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| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1303 | Words spoken on 1912-09-21 in Omaha | 240 | Mahmúd's Diary | تا بحال انچه واقع شده جمیع سبب اعلآء امر الله بود مهاجرت جمال مبارک از طهران و حرکت از بغداد | Up to now, whatever has occurred has had the effect of spreading the Cause of God. | BDA1.262.01 | MHMD1.280 | banishments of Baha'u'llah; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| 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 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; goodly deeds; actions; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1602 | Words spoken on 1913-06-11 in Paris | 80 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | تا دولت و ملت مانند شهد و شیر آمیخته نگردند نجاح و فلاح ممتنع و محال است | Until the government [of Persia] and its people become commingled, even as milk and honey, their success and prosperity will remain entirely unattainable | BDA2.345-346 | MHMD2.459 | non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority; past, present and future of Iran; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people; unity of governments; political unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1830 | Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22 | 160 | Mahmúd's Diary | تا حال واقع نشده که از شرق شخصی بغرب بیابد محض انبعاثات وجدانی و ملاقات دوستان الهی | Until now it never happened that someone from the East, impelled by the promptings of his conscience, should come to the West to see the friends of God... A great war and commotion shall inevitably take place | BDA1.325.14 | MHMD1.344 | present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||
| ABU1902 | 160 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | Until now it has been said that all religions were composed of tenets that had to be accepted, even if they seems contrary to science. | ADP.102-103 | harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; priestcraft; the mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0144 | Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa | 1050 | لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند | Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s] | NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of example; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; knowledge; recognition of God; religion as reality; definitions of religion; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2795 | Words to Mr King from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24 | 70 | Unless a man give his whole thought to a subject, he cannot comprehend it fully. He must give his mind to the thing, be free, and then he will understand it. | MAB.083 | effort; striving; independent investigation of truth; reality; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; study; deepening | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2967 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-10-30 | 50 | Universal Peace is the best panacea for the diseases of the Islamic world | DAS.1913-10-30 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1409 | Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt | 230 | Unity is love. It cannot be established without love. Therefore try, as far as possible, to be filled with love. | SW_v08#10 p.121, BLO_PN#002 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; love of God; pain of love; love as veil; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2783 | Words spoken on 1914-01-14 | 70 | Unity is an ideal which is confirmed by the Almighty. When I hear the believers are united I am most happy. The Spirit of Baha'o'llah overshadows those souls | DAS.1914-01-14 | call to unity; prohibition of disunity; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0483 | Address to women's gathering at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-19 | 550 | Undoubtedly you must be happy; if you are not happy, then who should be happy?... In all the former dispensations, men were considered superior to women. | BSTW#108 | call to action; equality of men and women; prophecy and fulfillment; role and station of women; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2782 | Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1913-12-29 | 70 | Under what tumultuous times the foundation of this divine structure was laid! Owing to the false reports | DAS.1913-12-29 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Ottoman commissions of investigation; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2931 | Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-09 | 60 | Under all circumstances, I am happy and well. I am never unwell. The body of man is the result of the composition of the elements and these elements are constantly at war with each other. | DAS.1913-05-09 | composition and decomposition; material and spiritual existence; two books; relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2093 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22 | 130 | Under all circumstances man must turn his face toward God and overlook the shortcomings of others, so that he may prosper in his affairs. There are some people who would go any length | DAS.1915-04-22 | apostles; early disciples of Christ; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1180 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 270 | Two or three years ago He wrote to some of the believers in America and also to Dr. Kheiralla, stating these events | PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p043 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; predictions and prophecies; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3666 | 490 | دو مسئله است یکی عصمت کبری و یکی مسئله علم باری جمیع اینها بر دو قسم است | Two matters there are: one being the Most Great Infallibility, and the other being the question of divine knowledge. All these are divided into two parts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0730 | education of children; moral education; House of Justice; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0829 | 360 | عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم که دشمنی در حق دوستان دارد | Two kinds of enmity there are: one is religious enmity, and one is personal enmity of the self that beareth rancor against the friends [3.5s] | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0348 | Words spoken on 1915-03-28 | 680 | معرکه شده است دنیا بهم خورده است در کارند که همه بجان همدیگر بریزند | Tumult hath seized the earth, chaos reigneth, and all souls are moved to rise up one against another [3.5s] | KHF.071, KHAB.455 (456), KHTB3.040, NJB_v05#12 p.003 | present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; supreme tribunal; war and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2295 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf | BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164 | human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; love of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3624 | 10 | Truth (the highest truth) is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy Spirit. | SW_v08#08 p.098 | being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2894 | Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 | 60 | Trust thou wholly in God, and be entirely detached from this world. Then the comfort of this world also will be thine. All these men that thou art beholding | DAS.1913-12-03 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; high station of the true believer; love