوت کرده بودند. یکی از خوانین هند به نیویورک آمده و تغییر لباس کرده بود | In the city of New York, upon a certain day, an invitation was extended to a church. One of the nobles of India had journeyed unto that city and had altered his raiment [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-02 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0263 | Words spoken on 1915-09-06 in Haifa | 790 | Persian | انسان باید به همه چیز معتاد باشد و از سردی و گرمی و خوشی و حزن عالم بچشد و از سیری و گرسنگی رو برنگرداند | Man must become accustomed unto all things, and taste of the cold and heat and joy and sorrow of the world, and turn not away from fullness nor from hunger [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-06 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Knowledge of self; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1074 | Words spoken on 1915-09-07 in Haifa | 290 | Persian | امیدواریم که در آلمان آتش محبت الله شعله زند، بجهت آنکه اهل آلمان، مردمان با استقامتی هستند. متلون المزاج | We cherish the hope that in Germany the fire of the love of God may blaze forth, inasmuch as the German people are possessed of steadfastness and are not fickle in disposition [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-07 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2846 | Words spoken on 1915-09-08 | 60 | Persian | زن و مرد باید فی الحقیقه رفیق باشند غمخوار یکدیگر باشند موافقنشان از روی حقیقت باشد | Verily, man and woman must in truth be companions, consoling one another, and their concord must be founded upon reality [3.5s] | GHA.160 | Equality of men and women; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1836 | Words spoken on 1915-09-08 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | خیلی مردم در مخمصه هستند. نور ایمان هم که نیست تا سبب صبر و تحمل شود. انسان وقتی که قلبش مطمئن به ایمان است | Verily, multitudes of men are encompassed by tribulation. The light of faith doth not shine forth that it might become the cause of patience and forbearance. When the heart of man is assured through faith [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-08 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0593 | Words spoken on 1915-09-09 in Haifa | 470 | Persian | در سفر امریکا همیشه ذکر و فکر من روضهٴ مبارکه بود و این شعر سعدی را می خواندمآخر ای کعبهٴ مقصود کجا افتادی | Throughout my journey in America, my thoughts and remembrance ever dwelt upon the Sacred Shrine, and I would recite these words of Sa'di: "O Ka'bih of my heart's desire, where art thou situated?" [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-09 | Humor; jokes; Rational arguments; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0328 | Words spoken on 1915-09-10 | 700 | Persian | امسال سال امتحان و افتتان است از هر جهت در قرآن میفرماید | This year is the year of tests and trials from every direction, as He hath revealed in the Qur'an [3.5s] | NJB_v15#10 p.312 | Hypocrisy; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0229 | Words spoken on 1915-09-10 in Haifa | 860 | Persian | امسال سال امتحان و افتنان است از هر جهت. در قرآن می فرماید:" أم حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة و لا یأتیکم | This year is a year of tests and trials from every direction. In the Qur'án He saith: "Did ye suppose ye should enter Paradise ere there come unto you..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-10 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1541 | Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa | 200 | Persian | چقدر خوب است که ایام انسان در سبیل الهی بگذرد. جمیع اوقاتش، جمیع افکارش در سبیل الهی صرف شود | How excellent it is that the days of man should pass in the path of God, that all his moments and all his thoughts should be expended in the Divine path [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-11 | Imam Husayn; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2585 | Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | شما ملاحظه نمائید که این ازلیها تا بحال جز ضرر و فساد و خرابی و انقلاب چه ثمری از برای ایران و ایرانیان داشتند | Consider ye how these followers of Azal have, until this day, yielded naught but harm and corruption, ruin and upheaval as their fruits for Iran and its people [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-11 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1133 | Words spoken on 1915-09-12 in Haifa | 280 | Persian | من دعا می کنم و برای خلق گشایش می طلبم اما خلق خودشان سبب تنگی می شوند. مثل اینست که | I prithee and do seek relief for all creation, yet the people themselves become the cause of their own constraint. It is as though [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-12 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0301 | Words spoken on 1915-09-13 in Haifa | 730 | Persian | این محاربات که حضرات می کنند مثل امواج است. مثلاً موجی میرود روی موج دیگر، ولی عاقبت همهٴ این امواج ها | These conflicts that people wage are like unto waves. Lo, one wave mounteth upon another, yet ultimately all these waves [3.5s] | NJB_v11#05 p.096, NJB_v14#07 p.223, ZSM.1915-09-13 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2046 | Words spoken on 1915-09-16 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | بگو ببینم چه می کنی. امروز چه کرده ئی. حضرت اعلی می فرمایند که انسان باید هر روز اعمال خود را بسنجد | Say: Let Me behold what thou doest. What hast thou accomplished this day? The Exalted One declareth that man must, day by day, take account of his deeds [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-16 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2316 | Words spoken on 1915-09-18 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | انسان وقتی که راضی است بهر چیز راضی است. وقتی که راضی نیست ولو بسلطنت هم باشد راضی | Man, when he is content, is content with all things. When he is not content, even should he possess sovereignty, he remaineth unsatisfied [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-18 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1442 | Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa | 220 | Persian | در عکا بیست و پنج سال که جمال مبارک تشریف داشتند هیچ ناخوشی وبا نشد. در جمیع بریة الشام چهار مرتبه | In 'Akká during the five and twenty years when the Blessed Beauty resided therein, no cholera epidemic ever occurred, whilst throughout the whole of Syria it broke forth four times [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-19 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2555 | Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | این جنگ خیلی طول کشید و بمناسبت حکایت قلعه شیخ طبرسی را فرمودند که:" در قلعهٴ طبرسی صد و ده نفر بودند | This war was greatly prolonged, and concerning the narrative of the fortress, they spoke of Shaykh Tabarsi, saying: "In the fortress of Tabarsi there were one hundred and ten souls." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-19 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0258 | Words spoken on 1915-09-20 in Haifa | 800 | Persian | ایادی امر الله علیهم نفحات الرحمن که در ایام مبارک بودند اکثرشان بافق اعلی صعود کردند | The Hands of the Cause of God, upon whom be wafted the fragrances of the All-Merciful, who lived in those blessed days, have, for the most part, ascended unto the All-Highest Horizon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-20 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2219 | Words spoken on 1915-09-21 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | بفرمایش حضرت روح که می فرماید "الجسد یحزن والروح یستبشر منهم " جسمم خسته شده است از این سفر | In accordance with the utterance of His Holiness the Spirit Who declareth: "The body grieveth while the spirit rejoiceth in them" - My body hath grown weary from this journey [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-21 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0662 | Words spoken on 1915-09-22 in Haifa | 440 | Persian | خوبی جسمانی چه ثمر دارد. اگر در خدمت امرالله و تذکر و تنبه بگذرد صحت اهمیت دارد والا اگر این نباشد چه اهمیت دارد | Of what benefit is physical wellbeing? Should health be expended in service to God's Cause and in remembrance and vigilance, then verily it is of consequence; otherwise, if this be not so, of what import is it? [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-22 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0357 | Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa | 660 | Persian | اسباب وقتی که منقطع می شود، بهتر است [زیرا] انسان تشبث به اسباب الهی می کند. بشفای الهی باید [تقید] داشته باشد | When earthly means are cut off, it is better thus, for man doth then take recourse unto divine means. He must hold fast unto the divine healing [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-23 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1752 | Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa | 170 | Persian | گرسنگی صدمه است از برای انسان، غذا دافع آن است، نه اینکه لذتی است در غذا. تشنگی صدمه است از برای انسان | Hunger is an affliction unto man, and food doth ward it off; not that there be pleasure in food. Thirst is an affliction unto man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-23 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0831 | Words spoken on 1915-09-24 in Haifa | 360 | Persian | مشکلی و آسانی اکثرش بفکر است. مثلاً حالا از برای ما وقتی فکر بکنیم که در صحرای بادیة العرب توی آن شنزارها | Hardship and ease depend mostly upon thought. For example, when we now imagine ourselves amidst the desert sands of the Arabian wilderness [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-24 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0144 | Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa | 1050 | Persian | لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند | Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s] | NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0857 | Words spoken on 1915-09-29 in Haifa | 350 | Persian | بعضی نفوسند که خلق جدید می شوند. مثل اینکه هیچ آن آدم نیست. در نهایت شدت و غضب بود، بی نهایت حلیم می شود | There are certain souls who become created anew. It is as though they are no longer that same person. One who was at the extremity of severity and wrath becometh infinitely gentle [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-29 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1488 | Words spoken on 1915-10-01 in Haifa | 210 | Persian | اگر این کلیه ، کلیهٴ بهائیه بود خوب بود. تلامذهٴ مکملی از آن بیرون می آمدند. حالا امیدمان چنان است | If this were the College of Bahá, it would be well indeed. Complete and perfected disciples would issue forth therefrom. Now such is our hope [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-01 | Education of children; moral education; Knowledge; recognition of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0353 | Words spoken on 1915-10-02 in Haifa | 670 | Persian | حرب خیلی شدید شده است، چه از جهت شرق، چه از جهت غرب روسیه، چه از جهت عراق | The conflict hath grown exceedingly fierce, whether from the eastern regions, whether from the western parts of Russia, or whether from Iraq [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-02 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1308 | Words spoken on 1915-10-03 in Haifa | 240 | Persian | ما تسلیمیم، اگر انسان تسلیم نباشد آن وقت گیر امتحانات می افتد. لنبلونکم بشئ من الخوف و الجوع و نقص | We are submissive. Should man fail to submit, he will verily fall into the trials and tribulations. We shall surely try you with something of fear and hunger and loss [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-03 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0919 | Words spoken on 1915-10-04 in Haifa | 330 | Persian | دیشب در عالم رؤیا جناب ملا علی اکبر را می دیدم. هیکلشان جسیم بود ولکن در عالم رویا می بینم جسیم تر و فربه تر | Last night in the realm of dreams did I behold His honor Mulla Ali-Akbar. Though of stately frame was he, yet in the world of vision did I perceive him even more imposing and corpulent [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-04 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Eulogies; reminiscences; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0859 | Words spoken on 1915-10-05 in Haifa | 350 | Persian | حضرت مسیح روحی له الفداء قبل از شهادتشان می فرمودند که سنگهائی که ابداً معتنی به نیستند، بظاهر به هیچ کاری نمی خورند | Christ - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him - proclaimed, ere His martyrdom, that the stones which are utterly neglected and, to all outward seeming, are of no use whatsoever [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-05 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0534 | Words spoken on 1915-10-08 in Haifa | 510 | Persian | والله یؤتی النصر لمن یشاء. در اینگونه محاربات غالبی نیست در میان، فی الحقیقه کل مغلوبند. این دو کشتی | By God, He granteth victory unto whomsoever He willeth. In conflicts such as these there can be no victor; in truth, all are vanquished. These two armies [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-08 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3152 | Words spoken on 1915-10-14 in Haifa | 40 | Persian | مکتوبی از توپوکیان قنسول ایران در امریکا رسیده است. نوشته است که علی قلی خان به وی ابلاغ کرده | A missive hath been received from Topakian, Consul of Iran in America. He hath written that 'Ali-Quli Khan communicated unto him [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-14 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2545 | Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | اصل تورات عهد قدیم است و آن عهد قدیم اشاره بود از این عهد جدید که عهد ظهور تجلی رب است به جمیع صفات و کمال | The essence of the Torah was the Ancient Covenant, and that Ancient Covenant was but an allusion to this New Covenant, which is the Covenant of the manifestation of the Lord's revelation in all His attributes and perfection [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-17 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3151 | Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa | 40 | Persian | مقصود از امتداد زمانی است یعنی قوانین و احکام این دوره اگر هم چند هزار سال بگیرد بدون شک در عالم ظهور جلوه خواهد نمود | The purpose of temporal extension signifieth that the laws and ordinances of this Dispensation shall, without doubt, be made manifest in the realm of creation, even should it endure for thousands of years [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-17 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2592 | Words spoken on 1915-10-19 in Akka | 80 | Persian | مرکز نقض سعی می کند که سبب شهادت من بشود. از برای او چه خواهد شد. این نهایت آمال و آرزوی من است | The Center of Violation striveth to compass my martyrdom. What shall befall him? This is the utmost aim and desire of mine own self [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-19 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0578 | Words spoken on 1915-10-20 in Akka | 480 | Persian | طفل باهوشی است. اطفال از کوچکی پیدا است که باهوشند یا نه. در مازندران برادری داشتیم میرزا علی محمد، فوت شد | He is a gifted child. From their earliest years children reveal whether they are gifted or not. In Mazandaran We had a brother, Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, who hath passed away [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-20 | Business; financial; property matters; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1753 | Words spoken on 1915-10-21 in Akka | 170 | Persian | من جمله اینکه مناظر آنجا اصطناعی و مناظر اینجا خلقی است. اگر آن تجملات در اینجا بود آن وقت معلوم می شد | Among these matters lies the truth that those vistas are artificial whilst these scenes are divine creations. Were such splendors to be found herein, then verily would it become evident [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-21 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1659 | Words spoken on 1915-10-22 in Bahji | 180 | Persian | احبای الهی باید سعی کنند که بندهٴ جمال مبارک باشند تا مشاربالبنان باشند و در امور دنیویه اهمیت ندهند زیرا می گذرد | The beloved of God must strive to be servants of the Blessed Beauty, that they may be exemplars pointed to with fingers of acclaim, and must attach no importance to worldly affairs, for verily these shall pass away [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-22 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Contention and conflict; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1162 | Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji | 270 | Persian | ایشان در یک محلی با آقا میرزا جواد خراسانی و میرزا آقا جان تشریف داشتند و اینکه آقا میرزا جواد خیلی تندخو | They were present in a certain place with Áqá Mírzá Javád-i-Khurásání and Mírzá Áqá Ján, and verily Áqá Mírzá Javád was most irascible [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-23 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2146 | Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji | 120 | Persian | تاریخ درستی در اسلام نوشته نشد. بهترین تاریخ آن ابی الفدا است، هر چند مختصر است. مقصد از تاریخ آن است | Verily, no true history hath been penned in Islam. The most excellent among its chronicles is that of Abu'l-Fida, though it be but brief. Know thou that the purpose of history is [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-23 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Muhammad; Islam; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1847 | Words spoken on 1915-10-26 in Bahji | 160 | Persian | مقصد از سوزاندن چراغ نه برای روضه است، بل برای نفوسی که وارد می شوند است که به آن واسطه ذکر کنند والا خود روضه مقدس است | The purpose of kindling the lamp is not for the shrine itself, but rather for such souls as enter therein, that through this means they may be moved to remembrance; for in truth the shrine itself is sanctified [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-26 | Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2470 | Words spoken on 1915-10-27 in Akka | 90 | Persian | من چهل و پنج سال در عکا بودم. کسی نبود که بگرید و من با او نگریم و یا اینکه بقدر امکان معاونت ننمایم | I was in 'Akká for forty and five years. There was none who wept but I wept with them, nor any who sought assistance but I rendered whatsoever aid lay within my power [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-27 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0443 | Words spoken on 1915-10-29 in Akka | 580 | Persian | شاه کاووس مرد متکبری بود. سیاوش از او مقبول تر است. کاووس دختر پادشاه یمن را گرفت و او را خیلی دوست داشت | King Kavous was a man of pride and arrogance. Siyavash was more favored than he. Kavoús took to wife the daughter of the King of Yemen, and cherished her with exceeding love [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-29 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0131 | Words spoken on 1915-10-30 in Haifa | 1090 | Persian | هر مؤمن صادق و ثابت در صون حمایت جمال مبارک است. ایمان و ایقان یک رائحهٴ طیبه ای دارد، واقعاً نمی شود | Every faithful and steadfast believer abideth secure beneath the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty. True faith and certitude possesseth a sweet and heavenly fragrance that cannot be concealed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-30 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0142 | Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka | 1050 | Persian | این سفر امریکا خیلی زحمت داد چند سال طول کشید هر روز در یک جائی در حرکت بودیم، لکن تأییدات | This journey to America entailed manifold hardships and extended over several years. Each day found us in a different place, yet divine confirmations [3.5s] | NJB_v14#10 p.320, ZSM.1915-10-31 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1668 | Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka | 180 | Persian | چقدر از بزرگان نصاری از میان رفتند ولی هنوز صدای زنگ این کلیسا بلند است و اکثر اینها چقدر شرور بودند | How many great ones among the Christians have passed away, yet still doth ring forth the bell of this church; and how sinful were most among them! [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-31 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2139 | Words spoken on 1915-11-02 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | اینها برای اینست که معلوم شود که جز به ایمان و ایقان ممکن نیست تمدن حاصل شود. ممکن نیست از برای انسان | These things are revealed that it may become evident that civilization cannot be achieved save through faith and certitude. It is not possible for man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-02 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3651 | Words spoken on 1915-11-05 | 120 | Persian | فی الحقیقه در وقتی که خلق بر آن بودند که قائم مروج قرآن است صریحا فرمود | In truth, at the time when the people were maintaining that the Qa'im would promote the Qur'an, He explicitly declared [3.5s] | NSS.160a | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1215 | Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji | 260 | Persian | من کار لازمی دارم در عکا می روم و برمی گردم، شماها باشید. سوار الاغ شده تشریف بردند. نزدیک ظهر اسفندیار | Lo, I have pressing work in 'Akká, and shall go forth and return; remain ye here. Thus did He mount upon the donkey and depart. It was nigh unto noon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-10 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1821 | Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji | 160 | Persian | انسان باید همیشه شعله را بنشاند. چون که این عالم همه اش شعله است، عالم نزاع و جدال است. نزاع میانه | Man must ever strive to quench the flame, for verily this world is naught but flame - a realm of conflict and contention [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-10 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Contention and conflict; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0954 | Words spoken on 1915-11-13 in Haifa | 320 | Persian | حضرت مسیح اینها را نصیحت می کند بصلح و سکون. می فرماید: شمشیر را غلاف کن، این دول | His Holiness Christ counseleth these peoples unto peace and tranquility. He saith: "Sheathe thy sword, O nations..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-13 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Suffering; rejection of Christ; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2458 | Words spoken on 1915-11-20 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | شرایع الهی و ادیان الهی اجزاخانهٴ الهی است. دوای هر دردی در آن موجود است. یک طبیب حاذق می خواهد | The divine laws and celestial religions are as the Divine Dispensary, wherein existeth the remedy for every malady. A skilled physician is needed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-20 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0774 | Words spoken on 1915-11-25 in Haifa | 380 | Persian | در دور حضرت مسیح خیلی اذیت به مسیحیان می شد. دوازده مرتبه قتل عام شد. در فرانسه لویزی | In the Dispensation of Christ, grievous persecution was visited upon the Christians; twelve times were they subjected to mass martyrdom [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-25 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3660 | Words spoken on 1915-12-25 | 60 | Persian | سر التنکیس این عبارت از خود شیخ مرحوم است و دو معنی دارد | The Secret of Inversion is this utterance from the departed Sheikh himself, and it possesseth twofold meaning [3.5s] | NSS.160b | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0642 | Words spoken on 1916-01-10 | 450 | Persian | وقتی که جمال مبارک را میخواستند از بغداد حرکت دهند نامق پاشا صورت امر | At the time when they purposed to remove the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Namiq Pasha drafted a missive [3.5s] | RHQM2.0634-636 (014) (010-011) | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0883 | Words spoken on 1916-02-01 in Haifa | 340 | Persian | به نجف می رفت و چون میرزا حسن عمو داماد او بودند و آشنائی هم بود، جمال مبارک حضرت عبدالبهآء را با آقای کلیم | He was journeying to Najaf, and inasmuch as Mirza Hasan-i-'Ammu was his son-in-law and there existed familiarity between them, he took with him the Blessed Beauty, the Most Great Branch, and the honorable Kalim [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-01 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1850 | Words spoken on 1916-02-14 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | وقتی در عکا هفتاد نفر از ارتودکس ها را حکومت گرفت که جزیه بدهند، ولی چون فقیر بودند عاجز ماندند | When in 'Akká seventy souls from among the Orthodox were required by the government to pay the poll-tax, yet, being poor, they remained helpless [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-14 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0273 | Words spoken on 1916-02-16 in Haifa | 770 | Persian | اگر نفی جمال مبارک نبود این بشارات تحقق نمی یافت ولی عظمت امر در این است که اعدا مسبب این ارتقاع شدند | Had it not been for the deniers of the Blessed Beauty, these glad-tidings would not have been fulfilled; yet the greatness of the Cause lieth in this, that the adversaries became themselves the cause of its exaltation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0345 | Words spoken on 1916-03-09 in Haifa | 680 | Persian | امروز روز بسیار مبارکی است. متبرک و متمین است. طلوع انوار صبح هدی است. مبدأ و منشأ امر الهی است | This Day is a most blessed Day, sanctified and assured. It is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance. It is the Source and Fountainhead of God's Cause [3.5s] | PYB#210 p.16-17x, ZSM.1916-03-09 | Apocalyptic imagery; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1426 | Words spoken on 1916-03-16 in Haifa | 220 | Persian | امروز خیلی صدمه خوردم و عرق کرده بودم و سرمای شدیدی خوردم. ما نمی خواهیم پاپی مردم بشویم ولی اینطور | This day have I suffered grievously, perspiring and stricken with a most severe cold. Though We desire not to intrude upon the people, yet thus [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-03-16 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0479 | Words spoken on 1916-03-31 in Bahji | 550 | Persian | اوهام این فقراء خیلی است. مثلاً گمان می کند که اگر روی این قالی بنشیند دیگر لذتی اعظم از این نمی شود | Great is the delusion of these poor ones. For instance, they imagine that should they recline upon this carpet, no greater pleasure could there be than this [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-03-31 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0597 | Words spoken on 1916-04-07 in Bahji | 470 | Persian | وقتی که حضرت اعلی در خطر عظیم بودند انظار همه متوجه به جمال مبارک بود. لهذا آقا میرزا عبدالکریم قزوینی | When His Holiness the Exalted One was in grave peril, all eyes were fixed upon the Blessed Beauty. Therefore Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-04-07 | Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0351 | Words spoken on 1916-04-29 | 670 | Persian | این نهم عید رضوانست عید جمال قدم است عید طلوع شمس حقیقت است عید بسیار بزرگ | This is the ninth Ridván, the Festival of the Ancient Beauty, the Festival of the dawning of the Sun of Truth, the Most Great Festival [3.5s] | AHB.102BE #06 p.02-03, AYT.328-331 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2990 | Words spoken on 1916-05-01 in Bahji | 50 | Persian | جمال مبارک یک وقت فرمودند من نه سال است یک برگ سبز ندیده ام. حال الحمدالله احباء در بهترین نقطهٴ این ارض | The Blessed Beauty once declared: "For nine years have I not beheld a single verdant leaf." Now, praise be to God, the loved ones dwell in the most beauteous spot of this earth [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-01 | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1362 | Words spoken on 1916-05-02 in Bahji | 230 | Persian | بعضی برآنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل منبعث از تفاعل است و بجهت این احتیاج به مدبر حقیقی ندارند | Some assert that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings, and their dissolution proceedeth from interaction, and for this cause they stand in no need of a True Ordainer [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-02 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1358 | Words spoken on 1916-05-05 in Akka | 230 | Persian | انسان باید قدر بداند و همیشه شاکر باشد. میرزا آقا جان صابون ساز بود در کاشان مؤمن شد | Man should know his worth and ever be thankful. Mirza Aqa Jan was a soap-maker who attained to faith in Kashan [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-05 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1536 | Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in Julis | 200 | Persian | بعد از حرکت جمال مبارک از بغداد سید مهدی خیلی بی حکمتی نمود. رضوان در محرم واقع شده بود. در دهم عاشورا عید گرفت | After the departure of the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Siyyid Mahdi acted with great unwisdom. The Ridvan festival had occurred in Muharram. On the tenth day, 'Ashura, he held a celebration [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-06 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1971 | Words spoken on 1916-05-09 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | این مقامی است مقام افاضه و آن تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله و ترویج تعالیم است. این من الحق الی الخلق است | This is the station of outpouring, and it is the propagation of the Cause of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God, the exaltation of the Word of God, and the promotion of His teachings. This floweth from the Truth unto creation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-09 | Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0771 | Words spoken on 1916-05-15 in Haifa | 380 | Persian | این تو را گول می زند. چطور باغ را به او می سپاری. مثل اینست که گوشت را بدست گربه بسپاری | This doth beguile thee. How canst thou entrust the garden unto him? 