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| ABU3087 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 50 | By the Justice and judgment of God those who commit evil suffer and are punished for it... But mercy is by far the greatest of the divine attributes and owing to this great mercy of God those who die in their sins are not left without the possibility of attaining to Life. | PN_1901 p010, NRMM.219 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and mercy; justice and wrath of God; recompense; reward for belief; right action; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1238 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. | BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 | angels; law of transformation and change; spiritual transformation; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1683 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 180 | قصد از عدد نیست دوازده ساعت زیاد است یعنی ششماه بر نورانیت افزود | By these numbers it is not meant the twelve hours excessive be, rather it signifieth that six months were added unto the luminosity [3.5s] | KHH2.276-277 | freedom of thought and action; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; miracles and their interpretation; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3572 | Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-12 | 10 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2845 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | دو قسم آفاتست یکی را سبب اعمال و اخلاق غیر ممدوحه است مانند کذب و نفاق و خیانت و ظلم وامثال اینها | Calamities are of two kinds. One kind results from bad morals and misconduct such as falsehood, dishonesty | BDA1.157.17 | SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.171 | law of transformation and change; recompense; reward for belief; right action; theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||
| ABU2866 | Words to a painter, spoken on 1913-04-03 | 60 | Can you paint upon the page of the world the ideal pictures of the Supreme Concourse? | DAS.1913-04-03, SW_v05#10 p.149, SW_v05#05 p.070, SW_v08#02 p.028, SW_v14#06 p.178 | connection between material and spiritual worlds; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3465 | 20 | بعضی از پیغمبرها شاعر مخصوص داشتند چنانکه شاعر رسول الله حسان بود شاعر ما هم ورقاست | Certain among the Prophets had their chosen poets, even as Hassan was the poet of the Apostle of God, and Varqá is Our poet [3.5s] | MSBH1.265 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1097 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 290 | Certain officials in the City have requested me to write a petition for them to use before the higher authorities to bring about my release from incarceration. | PN_1906 p072, SUR.242, BLO_PN#001 | disregarding bodily comfort; effort; striving; personal instructions; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1420 | Words spoken on 1914-02-09 in Haifa | 230 | Certainly, when the working people become partners with the company... The utterance of the Blessed Beauty that the descendants of Israel shall become dear | SW_v09#03 p.027-028 | labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; prophecy and fulfillment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2960 | Words spoken on 1913-09-04 in Ramleh | 60 | Chastity and purity of life are the two divine standards of the spiritual and moral law. | DAS.1913-09-04, SW_v08#02 p.026, ABIE.277, BLO_PN#007 | chastity and purity; courtesy; culture [adab]; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1326 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 240 | Children are of two kinds: Those capable of distinguishing and those incapable of distinguishing (right and wrong). Now, this child is too young to have the power of distinguishing | PN_1906 p085, SUR.238-239, BLO_PN#001 | education of children; moral education; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3563 | Words to Mrs Maxwell, spoken on 1912-09-06 | 10 | 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 | light and darkness; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||
| ABU1531 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-18 | 200 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اطفال خیلی مایهٴ سُرور و تسلی هستند من طفلی داشتم حسین افندی سه چهار ساله بود وقتی خواب بودم | Children give to a person the greatest consolation. No matter how much the father is sad or cross, as soon as his darling child laughs or speaks, he is made happy. | BDA2.149x | DAS.1913-02-18, MHMD2.187x | education of children; moral education; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||
| ABU2705 | Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London | 70 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اطفال باید اول بآداب الهی تربیت شوند و ترغیب و تشویق بر تحسین اخلاق گردند | Children must first be trained in divine virtues and encouraged and urged to improve their character. | BDA2.044 | MHMD2.053 | education of children; moral education; empty learning; false spirituality; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1257 | Words spoken on 1914-04-08 | 250 | China, China, China, China-ward the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh must march! Where is that holy, sanctified Bahá'í | DAS.1914-04-08, SW_v08#03 p.037 | growth of the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0859 | Words spoken on 1915-10-05 in Haifa | 350 | حضرت مسیح روحی له الفداء قبل از شهادتشان می فرمودند که سنگهائی که ابداً معتنی به نیستند، بظاهر به هیچ کاری نمی خورند | Christ - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him - proclaimed, ere His martyrdom, that the stones which are utterly neglected and, to all outward seeming, are of no use whatsoever [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-05 | prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0495 | Words spoken in late Aug./early Sept. 1911 in Vevey | 540 | Christ and all the Prophets have taught in their Holy Books the immortality of the soul. Jesus during His life had so many afflictions | AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p035, DJT.188-190, BLO_PN#027 | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; existence; immortality of the human soul; proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; purpose; goal of creation; second birth; the lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2579 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25 | 80 | Christ healed by the power of his word, because the word of the Messiah was the Holy Spirit | SW_v08#18 p.231, PN_1920 p097 | idle fancies; lust and passion; miracles and their interpretation; The Holy Spirit; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0557 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10 | 500 | Christ himself said that whatever happened in the cycle of Moses would occur again in His time. Therefore these occurrences were repeated. | PN_1904 p014, PN_1904 p053, TTAW.019-022, BLO_PN#102 | changing and unchanging parts of religion; Christ; Christianity; progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1278 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 250 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | Christ said that nothing could ascend into Heaven except that which came down from Heaven. He also said, 'I came from Heaven and will return to Heaven,' | TDLA.027-028, BLO_PN#104 | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; suffering; rejection of Christ; symbolism; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0559 | Words to Laura Barney | 500 | Christ said, "Go into thy chamber and shut the door, and pray to they Father which is in heaven". Why did | SW_v08#04 p.046-047 | methods of teaching the Cause; need for an educator; obedience to and respect for government