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| ABU0166 | Words spoken on 1914-06-22 in Haifa | 1000 | When I was a small boy in Teheran, I remember whenever two of the believers | DAS.1914-06-22, SW_v08#13 p.162x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2962 | 60 | When I was a little boy in Teheran I was followed and beaten by the boys and the | SW_v09#18 p.201, PTIM.054 | rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0964 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 320 | When I speak of health, I refer to spiritual health. The health of the body is impermanent. However carefully one seeks to preserve it | AELT.199-201 | evolution; human evolution; Manifestation of God as sun; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; proofs of the Manifestations of God; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1191 | Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-05-04 | 270 | When I sense the love and unity of the friends I gain health and fresh strength. I have heard that thou art speaking in the meetings | DAS.1913-05-04 | power of prayer; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2025 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05 | 140 | When I reached Los Angeles, I realized how far I was from Acca and my people, the people whom I loved with passionate earnestness. On the second night of my arrival | DAS.1914-12-05 | eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0609 | Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24 | 470 | When I look at the flag in the distance, it reminds me of the King of France. He killed many of the Christians. | PN_1920 p084, PN_1920_heh_haifa p033, PN_1920_heh_haifa p053 | early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1944 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-02-15 | 150 | When I go to bed I lie awake for one or two hours, then I sleep well for four hours. The sleep before twilight is also very invigorating. Taki Menshadi often spoke during the hours of sleep. | DAS.1915-02-15 | composure; tranquillity; serenity; contemplation; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0250 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-29 | 820 | Mahmúd's Diary | چون من وارد این شهر شدم دیدم همهمه است پرسیدم چه خبر است گفتند کنگرهٴ زراعت تشکیل میشود | When I entered this city, I saw there was quite a stir. I asked the reason and was told that an agricultural convention was being held. | BDA1.277.04x | MHMD1.295x | banishment to; life in 'Akka; banishment to; life in Constantinople; crucifixion; ascension of Christ; incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| ABU0503 | The Last Meeting: Words spoken on 1911-12-01 in Paris | 530 | Paris Talks | روزیکه بپاریس آمدم دیدم مزرعه ایست | When I arrived in Paris some time ago for the first time, I looked around me with much interest, and in my mind I likened this beautiful city to a large garden. | KHTB1.239 | PT#53 p.177, SAS.109x | growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; oneness; unity of religion; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU0179 | Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris | 960 | من باروپا بپاریس آمدم ملاحظه کردم اروپا در مادیات نهایت ترقی را کرده ولکن | When I arrived in Paris from Europe, I observed that while Europe had achieved the utmost progress in material civilization, yet [3.5s] | AMK.243-246, BSHN.140.521x, BSHN.144.509x, MHT1a.164x, MHT1b.122x, KHF.160, KHAB.115 (125), KHTB1.100, KHTP.074 | attaining the life of the spirit; critique of Western values; culture; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; human reality created in the image of God; mind as intermediary between soul and body; spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0597 | Words spoken on 1916-04-07 in Bahji | 470 | وقتی که حضرت اعلی در خطر عظیم بودند انظار همه متوجه به جمال مبارک بود. لهذا آقا میرزا عبدالکریم قزوینی | When His Holiness the Exalted One was in grave peril, all eyes were fixed upon the Blessed Beauty. Therefore Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-04-07 | rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1775 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-25 | 170 | When His Holiness the Báb arrived in Isfahan, Manuchehr Khan who had been converted from Christianity to [the] Muhammadan religion was the governor of the city. | DAS.1913-02-25 | proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2092 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02 | 130 | When His holiness Christ appeared the Jews said the same thing. They thought that after Moses no other divine man must appear in the world | DAS.1914-09-02 | Christian doctrine and practice; crucifixion; ascension of Christ; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; rejection of Muhammad; Seal of the Prophets | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2997 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 50 | در بغداد یکروز جمال مبارک از جسر عبور میفرمودند شخصی بحضور مبارک عرض کرد که از | When He had returned to Baghdad, one day the Blessed Perfection was passing over a bridge and someone mentioned to His blessed Person that a letter was received from Mosul | KHH1.035 (1.049) | KHHE.066-067 | growth of the Cause; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2565 | Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris | 80 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بیانات مبارکه از تواریخ زمان اسلام خیلی مفصل بود از آنجمله حکایت حجاج ظالم | When Hajjaj was named chief of the camp, following a period of disorder, he first issued an edict | BDA2.108 | MHMD2.132, STAB#048, STAB#144 | episodes from the early history of Islam; stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||