'Tis as though thou wouldst commit the meat unto the care of the cat [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-15 | Four pillars; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Humor; jokes; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Praise of Western values; culture; Shaykhis; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0884 | Words spoken on 1916-05-25 in Haifa | 340 | Persian | در ایام حضرت رسول نعمان نامی بود بسیار شوخ و معیت نامی سیاه چهره. حضرت امیر به محاربهٴ با یکی از قبائل فرمود | In the days of His Holiness the Prophet, there was one named Nu'man, most jovial in spirit, and with him a dark-visaged companion named Ma'iyyat. His Holiness the Prince commanded them to wage battle against one of the tribes [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-25 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Justice and wrath of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1833 | Words spoken on 1916-05-30 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حضرت اعلی می فرماید که هر قدر اهل عروج به معارج عرفان صعود کنند بالأخره راجع می شوند به انفس خود | The Exalted One declareth: Howsoever loftily the people of ascent may soar unto the heights of divine knowledge, in the end must they return unto their own selves [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-30 | Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as mirror; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2444 | Words spoken on 1916-06-04 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | حرب خوب است که شکست نداشته باشد. آن حرب احبای الهی است. اگر بر سریر سلطنت نشینند غالبند | Praiseworthy is that warfare which knoweth no defeat, and such is the warfare of the loved ones of God. Should they ascend unto the throne of sovereignty, verily they shall prove victorious [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-04 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0269 | Words spoken on 1916-06-06 in Haifa | 780 | Persian | اگر یک سیلی به تو بزنم به عالم دیگر پرواز می کنی. به این مناسبت ذکر اجراء حدود الهیه شد که چقدر تأثیر دارد | Shouldst thou receive from Me but a single blow, thou wouldst take flight unto the other world. Thus hath mention been made of the execution of divine ordinances, and how potent is their influence [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1310 | Words spoken on 1916-06-07 in Haifa | 240 | Persian | معلوم است بعضی الوان هستند که مفرح قلب است و سبب ترقی احساسات، مثلاً رنگ سبز سبب سکون | Be thou assured that certain colors exist which gladden the heart and conduce to the elevation of feelings; as, for example, the hue of green which bringeth tranquility [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-07 | Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0796 | Words spoken on 1916-07-07 in Haifa | 370 | Persian | جنود ملکوت الهی در کار است. لشگر بر دو قسم است، یک لشگر در ساخلو و یک لشگر در میدان | The celestial hosts of God are at work. The army is divided into two hosts - one host stationed in the garrison and one host in the field [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-07 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0860 | Words spoken on 1916-07-09 in Haifa | 350 | Persian | خواندن کتب خوب است بر اطلاعات می افزاید اهمیت در این است که علوم و فنون از قلوب انسان نبعان کند. اینهمه علوم و فنون که پیدا شده از این است که از قلوب نبعان | Verily, the reading of books is praiseworthy and increaseth knowledge. Of paramount importance is that sciences and arts should spring forth from the hearts of men. All these sciences and arts that have appeared have emanated from the hearts [3.5s] | SFI14.327-328, ZSM.1916-07-09 | Contemplation; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0885 | Words spoken on 1916-07-10 in Haifa | 340 | Persian | در این ایام احباب این صفحات باید به خدمت یکدیگر قیام کنند. مردم گمان می کنند که نعمای جسمانی | In these days, must the beloved friends in these regions arise to serve one another. The people imagine that physical bounties [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-10 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0865 | Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa | 350 | Persian | هر چند اساس معین است مثل اساس حضرت مسیح اما اگر کسی در میان نصاری سیر کند می بیند که | Though the foundation is established, even as was the foundation laid by Jesus Christ, yet should one journey amidst the Christians, one beholdeth that [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-12 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Reincarnation; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1921 | Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa | 150 | Persian | مسائل تاریخی تورات از حضرت موسی نیست، از عزراء است. احکامش از موسی است و برهان بر | The matters of history in the Torah are not from Moses, but from Ezra. Its laws are from Moses, and the proof lieth in [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-12 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0675 | Words spoken on 1916-07-13 in Haifa | 430 | Persian | این کتاب [مفاوضات] از برای غربیان نوشته شده نه از برای علماء. از برای علماء فرائد خوب است. این کتاب از برای فرنگیها نوشته شده | This Book [Some Answered Questions] hath been written for the peoples of the West, and not for the divines [of the East]. For the divines, the Fara'id is most fitting. This Book hath been penned for those of European lands [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-13 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Relativity of religious truth; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1445 | Words spoken on 1916-07-29 in Haifa | 220 | Persian | مبدأ این از اسلام است، شفاخانه می گفتند. حضرات اروپائیها آمدند اینجا، لویز سابع رفت در فرانسه تأسیس نمود | The origin of this was from Islam, where it was known as a house of healing. The Europeans came hither, and Louis the Seventh established it in France [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-29 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1621 | Words spoken on 1916-08-09 in Haifa | 190 | Persian | یک حدیثی است که جمیع بر آن متفق هستند که فقهاء ذلک الزمان اشر فقهإ تحت ظل السماء | There is a tradition upon which all are in agreement, that the divines of that time shall be the most iniquitous divines beneath the shadow of the heavens [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-09 | Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0551 | Words spoken on 1916-08-10 in Haifa | 500 | Persian | روح در عالم تجرد از بدن مستغنی است. دارای جمیع شئون است. به نفسه بدون احتیاج بدن می بیند، می شنود | The spirit, in its realm of abstraction, is wholly independent of the body. It possesseth all attributes and, of itself, without need of the body, doth see and hear [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-10 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0830 | Words spoken on 1916-08-16 in Bahji | 360 | Persian | فیض الهی عام است فیوضات رحمانیه متتابعاً بر جمیع کائنات نازل می شود ولی هر کائنی به حسب قابلیت و استعداد | Divine bounty is universal; the outpourings of divine mercy descend successively upon all created things, yet each creature receiveth according to its capacity and worthiness [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-16 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Education and the development of capacity; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Maintainance of degrees in society; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1170 | Words spoken on 1916-08-17 in Haifa | 270 | Persian | قوانین طبیعت در مجرائی جاری است، هیچ کائنی نیست که بتواند ذره تجاوز از قانون طبیعی نماید. [انسان] به قانون طبیعت | The laws of nature flow in their ordained course, and no created thing can transgress by even an atom's weight from the natural law [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-17 | Man's distinction from the animal; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0084 | Words spoken on 1916-08-20 in Nazareth | 1320 | Persian | انشاء الله شمس راحت و آسایش بزودی از افق اینجهان طلوع خواهد نمود و مردم در | God willing, the sun of tranquility and repose will soon dawn above the horizon of this world and mankind will [3.5s] | NJB_v14#06 p.192 | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for peace and unity; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0417 | Words spoken on 1916-08-20 in Nazareth | 600 | Persian | انشاء الله این شمس راحت و آسایش به زودی از افق این جهان طلوع خواهد نمود و مردم در مهد آسایش و سرور خواهند آرمید | God willing, this Sun of comfort and tranquility shall ere long rise above the horizon of this world, and humanity shall repose upon the cradle of ease and gladness [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-20 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0366 | Words spoken on 1919-03-09 | 650 | Persian | امروز روز بسیار مبارکیست متبرک و متیمن است طلوع انوار صبح هدی است | Today is a most blessed Day, sanctified and auspicious; it is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance [3.5s] | AYT.113 | Apocalyptic imagery; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3655 | Words spoken on 1919-08-15 | 90 | Persian | حاجی کریم خان ردیه بر امر نوشت و برداشت رفت به طهران که تقدیم شاه کند و خلعت و انعام گیرد | Hajji Karim Khan penned a refutation of the Cause and, having composed it, departed for Tehran that he might present it unto the Shah and receive robes of honor and rewards [3.5s] | NSS.236b | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0080 | Words spoken on 1919-08-15 in Haifa | 1350 | mixed | تا لب دریا رفتم خیلی اینجا خوش وضعیست چون مثل دربند شمیران میماند | I walked to the seashore; this place is most delightful, for it resembles Darband in Shimiran [3.5s] | SFI06.017, SFI07.029 | Development of capacity and readiness; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0239 | Words spoken on 1919-09-19 | 840 | Persian | بعد از ظهور امر الله و ظهور مظهر کلی و اعلاء کلمة الله و انتشار ندای الهی | After the appearance of God's Cause, and the manifestation of His universal Manifestation, and the exaltation of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the divine Call [3.5s] | SFI06.020, SFI07.032 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2548 | Words spoken on 1919-12-25 | 80 | Persian | امروز چون عید ولادت حضرت مسیح بود دیدن بعضی دوستان مسیحی رفتم من بموجب امر جمال | Today, inasmuch as it was the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, I proceeded, in accordance with the command of the Beauty, to visit certain Christian friends [3.5s] | ASAT5.144-145 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1443 | Words spoken on 1921-01-13 | 220 | Persian | فرمودند بنویس این را در کتب و صحف الهی ذکر خلق جدید است افعیینا بالخلق الاول | Say: Write thou this in the divine Books and Tablets: The mention of a new creation. Were We then wearied by the first creation? [3.5s] | SFI07.033 | Continual renewal of creation; Metallurgical metaphors; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1246 | Words spoken to Bishop Burg at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15 | 250 | Persian | الحمد لله ترقیات مادیه در این بلاد حاصل است ولکن مدنیت مادیه تنها کفایت نکند | Praise be unto God that material progress hath been achieved in these lands; yet material civilization alone sufficeth not [3.5s] | AMK.292-293, KHTB2.025, NJB_v04#10 p.001 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0202 | Words spoken to Persian Baha'is at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-04 | 900 | Persian | از جمله مظاهر مقدسه الهیه حضرت زردشت بود نبوت حضرت مثل آفتاب واضح و روشن است | Among the holy Manifestations of God was Zoroaster, whose Prophethood is clear and evident as the sun [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0596, AVK2.068.10x, KHF.126, KHAB.217 (227), KHTB3.050 | Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity in diversity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1975 | Words spoken to Siyavash Sifidvash on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-24 | 140 | Persian | بجناب میرزا سیاوش از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق و محبت را ابلاغ دارید فی الحقیقه | Convey unto his honor Mirza Siyavash, on my behalf, expressions of the utmost yearning and affection. In very truth [3.5s] | YARP2.300 p.245, RMT.032-033, QUM.219.06x, YARD.043x, YARD.086-087 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3664 | Words to a reporter, spoken ca. 1912-10-19 | 160 | Proud of him [Omar Khayyam]? Would you be proud of that man who had led your children into evil ways? Would you be proud of a drunkard | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU0053 | Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken in Sept. 1913 | 1530 | Persian | اول تابستان بود میرزا آقاخان استدعا کرد که جمال مبارک به افجه تشریف ببرند | It was the beginning of summer when Mirza Aqa Khan beseeched the Blessed Beauty to grace Afjeh with His presence [3.5s] | MUH3.220-223 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0630 | Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-10 | 450 | Persian | امروز خیلی گرم بود حضرت رسول فرموده است اللهم اجعل صیفنا صیف و شتائنا شتا | Today was exceedingly warm. The Apostle of God - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "O God! Make our summer a summer indeed, and our winter a winter." [3.5s] | MUH3.224 | Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Oneness; unity of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0358 | Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-17 | 660 | Persian | الحمد لله در این سنوات جنگ احباء در هر کجا بودند محفوظ ماندند | Praise be unto God that throughout these years of war the friends, wheresoever they dwelt, remained preserved and protected [3.5s] | MUH3.225-226 | Contention and conflict; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3764 | Words to John D. Barry | 90 | Society is like the army. There must be degrees. There must be officers and there must be soldiers. | Agriculture; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3765 | Words to John D. Barry | 390 | Our movement goes back to the young leader who called himself The Gate or The Door, in our language, The Báb… The two never met. But at the age of thirty-two Bahá’u’lláh received a tablet from Báb… The first thing he did was to write an epistle to all the kings of the earth and to the pope and to your President | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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. | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU2467 | Words to Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, ca. 1906 | 90 | 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 | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2569 | Words to some students, spoken on 1915-06-29 | 80 | 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; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02662 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر تفصیل اطلاع حاصل شد هفت وادی | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents were fully understood. The Seven Valleys [3.5s]... ...Every person must have an occupation, a trade or a craft, so that he may carry other people's burdens, and not himself be a burden to others. | INBA87:386a, INBA52:396 | BRL_DAK#0832, ASAT3.243, AVK3.369.09 | COC#0011x | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Love of God; Music and singing; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11058 | 50 | ...Thou hast written regarding thy meeting with... He hath written that he desireth to teach thee one of the crafts and show thee affection and consideration | COC#0012x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11395 | 30 | Persian | هر روز از صبح تا ظهر درس بخواند تا خواندن و نوشتن آموزد و از ظهر تا قریب غروب | ...He must study every day from morning till noon, so that he may learn how to read and write. From noon till about sunset he should acquire a craft | MJTB.112ax | COC#0013x | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11494 | 20 | ...It is necessary for all to learn a craft, through which the people may earn their living. This commandment is universal. | COC#0014x | Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11144 | 40 | ...It is the commandment of the Blessed Beauty, may my life be a sacrifice at His Threshold, that whosoever engageth in a craft, should endeavour to acquire in it utmost proficiency | COC#0015x | Excellence; distinction; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2450 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در امر بهآءالله بر هر نفسی اشتغال بصنعت و کسبی فرض است مثلاً منه حصیر بافی میدانم و شما صنعت دیگر | In the Cause of Baha'u'llah it is obligatory for the individual to engage in a trade or profession. For instance, I know mat weaving and you know another trade... I have already spoken about this matter | BDA1.121.02 | COC#0016x, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| AB08646 | 90 | ...As to his question about the permissibility of promulgating the divine teachings without relating them to the Most Great Name, you should answer: "This blessed Name hath an effect on the reality of things | COC#1922x | Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04113 | 180 | Persian | ای یار باوفای من نامه اخیر شما رسید الحمد لله احبای قزوین در نهایت سرور و تمکین | O my faithful friend! Your recent letter was received. Praise be to God that the loved ones in Qazvin are in the utmost joy and steadfastness [3.5s]... ...The friends of God should weave bonds of fellowship with others and show absolute love and affection towards them. These links have a deep influence on people and they will listen | MMK2#228 p.162 | COC#1924x | Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Laws of marriage and dowry; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00632 | 490 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضامین دلیل ثبوت و رسوخ بر نبا عظیم بود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents testified to thy firmness and steadfastness in the Most Great Announcement [3.5s]... ...In this day every believer must concentrate his thoughts on teaching the Faith... O loved ones of God! Each one of the friends must teach at least one soul each year | MMK6#292x, AMK.142-144, AMK.152-154, AVK3.378.10x, AVK3.495.01x | COC#1927x | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; House of Justice; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0381 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-09 | 640 | Music is one of the important arts. It has a great effect upon the human spirit. Musical melodies are a certain something which prove to be accidental... Music is an important means to the education | COC#1421, LOG#1361x, LOG#1370x, SW_v15#04 p.130x, PN_1909 p015, PN_1909 p047, PN_1909C p063, PN_1909F p034, DJT.080-082, BLO_PN#027, STAB#143 | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00973 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! I read thy letter of graceful composition...As to thy question, "Why pray? What is the wisdom thereof..." Know thou, verily, it is becoming of a weak one to supplicate to the strong One | COC#1753x, BSC.491 #945x, SW_v08#04 p.044-045x, BNE.092-093x, VLAB.129-130, BSTW#060a, BSTW#111 | Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0322 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg and Laura Clifford Barney, spoken on 1904-05-23 | 710 | Abdu'l-Bahá said we should speak in the language of heaven -- for there is a language of the spirit… When we pray to God a feeling fills our hearts | COC#1754x, SW_v08#04 p.042x, PN_1900 p036, BNE.089x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Language and the structure of reality; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1481 | Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt | 220 | If one friend feels love for another he will wish to say so. Though he knows that the friend is aware… If there be no love, if there be no pleasure or spiritual enjoyment in prayer, do not pray | COC#1755x, SW_v08#04 p.042, BNE.094x, BLO_PN#002 | Importance of prayer; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00538 | 540 | mixed | ای ناشر نفحات الله نامه بلیغ سبب سرور گردید مضمون دلالت بر آن مینمود | O spreader of the fragrances of God! Thy eloquent letter brought joy, and its contents indicated that [3.5s]... ...You should always seek to guide prominent people inasmuch as once such a person is regenerated he is likely to bring about the quickening of a thousand souls… All creatures in this contingent world exist through the grace of the Source of Being | BRL_DAK#0434, MKT2.139, VUJUD.139.14x, VUJUD.108x | COC#1822x, VUJUDE.145x, VUJUDE.174-175x | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00638 | 490 | Persian | ای شهید مجید سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه شما رسید ولی از کثرت اشتغال باختصار جواب | O distinguished martyr, descendant of that glorious personage! Your letter was received, but due to the press of manifold occupations, I reply briefly [3.5s]... ...You should give serious concern to the matter of teaching, and think of ways of imparting the Message to prominent people, for once such person have given their allegiance to the Faith | PYK.267, AMIN.197ax, AMIN.206x | COC#1824x | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08004 | 100 | ...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard | COC#1837x | Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06016 | 130 | ...Ye should strive to widen the circle of those with whom ye enjoy friendly relations, and to establish the closest contact with those benevolent souls whose only thought is to do good | COC#1838x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06747 | 120 | ...For we, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, should all be engaged in the service of the Cause of God, and become sources of guidance to humanity | COC#1847x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Grammar and orthography; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05956 | 140 | mixed | ای منادی ميثاق الهی و مروّج پيمان رحمانی، اثر کلک مشکين ملاحظه گرديد و بر ظهور آثار تأييد و موفّقيّت | O herald of God's Covenant and promoter of the divine Testament! The effects of thy musk-laden pen were perused, and the evidences of divine confirmations and success [3.5s]... ...Great care should be exercised in preparing this translation. Mr.... should make a supreme effort so that the language will be most exquisite, eloquent and lucid | MMK3#257 p.184x | COC#2220x | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02317 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O my God, my beloved, my assistant and my chosen! ...Bring them together again, O Lord, by the Power of Thy Covenant, and gather their dispersion by the Might of Thy Promise | BSC.263 #549x, SW_v05#15 p.225x, SW_v04#14 p.240x, SW_v09#19 p.221x, SW_v10#07 p.119x, BSTW#062 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayer for unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1120 | Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10 | 280 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید | O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power | BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019 | BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0083 | Words spoken at Clifton Guest House in Bristol, 1913-01-15 | 1330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended | BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0343 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 690 | Bahá'í Scriptures | God is Love and Peace. God is Truth. God is Omniscience. God is without beginning and without end. | BSC.300 #609, AELT.153-157 | Evolution; human evolution; Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Reincarnation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01366 | 340 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | یا من یخاطبه فوادی اعلم ان المیثاق کوکب یلوح و یضای علی الافاق و ان انواره | O thou whom my heart addresses! Know thou, verily, the Covenant is an Orb | BRL_DAK#0793 | BSC.320 #641, SW_v04#10 p.170, SW_v06#14 p.107, SW_v08#16 p.218, BSTW#052a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0156 | Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07 | 1020 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود | Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book" | AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002 | BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x | Harmony of science and religion; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0001 | Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 | 3400 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Consultation; Elections; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.120 | ||||||
| ABU0236 | Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05 | 850 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center | BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0055 | Words spoken at The White Lodge in Wimbledon, 1913-01-03 | 1510 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | هر جزئی از اجزاء فردیه در صور نامتناهی جمادی نباتی حیوانی انسانی سیر دارد | How beautiful it is to organize such lovely gatherings... When we ponder over the reality of the microcosm, we discover that in the microcosm there are deposited three realities. | AVK1.151.04x | BSC.399 #736x, FWU.051, SW_v07#13 p.117-119+124, BSTW#090, BSTW#365 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||
