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| ABU1701 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12 | 180 | We should seek the Heavenly Kingdom. The earthly Presidency returns to dust, but the Heavenly Sovereignty is everlasting. On the material plane even a goat may become a leader | FRGA.033 | Manifestation of God as sun; material and spiritual existence; two books; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of love; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2192 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken on 1901-09-05 | 120 | We should remember these meetings when we return to our homes. When we go to Paris | SW_v07#17 p.172, PN_1901 p024, PN_1907 p075 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3538 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; disregarding bodily comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0790 | Public address given on 1912-06-17 | 380 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help | LOG#0937x, PUP#072 (p.204-205), SW_v04#06 p.101-102, VLAB.038-039x | assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3145 | Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-09 | 40 | 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 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU2746 | Words to some spiritualists, spoken on 1912-08-17 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما دعا می کنیم خدا شفا میدهد ما اهل ادعا نیستیم اهل بیانیم جمیع منادی بامر بهآءالله هستیم من عبدالبهاء هستم و حضرت بهاءالله مطلع تقدیس است | We pray but God bestows healing. We do not make claims for ourselves. We are only the expounders of the Word. | BDA1.195.07 | MHMD1.211 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; spiritual transformation; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU2511 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05 | 90 | We ought to pray for Miss C., that she may become just as God wishes her to be.... Once a Pharisee and a Publican entered the Temple to pray. | PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p038, PN_1909B p019, DJT.056, BLO_PN#027, STAB#125 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for specific individuals; groups; servitude; submission to God; repentance; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0058 | Address to L'Alliance Spiritualiste on 1913-02-21 | 1500 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | We observe that every movement which establishes unity and amity brings in its train life | DAS.1913-02-21, ADP.175-184 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; oneness; unity of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; teachings as spirit of the age; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; mystical themes; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1663 | Words to the Mayor of Berkeley, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 180 | Mahmúd's Diary | باید کوشید تا نوع انسان سعادت ابدی یابد قواعدی در اینخصوص لازم که هم مراتب باقی ماند | We must strive until mankind achieves everlasting felicity. Laws are needed which can both preserve the ranks... As these laws are in conformity with the demands of the time, they will unfailingly prevail | BDA1.291.07 | MHMD1.309 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; maintainance of degrees in society; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||
| ABU3132 | Words spoken privately in Washington D.C., 1912-04-23 | 40 | 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; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| ABU1652 | Words to Isabel Fraser, spoken on 1913-09-24 | 190 | We must not be attached to anything in the world. It is not worth one thought. We must not | SW_v08#06 p.063-064 | being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1872 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 160 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | We must love all humanity as the children of God. Even if they kill us we must die with love for them. | SW_v15#05 p.153x, TDLA.020-021, BLO_PN#104 | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; four; five pathways of love; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; love of God; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2947 | Words to Corinne True spoken in 1907 | 60 | we must look upon every human being we saw as a letter from the Beloved to us.... No matter how blotted, blurred, torn or soiled that letter appears to be | SW_v13#10 p.284 | forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1236 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | We must look at the realities and not the appearances. The end is the only wise thing to consider. Wait patiently! | PN_1900_heh p039 | purpose; goal of creation; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; spiritual springtime; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1940 | Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30 | 150 | We must let loose the divine forces so that those souls who are standing still at the turnpike may move along the path of progress... We must ever strive to find out the subject which is of interest to the other party and speak with him from that standpoint. | DAS.1913-06-30 | development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; methods of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0184 | Address to the Baha'is and others at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-07 | 940 | Mahmúd's Diary | اول باید ثابت کنیم که از برای وجود فنائی نیست زیرا فنا عبارت از تفریق اجزاء مرکبه است | We must first prove that there is no annihilation in creation. | BSHN.140.336, BSHN.144.334, MAS5.058, MHT1b.044, KHTB2.207, BDA1.179.10 | SW_v19#10 p.306-308, MHMD1.195-198, PN_1912_heh p039 | intelligible vs. perceptible realities; martyrs and martyrdom; proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||
