search results for 'ABU'

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; exhortations and counsels; free will and predestination; fate; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

ABU3396

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

Zoroastrians are the real Iranis. Their blood is not spoiled by the admixture of Turkish, Russian and Arab bloods.

TDAB.08-09

ABU2904

Words spoken on 1914-10-07 in Haifa

Youthfulness depends upon the heart and spirit and not upon the physical body of man. You may find often a young man who may look a thousand years old.

PN_1914 p039

hospitality; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1694

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-27

180

Your steamer is waiting; it is best that you remain together and go direct to America.... Praise be to God that ye have come and attained this station

PN_1919 p210, LAT.146-147

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love of God; praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2195

Words to editors of Star of the West, spoken on 1912-05-01

120

Your services are acceptable. You have labored much. These labors are productive

SW_v08#14 p.193

compassion; kindness; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; newspapers and the media; publications; non-participation in politics; service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2969

Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

استعداد شما سبب شد که خدا مرا باستتکارت فرستاد تا بملکوت بهآءالله ندا کنم

Your receptivity is the reason God has sent me to Stuttgart, that here I might cry out: 'How blessed is this day!'

BDA2.210

BBBD.201, MHMD2.270

growth of the Cause; power of the Manifestation of God

ABU1116

Words to Mrs Narcissa Casad Purdon, spoken on 1912-10-09

290

Your mother? Blessed!... You must be thankful to God for having such a daughter for she writes down everything I say…. There are some times when the favors of God descend without man asking for them, without request on the part of man.

ECN.609+1047

differences in human capacity; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; many are called but few are chosen; service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3046

Words to Mr. Smiley at Peace Society conference in Lake Mohonk, 1912-05-16

Your members may be compared to beams of different metals and you are trying to unite them as you would tie these fingers together with a string.

SW_v19#06 p.182

love of God; metallurgical metaphors; unity in diversity

ABU1129

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

280

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

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

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

BDA2.268-269

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

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

ABU3708

Words spoken in Vienna on 1913-04-19

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

محبّت شما سبب آمدن من باینجا شد من برای دیدن شما آمدم نه برای سیر و سیاحت

Your love is the reason I have come here. I have come to see you, not to go on leisurely excursions

BDA2.246

MHMD2.320

being a source of light; guidance; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of thought and belief; universal peace; world unity

ABU0855

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08

350

این سفر شما بسیار سفر مبارکی است چراکه سالهای سال در این صفحات در اراضی مقدسه بوده اید

Your journey is indeed a blessed one because, for many years, you were in Holy Land and its vicinity

KHH1.231-232 (1.323-325)

KHHE.340-342, DAS.1915-05-08

monasticism; asceticism; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2259

Words to a Hindu believer spoken in Apr. 1914

110

Your friends and relatives, nay your father and descendants shall soon glory over this action of yours, that you have overcome such barriers

TDAB.06-07

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; high station of the true believer; suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2399

no title

100

Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy

Your child will have extraordinary capacities. It will be a Bahai. Rear it in the teachings

SW_v09#09 p.101, ADP.092-093

education of children; moral education; unity; oneness of humanity; universality of the Cause; youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1222

Words to President of the Touranian Society, Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-12

260

Your aim, of course, is the realization of Universal Peace, but with what power or with what executive force will you be able to bring it about? In the matter of universal peace a great, universal Power is necessary, which we may name a "Universal Collective Center"

DAS.1913-04-12

nationalism; love of country; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of governments; political unity; universal peace; world unity

ABU2218

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

110

بدانید و مطمئن باشید که آنچه واقع می شود باعث اعلای امر الله است وقتی حضرت اعلی شهید

You, dear ones, must remember that whatever happens is for the progress of the Cause of God.

KNR.043

KNRE.053

banishments of Baha'u'llah; banishment to; life in 'Akka; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; growth of the Cause; martyrdom of the Bab

ABU3631

Last recorded words

You wish me to take some food, and I am going?