| AB00145 | 930 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و | Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold | INBA16:069 | MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002 | BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3100 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Firstly: The elected members must be religious persons, God-fearing, high-minded and followers of the law. | BSC.424 #767.2x, SW_v07#15 p.138-139 | Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3097 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The election of temporary members of the assemblies of the kingdom should depend upon the choice and satisfaction of the public | BSC.424 #767.3x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2678 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice | BSC.425 #768.2x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05471 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O Thou Benevolent God! Grant us a shelter in Thy threshold and inform us of Thy mysteries! Make our eyes seeing and our ears hearing! | BSC.428 #774 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07768 | 110 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | قد اشرق الافاق من انوار نیر الاشراق طوبی للفائزین قد ارتفع الندآء من الشجره | The rays of the Day-star of the world have illumined every land—blessed are they that have beheld! | INBA55:459, INBA59:135, UMich962.151-152, UMich991.101 | MKT2.218, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023a, BCH.023, DUR1.189, MJH.070 | BSC.432 #785 | Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB01223 | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou who art seeking for Truth! Your letter has been forwarded. I have no opportunity to write a detailed answer... As to life, however, it has had no beginning | BSC.434 #787-789, SW_v12#12 p.194, BSTW#104 | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Evolution; human evolution; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10286 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man | BSC.434 #789 | Evolution; human evolution; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0323 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 710 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09118 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord | BSC.438 #795 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0160 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23 | 1010 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place | BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1955 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | The sun of truth rises in each season from a different point of the horizon... People think religion is confined to an edifice, to be worshipped at an altar... This movement eludes organization... There are many people who have never heard of this Revelation that teach its laws and spiritual truths | BSC.438 #797x, ADP.015-016, BSTW#096 | Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00219 | 790 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures | یا من انجذب الی الملکوت و شرب الکاس التی مزاجها کافور در این ایام که فیوضات | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom and hast quaffed from the cup whose essence is of camphor! In these days when the outpourings [3.5s]... ...Indifference breeds deterioration. Silence is the cause of retrogression. Thoughtlessness leads to forgetfulness. Passivity, inaction, produce oblivion.... Consider the story of Simon the Rock [Peter]: Two of the Apostles of His Holiness, the Spirit [Jesus], went to the city of Antioch to teach the Cause of God | INBA72:041, INBA88:116 | BRL_DAK#0570, MKT1.471 | BSC.439 #798x, SW_v13#07 p.180-181x, BSTW#271d, BTO#05x | Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB07148 | Words to George Latimer | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs | BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2521 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light. | BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1999 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 140 | Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths. | BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022 | Education and the development of capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11082 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. | BSC.440 #802 | Monasticism; asceticism; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11449 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual | BSC.440 #803 | Excellence; distinction; High station of the arts and sciences; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03591 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures | …Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1. | BSC.441 #804 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04610 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial | BSC.441 #805 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04609 | Words to Miss Buckton | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1804 | Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11283 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time. | BSC.443 #808 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10282 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important. | BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0026 | Interview with Rev. J. T. Bixby at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-13 | 1930 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The origin of man is one; the consummate intention of all human existence must likewise be one.... The solution of economic questions... Consider the kingdom of the animals; there is no strife among them on account | BSC.446 #813x, SW_v03#08 p.005-008, SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v12#05 p.107-108 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3362 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures | But where thousands are considering these questions, we have more essential questions. The secrets of the whole economic question are divine in nature, and are concerned with the world of the heart and spirit. In the Bahá'í teaching this is most completely explained | BSC.446.12 #812x, SW_v13#09 p.231 | Elections; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1015 | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | When we read ancient history, the history of the middle ages and the history of contemporaneous times, we realize how little... Search untiringly for truth | BSC.449 #818, ADP.067-068 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0191 | Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905 | 930 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1317 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1801 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth | BSC.450 #823-824x, ADP.058-059 | Human reality created in the image of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0904 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The Divine Reality is far removed from man. It is absolutely remote and independent in Its essence; abstract, limitless, impersonal beyond human comprehension | BSC.451 #825, SW_v02#14 p.007, SW_v16#06 p.0541 | Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1898 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Tell them they should do as they think best in these matters. Should they marry, divorce, leave their homes, move to other places | BSC.487 #936 | Freedom of thought and action; Personal instructions; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2696 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God that thou hast found guidance... This turning the face toward God is the healing of the body, the mind and the soul.... Therefore sacrifice all thy talents at the feet | BSC.490 #941, SW_v08#18 p.233x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10780 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation | BSC.492 #947x | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11084 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty | BSC.492 #948x | Nearness and remoteness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00513 | 550 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | ای یاران جمال ابهی ای ثابتان بر میثاق طلعت اعلی ای بندگان آستان مقدس حضرت | O ye friends of the Beauty of Abha! O ye firm ones in the Testament of the Covenant of Baha! O ye servants of the Holy Threshold | MKT9.234, AVK3.092.11x, YBN.034-035 | BSC.493 #952x | Contention and conflict; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2295 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf | BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00430 | 590 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | از حقيقت سؤال نموده بوديد . حقيقت کلمة اللّه است که محيی عالم انسانی است کوران را بينا کند | O seeker of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and its contents became known. You asked: What is Truth? ...As to progress after death: know that after death it is the divine world. Progress is possible, but it depends upon the generosity of God... | MMK3#111 p.074x, YMM.256x, YMM.384x, VUJUD.103.20x | BSC.494 #954x, BSTW#139, VUJUDE.189x | East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Love of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03880 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine | BSC.495 #955, SW_v13#12 p.342 | Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09110 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required | BSC.495 #956 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00666 | 480 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | فيوضات ملکوت ابهی مشروط به استعداد و قابليّت نيست نفس فيض عين قابليّت گردد چنانکه نفس فعل چون از فاعل | O herald of the Kingdom! Thy long letter has been carefully read and the contents understood. It proved that thou art not reposing in heart... ...Know that the blessings of the Kingdom of Abha are not dependent upon the capacity and the worthiness of any one; the blessings themselves are the worthiness. | MMK3#137 p.095x | BSC.496 #957x, BSTW#444 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00649 | 490 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God. | BSC.496 #958, SW_v07#12 p.116x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1656 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah | BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144 | Man's distinction from the animal; Outward and inward meanings; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1238 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. | BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 | Angels; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1961 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake. | BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2100 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps. | BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01454 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Everything is from God, both good and evil... Everything in existence is good, and only the lack of goodness make a thing evil. The being is created good | BSC.500 #963x, PN_1900 p061, PN_unsorted p148, PN_1900 p003x | Free will and predestination; fate; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1225 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good. | BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Second birth; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2187 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 120 | The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup | BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0902 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | God in his wisdom has created all things. Nothing has been created without a special destiny... The greatest gift of man is universal love | BSC.501 #965x, ADP.110-112 | Fulfillment of true potential; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2535 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0468 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 560 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka; Bahá'í Scriptures | Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God | BSC.503 #968x, SW_v07#19 p.195x, TDLA.029-031, BLO_PN#104 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1702 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1324 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Pray that your hearts may be cut from yourselves and from the world, that you may be confirmed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the fire of the love of God.... I say unto you that anyone who will arise in the cause of God... And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant... This is the balance | BSC.503 #970x, SW_v08#05 p.057-058x, SW_v12#16 p.250x, AEP.039-040, NRMM.164-165x, MAX.080x, BLO_PN#031 | T. Price, The Badasht Project, T. Nosrat, Juliet & Amelia, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 4] | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0644 | Words spoken in Feb. 1918 | 450 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God, that the dark ages have passed away and the century of light has come.... The past age was an age of wondrous achievements... Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! That the Sun of Reality hath shone forth! Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! | BSC.505 #971x, SW_v10#06 p.111-112+098 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0213 | 890 | Bahá'í Scriptures | In reality the geographical position of the Central States has great importance.... Likewise, great importance must be given to the development of the Star of the West | BSC.546 #986, SW_v10#07 p.126-127+138, SW_v10#04 p.081, SW_v11#01 p.016 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2031 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Again the sun of Reality will dawn | BSC.548 #990, SW_v09#13 p.141 | Mea & Mitra | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3268 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the believers, both men and women, in the West and in the East, must consider themselves the spreaders | BSC.548 #991 | Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0109 | Public address given on 1912-09-20 | 1190 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The materialists hold to the opinion that the world of nature is complete. The divine philosophers declare | LOG#1000x, PUP#106 (p.329-333) | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Education and the development of capacity; Man's distinction from the animal; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of the Manifestation of God; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3101 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 50 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | There are no earth-bound souls. When the souls that are not good die | LOG#0687x, DLA.035-036, BLO_PN#026 | Demons and evil spirits; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1809 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 170 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | This is a deep and lengthy subject, but briefly, there is, as we know, a power that composes and a power that decomposes | LOG#0688x, DLA.043-044, BLO_PN#026 | Angels; Composition and decomposition; Demons and evil spirits; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1201 | 270 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | The spirit of man has two means of action. Sometimes it acts through an intermediary. For instance, the spirit of man sees | LOG#0691x, ADP.126-127 | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of the Manifestation of God; Relationship of the soul to the body; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0051 | Public address given on 1912-05-07 | 1580 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | I have come from the Orient to visit your country. Surely this continent is praiseworthy | BDA1.075n | LOG#0710x, LOG#2101x, PUP#044 (p.105-110), SW_v03#06 p.002-004+08, SW_v15#01 p.038 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | MHMD1.083 | ||||||||
| ABU1650 | Words spoken on 1914-02-15 | 190 | In this age the college which is dominated by a denominational spirit is an anomaly.... The universities and colleges of the world must hold fast to three cardinal principles | LOG#0716x, DAS.1914-02-15, SW_v09#09 p.098, SW_v14#01 p.007, SW_v18#06 p.181, SW_v19#02 p.058 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2299 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | I find England awake; there is spiritual life here. But your poor are so very poor! This should not be. | LOG#0729x, AIL.091 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Critique of Western values; culture; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0006 | Public address given on 1912-06-02 | 2430 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | کلیسا را بیعه نامیده اند یعنی محل بیعت این اصطلاح کتاب مقدس است | In the terminology of the Holy Books, the church has been called the "House of the Covenant".... Temples are symbols... There is no doubt that if the world of the Occident should abandon dogmas.... The law of God is a collective center | BRL_DAK#0643, BDA1.112.x | LOG#0739x, LOG#2078x, LOG#2096x, PUP#060 (p.163-171), SW_v03#10 p.025-029, SW_v05#16 p.246-247+248, SW_v06#17 p.146-148, SW_v08#10 p.125, SW_v14#05 p.145, SW_v14#05 p.147, MHMD1.120, BW_v01p060x | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Equality of men and women; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||
| AB09731 | 80 | The Greatest Name should be found upon the lips in the first awaking moment of early dawn. It should be fed upon by constant use | LOG#0892ax, BNEW#80 suppl Oct 1964 p.2 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11550 | 20 | The use of the Greatest Name and dependence upon it, cause the soul to strip itself of the husks of mortality and to step forth freed, reborn, a new creature | LOG#0892cx, BNEW#80 suppl Oct 1964 p.2 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00328 | Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol) | 660 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) | Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol) | مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت | For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone | BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023 | LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Ringstone symbol | x | * | - | |||||
| ABU0790 | Public address given on 1912-06-17 | 380 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help | LOG#0937x, PUP#072 (p.204-205), SW_v04#06 p.101-102, VLAB.038-039x | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2530 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London | 90 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Disease is of two kinds: (a) Material (b) Spiritual. For instance, a cut of the hand; if you pray for the cut to be healed | LOG#0949x, AIL.065, SW_v02#19 p.007-008, SW_v08#18 p.230 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Miracles and their interpretation; Power of prayer; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0899 | God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing: Words spoken on 1911-10-19 in Paris | 340 | Paris Talks | All true healing comes from God! There are two causes for sickness, one is material, the other spiritual... If the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed | LOG#0966x, PT#03 p.005, SW_v02#16 p.004, SW_v02#19 p.008, SW_v08#18 p.229, PN_1911 p017 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1800 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks | Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth | LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x | Leona and Larry | Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0881 | Words spoken at 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-03-21 | 340 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | I am extremely glad to see you on this Nau Rooz occasion. This day is the anniversary of many historical events | LOG#1025x, SW_v05#01 p.004-005, ADP.074-076, BSTW#343 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2677 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity | LOG#1061x, BSC.425 #768.1x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0091 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, Nov. 1911 | 1280 | Paris Talks | Since my arrival in Paris, I have been told of the Theosophical Society, and I know that it is composed of | LOG#1076x, PT#40 p.129 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Non-participation in politics; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0705 | The Eighth Principle—Universal Peace: Words spoken on 1911-11-29 in Paris | 410 | Persian | Paris Talks | از جمله أوامر حضرت بهاء الله اینست که باید جمیع ملت | A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of every nation, composed of members elected from each country and Government. | KHTB1.233, KHTP.175 | LOG#1076x, PT#48 p.161 | Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2150 | Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Hands of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Priestcraft; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1584 | Public address given on 1912-04-25 | 200 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the existing misunderstandings | LOG#1138x, PUP#025 (p.060-061), SW_v03#03 p.023-024, SW_v11#18 p.304 | Language and the structure of reality; Means of establishment of future civilization; Unity of thought and belief; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1295 | Words spoken on 1914-07-28 in Haifa | 240 | Profitless discussions fatigue and weary a person. People who call on me almost every day carry on a stream of profitless, unspiritual talk.... Man's speech is the revealer of his heart…. There are persons with whom we associate and converse whose utterances are life-imparting | LOG#1139x, DAS.1914-07-28, SW_v08#02 p.024-025 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0528 | Public address given on 1912-04-24 | 520 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | What a wonderful meeting this is! These are the children of the Kingdom. The song we have just listened to... The art of music is divine and effective | BDA1.048n | LOG#1362x, PUP#021 (p.052-054), SW_v03#03 p.019-020, SW_v08#02 p.027-028, SW_v09#08 p.093-094 | MANA | Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Fulfillment of true potential; Music and singing; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | MHMD1.056-057 | |||||||
| ABU0259 | Address to the Baha'is at MacNutt home in New York, 1912-06-16 | 800 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | This is a splendid gathering, a meeting of the maidservants of the Merciful and the beloved of God | LOG#1377x, PUP#070 (p.194-197), SW_v03#10 p.017-019 | Astrology and numerology; Development of capacity and readiness; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11435 | 30 | ...Now concerning the verse in Daniel, the interpretation whereof thou didst ask... A century will have elapsed from the dawn of the Sun of Truth; then will the teachings of God be firmly established | LOG#1414x, PAB.024, BNE.250 | Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0016 | Public address to International Peace Forum, spoken on 1912-05-12 | 2200 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | چون نظر بتاریخ میکنیم ملاحظه مینماایم که از اول عالم الی زماننا هذا بین بشر | When we glance at history, we find that from the beginning up to the present | BRL_DAK#0637, KHF.073, KHAB.264 (274), KHTB2.060, BDA1.083.09 | LOG#1418x, PUP#047 (p.116-122), BSC.311 #630, FWU.022, SW_v03#09 p.012-016, SW_v05#09 p.131-135, SW_v15#01 p.023, SW_v19#05 p.143, MHMD1.092-098 | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| AB00624 | 500 | mixed | یا ملجای و ملاذی یا ربی و رجائی انی ابتهل بکل ذل و انکسار الی ملکوت رحمانیتک | Thou has written concerning the pilgrims and pilgrims' note. Any narrative that is not authenticated by a Text should not be trusted | AVK3.483.12x, AVK4.319x, PYK.235 | LOG#1431x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1642 | Words to A.M.Boylan, spoken on 1912-06-07 | 190 | The marriage bond is important. Very, very important. Marriage must be strict and pure. You must all be very careful about this. Women and men must not embrace each other when not married... Do not distress them by saying that they should not have done this or that. They will see for themselves. | LOG#1438x, PN_1912 p026, PN_1912 p119, BSTW#148, BSTW#431 | Chastity and purity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00249 | 740 | mixed | ای منادی ملکوت دو نامه از شما رسید یکی قدیم و دیگری جدید | O thou herald of the Kingdom! I received thy two letters, an old one and | YMM.209x | LOG#1635x, SW_v02#07 p.011-013 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Necessary and possible being; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theosophy; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3339 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken around 1920-12-15 | 30 | The Holy Spirit was always with Christ... It was hidden from others, but manifest to him. The story about the dove is simply a metaphor... From childhood it was apparent to him | LOG#1642x, SW_v14#09 p.274, PN_1919 p037 | Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; John the Baptist; Literal interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03845 | 190 | mixed | در خصوص اجتماع سلاله اسراایل در اورشلیم بموجب نصوص انبیاء سوال نموده بودید | You have asked Me a question with regard to the gathering of the children of Israel in Jerusalem in accordance with the prophecy. | AVK4.469x, RHQM2.1169-1170 (638) (393), MAS2.022-023, QT108.086 | LOG#1677x, BSTW#192 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Outward and inward meanings; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2417 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 100 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | It was both a physical and spiritual. They journeyed to the Promised Land, and geography and history both prove that this was a physical journey. | LOG#1678x, DLA.045, BLO_PN#026 | Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01812 | 290 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your detailed letter dated April 30th, 1919 | LOG#1715x, SW_v10#12 p.231-232 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2202 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 120 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | No, for the word generation has a different meaning in different places. Christ referred to the Christ Dispensation, or cycle | LOG#1717x, DLA.045-046, BLO_PN#026 | Chastisement and requital; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2946 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 60 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | They come from other minds: they are reflected. One should not become a mirror for them--to reflect them, neither should one try to control them | LOG#1730x, DLA.035, BLO_PN#026 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1727 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 180 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | This power is neither heavenly nor spiritual; neither is it an influence from disembodied spirits. It is the human spirit-magnetism | LOG#1753x, DLA.037-038, BLO_PN#026 | Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power of imagination; thought; right intention | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03527 | 390 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک البدیع و به ذکرت ورود | O thou who art attracted by the breaths of God! Thy brilliant letter hath reached me and through it was received mention of thy arrival [3.5s]... ...You have asked about visiting holy places and the observance of marked reverence toward these resplendent spots. Holy places are undoubtedly centers of the outpouring of Divine grace | BRL_DAK#0704, YMM.366x, YMM.414x | LOG#1828x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Law of pilgrimage; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0462 | The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris | 560 | Persian | Paris Talks | امروز مختصر صحبت میدارم از جمله اساس بهاء الله تعدیل معیشت است طبقات ناس | Among the most important principles of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah is the equalization of the means of living among men. | AMK.212-215, AVK4.336x, KHF.251, KHAB.172 (183), KHTB1.170, KHTP.121 | LOG#1866x, PT#46 p.156, SW_v03#02 p.005-006 | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0553 | Words spoken on 