| ABU0791 | Words spoken on 1914-02-12 in Haifa | 380 | We must execute the divine ordinances.... The climate of Mount Carmel is peerless.... They are promulgating matters which are not in accord.... This cycle is the cycle of favor and not of justice | SW_v09#03 p.028-029, SW_v14#05 p.148, VLAB.078x, BSTW#325 | chastisement and requital; methods of teaching the Cause; study; deepening; unity; oneness of humanity; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2098 | Words spoken on 1913-07-06 in Port Said | 130 | we must ever think of the education of the public and try our utmost to improve the conditions of the submerged classes | DAS.1913-07-06, ABIE.030, BLO_PN#007 | call to action; characteristics and conduct of true believers; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); unity; oneness of humanity; universal education | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0967 | Words to English and American tourists, spoken on 1914-02-23 | 320 | We must be just: The American college at Beirut is carrying on a sacred mission of education and enlightenment... Years ago I went to Beirut and visited the college in its infancy | DAS.1914-02-23 | oneness; unity of religion; praise of Western values; culture; religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2199 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901 | 120 | We must be guided entirely by the intelligence and development of the child, as to how | SW_v07#15 p.142-143, SW_v09#08 p.090, PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212-213 | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; differences in human capacity; education of children; moral education; health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3012 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-19 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما محافل وفا را دوست داریم نه مناظر با صفا و اما وفا اول باید بخدا و اوامر و عهد او نمود | We love meetings of fidelity and not picturesque scenes. We must first be faithful to God, to His ordinances and Covenant and to His servants | BDA1.128.08 | SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.137 | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||
| ABU0844 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-23 | 360 | We know things by their opposites... When we were travelling from Baghdad toward Constantinople, one day, we thought to go ahead of the family | DAS.1913-05-23 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; banishment to; life in Constantinople; stories; anecdotes; things are known by their opposites | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2772 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken on 1909-01-09 | 70 | We know that the body or form has nothing to do with spirit or spiritual conditions. When the spirit is disconnected with or leaves the body, that is no reason for thinking it can be reabsorbed or joined with the whole of spirit | SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022 | relationship of the soul to the body; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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; mystery of the great reversal; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0001 | Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 | 3400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary | امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا | We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH | BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110 | BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140 | consultation; elections; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; stories; anecdotes; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | MHMD1.120 | ||||
| ABU2377 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 | 100 | We hear the murmur of the sea always continuing. It never ceases. Were it to cease, the world would be dead, stagnant, lifeless. But the waves of the mind of man are far greater than those of the sea | SW_v07#11 p.107-108, SW_v08#02 p.024, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; mind as intermediary between soul and body; power of imagination; thought; right intention; power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1521 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-11 | 210 | We have wished it to be such. For many reasons, this incarceration is useful for me. One is that this is conducive to protection; for our enemies | PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p030, SUR.227, BLO_PN#001 | servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2852 | Words spoken on 1913-02-18 in Paris | 60 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ما آنچه خیر وصلاح ایران و ایرانیان بود گفتیم و نوشتیم ولی گوش ندادند حتی در بدایت | We have spoken and written about such things as will conduce to the good and betterment of Persia and its peoples | BDA2.146 | MHMD2.182-183 | constitutional revolution in Iran; parliaments; constitutional government; past, present and future of Iran; relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||
| 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 | Christ; Christianity; eulogies; reminiscences; soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1433 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-05-04 | 220 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باز ما مراجعت بپاریس نمودیم بهبینیم احباب چه کردهاند... تخمی افشاندیم و برگشتیم حال شما میتوانید بروید آبیاری کنید؟ | We have returned to Paris to see what the believers have done… We have come to Paris and are sowing the seeds. Can you arise and irrigate them? When the divine farmer ploughs the ground and scatters the seeds | BDA2.283 | DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.373-374 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||
