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AB11573 10 Arabic الهی الهی قد انشأت بقدرتک خلقاً جدیداً و برأت و احدثت کوراً شدیداً O my God, O my God! Through Thy power Thou hast brought forth a new creation and fashioned and ordained a mighty age [3.5s] ASAT2.037 @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion - -
AB11574 10 ...The "One who is to come" is he who was promised in the books of God and his epistles; that is, the Manifestation SW_v09#01 p.006x @predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
AB11575 10 ...What is meant in the prophecies by the Lord of hosts, the promised Christ, is the Blessed Perfection (Baha'o'llah) and his highness, the Supreme (Báb) SW_v09#01 p.006x @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @twin Manifestations - -
AB11576 10 ...In this day, assemblies of consultation are of the greatest importance and a vital necessity. Obedience unto them is essential and obligatory. BADM.021cx @consultation - -
AB11578 10 ...This Sublime Shrine has remained unbuilt ... God willing, it will be accomplished. We have carried its construction to this stage COF.053x @Shrines and Holy places - -
AB11579 10 ...The time has not yet arrived, even in those countries (America) SW_v01#03 p.004x - -
AB11580 10 Persian جناب رستم باید بفضل خدا تهمتن میدان و رستم میدان باشند Jinab-i-Rustam must, by God's grace, be both the Tahmtan of the field and the Rustam of the arena [3.5s] INBA84:483b @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
AB11581 10 Persian بدانید اگر در عالم هم نباشم همیشه با شما خواهم بود ...Remember, whether or not I be on earth, My presence will be with you always DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007 GPB.309x @consolation and comfort - -
AB11585 10 O ye friends of God! His honor Ardeshir and his brother Bahman have permission DAS.1914-06-21 @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB11586 10 ...All nations were promised by a sure promise and were awaiting with anxiety and longing the coming of the promised one. SW_v09#01 p.006x @prophecy and fulfillment - -
AB11587 10 O God and assister of all! ... Verily, thou art the hearer of prayers, and verily, thou art powerful in all things! SW_v08#04 p.048x - -
AB11588 10 ...This man is an enchanter; perhaps he will perform an enchantment, and then we shall have nothing more to say PDC.141x - -
AB11589 10 ...worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Most Great Peace and proclaim the oneness of mankind COF.035x, TDH#158.5x - -
AB11590 10 ...We must entirely focus our thoughts upon the diffusion of the divine light and the building of the heavenly foundation SW_v07#10 p.098x - -
AB11594 10 ...Untrustworthiness is a poisonous arrow which mortally wounds the heart, the soul and the spirit of Abdul Baha. DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007 - -
AB11595 10 ...Live and act thou in the present as far as possible for thee, according to the divine instructions. SW_v07#18 p.187 - -
AB11596 10 ...You shall soon see in Persia that the people shall believe in this Cause in groups every day. SW_v12#12 p.215x - -
AB11597 10 ...Be not disappointed in thyself; trust thou in the favor and bounty of his highness, the Almighty. SW_v07#18 p.187 - -
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 @eulogies; reminiscences, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11603 10 Persian ای پروردگار عون و عنایت و صون و مرحمت ارزان فرما O Lord! Bestow Thy aid and bounties, Thy protection and loving-kindness [3.5s] HUV1.019x @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God - -
AB11604 10 Thou shouldst continue thy profession and at the same time try to serve the Kingdom of God COC#1022x @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @effort; striving, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @work as worship - -
AB11605 10 Persian Bahá'í Prayers پروردگارا قلب صافی چون در عطا فرما O God, my God! Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl. HUV1.013 BPRY.029 Geoffrey, Sarah, Shadi & Hoda, Soulrise Melodies, L. Robinson @prayer for purity; chastity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11607 10 ...We should do little things as well as great things for the love of God. SW_v14#06 p.167 - -
AB11608 10 ...the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world received this heavenly blessing COF.035x - -
AB11609 10 ...His light at first had been a star; now it became a mighty sun GPB.196x - -
AB11610 10 ...It is the manifest Standard waving in the center of that great continent GPB.351x - -
AB11611 10 ...Even as the snow, they will melt away in the July sun PDC.147 - -
AB11612 10 ...The Lord of the day of the manifestation is his highness, Baha'o'llah. SW_v09#01 p.006x - -
AB11613 10 ...developed powers and capacities greater and more wonderful than other nations COF.035x - -
AB11614 10 ...heavenly illumination stream to all the peoples of the world COF.121x, COF.132x, GPB.397x - -
AB11615 10 ...on that day will the faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness MBW.044x - -
AB11616 10 ...Assuredly ye will achieve a Conquest in California SW_v02#13 p.006 - -
AB11623 10 ...influence and illumination are far-reaching COF.035x - -
AB11624 10 The greatest prison is the prison of self. VLAB.009 - -
AB11625 10 Persian بهترین غذا سرور است The best food is happiness. HKD.270 SOMH.200 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow - -
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 - -
ABU3593 10 Children of unbelievers and infidels who die before the age of responsibility are not punished, because they are under the favor of God. SW_v09#09 p.101 @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God - -
ABU3594 10 I mean the heaven from which Christ descended and to which he ascended--the heaven of divine Will, the heaven of spirituality SW_v13#06 p.148 @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @resurrection of Christ - -
ABU3595 10 Give the message with love and joy to those we meet and leave the souls to God. SW_v13#04 p.090x - -
ABU3606 10 The meaning of the dream I dreamt is now clear and evident. Please God this dynamite will not explode GPB.271x, VLAB.138 @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of dreams and visions - -
ABU3607 10 The body is the word. The spirit is its meaning. The word passes. The meaning remains. SW_v13#04 p.090x @outward and inward meanings - -
ABU3608 10 Religion is an attitude toward God which reflects itself in our attitude towards men. SW_v13#04 p.090x @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3614 10 Be not grieved on account of poverty for true wealth is surging and inundating like unto the ocean. SW_v08#02 p.020 @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @symbolism, @consolation and comfort - -
ABU3615 10 I dreamed a dream and behold, the Blessed Beauty (Baha'u'llah) came and said to Me: `Destroy this room.' GPB.310x, PAB.003 @accounts of dreams and visions, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU3624 10 Truth (the highest truth) is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy Spirit. SW_v08#08 p.098 @The Holy Spirit, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge - -
ABU3630 10 I am a servant and this station I have chosen for myself. SW_v08#15 p.210 - -
ABU3645 10 The insistent self. BW_v13p1187x, VLAB.010x @Satan; the Evil One, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures - -
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 - -
AB11599 Cablegram 10 Eng Safely arrived London. Remembered always. Greetings Maxwell. Kiss baby. MAX.285b - -
AB11606 Cablegram 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 رضایت الهی خواهید نه عضویت پارلمان Wish for the good-pleasure of God, not membership in the parliament BDA2.370 MHMD2.494 - -
AB11620 Cablegram dated 1892-05-29 10 Eng The Sun of Baha has set…. GPB.222x - -
AB11571 Cablegram dated 1912-08-28 10 Eng Your letter received. In reality thou art illumined. We leave for Montreal Friday Morning. MAX.279 - -
AB11592 Cablegram dated 1912-12-14 10 Eng Thanks to Bahá'u'lláh, we arrived safely at Liverpool. Greeting to the friends. SW_v03#16 p.002 - -
AB11584 Cablegram dated 1912-12-30 10 Eng Receive no Persian, even my family, without autographic permission. Communicate to all friends. SW_v06#12 p.093, BSTW#073a - -
AB11601 Cablegram dated 1913-04-02 10 Eng WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS REACHED STUTTGART ABBAS. DAS.1913-04-01, SW_v04#02 p.041 - -
AB11583 Cablegram dated 1913-04-12 10 Eng LAMP OF GOD SHINING BRILLIANTLY IN BUDAPEST DETAIL ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN IMPORTANT MEETINGS. DAS.1913-04-12, SW_v04#03 p.058 - -
AB11600 Cablegram dated 1913-06-19 10 Eng ARRIVED SAFELY PORT SAID WITH JOY AND FRAGRANCE. ABBAS. DAS.1913-06-17, SW_v04#06 p.104 - -
AB11619 Cablegram dated 1913-09-19 10 Eng Send Mrs. Fraser to Ramleh. DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.330, BLO_PN#007 - -
AB11617 Cablegram dated 1913-12-10 10 Eng ARRIVED SAFELY HOLYLAND. ABBAS. DAS.1913-12-09, SW_v04#15 p.258 - -
AB11591 Cablegram dated 1914-10-29 10 Eng Invite speakers men and women having power delivering speeches. Divine confirmations assured. DAS.1914-10-29 - -
AB11618 Cablegram dated 1914-11-28 10 Eng Health perfect. Greeting to all. DAS.1914-11-27 - -
AB11582 Cablegram dated 1921-02-15 10 Eng All affairs concerning Universal Temple referred General Convention. I cannot interfere, submit everything Convention. SW_v12#01 p.019 - -
AB11621 Cablegram dated 1921-11 10 Persian احوال و صحت احباء چطوراست How is situation and health of friends? NJB_v12#14 p.238 SW_v12#14 p.232, PPRL.049x - -
AB11622 Cablegram dated 1921-11 10 Persian از الطاف الهی صحت میطلبم I implore health from divine bounty. NJB_v12#14 p.238 SW_v12#14 p.232, ABCC.451, PPRL.049x - -
AB11598 Cablegram dated ca. 1914-07-04 10 Eng Former cablegram correct. Protect Cause according contents. Inform Remey. BSTW#073g - -
ABU3639 Interview with W. A. Lawson of the Sacramento Bee given on 1912-10-26 10 Being a Bahá’í, my affiliation is with all religions. ECN.409+526 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @oneness; unity of religion - -
ABU3631 Last recorded words 10 You wish me to take some food, and I am going? GPB.311x, PAB.007, ABCC.462, VLAB.141 - -
ABU3627 Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 10 The Christians have exaggerated the birth of Jesus. PN_1912 p015 @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary - -
ABU3571 Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-04 10 Persian Mahmúd's Diary مثل تعلق آفتاب بمرآتست و موت عبارت از انقطاع این ارتباط It has the same connection as the sun has with the mirror. Death is the name for the dissolution of this connection. BDA1.146.08 SW_v14#02 p.037, MHMD1.157 @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @symbolism - -
ABU3590 Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 10 To enter in the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most important duty. DAS.1913-04-23 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU3760 Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 10 The thirsty one must run after the water; the fountain will not run after those who are thirsty DAS.1913-04-23 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @condition of search, @effort; striving, @living waters; water of life - -
ABU3586 Words spoken in 1910 10 Characterize thyself with the characteristics of God, and thou shalt know the spiritual life! TOR.211, VLAB.117 @attaining the life of the spirit, @human reality created in the image of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3592 Words spoken in 1921 10 I am so fatigued the hour is come when I must leave everything and take My flight. I am too weary to walk GPB.310x, PAB.004 @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3599 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 10 Abdu'l-Bahá in London I received a letter from Tolstoy, and in it he said that he wished to write a book upon Baha'u'llah. AIL.094 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU3603 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 10 Abdu'l-Bahá in London The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure. AIL.107 @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @knowledge of self - -
ABU3583 Words spoken on 1905-03-26 10 Today, the most important affair is firmness in the Covenant SW_v05#15 p.227, SW_v04#14 p.237 @role of the Covenant in preserving unity - -
ABU3641 Words spoken on 1907-04-15 10 This is but the imagination of mankind. BSTW#211a @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @demons and evil spirits, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU3604 Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris 10 In a state of potentiality, possessing no consciousness as we understand it. PN_1911 p017 @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @development of capacity and readiness, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence - -
ABU3566 Words spoken on 1912-12-25 in London 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 امر بهائی شامل اصول جمیع ادیانست چونکه صد آمد نود هم پیش ماست The Baha'i Cause consists of the same principles inherent in all the divine religions. 'Now that the one hundred hath come, ninety is with us also.' BDA2.041 MHMD2.048 @universality of the Cause, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @oneness; unity of religion - -
ABU3567 Words spoken on 1913-01-09 in Edinburgh 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 ای پروردگار پرتوی از شمس حقیقت بر این انجمن زن تا روشن گردد O Divine providence, shed a ray from the Sun of Truth upon this gathering that it may become illumined. HUV1.018, YHA1.429, BDA2.074 MHMD2.089 @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
ABU3568 Words spoken on 1913-01-09 in Edinburgh 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 خدایا دارندهء این کتاب را موفق فرما O God! Graciously assist the bearer of this book. AHB.128BE #06-11 p.356, YHA1.429, BDA2.074 MHMD2.089 - -
ABU3758 Words spoken on 1913-03-19 in Paris 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 حال خوب است اسباب مسافرت بکُرات دیگر فراهم کنند It would now be fitting to prepare the means of travel to other planets! BDA2.146 MHMD2.183, BW_v13p1187x @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology - -
ABU3759 Words spoken on 1913-04-06 to a minister of Stuttgart 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 امّا بامپراطور آلمان منویس زیرا مغرورند و مشغول حالا گوش نمیدهند Do not write to the emperor; he is proud and preoccupied, and will not take heed at present BDA2.222 MHMD2.287 @personal instructions, @wisdom [hikmat], @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge - -
ABU3663 Words spoken on 1913-05-13 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اگر قائم مقام بود ایران را احیاء مینمود if the Qa’im-Maqam were still with us, the whole of Persia would be revived. SFI18.275, BDA2.299a MHMD2.395, LOIR20.171 - -
ABU3570 Words spoken on 1913-09-18 in Ramleh 10 It is necessary to joke now and then. Joking is the salt of conversation. DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.329, BLO_PN#007 @humor; jokes - -
ABU3633 Words spoken on 1914-02-16 10 A cheerful countenance lends consolation to the beholder. DAS.1914-02-16, SW_v07#18 p.186 @consolation and comfort, @courtesy; culture [adab], @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3605 Words spoken on 1914-04-20 in Haifa 10 I am afraid if I breathe Mirza Ahmad will write it down. DAS.1914-04-20 - -
ABU3634 Words spoken on 1914-07-11 10 Devotion to and love for one's vocation accomplishes miracles. DAS.1914-07-11, SW_v08#02 p.021 @excellence; distinction, @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship - -
ABU3600 Words spoken on 1914-07-13 10 The Cause of Baha'o'llah is in fulfillment of all the prophecies in all the books of the religions of the world. DAS.1914-07-13, SW_v09#01 p.006 @prophecy and fulfillment, @oneness; unity of religion - -
ABU3629 Words spoken on 1914-07-26 10 What art thou reading? "A lecture on the coming world teacher, by Mrs. Besant." "The great world teacher has already come" DAS.1914-07-26, SW_v09#01 p.006 @predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
ABU3622 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-09 10 Trustworthiness is the most brilliant jewel in the diadem which crowns man's heavenly attributes. DAS.1912-12-09, SW_v08#02 p.025 @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3573 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-13 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 من در امریکا گفتم که جنگ بالکان مقدمهٴ آن حرب عمومی است In America, I stated that the Balkan War was the beginning of the world war to which you refer BDA2.019 MHMD2.022 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU3589 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic in New York, 1912-12-06 10 This (Covenant) is the Ark of Noah, its moving power is the fire of the love of God DAS.1912-12-06, SW_v03#16 p.002, SW_v08#16 p.219 @love as fire, @love of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
ABU3580 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 10 Was ist Kultur, wenn sie nicht lebendiger Besitz eines Einzelnen ist? Luxus des Begüterten! Klassen- und Kastenbesitz SDW v13#11 p.112 - -
ABU3587 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 10 Die freudigste Genugtuung fühlt man nach Erfüllung und Vollendung von schweren, opfervollen Pflichten! SDW v13#10 p.103 - -
ABU3621 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 10 Das schönste Pentagramm umfaßt: Liebe, Arbeit, Gebet, Friede und Freude. Jage täglich seiner Verwirklichung nach! SDW v13#10 p.104 @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @work as worship - -
ABU3572 Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-12 10 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 معانی شرع قدیم را حضرت مسیح نشئهٴ واثر جدید داد By this is meant that Christ imbued the meanings of the ancient law with new life and invested them with a fresh effect AVK2.183.02, BDA2.297 DAS.1913-05-12, MHMD2.393 @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures - -
ABU3628 Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900 10 Sometimes material food confers spiritual sustenance and strength. SUR.136 @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet - -
ABU3577 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 Their punishment will be a deprivation of God... No, for God's Mercy is never wearied. PN_1907 p016 @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU3578 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 No. A soul, once freed from its body, never again takes shape in this world. PN_1907 p017 @reincarnation - -
ABU3579 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 No. It will be placed in different conditions by God's Mercy, and will eventually progress. PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @existence; immortality of the human soul, @soul; spirit after death, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU3584 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 No! Not to me, but to the Glory of God (Bahá'u'lláh) whose Light I reflect PN_1907 p016 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3585 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 God has made all mankind of one family; no race is superior to another. PN_1907 p017 @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3611 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 Yes: every soul has a beginning, but, once created is immortal. PN_1907 p016 @existence; immortality of the human soul, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation - -
ABU3616 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 No man can be happy without God, though he may not know why he is miserable SW_v07#16 p.161, PN_1907 p017 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcending the material condition, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness - -
ABU3625 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 10 No, the dead retain both interest in and remembrance of those they love. SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1907 p017 @soul; spirit after death - -
ABU3635 Words to American pilgrims spoken around April 1907 10 Through prayer, supplication, purification of the heart and good wishes. SW_v08#04 p.045 @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3582 Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907 10 Part is what you are and part is what I hope you will be. PN_1907 p063 @personal instructions - -
ABU3626 Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24 10 Such people are doing the work of true religion. AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, PN_unsorted p075, DJT.165-166, BLO_PN#027 @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @love of God - -
ABU3602 Words to Dr. O. F. Fischer spoken around Apr. 1909 10 A Manifestation of God is a tangible part of the Great Concord. PN_1909F p044 @station of the Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3612 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 No, the ablution is only for the obligatory daily prayer which should be said three times a day. DLA.064, BLO_PN#026 @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer - -
ABU3619 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 These are the words of Bahá'u'lláh referring to His persecutions and those of His Martyrs. DLA.062-063, BLO_PN#026 @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3620 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 Whatever is done in love is never any trouble, and---there is always time. PTF.052, DLA.042, VLAB.090, BLO_PN#026 E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2) @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
ABU3637 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 Bahá'u'lláh was a descendent of Abraham. DLA.066, BLO_PN#026 @Baha'u'llah - -
ABU3643 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 10 Yes, though not so great as Buddha. DLA.062, BLO_PN#026 @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East - -
ABU3591 Words to Inez Cook spoken in Apr. 1920 10 Until the sun rises in the West, the door of repentance will remain open. PN_1920 p113 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @predictions and prophecies, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @symbolism - -
ABU3576 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 They are limited only by the capacity of souls to whom They reveal the Word. TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 @differences in human capacity, @physical limitations of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3596 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 It rests with the mercy of God and through the eternal bounty it will not be deprived of that mercy. SW_v09#09 p.101, TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 @soul; spirit after death, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU3597 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 Faith is not so much what we believe as what we carry out. SW_v08#05 p.058 , PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104 @goodly deeds; actions - -
ABU3601 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 Our Actions reveal what we are, no matter what the tongue speaks. TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU3609 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 The soul is the Sanctuary of God; Reason is His Throne. TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104 @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @soul is the essential reality of man, @the human soul - -
ABU3610 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 Yes, there must be a standard of perfection for human example. TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat] - -
ABU3617 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 His spiritual attributes. No one can destroy his spiritual qualities; they are from God. SW_v07#16 p.153, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3618 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 The miracles of Christ were spiritual teachings, not literal. TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104 @literal interpretation, @miracles and their interpretation, @outward and inward meanings, @symbolism - -
ABU3644 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 10 Tests are like fire which purifies. TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3638 Words to Juliet Thompson 10 The daughters of the Kingdom should not have a desire. SW_v07#10 p.097 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3588 Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1911-08-25 10 Yes. If not in this world, then in the next, as a sleeper wakens. AIF.1911-08-25, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027 @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3598 Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-10 10 When I pray I turn my thoughts and face to the Blessed Perfection. PN_1909 p017, PN_1909 p052 @Manifestation of God as mediator, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer - -
ABU3581 Words to Mason Remey around Sept. 1911 10 Bahá'u'lláh is the root, I am the Branch. The root of the tree does not bear fruit. The fruit is found upon the branches. SW_v02#12 p.011 @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3563 Words to Mrs Maxwell, spoken on 1912-09-06 10 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اطفال زینت خانه اند منزلی که طفل ندارد مثل اینست که چراغ ندارد Children are the ornaments of the home. A home which has no children is like one without light. BDA1.230.15 SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247 @parents and children; youth; families, @light and darkness - -
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 - -
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 - -
ABU3640 Words to Sutherland Maxwell in 1909 10 Where is He?... Everywhere is nowhere. BW_v12p658 @God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator - -
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 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @creation of the world, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @infinity and eternity - -
ABU3613 Words to two mullahs, spoken on 1913-07-30 10 Our field of activity is Europe and America. I have come here to rest for a few months. DAS.1913-07-30, ABIE.130, BLO_PN#007 - -
ABU3642 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 10 This is right, this is right. PN_unsorted p158 @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3623 Words to William Randall ? 10 Never talk about God to a man with an empty stomach. Feed him first. SW_v11#03 p.043-044, VLAB.105 @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @methods of teaching the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
AB11471 20 Arabic الهی الهی توکلت علیک و فوضت الامور الیک انک انت الفضال الکریم و ارحم الراحمین O my God, O my God! In Thee I have placed my trust, and unto Thee have I committed all affairs. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous, and the Most Merciful of the merciful [3.5s] HUV2.005 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
AB11472 20 Persian اما قضیه صبیه شما اگر در میان خلق به کلیمی مشهورو معروفند شریعت تورات مجری دارید As for the matter of your daughter, if she is known and recognized among the people as a follower of the Jewish Faith, you must implement the laws of the Torah [3.5s] KHMT.062x @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @personal instructions - -
AB11473 20 LTDT.306x @personal instructions, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB11475 20 ...Because of Abdu'l-Baha many a test will be visited upon you. Troubles will befall you, and suffering afflict you ADJ.042x @Mary Magdalene, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11476 20 ...The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries. When thou ponderest its contents, the doors of the mysteries will open COC#0398x @study; deepening, @Greatest Name, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
AB11478 20 Persian Trustworthiness اول صفت اهل ایمان امانتست و اول صفت اهل طغیان خیانت ...The primary characteristic of true believers is trustworthiness whereas the primary characteristic of the rebellious is faithlessness COMP_TRUSTP#46x BRL_TRUST#45x, COC#2057x @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
AB11479 20 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá کلّ مأمور بمعالجه و متابعت حکما هستند اين محض اطاعت امر اللّه است و الّا شافی خدا ...It is incumbent upon everyone to seek medical treatment and to follow the doctor’s instructions, for this is in compliance with the divine ordinance MMK1#136 p.153x SWAB#136x, LOG#0959x @personal instructions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas - -
AB11480 20 mixed ای بنده حق نامه اخیر شما رسید ... از هر کنار تیر دعا کرده‌ئی روان شاید کزین میانه یکی کارگر شود O servant of Truth! Thy recent letter was received... From every quarter hast thou loosed the arrows of prayer, that haply one among them might find its mark [3.5s] MSHR2.073x @growth of the Cause, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB11482 20 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá نقاهت هر چند از عوارض ذاتيّه انسانست ولی فی الحقيقه مشکل است نعمت صحّت بر جميع نعما مرجّح است ...Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts MMK1#132 p.148x SWAB#132x @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
AB11483 20 mixed انقلابات در ایران متتابع و عقبه دارد احبّا باید در نهایت سکون و قرار و وقار سلوک و حرکت نمایند The upheavals in Iran follow one upon another and have far-reaching consequences; the loved ones must conduct themselves with the utmost composure, steadfastness and dignity [3.5s] AVK4.443.08x, SHYM.061 @power of faith; power of the spirit, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB11484 20 Persian تبدیل مشرق الاذکار بمحلّی احسن و اعلی جائز تعدّد مشرق الاذکار در بلدهٴ واحده مقبول The transformation of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to a more excellent and exalted place is permissible; the establishment of multiple Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs in a single city is acceptable [3.5s] AVK4.152.11x @soul; spirit after death, @House of Justice, @law of obligatory prayer, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB11485 20 Persian ای خداوند این گمکشتگان کوی خویش را عاشقان فارغ از بیگانه و خویش فرما توای O God! Suffer these wanderers around thy abode to become they passionate lovers, freed from the known and the unknown. Verily Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty. YARP2.493 p.364 DAS.1914-03-28 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for nearness to God - -
AB11486 20 Persian ای دلبر آفاق این اهل اشراقرا از حلاوت ساغر محبتت شیرین مذاق فرما توای توانا O Beloved of the horizons! Make sweet the taste of these illumined souls with the honeyed wine of Thy chalice of love, O Thou the Almighty [3.5s] MJMJ3.078b, MMG2#010 p.010 @praise and encouragement, @love of God - -
AB11487 20 Persian ای سلیل جلیل ابراهیم عنقریب ملاحظه فرمائی که وعدهٴ الٓهیّه در حقّ سلالهٴ ابراهیم بالاخصّ تحقّق یابد و فرح رخ بگشاید O illustrious scion of Abraham! Soon shalt thou witness how the divine promise concerning the seed of Abraham shall be fulfilled in particular, and joy shall unveil its face [3.5s] AVK4.472x @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael - -
AB11488 20 Persian ای سلیمان وقت حشمت سلیمانی است و هنگام سلطنت روحانی و آن عبودیت آستان O Solomon! This is the time of Solomonic grandeur and the hour of spiritual sovereignty and servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] DRM.019e @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @transcending the material condition - -
AB11489 20 Persian ای شوقی از خدا نجواه که در انجمن روحانیان سراج نورانی گردی و نفس رحمانی یابی O Shoghi, beseech thou God that in the assemblage of spiritual ones thou mayest become a luminous lamp and attain unto the breath of the All-Merciful [3.5s] AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.50 @being a source of light; guidance, @personal instructions, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11490 20 Persian ای شوقی عزیز نامه شما در نهایت سرور قرائت گردید ... مطمئن باش تو را خواهم خواست O beloved Shoghi! With the utmost joy was thy letter perused... Rest assured that I shall summon thee [3.5s] AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.51x @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB11491 20 Persian ای قدسیه آیت تقدیس باش و رایت تنزید تا انوار عصمت حقیقی بر جهان افشانی O celestial one, be thou a sign of sanctification and a banner of exaltation, that the lights of true purity may illumine the world [3.5s] DRM.019c @personal instructions, @chastity and purity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity - -
AB11492 20 ...Thou hast written regarding the education of the children. It is very acceptable and beloved. Unquestionably these children shall make ideal and physical advancement SW_v09#08 p.093x @race unity; racial issues, @education of children; moral education - -
AB11493 20 Persian روحی لأحبّائه الفدآء نفسی بر این عبد اعتراض نتواند جمیع اعتراضها بر جمال قدم است که نفس بی‌عصمتی را مرکز میثاق قرار داد May my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones! No objection can be raised against this servant; all objections are to be directed towards the Ancient Beauty, Who [they say] appointed one bereft of infallibility as the Center of the Covenant [3.5s] INBA21:151.03ax @firmness in the Covenant, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
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 - -