1914-02-19 | 500 | In Teheran I spoke with a scholarly gentleman and gave him the divine Message.... My happiness is in these glad tidings and victories... While we were living in Bagdad one of the most honorable men in Persian came there. He called | LOG#1981x, DAS.1914-02-19, SW_v07#16 p.155, SW_v09#03 p.035-036, STAB#109, STAB#113 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2729 | Words spoken on 1913-10-26 in Ramleh | 70 | I desire that you may see the divine ships. These ships are the blessed sails who are traversing the sea of divine mercy | LOG#1997x, DAS.1913-10-26, SW_v08#08 p.104 | Growth of the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2029 | 140 | It is wonderful, priceless boon to be a vessel carrying food from God. It cannot be bought with gold. The first condition of a religious teacher | LOG#1998x, SW_v14#02 p.060 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of teachers of the Cause; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0936 | The Benefits of God to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris | 330 | Paris Talks | God alone ordereth all things and is all-powerful. Why then does He send trials to His servants? | LOG#2041x, PT#14 p.041 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1892 | 160 | Verily the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth. | LOG#2051x, SW_v08#12 p.148x, BW_v01p061 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2301 | Words spoken on 1914-01-13 | 110 | When these institutions, colleges, hospital, hospice and establishments for the incurables | LOG#2055x, DAS.1914-01-13, SW_v05#05 p.071, BW_v01p061 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Harmony of science and religion; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00799 | 440 | Persian | Paris Talks | ای دختر عزیز من نامه فصیح و بلیغ در کمال سرور در باغی در زیر سایه درختی | O Thou my beloved daughter! Thine eloquent and fluent letter was perused in a garden, under the cool shade of a tree | BRL_DAK#0737 | LOG#2075x, PT#59 p.195, DAS.1913-08-28, ABIE.249, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#099, BSTW#108b | Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Predictions and prophecies; Role and station of women; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0098 | Public address given on 1912-05-20 | 1240 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions peculiar to this radiant century | LOG#2080x, LOG#2082x, LOG#2099x, LOG#2103x, LOG#2104x, PUP#051 (p.133-137), SW_v03#08 p.018-020, STAB#129, STAB#130 | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; The animal kingdom; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1437 | The Tenth Principle—Equality of Sex: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris | 220 | Persian | Paris Talks | جمیع کائنات موجوده مذکر و مونثند و در مابین ذکور و اناث آنها فرقی نیست نظر در | The Tenth Principle of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the equality of the sexes. God has created all creatures in couples. | AMK.210-212, KHAB.166 (177), KHTB1.163, KHTP.113, QIRT.20ax | LOG#2081x, LOG#2085x, PT#50 p.169, SW_v03#02 p.004-005, SW_v07#15 p.138 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0153 | Public address given on 1912-08-26 | 1030 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the principle of equality of man and woman | LOG#2091x, LOG#2100x, PUP#095 (p.280-284) | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0040 | Public address given on 1912-10-25 | 1730 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | When Christ appeared, certain blessed souls followed His example. They were with their Master | LOG#2092x, PUP#113 (p.370-376), MAB.086x, ECN.359 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrdom of the Bab; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12042 | 250 | Persian | ای بنات ملکوت ورقه رحمانیه امة الله بنت ذبیح بیاد شما افتاد و ذکر شما را در | In this divine age the bounties of God have encompassed the world of women. Equality of men and women, except in some negligible instances, has been fully and categorically announced. Distinctions have been utterly removed. | BRL_DAK#0700, QIRT.06bx | LOG#2102x | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0749 | Public address given on 1912-06-11 | 400 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Man must be lofty in endeavor. He must seek to become heavenly and spiritual | LOG#2113x, PUP#066 (p.186-187), SW_v04#06 p.101 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0180 | Words to Edward Getsinger et al, spoken around 1915-01-26 | 960 | Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land answers questions of Dr. Edward C. Getsinger in 1915 | No obstacle should be placed before any soul which might prevent it from finding the truth.... The ones in real authority are known by their humility... In this day every one must be tested | LOG#0120x, LOG#0235x, LOG#0322x, SW_v06#06 p.043-045, SW_v08#17 p.223, SW_v08#18 p.234, PN_1915 p002, PN_1915 p006 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Spirit and form in the administration; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1716 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls | LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01933 | 280 | Persian | ای دکتر من نامه تو رسید نوایای خویش را مرقوم نموده بودی چه قدر این نوایا | O thou my doctor! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy aims... The worst human quality and the most great sin is back-biting, and most especially | BRL_DAK#1147, AVK3.181.13x, GHA.304bx, NJB_v04#11 p.004 | LOG#0312x, LOG#0305x, DAS.1913-08-11, SW_v04#11 p.192, SW_v07#19 p.196, ABIE.179, BLO_PN#007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0387 | Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-13 | 630 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | خسته بودم قدری خوابیدم در خواب میدیدم که با شماها صحبت میدارم ولی بصوت جلی | I have made you wait for a while, but as I was tired I slept a little. While I was sleeping... I desire distinction for you | BDA1.123.x | LOG#0320x, PUP#068 (p.189-190), SW_v03#10 p.017, SW_v19#07 p.220, DWN_v6#04 p.001x, MHMD1.132 | Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Excellence; distinction; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2867 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I desire that every one of the believers may become an ignited candle... Today the confirmations of the kingdom of Abha are with those who renounce themselves... The master-key to self-mastery is self-forgetfulness | LOG#0390x, BSC.548 #992, SW_v11#01 p.018x | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00662 | 480 | ...Know thou that hardship and privation shall increase day by day, and the people shall thereby be afflicted. The doors of joy and happiness shall be closed on all sides | LOG#0438x, SW_v12#08 p.148x, BSTW#446x, BSTW#504ax | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1452 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-12 | 220 | Persian | یک ترتیبی از برای تربیت اطفال در ذهن من هست که هنوز اسبابش فراهم نشده که آن را مجری دارم | When people invite me alone to their houses I ask them to prepare only one dish... I have carried in my mind for some time an educational system | ZSM.1914-12-12 | LOG#0483x, DAS.1914-12-12, SW_v13#07 p.171-173, SW_v14#01 p.006 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0104 | Public address given on 1912-09-03 | 1200 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada | ساعتی پیش جوانی اینجا آمد با او مذاکره کردیم که طبیعت کامل است یا ناقص روشن | Nature is the material world. When we look upon it, we see that it is dark and imperfect. For instance | BRL_DAK#0655, KHF.014, KHAB.375 (381), KHTB2.233, NJB_v05#06 p.001 | LOG#0485x, PUP#101 (p.308-312), ABIC.008-010 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Universal education | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0146 | Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02 | 1050 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities | BDA1.065n | LOG#0488x, LOG#2077x, LOG#2086x, PUP#032 (p.074-077), BSC.308 #629, SW_v03#04 p.012-014, DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x, PN_1912 p081 | Equality of men and women; Manifestation of God as sun; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity in diversity; Universal education | - | - | MHMD1.073 | ||||||||
| ABU0297 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken around July 1904 | 740 | As I said before, you must be sure whether the gardener is the True Gardener or not - if he is a true gardener what he does is right.... A wise schoolmaster should send his scholars out to play or to practice gymnastics | LOG#0491x, SW_v09#08 p.091x, PN_1900 p033 | Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1721 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 | 180 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | 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 | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00739 | 460 | mixed | ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد از خدا میخواهم که ترا | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and the contents | MMK5#249 p.194, NJB_v12#14 p.240 | LOG#0603x, SW_v12#14 p.233-234 | Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0093 | Address to the Baha'is at True home in Chicago, 1912-09-16 | 1260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Allah-u-Abha! Praise be to God! I have spent a number of days among you, associating with you in love | LOG#0629x, PUP#104 (p.320-324), BSC.279 #577x, SW_v03#15 p.007+008-010, BSTW#052ox | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2311 | Words spoken on 1919-12-14 | 100 | Persian | احزاب مختلفه ایران متنبه نشده اند... شیطان به بالین معاویه آمد و او را برای ادای نماز | The various parties of Iran have not awakened [3.5s]... ...one day Satan went to the bedside of Mu'awiyah and woke him up to perform his obligatory prayer. | ISA.011-012 | ISAE.1919-12-14, STAB#147x | Hypocrisy; Past, present and future of Iran; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3646 | Words spoken on 1919-12-15 | 700 | Persian | اغنیا باید به فقرا کمک کنند در آمریکا شخصی بود قریب سیصد ملیون لیره ثروت داشت | The rich must aid the poor. There was a person in America who was worth about three hundred million liras. Nevertheless, he was unwilling to spend even one lira on the poor; and all his life, he had not experienced comfort | ISA.006-008 | ISAE.1919-12-15 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3661 | Words spoken on 1919-12-18 | 60 | Persian | بلی این لوح در اواخر ایام جمال مبارک نازل شد موقعی به ابن ذئب رسید به صعود واقع شده بود | Yes. It was revealed during the latter days of the Blessed Beauty. When it reached the Son of the Wolf, the Ascension [of Baha'u'llah] had taken place | ISA.001 | ISAE.1919-12-18 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3653 | Words spoken on 1919-12-21 | 110 | Persian | بلی عاکور همین عکاست فرنگی ها به عکا عاکور میگویند در طول مدت تاریخ | Yes, Achor is this same 'Akka. The Westerners refer to 'Akka as Achor. Over the course of history, it has acquired many names. At first it was 'Aúk, then became 'akúr [Achor] and afterwards 'Akka | ISA.015 | ISAE.1919-12-21 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3647 | Words spoken on 1919-12-26 | 600 | Persian | تمام آن الواح از لسان جمال مبارک است در اواخر ایام مبارک یک نفر از احباب | All of those Tablets were revealed by the lips of the Blessed Beauty. During the final blessed days [of Baha'u'llah], one of the friends asked [the same question] of Mírza Áqa Jan | ISA.025-027 | ISAE.1919-12-26 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1607 | Words spoken on 1919-12-27 | 190 | Persian | در اوایلی که به عکا و قشله عسکریه وارد شدیم روزی حکومت خبر داد | You see this old man; he has devoted his entire life in service to the Cause of God… In the early days when we came to 'Akka and arrived at the military barracks, one day the governor sent word | ISA.003-004 | ISAE.1919-12-27, STAB#090 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Mount Carmel | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3662 | Words spoken on 1919-12-29 | 20 | Persian | در بغداد از اطاقی که مشرف به رودخانه دجله بود و در وقت نزول چهره مبارک برافروخته بود | In Baghdad, in a room overlooking the Tigris River. At the time of its revelation, the Blessed Countenance [of Baha'u'llah] was most excited. | ISA.001 | ISAE.1919-12-29 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3656 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | بلی زیرا بموجب دستور مبارک عمل نکرده اند در مجمع اتفاق ملل فقط چند دولت | Yes, since they have disobeyed the blessed instructions [of Baha'u'llah]. Only a few countries have representatives in the League of Nations, whereas the representatives must be appointed and ratified by the nation | ISA.012 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Power of faith; power of the spirit; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3657 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | رسمیت در یک مملکت بخصوص که بهائیان در آن جمع شوند نمی شود در هر جا | Recognition will not occur in a specific country where the Baha'ís should gather. In every land, the friends will progress and the Cause of God will be recognized without warfare or conflict. Christianity in France was emancipated in this manner. | ISA.002-003 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Christ; Christianity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3659 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 70 | Persian | وقتی به امریکا رفتم ضعفم به درجه ای بود که صدایم تا چند درعی نمیرسید ناچار در مجالس چهار پنج هزار | When I went to America, My fatigue was of such a degree that My voice could not reach more than a few meters. Of necessity, in gatherings of four or five thousands souls | ISA.002 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2439 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | تاجر ماهوت فروشی چند توپ ماهوت از بغداد خریده | Once a cloth merchant bought some fabric in Baghdad and was taking it to his own town to sell. On the way, he encountered some thieves. | ISA.017 | ISAE.1919-12-30, STAB#160 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3658 | Words spoken on 1920-01-01 | 70 | Persian | حل این مسئله آسان است کلام بر سه قسم است یکی لفظی که عبارت از تموج هواست که صماخ گوش را | The solution to this issue is simple. Kalam [the Word] appears in three types. One is oral, which is composed of airwaves, impacts the orifice of the ear and is made and assembled of letters | ISA.013 | ISAE.1920-01-01 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3654 | Words spoken on 1920-01-04 | 110 | Persian | حیفا بدرجه ای ترقی کند که این کوه یکپارچه نور شود از اینجا تا عکا | Haifa will develop to such a degree that this mountain will be covered entirely in light. From here to 'Akka will be connected by roads and on each side trees will be planted | ISA.015-016 | ISAE.1920-01-04 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0195 | Words spoken on 1920-01-05 | 910 | Persian | جمال مبارک ما را از جمیع قیود نجات داده... شخصی بود مصطفی بیک مدیر تحریرات مفتی شهر عکا | The Blessed Beauty has freed us from all restraints. He teaches that we must be kind to all, even to our enemies. There was a certain Mustafa Bayk | ISA.018-021 | ISAE.1920-01-05, STAB#097x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2503 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02 | 90 | 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 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10795 | 60 | Man while in this life should endeavor to learn of the Throne of God, to serve the Holy Threshold, to seek knowledge of the other World | BAVA.029-030, BLO_PN#021 | One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3413 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03 | 30 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2376 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03 | 100 | Religion can be divided into two parts: the first is the spirit which never changes; and the second the laws | BAVA.031, BLO_PN#021 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Christ; Christianity; Miracles and their interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05325 | 150 | O united souls! The letter you sent is perused and by its contents happiness and joy was produced; for it expressed union and harmony | BAVA.036-037, BLO_PN#021 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of 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 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10456 | 280 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله در هر محل و مکانی موفق بخدمت حضرت یزدانی زیرا بیزار | In this great Dispensation some of the anniversaries are solar and some lunar | INBA85:307 | BRL_DAK#0890, GHA.426ax | RKS.147-148x | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05139 | 240 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل آنجناب ملاحظه گردید هر چند از عنوان حصول احزان شد | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was perused, and although its contents brought sadness [3.5s]... ...You had written about the Day of Declaration of His Holiness the Exalted One – may My soul be a sacrifice unto Him, which is mentioned in Questions and Answers. | BRL_DAK#0059, AVK4.015.03x, MAS2.085x, GHA.426bx | RKS.149x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0117 | Words spoken on 1915-07-18 in Haifa | 1150 | Persian | اگر کسی برود به تخت جمشید می بیند چطور خانه ها بسته می شود. هیچ عمارتی نیست که خراب نشود | If someone goes to Takht Jamshíd [Persepolis], he will see how homes are shut. There is no building that has not been destroyed | RHQM2.1048-1051 (499-502) (305-307), ZSM.1915-07-18 | RKS.151-157 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3684 | 160 | At dawn, with wondrous and melodious voices, they will be engaged in the mention of God. Ships carrying the flag of “Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá!” will anchor at the port [of Haifa] and kings will disembark | RKS.067 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Shrines and Holy places; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2365 | Address to Outlook Tower society on 8 Jan. 1913 | 100 | I have pleasure in presenting myself to this gathering, so that I may explain to you certain of the principles of Bahá'u'lláh. Nearly sixty years ago | ABCC.364-365x | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0583 | 480 | Bahá'u'lláh loved the beauty and verdure of the country. One day He passed the remark: 'I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.' | ABCC.039-041, BKOG.357-359, BNE.040-041 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01531 | 320 | Arabic | یا من امتحن عبدالبهاء هل یلیق لمثلک ان یمتحن عبدا خاضعا خاشعا لله لا والله بل | O thou who hast put Abdu’l-Baha to the test! Is it seemly for one like thyself to test a lowly and submissive servant of the Lord? | INBA59:212 | BRL_DAK#1033, MKT2.192, MILAN.193, YHA2.931 | ABCC.051, BTO#14 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Testing God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02675 | 230 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان از خدا بخواه که در جمیع مراتب خادم رب المواهب باشی و در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Supplicate unto God that thou mayest become, in all degrees, a servant of the Lord of Bounties, and in [3.5s]... ...The centre of violation purloined, in its entirety, the Divine trust which specifically appertained to this servant. He took everything | INBA84:289 | ABCC.053 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0011 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-07 | 2260 | BKOG.057-059x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0059 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-08 | 1480 | Persian | میانه جمیع این نعمای جسمانی از همه لذیزتر خواب است روح انسانی یکقدری آزاد میشود | Among all the worldly bounties none is more wonderful than the dream. In this state the human spirit | AVK1.325-327x, NJB_v14#09 p.288 | BKOG.091x | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0063 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-06 | 560 | When the mujtahids and Nasiri'd-Din Shah sent Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn to 'Iraq, and he began agitating against the Blessed Perfection | BKOG.143-144x, STAB#078 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0243 | 830 | Persian | خلیل پاشا والی بیروت عبدالرحمن الحوت را بوکالت از خود بعکا فرستاد | Khalil Pasha, the Governor of Beirut, dispatched 'Abdu'r-Rahman al-Hut to 'Akka as his deputy [3.5s]... ...Upon their arrival, the Commission of Inquiry invited me to meet with them but I declined. They sent a certain official by the name of Hikmat Big | ASAT4.360-363 | CHC.217-218x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08888 | 90 | Persian | ای منجذب ملکوت الله ایامی که در خانه تو بودم نهایت مهربانی از تو دیدم فراموش | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! During the days I spent in thy home I was the recipient of thine utmost kindness | BRL_DAK#0114 | LBLT.107ax | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04785 | 160 | Persian | ای شمع محبت الله در مدت اقامت در لندن نهایت مهربانی را از تو مشاهده نمودم و | O thou candle of the Love of God! During my sojourn in London I witnessed thine utmost kindness | BRL_DAK#0115 | LBLT.107b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04020 | 300 | Persian | ای سراج محبت الله نامه مورخ ۱۳ جنوری ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت الحمد لله دلیل بر صحت | ...As to thy coming to Egypt, it will bring happiness both to thy heart and to ours. I suggested this to thee two months ago, that we proceed to Egypt together | BRL_DAK#1080 | LBLT.109bx | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04080 | 180 | Persian | ای منادی ملکوت نامه ایکه بمنور مرقوم نموده بودی قرائت گردید البته با مسس کیبس | O thou herald of the Kingdom! Thy letter written to Monaver was perused. Thou shouldst together with Mrs Gibbs establish a center | BRL_DAK#0135 | LBLT.110x | Reincarnation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Christian clergy; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01188 | 360 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید امیدوارم که در ماه نومبر در لندره باشم در باب | ...Regarding the “Golden Key”: To those whom thou canst trust and in whom thou mayest confide, say the following: We showed the utmost kindness to Professor Browne | BRL_DAK#0118 | LBLT.116-119x | Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04424 | 170 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز بهاء الله عنوانی اشرف از این عنوان نمیدانم تا ترا بان عنوان | O dear maidservant of Baha'ullah I don't know any preface more illustrious than this preface, therefore I call thee by that address. | BRL_DAK#0119 | LBLT.121 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11359 | 80 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز من شب و روز آنی از یاد تو فراغت ندارم و در حق تو تایید و توفیق | I beseech God to grant thee His divine confirmation and assistance, that thou mayest become the luminous candle of that city and summon all the people to the Kingdom of God | BRL_DAK#0121 | LBLT.122x | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1911 | Words to a troop of actors, spoken on 1912-12-21 | 160 | All these people thought they were waiting for Christ and that they were His intimate friends | LBLT.132-133 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07385 | 110 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز من نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل شد زیرا دلیل بر آن | O thou my beloved daughter! Thy letter was received. Its contents imparted the utmost of happiness. It indicated that that “Setareh” is shining. | BRL_DAK#0120 | LBLT.157 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08064 | 180 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز نامه رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر انجذابات وجدانی مینمود و منطوقش | Convey my respects to Lady Nicolson and deliver this message to her on my behalf: This century is the century of God and the dawning place of the Sun of Truth | BRL_DAK#0122 | LBLT.158x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06532 | 130 | O thou, my spiritual philosopher! Thy letter was received. In reality its contents were eloquent | LBLT.161x, SW_v04#17 p.286-287x, ABCC.353-354x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11357 | 30 | Persian | ای خدای مهربان این دختری ملکوتی زحمتی کشیده و صحبتهای عبدالبهاء را نگاشته | O God of Love and Mercy Behold this daughter of the Kingdom! (she and her daughters and her friend) took great pains to write down the Talks | BRL_DAK#0123 | LBLT.162b | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07387 | 110 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من از روزیکه از لندن سفر کردم الی الان دقیقه آن خانم محترمه را | O My Heavenly daughter! From the day that I journeyed from London until now – I have not forgotten the honourable Lady for a minute. | BRL_DAK#0124 | LBLT.163 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03695 | 190 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من مدتی بود هیجان عصبی مانع از کتابت بود لهذا نامه ای ارسال | O thou my beloved daughter of the Kingdom! For some time past the agitation of the nerves prevented correspondence | BRL_DAK#0125 | LBLT.165-166x | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00565 | 520 | Persian | ای ستاره درخشنده بنور ایمان نامه ای که بتاریخ ۱۹ حزیران ۱۹۱۹ مرقوم نموده بودی | O star shining with the Light of Faith! The letter which thou hadst written on 19th June 1919 was received. And the bunch of flowers | BRL_DAK#0128 | LBLT.193x, LBLT.197-198x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Equality of men and women; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03148 | 210 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز الحمد لله موانع زائل دوباره بمکاتبه پرداختیم درین مدت تو را | O dear daughter! Praise be to God that obstacles have passed away and again we begin correspondence. I did not forget thee in these times. | BRL_DAK#0129 | LBLT.198-199x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02381 | 290 | Persian | ای خانم محترمه جواب نامه شما بتاریخ ۹ کانون ثانی ۱۹۲۰ بود رسید و از مضمون | ...It is my hope that thou mayest be confirmed in that important cause, which is of greatest service to the world of humanity, for those poor children are dying of hunger and their condition is truly heart-rending | BRL_DAK#0130 | LBLT.202x, ABCC.512x | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03998 | 180 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه که دهم سبتمبر ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم نموده بودی رسید بسوزان فریر | O thou my heavenly daughter! The letter which thou hast written on the 10th was received. Convey my greetings to the revered Suzanne Ferriere. | BRL_DAK#0133 | LBLT.203-205x | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00769 | 450 | Persian | ای منجذبه ملکوت الله نامه که در عید ایستر مرقوم نموده بودی رسید از مضمون | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! The letter written at Easter | BRL_DAK#0131 | LBLT.203-205x, SW_v14#11 p.342, ABCC.512-513 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Consolation and comfort; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10841 | 130 | Persian | ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت بود و برهان قیام | ...Praise be to God that thou hast been confirmed in serving impoverished children and showing kindness to the poor, and hast been assisted in spreading abroad the teachings | BRL_DAK#0132 | LBLT.204x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01063 | 380 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز ملکوتی من این جنگ مهیب اخیر آفت عالم انسانی بود مانند سیلی بود | O thou my dear heavenly daughter! This last dreadful war was a calamity unto the world of humanity... The pamphlet thou didst compile, appealing to the world of humanity... To contribute toward the cause of these pitiful children, and to protect and care | BRL_DAK#0134 | LBLT.207x, SW_v14#11 p.343x, ABCC.436x | Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06613 | 120 | Persian | ای بنت ملکوت الحمد لله محفوظ و مصون با نهایت سرور و خوشنودی از شما بپاریس | O daughter of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, we reached Paris safely and in a state of utmost happiness and contentment with thee. | BRL_DAK#0071 | LBLT.091 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09032 | 90 | Since I intend to return home, therefore, I do not write in detail. Praised be God that we are all safe and secure in the shelter of divine care | LTDT.113x, LTDT.325 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01763 | 300 | O thou my beloved sister! Through the encircling graces of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to the dust of His Holy Threshold - we have crossed the blue seas | LTDT.172-173, AIF.1911-08-21, DAS.1914-10-27 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05442 | 150 | O My sister, the kindred of My spirit! I have perused all the communications that were sent. Regarding a trip to Alexandria | LTDT.174-175 | Business; financial; property matters; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11066 | 50 | O My beloved sister, the Greatest Holy Leaf! My eagerness knows no bound. I have not seen thee for such a long time | LTDT.175x | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00107 | 1060 | Persian | یا امه البهاء نامه شما قرائت گردید ولی متحیر ماندم از مضمون آن زیرا میدانی | O handmaiden of Bahá! Your letter was read, but I was astonished at its contents, for you know [3.5s]... ...By God, I am not offended by Mírza Badí‘u’llah, or by the harm he inflicted on Me which caused My renewed incarceration and stirred up mischief against Me | MMK5#224 p.173 | LTDT.242x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03730 | 190 | O kind Aunt! Thy letter adorned with God’s remembrance hath been perused. On the one hand it caused exceeding happiness | LTDT.272-273 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09041 | 90 | Praised be Thou O Lord my God! This is one of the leaves of the Tree of Thy Oneness and a fruit of the Tree of Thy Singleness | LTDT.272 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02620 | 240 | Arabic | علیک التحیه و الثناء یا فخر النساء المنتسبه الی الشجره المبارکه الثابته الاصل | Upon thee be salutations and praise, O pride of the female kindred of that Blessed Tree whose Root is firmly established | ASAT4.289, IQN.111 | LTDT.278-279 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00025 | Lawh-i-'Ammih (Tablet to the Aunt) | 2740 | mixed | Lawh-i-'Ammih (Tablet to the Aunt) | قد اشرقت الانوار و القوم فی عمه عظیم قد ظهرت الاسرار و الناس فی دهش قدیم | O kind aunt! The world hath been stirred into motion by the life-giving breezes of the disposition of thy august Brother | CMB_F60, CMB_F61, CMB_F62, PR20.008 | MKT2.168, YHA1.374x, OOL.C007 | LTDT.289-291x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 1 | * | - | Tablet written by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to His unfaithful aunt Shah Sultan Khanum, after the ascension of Bahá'u'lláh. | ||||