| ABU2589 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 80 | ما با گذشته کاری نداریم ما مضی مضی و ما سیاءتیک فاین قم فاغتنم الغرصه بین العدمین | We have nothing to do with the past. “What has passed is past. And what is to come has not appeared. Therefore do not compare two vacuities.” | KHH1.041 (1.057) | KHHE.075 | bringing forth results; fruit; spiritual transformation; symbolism; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2763 | Words to William Ellis, reporter for The Continent, around 1910 | 70 | We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for. | SW_v01#17 p.008, BLO_PN#006 | growth of the Cause; humility; meekness; lowliness; love and unity; oneness; unity of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0737 | Words to a friend from Scotland, spoken on 1913-05-12 | 400 | We have many friends in Scotland, many devoted friends; amongst them is Mrs Whyte.... There are certain souls whose thirst is never allayed, while others are satisfied with one drop. | DAS.1913-05-12 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0294 | Public address given on 1912-06-11 | 740 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | We have just returned from a visit to Philadelphia, spending two nights there and speaking | PUP#065 (p.183-186), SW_v04#06 p.099-100 | man's distinction from the animal; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcending the material condition; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2537 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 90 | We have grown up step by step, always to a state in advance of the last. God's processes are never retrogressive. | SAS.103-104 | education and the development of capacity; progress only takes place within its own degree; reincarnation; relationship of the soul to the body; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3010 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-23 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما در اینجا کارتان را تمام کردیم تخمی کشتیم نفوس خیلی منجذب شدند و منقلب گشتند | We have finished our work here. We have sown a seed. Many souls have been attracted and transformed. | BDA1.203.10 | SW_v19#11 p.350, MHMD1.219-220 | growth of the Cause; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||
| ABU2381 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29 | 100 | We have come to Paris striking the first note. But we find Paris is very cold. I was anticipating that in this trip I shall behold in this city the luminous torch of the love of God. Now having arrived I find that the inhabitants are steeped deeper in the darkness of materialism. | DAS.1913-01-29 | critique of Western values; culture; spiritual transformation; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0382 | Interview with F. R. Hinkle of the Sacramento Union, 1912-10-25 | 640 | We have come here to this city to be your guests. We are Bahá’ís. We have come as travelers to see the various places in this country. | ECN.903 | harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; religion as source of love and unity; supreme tribunal; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of governments; political unity; universal education; universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2745 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-25 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما برای کار و خدمت آمدیم نه برای هوا خوری باید بعبودیت آستان جمال مبارک پرداخت و چنین بندگی را سبب راحت و مسرت جان و دل | We have come for work and service and not for leisure. We must render service to the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty | BDA1.166.14 | MHMD1.181 | courtesy; culture [adab]; methods of teaching the Cause; servitude; submission to God; repentance; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| ABU1330 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 240 | We have been writing this morning... You can offer services in English, and in America you can offer a better service in English. | AHF.014-015 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1294 | Words spoken on 1912-10-24 in San Francisco | 250 | We have been for a drive in the Park as far as the lake - a most beautiful spot, with lawns about it | ECN.213+500x | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; suffering and imprisonment; youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0574 | Words spoken on 1912-10-05 in San Francisco | 490 | We have been driving in your lovely park. I found it so charming that I alighted from the automobile and walked along the pathways. | ECN.092 | critique of Western values; culture; development of capacity and readiness; education and the development of capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0525 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 520 | We had these flower last year and today we see the same. We are in the habit of saying these flowers are the return | PN_1900_heh p059 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection of Muhammad; return of the Manifestations of God; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1472 | Words to Nabil-i-A'zam around 1889 | 220 | We had sought shelter in the house of My uncle, Mirza Isma'il. Tihran was in the throes of the wildest excitement. | DB.616 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1918 | Words spoken on 1913-06-17 in Port Said | 150 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در این سفر چون بلاس انجلز رسیدیم ١٢ ساعت ریاضی نصف کرهٴ ارض را طی نمودیم | We had crossed half the globe in the span of twelve hours when we arrived at Los Angeles on this journey. Had we returned by way of China, Japan, and India, we would have made a full trip around the world | BDA2.355-356 | MHMD2.473-474 | heat and motion; law of cause and effect; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| ABU0950 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17 | 320 | We had at one time very great sufferings and persecutions. We were greatly harassed at Acca. Praise be to God that you came here in the utmost joy and happiness... A Turk came here and one of the inhabitants told him | PN_1919 p023, PN_1919 p115, LAT.038-043, STAB#141 | holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; martyrs and martyrdom; music and singing; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0492 | Words spoken on 1914-02-23 | 550 | We had a person by the name of Estad Esmail. Indeed, he was peerless.... It is the duty of all the friends to help the families of the martyrs.... Indeed, Mullah Bahram is a blessed being.... Unless the souls are believers in God and assured in the verses of God, wealth causes the hearts to be hardened and without light. | SW_v09#09 p.105-106 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; suffering and imprisonment; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0339 | Words spoken on 1913-11-23 in Ramleh | 690 | We had a great teacher in this Cause by the name of ---. He lived a long life, and up to his last breath he served the Cause most faithfully. | DAS.1913-11-23 | eulogies; reminiscences; humor; jokes; moderation; frugality; simplicity; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes | - | - |
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