authority; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1953 | 150 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | Christ said, "Many are called, but few are chosen." The chosen have heard and understood the call from the divine assembly. | ADP.059-060 | essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; exhortations and counsels; many are called but few are chosen; station of the Manifestation of God; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1873 | 160 | Christ was asking of His disciples whom He was, and when Peter answered: 'Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God'... Let me now compare the words of Christ to the lives of the Popes. | BSTW#162 | Christ; Christianity; goodly deeds; actions; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; the Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2275 | Words spoken on 1913-01-01 in London | 110 | Civilization is like unto a moving hill of sands: Today it is here, tomorrow it is many thousand miles away. It is subject to constant transferences. | DAS.1913-01-01 | means of establishment of future civilization; praise of Eastern values; culture; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3004 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 50 | طهارت و نظافت از لوازم ایمان است. انسان وقتی که لباسش نظیف است، لطیف است، روحانیت پیدا می کند | Cleanliness and purity are among the requisites of faith. When man's garments are clean, his soul becometh refined and a spiritual condition is made manifest [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | cleanliness and refinement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1548 | Words spoken on 1915-02-08 in Abu Sinan | 200 | کثبف طالب کثیف است پاکی تاثیر کلی در روح دارد و لو خود پاکیزگی عرض است | Cleanliness has a profound effect upon the spirit. Even though cleanliness is related to worldly affairs, yet its effect is manifested in the soul. | KHH1.169-170 (1.237-238) | KHHE.249-250, DAS.1915-02-08, BSR_v13 p.090 | cleanliness and refinement | - | - | ||||||
| ABU3467 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 20 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2411 | Words spoken on 1917-02-03 | 100 | Come and take this, Mirza Ahmad. Let me see what you can do. Let me see what the friends of God in these states will do. | SW_v10#04 p.071-072 | call to action; power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2145 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-06 | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | بیائید اینمسئلهٴ مهم را بذهن بسپارید شخصی از طهران نوشته که مشیت کلیه همیشه بر عرش ظهور مستویست یعنی همیشه | Come here and consider this important question. A person from Tihran has written that the Universal Will is always manifest | BDA1.023.06 | MHMD1.031 | false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations | - | - | |||||
| ABU0817 | Words spoken ca. 1917-02-03 | 370 | Come, my son, take it. I have corrected it. The importance of this Tablet will be revealed in the future. | SW_v10#06 p.103+111 | growth of the Cause; methods of teaching the Cause; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); race unity; racial issues; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2115 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Compare the present time and the feeling towards the coloured people now, with the state of feeling two or three hundred years ago | AIL.068 | race unity; racial issues; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0806 | Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa | 370 | Compared with the ancient history of the world the invention of writing is of quite recent date - only a number of thousands of years. | DAS.1914-04-18 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; seven stages of creation | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1712 | Words to Frau and Frauline Consul, spoken on 1913-04-29 | 180 | Complete physical health is enjoyed by the animals. Consider when the animal possesses perfect health, it brays, it rolls on the grass | DAS.1913-04-29 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2558 | Words spoken on 1914-02-14 | 80 | اینکه جمال مبارک فرمودند سلالهٴ اسرائیل تحریر خواهند شد این بیان مبارک در وقتی بود | Concerning that which the Blessed Beauty hath uttered regarding the lineage of Israel, that it shall be recorded - this blessed utterance was made at a time [3.5s] | AVK4.471.10 | prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2577 | 80 | حاجی عرب در عراق سبب ثهادتش این است که سه چهار سال قبل در عراق یک عائله را شهید | Concerning the Arab pilgrim in Iraq, the cause of his martyrdom was that some three or four years prior, a family was martyred in that land [3.5s] | YIK.302, ZIAB2.211 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1632 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-16 | 190 | Concerning the Temple, the Mashrak el Azkar, it is a very important matter. The most important thing now in America is the building of the Temple. | SW_v01#12 p.006x, PN_1907 p053, TTAG.022-023, BLO_PN#101 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; importance of community building | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1404 | Words to Latimer, Remey and students, spoken on 1914-10-15 | 230 | Confidence is the cornerstone of all of life's activities. In the early days after our arrival in Acca | DAS.1914-10-15, PN_1914 p084 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; conduct in finance and business; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2727 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی | Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries. | BDA1.172.12 | SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; effort; striving; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||
| ABU0686 | Words to Mrs Stannard | 430 | Consecrate all thy time to the service of the Kingdom of God and the propagation of its principles | DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v05#01 p.005-006, SW_v07#11 p.104-106 | call to action; human reality created in the image of God; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1186 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-06 | 270 | Consider and reflect over the Favors and Bounties of the Blessed Perfection!.. I will send thee to America | DAS.1914-03-06 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power of the Manifestation of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0336 | Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-11-07 | 700 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Consider events in the Balkans today where a great conflagration of war is furiously raging | PUP#119 (p.397-399), SW_v06#02 p.017-018 | martyrdom of the Bab; predictions and prophecies; rejection, opposition and persecution; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2538 | Words spoken at table on 1914-10-30 | 90 | Consider how the people bear testimony to the fact that this Religion is universal and its principles are conducive to the welfare of humanity | DAS.1914-10-30 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection of Muhammad; suffering; rejection of Christ; unity; oneness of humanity; universality of the Cause; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1669 | Words spoken on 1915-04-07 in Abu Sinan | 180 | چقدر انسان بیوفا است بهزار زحمت و مشقت و با اشک | Consider man's infidelity. With a thousand worries, troubles and tears he raises a child. Then, he readily puts thousands upon thousands to the sword. | KHH1.204 (1.286) | KHHE.299-300, BSR_v13 p.097 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; justice and wrath of God; love and unity; war and peace | - | - |
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