AB11495 20 Persian Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ای منجذب بملکوت آموختن هنر موسیقی را تکمیل کن و تا حد امکان در جانفشانی بآستان O thou attracted one of the Kingdom! Complete thou the study of the art of music and sacrifice thyself KHSH04.154x TAB.671 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @music and singing - -
AB11496 20 Persian ای نوریه چون از نور الهی مقتبس گردی ایت نور علی شوی و مجلای فیض سلطان ظهور O Núríyyih, when thou art illumined with the divine light, thou shalt become a light upon light and the dawning-place of the grace of the Sovereign of Manifestation [3.5s] DRM.019d @fire and light; fire and water, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11497 20 mixed رب يسر الأمور و اشرح الصدور و اسمح بالفضل الموفور و ادخلنا فی جنة السرور و الحبور برحمتک يا عزيز و يا غفور ...Ease our affairs, O Lord, and gladden our hearts. Show us such beneficence as is born of Thine abundant bounty MMG2#264 p.294x ADMS#051 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession - -
AB11498 20 ...Know thou that all the promises of Abdul-Baha are true and his instructions are inspirations of the Holy Spirit and received as suggestions from Baha’o’llah. SW_v08#15 p.211x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @personal instructions, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
AB11499 20 mixed اعراب کلمات مبارکه بقاعدهٴ عربیّه جائز ، آیات صحیحه را باید ترتیل نمود نه آیات مشکوکه که احتمال غلط از کاتب دارد The placing of diacritical marks upon the blessed words according to the rules of Arabic grammar is permissible; the authentic verses should be intoned, not those that are doubtful and may contain scribal errors [3.5s] AVK4.029.02x @call to action, @law of Huququ'llah, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11500 20 Persian جناب ابوالقاسم کرمانی را تکبیر ابدع ابهی تبلیغ فرمااید اذن زیارت روضه مطهره Convey to Jinab-i-Abu'l-Qasim-i-Kirmaní the Most Glorious and Most Wondrous Greeting, and grant permission for pilgrimage to the Sacred Shrine [3.5s] INBA84:483e @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB11501 20 Persian جناب امین سیصد جنیه که آخر فرستاده بودید با هشتصد جنیه برات تلغرافی هر دو Jinab-i-Amin: The three hundred guineas which you had last sent, together with the telegraphic draft of eight hundred guineas, both [3.5s] INBA16:209 @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11502 20 Persian جناب آقا محمد حسین بنفحه محبت الله مشامرا معطر و بذکر الله قلب را منور میفرمایند Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad-Husayn perfumeth our senses with the fragrance of the love of God and illumineth our hearts with His remembrance [3.5s] INBA84:482b @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
AB11503 20 Persian جناب حاجی حسینعلی دعا مینماایم که حق ایشانرا بنوعی تایید فرماید که کل نفوس I supplicate on behalf of the esteemed Haji Husayn-'Ali, praying that God may confirm him in such wise that all souls [3.5s] INBA84:484c @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11504 20 Persian جناب حاجی رجبعلی بنار محبت الله مشتعل و بنور معرفت الله در انجمن دوستان منور باشند O Jináb-i-Ḥájí Rajab-'Alí, mayest thou be enkindled with the fire of the love of God and illumined by the light of the knowledge of God in the assemblage of the friends [3.5s] INBA84:481d @knowledge; recognition of God - -
AB11505 20 Persian جناب حاجی عبدالله در جمیع احیان چون قلزم عرفان در موج و هیجان باشند Jinab-i-Haji-'Abdu'llah is at all times even as the ocean of divine knowledge, surging and swelling [3.5s] INBA84:482a @praise and encouragement - -
AB11506 20 Persian جناب حاجی محمد رضا باید بعنایت الهیه مسرور و بفضل حق مطمئن و بجود سلطان وجود مشعوف O Jinab-i-Haji Muhammad-Rida! Be thou joyous through divine bounties, confident through the grace of God, and gladdened through the munificence of the Sovereign Lord of being [3.5s] INBA84:484b @praise and encouragement - -
AB11507 20 Persian جناب شاپور از فضل و عنایت پروردگار مهربان میطلبیم که چون شاپور مستولی بر ممالک Through the grace and tender mercy of the loving Lord, we beseech that His eminence Shapur may, like Shapur of old, gain sovereignty over the realms [3.5s] INBA84:483a @knowledge; recognition of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB11508 20 Persian جناب ف ت از فضل حق میجوایم که ایشانرا موفق باعلاء کلمه الهیه بین بریه فرماید I entreat the grace of God, that He may enable Jináb-i-F.T. to succeed in exalting the divine Word amongst all peoples [3.5s] INBA84:483f @personal instructions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11509 20 Persian جناب مشهدی حیدر از فضل الهی باید امیدوار باشند که تایید تایید او و توفیق توفیق اوست Jinab-i-Mashhadi Haydar must remain hopeful through God's bounty, for His confirmations are true confirmations, and His aid is true aid [3.5s] INBA84:484a @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11510 20 Persian جناب مشهدی علی اکبر ناظر بملکوت ابهی باشند که تا دائما مشامرا معطر نمایند May Jinab-i-Mashhadi 'Ali-Akbar gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom, that he may ever perfume the senses [3.5s] INBA84:483d - -
AB11511 20 Persian جناب میرزا عباس در کل اوقات در قلوب این مشتاقان مذکورند و در محفل دوستان مشهور Jinab-i-Mirza Abbas is, at all times, remembered in the hearts of these longing souls and is renowned in the assembly of friends [3.5s] INBA84:482c - -
AB11512 20 Persian جناب میرزا محمد را بتکبیر ابدع ابهی مذکر و بذکر جمال الله مکبریم We extol Jinab-i-Mirza Muhammad with the Most Great salutation and glorify him with the remembrance of the Beauty of God. [3.5s] INBA84:482d @praise and encouragement - -
AB11513 20 Persian جناب هرمز امیدواریم که در دبستان الهی چون هرمس معانی بتدرس حقائق مشغول شوند Jinab-i-Hormoz: We cherish the hope that in the divine school thou mayest, like unto Hermes of old, be engaged in the study of spiritual verities [3.5s] INBA84:482f @Hermes; Balinus, @study; deepening - -
AB11514 20 O Lord! Grant that this dearly-loved maidservant of Thine may proclaim the servitude of Abdu'l-Bahá. BLO_PT#052.23 @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
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 @relationship of the soul to the body, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @human reality created in the image of God, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God - -
AB11516 20 Sing in all gatherings of the love and harmony of the beloved and the maidservants of the Merciful. BSTW#009, BSTW#023 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @music and singing, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
AB11517 20 Arabic رب وفق امتک علی کل عمل مقبول فی باب احدیتک انک انت الکریم الرحیم O Lord! Aid Thy handmaiden to perform every deed that is acceptable at the threshold of Thine oneness. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Merciful [3.5s] HUV1.022 S. Jaberi @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power of prayer, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others - -
AB11518 20 ...the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed GPB.239x @praise and encouragement, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11519 20 Persian مدرسه تربیت باید اطفال جناب مارکار معلم را در نهایت مهربانی تعلیم نمایند زیرا The Tarbiyat School must teach the children of the esteemed Mr. Marcar with utmost kindness, for [3.5s] AHB.136BE #02-03 p.90 @personal instructions - -
AB11520 20 ...Indeed the sweet melody of the pupils of Mrs. H... gladdened the hearts of the people of the Supreme Concourse. SW_v09#08 p.093x @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @nearness to God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11521 20 Persian ورقه موقنه مقبله امه الله ربابه را از قبل این عبد تکبیر ابدع ابهی ابلاغ Convey unto Rubábih, that assured and accepted leaf, handmaid of God, the Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings from this servant [3.5s] MKT6.177a - -
AB11522 20 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá از رأی حکيم حاذق بنصّ مبارک نبايد خارج شد و مراجعت فرض ولو نفس مريض ...According to the explicit decree of Baha’u’llah one must not turn aside from the advice of a competent doctor MMK1#135 p.153x SWAB#135x, LOG#0945x, LOG#0965x @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11523 20 Thank thou God for inspiring thee with these verses in which thou art urging for peace, quietness, unity and affiliation. BLO_PT#052.21 @call to action, @love and unity - -
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, @prayer for protection, @personal instructions - -
AB11525 20 ...O thou prepared lamp! Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God as much as thou canst and illumine those countries SW_v14#07 p.211x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @attaining the life of the spirit, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance - -
AB11526 20 ...I hope that all of them may become assisted in the service of the Mashrak-el-Azkar SW_v06#17 p.140 @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB11527 20 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou spiritual beloved! I have carefully looked at thy picture and found that from thy face TAB.648 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @light and darkness - -
AB11528 20 ...is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West for the triumph of its people COF.035x, COF.121x, GPB.254x, GPB.397x, TDH#158.5x @East and West; communication between East and West, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
AB11530 20 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ...Say to [Dr.] ... that "he studied physical medicine and he cured physical diseases TAB.507 - -
AB11533 20 O thou maidservant! Have great magnanimity so that thou mayest be favored in the threshold of the Almighty. Have lofty aspirations SW_v07#18 p.188 @exhortations and counsels, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB11534 20 ...His honor, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, has been permitted to leave for America, that there SW_v09#17 p.188 @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @prayer for service - -
AB11535 20 ...Whatsoever is latent in the innermost of this holy cycle shall gradually appear and be made manifest WOB.146x, SW_v13#09 p.253 @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritual springtime - -
AB11536 20 ...The construction of Mashrak-el-Azkar in those regions is of the utmost importance SW_v06#17 p.134 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB11537 20 ...The Almighty will no doubt grant you the help of His grace, will invest you with the tokens of His might WOB.077x @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @The Holy Spirit - -
AB11538 20 ...Verily, thy Lord will assist and inspire thee with the breath of the Holy Spirit and SW_v08#08 p.102-103 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit - -
AB11539 20 ...Man is endowed with superior reasoning power and the faculty of perception ADJ.038x @human reality created in the image of God, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit - -
AB11540 20 ...The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony ADJ.038x, LOG#1792x @unity in diversity, @love and unity, @music and singing - -
AB11541 20 ...If you meet those of a different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them ADJ.038x @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @race unity; racial issues - -
AB11542 20 ...The rulers of Palestine envied His influence and power. Governors and mutisarrifs GPB.193x @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
AB11543 20 ...When a gathering of these two races is brought about that assemblage will become the magnet ADJ.039x @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @race unity; racial issues, @the concourse on high - -
AB11544 20 ...This long voyage will prove how great is My love for you. There were many troubles GPB.288x @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB11545 20 ...As thou hast realized thy own shortcomings, rest thou assured that thou art firm SW_v08#17 p.228x @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @love of God, @knowledge of self - -
AB11546 20 ...The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed. I fervently hope WOB.077x @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11547 20 ...If so helpless a creature can be endowed with so subtle a capacity, how much more efficacious WOB.127x @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11548 20 ...God did not make these divisions. These divisions have had their origin in man himself ADJ.037bx @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB11549 20 ...The American continent giveth signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future GPB.254x @praise of Western values; culture, @predictions and prophecies - -
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, @second birth, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11551 20 ...Truly, I say, in this publication you have written instructive articles. May God assist and confirm you! SW_v01#13 p.010x @praise and encouragement - -
AB11552 20 ...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah WOB.075x @East and West; communication between East and West, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11553 20 ...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @call to action - -
AB11554 20 ...May the inhabitants of this country...rise from their present material attainment to such heights GPB.254x @spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization - -
AB11555 20 Bahá'í World Faith ...Thou hast asked whether to enlist in the Socialist party. The Bahá'ís must be in the Bahá'í Cause which comprehends all the degrees and is perfect from every standpoint. BWF.375-375bx @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @non-participation in politics, @critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism, @universality of the Cause - -
AB11556 20 ...Among the miracles which distinguish this sacred Dispensation is this, that women have evinced a greater boldness ADJ.069x @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @role and station of women - -
AB11557 20 ...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown COC#0426x, SW_v20#10 p.314, BLO_PN#002 Bass Adjustment @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @study; deepening, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @high station of learning - -
AB11558 20 ...When the spirit is confirmed and assisted by the confirmation of the Holy Spirit then it will show its effect in every condition of the world of existence SW_v07#18 p.177 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @The Holy Spirit - -
AB11559 20 Arabic ان النقطه المجمله للمعانى قد تفصلت على وجه الانحلال باضمحلال انیتها فاصبحت معنى لائحاً Verily, the Point that containeth all meanings hath, through the dissolution of its selfhood, been fully unfolded, and hath emerged as a manifest truth [3.5s] RHQM2.1036-1036 (481) (296-297) - -
AB11560 20 Persian جناب حاجی محمد ابراهیم امید بعنایت رب احدیت داشته باشد تایید میرسد O Jinab-i-Haji Muhammad Ibrahim! Place thy hope in the grace of the one true God, for verily divine assistance shall reach thee [3.5s] INBA84:483c @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11561 20 Persian جناب منوچهر از فضل حق امیدواریم که در انجمن عارفان چهری افروزند Jinab-i-Manuchehr, we fervently hope, through God's grace, that thou mayest shed thy radiance upon the assemblage of the illumined ones [3.5s] INBA84:482e @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
AB11562 20 ...In the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity ADJ.037bx @equality of men and women, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB11563 20 ...Verily, I pray God to confirm thee with the All-Power so that the means may be prepared SW_v06#17 p.149 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB11564 20 ...If a man commit a transgression he has been unjust to himself, and soon he will find that he is in manifest regret and remorse DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v07#18 p.186 @justice and wrath of God, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
AB11565 20 ...rise from their present material attainments to such a height that heavenly illumination may stream from this center to all the peoples of the world COF.035x @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization - -
AB11568 20 ...As to the matter of the Mashrak-el-Azkar: This is very important. All the believers must most decidedly exert their collective effort in this particular SW_v04#09 p.160x - -
AB11569 20 ...So firm and mighty is this Covenant that from the beginning of time until the present day no religious Dispensation hath produced its like. WOB.146x - -
AB11570 20 ...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose ADJ.038x @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @purpose; goal of creation, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
AB12020 20 Persian ای بنده حق این نامه آقا میرزا احمد را طبع نموده بهر جا انتشار دهید O servant of God! Publish and disseminate widely this letter of Aqa Mirza Ahmad [3.5s] INBA79.048a @personal instructions, @review of publications - -
AB12021 20 Arabic Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اسئل اللّٰه ان یبارک هذا العید السّعید علی جمیع الأحبّاء و یؤیّدهم بتأییدٍ جدید انّ ربّی لعلی کلّ شئٍ قدیر ...I beseech God to make blessed this joyous new year for all His loved ones, and to assist them with fresh confirmations. Verily, my Lord is powerful over all things ANDA#02 p.01x, BDA2.194x MHMD2.248x @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB12070 20 Persian ای خلیل جلیل همیشه در قلب عبدالبهاء موجودی و دائما بیاد تو مشغولیم دقیقه O noble Khalil! Thou art ever present in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's heart, and we are constantly occupied with thy remembrance [3.5s] YQAZ.211bx @suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
AB12781 20 Persian جناب بشیرالهی همواره بشارت از روحانیت بندگان حضرت رحمانیت میدهی و علیک البهاء O esteemed Bashír Iláhí! Thou dost ever proclaim the glad tidings of the spirituality of the servants of the Blessed Lord of Mercy. Upon thee be His glory! [4o] INBA85:469 BSHI.122b @praise and encouragement - -
AB12782 20 Persian جناب اخویرا بکمال اشتیاق بابدع اذکار مکبرم بجهت ایشان انشاء الله من بعد مخصوص I will most joyously and with utmost fervor pray for your esteemed brother. For him, God willing, I will specifically [3.5s] INBA85:160b - -
AB12783 20 Arabic یا امه الله فاطمئنی بذکر الله و طیبی نفسا بموهبه الله و انشرحی صدرا بفضل الله ان فضل ربک علیک عظیم عظیم O handmaiden of God! Be thou assured in the remembrance of God, let thy soul be gladdened through the bounty of God, and let thy breast be dilated through the grace of God. Verily, the favor of thy Lord upon thee is great, great indeed [3.5s] INBA85:459a BSHI.012 @consolation and comfort, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
AB12855 20 Seize thy chance, exert every effort, and pay no heed to matters that do not yield any fruit BRL_ATE#085 - -
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 @poems and quotation from poetry, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam - -
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 @stories; anecdotes, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people - -
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 - -
ABU3497 20 Lydia, Lydia, you cannot put up with this one man, and I have to put up with the whole human race. SUR.236 - -
ABU3525 20 It is most clear and manifest that national affairs will never revolve around their SW_v07#15 p.138, SW_v07#15 p.141, SW_v09#07 p.082 @universal education, @unity of thought and belief, @unity of governments; political unity, @education of children; moral education - -
ABU3534 20 The outpouring of the Holy Spirit changes the small acorn into an over-shadowing tree SW_v08#08 p.103 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU3535 20 Let us pray to God that the breath of the Holy Spirit may again give hope and refreshment to the people, awakening in them a desire to do the Will of God. SW_v08#08 p.104 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU3537 20 Be not grieved if thy circumstances become exacting, and problems press upon thee from all sides. Verily, thy Lord changeth grief into joy, hardship into comfort, and affliction into absolute ease. DAL.093 @consolation and comfort, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3546 20 ...(Under such circumstances) if I should fail to make an effort to protect you, I should be not only responsible SW_v08#12 p.154 @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics - -
ABU3553 20 Every stone of that building, every stone of the road leading to it [the Shrine of the Báb] I have with infinite tears and at tremendous cost, raised and placed in position GPB.275x, VLAB.029, COB.224 @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3561 20 The withered and faded are refreshed, the joyless becomes happy, the extinct SW_v08#08 p.103 - -
ABU3562 20 Sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful are the fruits we obtain. VLAB.128 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow - -
ABU3751 20 Persian دین و علم دو دائره است که به مرکز واحد سیر میکنند و ان مرکز حقیقت است Religion and science are as two concentric circles that revolve around one common point, which is reality AVK2.129.13x, VUJUD.123.18 VUJUDE.164 @harmony of science and religion - -
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 - -
ABU3556 Answer to Mrs Brittingham, New York, Jul 1912 20 They existed before coming to this world, but not as we know personality upon this planet. PN_unsorted p035, PN_unsorted p089, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @relationship of the soul to the body - -
ABU3475 Answer to questions, New York, 1912-05-30 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary صحت و مسرت من در پیشرفت امر الله است امور سائره قابل توجه نه این سرور سرور ابدیست و این حیات حیات سرمدی My health and happiness depend on the progress of the Cause of God. Nothing else merits attention. This happiness is eternal, and this life is life everlasting. BDA1.110.11 SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.117 @disregarding bodily comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @attaining the life of the spirit, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
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 - -
AB11468 Cablegram dated 1913-10-11 20 Eng Hold aloof from Taki Zade, Baba Aga, Assad'o'llah, and whomsoever associates with them. Send cables to the Baha'i Assemblies of America. BSTW#073e @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers - -
AB11467 Cablegram dated 1914-06-29 20 Eng DOCTOR FAREED HIS MOTHER AND RELATIONS ARE GREAT VIOLATORS OF COVENANT. ASSOCIATION WITH THEM TOTALLY FORBIDDEN. INFORM BELIEVERS.. BSTW#073f @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers - -
AB11465 Cablegram dated 1914-11-09 20 Eng A tree without root shall not last. Be ye confident. I supplicate for you the Bestowals of the Almighty. DAS.1914-11-09 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11566 Cablegram dated 1914-11-09 20 Eng Rest ye confident in the Divine Grace. I love you and I am with you. DAS.1914-11-09 - -
AB11466 Cablegram dated 1914-11-28 20 Eng Bernard enjoys Eternal Life. He will not die... My health is perfect. I supplicate Confirmation for all. DAS.1914-11-27 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11469 Cablegram dated 1921-03 ca. 20 Eng Miss Kappes very happy. I invite world be not grieved. Apply to Mr. Vail, Urbana, for substitute. Elizabeth [Stewart] left for Teheran. SW_v11#19 p.321 @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11470 Cablegram dated 1921-03 ca. 20 Eng Supplicating Lord of the Kingdom to submerge these two blessed souls in the ocean of His Mercy. SW_v11#19 p.321 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU3521 Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 20 The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh are the breaths of the Holy Spirit which create man anew. Personal purity, both in private and public, is emphasized and insisted upon. DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v08#08 p.103x, SW_v12#01 p.014, SW_v13#10 p.260x, PN_1914 p005, PTF.137x, IHP.062x, BLO_PN#046x @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity - -
ABU3456 Public address given on 1912-04-26 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary از جمله تعالیم بهآءالله تساوی حقوق رجال ونسآء است One of the teachings of Baha'u'llah is equality of rights for men and women. BDA1.054.x SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.063 @role and station of women, @East and West; communication between East and West, @equality of men and women - -
ABU3471 Words at table to the Syrian and Greek Relief Society, spoken on 1912-05-23 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary خوشا بحال شما که بخدمت فقرا مشغولید بزرگترین سعادت من اینست که از فقرا محسوب شوم Happy are you who are engaged in serving the poor. My greatest happiness is this, that I may be counted among the poor. BDA1.101.05 SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108 @humility; meekness; lowliness, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU3501 Words recorded by Miss Boylan spoken around 1911-08-25 20 Tell them a Bahá'í is a person who is free from all prejudices - racial prejudice, religious prejudices... A Bahá'í is one in whom the human perfections are active. PN_1912 p071 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @race unity; racial issues, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3516 Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 20 The atoms composing an ocean are in appearance the ocean, but the identity of the atoms remains. So it is with our individuality in the ocean of life, it remains. PN_1912 p015 @soul; spirit after death, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @unity in diversity - -
ABU3541 Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 20 The sun that would come down and enter everything would not remain the sun. Its identity would be scattered. PN_1912 p015 @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @Manifestation of God as sun, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU3536 Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911 20 That is well. Very well. A day's work done in the spirit of service is in itself an act of worship. Such work is a prayer unto God. CHH.152, BLO_PN#022 @stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @work as worship, @courtesy; culture [adab] - -
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 - -
ABU3493 Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-06 20 Before you teach others, teach yourself. Man must first test his knowledge in himself to see whether it is workable or theoretical. DAS.1913-05-06 @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @knowledge of self - -
ABU3754 Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در امر بهآءاللّٰه داخل شوید و بموجب وصایایش عمل کنید چون در امر بهآءاللّٰه کامل گردید Enter into the Cause of Baha'u'llah and act in accordance with His counsels. When you have attained to the pinnacle BDA2.254 MHMD2.330 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3458 Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-12 20 Persian اصل جوهر بیان اینست که انسان باید در فکر این باشد که دیگران را محافظه کند نه در فکر خود باشد A man must ever think of the protection of others and not of himself. DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v07#18 p.188 @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others - -
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] - -
ABU3492 Words spoken ca. 1912-10-08 in the United States 20 We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon referred to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a spark will set aflame the whole of Europe. SW_v10#03 p.033, SW_v13#09 p.252-253, SAS.107-108, BSTW#022 @predictions and prophecies, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration - -
ABU3506 Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary 20 Up to now, to believe was to acknowledge, to make a confession of faith, but in this greatest of all Causes, believing means to have praiseworthy qualities and to perform praiseworthy acts. BW_v13p1187 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @goodly deeds; actions - -
ABU3527 Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London 20 Abdu'l-Bahá in London It resembles many drunkards gathered together to protest against the drinking of alcohol. They say drink is horrible and they straightaway go out from the house to drink again. AIL.061 @hypocrisy, @universal peace; world unity - -
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 @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @spiritual springtime, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
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 - -
ABU3526 Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris 20 Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet? CHH.181, BLO_PN#022 @soul; spirit after death, @reincarnation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @realms of being; three realms; five realms - -
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 - -
ABU3543 Words spoken in 1910 20 I cannot tell you, but in all those upon whom I look, I see only my Father's face. TOR.006, VLAB.085 - -
ABU3557 Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in New York 20 All through America I have encouraged the Bahais to study Esperanto and to the extent of my ability I will strive in its spread and promotion. SW_v11#17 p.286 @universal language, @call to action - -
ABU3555 Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh 20 No, man should develop all his qualities for each quality has its own use and function. SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p004 @education and the development of capacity, @soul; spirit after death, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3532 Words spoken in Oct. 1912 in New York 20 Between 1860 and 1865 you did a wonderful thing; you knocked the shackles from chattel slavery; but today you must do a much more wonderful thing: you must destroy industrial slavery. SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v06#04 p.033, SW_v08#01 p.006 @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @race unity; racial issues, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving - -
ABU3531 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 20 Abdu'l-Bahá in London All that we see around us is the work of mind. It is mind in the herb and in the mineral that acts on the human body, and changes its condition. AIL.095 @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature - -
ABU3551 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 20 Abdu'l-Bahá in London Art is worship.... The drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past AIL.093 @high station of the arts and sciences, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @stories; anecdotes, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @work as worship - -
ABU3510 Words spoken on 1907-04-15 20 Hell denotes the heedlessness of people from God. The meaning of 'skin' is doubts BSTW#211b @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @symbolism, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell - -
ABU3496 Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris 20 Yes, he will hear of it in his next life, but through the mercy of God, not through his own ability. PN_1911 p016 @soul; spirit after death - -
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 @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @relativity of religious truth, @wisdom [hikmat], @development of capacity and readiness, @differences in human capacity - -
ABU2068 Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هنگامی که ایرانیها بخود مشغول بودند و ایران را بباد میدادند ما در اقالیم واسعهٴ امریک While the Persians were occupied with themselves, neglecting their country in the process, we journeyed to the vast expanses of America BDA2.101 MHMD2.123 @prophecy and fulfillment, @petitions to authorities, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU3752 Words spoken on 1913-02-24 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 حکمت و نتیجهٴ اقامت در پاریس برای تذکّر مشرقیان و آگاهی ایرانیان بیش از اهالی خود پاریس است The wisdom of my sojourn here in Paris, as well as the results it will yield, consist in the admonitions I have imparted to the people of the East BDA2.157 MHMD2.197 @critique of Eastern values; culture, @East and West; communication between East and West, @past, present and future of Iran - -
ABU3753 Words spoken on 1913-03-12 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در زمان غیبوبت در سلیمانیّه اغلب اوقات شیر میل میفرمودند و نان و شیر برنج فی الحقیقه خوب غذائی است During Baha'u'llah's seclusion in Sulaymaniyyih, He mostly drank milk and ate bread with rice pudding; this is truly excellent sustenance BDA2.180 MHMD2.228 @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih - -
ABU3479 Words spoken on 1913-05-14 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 نان و شیر از هر غذائی سالم‌تر است جمال مبارک میفرمودند در ایام سلیمانیه غذای من اغلب شیر و گاهی شیر برنج بود Bread and milk are more healthful than any other kind of food. The Blessed Beauty used to say, 'During My days in Sulaymaniyyih, My food on most occasions consisted of milk and sometimes rice pudding BDA2.299b MHMD2.395 @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih - -
ABU3755 Words spoken on 1913-05-20 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هیچ حالتی مثل حالت مناجات نیست قلوب صافیه را منجذب نماید و نفوس مقدّسه را انتباه و روحانیّت عجیبی بخشد There is no state like the state of prayer. It attracts the pure hearts, awakens the holy souls, and confers remarkable spirituality BDA2.308 MHMD2.408 @importance of prayer, @power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer - -
ABU3756 Words spoken on 1913-05-31 in Paris 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در ملکوت الهی زن و مرد یکسانند جمیع باید ندا بافق اعلی نمایند و نشر نفحات اللّٰه کنند In the Kingdom of God, women and men are one and the same. It is incumbent on everyone to summon humanity to turn towards the Most Exalted Horizon and to spread the sweet savours of God BDA2.325 MHMD2.431 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @equality of men and women, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3524 Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said 20 The believers must cultivate a beautiful voice so that they may sing the Bahá'í songs or chant DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.010, BLO_PN#007 @music and singing, @power of prayer - -
ABU3545 Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh 20 The duty of the believers of God is to be servants to one another and to attend to his brother's wants DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#12 p.143-144, ABIE.163, BLO_PN#007 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3462 Words spoken on 1913-10-26 in Ramleh 20 Mayst thou ever be in a prayerful attitude. In all the worlds [of existence] there is nothing more important than prayer. Prayer confers spirituality upon the heart. DAS.1913-10-26, SW_v08#04 p.047, SW_v14#06 p.165+168 @importance of prayer, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer - -
ABU3457 Words spoken on 1914-04-08 20 In the world of humanity "good intentions" is the greatest means of personal development. DAS.1914-04-06, SW_v07#19 p.195-196 @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3559 Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa 20 A material man lets himself be worried and harassed by little things but a spiritual man is always calm and serene under all circumstances DAS.1914-07-10, SW_v07#16 p.154 @material and spiritual existence; two books, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @composure; tranquillity; serenity - -
ABU3473 Words spoken on 1914-07-24 in Haifa 20 Man must be a mine of piety and sympathy. He must associate with all mankind with joy and fragrance. He must not turn away his face SW_v07#18 p.187 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love and unity, @compassion; kindness - -
ABU3494 Words spoken on 1914-07-24 in Haifa 20 Today the highest of all the degrees are the degrees of firmness and steadfastness in faith and certainty. DAS.1914-07-24, SW_v08#16 p.219 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
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 - -
ABU3478 Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ما مداخله در طعام جسمانی آنها نمی کنیم مداخلهٴ ما در طعام روحانی است At the table on board the Cedric Abdu'l-Baha spoke about simple diet - how much better BDA1.023.02 DAS.1913-07-20, SW_v08#02 p.018, MHMD1.031, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007 @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU3467 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 20 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 بیائید ببینید چه ستارهٴ روشنی است من میخواهم احبای جمال مبارک مثل این ستاره روشن باشند Come and see what a brilliant star this is! I cherish the hope that the loved ones of the Blessed Beauty may be like this shining star BDA2.013 MHMD2.015 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance - -
ABU3539 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 20 Bahá'i-Mutter (zu einer anwesenden Araberin gesprochen), lehre deine Söhne den Segen des Gehorsams und die Seligkeit des Opfers SDW v13#10 p.103 @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @education of children; moral education, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3485 Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 20 Is there a hell more direful than Ignorance? A hell worse than deprivation from the Divine Nearness? A hell lower than negligence and inadvertence? DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 @heedlessness and ignorance of the people - -
ABU3503 Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 20 This is not only the golden age but the age of Diamond. This is the Century of Lights! This is the cycle of Love. This is the glorious Down of the Sun of Reality DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology - -
ABU3533 Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 20 I do not like the word 'leader'. I am Abdul Baha. I am the servant of the world of humanity. DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3517 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-07 20 When I was young they would light ten candles and at the range of a very long distance I would put out the lights one after another without missing one. DAS.1913-05-07 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @excellence; distinction, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3560 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-10-19 20 You are writing a book. I have been reading all morning these letters. They are interesting. DAS.1914-10-19 @review of publications - -
ABU3491 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 20 It is not impossible that He should have been, though it is not necessary that all Manifestations should come in that way. PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3549 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 20 Yes, but they do not do it through mediums nor in material ways, but in spiritual ways. PN_1907 p017 @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
ABU3505 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-15 20 Yes, in Persia to the Shah, in Turkey to the Sultan, though in reality He was not subject to any PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3550 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-16 20 Yes, if he deals unjustly and tyrannically with his people he forfeits the right to govern them. PN_1907 p019 @justice and mercy, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @relationship between government and people, @status of kings; future of monarchy - -
ABU3502 Words to an English friend, spoken on 1913-03-31 20 Whosoever with a contrite heart prays and begs from Bahá'u'lláh help and assistance will be aided, even if he is not a Bahá'í, only that he is sincere and whole-hearted in his prayers. DAS.1913-03-31 @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3504 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 20 All believers have attained the Heavenly Gift, but each in a different degree. All have arrived at this Great Rolling Ocean, but each one has taken that which will quench his thirst. PN_1901 p025, PN_1901 p037 @differences in human capacity, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness - -
ABU3508 Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 20 We are told in the Bible of the Baptism of Water and of the Spirit, and also of the Baptism of Spirit and of Fire, and these are the Three Baptisms. PN_1901 p025 @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @spiritual baptism - -
ABU3542 Words to Charlotte Bingham, spoken on 1907-10-14 20 Yes; not through Isaac nor Ishmael, but through one of his other sons, of whom he had six. PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @Baha'u'llah - -
ABU3483 Words to Dr Henderson, spoken on 1912-07-31 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary هر چیز ممدوحی زود نشر میشود ولی اطفال را باید اول تعلیم دین نمود تا صادق و امین شوند Everything praiseworthy spreads rapidly. But the children must first be taught religion so that they may be sincere and trustworthy. BDA1.173.12 SW_v19#10 p.310, MHMD1.188 @education of children; moral education, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness - -
ABU3507 Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 20 the Muhammadans [are] accustomed to think Mahomet the greater because of his title 'Seal of the Prophets', but in the time of Jesus spirituality and the spiritual life was far greater. PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215 @Seal of the Prophets, @Christ; Christianity, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @Muhammad; Islam, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3489 Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-05 20 Whatever anyone thinks, he says, but do not trust what is said unless I have written with my own hand, that is correct. PN_1919 p068, PN_1920 p015, PN_1920 p027 @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
ABU3488 Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-19 20 No. In the presence of some of the more intimate friends who used to visit her, she would unveil but not in public. PN_1919 p042 @veiling [hijab], @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] - -
ABU3518 Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-30 20 Sometimes joking is necessary. Otherwise we would get depressed. The Blessed Beauty said, 'In every twenty-four hours, two hours must be spent in a way that will cause happiness.' PN_1919 p055 @humor; jokes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow - -
ABU3511 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 20 Yes, prayer might prevent the strong wind from blowing out the light of the lamp--but it could never change the amount of oil in the lamp--that is preordained. DLA.032, BLO_PN#026 @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @free will and predestination; fate, @power of prayer - -
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 - -
ABU3486 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 The Prophets and Holy Men always went into the wilderness to pray. Many of them walked upon Mount Carmel and communed with God. TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104 @meditation, @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @Mount Carmel - -
ABU3499 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 Everything in life ministers to our development. Our lesson is to study and learn. Money and difficulties are alike advantages to us. TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3500 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 The right hand is the hand of honor. In the East, wearing it upon this hand attracts attention and causes comment. But the real place to wear the Greatest Name is in the heart. TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104 @personal instructions - -
ABU3509 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 Guidance to God. What is dearer to man than life? So, therefore, leading a soul to Eternal Life is the greatest blessing and benefit you can bestow upon that soul. TDLA.014-015, BLO_PN#104 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3528 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 Prayer is both attitude and word, it depends upon the soul-condition. It is like a song SW_v08#04 p.043, TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104 @importance of prayer, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @music and singing - -
ABU3529 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 Moral life consists in the government of one's self. Immortality is government of a human soul by the Divine Will. SW_v14#01 p.009, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3538 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 We should not be occupied with our failings and weaknesses, hut concern ourselves with the will of God so that it may flow through us, thereby healing these human infirmities. SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will - -
ABU3548 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 20 No, they are a distinct Revelation of God and will form a Book larger than our Bible. TDLA.006-007, BLO_PN#104 @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU3514 Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08 20 Capacity attracts. The greater your capacity, the more you will be filled. When the child is hungry and cries for milk, the milk of the mother begins to flow rapidly. DJT.075, BLO_PN#027 @development of capacity and readiness, @law of cause and effect - -
ABU3487 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15 20 I liken you to the pupil of the eye. You are black and it is black, yet it becomes the focus of light. AHV.017, BLO_PN#045 @light and darkness, @symbolism - -
ABU3558 Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 20 No, the world will be so trained that no one will harm even his own enemy. TDAB.09 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men - -
ABU3490 Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 20 Of course, they can see us and know everything we are doing for that is the world of real sight and sense. PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, BSTW#180c @soul; spirit after death, @connection between material and spiritual worlds - -
ABU3519 Words to Miss Rosenberg in 1902(?) 20 How could they (the Manifestations) teach and guide others in the Way if they themselves did not undergo every species of suffering to which other human beings are subjected. SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p073, PN_1909 p105, PN_unsorted p022 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world - -
ABU3513 Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26 20 Opposition is unnecessary. Here is one who has a lecture to give. It you like, go; if not, stay away. You have more important things to consider, such as teaching. PN_1909 p082 @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3512 Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26 20 The word 'same' means that the reality is one. Just as the sun arises from several points. PN_1909F p071, PN_1909F p135, AKL.014 @oneness; unity of religion, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun - -
ABU3530 Words to Mrs Bingham and Mrs Devin, spoken on 1907-10-15 20 No. Melchisedek, who was 'without beginning or end of days' was the first one. PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
ABU3515 Words to Mrs Brittingham in 1912 20 The 'Self' of God spoken of in the Tablets refers to the Attributes of the Merciful, not to His Essence. This 'Self' is found in 'Perfection' in the Prophet, only. PN_unsorted p090 @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3544 Words to Mrs C in 1910 20 I tell you to be happy because we can not know the spiritual life unless we are happy! TOR.211, VLAB.116 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3522 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 20 Love for men is love for God. To serve men is to serve God. My sign is this--that I serve the people, that I clothe the people. AELT.116 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God - -
ABU3495 Words to pilgrims in June 1906 20 Both Peter and Paul suffered martyrdom with all steadfastness by the order of Nero. This is a clear and indisputable fact. PN_1906 p077, SUR.268, BLO_PN#001 @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU3554 Words to Prof. E. A. Rogers, spoken on 1912-10-04 20 Oh my, that is a long, long story. It covers so much. Please come another day and I will tell you what I can. ECN.755 @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU3547 Words to Safa Kinney 20 No, I do not know everything. But when I need to know something, it is pictured before Me. IHP.060, BLO_PN#046 @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
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, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU3523 Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908 20 One might say, 'Well, I will endure such-and-such a person so long as he is endurable.' But Bahá'ís must endure people even when they are unendurable. IHP.032, VLAB.028, BLO_PN#046 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance - -
ABU3464 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.' BDA1.124.05 SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133 @differences in human capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism - -
ABU3472 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary در آینده امریکا ترقی سریع نماید ولی از این عمارتهای بسیار بلند و کثرت نفوس قلبم میگیرد و برای صحت خلق خوب نیست America will make rapid progress in the future but I am fearful of the effects of these high buildings and such densely populated cities; these are not good for the health. BDA1.032.07 SW_v19#02 p.054, MHMD1.041 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization - -
ABU3476 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-23 20 Persian Mahmúd's Diary کاش جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آورده بودند از بس جمال مبارک اینگونه مناظر را دوست میداشتند Would that the Blessed Beauty could have come to these regions! He loved such scenery very much. BDA1.101.13 SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108 - -
ABU3520 Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1913-01-26 20 If this Cause had appeared in America, today there would not have been a single soul in that country who would not be either a Bahá'í or a friend. DAS.1913-01-26 @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3498 Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-02 20 This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109 @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB11532 Words written in a book 20 O Thou Lord of Unity, confirm this person who is old in faith and young in love, to summon people to Thy Kingdom. DAS.1913-01-21 @prayer for teaching, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB03861 30 mixed اوقاف مختصّه بخيرات قبل از تشكيل بيت العدل بمحفل روحانى كه منزّه و مقدس از شائبه نفسانى است راجع و الّا فلا O maidservant of God! Praise be unto God that thou didst attend the women's class of instruction and didst acquire knowledge for the teaching work [3.5s] GHA.222x @House of Justice - -
AB11318 30 Arabic اذا امعنت النظر تشخص هذه الصورة مقابلاً لعینیک انساناً Shouldst thou look carefully, thou wouldst perceive before thee a man in chains and fetters, from whose countenance shineth the radiance of joy and contentment AHB.133BE #03-04 p.69 ADMS#353 - -
AB11320 30 mixed خدمات آنجناب در آستان مقدّس مقبول و محبوب و مکث در آن ارض و بنای طبابت بسیار بجا و محبوب Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are accepted and beloved, and thy sojourn in that land and establishment of medical practice are most fitting and well-pleasing [3.5s] MSBH4.479x @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11322 30 mixed زنهار زنهار که خاطری بیازارید و قلبی را شکسته نمائید و دلی را دردمند کنید و جانیرا افسرده نمائید Beware, beware, lest ye harm any souls, or cause any heart to be broken, or fill any mind with pain, or render any spirit despondent [3.5s] AVK3.207.14x @rejection, opposition and persecution, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @spiritual springtime, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @non-participation in politics - -
AB11323 30 Arabic الهی انت الذی ایدت عبادک المخلصین على رضائک اید عبدک المتوجه الیک على ذکرک و ثنائک O my God! Thou art He Who hath aided Thy sincere servants to attain Thy good-pleasure. Aid, then, this servant who turneth his face toward Thee in Thy remembrance and praise [3.5s] LMA2.424 - -
AB11324 30 Arabic الهی تری امتک الموقنه بک و بایاتک المتضرعه بباب احدیتک قدر لها کل خیر بفضلک و O my God! Thou seest Thy servant who is believing in Thee, and supplicating through the door of Thy Oneness. Render her all good through Thy Bounty and Generosity. Thou art the Bestower, the Giver. INBA59:180a BW_v12p682, MAB.008a @prayer for women, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11325 30 Arabic الهی هولاء عبادک الذین استظلوا فی ظل شجره وحدانیتک و احتموا بحمی قدس ربوبیتک O my God! These are Thy servants who have sought shelter beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy Oneness and have taken refuge in the sanctuary of Thy divine Lordship [3.5s] MJMJ3.044a, MMG2#212 p.240 @prayer for spiritual recognition - -
AB11326 30 Arabic الهی یا رب المشرقین و رب المغربین و منور الخافقین بالنور الساطع من المطلعین و O my God! O Lord of the two Easts and the two Wests, Illuminator of the horizons with the resplendent light that shineth from the twin Dawning-Places [3.5s] YMM.330x @prayer for the departed, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @presence of; reunion with God, @eulogies; reminiscences - -
AB11327 30 Arabic اما عن السئوال الذی سالتموه فاعلموا بان هذا سر مکنون و انه کالجوهرة المخفیه فی صدفتها ...As to the question ye have asked me, know verily that this is a well-guarded secret. It is even as a gem concealed within its shell. MAS2.026-027, PPRP.002 WOB.150x, PPRL.001x @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11328 30 Persian امه الرحمن الرضیه المرضیه المحترمه والده میرزا عنایت الله را تحیت مخصوص برسان Convey special greetings to the handmaid of the All-Merciful, well-pleased and well-pleasing, the revered mother of Mírzá 'Ináyat'u'lláh [3.5s] DUR4.404 - -
AB11329 30 Persian Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks ان اسم عظیم است اعظم است مراد جمال مبارک است و آنچه الیوم در دست است معانی دو حرف از اسم اعظم است و آن ب و ه The Great Name is indeed the Most Great; it referreth to the Blessed Beauty. What we possess today are the meanings of two letters from the Greatest Name, and these are 'B' and 'H' [3.5s]... This great name is the Greatest Name. The Blessed Beauty is intended. What we have today are the meanings of two of the letters of the Greatest Name. They are: B and H MAS2.057ax BRL_ATE#213x @Greatest Name, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) - -
AB11330 30 Arabic ان جمال الذین السائح الشهیر فى کل اقلیم الناشر لرائحة محبة الله اصبح سائحا Verily, Jamal-i-Din, the renowned traveller throughout every clime who diffuseth the fragrance of the love of God, hath become a wayfarer [3.5s] MSBH8.140 @eulogies; reminiscences, @stories; anecdotes - -
AB11331 30 Persian ای امه الله شکر کن جمال مبارک را که چنین عنایتى در حق O handmaid of God, render thanks unto the Blessed Beauty for having bestowed such a bounty [3.5s] INBA13:231a @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @praise and encouragement - -
AB11332 30 Persian ای امه الله شکر کن حی قیومرا که چنین پسری داری که شب و روز بخدمت امرالله O maidservant of God! Give thanks unto the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, that thou hast such a son who, night and day, serveth the Cause of God [3.5s] INBA89:047a @praise and encouragement - -
AB11333 30 Persian ای امه الله شمسیه نور محبة الله از پرتو شمس روشن تواست هر رخی که بآن نور روشن رشک آفتاب است O handmaiden of God, Shamsiyyih! The light of the love of God from the rays of the radiant Sun art thou. Every countenance that is illumined by that light is the envy of the sun [3.5s] DRM.019b @love of God - -
AB11334 30 Persian اگر کلمات مکنونه را در لسان فارسی و عربی تلاوت مینمودی و بحقایق و معانی ...Wert thou to recite the Hidden Words in Persian and Arabic and apprehend their realities and meanings, it would unveil a matchless beauty and splendor ANDA#79 p.05x ADMS#203ex @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings - -
AB11335 30 Persian ای آتش افروخته آتشی در دل افروختی که خاموشی ندارد و افسردگی نجوید و شعله اش O enkindled flame! Thou hast ignited a fire within the heart that knoweth no quenching and seeketh no languor, and its flame [3.5s] YARP2.166.2 p.174 - -
AB11336 30 Persian بکوش که در زبان فارسی نهایت مهارت را حاصل نمائی و الواح جمال مبارک را بخوانی ...Strive to acquire the utmost proficiency in the Persian language—to read the Tablets of the Blessed Beauty and discover the heavenly significances of their words ANDA#79 p.05x ADMS#203bx @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11338 30 ...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, ye must give this your most careful attention, and firmly establish it. For this Feast bringeth bliss and unity and love to the lovers of God COC#0919x @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11339 30 Persian ای بنده الهی هر چند حقائق جسمانیه در ناحیهء بعیده واقع ولی جواهر صافیه O servant of God! Though physical realities exist in distant realms, yet pure essences [3.5s] INBA88:249a @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
AB11340 30 ...God willing, through the endeavor of the friends in America, may the Bird of Paradise be revealed in all its beauty in the Philippine Islands. SW_v01#19 p.003x @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11341 30 Persian ای بنده حق از جواهر وجود چون سلاله موجود گردد باید اخلاق مناسب اعراق باشد O servant of the True One! When from the gems of existence a descendant cometh into being, he must needs manifest virtues befitting his lineage [3.5s] MSHR3.123x @eulogies; reminiscences, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
AB11342 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O servant of God! Faith is the magnet which draws the confirmation of the Merciful One. Service is the magnet which attracts the heavenly strength. TAB.062, DWN_v5#04 p.002b @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB11343 30 Persian ای بنده حق فرصت نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود شجره انیسا جمال مبارکست که در ظل آن O servant of the Truth! Time permitteth but a brief reply. The Tree of Anisa is none other than the Blessed Beauty, beneath Whose shade [3.5s] MKT9.057b, ASAT1.247, YMM.198 @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
AB11344 30 Persian ای بنده خدا شهریاران عالم بندگان بندگان حقند و بانوایان جهان بی نوایان در O servant of God! The sovereigns of the world are but the servants of the servants of God, and the wealthy ones of earth are destitute indeed [3.5s] YARP2.175.5 p.179 @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @status of kings; future of monarchy - -
AB11345 30 mixed ای بنده درگاه احدیت نواب اعلی بواب عتبه کبریاست یعنی پاسبان آستانست فنعم ما O servant at the Threshold of Divine Unity! The Supreme Deputy is the keeper of the Most Great Threshold—that is to say, the guardian of His court. How excellent indeed [3.5s] MSHR1.071-072x @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11346 30 Persian یا خود به خراسان روید و یا آنورقهٴ منجذبه را به طهران آرید قصور و فتور جائز نه Either journey thou thyself to Khurásán, or bring that enkindled leaf unto Tihrán. Negligence and delay are not permissible [3.5s] MSBH5.234x @rejection, opposition and persecution, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions - -
AB11347 30 ...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language COC#0611x @courtesy; culture [adab], @personal instructions - -
AB11348 30 Persian ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص زکات مرقوم نموده بودید زکات بر محصول باغها بعد از وضع O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thou didst write concerning Zakát. As to the Zakát on the fruits of orchards, after deduction [3.5s] AVK4.239.02x, MAS9.020x @business; financial; property matters, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11349 30 mixed Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A امّا علامت بلوغ عالم که در کتاب اقدس مرقوم یکی حصول صلح عمومی و دیگری ظهور و بروز اخت النّبوة حکمت الهّیه است که صنعتع مکتوبه جزو آن است ...As for the signs of the coming of age of the human race mentioned in the Kitab-i-Aqdas: one sign is the advent of universal peace, and the other is the unfoldment and appearance of the 'sister of prophecy', the divine philosophy, of which the hidden craft forms a part ASAT1.208x BLO_alchemy @House of Justice, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @consolation and comfort, @universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11351 30 mixed در خصوص وحی مرقوم نموده بودید ائمّهٴ اطهار مطالع الهام بودند و مظاهر فیض حضرت رحمان وحی اختصاص بحضرت رسول Thou hast inquired about divine Revelation. The holy Imams were the dawning-places of inspiration and manifested the bounty of the All-Merciful. Divine Revelation was confined to Mubammad, the Messenger of God. Thus, we do not refer to the words of the Imams as the Word of God, but we regard them as divinely inspired AVK2.032.17x, MAS2.022x, VUJUD.141.02x VUJUDE.155x @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11352 30 mixed مکتوب مطبوع که از بهائیان غرب به بهائیان شرق مرقوم شده بود ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون به حقائق و اسرار حضرت بیچون بود یقین است که احبّای ایران را سبب روح و ریحان گردد The pleasing letter that was written by the Bahá'ís of the West to the Bahá'ís of the East was perused. Its contents were replete with the verities and mysteries of the Incomparable Lord. Assuredly it shall be a source of joy and delight to the beloved ones in Iran [3.5s] NJB_v01#19a p.008x @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @prophecy and fulfillment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
AB11353 30 Persian ای دلبر يکتا ای محبوب بيهمتا شکر ترا که اين بيچاره آواره را به جميع عنايات و الطاف مفتخر O Peerless Beloved! O Incomparable Love! Thanks be unto Thee that Thou hast favored this hapless wanderer with all bounties and bestowals [3.5s] MJMJ2.072ax, MMG2#129 p.146x @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11354 30 Persian ای جمع ابرار جوهر ارامنه احرار جناب مارکار الحمد لله استفاضه از ملکوت انوار O gathering of the righteous ones, essence of the free Armenian souls, honored Markar, praise be to God for the effulgence from the Kingdom of Light [3.5s] AHB.126BE #03-04 p.087x @education of children; moral education, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities - -
AB11355 30 Persian ای چراغ پر فروغ داناای و بیناای و شنواای روشنی عالم انسانیست الحمد لله که از O thou lamp resplendent with the light of wisdom, insight and hearing! The illumination of the human world art thou! Praise be to God that [3.5s] YARP2.166.3 p.174 - -
AB11356 30 Persian Bahá'í Prayers ای خداوند بی مانند این طفل شیرخوار را از پستان عنایت شیر ده و در مهد صون و حمایت محفوظ و مصون دار و در آغوش الطاف پرورش ده O Thou peerless Lord! Let this suckling babe be nursed from the breast of Thy loving-kindness BRL_DAK#1194, HUV1.008 BRL_CHILD#05, BPRY.033 K. Key @prayer for children and youth - -
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 - -
AB11362 30 Persian ای رب الارباب بنده تو گشتاسب از فراق بیتاب شد و در تب و تاب افتاد لهذا پرواز O Lord of Lords! Thy servant Gushtasp hath grown restless in separation and fallen into feverish distress, and therefore taken flight [3.5s] YARP2.632 p.434 @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB11363 30 Arabic ای رب هذه ورقه متحرکه بنسائم محبتک علی شجره معرفتک ای رب اجعلها مخضره نضره من O Lord! This is a leaf, stirred by the breezes of Thy love upon the Tree of Thy knowledge. O Lord! Make it verdant and flourishing [3.5s] INBA59:180b @prayer for women - -
AB11364 30 mixed ای رضای من لا تقنظوا من رحمه الله اینست ایت منصوصه است و لاتباسوا من رحمه O my Rida! Despair not of God's mercy, for this is indeed a sacred and explicit verse, and be not hopeless of His grace [3.5s] MMK6#460 @consolation and comfort - -
AB11366 30 Persian ای شهناز نامه تو رسید با امة الله طائره همیشه مکاتبه نما تا سبب انجذاب جان و Thy letter was received. Correspond always with the maidservant of God, Taereh, so that it may prove to be the cause of the attraction NJB_v02#02 p.003x BLO_PT#052.15 @personal instructions - -
AB11367 30 Persian ای شوقی حق از قرار تحریرات ارض مقصود در پناه حق محفوظ و مصونید و این سبب سرور O Shoghi! According to the letters from the Holy Land, thou art sheltered and preserved beneath God's protection, and this is the cause of joy [3.5s] AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.51x @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayer for protection - -
AB11368 30 Persian ای شیدای روی جانان مهربانی خوشست و مهرپروری دلکش دل باین خوی خوش کن که بد O thou who art enamored of the Beloved's countenance! Lovingkindness is a wondrous thing, and the nurturing of love doth captivate the heart. Make thy heart acquainted with this goodly trait [3.5s] YARP2.166.5 p.174 - -
AB11369 30 Persian ای کنیز بهاء آزادگی و فرزانگی نه بخوردسالیست و نه بسالخوردگی پس از خدا خواهیم O handmaid of Bahá! Freedom and wisdom belong neither to tender youth nor to advanced age; therefore let us beseech God [3.5s] HUV1.046 @praise and encouragement - -
AB11371 30 Persian ای مختار جمیع اشیا در تسبیح و تقدیس حق بلسان ملکوتی مجبور و مضطرند و تو در O Mukhtar! All things are constrained and compelled, in the celestial tongue, to glorify and sanctify the Truth, while thou [3.5s] YMM.195 @free will and predestination; fate, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
AB11373 30 Persian ای موقن بالله اصل لقاء ایمان بآیات الهیه است ...زیرا تربیت جسمانیه را حکمی نه بلکه O thou who art firm in God! The essence of divine communion lieth in faith in the signs of God... for physical education hath no lasting effect [3.5s] MAS9.012 @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB11374 30 ...Supplication and prayer on behalf of others will surely be effective. When hearts are united, when faces are turned towards the kingdom of Abha, surely enlightenment will be the result. SW_v08#04 p.047x @humility; meekness; lowliness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity of thought and belief, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer - -
AB11375 30 Persian فرصت تفسير آيه حضرت يونس نيست. مختصر اينست که بطن حوت عبارت از ظلمات عالم طبيعت There is no time to expound the verse concerning His Holiness Jonah. Briefly stated: the belly of the whale signifieth the darkness of the world of nature [3.5s] MMK6#316x @consolation and comfort, @symbolism, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB11376 30 Persian ای ورقه موقنه دست بذیل میثاق زن و تشبث بپیمان کوکب اشراق تا جلوۀ الطاف خداوند جهان جاودان بینی O assured leaf! Take hold of the hem of the Covenant and cling to the testament of the Day-Star of effulgence, that thou mayest behold the eternal splendor of the favors of the Lord of the world [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0313, MKT4.194a, YMM.057 @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11377 30 Persian ای ورقه موقنه نظر الطاف حی قیوم شاملست و فضل و عنایت کامل حال استعداد و O assured leaf! The glances of favor of the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting Lord encompass thee, and His grace and bounties are complete [3.5s] INBA89:047b @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11378 30 Persian ای یار دوستان شجاعت و دلیری از صفت راستانست و خصائص ملازمان آستان یعنی بر نفس O friends of the Beloved! Courage and valor are attributes of the righteous ones and characteristics of them that stand faithful at His Threshold - that is to say, over the self [3.5s] YARP2.166.4 p.174 @courage - -
AB11379 30 Persian ای یار روحانی بدان که مناجات و صلوت فرض و واجب است و از انسان هیچ عذرى مقبول نه مگر O spiritual friend! Know thou that prayer and supplication are incumbent and obligatory, and no excuse shall be accepted from any soul [3.5s] AVK4.093.09 - -
AB11382 30 Persian از جهان الهی عالم نورانی ملکوت الهی سؤال نموده بوديد که در آن آيا مشاغل Concerning the divine realm, the luminous world of the celestial Kingdom, thou didst inquire whether therein [3.5s] MMK3#044 p.027x @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
AB11383 30 Persian ای یاران فاران جبلی است که نور حقیقت از آن طلوع نمود ...حال از لسان قدم این نام مبارک بآن بلد عنایت شده تا این فاران جلوه‌گاه آن فاران گردد O friends! Paran is that mountain from which the Light of Truth dawned... Now hath this blessed name been bestowed upon that land by the Tongue of the Ancient One, that this Paran might become the manifestation of that Paran [3.5s] MUH2.1114x, FRH.113 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @power of love, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11385 30 Persian ای یزدان مهربان این شمع نو افروز را در زجاجه O kind Lord! Place this newly-kindled lamp within the glass [3.5s] HUV1.005 @prayer for protection - -
AB11386 30 ...As to his honor Mr. Hoar, verily he is one who hath presented himself here, witnessed, heard, comprehended and became illuminated and enlightened with the light of the gift of God SW_v12#19 p.311x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for children and youth, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @naming of children; of individuals - -
AB11387 30 Persian Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá این عهد و میثاق است که جمال مبارک در ارض مقدس بقلم اعلی در ظل شجره انیسا گرفته This is the Covenant and Testament which the Blessed Beauty established through the Supreme Pen in the Holy Land MAS2.056b BRL_DA#216, BLO_sazedj#23x @primordial Covenant; the day of alast - -
AB11388 30 Arabic و امّا ما سألت من الدار المسکونة فهی للولد البکر خاصّةً مع توابعها من اصطبل او مضیف او خلوة As to what thou didst ask concerning the primary residence, it belongeth exclusively to the firstborn son, together with its dependencies, whether stable, guest chamber or private apartment [3.5s] AVK4.215.13x @praise and encouragement, @law of inheritance, @personal instructions, @rights of the eldest son; primogeniture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for assistance; intercession - -
AB11389 30 mixed ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه ... مقدرات ربانیه مبنی بر حکمت کلیه است سر قدر O exalted Branch of the Blessed Tree! Divine decrees are founded upon a consummate wisdom [3.5s] YMM.353x @prayer for the departed, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering - -
AB11391 30 Persian باستاد محمد علی بنا در حیفا بنوع خوشی مخابره قطع نمااید Cease communications with Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Banna in Haifa in a spirit of graciousness [3.5s] INBA17:232 - -
AB11392 30 Persian پروردگار مهربانا این بنده بی سر و سامان رستم ایران را در پناه خویش راحت و O Thou kind Almighty! Bestow Thou a refuge and protection to this homeless and shelterless servant of Thine, Rostam YARP2.499 p.366 DAS.1914-03-28 @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB11393 30 Persian تلگرافی از کاشان رسید که معارف مدرسه وحدت بشررا بست سبحان الله مدنیت بر زبان میرانند و تیشه بر ریشه مدنیت میزنند مدرسه باید باز نمود نه مدارس را بست A telegram hath been received from Kashan, informing that the school of Wahdat-i-Bashar hath been closed by the authorities. Glorified be God! They speak of civilization with their tongues, yet strike at its very root with their axe. Schools must needs be opened, not closed [3.5s] KHMT.050x @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization - -
AB11394 30 Persian جناب آقا سید اسدالله چون چشم نوازل شده است جواب شما دو روز بعد با مکاتیب بهر O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah! Since mine eyes have been favoured with your letter, the response shall be dispatched in two days' time along with other correspondence [3.5s] INBA17:232 - -
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 @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat], @education of children; moral education - -
AB11396 30 Persian جناب دوست حقیقی روحانی این مکتوبرا مستعجلا بنوری بیک برسانید و اگر چنانچه O true and spiritual friend! Deliver this letter with utmost haste to Núrí Big, and should [3.5s] AYBY.453 #197, SAM.394 - -
AB11397 30 mixed جناب علی آقا را از قبل این عبد بذکر الله البهی الابهی متذکر دارید الا ان بذکر الله Convey to Jinab-i-'Alí-Áqá, on behalf of this servant, greetings in the Most Glorious mention of God. Verily, in the remembrance of God [3.5s] INBA84:481c @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB11398 30 Persian جناب منادی الهی خطه طبرستان علی الخصوص نور موطن مبارک مجلی O esteemed Herald of God in the realm of Ṭabaristan, particularly in Núr, the blessed birthplace [3.5s] TZH8.0857, NJB_v05#12 p.005 - -
AB11399 30 Persian دو قطعه لوح که عکس اثر قلم اعلی مع عکس حضرت غصن الله الاطهر واصل گردید Two Tablets - a photographic reproduction of the writing of the Most Exalted Pen, together with a photograph of His Holiness the Most Pure Branch - have been received [3.5s] INBA17:232 - -
AB11400 30 Arabic رب اید کل من توجه الی مطلع وحدانیتک بتاییدات قدس رحمانیتک و افتح علیه ابواب O Lord, aid through the holy confirmations of Thy divine mercy all who have turned unto the Dayspring of Thy oneness, and open before them the gates [3.5s] INBA87:417a, INBA52:429b @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11401 30 Arabic رب نور وجه عبدک الذی توجه الی وجهه رحمانیتک الی ملکوتک الابهی و اجعله اسوه O Lord! Illumine the face of this servant who hath turned his countenance toward the face of Thy Most Merciful One and unto Thy Most Glorious Kingdom, and make him an example [3.5s] INBA84:281a @prayer for spiritual recognition - -
AB11402 30 Arabic رب وفق عبدک هذا علی اعلاء کلمتک و نشر آثارک بین عبادک و اشرح صدره ببیان حججک و O Lord! Aid this servant of Thine to exalt Thy Word and to diffuse Thy signs amongst Thy servants, and expand his breast through the elucidation of Thy proofs [3.5s] SAAF.000 @prayer for teaching, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB11403 30 Arabic ربی انی ابتهل الی ملکوت وحدانیتک و جبروت فردانیتک ان تصون هذا العبد فی ظل O Lord! I beseech Thee, by Thy Kingdom of Oneness and the Dominion of Thy Singleness, to shelter this servant beneath the shadow [3.5s] MJMJ2.107b, MMG2#138 p.154 - -
AB11405 30 Persian نور محبت الله از پرتو شمس روشن تر است هر رخی که به ان نور روشمن رشک آفتاب است و غبطه The light of the love of God is brighter than the rays of the sun. Every face illumined with that light shall rouse the jealousy of the sun and the envy of the shining moon HUV2.052 ADMS#114 @love of God - -
AB11406 30 mixed ورقه خیرالنساء بعنایت الهیه مطمئن باشند و بشکرانه الطاف حق متذکر گردند که در ایام الله Leaf of the most virtuous of women, be thou assured by divine grace, and render gratitude for the favors of the True One, for in these Days of God [3.5s] INBA84:481b @thankfulness; gratitude - -
AB11407 30 Persian آن عکس که مرقوم نموده اید عکس جمال مبارک نیست آن عکس جناب کلیم The photograph whereof thou didst write is not the likeness of the Blessed Beauty, but rather the photograph of Jinab-i-Kalím [3.5s] ASAT5.095x @personal instructions, @martyrs and martyrdom, @promotion of commerce and industry - -
AB11408 30 Arabic یا حبیبی قد اخذت تحریرک الجدید و تلوته بفرح لیس علیه مزید O my beloved! I received thy recent letter and read it with unbounded joy [3.5s] MSHR3.361x @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB11409 30 Arabic یا رضا ان الرضاء بالقضاء سمه اهل الانقطاع و سنه اهل الانجذاب بنفحات ملکوت O Riḍá! Verily acceptance of the divine decree is the hallmark of them that are detached from all save God, and the path of those drawn unto the fragrances of the Kingdom [3.5s] INBA88:247c SFI01.061 @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11410 30 Arabic یا سامعا لکل ندآء یدعوک عبدک هذا فی آناء اللیل و اطراف النهار اجب الدعاء یا مالک من O Thou Hearer of every call, this servant of Thine calls upon Thee in the watches of the night and at the margins of day. Answer Thou his prayer, O Sovereign Lord [3.5s] LMA2.425 @prayer for evening; night - -
AB11411 30 Persian یا شقیقتی العزیزه آنی شما را فراموش ننمایم همواره در فکر و ذکر تو هستم از O my cherished sister! Thou art never absent from my thoughts. I speak of thee and call thee to mind at all times. BHKP_2#18x BHK_2#18x @Shrines and Holy places, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @moderation; frugality; simplicity - -
AB11412 30 mixed در خصوص جناب خادم مرقوم نموده بودید لیس لاحد ان یتکلّم بحقّه شیئاً Concerning what thou didst write about Jinab-i-Khadim, none hath the right to speak against him [3.5s] ASAT3.196x @personal instructions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God - -
AB11413 30 ...The future of California, whether in regard to its material affairs or spiritual affairs, is very important SW_v02#13 p.006, SW_v05#15 p.232x, SW_v05#16 p.242, SW_v05#17 p.265 @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11414 30 ...The effulgence of God's splendorous mercy hath enveloped the peoples and kindreds of the earth WOB.111x @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11416 30 O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Know thou that supplication and prayer is the Water of Life. SW_v08#04 p.043x @importance of prayer, @living waters; water of life, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @power of prayer - -
AB11417 30 O God! Make this servant melodious, attuned with the airs of the Supreme Concourse, and confer upon him a thrilling and resounding voice, like the nightingale of hidden meanings in the Divine Rose Garden. TOR.178-179 @prayers (general or uncategorized), @the concourse on high, @music and singing - -
AB11418 30 O Thou incomparable Lord! Bless Thou the members of this household and endear these souls in Thy Kingdom and confirm them in the service of Thy Cause! Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty. DAS.1913-04-05 @prayer for service, @prayer for children and youth - -
AB11419 30 ...The essence of Oneness is sanctified above the servitude of the world of mankind SW_v14#06 p.167 @unity; oneness of humanity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11420 30 O ye faithful friends! This Assembly was organized at the right time. It is my hope SW_v13#08 p.204 @praise and encouragement, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11421 30 ...I hope that the Ensigns of Divine Verses may be upraised in Stuttgart; the Fire of the Love of God be so enkindled as to set all those parts aglow DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007 @being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11422 30 ...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion. DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007 @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @universal peace; world unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
AB11423 30 ...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, ABIE.107, BLO_PN#007 @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11424 30 ...Moderation is necessary in all affairs. Man must take a lesson from divine actions and deeds SW_v08#02 p.026x @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @wisdom [hikmat], @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium - -
AB11425 30 Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou faithful one! One of the requirements of faithfulness is that thou mayest sacrifice TAB.552, BBBD.031a, BSC.461 #854 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @love of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB11426 30 ...The letter signed by most of the friends in India has been received. Abdu'l-Baha is greatly SW_v12#13 p.215x @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11427 30 ...The souls of the well-favored among the concourse on high the sacred dwellers of the most exalted Paradise WOB.110-111x @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high - -
AB11428 30 ...The holy realities of the Concourse on high yearn, in this day, in the Most Exalted Paradise ADJ.047x @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high - -
AB11429 30 ...Regarding the Exposition of 1915 which will be inaugurated in San Francisco in America: From now undoubtedly SW_v02#13 p.006 @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11430 30 O God! Endear this maidservant of Thine in Thy Kingdom. Verily her heart is filled with love and happiness. Bless her family and encircle her husband with the glances of Thy Providence. DAS.1913-04-07 @prayer for married couples, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prayer for women - -
AB11431 30 ...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha. DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11432 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ...Express my affection to Mrs ... and say: "The grace of God hath chosen thee TAB.507-508 @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11433 30 O ye believers of God! We are sending to America, the maidservant of God, Zeenat Khanum, with Mrs. Wise SW_v05#04 p.057 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause - -
AB11434 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha To the servant of God! I ask God to make thee a growing, developing branch in His vineyard TAB.653 @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @bringing forth results; fruit, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator - -
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 @prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause - -
AB11436 30 Praise be to God that the Sun of Universal Religion hath dawned. From all parts of the world host after host enter under its Radiance. Erelong it will become world-wide. DAS.1913-03-29x @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @universality of the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @entry by troops, @Manifestation of God as sun - -
AB11437 30 ...The vision also signifies that a Mashrak-el-Azkar will soon be established in America SW_v06#17 p.133 @predictions and prophecies, @entry by troops, @growth of the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB11438 30 O Lord! Clothe this thy servant with the garment of the Most Great Bestowal and protect him from every evil DAS.1914-03-28 @prayer for protection - -
AB11439 30 ...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
AB11440 30 ...Regarding arrangements for the Bahai Sunday meeting for the purpose of worship SW_v13#10 p.276x @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing - -
AB11441 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou tree, developed in the garden of the Love of God! Be well watered TAB.131 @spiritual transformation, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @bringing forth results; fruit, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
AB11442 30 ...The deeds of man must be the cause of glory. Everything that is conducive to the honor of the religion of God is good. SW_v09#10 p.107x @goodly deeds; actions, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @words vs deeds - -
AB11443 30 ...Baha'u'llah hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole ADJ.037bx @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues - -
AB11444 30 ...There is no wonder in confessing the appearance of the Kingdom of God, but true wonder consists in good deeds SW_v08#05 p.059x @goodly deeds; actions, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB11445 30 Thy detailed letter... was duly received. Its contents produced joy and happiness SW_v08#16 p.219x @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11446 30 ...In prayer one must turn his face towards the sanctified Reality of His Holiness Baha'o'llah - that Reality which surrounds all phenomena. SW_v09#10 p.113x @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @station of the Manifestation of God - -
AB11447 30 O ye real friends, O ye people of unity! His honor Mahmood Khan is a true friend and is firm and steadfast SW_v07#11 p.108 - -
AB11448 30 ...Every proof and prophecy every manner of evidence, whether based on reason or on the text WOB.127-128x @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @twin Manifestations - -
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, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @high station of the arts and sciences, @work as worship - -
AB11451 30 ...My thoughts are turned towards you, and my heart leaps within me at your mention WOB.077x @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
AB11452 30 ...My hope is that the Esperantists may become attracted by these epistles and may SW_v11#17 p.291x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal language - -
AB11453 30 O thou revered beloved! Glad tidings be unto thee for thy firmness in the strong Covenant. SW_v09#19 p.223-224 @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11454 30 ...In these days, the Holy Ones of the Realm of Glory, dwelling in the all-highest Paradise BADM.037x, SW_v14#03 p.086 @martyrs and martyrdom, @return of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @soul; spirit after death - -
AB11455 30 ...The continent of America is in the eyes of the one true God the land wherein the splendors WOB.075x @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11456 30 ...I hope that the friends will give the utmost importance to the Mashriqu'l Azkar... The American friends are greatly endeared. Therefore I desire that they may be confirmed SW_v13#10 p.264x @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
AB11457 30 Today firmness in the Covenant is the means of the promotion of the Word of God and conducive to the effect of the word of the teacher. DAS.1913-03-29x @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
AB11458 30 ...Regarding the society of healing of which thou art a member; when it comes under the protection of this Cause, its power will be a hundred fold. BSTW#369b @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities - -
AB11459 30 ...Convey my infinite love and kindness to ... and say: One must summon the people to the Kingdom of God. Silence and speechlessness is not at all permitted. DAS.1913-10-14 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action - -
AB11460 30 O God! Confer thou a shelter upon this person under Thy protection and surround him with Thy infinite Bounties! Verily Thou art the Generous and the Merciful. DAS.1913-04-05 @prayer for protection - -
AB11461 30 ...Baha'u'llah once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white ADJ.037bx, MBW.136x @race unity; racial issues, @symbolism - -
AB11462 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ...Be not in despair, but rather smile by the mercy of thy Lord; and be not sorrowful TAB.177 @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB11463 30 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou who art esteemed and guarded! Thank God for that by reason of which thy picture TAB.651 @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
AB11464 30 ...The prestige of the Faith of God has immensely increased. Its greatness is now manifest WOB.079x, COC#0264x, COC#1532x @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause - -
AB12019 30 Arabic رب انی اتضرع الی ملکوت رحمانیتک ان تغرق هولاء العباد فی بحر رحمانیتک انک انت O my Lord! I implore Thee by Thy Most Glorious Kingdom to immerse these servants in the ocean of Thy mercy. Verily, Thou art [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0314 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others - -
AB12054 30 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks O ye true friends! Make ye a mighty effort, that this world may become another world, and this darksome earth BRL_ATE#072 @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @call to action - -
AB12057 30 Persian ای مربی وجود این نفوس اهل سجودند و در نهایت تضرع به ملکوت شهود لهذا رجای O Divine Educator! These souls are engaged in prostration and earnestly supplicate the Kingdom of manifestation, therefore I beseech [3.5s] RMT.157c @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
AB12772 30 Persian جناب آقا محمد ابراهیم از تاییدات حضرت قیوم در ملکوت ابهی امیدواریم که از افق Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim: We cherish the hope that, through the confirmations of the Self-Subsisting Lord, in the Abha Kingdom, from the horizon [3.5s] QUM.098 - -
AB12773 30 Persian ای حضرت بشیر این نامه پانزده روز پیش مرقوم شد ولی فرصت ارسال نشد O thou herald of the Covenant! Though this letter was penned fifteen days ago, opportunity for its dispatch did not present itself [3.5s] INBA85:451a @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
AB12774 30 Persian ای سمی حضرت مقصود دست بذیل اطهر زن و از ما سوی الله منقطع شو و در ظل شجره O namesake of the desired One! Cling to the hem of His most pure garment, detach thyself from all else save God, and take shelter beneath the Tree [3.5s] INBA85:382a @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB12775 30 Persian ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید با نفوسیکه ماذونند اذن حضور دارید مکتوب جوف را برسانید O thou servant of the True One! Thy letter was received. Thou art permitted to attain the presence with those who have permission. Deliver the enclosed letter [3.5s] INBA85:123b @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB12776 30 Persian امه الله المشتعله بنار محبت الله ضجیع منجذبه را بالطاف حق بشارت ده تا از فیض O maidservant of God! Give thou glad tidings through divine favors to that enkindled one who is set ablaze with the fire of the love of God, that attracted one, so that from His bounty [3.5s] INBA85:121c - -
AB12777 30 Persian ای ابن شهید همواره در نظری پیش بصری در آنچه از پیش مرقوم گردید سعی و جهد O son of the martyred one! Remain ever before mine eyes and strive with all thy might to fulfill that which hath been written aforetime [4o] INBA85:522a @praise and encouragement, @call to action - -
AB12778 30 Persian رب اید هذا العبد علی ما یحب و یرضی و علی رضائک فی هذه النشئه الاولی O Lord! Aid Thou this servant in accordance with what Thou lovest and approvest, and in accordance with Thy pleasure in this, the first life [4o] INBA85:122a @prayer for nearness to God - -
AB12779 30 Arabic یا رب الایات و مظهر البینات اسئلک ان تنزل البرکات علی هذه الشرکه الجدیده O Lord of signs and Revealer of clear proofs, I beseech Thee to shower Thy blessings upon this new enterprise [4o] INBA85:122c @prayer for prosperity, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB12780 30 Persian الهی این کنیز پر محبت و تمیزت را در ملکوت شما عزیز فرما و خاندانش را مبارک کن O God! Endear this distinguished and loving maidservant of God in Thy Kingdom, bless the members of her household BBBD.202 BBBD.203 @prayer for married couples, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for women - -
AB12784 30 Deliver my greeting and praise and my abundant longings to my beloved ones in that city (New York) which hath become the City of the Covenant and the town of the Love of God @the power of words; of speech, @unity in diversity, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
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 - -
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 @praise and encouragement, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @effort; striving - -
ABU3330 30 Every morning when I awoke I praised God there was another day to serve Him in His prison. SW_v13#05 p.102 @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @thankfulness; gratitude, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow - -
ABU3340 30 It is not the body which feels pain or trouble but the soul. If we have a pain in our arm the defect SW_v08#18 p.230 @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @the human soul - -
ABU3341 30 The most advisable thing, therefore, is to ... discuss "Pure and sanctified Living" SW_v14#02 p.060 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @methods of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3342 30 One night I was so hemmed in by My anxieties that I had no other recourse than to recite and repeat GPB.275-276x, VLAB.029 @importance of prayer, @power of prayer, @business; financial; property matters - -
ABU3343 30 Although Abdu'l-Baha considers himself as a drop, yet this drop is connected with the Most Great Sea. SW_v08#15 p.211 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU3344 30 It was during the closing days of the Blessed Beauty, when I was engaged in gathering together His papers GPB.310-311x @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU3348 30 In the world of existence there is no power as efficacious and as penetrative as the power of love. SW_v05#10 p.154 @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @war and peace, @power of love - -
ABU3349 30 The duty of educated men, especially university presidents of the nation, is this: To teach in the universities and schools ideas concerning universal peace, so that the student may be so molded that in after years he may help carry to fruition the most useful and human issue of mankind. SW_v15#01 p.037, SW_v16#07 p.600 @education of children; moral education, @war and peace, @high station of learning, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3361 30 You can best serve your country if you strive, in your capacity as a citizen of the world, to assist in the eventual application of the principle of federalism underlying the government of your own country to the relationships now existing between the peoples and nations of the world ADJ.088x, WOB.037x, VLAB.100 @nationalism; love of country, @unity of governments; political unity, @universal peace; world unity, @means of establishment of future civilization - -
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 @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @elections - -
ABU3363 30 I seemed to be standing within a great mosque, in the inmost shrine, facing the Qiblih, in the place of the Imam himself GPB.310x, PAB.002 @accounts of dreams and visions, @symbolism, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @station of the Manifestation of God - -
ABU3419 30 One is to forfeit possessions, to forfeit estates... One is to forsake relatives, station, et cetera, et cetera... Each one of these is a distinct insanity PN_unsorted p073 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3425 30 I have trained Zeenat Khanum, and having confidence in her, therefore, I sent her to America SW_v05#04 p.058 @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3427 30 riches earned by personal effort with divine assistance, in various trades, agriculture and the arts, and rightly administered SW_v07#15 p.145 @conduct in finance and business, @promotion of commerce and industry, @agriculture, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @work as worship - -
ABU3449 30 A heavy chain was placed about His neck by which He was chained to five other Babis GPB.072x @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3296 Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary جمیع حقایق و ارواح باقیست حتی ارواح غیر مومنین و نفوس ناقصه اما نسبت بارواح All realities and spirits are immortal, even the spirits of non-believers and imperfect persons. BQA.080-081, BDA1.182.16 SW_v19#12 p.378, MHMD1.198 @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @existence; immortality of the human soul - -
AB11316 Cablegram 30 Eng Verily the eyes have shed tears and the hearts have burned because of this great affliction. SW_v04#19 p.315 @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort - -
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 - -
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 @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB11314 Cablegram dated 1913-08-17 30 Eng IF POSSIBLE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY FOR PORT SAID. WISH SEND THEE INDIA FOR SERVICE. DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007 @personal instructions - -
AB11315 Cablegram dated 1914-01-22 30 Eng Verily in this most great calamity the eyes wept tears and the hearts burned. Perfect resignation is incumbent upon you in this supreme hour of stupendous trial. DAS.1914-01-22 @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU3416 Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 30 Trust in God. Be kind to thy fellow-men, fill the world with the spirit of love. DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @high station of the true believer, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @love and unity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
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 @The Holy Spirit, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity - - MHMD1.101
ABU3318 Public address given on 1912-08-08 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary هر چه تربیت ظاهری بیشتر شود مسابقهٴ در تعدیات زیادتر می شود اما تربیت روحانی سبب مسابقهٴ در اعمال خیریه و کمالات انسانیه است امیدواریم که ازین تعدیات کاسته و روز بروز بر کمالات روحانیه افزوده شود The more material education advances, the more competitive is the race in aggression and injustice. But spiritual education is the cause of competition in praiseworthy actions BDA1.183.06 SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199 @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @goodly deeds; actions, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization - -
ABU3742 Words directed at Mirza Muhammad 'Ali 30 unknown نه تو آن عمر هستی که امر باین عظمت را بلند کنی و نه من آن علی هستم که از دست تو در نخلستان گریه کنم Inform my brother that I am not `Alí, nor is he `Umar. I am much greater than `Alí and he is much lesser than `Umar. KNSA.134 (235) MNYA.180, AFNAN.083, RKS.038 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3455 Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 30 The meaning is this -- For instance, take this teapot. It, in its beauty, is of itself in appearance. It is the last of its kind. PN_1912 p015 @Seal of the Prophets, @symbolism - -
ABU3317 Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-11 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary هر چند نسآء با رجال در استعداد قواء شریکند ولی شبهه نیست که رجال اقدمند و اقوی حتی در حیوانات مانند کبوتران Although women are equal to men in abilities and capacities, there is no doubt that men are bolder and physically more powerful BDA1.153.07 SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.166 - -
ABU3402 Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-08 30 I am always thinking how to carry the loads of others and not to put my own load on their shoulders. The Blessed Perfection has taught me this. We must prove this through deed and not by mere word. DAS.1913-05-08, ABCC.391x @service to others; to the Cause of God, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @words vs deeds - -
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 @stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes - -
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 @Word of God and human limitations, @universality of the Cause, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
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 @prayer to be recited at table, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU3346 Words spoken at Higher Thought center, 1911-11-01 30 Abdu'l-Bahá in London ...it matters not what name each calls himself -- The Great Work is One. Christ is ever in the world of existence AIL.040, BSTW#207c @oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @The Holy Spirit - -
ABU3274 Words spoken at home of Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, 1912-04-24 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اکثر صنایع مهمه از همین راه اختراع شده مانند طالب کیمیا که سبب ظهور هزارها ادویه مفیده گشته Yes, most of the great inventions were made in a similar way. For instance, the search for alchemy has brought into being thousands of useful medicines and the desire of finding a direct route to India from Europe became the cause of the discovery of America BDA1.050.16 SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.059 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @alchemy; the elixir, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU3350 Words spoken at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-18 30 Assuredly, give to the poor. If you give them only words, when they put their hands into their pockets after you have gone, they will find themselves none the richer for you! DJT.266, BLO_PN#027 @humor; jokes, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @words vs deeds, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities - -
ABU3289 Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04 30 I was most happy to see the believers of Germany so holy, so pure and so united DAS.1913-04-04, SW_v04#09 p.162 @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3275 Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اگر مدخل امراض را بدانند و اعتدال عناصر را میزان گیرند در هر عنصری If one is fully cognizant of the reason for the incursion of disease and can determine the balance of elements BDA1.075.x SW_v19#05 p.141, MHMD1.084 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @four elements, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium - -
ABU3395 Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-12 30 I have been crying at the top of my voice all these years. Now I prefer to choose silence and listen to the melodies of the nightingales of the Paradise of Abha DAS.1913-12-12 @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU3383 Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 30 The best man is that person who cheers and gladdens the broken-hearted ones and the worst man is that soul who causes suffering and pain to one's heart. DAS.1914-05-10 @consolation and comfort, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @compassion; kindness, @saddening another soul - -
ABU3744 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 دیشب رئیس مجلس گفت حضرت بهآءاللّٰه اعظم مظاهر الهیّه است و ذکر عظمت امر اللّٰه را نمود The president of last night's gathering stated that Baha'u'llah was the greatest of God's Manfiestations… Yet, the inhabitants of Paris do not share the spirituality and zeal of the Americans, who are truly something else BDA2.138 MHMD2.171 @praise of Western values; culture, @Baha'u'llah - -
ABU3272 Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab, 1913-12-06 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 ابداً جائز نیست سجود بجهتی جائز نیست سجود بنص کتاب الله مخصوص مقام اعلی Prostration, according to the explicit text of the Book of God, is confined to the Shrine of the Bab, the Shrine of Baha'u'llah and the Holy House. BDA2.373 MHMD2.500-501 @law of pilgrimage, @Shrines and Holy places - -
ABU3299 Words spoken ca. 1904 30 Persian حقیقتش این است که خوردن حیوانی شایسته نیست اما انسان خود را بی جهت مبتلی کرده و عادی The truth is that it is not befitting for man to be carnivorous. However, man has accustomed himself to such a life KNSA.197-198 MNYA.274 @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet - -
ABU3444 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 30 We should give our bodies a healthy, simple diet, just enough to keep them for good service--no more; to think too much of what we shall or shall not eat is making too much of the material. SAS.096 @disregarding bodily comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3379 Words spoken ca. 1912 in the United States 30 What does it matter if the skin of a man is black, white, yellow, pink, or green? In this respect the animals show more intelligence than man. DJT.284, BLO_PN#027 @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3371 Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary 30 Man's duty is to persevere and struggle, and to hope for God's help. Not for him to sit idly by, proud and unconcerned. BW_v13p1187 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @effort; striving, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa] - -
ABU3410 Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary 30 Severance is not poverty but freedom of the heart ... When a man's heart is free, and on fire with the love of God BW_v13p1187 @love of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3451 Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan 30 A few hundred years ago, Darzi, a tailor, came from Persia to Syria, where he established the Druze cult. 'Druze' is a corruption of the word 'Darzi. CHH.195, BLO_PN#022 - -
ABU3430 Words spoken ca. Aug. 1912 in Dublin, NH 30 The mature wisdom requires this. I must go everywhere and raise the call of the Kingdom. SW_v03#15 p.004 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @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 - -
ABU3360 Words spoken ca. June. 1921 30 I ever pray on her behalf and beg from God His divine remedy and healing. As in this Dispensation consultation with expert doctors COC#1043x, SW_v12#07 p.134 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
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 - -
ABU3438 Words spoken in 1910 30 The (Holy) Spirit is encompassing and surrounding all. It is holy. It is sanctified from attachment to a special place. It is present everywhere and at every time. It exists in all places, yet is placeless. SW_v08#08 p.098 @The Holy Spirit, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU3325 Words spoken in 1912 in the United States 30 In future a manufacturer will not be allowed to leave all his property to his own family. A law will be made something like this SW_v08#01 p.011 @law of inheritance, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing - -
ABU3434 Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh 30 When in America I repeatedly said that no one must believe one word said by another regarding any commands SW_v11#14 p.243 @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3355 Words spoken in Jul. 1912 in the United States 30 The point to which all eyes should turn is One. All eyes must turn their attention SW_v08#14 p.189, SW_v11#14 p.239 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity - -
ABU3394 Words spoken in Jun. 1906 30 Man should be intoxicated with the wine of Knowledge and drink from the Chalice of Wisdom. For this joy and exhilaration continues to Eternity. PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001 @spiritual transformation, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation - -
ABU3385 Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh 30 Those Prophets who are Manifestations of God, sent by God (Avatars) are of the Essence (logos) and quite untouched by the faith of disciples PN_1911 p007 @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others - -
ABU3323 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 30 Abdu'l-Bahá in London By putting the teaching into practice power will be given. You know which path to follow AIL.064 @things are known by their opposites, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
ABU3345 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 30 Abdu'l-Bahá in London There is but one power which heals -- that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes AIL.095, SW_v08#18 p.233 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @inmost heart [fu'ád], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU3405 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 30 The East and the West should unite to give to each other what is lacking in each. This exchange of gifts would form a true civilization CHH.153, BLO_PN#022 @unity in diversity, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @East and West; communication between East and West - -
ABU3420 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 30 Abdu'l-Bahá in London Every man walking in the street is free as if he were in his own kingdom. There is a great spiritual light in London. AIL.109 @freedom of thought and action, @praise of Western values; culture, @justice and mercy - -
ABU3422 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 30 Abdu'l-Bahá in London The girl's education is of more importance today than the boy's, for she is the mother of the future race. AIL.091 @education of children; moral education, @equality of men and women - -
ABU3397 Words spoken on 1907-04-15 30 What the people believe regarding the other side and that they receive messages from that place is not quite so, they only feel something within themselves, but they do not perceive; there is a great difference between feeling and perception. BSTW#211a @occult sciences; psychic phenomena - -
ABU3424 Words spoken on 1912-05-15 in Lake Mohonk 30 It is very easy to come here, camp near this beautiful lake, on these charming hills, far away from everybody and deliver speeches on Universal Peace. These ideals should be spread and put in action over there, (Europe) not here in the world's most peaceful corner. SW_v19#06 p.181 @love and unity, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU3309 Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary مادام مظاهر الهیه بین خلق هستند و مثل این خیمه نشنینان بیرون گرین عکا شیدا میشود حتی کلمبوس While the Manifestations of God are still alive, the people do not appreciate their value, they curse and execrate them; but after their ascension they worship them. BDA1.199.09 SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.215 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past - -
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 - -
ABU3356 Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool 30 Water flowing from one spring has more force and energy than if the same water is divided between DAS.1912-12-15, SW_v08#02 p.021 @praise and encouragement, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3308 Words spoken on 1912-12-20 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 گریه مکن مویه منما فریاد بر میار اشک از دیده مبار سُرور و حُزن دنیا هر دو در گذر است و عزت و ذلت آن هر دو فانی Do not cry or lament! Do not wail or let tears rain from your eyes! The happiness and sorrow of this world last only for a time, and its glory and abasement are both fleeting BDA2.032 MHMD2.038 @consolation and comfort, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU3415 Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London 30 Every object in this world has the power of combustion. The objects by themselves and in themselves will not be ignited. A flame is necessary. I hope you will become that flame to enkindle the hearts. DAS.1912-12-23 @fire and light; fire and water, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3431 Words spoken on 1912-12-24 in London 30 Hands which have labored in the cause of education are ever blessed. I am pleased with your hands. DAS.1912-12-24, SW_v09#08 p.089 @education of children; moral education, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU3284 Words spoken on 1912-12-25 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اینمسئلهٴ دیگر است و مجازات و مکافات سبب نظام عالم مثلاً اگر کسی اینجا بیاید This is a different matter altogether. Indeed, reward and punishment constitute the basis of order in this world BDA2.041 MHMD2.049 @murder; causing physical harm, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @reward and punishment - -
ABU3743 Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 من آمده‌ام تا مدنیّت الهیّه را ترویج نمایم مدنیّتیکه حضرت بهٓاءاللّٰه در شرق تأسیس فرمود I have come to promote divine civilization. This is a civilization that Baha'u'llah established in the East. It is a civilization that tends to the domain of character BDA2.044 MHMD2.053 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity - -
ABU3297 Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در این امر جمعیّت بشر یک عائله و کرّهٴ ارض یکوطن است In this Cause, all humanity is regarded as a single family, and the whole earth accounted as one country BDA2.080 MHMD2.097 @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU3322 Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 بدرجهئ‌یکه جمیع بهائیان شرق بجهت ترویج صلح جان میدهند بیست هزار نفر خود را فدای امر صلح To the extent that all the Baha'is of the East are ready to give up their lives in their efforts to promote peace. Twenty thousand souls have sacrificed themselves BDA2.079 MHMD2.095 @critique of Eastern values; culture, @critique of Western values; culture - -
ABU3300 Words spoken on 1913-01-15 in London 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 خدا چه عزتی بما ایرانیان عنایت فرمود چه آفت??ب بزرگی و سعادتی از افق مشرق زمین طالع What conspicuous glory has God deigned to bestow upon us Persians! How great is this prosperity, which is even as a mighty sun BDA2.086 MHMD2.104 @chastisement and requital, @past, present and future of Iran, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU3295 Words spoken on 1913-01-23 in Paris 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 جمیع این اهالی غرق دنیا هستند و عمارات شهر مثل خانه‌های زنبور و مردم متصل مشغول ساختن All the inhabitants of this city are immersed in this world, and its buildings resemble the hives of bees BDA2.102 MHMD2.124 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @symbolism - -
ABU3273 Words spoken on 1913-01-29 in Paris 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 از جمیع جهات ابواب مسدود است و راه نجات مقطوع مگر بقوهٴ معنویه و تأییدات غیبیه The doors are closed on every side, and the way to salvation is barred, unless one is aided with spiritual power BDA2.111 MHMD2.136-137 @development of capacity and readiness, @power of the Manifestation of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3283 Words spoken on 1913-02-06 in Paris 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 این عصر عصر دیگر است و اقتضای آن اقتضای دیگر احکام عصر سابق این قرن عظیم را کفایت نکند this is a new era with unprecedented exigencies… the laws of a former age will not suffice this momentous century… the spiritual laws--which is to say secondary religious laws--must be renewed, and divine truths revitalized BDA2.123 MHMD2.153 @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @changing and unchanging parts of religion - -
ABU2161 Words spoken on 1913-02-07 in Paris 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 شخص عامل و قوهٴ فاعله لازمست و امروز تأئید و مدد الهی واجب والا قول و گفتگو A person of action and an active force are needed, and in this day the confirmations and assistance of God are likewise essential BDA2.125 MHMD2.156 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3745 Words spoken on 1913-04-25 in Stuttgart 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 بموجب تعالیم بهآءاللّٰه عمل کنید بسیاری تعالیم الٓهیّه را میخوانند امّا در موقع فراموش می‌نمایند Act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'u'llah. Many are the people who peruse the divine teachings, but promptly forget what they have read when the time comes to act BDA2.258 MHMD2.336 @words vs deeds, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU3746 Words spoken on 1913-04-28 in Stuttgart 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هر چیزی ممکن است ولکن حضرت مسیح از بیان اشعیا میفرماید که اینها چشم دارند امّا نمی‌بینند گوش دارند ولی نمیشنوند Anything is possible, but Jesus Christ, quoting the words of Isaiah, has said, 'They have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear BDA2.269 MHMD2.352 @miracles and their interpretation, @Christ; Christianity, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight - -
ABU3747 Words spoken on 1913-05-29 in Paris 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اگر آنگونه موشکافیها در مسائل مهمّه می‌نمودند چه قدر نتائج داشت How great the results that would have appeared if these people [who were well-versed in Islamic jurisprudence and doctrine] had practised that kind of hair-splitting on matters of actual importance! BDA2.322 MHMD2.427 @empty learning; false spirituality, @Islamic laws and jurisprudence - -
ABU3750 Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 افکار مال و منال و آمال جاه و جلال صرف اوهام است خدا محض عمران دنیا این اوهام را در سرها انداخته Thoughts of wealth and riches, as well as hopes of rank and glory, are sheer illusion. God has cast these thoughts into our minds only so that this world might prosper; apart from this, they are of no importance BDA2.360 MHMD2.479-480 @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @purpose; goal of creation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU3326 Words spoken on 1913-07-30 in Ramleh 30 No one can imagine how many different issues must be met….I am now advanced in age. The reaction of this long journey has had a terrible effect upon my weakened constitution… DAS.1913-07-30, ABIE.128, BLO_PN#007 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3442 Words spoken on 1913-08-02 in Ramleh 30 This is the day of teaching. This is the day of service. This is the day of the illumination of the world of humanity. Nothing else will give permanent result. This is our work. DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.143, BLO_PN#007 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3338 Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh 30 it is necessary for the rich to think of the poor during the month of Ramadan. Those souls who prefer themselves to others are tied with selfish iron bands, while those who prefer others to themselves are the benefactors of the human race. Such was the conduct and the life of Baha-Ullah. DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007 @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @business; financial; property matters, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @law of fasting - -
ABU3278 Words spoken on 1913-08-10 in Ramleh 30 If these Tablets do not stir and move the hearts out of their sleep and do not spur them to insatiable activity, they are harder than stones DAS.1913-08-10, ABIE.177, BLO_PN#007 @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3453 Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh 30 ...this Blessed Cause has such great power that it shall, ere long, vanquish all opposition. We must live and act in such manner as not to lower the station of the Cause DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.215, BLO_PN#007 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU3347 Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh 30 As regards free will. There are two distinct kinds of affairs, the first dominated by man, the second which is beyond his control DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.233, BLO_PN#007 @free will and predestination; fate - -
ABU3306 Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh 30 The Chinese civilization is very old, and hoary with age. Once they start on the right path, they will reach their destination very quickly. DAS.1913-10-16 @praise of Eastern values; culture - -
ABU3411 Words spoken on 1913-11-17 in Port Said 30 The believers of God must be alive with the sweet Fragrances of God. When you leave this land you must become the creational books DAS.1913-11-17 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance - -
ABU3448 Words spoken on 1913-12-21 in Haifa 30 Did you know what I was smiling for?... In either case he has not understood, he is just revealing the state of his own DAS.1913-12-21, SW_v08#11 p.142 @humor; jokes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance - -
ABU3327 Words spoken on 1914-01-27 30 We were commanded by Baha'o'llah to assist all the communities without the exclusion DAS.1914-01-27, SW_v08#11 p.140 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3391 Words spoken on 1914-02-18 30 His aim [Andrew Carnegie's] is good and a service to the world of humanity DAS.1914-02-18, SW_v09#03 p.035 @love and unity, @universal peace; world unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU3333 Words spoken on 1914-02-24 30 When a person's life is purely moral, when his daily actions are propelled by ethical forces he will influence DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v07#18 p.184 @the power of example, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3443 Words spoken on 1914-02-24 30 Any undertaking by the believers of God and which directly helps the promotion DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v07#15 p.140 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @East and West; communication between East and West - -
ABU3421 Words spoken on 1914-03-07 30 Whosoever desires to know the history of this cause and its tenets must come to us and not go to those who are prejudiced and biased DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @independent investigation of truth; reality - -
ABU3435 Words spoken on 1914-04-09 30 The world and its objects are transitory. Phenomena undergo change and transformation but God and his servants DAS.1914-04-09, SW_v07#16 p.154 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @law of transformation and change, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
ABU3357 Words spoken on 1914-05-26 in Tiberias 30 Concerning my power: it is one bestowal of the bestowals of His Holiness Baha'o'llah DAS.1914-05-26, SW_v08#15 p.211 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3436 Words spoken on 1914-06-12 in Tiberias 30 Should a black stone be placed facing the light of the sun, the signs of brilliancy would not appear SW_v09#10 p.111-112 @development of capacity and readiness, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @Manifestation of God as sun, @symbolism of color and light - -
ABU3328 Words spoken on 1914-06-21 30 In an Arabic poem the Blessed Perfection said about the calamities and allegations DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v08#13 p.178 @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for tests and difficulties - -
ABU3432 Words spoken on 1914-07-01 30 When I leave the world I want my heart to be assured that the Blessed Beauty has self-sacrificing servants DAS.1914-07-01, SW_v09#12 p.135 @courage, @firmness in the Covenant, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
ABU3358 Words spoken on 1914-08-17 30 I cannot understand why people insist on the fact that one cannot give up a thing DAS.1914-08-17, SW_v08#02 p.021 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3329 Words spoken on 1914-10-17 in Haifa 30 The best capital and the most profitable business is honesty in all things. Do thou continue to be honest in thy dealings DAS.1914-10-17, SW_v08#02 p.025 @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @conduct in finance and business, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
ABU3276 Words spoken on 1914-11-24 in Abu Sinan 30 Persian اگر ناقضین گذاشته بودند من بعضی از روسای اسلام و مسیحی راجمع میکردم If the Covenant-breakers had not frustrated my efforts, I would have assembled some of the Muslim and Christian chiefs KHH1.297 (1.409) KHHE.429, BSR_v13 p.085 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @oneness; unity of religion, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
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 - -
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 @House of Justice, @elections - -
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 - -
ABU3748 Words spoken on board the Himalaya at sea, 1913-06-13 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چه قدر فقیرند و چگونه زحمت میکشند رؤسای اداره‌ها و کارخانه‌جات باید بجهت مزدوران در کمپانیها How poor are they [labourers on ship], and how hard they toil! The presidents of factories and other operations must allocate a share [of the profits] for the workers in their companies BDA2.349 MHMD2.464 @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation - -
ABU3749 Words spoken on board the Himalaya at sea, 1913-06-15 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چنین تعالیممایحتاج عالم انسانی در این عصر نورانیست زیرا این عصر عصر تقالید نیست عصر انوار است These teachings are what the world needs in this luminous age, for this is not an age of blind imitation; it is the age of light, and the century in which mysteries will be made manifest BDA2.351 MHMD2.466-467 @universal peace; world unity, @blind imitation [taqlid], @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @teachings as spirit of the age, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3277 Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 30 If a soul is not severed, if he is not pure and holy, if he is not thoughtful of others.. No one can say he is a Bahá'í. DAS.1913-12-03 @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @attaining the life of the spirit, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU1167 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10 30 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در عالم وجود عجیب روابطی است نغمه و صوت عادی با آنکه عبارت از تموج هوی است There are strange relationships in the world of creation. Although melody and voice are ordinary phenomena BDA2.016 MHMD2.019 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @four elements, @ether; the phenomenon of light, @the power of words; of speech, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
ABU3324 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Die Jugend will ein großes Betätigungsfeld vor sich sehen -- heißt sie -- die Bahá'i-Lehre über die ganze Erde tragen SDW v13#10 p.103 @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU3332 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Die richtigen, wahren Bahá'i sind die Schauenden, die Erkennenden, die Wissenden; ihre vornehmste Aufgabe ist, daß sie von der Gnade der Erkenntnis SDW v14#01 p.008 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @love and unity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual - -
ABU3351 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 lm Diesseits und Jenseits haben wir Bahá'I nur ein Ziel: für das Reich Gottes (Malekut-Allah) zu leben und zu wirken SDW v13#10 p.103 @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] - -
ABU3352 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Gottes Führung will uns von der Willkür unserer Sínnlichkeit, von der tollen Eigenmächtigkeit unseres Willens, von der Last unseres kleingläubigen Sorgengeistes SDW v13#10 p.104 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @free will and predestination; fate, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
ABU3353 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Die Gesegnete Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh lehrt, der Mensch -- jeder Mensch -- hat ein Anrecht auf Friede, Freiheit, Freude und Arbeit SDW v13#11 p.112 @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @work as worship, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @true liberty; freedom - -
ABU3426 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Fürehte dich nicht, sorge dich nicht, lıetze dich nicht ab für die Dinge dieser Welt! Folge stetig der Führung Gottes SDW v13#10 p.103 @spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3429 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Lies, meine Tochter, die heiligen Bücher der Menschheit, studiere als Christin besonders das Neue Testament; zeige mir SDW v14#01 p.007 @justice and wrath of God, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @Christ; Christianity, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings - -
ABU3433 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Für die Jugend ist das Höchste, Edelste und Beste gerade gut genug! Warum hält man denn in den meisten Kulturländern den Elementarlehrer SDW v13#11 p.112 - -
ABU3439 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Haß und Unaufrichtigkeit können tödliche Seelengifte werden, erbarmende Liebe und feuriger Wahrheitsdrang SDW v13#10 p.103 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3440 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 30 Die Arbeit soll dem Menschen Selbstbewußtsein urid Würde geben. Warum raubt man ihm denn diese zwei wichtigsten Früchte SDW v13#11 p.112 @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship - -
ABU3452 Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-01-02 30 The fragrance of the rose leads man to the garden and faith and assurance are the fragrance of the rose which attract individual believing souls together. DAS.1913-01-02 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @degrees of faith; certitude, @unity; oneness of humanity, @symbolism, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
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 - -
ABU3393 Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-16 30 What art thou writing now? Art thou not satisfied with all that thou hast written? What dost thou do with them? No matter what I say thou art ready to make a note of it. Who has ordered thee to do this? DAS.1914-11-16 @stories; anecdotes, @personal instructions - -
ABU3408 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 30 Yes. As in the vegetable world the best results are obtained when one kind of fruit is grafted on another, so in the human family, the best and strongest children are obtained by intermarriage between different races. PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 @race unity; racial issues, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @unity in diversity - -
ABU3386 Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-16 30 Had ye believed in Moses, ye would also believe in me'... If a king send many different rulers to govern a city PN_1907 p019, PN_unsorted p023 @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures - -
ABU3286 Words to Counsel Schwartz, spoken on 1913-04-04 30 There will be a general war between the European powers and Germany of course will take a prominent part. Bahá'u'lláh has predicted a war between Germany and France and this will be fulfilled! DAS.1913-04-04 @predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @prophecy and fulfillment, @war and peace - -
ABU3412 Words to Dr. Coles and Archdeacon Dowling, spoken on 1914-01-01 30 Imagine a little lamb surrounded by a hundred thousand wolves, threatening to tear it to pieces at every moment. Were it not for the eternal vigilance of the Divine Powers, man could not live for one second. DAS.1914-01-01 @angels, @the concourse on high, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
ABU3382 Words to Dr. Coles, spoken on 1914-04-18 30 religion must ever become the cause of amity and love, otherwise irreligion is better; and science at the same time must be the means of human progress and enlightenment. If science creates deadly weapons for human slaughter and destruction it is worse than ignorance. DAS.1914-04-18 @harmony of science and religion, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @religion as source of love and unity - -
ABU3437 Words to Emogene Hoagg spoken in 1914 30 This is the day of happiness. In no time of any manifestation was there the cause for happiness as now. SW_v13#05 p.102, PN_1914 p009 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3368 Words to Esmael, spoken on 1914-12-09 30 The age of those ancient prophets as recorded in the Old Testament is symbolic. It has a spiritual interpretation. DAS.1914-12-09, SW_v13#06 p.152x @transcending the material condition, @literal interpretation, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture - -
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 @The Holy Spirit, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @John the Baptist, @literal interpretation, @symbolism - -
ABU3381 Words to Haji Amin and Daniel Jenkyn, spoken on 1912-12-29 30 The language of the heart is more eloquent than the physical tongue. When two hearts are united astonishing results will be realized. But a perfect union is necessary. DAS.1912-12-29 @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom - -
ABU3336 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 30 In the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar services will be held every morning. There will be no organ in the Temple. In buildings nearby DLA.014x, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026x @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @music and singing, @harmony of science and religion, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3398 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 30 Think not of yourselves, but think of the bounty of God. This will always make you happy. [The peacock] is contented because he never looks at his feet--which are ugly--but always at his plumage which is very beautiful. DLA.064, BLO_PN#026 @humor; jokes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
ABU3428 Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 30 Some material things have a spiritual effect. The spoken words cause a vibration DLA.013, BLO_PN#026 @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech - -
ABU3334 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 Spirituality is the possession of a good, pure heart. When the heart is pure SW_v07#18 p.177, TDLA.018, BLO_PN#104 @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @the human soul, @knowledge of self, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3335 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 The disciples of Jesus, passing along the road and seeing a dead dog, remarked how offensive and disgusting SW_v09#18 p.211, TDLA.103, TOR.170, BLO_PN#104 @exhortations and counsels, @stories; anecdotes, @apostles; early disciples of Christ - -
ABU3364 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 Know this—that the Revelation of Bahá‘u'lláh is the Word of God. There will not be a home which does not contain a believer. TDLA.007, BLO_PN#104 @entry by troops, @growth of the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU3369 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 Every drop of blood shed in the Cause of God will raise up one hundred believers. Martyrdom is the supreme test of belief. TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104 @martyrs and martyrdom, @growth of the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU3372 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 There is no appointed length of life for man. Lengthen your life by living according to God's spiritual laws. Then you will live forever. TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104 @attaining the life of the spirit, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God - -