GPB.311x, PAB.007, ABCC.462, VLAB.141

ABU2239

Words spoken on 1913-04-04 in Germany

110

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

عنقریب صحت تامه خواهی یافت مطمئن بفضلِ الهی باش این شیطان نفس انسان است

You will soon make a full recovery; be assured of the grace of God. That Satan is none other than the human self. Each person has a Satan

BDA2.217

MHMD2.280

living waters; water of life; Satan; the Evil One; spiritual baptism; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3067

Words spoken ca. 1911

You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness

SW_v14#02 p.038, PN_1911 p002, PN_1911 p007, BSTW#043a

existence; immortality of the human soul; immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; soul; spirit after death; the human soul

ABU3168

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

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

ABU0801

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08

370

فی الحقیقه شما امسال در ابوسنان خیلی زحمت کشیدید هیچ مقصودی جز رضای الهی نداشتید

You truly worked hard in Abú-Sínan this year. You had no other purpose save the good-pleasure of God

KHH1.230-231 (1.321-323)

KHHE.338-339, DAS.1915-05-08

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; methods of teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0665

The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues: Words spoken on 1911-11-23 in Paris

440

Paris Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

شما باید بسیار مسرور باشید و شکر کنید که در چنین

You should all be very happy and thankful to God for the great privilege that is yours. This is purely a spiritual meeting!

AVK4.478.08x, KHAB.195 (205), KHTB1.201

PT#36 p.113

characteristics and conduct of true believers; human reality created in the image of God; man's distinction from the animal; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1607

Words spoken on 1919-12-27

190

در اوایلی که به عکا و قشله عسکریه وارد شدیم روزی حکومت خبر داد

You see this old man; he has devoted his entire life in service to the Cause of God… In the early days when we came to 'Akka and arrived at the military barracks, one day the governor sent word

ISA.003-004

ISAE.1919-12-27, STAB#090

autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; banishments of Baha'u'llah; banishment to; life in 'Akka; Mount Carmel

ABU2261

Words to a friend from England, spoken on 1913-03-29

110

You say you are from England? In reality we are all one nation: England, France, Germany, Persia, America, they are all one country. However, this much can be said

DAS.1913-03-29

growth of the Cause; praise of Western values; culture; unity in diversity

ABU2505

Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias

You pray for us and we shall pray for you, so that God may assist us in the performance of good deeds.

DAS.1914-06-01

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds

ABU1237

Words spoken on 1920-02-15

260

You must think now of spiritual affairs. Try to enlighten the morals and try to spread

SW_v11#12 p.224-225

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1934

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

150

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

DAS.1913-01-19

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

ABU2287

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

You must strive. A child does not know, in learning he obtains knowledge. Search for Truth. There are three kinds of Faith

AIL.064, SW_v20#10 p.293x, SAS.093-094

degrees of faith; certitude; effort; striving; spiritual transformation; words vs deeds

ABU0325

Interview with president of Alliance Spiritualiste, Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-26

710

You must sow the seed of love. They destroy, you construct. They take life, you confer life.

DAS.1913-02-26

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; love of God; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; war and peace

ABU2835

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

You must sow seeds of the trees of which may yield fruits for all eternity. Praise be to God, you have entered in the path

DAS.1913-12-03

bringing forth results; fruit; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1903

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

160

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

SW_v13#12 p.343-344

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

ABU2310

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

110

You must not look at the quality of the thing served at the table, you must always consider whether yourhost loves you or not. If he loves you and the food served is seasoned with love then there is no better food than that.

TDAB.19

hospitality; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2539

no title

You must not injure yourselves or commit suicide.... It is not permissible to do to yourselves what Mirza Hassan Afnan did to himself.