| AB02545 | 240 | ...The Ancient Beauty, may My spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones, from the beginning had the utmost consideration for that family | LTDT.305-306x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10473 | 60 | ...Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God, under the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty, I have safely returned from the West but will again proceed to America | LTDT.306x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11473 | 20 | LTDT.306x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB09688 | 80 | The letter adorned with the True One’s mention hath been received. Praised be God that under divine favours ye are the recipients of the greatest of all bounties | LTDT.325 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09691 | 80 | O Handmaid of God! . . . All that was written hath become known and been understood. Praised be God, through the bounty | LTDT.326x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07073 | 120 | ...Several days ago we were going to come to Haifa but legal and religious impediments presented themselves . . . God willing, we will come but know not when | LTDT.327x | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09047 | 90 | ...when I came to ‘Akká, it was prescribed for me to go to the sea every day and this was not possible in Yarkih. Moreover, I had a lot of work | LTDT.327x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01421 | 330 | mixed | ای ورقه محزونه محزون مباش و دلخون مگرد دنیا تا بوده است چنین بوده است و هذه | O thou sorrowful Leaf! Be not sad and grieve not. That is the way the world hath been since its beginning. This is God’s way | MMK6#412 | LTDT.330-331 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11209 | 40 | ...if in the andarún women related something about some person, the hearer should observe complete silence, engage in communion with the True One and say that the remembrance of God is best | LTDT.331x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11602 | 10 | Persian | حضرت همشیره را نمیدانم بچه زبان بیان اشتیاق نمایم آنچه بنویسم قلم قاصر است | I do not know in what words I could describe my longing for my honoured sister. Whatever it may write, my pen falls short. | BHKP_2#21x | LTDT.335, BHK_2#21x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10734 | 60 | [refers to reports indicating that Munirih Khanum's condition was the same as before and says that the Exalted Leaves were of the opinion that she should go to Egypt] | LTDT.337-338x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB09060 | 90 | O Amata’l-Bahá! The subject of Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh hath become extraordinarily strange | LTDT.337 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06029 | 130 | O Amata’l-Bahá!...Treat Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl with utmost kindness. Enquire about his health | LTDT.337x, LTDT.359x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11248 | 40 | O Amata’l-Bahá! Apparently, thou hast decided to go to Egypt. For the time being, thou wilt explore a new place | LTDT.338 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08413 | 100 | O Amata’l-Bahá! Day and night all the Leaves are engaged in remembering thee and await the receipt of news of thy recovery and well-being | LTDT.338x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04969 | 160 | O Amata’l-Bahá! Think not that because thou art away from the Blessed Shrine, thou art distant and in a forlorn state | LTDT.341x | Personal instructions; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10827 | 50 | O Amata’l-Bahá, O Spiritual Leaf! There is nothing wrong with Me. Through the bounty and grace of the Ancient Beauty | LTDT.342 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08307 | 100 | ...Should people enquire about My whereabouts, tell them that certain prominent Americans and Europeans have repeatedly sought | LTDT.344x | Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11524 | 20 | ...Those who accept only what logic can prove, On the path of life upon clumsy wooden legs they move | LTDT.344x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07775 | 110 | ...It is truly a delightful place. The mildness of the weather, the freshness of the grass and fields, the lushness and pleasantness of the hills | LTDT.344x, AIF.1911-08-21x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07091 | 120 | O Amata’l-Bahá! With utmost ease I arrived in New York. However, I was not for a moment free of My thoughts for all of you | LTDT.345-346 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10735 | 60 | O Amata’l-Bahá! All that thou hadst penned down hath been perused. Thou hast written regarding a trip to Quds (Jerusalem) | LTDT.346 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10192 | 70 | O thou Leaf that moveth with the fragrant breezes of God! The written sheet was perused and from its contents the lamentation | LTDT.347x | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2881 | Words to Dr. Woodson Allen spoken in Oct. 1912 | 60 | Dr. Allen, you understand healing. You understand healing. You understand healing! You know that many diseases can be cured through simple medicines | MAB.075-076 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3636 | Words to Ramona Brown, spoken on 1912-10-24 | 10 | Memorize the talk I gave at Stanford University. | MAB.080 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2795 | Words to Mr King from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24 | 70 | 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; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01730 | 300 | O Thou who art aflame by the Fire of the Love of God. The letter you had sent dated June 26th 1916 was received. | MAB.091x | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09296 | 80 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter has been received. From the Kingdom of Abha I ask assistance and bestowal | MAB.103 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02371 | 250 | ...Thou hadst written concerning the services of Mrs. Goodall and Mrs. Cooper. These two dear maidservants of God are truly two shining candles | MAB.008cx | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02097 | 270 | O Thou dear maidservant of God! Your letter was received and its contents became known. Have no care because of the blame of enemies | MAB.009-010x | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3234 | Words to Ramona Allen Brown, spoken on 1912-10 ca. | 40 | 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 | Intuition; inspiration; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11306 | 40 | O thou shining and spiritual Gem! Glad tidings to thee from the Generosity of Thy Lord. Be happy on account of the Gifts of thy God which shall soon surround thee; and Thou art confirmed in the Covenant! | MAB.017 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05755 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God! Be thou not sad on account of past vicissitudes and troubles, neither be thou discouraged | MAB.029, BSTW#048 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07044 | 120 | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily, I am informed of the text of thy letter, which contained how thou art confessing the Kingdom of God | MAB.042, ECN.747 | Many are called but few are chosen; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2090 | Words to Helen Goodall and Woodson Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 130 | Nothing makes a man so happy as love…. There will come a day when you will see how the nightingales of Persia will sing their songs | MAB.047, ECN.473 | Being a source of light; guidance; East and West; communication between East and West; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1950 | Words to Dr. Woodsen Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 150 | Because whatsoever a man soweth here he reapeth there. This world is like a school. He must learn lessons here | MAB.048-049, ECN.468 | Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0589 | Words to Dr. Woodsen Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 480 | Man must not imagine disease but must ever trust God. Anyway, a man's life here in this world is temporary…. There was a man, a grandee among the Turks | MAB.048, ECN.467+474+523x+595 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1877 | Words to Baha'is from Portland, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 160 | Alláh-u-Abhá! You are very welcome.... Because I longed to see you, I have shortened my visit to the country, and here am I. | MAB.053-054, ECN.844 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1049 | Words to Baha'is from Seattle, Portland, and Spokane, spoken on 1912-10-17 | 300 | You are all welcome, very welcome. The friends from Seattle and Portland have labored very much to have come such a long distance | MAB.057-058 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0670 | Words to Baha'is from Seattle and Portland, spoken on 1912-10-17 | 440 | I am exceedingly happy to see you. Your faith is as the faith of Peter when His Holiness Christ addressed him thus | MAB.061-063, ECN.736 | Hospitality; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3089 | Words to Mrs. Allen, spoken on 1912-10-21 | 50 | Because you have this intention, that is capacity. The intention is capacity. | MAB.064a | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3068 | Words to Takeshi Kanno, spoken on 1912-10-21 | 50 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0060 | Words to Drs. W. and W. Allen and Dr. J. Catton, spoken on 1912-10-21 | 1460 | Diseases are of two kinds. There are some which are due to material cause, and such diseases should be treated according to material methods. | MAB.069-075, ECN.545 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power of prayer; Teleology; goal-directed motion | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03827 | 190 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بمغناطیس محبه الله ابشری بموهبه الله ابشری بفضله و احسانه علیک | O thou who art attracted by the magnet of the love of God! Rejoice at the grace of God and at the favours He hath vouchsafed | QT105.1.052, DUR3.373x, DUR1.172x | MAX.131-132, MAX.177 | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01260 | 550 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز جمال ابهی نامه نامی رسید و معانی مشروح سبب انشراح قلوب گردید | O cherished handmaiden of the Most Glorious Beauty! Your distinguished letter was received, and its detailed meanings brought gladness to hearts [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that during this summer thou art intending to travel to different parts to deliver the glad tidings… Convey my greetings to Thomas Breakwell | BRL_DAK#0751 | MAX.165x, MAX.335x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for protection; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02444 | 250 | Arabic | ایتها المشتعله بنار محبه الله انی قرات مکتوبک المشروح و اطلعت بمضمونه البدیع | O thou who art enkindled by the fire of the love of God! I read thy detailed letter and noted its wondrous contents. Render thanks unto God that He rescued thee | BRL_DAK#1094 | MAX.173-174 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10677 | 60 | O thou who art attracted unto God! Verily, I remember thee in my prayer and supplication to God, and implore my Lord to make thee a flame of the Fire | MAX.174 | Love as fire; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05887 | 140 | Arabic | ایتها الامه المنجذبه الی ملکوت الله المبشره بالجمال الابهی فی تلک الانحاء انی | O thou maidservant who art attracted to the Kingdom of God and art announcing the glad-tidings of the Beauty of the countenance of Baha in those regions! Verily, I address to thee | BRL_DAK#0351, DUR3.372, DUR1.155 | MAX.175-176 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05470 | 150 | ...Blessed art thou, for thou hast severed thyself from aught else save God! | MAX.175 | Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07717 | 110 | O ye illumined faces! It was in truth with great pleasure that I looked upon the picture which portrayed your noble selves. | MAX.176 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07859 | 100 | O my God! These are the five leaves of the tree of Thy clemency and the five servants of the sacred threshold of Thy oneness. | MAX.177 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04919 | 160 | O thou who hast heard the call of the Cause of God! I adjure thee, by God! Hast thy young and honourable daughter ever been in the state | MAX.179 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02802 | 230 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی ابتهل الی الله ان یجعلک ایه الهدی و سراجا | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I beseech God that He may make thee a sign of guidance and a lamp enkindled | BRL_DAK#1142 | MAX.180-181 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Parents and children; youth; families; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07704 | 110 | O Venerable Lady! I have read thy detailed letter and noted its contents. I immediately wrote a letter to thine esteemed daughter | MAX.180 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08352 | 100 | …Be well assured of the favours of thy Lord, be resigned unto Him, and cross the ocean in full tranquillity… Give my greetings to thine honourable husband | MAX.191x, MAX.209x | Consolation and comfort; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07779 | 110 | O my beloved one, I received thy letter in which thou hast expressed thy contentment with one who hath turned unto God and prayerfully adoreth Him. | MAX.208-209 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09001 | 90 | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy letter and thanked God for thy joy and happiness | MAX.215 | Prayer for married couples; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04042 | 180 | O thou maidservant of God! I perused the letter which thou didst dictate in a state of illness and sickness | MAX.225 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01955 | 280 | mixed | ای کنیز عزیز الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید حمد کن خدا را که در آتش | O beloved maidservant of God. What thou hast written was perused. Thank God, that thy face hath become shining | BRL_DAK#1097 | MAX.229 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09182 | 80 | ...Convey my longing and love to thy dear husband, and say: In this world, from the days of Christ down to the present time | MAX.230x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11182 | 300 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی آنچه بتاریخ ۲۹ نوفمبر سنه ۱۹۰۴ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه | O thou dear maidservant of God! ...I am very happy that thy marriage did not distract thee, for indeed, thou didst become more self-sacrificing and hast made progress. | BRL_DAK#1079 | MAX.234x | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05764 | 140 | ...O thou daughter of the Kingdom! In reality thou art attracted to the divine realm and set aglow with the fire of divine love. | MAX.242 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08547 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thou art in my memory and art present in heart and soul in the assemblage of the Kingdom. | MAX.243 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02989 | 220 | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom! Although a delay hath occurred in writing, I can now answer thee. | MAX.245 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04050 | 180 | O thou favored maidservant in the Threshold of the Almighty! Mr. Hopper had requested of me | MAX.246-247 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06903 | 120 | O thou who art attracted to the Abhá Beauty and the lover of the Best Beloved! At every moment I remember thee | MAX.247-248 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02410 | 250 | Persian | ای منجذبه ملکوت ابهی حمد کن خدا را که بنفحه حیات ابدیه زنده شدی و توجه بملکوت | O thou who art attracted to the Abha Kingdom! Thank thou God that thou wert quickened by the breath of eternal life | BRL_DAK#1095 | MAX.264a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10353 | 60 | Whilst passing some days in the East, thou wert a flame of the love of God. Now, assuredly, thou art even more aglow and illumined. | MAX.264b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01553 | 310 | Persian | ای بنت عزیز ملکوت نامه ۹ آپریل ۱۹۱۰ رسید مضمون دلیل بر انجذاب قلوب و انشراح | O cherished daughter of the Kingdom, Thy letter of April 9th, 1910 hath arrived, and its contents attest to the attraction and joy | BRL_DAK#1078 | MAX.268 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06054 | 130 | Persian | ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید مضامین شعله افروخته نار محبت الله بود لهذا سبب | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were like unto enkindled flames of the fire of the love of God | QT105.1.051 | MAX.272 | Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11187 | 40 | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy letter was received, but I have no time to answer | MAX.275 | Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11571 | Cablegram dated 1912-08-28 | 10 | Eng | Your letter received. In reality thou art illumined. We leave for Montreal Friday Morning. | MAX.279 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02234 | 260 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من از یوم خروج از مونت ریال تا حال دمی نیاسودم و آرام نگرفتم | O thou My daughter in the Kingdom! From the day of leaving Montreal until now I have not rested nor reposed | BRL_DAK#0844 | MAX.284-285 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11317 | Cablegram dated 1912-11-09 | 30 | Eng | We will arrive in New York Monday Night. The time for sail is not yet set. You and friends have permission to come to New York. Abbas. | MAX.285a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11599 | Cablegram | 10 | Eng | Safely arrived London. Remembered always. Greetings Maxwell. Kiss baby. | MAX.285b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01816 | 290 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید دلیل بر سرور قلب و نهایت خلوص نیت و قیام بر | Thy letter was received. It showed the happiness of thy heart, the utmost purity of thy motives, and thy determination to serve the Cause of God | BRL_DAK#0849 | MAX.288 | Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03741 | 190 | Thy detailed letter was received. Indeed, it was not a letter but a spiritual rose-garden in which the flowers of inner meaning | MAX.290-291 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02107 | 270 | Persian | ای منجذب عهد و پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل | Thy letter was received and its contents imparted utmost joy, because it indicated firmness and steadfastness in the Cause of God | BRL_DAK#0907, ANDA#74 p.07, MATA.284 | MAX.290 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06806 | 120 | Persian | ای شمع افروخته بنار محبت الله نامه شما رسید از مضمون نهایت انجذاب و محبت الله | O thou candle aflame with the fire of the love of God! ...During my stay in America I continually encouraged thee to advance in the Kingdom of God. | ANDA#74 p.05 | MAX.291x | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05294 | 150 | Persian | ای منجذبه محبت الله اوقاتی گذشت که بتو نامه ای ننگاشتم ولی ترا فراموش ننمودم | O thou who art attracted with the love of God! A long time hath passed and I have not written thee a letter, but I have not forgotten thee. | ANDA#74 p.07 | MAX.297-298x | Being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10904 | 50 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. In regard to thy dear father, rest assured that in the Kingdom of God | MAX.304x | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11370 | 400 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه مفصل بتو مرقوم گردید الحمد لله در میان فرانسیسکو بخدمت | O thou beloved Maid Servant of God! A detailed tablet is written to you. Praise be to God that in San Francisco you are confirmed in the service | BRL_DAK#0224, NJB_v02#06-07 p.008x | MAX.312ax | Birth control; preventing procreation; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10287 | 70 | Lua, Juliet, May, Ella—how attached to each other they are! Poor Lua! She is no more | MAX.332x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01882 | 290 | O thou real friend! Thy letter dated April 11th was duly received. Thou hast written regarding the maidservant | MAX.335-336 | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04456 | 170 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Though others have very often spoken of thee in their letters | MAX.363-364 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08702 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! ...Thou hadst written concerning the Convention which thou art going to establish in Canada | MAX.363b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11360 | 160 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید از مضمون سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلالت بر روحانیت محضه | ...Mrs. Maxwell is in very truth a mercy from God and a token of His grace. In assisting the friends she is self-sacrificing, and in firmness in the Covenant she is a heavenly example | BRL_DAK#0540 | MAX.364ax | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11358 | 160 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه تو رسید البته دختر روحانی بپدر رحمانی تعلق تام | O dearly cherished daughter of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter has been received. Verily, a spiritual daughter has perfect attachment to her heavenly father [3.5s]... ...My dear daughter Mrs. May Maxwell is in truth spiritually illumined. She hath no thought, and uttereth no word | BRL_DAK#0608 | MAX.364bx | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05291 | 150 | O thou who art attracted to the divine Beloved! Thy letter was received. The contents indicated that thou hast utmost love towards Mr. And Mrs. James Kehler | MAX.365x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10997 | 50 | Arabic | ایتها الجوهره الحبیه الناظره الی مطلع الاشراق غضی النظر و کفی البصر عن غیر | O thou beloved gem, who hast fixed thy gaze upon the Horizon of the Shining-Light! Take heed | INBA59:182a | MAX.080-081 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09102 | 90 | ...To the one who hath hearkened to God's good tidings and hath proclaimed His bountiful favours! | MAX.082-083 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00246 | 740 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی انطق الورقاء باحسن اللغی فی حدیقه الرحمن علی الاغصان بابدع | Praise be to God Who hath caused the tongue of the Mystic Dove to speak with the best of words in the Garden of the All-Merciful upon the boughs with the most wondrous of melodies | INBA55:149, INBA59:023b, UMich962.069-072, UMich991.043-047 | BRL_DAK#0645, MKT1.114, MNMK#017 p.090, TZH6.1104-1107, ABB.125 | SMR.292-295 | Exhortations and counsels; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1117 | Words spoken in Aug. 1915 | 280 | Persian | از اشیاء نفیسه بیت جمال مبارک یک تسبیح مروارید برای ما ماند | Prayer beads made of pearls - one of the most precious of the household possessions of the Blessed Beauty | RHQM2.0842-843 (257) (157) | STOB.014-015x #022, STAB#076 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Business; financial; property matters; Imam 'Ali | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3446 | Words spoken in 'Akka to Aqa Muhammad Rahim | 30 | One day the Blesed Beauty observed: 'At this very moment the Tablet to the Czar of Russia is being read | STOB.049 #056 | Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2580 | Words spoken ca. 1919 | 80 | Persian | حمام در حقیقت نعمت بزرگی است در رومیلی در تمام خانهها حمام و آب موجود بود | To bathe oneself is a great bounty. Near the army barracks in ‘Akka there existed a public bath which was in a state of ruin | YIK.298-299, ZIAB2.133 | STOB.049-050 #057 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters; Cleanliness and refinement; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3292 | 30 | Persian | جمال مبارک از چهار چیز خوششان میآید | The Blessed Beauty often remarked: 'There are four qualities which I love to see manifested in people: first, enthusiasm and courage | YIK.304-305, ZIAB1.065 | STOB.051 #060 | Effort; striving; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3155 | Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-05-09 