ABU3384 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 Sow the seeds of love in the heart... By our actions we reveal what is growing in the heart. Actions are mirrors of the soul. SW_v08#05 p.058 , PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.012, BLO_PN#104 @goodly deeds; actions, @exhortations and counsels, @love and unity - -
ABU3404 Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 30 There are two kinds of suffering, one subtle, the other gross. The subtle suffering is hatred, anger, fear, and torment TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom, @justice and wrath of God - -
ABU3454 Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-06-15 30 That was not what I said. I said that the spiritual man and the materialist were two different beings. The spirit is in the flesh. DJT.311, FDA.031, BLO_PN#027 @relationship of the soul to the body, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material and spiritual existence; two books - -
ABU3380 Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-07-18 30 I wish you to teach constantly. Therein lies your happiness, and My happiness... I wish you to be detached from the entire world of existence, to turn to the Kingdom of Abha with a pure heart SW_v07#10 p.097x, DJT.350, BLO_PN#027 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3407 Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25 30 Yes, if they want to. They must want to and take the initiative. It is not the request of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. These matters are left to the House of Justice which will be established before this century is out. PN_1919 p188, LAT.136 @House of Justice, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar - -
ABU3354 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10 30 No, some games are innocent, and if pursued for pastime there is no harm. But there is danger that pastime may degenerate SW_v08#02 p.025-026x, AHV.009, BLO_PN#045 @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @gambling and games of chance, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing - -
ABU3409 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10 30 The best thing for it is to accept these teachings. In this way they will gain the confidence of the whites and differences will fade. The Bahá'í teachings reveal the means of both material and spiritual progress. AHV.010, BLO_PN#045 @race unity; racial issues, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization - -
ABU3388 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11 30 The best means is to accept this Cause. All differences must fade among believers. In the present antagonism there is great danger to both races. Intermarriage is a good way to efface racial differences. AHV.012, BLO_PN#045 @race unity; racial issues, @laws of marriage and dowry, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3447 Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-30 30 The light is of four kinds: First the light of the sun.... Second, the light of the eye SW_v08#08 p.098, AHV.025, BLO_PN#045 @being a source of light; guidance, @light and darkness, @stories; anecdotes - -
ABU3396 Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 30 Zoroastrians are the real Iranis. Their blood is not spoiled by the admixture of Turkish, Russian and Arab bloods. TDAB.08-09 - -
ABU3450 Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-18 30 Yes, surely sincere prayer always has its effect and it has a great influence in the other world SW_v08#04 p.047, PN_1911 p017 @soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @power of prayer - -
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 - -
ABU3400 Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 30 Are you happy? For only by happiness can you progress spiritually. PN_1904 p091 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3389 Words to Miss Boylan and Edith Sanderson, spoken around 1911-08-25 30 When Jesus Christ came to this world, He planted a tree. I have come to see what has become of that tree. The branches are all turned toward the earth. PN_1912 p071 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Christ; Christianity, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3387 Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 30 ...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony PN_1909F p062, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009 @diversity of thought and belief, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence - -
ABU3370 Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21 30 The stars that we can see in the heavens are not one per cent of those that actually exist. Ignorant people imagine this to be the only world of existence, but there are many, very, very many world of existence, many more than we can see. PN_1909 p063 @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @realms of being; three realms; five realms - -
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, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @presence of; reunion with God - -
ABU3305 Words to Mr Maxwell and others, spoken on 1912-09-06 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary شماها باید بآنچه سبب آسایش عالم انسانی است تشبث نمائید یتیمها را نوازش کنید گرسنه ها را سیر نمائید You must cling to those things which prove to be the cause of happiness for the world of man. You must show kindness to the orphans BDA1.231.02 SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247 @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU3331 Words to Mr McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06 30 I am the lover of all the friends of God -- from the heart and soul I love them. This will become manifest. ECN.481+707+814 @words vs deeds, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3312 Words to Mr Newman, spoken on 1914-06-10 30 I pray that God may aid your journeys and that you may return to America with the utmost happiness and safety. DAS.1914-06-10, SW_v09#10 p.110-111 @prayers (general or uncategorized), @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
ABU3414 Words to Mr Nutt in 1912 30 I have brought to you the sand, the mortar, the bricks and the stone. You must build a house here. I will crush the rocks that are in the way and you must walk over them. PN_1912 p072 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters - -
ABU3359 Words to Mr Remey, spoken on 1914-10-14 30 What is necessary is divine joy. Divine happiness is the speaker of the heart. DAS.1914-10-14, SW_v13#04 p.102, PN_1914 p009, PN_1914 p082 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU3445 Words to Mr. Pell in Oct. 1912 30 In Persia the Arabs have no doctors. All the people submit to God. There are no physicians, no remedies. When a person gets sick he eats barley soup. When he has a fever he eats dates. This material health is of no importance. ECN.524 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @transcending the material condition, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
ABU3367 Words to Mr. Wilkins, spoken on 1913-03-06 30 If such is the case the future of the French Republic is fraught with great danger. It cannot stand on such atheistic foundation. DAS.1913-03-06 @critique of Western values; culture, @praise of Western values; culture - -
ABU3441 Words to Mrs. A.S.K. [Alma Sedonia Knobloch], spoken on 1913-04-02 30 If they cannot arrange to go every Sunday, they must go every other Sunday, if not every other Sunday then once a month. SW_v09#08 p.094 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @exhortations and counsels, @importance of community building - -
ABU3366 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 30 No. The birth of our Lord was for all; those who shall know of Him and those who shall not. The Spirit is the same everywhere... They too will be heard, and God will protect them AELT.142 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @oneness; unity of religion, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
ABU3375 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 30 They see from their own standpoint. But these people are pure in heart and simple in spirit; therefore, though not intellectually advanced, they are capable of grasping their portion of truth, for truth is for all. AELT.140 @differences in human capacity, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @limits of the intellect, @universality of the Cause - -
ABU3417 Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 30 Where there is contention, there cannot be the highest conception of truth. We must have sympathy for all beings, and to have real sympathy means to feel with others in their higher aims and ideals. AELT.128 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
ABU3423 Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11 30 I am here to unify the religions of the world, to talk in the interest of universal peace. I have no creed to preach. I have no doctrine to propound. My word is the word of love... Do not worship the Lantern-worship the light. SW_v19#02 p.052 @unity; oneness of humanity, @religion as source of love and unity, @spirit and form in the administration, @symbolism, @literal interpretation, @love and unity - -
ABU3418 Words to Rabbi Stephen Wise, spoken on 1912-05-13 30 The term religious war is a misnomer, because there can be no war where there is religion. All we have is a hollow sham, a pretence. When once we have real religion, war will cease. APD.067 @war and peace, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @religion as reality; definitions of religion - -
ABU3337 Words to Remey and Struven in 1910 30 The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar must have nine sides, doors, fountains, paths, gateways, columns and gardens SW_v02#01 p.002, BW_v01p060x @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
ABU3365 Words to Remey and Struven in May 1910 30 In movements there is life, in immobility there is death. The traveling of the teachers from place to place, from Orient to Occident, and from country to country, is one of the greatest means for spreading the Fragrances, and for sowing spiritual seeds in the soul of the people. PN_unsorted p058 @pioneering; travel teaching, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech - -
ABU3401 Words to Rev. Allen, spoken around 1909-04-12 30 When you remove the causes thereof. These causes are racial, patriotic and religious bias or prejudice. This bias will be removed, and when it is removed, people will live in friendliness, kindness and love which will bring forth unity. PN_1909 p085 @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @race unity; racial issues - -
ABU3403 Words to some Arab visitors, spoken on 1913-11-10 30 The outer sacrifice of the sheep is a symbol of inner sacrifice. One must sacrifice his life, his identity, his being in the Path of God. DAS.1913-11-10 @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @outward and inward meanings - -
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 - -
ABU3392 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-29 30 Before entering the Sacred Shrine every one should perform ablution and be clean and pure in body, soul, mind and even his outward apparel. His heart must be purified from all worldly feelings and his consciousness be cleansed from all unholy suggestions. DAS.1914-10-29 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity - -
ABU3311 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 30 Persian من از سن سی سالگی نبضم مطئی است هر کس دیگر باشد ٧٥ - ٨٠ خواهد بود From the age of 30 I have had a slow pulse. All others have a pulse rate of about 75 to 80 and therefore greatly wonder about my pulse rate. KHH1.269 (1.376) KHHE.393, DAS.1914-12-01, BSR_v13 p.084 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha - -
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 @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @House of Justice - -
ABU3294 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-10 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary جمال مبارک بعد از دارالسلام و ادرنه در محفل عمومی نطق نفرمودند The Blessed Beauty did not make any more public speeches after leaving Baghdad and Adrianople BDA1.119.10 SW_v19#07 p.218-219, MHMD1.127 @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @the power of words; of speech, @banishment to; life in 'Akka - -
ABU3314 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary نظر بمکان نیست بلکه بوجود و قلوب نورانیه احباست در بغداد اطاقی کوچک ثلث این اطاق بود It is not the place that should be looked at but the illumined faces and hearts of the friends BDA1.133.07 SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.143 @banishment to; life in Baghdad - -
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 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
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, @music and singing, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] - -
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, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues - -
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 @oneness; unity of religion, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
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, @war and peace, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology - -
ABU3374 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-16 30 Faith is the centre of human virtues. Through the light of faith justice is established. DAS.1914-08-16 @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3282 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-24 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary ای بهآءالله چه کرده ئی ای بهآءالله بقربانت ای بهآءالله بفدایت ایام را بچه مشقت و بلا گذرانیدی O Baha'u'llah! What hast Thou done? O Baha'u'llah! May my life be sacrificed for Thee! BDA1.049.04 GPB.293x, SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.057 T. Price, Zannetta [track 12], L. Slott @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @growth of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3319 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-13 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary هر چه ما میگوئیم بندهٴخد‌ا عبدالبها هستیم باز مردم ما را باسم پیغمبر Although I say always that I am ‘Abdu'l-Baha, a servant of God, still people refer to me as a messenger and a prophet. It would be better if they would not attribute such titles to me. BDA1.093.07 SW_v19#06 p.180, MHMD1.100 @humility; meekness; lowliness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3288 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-19 30 We must try to return very soon to Haifa. There upon the mountain all alone, pray and supplicate with God. There one finds the ecstasy of spiritual bliss. Supplication, invocation, prayer, inspiration. DAS.1913-03-19 @mystical themes, @Shrines and Holy places, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3399 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-18 30 Mr Hoar is a sincere, true, upright Bahá'í. I have tested him and have not found him wanting. I have a way of testing the people which always shows their real character. Mr Hoar is a righteous, just, honest man. DAS.1913-05-18 @praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU3281 Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-06-02 30 Persian Mahmúd's Diary اول حین ورود بکلیسا حالت صحبت نداشتم اما چون در مقابل آن جمعیت عظیم ایستادم At the time of my arrival at the church I was in no condition to speak; but when I stood before this great gathering I found the atmosphere of the church filled with the Holy Spirit and so a state of wonderful happiness and joy came over me. BDA1.112.11 SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.119 @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
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 @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @law of burial and cremation - -
ABU3390 Words to the secretary of Sepahdar Azam, spoken on 1913-04-20 30 When you return to Persia, give my greeting to the green mountains and rolling valleys, to the singing nightingales and the cooling springs, to the fragrant rose-gardens and the fresh breeze of Persia. I love them all. Remember me to them. DAS.1913-04-20 - -
ABU3373 Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-05 30 Today if you teach one person it is as though you have resurrected a dead soul into life. It is as though you have changed the black stone into diamond. It is as though you have transmuted metal into gold, Satan into angel, animal into man. DAS.1913-04-05 @spiritual transformation, @metallurgical metaphors, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3376 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 30 No it is not a physical condition, but spiritual, a very high one which is so intense it reaches the nerves and these react upon the body. When one is spiritually developed, the body responds to spiritual conditions or emotions. PN_1909C p014, PN_unsorted p155 @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @Mosaic imagery, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU3377 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 30 You have been taught right; it is because the mirror of your heart has been clear enough to reflect them. You must lock them in your breast. To speak of them prevents your own growth. This does not make you better than anyone else. PN_unsorted p158 @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision - -
AB11124 40 Persian اگر بدانى که نور ملاء اعلى چگونه بر قلب اماء اشراق نموده البته خود را شعلهء محبت الله کنى و لمعهء معرفت الله Wouldst thou but know how the light of the Concourse on High doth shed its radiance upon the hearts of His handmaidens, thou wouldst surely become a flame of the love of God and a beam of divine knowledge [3.5s] DRM.016b @love of God - -
AB11125 40 Arabic الحمد لله الذی انطق الورقاء بالثناء و اظهر النقطه البارزه عند الباء بالالف Praise be to God, Who hath caused the nightingale to sing His praise and made manifest the Point prominent beside the letter B [3.5s] INBA59:122a @Greatest Name - -
AB11126 40 mixed ای بی نياز ستايش ترا سزاست که اين گمگشتگان را به شاهراه هدايت دلالت فرمودی O Thou Self-Sufficient One! Praise be unto Thee, for Thou hast guided these wandering souls to the pathway of guidance [3.5s] MJMJ3.056ax, MMG2#296 p.329x @prayer for spiritual recognition, @thankfulness; gratitude, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11127 40 Arabic الهی الهی ادرک عبدک مهدی بعفوک و غفرانک و ادخله فی جنه احدیتک و اسقه کاس O my God, my God! Aid Thy servant Mihdi through Thy pardon and forgiveness, and cause him to enter the paradise of Thy oneness, and give him to drink from the cup [3.5s] INBA13:228a, INBA85:175a @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11128 40 Arabic الهی الهی انزل على عبادک ما یتحد به قلوبهم فی امرک و یتبعوا احکامک و شریعتک ایدهم یا الهی على O my God, my God! Send down upon Thy servants that which shall unite their hearts in Thy Cause and enable them to follow Thy commandments and Thy law. Aid them, O my God, through [3.5s] PYD.080 @prayer for unity - -
AB11129 40 Turkish الهی درگاه احدیتنده عبودیتم مقبول ایسه فضل سنکدر موهبت کبری بکا و رحمت عظمی O my God! If my servitude be accepted at the threshold of Thy oneness, this is Thy grace - a supreme gift unto me and a mighty mercy [3.5s] MJT.073a @prayer for spiritual recognition - -
AB11130 40 mixed Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá اميد از عنايت حضرت احديّت چنانست که در خصوص نشر نفحات اللّه بين القبائل موفّق گرديد The hope is that by the grace of the Lord of Oneness ye may be assisted in diffusing the fragrances of God amongst the tribes [3.5s]... ...My hope from the grace of the One true Lord is that thou wilt be enabled to spread the fragrances of God among the tribes MMK1#215 p.259x SWAB#215x @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @spiritual springtime, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @obedience to and respect for government authority - -
AB11131 40 Persian ای اسفندیار جمال مبارک یار تو باد یقین است که اگر از معاشرت بعضی از اهالی O Isfandiyar! May the Blessed Beauty be thy companion! It is certain that if thou shouldst shun association with certain [3.5s] MUH3.316 @chastisement and requital, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB11132 40 Persian ای امه الله از خدا بخواه که در بین اماء الله بشوق و انجذابی مبعوث گردی که O handmaid of God, beseech thou the Lord, that amidst the handmaids of the Almighty, thou mayest be raised up with such fervor and attraction [3.5s] MKT6.070a @love of God - -
AB11133 40 Turkish ای امه الله المحترمه یازیلان تحریراتن مالی قرین اذعان عبدالبهاء اولدی مضمونی O esteemed handmaiden of God! The contents of thy letter have been noted by 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] MJT.122 @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement - -
AB11134 40 Persian ای امه الله المقربه از الطاف حضرت مقصود امیدوارم که ترا موفق بخدمت عتبه مقدسه O handmaid of God who art near unto Him! I hope that, through the bounties of the Lord, our Ultimate Goal, thou mayest be confirmed in service at His sacred Threshold [3.5s] MKT7.033 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa - -
AB11135 40 Persian ای امه الله المنجذبه در این ساعت که هیکل آفاق در وجد و شادمانیست زیرا یوم O handmaid of God who art drawn to Him! In this hour when the frame of the horizons is in ecstasy and joy, for it is the Day [3.5s] INBA16:125 PYK.296 @praise and encouragement - -
AB11136 40 Persian ای امه الله خوش باش و مسرور و مشعوف و مجذوب که در این دور الهی از دور جام O maidservant of God! Be thou happy, joyous, elated and enraptured, for in this divine age thou hast quaffed from the chalice [3.5s] YMM.057 @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation - -
AB11137 40 Persian ای امه الله در ظل وحدانیت ورقاتی محشور شدند که فخر رجال گشتند انشاءالله O handmaid of God! In the shadow of oneness, certain leaves have been gathered together who have become the glory of men, God willing [3.5s] INBA88:163a @high station of the true believer, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times - -
AB11138 40 Persian ای آواره اوطان مکتوب شما واصل و مضمون معلوم شد که از شدت پریشانی محزون هستید O wanderer from thy homeland! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. From the intensity of thy distress, thou art sorrow-stricken [3.5s] MSHR2.251x @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @business; financial; property matters, @consolation and comfort, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
AB11139 40 Persian ای بخشش یزدان انسان بخشش صرفست و موهبت محض اگر بانچه باید و شاید تمسک جوید O Divine Bounty! Man is pure grace and sheer gift, should he but hold fast to that which is meet and befitting [3.5s] YARP2.166.6 p.174 - -
AB11140 40 ...Hold thy husband dear and always show forth an amiable temper towards him, no matter how ill-tempered he may be COC#0850x, LOG#0757x @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love and unity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB11142 40 Persian ای بنده الهی مکاتیب جناب آقا سید نصرالله و حاجی و دیگران جمیع رسید مطمئن باش O servant of God! The letters of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Nasru'llah, Haji and the others have all been received. Rest thou assured [3.5s] INBA16:196 - -
AB11143 40 Persian ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوب جواب نامه جمعیت لاهای ارسال گردید ... قرآن بيست و شش سال در نزد کتّاب وحی محصور بود. در زمان خلفا انتشار يافت و آن نيز محصور در نسخ معدوده بود O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The reply to the letter from the community of Láhá was dispatched... The Qur'án remained confined to the scribes of revelation for twenty-six years. During the time of the Caliphs it was disseminated, though even then it remained limited to but a few copies [3.5s] MMK6#003x, YMM.339x @review of publications, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism - -
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 - -
AB11146 40 Persian در این ایّام اهمیّت حاصل نموده است و فرض عین گشته که در هر دهکده که دو نفر In these days it hath acquired paramount importance and become an absolute obligation that in every village wherein two souls [3.5s] AVK4.151.01x @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @eulogies; reminiscences, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters - -
AB11147 40 Persian ای بنده حق آفت انسان الفت با بیخردان و کلفت با اهل عرفان است چه که معاشرت O servant of Truth! The affliction of man lieth in fellowship with the ignorant and estrangement from them that are endued with understanding, for verily companionship [3.5s] AVK3.084.13x, VAA.220-220c @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly - -
AB11148 40 Persian ای خداوند بيمانند اين ياران مستمند را در عهد الست ثابت قدم دار O peerless Lord! Make these destitute friends firm and steadfast in the Primordial Covenant [3.5s] MJMJ3.078ax, MMG2#111 p.123x @prayers (general or uncategorized), @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11149 40 Persian ای بنده حق نیر عنایت حضرت احدیت چنان جلوه نمود و درخشید که شرق و غرب را O servant of the Truth! The luminary of divine favor hath so radiantly shone forth and gleamed that East and West [3.5s] MKT6.012b - -
AB11150 40 Persian جناب آقا میرزا عبداللّه سلیل سمندر را تحیّت مشتاقانه برسان و بگو آنخانواده طرّاً مشمول Convey yearning greetings unto his honor Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'lláh, descendant of Samandar, and say: that entire family is encompassed [3.5s] AYBY.455 #204x @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @consolation and comfort - -
AB11151 40 Persian ای پروردگار اين جوهر ابرار را يار و ياور باش کامکار کن بزرگوار نما O Lord! Be Thou a friend and helper unto this essence of the righteous ones. Grant him triumph and bestow upon him nobility [3.5s] MMG2#048 p.049x @praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11152 40 Persian امّا مسألهٴ طلاق لابد باید باطّلاع حکومت یا معرفت ارباب نفوذ باشد و الّا محاذیر As to the question of divorce, it must needs be undertaken with the cognizance of the government or other persons of influence, otherwise difficulties arise [3.5s] AVK4.186.02x @law of divorce, @laws of marriage and dowry, @obedience to and respect for government authority - -
AB11153 40 mixed ای بنده موافق جمال ابهی باین خطاب که جوهر ثواب در یوم ایابست در بین ملا اکوان O thou servant who art in harmony with the Abhá Beauty! Hearken unto this call, which is the essence of reward on the Day of Return, amidst the concourse of all creation [3.5s] MKT8.042a @praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
AB11154 40 Persian ای بنده یزدان امید بالطاف خداوند مجید دار و تکیه بر رکن شدید کن تا در هر دمی O servant of God! Place thy hope in the bounties of the All-Glorious Lord, and rely upon His mighty pillar, that in every breath [3.5s] YARP2.175.1 p.178 - -
AB11155 40 O Thou Almighty! Make this Theosophical Society a rose-garden and a meadow through the downpour of the rain of Thy Providence DAS.1913-04-21 @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision - -
AB11156 40 Persian ای پروردگار بزرگوار این بندگان خاکسار را در درگاه خویش پناه ده و از بیگانه و خویش O Most Gracious Lord! Grant refuge to these lowly servants at Thy threshold, and shield them from stranger and kin [3.5s] YARP2.645 p.439 - -
AB11157 40 mixed خدا در قرآن می‌فرمايد لا تجعل يدک مغلولة الی عنقک و لا تبسطها کلّ البسط و می‌فرمايد و ابتغ بين ذلک سبيلا God hath pronounced in the Qur'án: "Let not thy hand be tied to thy neck, nor yet open it with all openness," and He saith: "But seek thou a middle course between these twain." [3.5s] MMK6#252x @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11158 40 Persian نونهالان گلشن توحید که درس اخلاق میخوانند منظور نظر عنایتند و در ظلّ فضل و موهبت The tender saplings of the rose-garden of Divine unity who are learning the lessons of spiritual conduct are the object of providential grace and abide beneath the canopy of divine favour and bounty [3.5s] AKHA_128BE #10 p.336x, HUV1.026x @prayer for forgiveness, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @education of children; moral education, @high station of learning, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11159 40 mixed ای ثابت بر پیمان سلیل جلیل فتح ربانی وارد و از ملاقات ایشان و اخویشان نهایت O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The noble descendant hath attained to divine victory, and from meeting with him and his brethren, the utmost [3.5s] MSHR2.282x @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11160 40 Persian ای پروردگار اين ابرار را از ملکوت اسرار پی در پی تأييد و توفيق فرست O divine Providence! From the Kingdom of mysteries, send Thine aid and confirmation upon these righteous ones in quick succession MJMJ3.062x, MMG2#238 p.268x ADMS#108 @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB11161 40 Persian مکتوب یاران غرب باحبّای شرق ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون معانی گوناگون بود The letter of the friends of the West addressed to the beloved ones of the East was perused, and its contents were replete with diverse meanings [3.5s] NJB_v01#19a p.008x @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @East and West; communication between East and West - -
AB11162 40 mixed ایّامی که اشتغال حرام است فلّاح آبیاری را بروز بعد تأخیر نماید امّا چوپان معذور است On those days wherein work is forbidden, let the farmer defer his irrigation until the following day; yet the shepherd is excused [3.5s] AVK4.012.14x @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement, @agriculture - -
AB11163 40 mixed ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که بتاریخ چهارم صیام ۳۳۹ مورخ بود رسید O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the fourth of the Fast, 1339, hath arrived [3.5s] MSHR3.058x @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @firmness in the Covenant, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
AB11164 40 ...Ye have written of the Nineteen Day festivities. This Feast is a bringer of joy. It is the groundwork of agreement and unity. It is the key to affection and fellowship COC#0920x @House of Justice, @praise and encouragement, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11165 40 mixed باری در خصوص عمارت جديدی که اشتراء فرموديد و مشرق‌الاذکار قرار داديد مرقوم نموده بوديد As regards the new edifice which thou didst purchase and establish as a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, thou hadst written [3.5s] MMK6#186x @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11166 40 Turkish ای جمال ابهی قوللری و گلزار محبت الله بلبللری سز مظهر التفات و عنایت حضرت O ye servants of the Abhá Beauty and nightingales of the rose-garden of the love of God! Ye are indeed the recipients of His gracious favors and loving-kindness [3.5s] MJT.130a @praise and encouragement - -
AB11167 40 Persian ای حضرت بیچون این نفوس را براه راست رهنمون شو و واقف بر سر مکنون و رمز مصون O Thou Unknowable Essence, guide these souls to the straight path and make them aware of the hidden mystery and protected secret [3.5s] YARP2.643 p.438 - -
AB11168 40 Persian ای خان عزیز آقا مشهدی حسین الان حاضر محفل و دلیل واضح براینکه شما را فراموش O dear Khan! Aqa Mashhadi Husayn is now present in this assemblage, and this is clear proof that you are not forgotten [3.5s] INBA87:503a, INBA52:527a @consolation and comfort - -
AB11169 40 Persian ای خداوند بیهمتا این نفوس را سرا پا نورانی و قلوبشان را رحمانی کن O peerless Lord! Make these souls illumined from head to foot, and render their hearts merciful [3.5s] MMG2#398 p.444 @call to action - -
AB11170 40 Persian ای خدای من جانم فدای احبابت این خون افسرده را بر سبیل دوستانت بر خاک ریز و O my God, may my life be a sacrifice for Thy loved ones! Shed Thou this languid blood of mine upon the ground in the way of Thy companions, and make this withered body the dust that Thy friends tread underfoot as they walk their path, O my God! DUR2.210, MJMJ1.061b, MMG2#404 p.450, MJH.021b ADMS#136 S. Toloui-Wallace @prayer for sacrifice, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB11171 40 Persian ای دردانه بحر محبت الله هر بحری مرجانی دارد و هر صدفی O cherished pearl of the ocean of God's love! Every sea hath its coral, and every shell its pearl [3.5s] HUV2.035 @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion - -
AB11172 40 Persian سؤال فرموده بودید که اگر قصوری سرّی از نفس صادر و شخصی دیگر تشهیر دهد Thou didst ask regarding a circumstance wherein one soul committeth a hidden fault and another person discloseth it [3.5s] AVK3.185.14x @consolation and comfort, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @personal instructions - -
AB11173 40 Persian ای دو بنده خدا امید بحفظ حمایت حضرت حق داشته باشید محفوظ مانید و مصون و در O ye two servants of God! Place your hopes in the protection and shelter of the True One; may ye remain preserved and safeguarded [3.5s] YARP2.175.2 p.178 @consolation and comfort - -
AB11174 40 Persian از سفر من به مصر اظهار سرور نموده بودید از این سفر صیت امر اللّه جهانگیر گردد O ye true, pure souls! Your letter was received. You have expressed happiness on account of my trip to Egypt. Through this trip the fame of the cause NJB_v02#06-07 p.008x BSTW#041 @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11175 40 Persian ای رب ای رب هذا عبدک المتشبث بحبل رحمانیتک قد صف بحدیقة وحدانیتک و لبی لندآء O Lord, O Lord! This servant of Thine, who hath clung to the cord of Thy loving-kindness, hath taken his place in the garden of Thy oneness and hath answered Thy call [3.5s] YBN.070a @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience - -
AB11176 40 Turkish ای رب بی انداد ملکوت تقدیسنه اوچمش و درگاه احدیتنه التجا ایتمش اولان بو مرغ O Lord peerless! This bird hath soared unto the kingdom of Thy sanctification and sought refuge at the threshold of Thy oneness [3.5s] INBA72:152b MJT.100 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @prayer for the departed - -
AB11177 40 Persian ای رب هذا عبد آمن بک و بایاتک و اقر بوحدانیتک و اعترف بفردانیتک O Lord! This is a servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, who hath confessed Thy oneness and acknowledged Thy singleness [3.5s] MSBH8.295 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @knowledge; recognition of God - -
AB11178 40 Persian ای رحمان ای رحيم دلی چون مرآت لطيف صافی عطا کن تا به انوار محبّتت O Thou the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful! Bestow a heart like unto a clear and spotless mirror AKHA_143BE #04 p.143, ADH2_2#21 p.132, MMG2#395 p.442, HUV1.021, BNEP.115 ADMS#246 @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @prayer for spiritual recognition - -
AB11179 40 O thou dear friend! Thy letter was received. God willing, we shall endeavor to reach Washington in time and meet you and renew the Covenant of the ancient love. AHV.030a, BLO_PN#045 - -
AB11180 40 Persian ای سمی حضرت مقصود جان فدای نامت باد عالم همه بکامت باد نام تو میرفت و عاشقان O thou who art named after the Desired One! May my soul be a sacrifice unto thy name, and may all the world yield to thy wishes. When thy name was spoken, the lovers [3.5s] MSHR5.183b @praise and encouragement, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
AB11181 40 mixed ای فرع محترم شجره مبارکه رحمانیه نامه شما رسید O honoured branch of the blessed Tree of the All-Merciful! Thy letter was received [3.5s] MSHR1.031x @consolation and comfort, @poems and quotation from poetry - -
AB11183 40 Persian Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá از معابد سؤال نموده بوديد که حکمتش چيست حکمتش اين است که در وقت معلوم ...Thou hast asked about places of worship and the underlying reason therefor. The wisdom in raising up such buildings MMK1#058 p.092x SWAB#058x, LOG#2058x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11184 40 Persian ای متوجه الی الله تا توانی دست در آغوش دلبر میثاق کن و با چنان گلرخ عریان O thou who art turned towards God! As far as thou art able, embrace the Beloved of the Covenant and with such an unveiled rose-faced One [3.5s] DUR3.260 - -
AB11185 40 Persian ای مرد میدان وقت گوی و چوگان است و هنگام اسب تازی و جولان اگر کوی از این میدان رباای رستم دستان و نریمان ایران O man of the arena! The time for polo and mallet is at hand, and the hour for the swift steed and its charge. If thou wouldst seize the ball from this field, arise as a Rustam of valor and a Nariman of Iran [3.5s] AHB.102BE #01 p.02, PZHN v3#2 p.intro - -
AB11186 40 Persian ای مست می محبت الهی تا توانی از این باده بنوش و از این جام مدهوش گرد زیرا عشق O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine love! Drink thou, as much as thou canst, of this celestial wine, and be thou rendered unconscious by this cup, for love [3.5s] YARP2.166.1 p.174 @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation - -
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 - -
AB11188 40 mixed ای مشهدی علی تو را در نهایت مکتوب ذکر کردم تا ختامه مسک مشهود گردد و العاقبه O Mashhadi 'Ali! I have made mention of thee at the close of this letter, that it may be sealed with musk, and the end [3.5s] INBA21:008 MMK6#162 - -
AB11189 40 Persian ای معین مظلومان حمایت و صیانت دولت ابد مدت خاطر آزردههه ستمدیدگان را شاد و خرم نمود....این سلطنت با عدالت O sustainer of the oppressed! The protection and safeguarding of the eternal government hath gladdened and delighted the hearts of the grief-stricken and downtrodden... This sovereignty with justice [3.5s] ASAT2.183, MSHR3.349 @status of kings; future of monarchy - -
AB11190 40 Persian هر نفسی را که می‌بینید در امور سیاسی صحبت میدارد بدانید که بهائی نیست O thou herald of the Kingdom of God!... Praise be to God that thou hast become confirmed in spreading the heavenly Teachings AVK3.278.04x DAS.1914-03-03x @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @unity; oneness of humanity, @non-participation in politics, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11191 40 Persian Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks ای منجذب جمال الله در این روز مبارک یوم مولود نیر آفاق و کوکب اشراق بیاد تو O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! On this blessed day, the birthday of the Day-Star of the world BRL_DAK#0003 BRL_ATE#003, MAAN#20 @praise and encouragement - -
AB11192 40 mixed هدايت الهيّه از متعلّقات فضل است نه عدل، يهدی من يشآء و يضلّ من يشآء انّک لا تهدی من احببت Divine guidance pertaineth unto grace, not justice - "He guideth whom He willeth, and causeth to stray whom He willeth." Verily, thou canst not guide him whom thou lovest [3.5s] MMK6#375x @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of faith; power of the spirit - -
AB11193 40 Persian ای مهربان وقت ظهور مهر در دل و جانست و دم همدمی با سروش آسمان فرصت تحریر O kind friend! It is the time for the appearance of love in heart and soul, and the moment of communion with the celestial angel - a time for writing [3.5s] YARP2.217 p.201 - -
AB11194 40 Turkish ای مومن موقن حقیقت انسانیه مشکاه نوردر و زجاجه ظهوردر بو حقیقت لطافت و طراوت O steadfast and assured believer! The human reality is as a niche for the light and a glass for manifestation. This reality possesseth delicacy and freshness [3.5s] MJT.131 @light and darkness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @human reality created in the image of God - -
AB11195 40 Persian ای ناظر الی الله حمد کن که پدری داری رخ بنار محبه الله افروخته و مادری دیده O thou who gazest toward God! Render thanks that thou hast a father whose countenance is enkindled with the fire of the love of God, and a mother whose eyes [3.5s] HUV1.044 @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11196 40 Turkish ای نور حقیقتک مفتونی دنیاده هر بر نعمتک زوالی هر بر راحتک ملالی واردر انجق O thou who art enamoured of the Light of Truth! Know thou that in this world every bounty is followed by decline, and every comfort is accompanied by weariness [3.5s] MJT.057 @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -
AB11197 40 Persian Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ای نونهال باغ محبت الله از خدا رجا مینمایم که ترا بباران رحمت و پرتو و حرارت O thou who art a young tree in the Garden of the Love of God! I supplicate to God that He develop and flourish thee with the shower of mercy DRM.015c, HUV1.041 TAB.169 - -
AB11198 40 Persian ای همدم عزیز مکاتیب جوف را برسانید و بفرستید همواره در نظرید جمیعرا تکبیر O cherished companion! Deliver and dispatch the enclosed letters. Thou art ever in mind; convey my greetings to all [3.5s] MKT7.016a @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11199 40 Persian ای همدم قدیم مدتیست از شما خبری نرسید O ancient companion! For some time no word hath reached me from thee [3.5s] ANDA#55 p.23x @business; financial; property matters, @chastisement and requital, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11200 40 Persian ای ورقه طیبه از لطف حق امیدوار شو و اعظم وسائل حصول عنایت ملکوت ابهی تحمل O pure leaf! Set thy hopes upon the grace of God, for the greatest means of attaining the bounties of the Abhá Kingdom is endurance [3.5s] INBA17:183 MKT7.143a @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause - -
AB11201 40 Persian ای پروردگار به آنچه سزاوار است موفّق کن ای آمرزگار به آنچه لايقست مؤيّد فرما O Lord! Aid me to achieve that which is befitting, O Thou Forgiver! Strengthen me to accomplish that which is worthy [3.5s] MMG2#043 p.043x @prayer for protection, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession - -
AB11202 40 mixed ای ورقه موقنه در هر کور رجال از بحر فیوضات نصیب اوفر بود و بهره اعظم الرجال O assured leaf! In every Dispensation men received a more abundant portion from the ocean of divine bounties and the greater share [3.5s] MMK6#099 @equality of men and women, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice - -
AB11203 40 Persian ای یار پارسی پارسی دری و پهلوی هر دو شیرین و شکرین پس باین زبان با تو گفتگو O Persian friend! Both Dari and Pahlavi Persian are sweet as sugar; thus in this tongue do I converse with thee [3.5s] YARP2.175.4 p.179 - -
AB11205 40 Persian ای یار روحانی همیشه اندیشه عبدالبهاء اینست و فکر آن این که نفوسی در میدان O spiritual friend! Ever is the thought of 'Abdu'l-Bahá this, and His contemplation this: that souls in the field [3.5s] MKT6.182 @call to action, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice - -
AB11206 40 Persian بعضی از اوقات در کمال ابتهال متوجّهاً الی اللّه قبر منوّر شمس‌الوزرا را At times, in a state of utmost supplication, turning unto God, I visit the illumined resting-place of Shamsu'l-Vuzará [3.5s] MAS5.227x, QUM.012x @predictions and prophecies, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement - -
AB11207 40 Persian ای یاقوت این گوهر کرابها در معدن الهی پرورده گردد پس از دست ایادی اطفال O Yaqut! This precious gem, nurtured in the divine mine, must be kept beyond the reach of children's hands [3.5s] BLIB_Or.08687.018, , BLIB_Or.08117.047, - -
AB11208 40 Arabic ایتها السیده الکریمه الجوهره الثمینه اعلمی ان ابواب الملکوت مفتوحه و انوار O noble lady, precious gem! Know thou that the gates of the Kingdom are opened wide and the lights [3.5s] INBA59:181b - -
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 - -
AB11210 40 O thou who art rejoicing with the glad tidings of God! Verily the Song of the Covenant of most eloquent phrase and of most wonderful melody was received. BLO_PT#052.25 @music and singing, @praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant - -
AB11212 40 ...O handmaiden of God! Verily, God has confirmed thee in spreading the fragrances of God in those climes. Be a pillar of fire and a cloud of light and a blessed tree in the vineyard of God, the Precious, the Forgiving SW_v14#11 p.353x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Mary Magdalene, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11213 40 Arabic ایتها النفحه المعطره من ریاض موهبه الله ان النفس الزکیه المطمئنه الثابته علی O fragrant breeze wafting from the gardens of God's bounty, verily the pure, tranquil soul, steadfast in [3.5s] INBA59:180d @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB11214 40 Persian ایزد مهربانا جوانی در جهان زندگانی شادمانی و کامرانی در این جهان و جهان O compassionate God! Grant that this youth may attain in this world a life of joy and fulfillment, and in both this realm and the next [3.5s] YARP2.628 p.432 @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB11215 40 mixed ایها الثابت الراسخ علی عهد الله و میثاقه حضرات مسافرات بغته بر سر شما هجوم O thou who art firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament of God! The travelers have unexpectedly descended upon thee [3.5s] ANDA#56 p.26x @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB11216 40 Arabic ایها الحبیب الودود ذا الخلق المحمود شیدک الله اننی احییک من هذه البقعه O thou beloved and tender-hearted one, possessed of praiseworthy character! May God strengthen thee! I greet thee from this spot [3.5s] INBA59:193b @praise and encouragement - -
AB11217 40 Persian ایها الشهید ابن الشهید الجلیل فرصت الان نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود در پوسته اینده O thou martyr, son of the glorious martyr! Time doth not permit now; I write briefly, and shall write more in a future post [3.5s] PYK.272 - -
AB11218 40 ...With regard to the printing of any book that concerns the Cause, it is not permissible except with permission from the Centre of the Covenant, whether that be of the blessed Tablets or the composition of the friends, otherwise there is great danger SW_v09#05 p.060x @praise and encouragement, @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11219 40 Persian ایها المتمسک بالعروه الوثقی امة البهاء حرم مستشهد فی سبیل الله عازم و راجع O thou who holdest fast to the Most Firm Handle, handmaiden of Bahá and consort of one martyred in the path of God, who art resolute and returning [3.5s] MKT5.191b - -
AB11220 40 Arabic ایها المتوجه الی الله ان ترکت خمرا یخامر العقل و الشعور و یذهل الادراک سوف O thou who turnest thy face toward God! Shouldst thou renounce that intoxicating wine that confoundeth the mind and senses and bewildereth the understanding [3.5s] INBA59:192c @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium - -
AB11221 40 Arabic ایها المتوجه الی ملکوت الله المنجذب الی الملاء الاعلی قد انسر القلوب الممتلئه O thou who turnest thy gaze towards the Kingdom of God, who art drawn to the Supreme Concourse, verily, the hearts that overflow have been captivated [3.5s] INBA59:193c @praise and encouragement - -
AB11222 40 Arabic ایها المستبشر ببشارات الله و المستفیض من غمام موهبه الله ایدک الله الافئده O thou who art rejoicing in the glad-tidings of God and art drawing sustenance from the clouds of His bounty, may God fortify thee [3.5s] INBA59:193a - -
AB11223 40 Arabic ایها النفس النفیسه المطمئنه بملکوت الله اعلم ان بشارات ملکوت الله احاطت O thou noble and assured soul in the Kingdom of God! Know thou that the glad-tidings of God's Kingdom have encompassed all [3.5s] INBA59:189b @The Holy Spirit - -
AB11225 40 mixed بنده پروردگارا نامه شما رسید از عدم مجال در جواب مجبور باختصارم در حین تلاوت O servant of God! Your letter was received, and due to lack of time I am compelled to be brief. During my perusal [3.5s] AVK3.078.01x, AVK4.024.12x @prayer for martyrs, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @law of obligatory prayer - -
AB11226 40 Persian پروردگارا مرا مستقیم بر امرت بدار و در امتحان ثابت بر محبت کن و در دریای O Lord! Keep me steadfast in Thy Cause, and in the hour of test make me firm in Thy love. In the ocean of [3.5s] MMK2#025 p.017, MMG2#103 p.117 @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB11227 40 Persian جناب آقا سید تقی بعضی از مصارف مبرمه موجود از جمله معاش رفیق شما و سائرین O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Taqi! There exist certain pressing expenditures, among which is the maintenance of your companion and others [3.5s] ANDA#53 p.32x @business; financial; property matters, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha - -
AB11228 40 Persian جناب آقا سید تقی شاید من فرصتی یابم و چند روز بمصر ایم لهذا شما آنجا باشید Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Taqi: Perchance I may find an opportunity to journey to Egypt for several days. Therefore, you should remain there [3.5s] INBA17:213 @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @personal instructions - -
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 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
AB11230 40 Persian جناب حاجی میرزا حسین شما را میخواستیم بخواهیم ولی موانعی عظیمه حاصل گردید Jinab-i-Haji Mirza Husayn: We longed to summon you, yet formidable obstacles have arisen [3.5s] INBA17:219 @personal instructions - -
AB11231 40 Persian جناب مستر دال از من خواهش نگارش چند کلمه بجهت شما نمودند الحمد لله در این شهر His honor Mr. Dahl requested that I pen a few words to you. Praise be to God, in this city [3.5s] MKT6.195a - -
AB11232 40 Persian جناب همدم نامه نمروی سیوم ۳۰ رسید نامه بقائممقامی در این پوسته است وصول ارسال Esteemed companion: your letter numbered the thirtieth was received. Enclosed herein is the letter to Qa'im-Maqami [3.5s] INBA17:217 @business; financial; property matters - -
AB11233 40 Persian حضرت سمندر حق علیک بهاء الله الابهی امة البهاء حرم شهید عازم چون بلایاء شدیده O esteemed Samandar of God, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious! The handmaid of Bahá, wife of the martyr [3.5s] AYBY.362 #043 @consolation and comfort - -
AB11234 40 Persian حضرت سمندر نار موقده را تحیت مشتاقانه ابدع ابهی ابلاغ فرمااید شب و روز فراغت Convey to his honour Samandar, flame of the kindled fire, my most loving and most glorious Abhá greetings [3.5s] AYBY.327 #008b @the concourse on high - -
AB11235 40 Persian خدایا تاریکی نزاع و جدال و قتال بین ادیان و شعوب و اقوام افق حقیقت را پوشیده O God! The darkness of contention, strife and warfare between the religions, the nations and peoples has beclouded the horizon of Reality MMG2#054 p.055 JWTA.050, ADMS#064 @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction - -
AB11236 40 Turkish دوست حقیقیم علی اکبر شمع منورآسا محفل یارانده یوزی پارلاق گوزی بینا سوزی فرح O my true friend, 'Ali-Akbar! Like unto a luminous candle in the gathering of companions art thou, thy countenance radiant, thine eyes perceiving, thy words joy-giving [3.5s] MJT.099 - -
AB11237 40 Turkish دوست روحانی بو آن ده یادکله اشتغال ایدنجه نار محبتله اشتعال ایلدم یورک یاندی O spiritual friend! When engaged in remembering thee, I was set ablaze with the fire of love and my heart was consumed [3.5s] MJT.091 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love as fire - -
AB11238 40 Arabic رب انت رجائی و غایه آمالی اسئلک بعزه قیومیتک التی احاطت الموجودات و سلطان O Lord! Thou art my hope and the ultimate goal of my aspirations. I beseech Thee, by the majesty of Thy divine sovereignty which hath encompassed all created things [3.5s] INBA21:137d @prayer for nearness to God, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
AB11239 40 Persian رب قدس ذیلی عن کل ما لا یلیق لتقدیسک O Lord! Sanctify my self from all that is unworthy of Thy holiness [3.5s] NSR_1978.133a, NSR_1993.146a @prayer for purity; chastity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11240 40 Arabic رب و رجائی اسئلک بسیطرتک المحیطة المستولیة علی الکائنات ان تنصر عبادک O Lord and my Hope! I beseech Thee, by Thy all-encompassing and all-subduing sovereignty over every contingent being, to aid Thy servants [3.5s] MJMJ2.001, MMG2#399 p.445 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @living waters; water of life - -
AB11241 40 NYR#151x @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11242 40 Arabic قد شهد الوجود بان ربک فضال علی عباده و من اسمائه الرحمن الرحیم فاطمئن بفضل All existence beareth witness that thy Lord doth bestow grace upon His servants, and among His names are the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Therefore, be thou confident [3.5s] MKT5.157a @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God - -
AB11243 40 mixed قوله روح الوجود له الفدا بامه الله المنجذبهه فائزه تحیت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار The spirit of existence, may my life be a sacrifice unto Him, conveys unto the enraptured handmaiden of God, Fa'izih, most glorious greetings [3.5s] MKT6.174a @exhortations and counsels, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
AB11244 40 mixed حضرت اخت را به جان و دل و روح قلب و فؤاد مشتاق و در لیل و نهار در حقیقت جان و وجدان مذکور ...To my honored and distinguished sister do thou convey the expression of my heartfelt, my intense longing. Day and night she liveth in my remembrance BHKP_2#06x BADM.195x, LTDT.326-327x, BHK_2#06x @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB11245 40 Arabic هذه صوره انعکاسیه تصور لک حاله انسان سجن فی سبیل الله تحت السلاسل و الاغلال This is a photograph depicting unto thee the condition of one who hath been imprisoned in the path of God, bound with chains and fetters, yet immersed in the ocean of contentment AHB.133BE #03-04 p.69 ADMS#354 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment - -
AB11247 40 Persian همشیره زادهها را نهایت محبت و مهربانی بدرجه بحری The nieces and nephews are to be treated with a love and kindness exceeding even the vastness of the ocean [3.5s] DUR4.661 - -
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 - -
AB11249 40 Persian Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá ای پروردگار این دختر ملکوت را در دو جهان عزیز نما از جهان خاک و خاکیان بیزار کن ...O Lord! Help this daughter of the Kingdom to be exalted in both worlds HUV2.020x BRL_APAB#05x, BRL_CHILD#27 E. Mahony @praise and encouragement, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit - -
AB11250 40 Persian چندی قبل سؤال از جمع بین اختین نموده بودید جواب مرقوم گردید ولی حال مکتوبی از آقا میرزا نعمت‌اللّه رسید Some time ago thou didst inquire about marriage between two sisters, and an answer was written. Now a letter hath arrived from Áqá Mírzá Ni'matu'lláh [3.5s] AVK4.156.12x @personal instructions, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @laws of marriage and dowry - -
AB11251 40 mixed یا امه الله المهیمن القیوم رقیه بلایایت در سبیل محبوب معلوم و مشهود و این از O maidservant of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting! Raqiyyih, thy trials in the path of the Beloved are known and manifest, and this [3.5s] INBA17:176 @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB11252 40 Arabic یا حبیبی المحترم قد اطلعت بمضمون الخطاب ... و اما الفسخ مع الرجل O My honoured beloved! I have indeed perused the contents of the letter... and as to the matter of dissolution with the man [3.5s] ANDA#81 p.44x @the power of example, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @justice and wrath of God, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance - -
AB11253 40 Persian یا شقیقتی الشفیقه الحمد لله صحت و سلامت بفضل و عنایت حضرت احدیت حاصل است ولی O my affectionate sister! God be praised, through His grace and favour, my health and well-being are now restored, but it is very hard for me to bear thine absence BHKP_2#16x BHK_2#16x @consolation and comfort, @Shrines and Holy places - -
AB11254 40 Persian یا شقیقتی الشفیقه الروحانیه از فضل و عنایت حضرت احدیت امیدوارم که در ظل حمایت O thou my loving, my deeply spiritual sister! I trust that by the grace and loving-kindness of the one true God BHKP_2#05x BW_v05p172, BHK_2#05x @business; financial; property matters, @personal instructions - -
AB11255 40 Persian یا شقیقتی الشفیقه در شب و روز بیاد تو مشغولم آنی از خاطرم نمیروی فی الحقیقه O thou my affectionate sister! In the daytime and in the night-season my thoughts ever turn to thee. Not for one moment BHKP_2#02x BHK_2#02x @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for pilgrims - -
AB11256 40 Persian یا شقیقتی العزیزه مدتیست که از ما هجرت بناصره و حیفا نمودید این سفر بطول O my dear sister! It is quite a while now, since thou hast left us, and gone away to Nazareth and Haifa. BHKP_2#17x BHK_2#17x - -
AB11257 40 mixed یا علی اکبر هرکس خادم احباب است سرور اصحاب است و هرکه چاکر دوستان است شهریار O Thou Ali Akbar: Whosoever is the servant of believers is the leader of the friends, and whosoever is the thrall of the Beloved ones INBA21:012a AKHA_104BE #06 p.01, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.299 DAS.1913-10-12 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
AB11258 40 Arabic یا کهفی الرفیع هذه امه مبتهله ببابک متضرعه الیک منجذبه بنفحات حبک مشتعله بنار O my exalted Shelter! Here is a maidservant fervently supplicating at Thy threshold, humbly imploring Thee, attracted by the fragrances of Thy love, enkindled with the fire [3.5s] MMK5#310 p.225 @prayer for women - -
AB11259 40 Arabic یا مهدی ان الهدی نور مشرق لائح من افق المیثاق فیلوح علی هیاکل اهل الاشراق و O Mahdi! Verily, guidance is a resplendent light shining forth from the horizon of the Covenant, casting its radiance upon the temples of the people of illumination [3.5s] HDQI.293, ANDA#43-44 p.00 - -
AB11260 40 Persian یا هاشم از خدا خواهم که در ظل شجره مبارکه نشو و نماای و چنان قائم گردی که چون O Hashim, I beseech God that thou mayest grow and thrive beneath the shadow of the blessed Tree, and stand so firm that when [3.5s] INBA17:109 - -
AB11261 40 Arabic یا یوسف ایها الصدیق لا تتبئس من الاحتباس فی عنایت الحب و الاحزان O Joseph, O thou faithful friend, be thou not dismayed by thy confinement in the prison-house of love and sorrow [3.5s] INBA88:247b @consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment - -
AB11262 40 ...May this American democracy be the first nation to establish the foundation of international agreement ADJ.085bx, GPB.254x, WOB.075-076x @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB11263 40 ...The judgment of God hath come; respond ye unto the call of God! Hearken ye SW_v05#03 p.037 @call to action, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11264 40 ...Today the greatness of the believers of God depends upon delivering the Cause of God SW_v07#10 p.098 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universality of the Cause - -
AB11265 40 ...You must do a little better. The better you do, the better it is. The wife must endure the husband and she must hold to every means to please the husband. PN_unsorted p075 @exhortations and counsels - -
AB11266 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O servant of God! Give thanks to God for you have come to the Holy Land, visited the Sacred Threshold, associated with us for a few days TAB.678, BAVA.036, BLO_PN#021 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @spiritual transformation - -
AB11267 40 ...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult DAS.1913-07-09, SW_v13#10 p.276x, ABIE.048, BLO_PN#007 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
AB11268 40 ...Thou hast written regarding the love and unity of the believers and their firmness in SW_v08#17 p.227x @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant - -
AB11269 40 ...The believers of God from now on must think about going to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition SW_v05#17 p.265, MAX.312bx @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11270 40 ...The Kingdom of God is possessed of limitless potency. Audacious must be the army of life TDH#046.4, COC#1683x @call to action - -
AB11272 40 Today whosoever arises to herald the Kingdom of Abha, a magnetic power will be produced which shall attract the rays of confirmation DAS.1913-03-29x @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit - -
AB11273 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou candle of the Love of God! The light of man depends on the light of the love of God TAB.250 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @praise and encouragement, @love of God - -
AB11274 40 ...Whosoever claims that Abdu'l-Baha has given to him a tablet or sent a cablegram he must prove it SW_v06#12 p.094-095, BSTW#073c @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
AB11275 40 O God! O God! Verily I place my head on the earth and beg of Thee, O Thou Lord of lords, to submerge these believers of Thine DAS.1914-03-28 @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @living waters; water of life - -
AB11276 40 ...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side. DAS.1913-08-01, SW_v07#10 p.099, ABIE.141, BLO_PN#007 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11277 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou maidservant of God! Dost thou remember when Mrs... was talking with thee TAB.673 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name - -
AB11278 40 ...God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable ADJ.037bx, LOG#1794x @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @human reality created in the image of God - -
AB11279 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou candle of the Love of God! I ask God to grant thee by His favor and grace TAB.129-130 @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11280 40 ...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v07#10 p.099, SW_v08#04 p.047, ABIE.117, BLO_PN#007 @power of prayer, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision - -
AB11281 40 Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers O my Lord! O my Lord! This is a lamp lighted by the fire of Thy love and ablaze with the flame BPRY.176, TAB.618, BSC.429 #776, PN_1909F p002, VTRM.032 MJ Cyr, M. Sparrow, Yasmin, TaliaSafa, A. Wensbo, Sarah, Nava & Sahar, Sofia, Avinash, Goleta & Pradheep, E. Lilian, N. Chiang @thankfulness; gratitude, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @love as fire, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11282 40 O thou who art athirst for the Water of Life! This manifest book is the fountainhead of the Water of Life Eternal. SW_v14#05 p.124, BSTW#044 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @living waters; water of life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @study; deepening - -
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 @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @characteristics and conduct of true believers - -
AB11284 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou servant of Baha'! Thy visit is accepted and thy name ever mentioned TAB.127 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort, @personal instructions - -
AB11285 40 ...To be approved of God alone should be one's aim. And has thou realized thy own shortcomings? SW_v07#18 p.185 @humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @knowledge of self, @attaining good pleasure of God - -
AB11286 40 ...May America become the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world receive this heavenly blessing TDH#158.17x @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise of Western values; culture - -
AB11287 40 O thou endued with the Spirit of Life! The call of God hath proved the very life of the SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11288 40 O my Lord! Confirm this revered personage, that he may attain the Essential Purpose; travel in these Seven Valleys; enter the silent chamber of realities and significances, and enter the Kingdom of Mysteries. Verily, Thou art the Confirmer, the Helper, the Kind. PTF.076 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11289 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ...Convey my respectful greetings to [Dr.] ... and say : "Have confidence in heavenly bounty TAB.507 @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11290 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O thou Glorious Lord! Make thou this little maidservant a brilliant-starred daughter TAB.551 @prayer for children and youth, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - -
AB11291 40 ...The Call of God, when raised, breathed a new life into the body of mankind, and infused a new spirit WOB.169x @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies - -
AB11292 40 ...In the world of being the meeting is blessed when the white and colored races meet together ADJ.038-039x, SW_v12#05 p.103 @praise and encouragement, @race unity; racial issues - -
AB11293 40 ...It is difficult for the weak ones to endure the tests but for souls like you, it is very easy SW_v08#19 p.240x @power of faith; power of the spirit, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
AB11294 40 O ye believers of God! We are sending to America the maidservant of God Zeenat Khanum with Mrs Wise. DAS.1914-03-03 @personal instructions - -
AB11295 40 O Thou God, the Mehreban! Suffer Thy Mehreban to become the crier of Heaven! Confer upon her spirituality and fragrance! DAS.1913-03-31 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB11296 40 ...Truly I say his honor ... is striving with all his powers in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God. DAS.1913-11-04 @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB11297 40 ...This talk opens with the words "About six hundred years ago." This Society was founded in the city of Hamadan SW_v08#14 p.204x @grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @past, present and future of Iran - -
AB11298 40 ...Absolute equality amongst men: this would be impossible. There is needed some organization which will bring about an order in this disorder. SW_v13#12 p.323 @maintainance of degrees in society - -
AB11299 40 ...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world. DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
AB11300 40 ...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007 @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
AB11301 40 ...Turn thy face sincerely toward God; be severed from all save God; be ablaze with the fire of the love of God SW_v08#04 p.048 @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @consolation and comfort, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
AB11302 40 ...The question of the school of Tarbiat is very important. Through the Bounty and Providence of the True One it must become evident SW_v01#05 p.003 @excellence; distinction, @call to action - -
AB11303 40 ...There exists a great Confirmation in the School of Tarbiat SW_v01#05 p.003x @education of children; moral education, @generosity [kirama], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement - -
AB11304 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha My God! My God! Elohim. To this Thy servant give the understanding of the Old Testament TAB.277-278 @prayer for spiritual recognition, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture - -
AB11305 40 ...The full measure of your success is as yet unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended WOB.077x @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @being a source of light; guidance, @predictions and prophecies - -
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 @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
AB11307 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha ...Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful when the people scorn thee TAB.177 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Christ; Christianity, @consolation and comfort - -
AB11308 40 O maidservant of God! Hold fast to the Covenant which hath emanated from the Supreme Pen SW_v11#12 p.201 @firmness in the Covenant, @prophecy and fulfillment - -
AB11309 40 Regarding His Holiness Christ and His birth into this world of matter: speak not of this, if you can, Should anyone ask, answer 'His Holiness Christ was born of the Holy Spirit,' and let that be final. BSTW#357 @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary - -
AB11310 40 Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha O maidservant of God! ...I beg of God that He may make [that place] a center TAB.202 @love as fire, @love of God, @prayer for service, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