SW_v12#18 p.280-281

apostles; early disciples of Christ; composure; tranquillity; serenity; martyrs and martyrdom; service to others; to the Cause of God; suicide; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2303

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

You must not dissociate yourself from it. Know this; the Kingdom of God is not in any Society

AIL.097

consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; universality of the Cause

ABU1587

Words to Mr Charles Tinsley, spoken on 1912-10-10

200

You must not be sad. This affliction will make you spiritually stronger. Do not be sad... A certain ruler wished to appoint one of his subjects to a high office

LOG#2040x, SW_v04#12 p.205, SW_v09#18 p.214x, ECN.374+451+527+604, STAB#115

consolation and comfort; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2253

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

110

هیچ کدام نه مدح کنید و نه ذم فقط بگوئید امر جمال مبارک با

You must neither praise nor speak ill of them [the communists]. You should say that the Cause of God has no objection specifically concerning them

KNR.091-092

KNRE.099

maintainance of degrees in society; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU1935

Words to Mrs DeBons, spoken on 1913-10-16

150

You must live and conduct yourself in Cairo in such a manner and characterize yourself with such attributes

DAS.1913-10-17

being a source of light; guidance; music and singing; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; words vs deeds

ABU2928

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

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

DAS.1913-04-04

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

ABU0716

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

410

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

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

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

ABU2848

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20

Mahmúd's Diary

شما ها بیکدیگر خیلی محبت داشته باشید دیدن همدیگر نمائید غمخوار کل باشید

You must have deep love for one another. Go to see each other and be consoling friends to all.

BDA1.258.08

MHMD1.276

characteristics and conduct of true believers; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; words vs deeds

ABU2655

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

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

PN_1909B p060, PN_1909C p057, PN_1909E p097

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

ABU2583

Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh

You must give your daughter a Bahai education so that she may become an excellent

DAS.1913-10-16, SW_v09#08 p.096

education of children; moral education; religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1535

Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01

200

بسیار خوش آمدید ماندن ما در اینجا مانند عبادت است امید وارم که نتائج عظیمه حاصل نماید جمیع نفوس خوابند

You must feel very happy because you are here with me and we are associating together with the utmost kindness.

NJB_v04#14 p.002

DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p007

characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; many are called but few are chosen; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2621

Words to a woman questioner, spoken on 1913-04-22

You must enter in the Kingdom of Abha. In the Kingdom of Abha, there is light upon light. The darkness of sorrow and pain is banished forever

DAS.1913-04-22

happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; light and darkness; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual transformation; symbolism; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU3305

Words to Mr Maxwell and others, spoken on 1912-09-06

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

ABU0823

Words to Abdu'l-Ghaffar, spoken on 1915-04-08

360

این را بدانید جمال مبارک امر اکید برجوع بحکیم فر موده انسان باید جزئیاترا هم از حکیم سئوال نماید

You must clearly understand that the Blessed Perfection has commanded most emphatically that in case of sickness, one must refer to the skilled physician and abide by his prescription

KHH1.205-206 (1.287-288)

KHHE.300-302, DAS.1915-04-08

critique of Eastern values; culture; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; praise of Western values; culture; stories; anecdotes

ABU2398

Words spoken on 1914-04-17

100

You must become the shining candles of moral precepts and spiritual ideas

COC#0796x, LOG#0717x, DAS.1914-04-17, SW_v09#09 p.098

being a source of light; guidance; excellence; distinction; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1059

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

300

You must become impervious to criticism, unconscious of attack and abuse, nay, rather welcoming persecution

SW_v04#06 p.104-105, STAB#105

loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment

ABU2741

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

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

DAS.1913-03-30

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

ABU2354

Words spoken in Feb. 1910

100

You must be very thankful to God for He brought you to this Holy Land to visit the Blessed Tomb... The Essence of Divinity holds the station of the sun

PN_1910 p002

differences in human capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; many are called but few are chosen; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3237

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken in Oct. 1914

You must be very moderate. Consider the taste of the public. This is the best policy. Moderation, moderation.

SW_v05#14 p.216, VLAB.099

courtesy; culture [adab]; Moses; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; wisdom [hikmat]

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