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من خیلی رعایت نفوس میکنم که فرار ننمایند و ادنی اعتراضی نتوانند با وجود این | Although I pay great respect to the feelings of people in order that they may not run away or make the least objection, yet the religious ministers of Washington have denounced us | BDA1.078.x | MHMD1.086 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2981 | Words spoken in Washington, 1912-05-08 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بسبب ندانستن آنگونه معانی همیشه ملل از مظاهر فیوضات علة العلل محتجب می گشتند | Through their ignorance of these meanings people have always remained veiled | BDA1.077.x | MHMD1.086 | Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3313 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-30 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | House of Justice; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2329 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-13 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2995 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-17 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2152 | Words spoken on 1912-06-23 in New York | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | حضرت مسیح را می فرمودند که هر کس میخواهد با من بیاید باید صلیب خود را بدوش خویش بردارد | His Holiness Christ said, 'he that desireth to follow Me, must bear his own cross.' | BDA1.131.16 | MHMD1.141-142, FDA.034, DJT.319-321, BKOG.098x, BLO_PN#027, STAB#037 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2573 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2856 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-24 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Growth of the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2215 | Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Christian doctrine and practice; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idolatry; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2164 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-27 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2831 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-01 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3569 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-03 | 10 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Infinity and eternity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3146 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-04 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | قول منجمین اکثر اشتباه و غیر معتبر است ولی جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط مثل اعضآء هیکل انسان که ارتباط تام دارد | The words of the astrologers are for the most part doubtful and unreliable. But the whole of creation is interrelated like the different parts of the human body which have a complete affinity from the toenail to the hair on the head. | BDA1.146.05 | MHMD1.157 | Astrology and numerology; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3301 | Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-07-06 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Law of burial and cremation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1745 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1912-07-07 | 170 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3148 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-10 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مراد لوحی از الواح مبارکست و کنایه از اینکه الواح الهیه را باید بر سنگهای گرانبها نقش نمود | What is meant is one of the holy Tablets. But it also alludes to the fact that the divine Tablets should be engraved on precious stones. In addition, there is a saying in the East by which the color white symbolizes divine will | ASAT5.040, MAS2.021, BDA1.152.02 | MHMD1.164 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3122 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-12 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1372 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | دیشب وضع مجلس خیلی موافق حکمت و مورث محبت بود که عقد و ازدواج اهل بها در مجلس بقانون مسیحی هم جاری شود تا نفوس بدانند که اهل بها در بند این رسومات جزئیه نیستند | The holding of last night's meeting was done with wisdom... My discourses in various gatherings have been founded on principles that are in conformity with reality | BDA1.158.12 | MHMD1.172-173 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2724 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-22 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی معتقدند که حرکت ثالث کرهٴ ارض سبب طول و قصر عمر است که این حرکت غیر از حرکت شبانه روز و حرکت | Some think that is a third motion of the earth which is the cause of the length or shortness of life. This motion, they say, is different from the diurnal and annual motions | MAS2.073, BDA1.162.10 | MHMD1.177 | Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2745 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-25 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3114 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-27 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2978 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-26 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2208 | Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-27 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از شهدای این امر یکی در وقت شهادت گفت که حضرت مسیح فرمود که جسد از شهادت خائف است اما | One of the martyrs of this Cause, at the time of his martyrdom... What a blessing God bestowed upon the Persians but they could not appreciate it! | BDA1.168.13 | MHMD1.183-184 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3015 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-29 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Development of capacity and readiness; Empty learning; false spirituality; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2127 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Goodly deeds; actions; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1828 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-03 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2440 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-04 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2861 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3156 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Limits of the intellect; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Proofs for the existence of God; Rational arguments | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1755 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-06 | 170 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1980 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-09 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خیلی زحمت است این نحو گذران در چنین عمارتی بسر بردن در چنین هوا و فضائی سیر کردن با چنین خدام و دوستان محترمه ئی بودن واقعاً خیلی بشما بد میگذرد خدا بفریاد تان برسد | Oh! You are badly off here! May God hear your complaint!... Joking aside, what a wonderful table the Blessed Perfection has spread for His friends! | BDA1.185.02 | MHMD1.200-201 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2143 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-10 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی اصول ادیان یکی است و شمس حقیقت واحد ولکن در هر یومی از مطلعی نمودار پس بهآئیان معتقد باصول ادیان و متوجه شمس حقیقتند | The basic principles of all religions are the same and the Sun of Truth is one, yet every day it appears from a different dawning point. | BDA1.186.07 | MHMD1.202 | Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2860 | Words to some musicians, spoken on 1912-08-13 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2746 | Words to some spiritualists, spoken on 1912-08-17 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3161 | Words to a young Jewish woman, spoken on 1912-08-21 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یهودی خوب هم بهائی میشود حقیقت امر حضرت موسی و امر حضرت بهاءالله یکی است توجه ببهآءالله کن سکون و قرار خواهی یافت | A good Jew can also become a Baha'í. The truth of the religion of Moses and of Baha'u'llah is one. | BDA1.200.09 | MHMD1.216 | Call to action; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2830 | Words to two Persians from Tihran, spoken on 1912-08-24 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Chastisement and requital; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2993 | Public address given on 1912-09-02 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چون نفوس تربیت یافته می بینند که کشیشها نان و شراب را در دست گرفته نفسی بآن می دمند و می گویند | When educated people see the priests taking bread and wine in their hands, blowing a few breaths over them and saying | BDA1.221.15 | MHMD1.238 | Christian doctrine and practice; Confession of sins; Critique of Western values; culture; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2235 | Words to people invited for lunch, spoken on 1912-09-02 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3014 | Public address given on 1912-09-02 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مدنیت مادی صنایع ترقی نموده علوم و فنون توسیع یافته همین قسم اسباب حرب و قتال و خونریزی و هدم بنیان انسانی | Because of material civilization, industry has progressed and sciences and arts have burgeoned but at the same time weapons of war and bloodshed | BDA1.222.15 | MHMD1.239 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3307 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-04 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2210 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-04 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Miracles and their interpretation; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2564 | Words spoken on 1912-09-04 in Montreal | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی قدر و عظمت این سفر هنوز معلوم نیست بعد معلوم می شود چون ما مقصدی از این سفر جز | Yes, the value and greatness of these travels are not known now... At the time of Muhammad's migration to Medina under divine protection, Abu Bakr was with Him. | BDA1.227.13 | MHMD1.244, STAB#066 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||
| AB05169 | 150 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | احبای شهرهای کالیفورنیا علی الخصوص سانفرانسیسکو از بس ناله و فریاد کردند | ...It is because the friends of California, and particularly those of San Francisco, have so frequently called and pleaded | BDA1.231.05x | MHMD1.247-248x | Business; financial; property matters; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1619 | Words spoken at Windsor Hotel in Montreal, 1912-09-07 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | و مقصد امم و مذاهب عالم مقصد واحد زیرا جمیع معتقد بوحدانیت الهی هستند و واسطه ئی را بین خلق و خالق لازم میدانند | The foundation of all religions is one and the aim of all creeds of the world is also one. All are believers in the oneness of God. | BDA1.231.17 | MHMD1.248-249 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Outward and inward meanings | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2449 | Words spoken on 1912-09-08 in Montreal | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خیر آن دستگاه پیچیده شد و آن بساط بر هم خورد بقدری آن ایام سخت بود که همه یقین داشتند | Oh no, that organization has been rolled up; that system has been rendered null. Those days were so hard that all had believed | BDA1.233.01 | MHMD1.249-250 | Non-participation in politics; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2982 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-09 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3136 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-11 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3115 | Words to reporters, spoken on 1912-09-11 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; God's attributes require the existence of objects | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3461 | Words spoken at railway station in Buffalo, 1912-09-12 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | انسان هزار دولار میبخشد نقلی نیست اما یک دولار تعسدی کسی را قبول نمیکند زیرا اینگونه تعدی منافی عدل و نظم عالم است | A man may give $1,000 without minding it but he should not yield even a dollar to the person who wishes to take it wrongfully, for such wrongful behavior flouts justice and disrupts the order of the world. | BDA1.240.10 | MHMD1.257 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2728 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-12 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise of Western values; culture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1487 | Words to Saichiro Fujita, spoken on 1912-09-12 | 210 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | احوال افندی جاپانی ما چه طور است این ایام تازه سلطنت جاپان تبدیل شده امپراطور جدید گشته سلطنت میکادو تمام شد | So, how is our Japanese Effendi? Recently the government of Japan has undergone a change. A new emperor | BDA1.241.15 | MHMD1.258-259 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2169 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-13 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | وقتی و لو هزار دولار موجود باشد می بخشم اما وقت دیگر یک دولار هم صرف نمیکنیم اینها محض نظم و ترتیب امور است | Sometimes I give away as much as $1,000, if I have it, but at another time I do not spend even a single dollar. This is so that affairs are regulated. | BDA1.242.15 | MHMD1.259-260 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2986 | Public address given on 1912-09-13 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بودن مدنیت الهیه اسرار ملکوت ظاهر نگردد فیوضات روحانیه تحقق نجوید حکمت و قوهٴ ماورآء الطبیعه جلوه ننماید | With[out] divine civilization the mysteries of the Kingdom are not revealed and the bounties of heaven are not ascertained; supernatural wisdom and power to not manifest themselves | BDA1.243.09 | MHMD1.260 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2128 | Words to black Baha'is and others, spoken on 1912-09-13 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر انسانی صورت و مثال رحمانی داشته باشد سیاه یا سفید نزد خدا مقرب است بعضی بمن اعتراض نموده اند | If a man has spiritual characteristics, be he white or black, he is near to God. Some have protested to me, asking why I seek to cultivate love between the whites and the blacks. | BDA1.243.17 | MHMD1.261 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Kindness to and rights of animals; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2972 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-14 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2738 | Public address given on 1912-09-13 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در جمیع تواریخ عالم نظر کنید به بینید چنین حکایتی هست که شخصی شرقی در ممالک غرب وانگهی امریکا حاضر شود | Look at the history of the world and try to find a parallel instance in which a native of the East has come to the countries of the West | BDA1.244.14 | MHMD1.262 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2711 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2543 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-17 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2431 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-16 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1072 | Words spoken on 1912-09-17 in Chicago | 290 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اعظم از اساس اپتراکیون در ادیان الهی موجود مثلاً در حکم آلهی و یؤثرون علی انفسهم | The principles of socialism are outstripped in the religions of God. | BDA1.251.06 | MHMD1.269-270 | Education of children; moral education; Martyrs and martyrdom; Newspapers and the media; publications; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3302 | Words to the editor of the Police Journal, spoken on 1912-09-17 | 30 | Persian | 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; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2709 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-18 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله خداوند مملکتی آباد بشما داده شهرها معمور است تجارتها در ترقی و آثار عمران در نهایت جمال و کمال | Praise be to God that He has given you a prosperous country. Towns are flourishing, commerce is progressing and the outward evidences of prosperity are displayed with utmost beauty and perfection. | BDA1.253.15 | MHMD1.271-272 | Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Satan; the Evil One; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3016 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-18 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2719 | Words spoken at Hotel Plaza in Minneapolis, 1912-09-19 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | با وجود این باز نصاری و مسلمین از ما راضی نیستند و حال انکه انها در خانهٴ خود سر گرم راحت و عشرتند | Notwithstanding this, the Muslims and Christians alike are not satisfied with us. They are engaged in pleasurable diversions and enjoyable pastimes | BDA1.256.01 | MHMD1.274 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2216 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-19 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2848 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2750 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2217 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1438 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-21 | 220 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | جنگ خودمان خوبست که جمیع را مغلوب مینماید وقتیکه حضرت مسیح را تاج خار بر سر نهادند | Our own 'war' is good because it conquers all. When a crown of thorns was placed on the head of Christ, He saw with His own eyes the crowns of kings under His feet.... If the republics of America assembled and agreed on the question of peace | BDA1.260.02 | MHMD1.278-279 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Means of establishment of future civilization; Prophecy and fulfillment; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3017 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03176 | 210 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ای فضل الهی ای عزیز عمو علی وقتی همدم این آواره کوه و صحرا و سرگشته دشت و دریا | O divine bounty! O dear Uncle Ali! When you were the companion of this wanderer through mountains and deserts, this wayfarer through wilderness and seas [3.5s]... ...The light of Baha'u'llah has shone to such a degree on the continent of America that in every city where a number of believers reside, the call | MKT4.088, AKHA_118BE #10 p.b, YHA1.143x, BDA1.261.01x | MHMD1.279 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1303 | Words spoken on 1912-09-21 in Omaha | 240 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تا بحال انچه واقع شده جمیع سبب اعلآء امر الله بود مهاجرت جمال مبارک از طهران و حرکت از بغداد | Up to now, whatever has occurred has had the effect of spreading the Cause of God. | BDA1.262.01 | MHMD1.280 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3304 | Words spoken on 1912-09-22 in Lincoln | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شعاع ظلمانی بالصراحه بپدرش نوشته که من در صدد تحصیل پول و متاع دنیوی هستم | Shu'a of darkness wrote to his father quite openly that his purpose was to amass wealth and worldly property | BDA1.262.08 | MHMD1.281 | Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2243 | Words spoken on 1912-09-23 in Denver | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من از طول راه کلیفورنیا در ابتدای حرکت متأثر می شدم ولی چون لله و محض نشر نفحات الله حرکت کردیم | In the early stages of our long journey to California my health was affected... It is written in the Hadith that cities shall draw nearer to each other. | BDA1.265.01 | MHMD1.283 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0799 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-24 | 370 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر کن خدا را زیرا اول کسی که خود را پسندید شیطان بود انسان نباید خود را بر تر از دیگران داند | Thank God, because the first self-conceited one was Satan. A man must never consider himself greater than others.... Act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'u'llah. Do not only read His teachings but put into practice in your lives the Hidden Words... It [mind-to-mind communication] is evident. If a lover holds the hand of a beloved, it is obvious what feelings ensue... I have not come for rest and diversion. | BDA1.266.15 | MHMD1.285-286 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2339 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-24 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0677 | Words spoken at hotel in Denver, 1912-09-25 | 430 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | دیدید چه آتشی بقلوب زدم انسان باید اول خود مسرور و منجذب باشد تا تواند | Did you see what a fire was set aglow in the hearts?... I have come to your city and found tall buildings and advancement in material civilization... Man must take flight from the cage of the body... The Persian friends travel mostly on foot. | BDA1.270.01 | MHMD1.288-290, STAB#032 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1819 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-26 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Compassion; kindness; Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1375 | From a talk quoted in a Denver newspaper, 1912-09-26 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | عالم امکان یعنی این عالم نامتناهی مثل عالم انسان میماند همانطوری که عالم انسان از مقام جنینی ترقی کرد تا به عالم بلوغ و کمال رسید همینطور این عالم کون نامتناهی رو به ترقی است | The contingent world is like the human body that has grown from the embryonic state and reached maturity and perfection. | BDA1.273.08x | MHMD1.291x | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3131 | Words spoken on 1912-09-27 in Glenwood Springs | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | توجه بمیثاق اطاعت جمال مبارکست و سبب جمع شمل اهل بها واضح بگویم | To turn to the Covenant is to obey the Blessed Beauty which is a cause of gathering together the people of Baha. | BDA1.275.16 | MHMD1.294 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0520 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-28 | 520 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0250 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-29 | 820 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1829 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پطرس از تربیت ظاهری مقدس و مبری بود بدرجه ئی که ایام هفته را نمیتوانست نگاهدارد هفت بستهٴ نان می بست | Peter was devoid of all schooling and so untrained that he could not remember the days of the week. He would tie up seven loaves of bread and open one each day. | BDA1.279.15 | MHMD1.297-298 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1298 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30 | 240 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Universal peace; world unity; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0986 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-10-01 | 310 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Call to action; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1611 | Public address given on 1912-10-02 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ما در دنیا عقب انسان می گردیم انسان بحیات روحانی انسانست و سبب این حیات کمالات معنوی و صفات رحمانی است | We aspire to find true human beings in this world. Man becomes human only through spiritual life, and the foundation of such a life is made up of heavenly perfections. | BDA1.284.05 | MHMD1.301-302 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Man's distinction from the animal; Purpose; goal of creation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2598 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2228 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2430 | Words to two Japanese Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1979 | Words to a reporter from the Bulletin, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خداوند انسان را بصورت و مثال خود خلق کرده .... ولی حال بالعکس از حیوانات درنده بی رحم تر | God created man after His own image and likeness... but now, behaving contrarily, man has become more merciless | BDA1.287.15 | MHMD1.305 | Human reality created in the image of God; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3137 | Words to a reporter from the Post, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در این قرن نورانی جمیع امور تجدید شده علوم تجدد یافته فنون جدید | In this enlightened age everything has been renewed--sciences have been renewed, new arts have come into being | BDA1.287.12 | MHMD1.305 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2138 | Public address given on 1912-10-05 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این ممالک در مادیات کمال ترقی حاصل نموده مانند هیکلی است که در نهایت صباحت و ملاحت است | These countries have reached the apex of material progress. They are like bodies in the utmost health... The people of America have a great capacity for the acquisition of spiritual qualities but they are immersed in material affairs | BDA1.288.11 | MHMD1.306 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2758 | Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | هر چند نباتات نسبت بعالم حیوان حساس گفته نمی شوند ولی در عالم خود روح نباتی و قوهٴ حساسه دارند | Although sensitivity in plants is slight as compared with that manifested in animals, within their own kingdom they have sensitivity and vegetable spirit. | BDA1.289.07 | MHMD1.306 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3468 | Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تغییر اوضاع عالم و غلبه امر بهائی بجائی خواهد رسید که از سایر امور جز نمونهای مانند این عمودها باقی نخواهد ماند | The world and its condition will change to such a degree and the Baha’í Cause will prevail to such an extent that nothing but a remnant -- like these pillars -- will remain of the previous order. | BDA1.289.05 | MHMD1.306 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3134 | Words spoken in San Francisco, 1912-10-06 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | حقیقت الوهیت منزه از حلول و دخول است ولی مظاهر الهیه حاکی از صفات و کمالات حق سبحانه و تعالی هستند | The reality of divinity is holy beyond descent and incarnation but the divine Manifestations are expressive of the attributes and perfections of God. | BDA1.290.11 | MHMD1.308 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1663 | Words to the Mayor of Berkeley, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3142 | Words to some Jewish visitors, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2563 | Words spoken on 1912-10-09 in Palo Alto | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی مسیح را خدا بعضی کلمة الله و بعضی نبی الله گفتند و از اینگونه اختلافات | Some called Christ God, some the Word of God, some others the Prophet of God | BDA1.294.06 | MHMD1.312 | Christian doctrine and practice; Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1968 | Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Christian doctrine and practice; Harmony of science and religion; Literal interpretation; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2827 | Words to some Indians, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Growth of the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2826 | Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-12 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز در کنیسه موسویان صحبت کردیم شما دیدید که چگونه اثبات شد که حضرت مسیع | Today we spoke in the Jewish temple. You saw how it was proven that Christ was the Word of God | BDA1.307.11 | MHMD1.324-325 | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3316 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-13 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | هر امر عمومی الهی است و هر امر خصوصی بشری لهذا خدمات و زحمات نفوس اگر مفید بحال عموم | Every universal matter is from God; and limitations are from man. | BDA1.309.07 | MHMD1.326 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; Universality of the Cause; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3291 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ترانا یا الهی مجتمعین علی هذه المائدة شاکرین لنعمتک ناظرین الی ملکوتک | Thou seest us, O my God, gathered around this table, praising Thy bounty, with our gaze set upon Thy Kingdom. | AVK4.070, MAS5.256, BDA1.310.01 | MHMD1.327, ABCC.308 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2720 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | باید شخصی رئیس باشد که خود اصرار در ریاست نداشته باشد فی الحقیقه در خیال شهرت و برتری نباشد | The president must be a man who does not insistently seek the presidency. He should be a person free from all thoughts of name and rank; rather, he should say, 'I am unworthy and incapable of this position | BDA1.309.12 | MHMD1.327, VLAB.107 | Elections; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2560 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه با تقدیرات موافقت نماید تحقق می یابد و علاوه نیت خیر و حسن تدبیر جاذب تأیید است | What conforms to the divine decree will be realized. In addition, good intentions and sound thoughts attract confirmations. | BDA1.310.09 | MHMD1.328 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1844 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-15 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | فی الحقیقه اطفال زینت سفره اند علی الخصوص این اطفال که خیلی ملیحند قلوب اطفال بسیار صاف و ساده است | In reality, children are the ornaments at the table... How can we render Thee thanks, O Lord? Thy bounties are endless and our gratitude cannot equal them.... When in the city of Zor the lamp of his life was extinguished | AVK4.070, MAS5.256, MMJA.010, BDA1.311.07 | MHMD1.329, ABCC.308x | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prayer to be recited at table; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2825 | Words to Mrs Hearst, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Non-participation in politics | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2739 | Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-16 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در راه این صحبت را میداشتیم که هیچ بخاطر نمیآمد که بکلیفورنیا بیائیم و این طور با احباء ملاقات کنیم | On the way here we were saying that it never occurred to us that we would come to California and meet with the friends in this manner | BDA1.314.17 | MHMD1.332 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2435 | Words spoken en route to Oakland, 1912-10-16 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بسبب نرفتن من بانجا خیلی متأثر شده اند و با وجود مشاغل بی اختیار از راه دور برای ملاقات آمده اند اگر تا پورتلند و سیاتل | They are upset that I am not going there. However, in spite of the great distance, they have come to see us, notwithstanding the effort involved. Had it been but a one-or two-day trip, I would have gone to Portland and Seattle but the distance is great. | BDA1.314.09 | MHMD1.332 | Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3480 | Words spoken on 1912-10-16 in San Francisco | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | نطقهای من همه باقتضای وقت و اندازهٴ استعداد نفوس است بهر طفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند | I speak according to the demands of the time and the capacity of my listeners. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom be capable of measuring the universe.' | BDA1.314.05 | MHMD1.332 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00285 | 700 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary; Translation List | ای سهیم و شریک عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان بها شب است در کالیفورنیا شهر اوکلند | O thou who art partner and co-sharer with ‘Abdu'l-Baha in servitude to the Threshold of Baha! It is evening and these wandering birds are nestled in the home | KHSH08.010, KHSH08.052, ANDA#33 p.19, MSHR5.259-260x, MJDF.104, NJB_v04#07 p.001, BDA1.315.07 | MHMD1.333, ECN.544, ADMS#178 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2233 | Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | دو جواب دارد یکی جواب فلسفی و یکی ملکوتی جواب فلسفی آسان است چه که | This question may be answered in two ways, philosophically as well as spiritually. ...in philosophy the spirit is energy | BDA1.317.06 | MHMD1.335 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2863 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-17 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Justice and wrath of God; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1982 | Words to a newspaper reporter, spoken on 1912-10-19 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در عالم وجود دو مدنیت موجود مدنیت مادیه و مدنیت الهیه فلاسفه موًسس مدنیت مادی بوده اند | In the world of existence, civilization is found to be of two kinds: material civilization and spiritual civilization. Philosophers founded the former while the divine Prophets established the latter. | BDA1.319.14 | MHMD1.337 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2707 | Public address given on 1912-10-21 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر تقرب الهی خواهید از جمیع اشیا منقطع شوید و از آلایش دنیای فانی پاک و مقدس گردید | If you desire the nearness of God, you must sever yourself from everything and become purified and sanctified from the dross of this transitory world. | BDA1.320.07 | MHMD1.338 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2602 | Words to a newspaper editor, spoken on 1912-10-20 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یک کلمه بتو می گویم و این تا آخر کافی است و بیش از ین نه تو سئوال کن و نه من جواب میدهم و آن کلمه بیان حضرت مسیح است | I will tell you one thing and it will suffice once and for all. Beyond this neither question me nor will I reply. And that is the words of Christ when told that 'your brothers have come to see you.' | BDA1.321.12 | MHMD1.339-340 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hospitality; Personal instructions; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1597 | Words spoken at Hotel Lankershim in Los Angeles, 1912-10-20 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر اینها هم مقصد خیری در امر الله دارند باید بخدمتی موفق شوند و بروند تبلیغ امر الله نمایند | If they have good intentions for the Cause of God, they must render some service and they must go out to teach the Cause. If they are able, they should raise the cry | BDA1.322.12 | MHMD1.340-341 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1679 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-21 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر کنید خدا را بالطاف باقیه فائز شدید و دیدهٴ بینا یافتید همه کورند و شما بینا جمیع زمینی هستند | Thank the Lord that you have attained His eternal favors and have been blessed with seeing eyes. All are blind but you are endowed with sight. | BDA1.324.04 | MHMD1.342-343 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1830 | Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2325 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-23 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0432 | Words to Ramona Brown, Marie Barr and Betty Vent, spoken on 1912-10-24 | 590 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر کنید خدا را که فیض الهی بشما رسیده شمس حقیقت بر شما تابیده و آب حیوان و حیات آسمانی | Thank God that the divine bounty has reached you, that the Sun of Truth is shining upon you and that the water of everlasting life has been provided for you. | BDA1.328.06 | MHMD1.346-347, MAB.079-080 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1379 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-25 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of prayer; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3320 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-24 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2465 | Words to a Jewish lady, spoken on 1912-10-26 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | معلوم است فطرت تو پاک است لذا من میخواهم بحقیقت مسائل الهیه آگاه شوی در زمان هر یک از مظاهر مقدسه الهیه | It is obvious that you have a pure character, so I want you to become aware of the truth of divine matters. At the time of each Manifestation of God | BDA1.334.12 | MHMD1.352-353 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2581 | Words to some Greek passengers, spoken on 1912-10-26 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2596 | Words spoken en route to Salt Lake City, 1912-10-27 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من بامریکا آمدم تا علم صلح عمومی بلند کنم آمده ام ترویج وحدت عالم انسانی نمایم مقصدم الفت و محبت | I have come to America to raise the standard of universal peace and to promote the unity of mankind. My aim is to create love and harmony among the religions. | BDA1.335.16 | MHMD1.354 | Oneness; unity of religion; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1677 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-29 | 180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در کلیفورنیا دیدم رئیس اساقفه با تبخر و جلال جمعیتی از عقب با خود میبرد گفتم چه خبر است | One day in California I saw a cardinal walking with pomp and ceremony in front of a procession. Inquiring about the occasion, I was told that a new church had been built and the cardinal was to officially open its doors | BDA1.338.07 | MHMD1.356 | Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2759 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-10-29 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Disregarding bodily comfort; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1840 | Words to a Sufi, spoken on 1912-10-30 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | صحیح است ولی یک آدمی انقدر عزیز است که مسجود امم میشود مانند حضرت مسیح و موسی داعی بوحدانیت الهیه و سبب تربیت ملتی می گردد | Yes, this is true, but one man is so exalted that others bow down before Him and He is adored by them like Christ or Moses | BDA1.340.09 | MHMD1.358-359 | Christ; Christianity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Moses; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2590 | Words spoken en route in train in Chicago, 1912-10-31 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | متجاوز از دو سال است که از جوار روضهٴ مبارکه دورم حال باید مراجعت کنم اگر باز مقدر شود | It is now more than two years that I have been far from the Holy Shrine of Baha'u'llah. Now I must return. If God wills it, I shall make another journey in another direction | BDA1.341.08 | MHMD1.359-360 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0945 | Words to the Baha'is and others, spoken on 1912-10-31 | 320 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0203 | Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31 | 900 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2426 | Words to a man from Russia, spoken on 1912-11-01 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از روس بد مگو با دشمن و دوست هر دو نکوئی کن بگو من با همه یگانهام بدل خیر خواه عموم باش | Do not speak ill of Russia. Render good to friend and foe alike. Say that you are one with all. Be a true well-wisher of people. | BDA1.343.15 | MHMD1.362 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0319 | Words to various people, spoken on 1912-11-01 | 710 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Equality of men and women; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2330 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-25 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2816 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2437 | Words to Mrs Moody's relatives, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1357 | Message to humanity, through a journal editor, spoken at Milburn home in Chicago, 1912-11-03 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله قرون ظلمانى گذشت قرن نورانى آمد الحمد الله آثار اوهام و تقالید زائل شد و عقول | Praise be to God that the centuries of darkness have passed.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, that the Sun of Truth has shed its radiance! | PYM.182, KHTB2.319, BDA1.351.03 | MHMD1.369-370, VLAB.113x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2854 | Words to some engineers, spoken on 1912-11-03 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2735 | Words spoken at a banquet on 1912-11-04 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خوب سفره ایست چه که بمحبت بهآءالله ما بر آن مجتمع شده ایم امشب من بسیار مسرورم که در مجلس شما هستم | It is an excellent table for we have assembled here through the love of Baha'u'llah.... O thou kind Lord, we render thanks unto Thee that thou hast brought us from the farthest lands | BDA1.353.16 | MHMD1.372-373 | East and West; communication between East and West; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1617 | Words to a physician, spoken on 1912-11-05 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مقصود من الفت بین احزابست و ترک تعصب و ضغینه و بغضا تا ملل و امم عالم با یکدیگر براد?? شوند جمیع خیر خواه جنس بشر گردند | My aim is to create harmony and concord among the different groups and to eradicate prejudice, hatred and enmity | BDA1.355.16 | MHMD1.374-375 | East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2133 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اوائل صعود مبارک من چنین نوشتم که سوف تری رایة المیثاق تحقق علی الآفاق و همچنین شرق منور نما غرب معطر نما | Soon after the ascension of the Blessed Beauty I wrote: Erelong ye shall see the banner of the Covenant Hoisted over the world.... Outwardly the holy Manifestations of God were completely humiliated and despised. | BDA1.357.04 | MHMD1.375-376 | East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2578 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1990 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-08 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3321 | Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-11-09 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | هر گاه این امم رؤسای یکدیگر را به عزت یاد نمایند جمیع ذلتها و جدالها از میان برخیزد بجای نفرت الفت و بجای عداوت و بیگانگی محب و یگانگی حاصل شود مقصد من اینست | Whenever these people mention each other's leaders with due reverence then all sufferings and contentions shall cease | BDA1.362.04 | MHMD1.381 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Oneness; unity of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2979 | Words to a man who had lost both legs, spoken on 1912-11-09 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه از جسم کاسته شود نقصی بر روح وارد نیاید این یکی از دلائل بقای روح است چه که موت عبارت از تبدیل و تشتیت اعضا و عناصر جسمانی است | Mutilation of the body brings no harm to the soul. This is one of the proofs of the immortality of the soul | BDA1.364.02 | MHMD1.382 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3118 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-09 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Power of prayer; Prayer to be recited at table; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2987 | Words to Mirza Munir, spoken on 1912-03-26 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3459 | Words to Siyyid Asadu'llah Qumi, spoken on 1912-03-26 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3153 | Words spoken at 227 Riverside Drive in New York, 1912-11-12 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من با فقرا کار دارم و بمحل فقرا میروم نه اغنیا جمیع را من دوست دارم علی الخصوص فقرا را | I deal with the poor and visit them, not the rich. I love all, especially the poor. All sorts of people come here and I meet them | BDA1.369.03 | MHMD1.387 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1741 | Words to the Baha'í women, spoken on 1912-11-12 | 170 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1366 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Empty learning; false spirituality; Harmony of science and religion; Rational arguments; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3574 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13 | 10 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2462 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2463 | Words to a Christian Scientist, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مراد از اینکه در وجود شر نیست اینست که انچه از مبدء عالم هستی و وجود است مفید است | By saying there is no evil in existence is meant that what has come from the Origin of existence and being is good and useful. It is good in its time and place and not evil. | BDA1.373.16 | MHMD1.392 | Law of transformation and change; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3315 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | نغمات و اصوات در تلاوت آیات و مناجات نظم و نهر باید باشد ولی در امور غیر منصوص من مداخله نمیکنم | Singing and chanting of scripture and prayers in verse or in prose should be used but I do not interfere in matters not expressly stated in the Text. | AVK4.152.04, YHA2.863a, BDA1.373.13 | MHMD1.392 | House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2331 | Words to Mr Wilhelm and others, spoken on 1912-11-15 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Need for an educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1915 | Words spoken on 1912-11-15 in New York | 150 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان انسان دو قسم است یکی بیانی است که فقط منبعث از احساسات شخصی و خیال و فهم اوست این برای همه حجت و میزان نیست | Man explains things in two ways. One explanation originates from his personal feelings... In Jerusalem every now and then they broadcast a promise | BDA1.375.15 | MHMD1.394-395 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0425 | Public address given on 1912-11-15 | 600 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یوم ظهور مظاهر مقدسهٴ الهیه ربیع الهی است و بهار معنوی که اشجار نفوس انسانی را سبز و خرم نماید | The day of the Manifestation of God is the divine and spiritual springtime when the trees of human souls become green and flourishing | BDA1.375.10x | MHMD1.394x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1377 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-16 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1599 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-17 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله عون و عنایت مبارک از جمیع جهات رسید و تأیید ملکوت ابهی احاطه نمود امر الله گوشزد عموم گردید | Praise be to God! His divine help and assistance have enveloped us and the confirmations of the Abha Kingdom have surrounded us.... Had there not been this servitude, constancy and confirmation | BDA1.378.03 | MHMD1.397-398 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1680 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-20 | 180 | Persian | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2314 | Interview with a minister at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-22 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اساس اصلی ادیان الهی یکیست ابداً اختلاف و تغیییر ندارد اینست که حضرت مسیح فرمود من برای محو کردن شریعت نورات نیامدم | The fundamental principles of all religions are one. They are unchangeable and do not differ. This is what Christ meant when He said, 'I am not come to destroy the law of the Torah but to promote it.' | BDA1.385.09 | MHMD1.404-405 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2244 | Words to some children, spoken on 1912-11-24 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Parents and children; youth; families; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1849 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1989 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-27 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Call to action; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3159 | Public address given on 1912-11-28 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | هر چند بمدنیت مادیه و شئون جسمانیه مشغولند ولی مثل بعض بلاد اروپا بکلی از روحانیات غافل نشده اند | Although they are engrossed in material civilization and physical pursuits, still, unlike people in some European countries, they are not wholly devoid of spiritual susceptibilities. | BDA1.394.09 | MHMD1.413 | Critique of Western values; culture; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1453 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-29 | 220 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یکی از فیوضات دین و ایمان حصول اطمینان قلب و جنان است و سرور روح و مسرت وجدان | One of the bounties of religion and faith is the attainment of peace of the heart and soul and the joy of spirit and conscience. This station can only be gained through faith and understanding. | BDA1.394.17 | MHMD1.414 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1969 | Words to an American, spoken on 1912-03-27 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این امر مصدق جمیع کتب و مظاهر الهیه است و تعالیم آسمانی دارای دو قسم از احکامست | This Cause acknowledges the truth of all the Books and all the Manifestations of God. The heavenly teachings are composed of two kinds of commandments.... It [reincarnation] is not as people have understood. What is intended is the return of pre-existent attributes and perfections in new forms. | BDA1.013.08 | MHMD1.019 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Oneness; unity of religion; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1499 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-30 | 210 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Hospitality; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2836 | Words to some Christian ministers, spoken on 1912-12-01 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1440 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-01 | 220 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2591 | Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-12-04 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مراد از خلق آسمانها و زمینها در شش روز آن روز الهی است و خلق روحانی | What is intended by the creation of heaven and earth in six days is a spiritual creation and a divine day | BDA1.403.12 | MHMD1.422 | Creation of the world; Human reality created in the image of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2749 | Words to Mr Kinney's students, spoken on 1912-12-04 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2726 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | به بینید چگونه اقتدار امر الله ولوله در دلها انداخت و چه انقلابی در نفوس افکند چه طور عون و عنایت جمال ابهی پی در پی رسید | Observe how the power of the Cause of God has created a tumult in the hearts and what a revolution it has produced. See how the aid and assistance of the Abha Beauty have reached us | BDA1.415.16 | MHMD1.432 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3120 | Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-28 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این حمالهای زغال کشی چه قدر تحمل زحمت مینمایند چه قدر محتاج و فقیر ندخیلی لازمست صاحبان کمپانی | What hardship these coal miners have to suffer, how poor and needy they are! | BDA1.015.14 | MHMD1.022 | Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2582 | Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-30 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در این قضیه حکمتی است بعد معلوم خواهد شد | There is a wisdom in this matter which will become known later. | BDA1.016.10x | MHMD1.023 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3130 | Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-03-31 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2588 | Words to Mr and Mrs Austin, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3157 | Words to Mr. Woodcock, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3287 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2145 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-06 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3144 | Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | صحبتشان در مجلس این خواهد بود که مسیح خود را برای رفع گناهان قربان نمود اما معانی آن را نفهمیده اند | Their speeches in the meeting will be to the effect that Christ sacrificed Himself in order to redeem us from our sins. But they do not understand the inner meaning... The redemption of sins depends on our acting upon the admonitions of Christ, and the martyrdom of Christ was to cause us to attain praiseworthy morals and supreme stations. | BDA1.023.16 | MHMD1.032 | Christian doctrine and practice; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3126 | Words to a newspaper reporter, spoken on 1912-04-12 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | برای سیاحت و ملاقات انجمنهای صلح آمده ام زیرا اساس ما صلح عمومی | I have come to visit the peace societies of America because the fundamental principles of our Cause are universal peace and the promotion of the basic doctrine of the oneness and truth of all the divine religions. | BDA1.029.11 | MHMD1.038 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Oneness; unity of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2751 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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; East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0521 | Words to some newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-30 | 520 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | 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 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as educator; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB11624 | 10 | The greatest prison is the prison of self. | VLAB.009 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU3406 | Public address given on 1912-05-14 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | ...It is the Holy Spirit of God which insures the safety of humanity, for human thoughts differ, human susceptibilities differ. You cannot make the susceptibilities of all humanity one except through the common channel of the Holy Spirit. | VLAB.060-061x | Differences in human capacity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity | - | - | MHMD1.101 | |||||||||