| ABU2059 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | کاریکه خدا در جلو انسان میگذارد لابد طاقت هم میدهد ما نباید همیشه بآسایش تن ناظر باشیم | When God entrusts one to do something, He also gives one the capacity to endure it | BDA2.009.09 | MHMD2.011 | disregarding bodily comfort; high station of the true believer; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||
| ABU0633 | Words spoken on 1911-10-15 in Paris | 450 | چون بدیده حقیقت نظر شود روحانیات مطابق جسمانیات است همینطور که در عالم جسمانی | When gazing with the eye of truth, spiritual realities correspond to physical ones, even as in the material world [3.5s] | DWNP_v1#07 p.001-002, BCH.087, KHAB.079 (089), KHTB1.052, KHTP.029 | Christ; Christianity; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Declaration; advent of the Bab; law of transformation and change; love and unity; Muhammad; Islam; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; religion as reality; definitions of religion; religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2993 | Public address given on 1912-09-02 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | چون نفوس تربیت یافته می بینند که کشیشها نان و شراب را در دست گرفته نفسی بآن می دمند و می گویند | When educated people see the priests taking bread and wine in their hands, blowing a few breaths over them and saying | BDA1.221.15 | MHMD1.238 | Christian doctrine and practice; confession of sins; critique of Western values; culture; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| ABU0357 | Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa | 660 | اسباب وقتی که منقطع می شود، بهتر است [زیرا] انسان تشبث به اسباب الهی می کند. بشفای الهی باید [تقید] داشته باشد | When earthly means are cut off, it is better thus, for man doth then take recourse unto divine means. He must hold fast unto the divine healing [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-23 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; oneness; unity of religion; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0040 | Public address given on 1912-10-25 | 1730 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | When Christ appeared, certain blessed souls followed His example. They were with their Master | LOG#2092x, PUP#113 (p.370-376), MAB.086x, ECN.359 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; martyrdom of the Bab; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; teaching the Cause; call to teach; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0619 | We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers: Words spoken on 1911-11-25 in Paris | 460 | Paris Talks | وقتیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شد در اورشلیم ظهور | When Christ appeared He manifested Himself at Jerusalem. He called men to the Kingdom of God, He invited them to Eternal Life and He told them to acquire human perfections. | KHAB.199 (209), KHTB1.207 | PT#38 p.118 | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU2841 | 60 | چون بعضی اشراق انوار شمس حقیقت را از آفاق امریک دیدهاند بخیال آن افتادند که نفوسی بآن صفحات | When certain souls beheld some rays of the Sun of Truth dawning from the horizon of America, they became possessed of the fancy that some persons in those regions [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.003 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; teaching the Cause; call to teach; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3193 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 40 | When Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned in the barrack of Acca, he could see the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire under the despotic and fanatical rule of the Sultans | DAS.1913-04-26 | critique of Eastern values; culture | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1551 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-13 | 200 | When Bahá'u'lláh returned from His pilgrimage to Karbila, the brother of the Grand Vizir Abbas Quli Khan | DAS.1913-02-13 | Baha'u'llah; early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; power of the Manifestation of God; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2005 | Words to some pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-21 | 140 | When Bahá'u'lláh left Baghdad and without the knowledge of the friends went to Suleymaniyyih, one day He met a boy in the street weeping. | DAS.1913-06-21 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; education of children; moral education; power of the Manifestation of God; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2263 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-24 | 110 | When Aqa Abdu'r-Rahim came to Baghdad he was a young man with a heavy black moustache. He has grown old in this Cause. | DAS.1915-02-24 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; rejection, opposition and persecution; station of the Manifestation of God; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2838 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07 | 60 | جمال مبارک که از سلیمانیه تشریف آوردند بعد از دو سال قبای بسیار کهنه ئی | When after two years the Blessed Beauty returned from Sulaymaníyyih, He was wearing a dilapidated coat, a vest with no sleeves and a cotton headgear. | KHH1.102 (1.143) | KHHE.156 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; praise and encouragement; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; spiritual transformation; the power of example; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2429 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-13 | 90 | انسان که خود متذکر و متاثر بود در حجر و مدر تأثیر میکند شق القمر مینماید هدهد که بسبا رفت | When a person is consecrated and devout, his influence will even penetrate stones and hard rocks, causing great miracles.... Whenever I go to the Cave of Elijah, a new vivacity is wafted over Me. This is because the life-generating spirit of Elijah envelops that Cave | KHH1.240 (1.336) | KHHE.354 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2927 | Words to Madame D'astre, spoken on 1913-01-29 | 60 | When a person is a light sleeper, one single touch will awake him, if he sleeps heavily, then one must awake him by shaking him... if even this will not awake the sleeper we will then have to use dynamite. | DAS.1913-01-29 | call to action; growth of the Cause; predictions and prophecies; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2131 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 120 | When a person desires to destroy his house to build a new one on its site, first of all he must make the plan ready, then the bricks | DAS.1913-02-24 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0653 | The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners: Words spoken on 1911-10-16 in Paris | 450 | Paris Talks | When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers…. Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone... | PT#01 p.001, AIF.1911-10-16, SW_v02#19 p.004x, SW_v08#11 p.137 | T. Ellis, Nabil and Karim, R. Lea, Alda, Mea, Onni, Nader & Pedram, MANA, Naim & Friends | characteristics and conduct of true believers; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; words vs deeds | * | - | First chapter of the book "Paris Talks", a collection of 59 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit toParis in 1911 and 1912. | |||||
| ABU0845 | The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West: Words spoken on 1911-10-23 in Paris | 360 | Paris Talks | When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy | PT#08 p.023, SW_v02#16 p.005-006, PN_1911 p018 | call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2215 | Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26 | 110 | Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه را شما در زمین باز نمائید در آسمان گشوده خواهد شد لکن مسیحیان معنی ان را نفهمیدند و گمان کردند مقصد رفع گناهان خلق بواسطهٴ رؤسای مسیحیه است | Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'. The Christians have not understood its meaning. | BDA1.135.05 | MHMD1.145 | Christian doctrine and practice; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; idolatry; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||
| ABU1318 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06 | 240 | Whatever there is in the world of contingency is a symbol of the spiritual world; whatever there is on the earth is a symbol of heavenly things. | PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p034, TTAW.004-005, BLO_PN#102 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; empty learning; false spirituality; material world a reflection of the spiritual; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2252 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 110 | هر چه عمومی است الهی است و هر چه خصوصی است بشری احبای الهی آنچه تاسیس مینمایند | Whatever is public is divine, and whatever is private is devised of man. Therefore, whatever is established by the friends of God must be public, whether a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, or other institutions. | KHH1.025 (1.036) | KHHE.051-052 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; universal education | - | - | ||||||
| ABU3620 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 10 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1525 | Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13 | 210 | Whatever good deeds man performs in this world have been originally inculcated by the Prophets and Manifestations of God. Were it not for the Prophets' teachings | PN_1906 p035, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; 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 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3696 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-11 | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چه میگوئید که من یکمرتبه وارد مسجد شاه طهران شوم و بمعاندین بگویم شما مرا جستجو | What would you say if I were to suddenly enter the Masjid Shah in Tehran, and say to the enemies of the Faith | BDA2.016-017 | MHMD2.019 | rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0118 | Public address given on 1912-04-21 | 1150 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه قسیس فرمودند دلیل بر حسن اخلاق و خدمت بعالم انسانى است | What the Minister of the Church delineated before us just now testifies to his high sense of morality and his efforts to serve the world of humanity. | KHTB2.033, BDA1.041.07 | PUP#016 (p.039-042), SW_v03#03 p.010-012, SW_v19#03 p.087, MHMD1.050-054 | contention and conflict; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love and unity; oneness; unity of religion; spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1781 | Words to some children, spoken on 1912-10-12 | 170 | What radiant children these are! How radiant! What radiant and beautiful children! These will become very good | MAB.050-051, ECN.126+477+495n | education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3713 | Words spoken on 1913-04-03 in Stuttgart | 80 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چه اطفال نازنینی هستند از خدا میخواهم این اطفال را مبارک فرماید برکتی از آسمان بر ایشان نازل | What precious children these are! I beseech God to send down from the heavens a blessing on these children | BDA2.215 | MHMD2.277-278 | praise and encouragement; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0102 | Public address given on 1912-11-10 | 1210 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | What is the reality of Divinity, or what do we understand by God? When we consider the world of existence | PUP#125 (p.421-425), SW_v06#03 p.021-024, SAS.108x | call to action; creation of the world; knowledge; recognition of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; things are known by their opposites; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit | - | - |
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