AB11311 40 ...The East hath verily been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Ere long WOB.079x @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause - -
AB11312 40 ...Verily, the founding of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth SW_v05#04 p.051 @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all - -
AB11804 40 Persian جناب ایادی رحمن یکسفر از یزد برفسنجان بسیار لازم زیرا قدری ملال حاصل بلکه O honored Hand of the Cause of the All-Merciful! A journey from Yazd to Rafsanjan is most essential at this time, for some measure of despondency hath arisen [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0190, YIA.339 @consolation and comfort - -
AB12017 40 Persian ای ادیب دبستان الهی در نهایت ضعف جسمانی مرقوم میشود این محاسبات با آقا O seasoned teacher in the divine school! Despite utmost physical weakness, this is written [in response] regarding [3.5s] BRL_DAK#0280 @personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters - -
AB12018 40 Persian ای ثابت بر پیمان این ورقه را بخط بسیار خوشی چهل و پنجاه نسخه مرقوم نموده O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Write this letter in most excellent calligraphy, and prepare forty or fifty copies thereof [3.5s] INBA79.047 @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @review of publications - -
AB12050 40 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Striving meaneth this, that ye should live and move according to the divine counsels and admonitions and be filled with zeal and fervour BRL_ATE#075 @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @effort; striving, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause - -
AB12051 40 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks I beseech God to illumine thy sight with the light of hope, to enable thee to extol His praise among His handmaidens BRL_ATE#078 @power of prayer, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort - -
AB12052 40 Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks Every assembly held for the purpose of bringing about unity and concord will be conducive to turning strangers into friends BRL_ATE#084 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
AB12090 40 Turkish سعادتلو افندم حضرتلری عزتلو خلیل بیک شمدی تشریف بیوردیلر یوقارده کی اوتله The esteemed and noble presence of His Excellency, Khaleel Bey, hath now graciously arrived [4o] BRL_DAK#0475 @courtesy; culture [adab], @petitions to authorities, @permission for visit; pilgrimage - -
AB12757 40 As I have utmost love for you I awaken you doctor fareed with his mother and his relations are violators of covenant and enemies of cause BBBD.299-300 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers - -
AB12758 40 Persian ای ناطقه ثابته حکماء گویند که نطق انسانی عبارت از ادراک حقائق مجهوله است به واسطه O thou who art steadfast and endowed with understanding! The wise define human reason as the ability to discover the unknown, by means of a sequence of major and minor premises VUJUD.120.25x VUJUDE.158x @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @rational arguments, @the mind's power of discovery - -
AB12759 40 Persian ای کنیز خدا نامه تو رسید و بدرگاه الهی تضرع گردید تا الطاف بی پایان شامل حال O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. I prayed at the Threshold of God so that the infinite Beauties BBBD.142 BBBD.143 @prayer for specific individuals; groups - -
AB12760 40 O thou who art attracted to the Love of God! Thank God that thou hast heard the Divine Call, attained to joy and happiness BBBD.147 @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
AB12761 40 Persian ای امین من ضجیع محترم حضرت شهید بی سر و سامانست از برای او و اطفال محلی مهیا O my trustworthy one! The esteemed consort of the illustrious martyr is without shelter or refuge. For her and her children, prepare a dwelling place [3.5s] AMIN.098-099 @business; financial; property matters - -
AB12762 40 Persian ای حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه حضرت اسم الله علیه بهاء الله الابهی بجهت کاری اگر O thou Afnan of the Blessed Tree and bearer of His Most Great Name, upon thee be the Glory of God, the All-Glorious! Should it be for any matter [3.5s] INBA85:285b @business; financial; property matters, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
AB12763 40 mixed ای کنیز الهی چه آرزوی خوشی نمودی و چه مقصد مبارکی داری و آن خدمت بامرالله است O handmaiden of God! How goodly is the wish thou hast expressed, and how blessed is thy purpose - to render service to the Cause of God [3.5s] QUM.171 @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement - -
AB12764 40 Persian ای دو دوست حقیقی سرکار لورد لامینگتون عازم سیاحت ایرانند شخص محترمی هستند O ye two true friends! Lord Lamington intends to journey to Persia. He is an honoured personage [3.5s] INBA85:530b - -
AB12765 40 Persian ای بشیر عزیز من شمائل دلنشین در نهایت ملاحت و صباحت ملاحظه گردید و علیک البهاء O my dear herald! Your charming countenance, in the utmost grace and beauty, was beheld. Upon you be glory! [3.5s] BSHI.050 @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness - -
AB12766 40 Persian یا حضرت بشیرالهی نصف شب است این چند کلمه مرقوم میگردد روز ابدا دقیقه ای فرصت O thou divine herald! It is midnight as these few words are being penned. Throughout the day, not a moment's respite was found [3.5s] INBA85:447a BSHI.126 - -
AB12767 40 Persian ای ثابت بر پیمان جمیع مکاتیب تا بیستم محرم سنه ۱۳۳۱ با جمیع بروات رسید مطمئن O thou who art firm in the Covenant! All letters, together with all drafts, up to the twentieth of Muharram 1331, have been received; be thou assured [3.5s] INBA85:547a @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution - -
AB12768 40 Persian ای دوست قلبی بیاد تو افتادم و نام تو خواندم و از درگاه الهی از برای تو عون و عنایت O intimate friend! I have remembered thee and called out thy name, beseeching divine assistance and bounty for thee from the Threshold of God [3.5s] QUM.194b - -
AB12769 40 Persian امه الله المقربه والده محترمه را از قبل عبدالبهاء تحیت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دارید Convey to the honored mother, that near handmaiden of God, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the most exalted and resplendent greetings [3.5s] INBA85:121a @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
AB12770 40 Persian ای ثابت بر پیمان از مشاکل و غوائل محزون مشو زیرا شریک عبدالبهاءای از این جام O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Be not distressed by hardships and tribulations, for thou art a partner of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in partaking of this cup [3.5s] INBA85:463b @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort - -
AB12771 40 Arabic رب احتکم فی من احتشم و اعتذل و اعتزل من غیر رضائک راجیا صونک و عونک و حسن O Lord! I have submitted my cause to Thee, abstaining from all that is contrary to Thy good pleasure, and have withdrawn from the affairs of this world, hoping for Thy protection, Thy succor, and Thy grace [4o] INBA85:308 @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for protection - -
AB12844 40 Persian از الطاف جمال مبارک امیدوارم که این اقتران مورث روح و ریحان گردد و سبب سرور و حبور یاران ...It is my fervent hope that, through the bestowals of the Blessed Beauty, this marriage may bring about joy and radiance BRL_SWOP#018x BRL_SWO#018x - -
AB12851 40 Arabic رب اجعل هذا الاقتران متیمنا و مسعودا و مبارکا و محمودا و قوّ الرّوابط و الالتیام Grant, O my Lord, that this marriage may be auspicious, joyous, blessed, and praiseworthy. Strengthen Thou the union and increase the harmony BRL_SWOP#099x BRL_SWO#099x @prayer for married couples - -
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 @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU3170 40 The most important of all matters in question, and that with which it is most specially necessary to deal effectively, is the promotion of education. SW_v07#15 p.137, SW_v07#15 p.141-142 @universal education, @education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @fanaticism and hatred - -
ABU3172 40 Praise be to God! Your hearts are overflowing with the love of God and you have no great attachment to this world. SW_v14#02 p.061, DJT.072, BLO_PN#027 @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the power of words; of speech, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3176 40 It is not your work but that of the Holy Spirit which you breathe forth through the Word. SW_v08#12 p.148 @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @work as worship - -
ABU3179 40 We know a violator, Abdu'l-Baha says, as we know a donkey when we see him, because violation of the Covenant, he says has a pungent odor SW_v09#05 p.062 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @mystery of the great reversal, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
ABU3180 40 ...in like manner, when the sincere purposes and the justice of the sovereign, the knowledge and perfect political efficiency of the ministers of state SW_v07#15 p.147 @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @relationship between government and people, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization - -
ABU3204 40 We have sat together many times before, and we shall sit together many times again in the Kingdom. We shall laugh together very much in those times BW_v12p899, VLAB.153 @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @Christ; Christianity - -
ABU3216 40 If any soul desires to attain to Knowledge, in the moment when that desire had mounted to its apex--a teacher will be sent regardless whether that inquiring one is in a cave in the ground or in any other inaccessible place. The power of divine attraction will bring this Knowledge to that soul. BSTW#485(p) @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @condition of search - -
ABU3240 40 Baha'u'llah established Christ in the East. He has praised Christ, honored Christ, exalted Him BSTW#207c @Christ; Christianity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3245 40 The time will come in the near future when humanity will become so much more sensitive than at present SW_v08#01 p.004-005 @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities - -
ABU3246 40 There shall not be any separation among the believers because Baha'u'llah has appointed the House of Justice to be the authority SW_v12#18 p.280 @House of Justice - -
ABU3257 40 Another characteristic of progress consists in the earnest and sincere development of public education SW_v07#15 p.137 @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @universal education, @promotion of commerce and industry - -
ABU3258 40 Gradually racial prejudices will be dispelled. There will come a day when the German will say to the Frenchman, 'I am a Frenchman' SW_v14#08 p.242 @predictions and prophecies, @race unity; racial issues, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3260 40 Be thou resolute and steadfast. When the tree is firmly rooted it will bear fruit SW_v08#19 p.239 @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort - -
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 @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness, @growth of the Cause - -
ABU3269 40 If a person desires to work for the progress of the world of humanity he must turn his face to the Kingdom of Abha SW_v13#06 p.132 @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @material world a reflection of the spiritual - -
ABU3735 40 Persian اوقات خودت را با خدا تقسیم کن نصف روز را در تلاش معاش و تامین زندگی مادی و شئون ظاهری صرف کن Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God AHB.133BE #339 p.83 BLO_PT#219 @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
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 @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day - -
ABU3139 Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-09 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary در وجود شر نیست شر عدم است و انچه در وجود است خیر است جهل شر است و آن عدم علم است There is no evil in existence. Evil is non-existence. All that is created is good. Ignorance is evil BDA1.184.11 SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.200 @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @things are known by their opposites - -
AB11246 Cablegram 40 Persian هر کسی با ابرص میبشیند مرض برص میگیرد کسی که با مسیح است از He who sits with leper catches leprosy. He who is with Christ shuns Pharisees and abhors Judas Iscariots. NJB_v12#14 p.238 SW_v12#14 p.232, PPRL.049x @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @Judas - -
AB11123 Cablegram dated 1913-02-03 40 Eng We have reached Paris. Greetings to all. Any Persian, be he my own son or daughter, if he comes to America without having a new permission written in my own handwiting or signature, do not meet him at all... SW_v06#12 p.093-094, BSTW#073a @personal instructions, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
AB11122 Cablegram dated 1914-06-19 40 Eng AS I HAVE UTMOST LOVE FOR BELIEVERS I AWAKEN THEM DOCTOR FAREED WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS RELATIONS ARE VIOLATORS OF THE COVENANT.... DAS.1914-06-18n, BSTW#073f @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU3229 Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 40 They believe that mankind must love mankind, that universal amity must be practiced; that dead dogmas must be thrown away DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005 @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU3239 Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18 40 Don't forget this, that this is a Universal Temple--advertise it so; announce that this is for all and every religion PN_1919 p016 @elections, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universality of the Cause - -
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 @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @critique of Western values; culture, @love and unity, @independent investigation of truth; reality - -
AB11313 Words incribed in a church book for Rev. Fraser 40 O Thou Kind Almighty, confirm Thou this servant of Thine, Mr. Fraser, in the service of Thy Kingdom. Make him illumined; make him heavenly; make him spiritual; make him divine! Thou art the Generous, the King! SW_v03#17 p.005 @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation - -
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 @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick - -
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] - -
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 @symbolism of color and light, @symbolism, @martyrs and martyrdom - -
ABU3208 Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18 40 This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means. DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @soul; spirit after death, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @personal instructions, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
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 - -
ABU3166 Words spoken at Jenner home in East Sheen, ca. Sep. 1911 40 Blessed are the children, of whom His Holiness Christ said: 'Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven.' Children have no worldly ambitions. Their hearts are pure. We must become like children, crowning our heads with the crown of severance;; purifying our hearts, that we may see God in His Great Manifestations, and obey the laws brought to us by those, His Messengers. CHH.166, BLO_PN#022 @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU3259 Words spoken at Persian embassy in New York, 1912-04-23 40 If all the spirits of the air were to congregate together they could not create a salad! SW_v12#07 p.135+137-140, SW_v12#08 p.145-172, DJT.270, FDA.014, BLO_PN#027 @humor; jokes, @the human soul, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the mind's power of discovery - -
ABU3740 Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هر چند این جرائد اگر بیغرضانه بنویسند سبب آگاهی نفوس است ولی ما مقالاتی در جرائد ملکوت نوشتیم Though these newspapers will, if written impartially, inform the people, yet we have written articles in the newspapers of the Kingdom BDA2.139 MHMD2.172 @newspapers and the media; publications, @call to action, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU3249 Words spoken ca. 1911 in London 40 They see all as it affects the spirit. A great joy, a great sorrow, a sin, or a good deed: as these things darken or cloud the soul SAS.105-106 @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @angels, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
ABU3190 Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington 40 All nations must become socialistic in spirit. People must not be forced by circumstances to help the poor. They must give aid willingly. BSTW#336b @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism, @wealth inequality and its moderation - -
ABU3183 Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary 40 Look at the plains, look at the hills: they are defeated armies, they are hosts that fell in heaps and were leveled with the ground BW_v13p1188 @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God - -
ABU3230 Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan 40 There is spiritual healing and there is also material healing. Unless these two work together a cure is impossible. CHH.192, BLO_PN#022 @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @law of cause and effect, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @wisdom [hikmat] - -
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, @wisdom [hikmat], @prayer for protection - -
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 @symbolism, @spiritual transformation, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam - -
ABU3141 Words spoken in Dec. 1907 40 Persian دیشت خوابی دیدم که به عکا کشتی ای وارد شد ایستاد ملاحظه شد طیوری چند به شکل دینامیت Last night in a dream I witnessed the arrival of a ship at 'Akka. As it dropped anchor, I saw a number of birds in the shape of grenades fly up from the ship and over the city. They soared from one part of town to another, yet the grenades did not detonate, and the birds returned to the ship. KNSA.258-259 GPB.270, MNYA.358 @interpretation of dreams and visions, @symbolism - -
ABU3224 Words spoken in Dec. 1913 40 Then do something that will keep you from dying; that will instead, day by day make you more alive BW_v13p1187, VLAB.048 @soul; spirit after death, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @consolation and comfort, @stories; anecdotes, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3242 Words spoken in Jul. 1912 in the United States 40 The Essence of Divinity--God--is sanctified above ascent, descent, and appearance. The lights of His qualities are manifest or reflected in the mirrors of the hearts of His Holy Manifestations.... It means the transference or transformation of created bodies into infinite forms of creation. Every indivisible electron is transformed into all the forms of creatures and everything travels or moves in everything. SW_v19#10 p.309 @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion - -
ABU3200 Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh 40 Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort SW_v14#02 p.037-038, PN_1911 p005 @soul; spirit after death, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God - -
ABU3233 Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh 40 Yes, a planet can lose the bounty of God and be destroyed. As man depends on his elements and the brain in particular, so the 'sent Prophets and Manifestations' are like the brain of a planet PN_1911 p008 @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power of the Manifestation of God - -
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, @transcendence; unknowability of God - -
ABU3168 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 Abdu'l-Bahá in London You wear the cross for remembrance, it concentrates your thoughts; it has no magical power AIL.093 @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @symbolism - -
ABU3178 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 Abdu'l-Bahá in London I know it; I think a great deal of it. I know that their desire is to serve mankind. I thank this noble Society AIL.061 @unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement, @call to action - -
ABU3207 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 It is nearly two thousand years since His holiness the Lord Christ taught this prayer to His people: "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven CHH.172, BLO_PN#022 @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @predictions and prophecies, @Christ; Christianity, @prophecy and fulfillment, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
ABU3219 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 When a thought of war enters your mind, suppress it, and plant in its stead a positive thought of peace. CHH.168, BLO_PN#022 @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @war and peace - -
ABU3228 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 Miracles have frequently obscured the Teachings which the Divine Messenger has brought. The Message is the real miracle. CHH.170, BLO_PN#022 @miracles and their interpretation, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3248 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 Abdu'l-Bahá in London It is just like a miracle, our being here together. There is no racial, political or patriotic tie. AIL.105 @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies - -
ABU3265 Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London 40 Abdu'l-Bahá in London ...these rappings, etc., were all material things, and of the body. What is needed is to rise above the material AIL.072 @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart - -
ABU3227 Words spoken on 1910-02-19 40 If anyone comes to you and endeavors to belittle the station of another in your presence or speaks in any terms against another, you must not listen PN_unsorted p074 @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others - -
ABU3174 Words spoken on 1911-09-09 in London 40 Abdu'l-Bahá in London I love you all, you are the children of the Kingdom, and you are accepted of God. AIL.085 @wealth inequality and its moderation, @love and unity, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible - -
ABU3253 Words spoken on 1912-06-12 in New York 40 To pray is not to read Psalms. To pray is to trust in God, and to be submissive in all things to Him... Strong ships are not conquered by the sea,--they ride the waves. SW_v08#03 p.038, DJT.305, FDA.028, ABCC.214, VLAB.115-116, BLO_PN#027 @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment - -
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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity - -
ABU3736 Words spoken on 1912-12-14 in Liverpool 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اساس اینها بر هرج و مرجست از این عمل رئیس اعمال باقی را بفهمید The foundation of these [Azalis] is chaos and confusion. From this act which their very leader committed, one can discern the conduct of the others in their ranks BDA2.022-023 MHMD2.026 @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers - -
ABU3737 Words spoken on 1912-12-20 in London 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چون از نصیحت بهموطنان نتیجهئ‌ی ندیدیم و گوش شنوائی نجستیم لابد توجّه بغرب نمودیم Since we discerned no fruit from the counsel we gave our countrymen, nor could we find a hearing ear among them, we felt it necessary to turn our attention to the West BDA2.032 MHMD2.038 @past, present and future of Iran, @call to action, @East and West; communication between East and West - -
ABU3738 Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 ضرب برای حیوان هم جائز نه حُسن تربیت حیوان را در تحت تعلیم It is not permissible even to strike an animal. When an animal is trained properly, it becomes domesticated BDA2.080 MHMD2.096 @kindness to and rights of animals, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual transformation - -
ABU3739 Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in London 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 بنویسید این الواح مبارکه را بخوانند و نشر دهند سابق مسلمین در تفسیر آلم غلبت الرّوم Instruct the friends to read and disseminate these Tablets. How impressive are the commentaries which the Muslims of former times wrote concerning these verses: 'The Romans have been defeated…' BDA2.101 MHMD2.123 @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU3128 Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 به بین خدا ما را بکجاها کشانیده چگونه آوارهٴ صحرا و دریا کرده فی الحقیقه این قول حافظ Consider the places where God has taken us--how He has made us wanderers upon the plains and across the seas. Truly, this passage from Hafiz BDA2.109 MHMD2.134 @poems and quotation from poetry, @suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU3158 Words spoken on 1913-01-28 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 هر چند استقلال ایران را بباد دادند ولی ایران روز بروز رو بترقی است نا امید نباید بود Though the independence of Perisa has been cast to the wind, yet does it continue to progress with every passing day BDA2.110 MHMD2.136 @past, present and future of Iran, @predictions and prophecies, @consolation and comfort, @law of transformation and change - -
ABU3154 Words spoken on 1913-03-30 in Stuttgart 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 من خواستم بیخبر بیایم احبای استتکارت را خیلی دوست دارم همه I wished to come without apprising anyone. I love the Baha'is of Stuttgart very much. BDA2.208-209 MHMD2.268 @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU3162 Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart 40 This is the best thing; we will arrive in Stuttgart.... How attracted and enkindled are the German Bahais! SW_v04#09 p.162 @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement - -
ABU3138 Words spoken on 1913-05-03 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 در شرق ذکر وطن هیچوقت سبب هیجان و اتفاق مشرقیان نشده و منبحْ نتائج عظیمه نگشته In the East, the mention of one's own native land has never conduced to the excitement or unification of the Easterners, nor has it ever produced any great results BDA2.282 MHMD2.370 @praise of Eastern values; culture, @nationalism; love of country - -
ABU3741 Words spoken on 1913-05-03 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 اگر چنین است این اقتدار اعظم است زیرا ایمان اغنیا و بزرگان مشکل تر است از ایمان فقرا کار مشکل نمودن If this is indeed the case, then it is an evidence of supreme power, as it is more difficult for the wealthy and noble to profess religious belief than it is for the poor to do this BDA2.282 MHMD2.371 @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution - -
ABU3160 Words spoken on 1913-05-20 in Paris 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 وقتی بنی اسرائیل در مدارس خود علوم مادیه و دینیه را با هم تعلیم میدادند این سبب تربیت نفوس When the people of Israel taught both material and spiritual subjects at their schools, this resulted in the education of people who were versed in many arts and sciences BDA2.309 MHMD2.409 @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @education of children; moral education, @harmony of science and religion - -
ABU3209 Words spoken on 1913-06-24 in Port Said 40 Perfection is impossible without humility; humility is unattainable without the love of God PN_1909 p024, PN_1913 p004 @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @loving community spirit in teaching the Cause, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3163 Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said 40 With the appearance of the Truth the point of opposition raises its head. The former gains signal victory; the other goes into crushing defeat. DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.011, BLO_PN#007 @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @things are known by their opposites - -
ABU3255 Words spoken on 1913-07-26 in Ramleh 40 I am not feeling well, even in Ramleh, but for the present I will not move to any other place, no matter what may happen. I have finished all my work. I have nothing else to do. DAS.1913-07-26, ABIE.115, BLO_PN#007 @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU3164 Words spoken on 1913-07-28 in Ramleh 40 Up to the time I was 32 years [old], I never slept in bed, preferring always a piece of mat and as cushion I chose one or two books. DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline - -
ABU3256 Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh 40 It has reached to such a point that if some of the friends want to cough or sneeze they write me to do it for them; thinking it too much trouble! I have repeatedly written that any feasible plan which has for its aim the spread of the Cause is agreeable. DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.231, BLO_PN#007 @humor; jokes - -
ABU3210 Words spoken on 1913-11-08 in Ramleh 40 I have found a way to gain my living with the sweat of my brow and the labor of my hand. I now must be the candle of severance DAS.1913-11-08 @agriculture, @work as worship, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience - -
ABU3243 Words spoken on 1914-03-07 40 The Bible and the Gospels are most honored in the estimation of all Bahais. One of the spiritual utterances DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x, SW_v14#02 p.055x, BSTW#207b @Christ; Christianity, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @study; deepening - -
ABU3213 Words spoken on 1914-03-17 in Haifa 40 Christ was known by the name of the Lamb. The only means of defense that a lamb possesses are his horns. DAS.1914-03-17 @Christ; Christianity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU3244 Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias 40 The body of man is created for this world but his heart is made for the habitation of the Holy Spirit. DAS.1914-05-17, SW_v08#08 p.103-104 @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @work as worship, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
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 - -
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 - -
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 @past, present and future of Iran, @constitutional revolution in Iran - -
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 @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @banishment to; life in 'Akka - -
ABU3214 Words spoken on 1920-09-20 in Haifa 40 He said that the belief of the Druses was very secret, but he knew it - that they do not believe in any prophet, neither Jesus nor Muhammad, but in minor people, such as Peter. Their leader was a servant of Muhammad. They believe in reincarnation. They veil and pretend to be a Muhammadan sect. PN_1920_heh_haifa p024 - -
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, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
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, @spiritual transformation, @outward and inward meanings - -
ABU3145 Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-09 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary فردای دیگر مسافر دریا هستیم واقعاً قوهٴ بخار چیز عجیبی است اگر این قوه نبود بحر محیط را We shall be at sea for another day. Steam power is truly a wonderful thing. BDA1.025.02 DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.033, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007 @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -
ABU3734 Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-08 40 Persian Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 چهار هزار و ششصد قدم راه رفتم بطول راه عکّل تا روضهٴ مبارکه میخواهم مشق راه رفتن کنم I have taken 4,600 steps. This is the distance between the city of 'Akka and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah. I wish to practise walking BDA2.013 MHMD2.015 @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @Shrines and Holy places - -
ABU3132 Words spoken privately in Washington D.C., 1912-04-23 40 Persian Mahmúd's Diary جمال مبارک را باید شکر نمود زیرا تائیدات اوست که مهیج نفوس است توفیقات جمال ابهی است که مقلب قلوبست We must offer thanks to the Blessed Beauty because it is His help that has stirred the people; it is His grace that has changed the hearts. BDA1.048.02 SW_v19#03 p.089x, MHMD1.056 @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @thankfulness; gratitude - -
ABU3247 Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 40 Unser Verhältnis zu Gott, dem Herrn, muß auf zwei Grundpfeilern ruhen: williges Unterordnen des eigenen Willens unter den Göttlichen und Aufrichtigkeit SDW v13#11 p.112 @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @knowledge; recognition of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance - -
ABU3201 Words to a Christian girl, spoken on 1913-02-23 40 Christ and the Bible be for us; the Pope and all the priests be for you. We follow Christ and not the priests. DAS.1913-02-23 @Christ; Christianity, @the Christian clergy - -
ABU3270 Words to a friend of Mrs. Struven, spoken on 40 When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá writes tablets, he is calling the souls to a station which they are potentially able to attain. I does not mean that they have attained that station at the time of the writing. SW_v09#05 p.062 @differences in human capacity, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU3251 Words to a Japanese friend, spoken on 1912-10-13 40 I wish you would become heavenly and not Japanese nor Arab, English, Persian, Turk, and American. You would become divine ECN.542 @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @universality of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity - -

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