| ABU3540 | Words to Henry Randall | 20 | The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail. | VLAB.121 | Limits of the intellect; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3562 | 20 | Sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful are the fruits we obtain. | VLAB.128 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3378 | Words to Mr M in 1912 | 30 | 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; Presence of; reunion with God; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00101 | 1270 | mixed | ایها المنادون باسم الله المهیمن القیوم در این ایام سهام بغضا از جمیع انحا... این ایام تازگی امت بیحیا خدعهئی نمودهاند و مکر و دسیسهئی مجری داشتهاند | O ye who call out in the name of God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting! In these days, the arrows of hatred from all directions [3.5s]... ...The martyr, Haji Mirza Jani, had written a few chapters, brief and incomplete, on the history of the Faith. These were in the possession of Aqa Muhammad-Rida, the nephew of Dhabih | BRL_DAK#0448, RHQM1.450-454 (549x) (334-337x), MSHR1.123-124x, HBAB.044 | EGBBF.065x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09672 | 80 | Persian | دوست عزیز محترم کرمنامه عالی وصول یافت مژده تشریف بلندن داشت ولی افسوس که | I have received your esteemed letter which gave the tidings of your visit to London. But, alas, the date of your arrival is the fourth of the month | CMB_F66f34.1, | MSHR4.297 | EGBBF.096x | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Poems and quotation from poetry; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00571 | 520 | Persian | دوست حقیقی مهربان اثر کلک مشکین چون نسائم بهاری مشام مشتاقانرا معطر نمود | O true and loving friend! The effect of thy fragrant pen, like the breezes of spring, hath perfumed the senses of them that long for thee [3.5s]... ...You had referred to history; you should so endeavour that in future centuries your history may become the undisputed authority, nay be considered sacred history | CMB_F66#03, | BRL_DAK#0742, MSHR5.401-402 | EGBBF.098x | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Nationalism; love of country; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08441 | 100 | Persian | یار عزیز مهربان در رقمیکه به برادر میرزا بدیع الله مرقوم فرموده بودید وعده | O beloved and kindly friend! [3.5s]... ...In your letter to my brother, Mirza Badi'u'llah, you promised to write us soon a detailed letter. We have waited long and it has not come | CMB_F66#10, | EGBBF.099 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00040 | 1630 | Persian | دوست حقیقی مهربان اثر خامه عنبرنثار آن یار وفادار چون نفحه گلشن اسرار مشام | O true and loving friend! The effect of the musk-diffusing pen of that faithful companion was even as a sweet fragrance from the mystic rose garden wafting to the senses [3.5s]... ...You have mentioned Mirza Malkam Khan in that he has been enquiring about the conduct and the attitude of these people, although he has full and complete knowledge of the integrity of purpose | CMB_F66#12, | BRL_DAK#0634, MSHR3.261 | EGBBF.100-103x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04991 | 160 | Persian | یار مهربان مدتیست که بکلی راه الفت بسته و جان و دل آزرده و خسته گشته نه یادی | Kind friend, For long has the road of amity been closed, and the heart and the soul are wearied and sorely afflicted | CMB_F66#19, | MSHR3.132 | EGBBF.103 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00455 | 580 | Persian | ای دوست محترم مهربان مدتی است که بهیچوجه از آن یار دیرین خبری نرسیده و نور | O revered kind friend, For a long time no news at all has come from that friend of many years... Although the line of amity is unbroken and heartfelt attachment endures, what came to pass | CMB_F66#19a, | BRL_DAK#0586, MAS9.094, MSHR5.040-041, MSHR5.379ax, YHA1.183-184 (1.377) | EGBBF.104-105x | Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Praise of Western values; culture; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00220 | 790 | mixed | یار عزیز مهربان تحریر بلیغ که بتاریخ چهارم مارت سنه ۱۹۰۱ مورخ بود رسید از | O beloved and kind friend! Your eloquent letter dated March 4th, 1901, was received and [3.5s]... ...From its heading sweet scent arose and brought fragrance to the soul…. The captivating and winsome figure of amity and concord will one day appear in the assemblage of the world | CMB_F66#19b, | BRL_DAK#0567, MMK4#186 p.227, MSHR3.036 | EGBBF.105-106x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00771 | 450 | Persian | ای یار دیرین مهربان خوشا ایامیکه بزم انس آراستیم و در نهایت محبت و الفت گفتگو | O kind friend of old, Happy were the days we sat together in fellowship, in amity and affection. The charm of that meeting is still vividly remembered | CMB_F66f34.2, | BRL_DAK#0813, MSHR5.293-294 | EGBBF.107-108x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12280 | 200 | ...My kind friend, Some distinguished people think that by giving currency to tales and legends the Cause of the Baha'is can be discredited | EGBBF.109x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00879 | 420 | mixed | دوست قدیما عزیز محترما الحمد لله محفوظا از لندن بپاریس آمدم ولی افسوس که اسباب | O ancient and honoured friend! Praised be God, I arrived safely from London to Paris, yet alas, circumstances [3.5s] | CMB_F66f33.1, | BRL_DAK#0875, AMK.286-288, HHA.220, MAS9.105, MSHR5.150x, MSHR5.247x, EGBBF.102 | EGBBF.110-111n | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Review of publications; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11050 | 50 | Persian | سرورکامگارا نامه مبارک شما رسید مضمون مشحون بحجت و مهربانی بود | O joyous bearer of success! Your blessed letter arrived, and its contents were replete with proofs and loving-kindness [3.5s] | CMB_F66f33.2, | EGBBF.110n | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3293 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 30 | 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 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1125 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907 | 280 | Persian | تمامش مسکن و ماوای انبیاء است تمامش موطی اقدام انبیاءاست انبیاء الهی شبها تا صبح بمناجات | All of these were the dwelling-places of the Prophets of old. All of them were blessed by the footsteps of the Divine Manifestations | KHH1.014 (1.019) | KHHE.031 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2211 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | این اراضی مقدسه است تمامش باثر اقدام انبیای الهی متبرک و مشرف شده هر وجبش مقدس است | All of this land is Holy Land, and it bears traces of the footsteps of the Divine Prophets. Therefore, every grain of it is sacred and sanctified. | KHH1.015 (1.021) | KHHE.033 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2575 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 80 | 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; Growth of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3001 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 50 | 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 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2056 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 130 | Persian | زیارت در وجود خود انسان است تا چقدر فیض ببرد و استفاده کند اگر بکمال توجه و تضرع زیارت نمود | Pilgrimage has to do with one's soul and, depending on one's approach, one benefits accordingly. If one was to approach pilgrimage with the utmost devotion and consecration | KHH1.020 (1.028-029) | KHHE.042-043 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2436 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | 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] | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04028 | 180 | Persian | ای شجره حدیقه حضرت کلیم جناب آقا حبیب الله بارض جلیل وارد و بتربت مقدسه مشرف | O thou tree of the orchard of His Holiness Moses! The honored Áqa Habíbu'llah has arrived at the Refulgent Land, attained unto the Sacred Threshold | KHH1.023 (1.032) | KHHE.048 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2464 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | مردم در صدد اطفای سراج الهی هستند ردیه ای نوشته اند نمیدانند که این ردیه ها باعث انتشار کلمة الله | People are exerting [great efforts] to extinguish the Light of God. They have written and will write many polemics, as they recently wrote in Tihran. | KHH1.024 (1.035) | KHHE.050 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | East and West; communication between East and West; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Conduct in finance and business; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Anthropomorphism; Christian doctrine and practice; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Manifestation of God as mediator; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1160 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 270 | Persian | امروز چون خدمت احباء نرسیدم خواستم بیایم در مسافر خانه مهمان بشوم چون هوا منقلب بود | Since I had not seen the friends all day, I decided to come to the pilgrim house and visit you.... Similarly, it is revealed, “The knowledge of bodies and the knowledge of religions.” Notice that the knowledge of body is given preference over the knowledge of religion. | KHH1.033-034 (1.047-048) | KHHE.063-064 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1851 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | یکروز در بغداد با دو سه نفر از احباب به شکار رفتیم یک عرب برهنه سیاه سوخته سوار شتر بود | One day in Baghdad, I went hunting with two or three of the friends. Riding a camel, an unclad Arab Bedouin came towards us. | KHH1.034-035 (1.049) | KHHE.065, STAB#155 | Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2997 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 50 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Non-participation in politics; True liberty; freedom | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3143 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 40 | Persian | شیطان یکی نفس اماره است که ببغی و فحشا میکند و دیگری بعض نفوس بظاهر آراسته | Satan is the base self, which provokes destruction and impetuosity. Outwardly some individuals are refined and presentable, but in their essence they remain base. | KHH1.037 (1.051-052) | KHHE.068-069 | Outward and inward meanings; Satan; the Evil One | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01477 | 320 | mixed | ای پروردگار در کتب و صحف بواسطه انبیا اخبار فرموده ای و اسراایل را بشارت | O God! In the Sacred Books and Scriptures, revealed through Thy Messengers, Thou gave the Israelites the glad-tidings and the promise that the day would come when despondent Jews would prosper | INBA75:091 | MKT3.365, AHB.118BE #05 p.138, ADH2_1#54 p.083, MMG2#447 p.493, YHA1.423x (2.832), KHAZ.i028+082, KHH1.038 (1.053) | KHHE.070-071, KHAZE.023, BLO_PN#025 | Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2473 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | 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 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; High station of learning; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Moses; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1674 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 180 | Persian | حضرات امریکائیها متصل کاغذ مینویسند و میخواهند به ایران بروند و وطن جمال مبارک را زیارت کنند | Repeatedly the illustrious American believers send missives, desiring to go to Iran and visit the native land of the Blessed Beauty... Yahya is in Cyprus and his son, Ridvan-‘Alí, has joined a [Christian] church. | KHH1.041 (1.058) | KHHE.075-076 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2589 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 80 | 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; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1817 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | الحمد لله بفضل و عنایت جمال مبارک ما در بقعه مبارکه نوراء در ظل عنایت | Praise be unto God that through the generosity and benevolence of the Blessed Beauty, we have come to this resplendent spot...The believers must be servants to the world of humanity. They must be kind to one another | KHH1.044-045 (1.062-063) | KHHE.080-081 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01365 | 340 | Arabic | یا ایها المشتاقون المهتزون من سریان نسیم محبت الله من ریاض ملکوت الابهی | O ye yearning one's who are quickened by the breeze of the love of God, flowing from the meadows of the Abha Kingdom. | INBA59:166 | BRL_DAK#1034, MKT1.184, KHH1.047 (1.066) | KHHE.084-085 | Contention and conflict; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Freedom of thought and action; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Equality of men and women; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3127 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 40 | 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 | Cleanliness and refinement; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Personal instructions; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| 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; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2427 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Language and the structure of reality; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| 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; Predictions and prophecies; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06123 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان اشعار آبدار در نهایت حلاوت بود لفظ فصیح و مضمون بلیغ داشت | O thou who art firm in the Testament! Thy mellifluous poems were most sweet, possessing eloquent phrasing and fluent expressions. Talent is like a spring | KHH1.063 (1.088) | KHHE.107 | Praise and encouragement; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06710 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق نامه رسید مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود فرصت نیست از حوادث کرمانشاه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter arrived. A brief reply will be written, as there is no time. Do not be saddened by the occurrences in Kirmanshah. | KHH1.063 (1.088)x | KHHE.107x | Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11025 | 50 | Persian | جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله سلیل شخص جلیل سعیدالملک در بیروتست در حق او نهایت | O honored Áqa Mírza Habíbu'llah! The son of the illustrious Sa‘idu'l-Mulk is in Beirut, and you must make every effort to ensure his well-being. | KHH1.064 (1.089) | KHHE.108 | Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0522 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around June 1914 | 520 | Persian | میدانی چرا حضرت اعلی شهید شد میدانی چرا جمال مبارک اینهمه بلاها را تحمل کرد | Do you know why His Holiness the Exalted One [the Bab] was martyred and the Blessed Beauty sustained such life-long hardships and sufferings?... Is it rational for us to aid him? If a thief wants to enter a house and rob it, should we help him? | KHH1.072-074 (1.100-103) | KHHE.116-117 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03668 | 190 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب میرزا منیر مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou had written for Mírza Munír has been perused and despite the shortage of time, a brief reply is provided. | KHH1.077 (1.108) | KHHE.123-124 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Martyrdom of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11229 | 40 | Persian | جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله و آقا میرزا عزیزالله خان محض نشر نفحات الله و دیدن | His honor Mirza Habibollah and Mirza Azzizollah Khan have permission to take a trip to Europe | KHH1.095 (1.133), KHH2.020 (2.041) | KHHE.145, DAS.1914-07-19 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | KHH1.100-101 (1.140-141), KHH2.128-129 (2.236) | KHHE.153-154 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09493 | 80 | Persian | ای مشتاقان ملکوت الله خوشا بحال شما که توجه بخدا نموده اید و نظر را از عالم | O seekers of the Divine Kingdom! Happy art thou that have turned to God and have raised thy sight from this material world to the realm above. | KHH1.102 (1.143) | KHHE.155-156 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2838 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07 | 60 | 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; Praise and encouragement; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1543 | Words spoken on 1914-10-13 ? in Haifa | 200 | Persian | حمد خدا را یکشب به بستر راحت استراحت ننمودم حضرت مسیح بعد از صعودش | Praise be unto God that not once did I rest in the bed of comfort. At the time of His ascension to the Abha Kingdom, His Holiness Christ had nearly sixty believers. | KHH1.107-108 (1.150-151) | KHHE.163 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Mystery of the great reversal; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0916 | Words spoken on 1914-10-13 ? in Haifa | 330 | Persian | حضرات اطمینان دارند اوایل که ما آمدیم بعکا وارد شدیم کاری کرده بودیم که همه اطمینان | When we first came to ‘Akka, we behaved in such wise that everyone trusted us. There was a certain Qasim of Nayriz who was very weak. | KHH1.111-112 (1.156-157) | KHHE.169-170, STAB#015 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2572 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 | 80 | Persian | چقدر اینها مضطربند ابدا سکون ندارند این علامات عدم ایمان است در قران میفرماید | These people who called on us today were in a state of fright. They are expecting daily | KHH1.113 (1.157-158) | KHHE.172-173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v08#19 p.241, PN_1914 p098 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Degrees of faith; certitude; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2818 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 | 60 | Persian | از این مکاتب ثمری نیست اطفال در مکاتب الهی هم تحصیل علوم میکنند و هم آداب یاد میگیرند | The children must receive divine and material education at the same time, and be protected from temptations and vices.... In the scheme of human life | KHH1.113 (1.158) | KHHE.173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v09#08 p.089, SW_v07#15 p.137, SW_v07#15 p.144, PN_1914 p099 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0442 | Talk to pilgrims at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-22 | 580 | Persian | حال من بسیار خوبست در جمیع جاها گردیدم هوا باین خوبی ندیدم اگر اهالی اینجا منهمک | I am always well, especially in these days. Here the air is paradisiacal. The weather of Mount Carmel at this season is most healthful... Before we were exiled from Tihran all our properties and possessions were pillaged | KHH1.114-116 (1.159-162) | KHHE.174, DAS.1914-10-22 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2805 | Words spoken on 1914-10-20 | 70 | Persian | یک نفر مسلمان و یک نفر مسیحی و یک نفر یهودی در کشتی بودند مسلمان دعا کرد | It is said that once a Mohammadan, a Christian and a Jew were rowing in a boat. Suddenly a tempest arose | KHH1.133 | KHHE.174, DAS.1913-02-10, DAS.1914-10-20, SW_v09#18 p.210, VLAB.133, STAB#104 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0546 | Talk to pilgrims at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-23 | 500 | Persian | باید شام بعد از غروب حاضر باشد هر وقت میل دارند بخورند بهترین اوقات | The best hour to eat supper is right after sunset... During the life of my grandfather, the Ministers of State had an established custom | KHH1.117 (1.163-164) | KHHE.178-179, DAS.1914-10-23 | Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| 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; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2225 | Words spoken en route in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01 | 110 | Persian | جمال مبارک سه مرتبه به یرکه تشریف آوردند دفعه اول من تا نزدیکهای ابوسنان پیاده | The Blessed Beauty journeyed to the village of Yirkih three times. On the first visit, I walked at the side | KHH1.131-132 (1.181-182) | KHHE.197, DAS.1914-11-01, BSR_v13 p.082 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1211 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01 | 260 | Persian | در این ایام حسن سیاست و تدابیر لازم است مردمان با تدبیر نیستند در جنگ روس و ایران | In these days, wise and sound policies are needed in political affairs, but leaders are not prudent. In the Russian-Iranian War, Iran was defeated | KHH1.132 (1.182-183) | KHHE.198-199, STAB#145 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1985 | Words spoken on 1914-11-02 in Abu Sinan | 140 | Persian | شما طوفان بلایا ندیده اید اگر دیده بودید این وقائع بشما چندان تاثیری نمیکرد ما شب دارای عمارت | You have not experienced genuinely difficult times, for if you had, such occurrences would not perturb you. | KHH1.137 (1.189-190) | KHHE.206-207, DAS.1914-11-02, BSR_v13 p.082 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3129 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02 | 40 | Persian | بی پرگار با دستش دایره میکشید دو خط متساوی و متلاصق مانند پرگار و خطکش | Without [the aid of] a compass, he could draw circles. He did this using two equal, perpendicular lines | KHH1.138 (1.191) | KHHE.207-208 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2601 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02 | 80 | Persian | یک کشیش پروتستان خیلی متعصبی بود همیشه میخواستند مجادله کند یکدفعه آمد پیش من و گفت | There was a fanatical Protestant minister that always wanted to argue. One time he came to Me and said, ‘Given His large body and girth, with what kind of ladder did Muhammad ascend to heaven?' | KHH1.137 (1.190-191) | KHHE.207 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2714 | Words spoken on 1915-01-09 in Abu Sinan | 70 | Persian | این جنگ بلای خانمانسوزی است ولی بعد از این نفوس صلحجو زیاد خواهد شد | This war is indeed ruinous and devastating in its effects. However, afterwards, the number of peace-loving people will grow considerably | KHH1.145 (1.201) | KHHE.216, BSR_v13 p.086 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1539 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-10 | 200 | Persian | تقریبا در یکماه پیش در فرانسه مسیو برنارد کشته شده این شخص اذیت بموری را روا نمیداشت از بس از جنگ | Our companions in Europe report that some people have been killed there. In France they killed [a Baha'í] Monsieur Bernard | KHH1.147-149 (1.205-206) | KHHE.219-220 | Bribery and corruption; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0389 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-02-07 | 630 | Persian | من ابدا سبب فصل نشدم خودشان خود را از یکدیگر جدا کردند جمال مبارک عهدی گرفتند | I never caused their separation. They separated themselves. The Blessed Beauty established a Covenant | KHH1.166 (1.228)x | KHHE.240-241x, DAS.1915-02-07, BSR_v13 p.089x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creativity in art; Goodly deeds; actions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1548 | Words spoken on 1915-02-08 in Abu Sinan | 200 | Persian | کثبف طالب کثیف است پاکی تاثیر کلی در روح دارد و لو خود پاکیزگی عرض است | Cleanliness has a profound effect upon the spirit. Even though cleanliness is related to worldly affairs, yet its effect is manifested in the soul. | KHH1.169-170 (1.237-238) | KHHE.249-250, DAS.1915-02-08, BSR_v13 p.090 | Cleanliness and refinement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11515 | 20 | Arabic | خلق الانسان علی صوره الرحمن ای الصفة الرحمانیه فالشمایل الجسمانیه تفنی | Humanity is created in the image of the Merciful [God], that is to say with Divine attributes | KHH1.172 (1.239) | KHHE.252, BSR_v13 p.090 | Human reality created in the image of God; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Relationship of the soul to the body; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0994 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-03-01 | 310 | Persian | من در جمیع کنائس و مجامع بصوت بلند فریاد میزدم که ای قوم عالم انسانی در خطر است | In the loudest voice, I cried out in all the synagogues, and churches: O people! The world of humanity is in peril | AVK4.464.08, KHH1.178-179 (1.249-251) | KHHE.259-260, DAS.1915-03-01, BSR_v13 p.091 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Nationalism; love of country; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2319 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-02-28 | 100 | Persian | اینگونه مجالس بصرف فضل و اراده الهیه تشکیل میشود و الا ما کجا و شما کجا چه نسبتی در میان است | Such gatherings are only possible through the divine bounties and favours... Yes, indeed. The relationship between the East and the West must be like that | KHH1.180-182 (1.252) | KHHE.262-265, BSR_v13 p.092 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0661 | Words spoken on 1915-03-01 in Abu Sinan | 440 | Persian | خدا چه تعلقی ما بین ما و آنها انداخته که از جان و دل ... تقوی ام الفضائل و عدم تقوی ام الرذائل است در عکا شخصی بود | Consider what an immense love and devotion... Piety is the mother of all goodly characters, and its absence is the mother of all evil | KHH1.183-185 (1.256-260) | KHHE.268-271, BSR_v13 p.093, STAB#016, STAB#150 | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1134 | Words spoken on 1915-03-02 in Abu Sinan | 280 | Persian | من زوفا میخورم در طب جدید هم استعمال میکنید ... مدراست و باین واسطه مفید است از برای تنگ نفس خیلی مفید است | I use hyssop. Is it used in modern medicine?... It has a diuretic effect, and therefore it is beneficial. | KHH1.186 (1.261-262) | KHHE.272-273, BSR_v13 p.093 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0922 | Words spoken on 1915-03-03 in Abu Sinan | 330 | Persian | میرزا یحیی در هزار سوراخ پنهان شده بود امرالله بکلی از میان رفته بود | Mírza Yahya [Azal] was hiding in a thousand holes causing the Faith of God to be completely lost. Two Milani youth came to Baghdad and asked about the Blessed Beauty | KHH1.189-190 (1.265-267) | KHHE.275-277 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1429 | Words spoken on 1915-03-03 in Abu Sinan | 220 | Persian | این ایام وقت سکون و وقاراست و تک اطمینان | In these days, it is time for calmness and dignity; it is time for confidence and assurance. We must rely upon God. | KHH1.190-191 (1.267-268) | KHHE.277-278, BSR_v13 p.094, STAB#049 | Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1431 | Words spoken on 1915-03-20 | 220 | Persian | این خنقدقها را میبینید دولت عثمانی میخواهد با این خندقها از کشتیهای ... در ایام عبدالحمید که فرقه عسگر متطوع | Do you observe these trenches? The Ottoman government wishes through these fortifications to prevent the ships [3.5s]... ...During the reign of 'Abdu'l-Hamid when a group of soldiers volunteered to fight against the Russians | KHH1.194 | KHHE.283-284, STAB#046 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0073 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-03-04 | 1400 | Persian | نصف شب خبر دادند که یکنفر بدوی آمده است و میخواهد من را ببیند پیغامی آورده چون او ... یک وقتی در عکا شخصی بود عبدالله پاشا نام او پیر شده ماهی هزار غروش تقاعد میگرفت و زندگی میکرد | Many years ago there lived in Akka an old retired officer by the name of Abdollah Pasha. He received from the government a pension of ten pounds a month | KHH1.191-192 (1.268-270) | KHHE.284-285, DAS.1915-03-11 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1172 | Words spoken on 1915-03-26 in Abu Sinan | 270 | Persian | مظاهر مقدسه الهی بقوه ملکوتی نفوس بشری را | Through the power of the Kingdom, human beings are saved from the grip of nature by the sanctified Manifestations of God and are illumined by the light of divinity. | KHH1.197-198 (1.276-277) | KHHE.288-289, BSR_v13 p.095 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| 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; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2991 | Words spoken on 1915-04-06 in Abu Sinan | 50 | Persian | چقدر ناس از آفات جسمانی اضطراب دارند و از آفت | It is amazing that people are afraid of physical afflictions, but have no worries of spiritual handicaps. | KHH1.204 (1.285) | KHHE.298-299, BSR_v13 p.096 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1669 | Words spoken on 1915-04-07 in Abu Sinan | 180 | Persian | چقدر انسان بیوفا است بهزار زحمت و مشقت و با اشک | Consider man's infidelity. With a thousand worries, troubles and tears he raises a child. Then, he readily puts thousands upon thousands to the sword. | KHH1.204 (1.286) | KHHE.299-300, BSR_v13 p.097 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Justice and wrath of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0823 | Words to Abdu'l-Ghaffar, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 360 | Persian | این را بدانید جمال مبارک امر اکید برجوع بحکیم فر موده انسان باید جزئیاترا هم از حکیم سئوال نماید | You must clearly understand that the Blessed Perfection has commanded most emphatically that in case of sickness, one must refer to the skilled physician and abide by his prescription | KHH1.205-206 (1.287-288) | KHHE.300-302, DAS.1915-04-08 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Praise of Western values; culture; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0422 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 600 | Persian | من حالم خوبست مرضی در کار نیست فقط اعصاب است ... امیدوارم خاتمه حیاتم چون مشک معطر | Of what use is good health to me? I want to wholly sacrifice myself... I wish the end of my life to be musk-laden. That is, I wish to drink from the chalice of martyrdom | KHH1.206-208 (1.289-291) | KHHE.302-305, DAS.1915-04-08, BSR_v13 p.097 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2231 | Words spoken on 1915-04-09 in Abu Sinan | 110 | Persian | حضرت مسیح بیشتر اوقات در سواحل بحیره طبریا بودند لکن هیچ از نفحات قدس | His Holiness Christ spent most of His time on the shores of Lake Tiberius, but, alas, none of His sacred fragrances have remained. | KHH1.208-209 (1.292) | KHHE.305-306 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - |
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