and unity; The Holy Spirit; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3108 | 50 | Truly I say unto thee, every maidservant who arises in this day in the mystery of sacrifice in the path of God | SW_v07#12 p.115-116 | angels; praise and encouragement; role and station of women; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0646 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-03 | 450 | Truly I say this is the most prodigious catastrophe and the most ill-boding calamity which has ever taken place on this globe. According to a number of reports already more than 2 million souls are killed or wounded. | DAS.1915-02-03 | call to action; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0444 | Words spoken on 1914-02-13 | 580 | فی الحقیقه صعود حضرت ابی الفضائل بلیه ای بود از برای اهل بها در جمیع ممالک دنیا | Truly I say the departure of Mirza Abdu'l-Fazl is an irretrievable loss for the people of Baha. | NJB_v05#01 p.005 | DAS.1914-02-13 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eulogies; reminiscences; high station of learning; humility; meekness; lowliness; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0743 | Words spoken on 1914-01-18 | 400 | Truly I say if at every moment we praise Baha'o'llah a hundred thousand times for His bounties and gifts, we shall be unable to express adequately | DAS.1914-01-18 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise of Western values; culture; teaching the Cause; call to teach; thankfulness; gratitude; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1323 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 | 240 | Truly I say I am well satisfied with both of you... There are many heralds in this world. Here is a herald who summons the people to the love and defense of his country | DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v05#14 p.216-217, SW_v08#16 p.217-218, PN_1914 p100 | call to action; growth of the Cause; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0272 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-02 | 780 | Truly God has created all the beings, but has created them that they may be educated. And every existing being is endowed with two perfections - creative and educative. | PN_1900 p027, PN_1900 p050, BSTW#169h | education and the development of capacity; light and darkness; man's distinction from the animal; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; need for an educator; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; universal education | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2828 | Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris | 60 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اهمیت در حالات و شئون روحانی است اگر شما منجذب بنفحات روحانی باشید | True significance lies in states of spirituality. Should you all be captivated by the sweet savours of spirituality, then I shall always be with you | BDA2.182 | MHMD2.231 | growth of the Cause; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| ABU2646 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 80 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | True Religion has nothing to do with human imagination. God's Will is independent of human opinion. Personal ideas and mere human prejudice are the great obstacles to spiritual growth. | TDLA.009-010, BLO_PN#104 | religion as reality; definitions of religion; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; servitude; submission to God; repentance; unity in diversity; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0472 | 560 | True happiness is found in purity of thought. Whenever I look into your radiant faces I am made most happy because your thoughts are pure | SW_v13#05 p.102-104 | education of children; moral education; high station of learning; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2379 | Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris | 100 | Travelling is a very good thing. It opens the eyes and broadens the horizon. In the East one may behold vast and desert places where once lay peopled towns | PN_1911 p017 | growth of the Cause; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2271 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18 | 110 | Tonight they are holding the Feast of Elijah on the top of Mount Carmel, in memory of his ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire. | DAS.1914-07-18 | empty learning; false spirituality; Mount Carmel; oneness; unity of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0682 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28 | 430 | Tonight the weather is very cool. It conduces one to sleep. Sleep is one of the greatest gifts of God... The gift is not noticed as long as it exists but when it disappears | DAS.1914-12-28 | stories; anecdotes; things are known by their opposites | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0713 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1909-07-11 | 410 | Tonight is a beautiful night because, Praise be to God, the believers of America and Persia are joined here at one table. This is one of the great fruits of the Word of God. | PN_1909 p021, PN_1909 p057, PN_1909C p111, DJT.108-110, BLO_PN#027 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; East and West; communication between East and West; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0223 | Public address given on 1912-04-18 | 870 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت | Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia | BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n | BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171 | MANA | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; banishments of Baha'u'llah; early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; human reality created in the image of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; suffering and imprisonment; the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace | - | - | MHMD1.046-047 | |||
| ABU0054 | The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10 | 1510 | Paris Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است | Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature. | BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x | PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x | composition and decomposition; soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||
| ABU0882 | Public address given on 1912-04-18 | 340 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید | Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends | BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n | PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; stories; anecdotes; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | MHMD1.047 | ||||
| ABU0404 | Public address to Congress of East-West Relations, spoken on 1912-04-20 | 610 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | امشب من نهایت سرور دارم که در همچو مجمع و محفلی وارد شدم من شرقی هستم | Tonight I am most happy, for I have presented myself to an audience like unto this | BRL_DAK#0711, AMK.309-311, PYB#159 p.44, DUR4.034x, DUR1.100x, MJMJ1.093x, MMG2#178 p.206x, MJH.038ax, KHF.033, KHTB2.030, BDA1.040n | BRL_ATE#185x, PUP#014 (p.035-037), SW_v03#03 p.008-009, SW_v15#08 p.235-236, SW_v19#03 p.087, ADMS#052 | unknown | need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; praise of Western values; culture; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of governments; political unity | - | - | MHMD1.049 | |||
| ABU0607 | Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool | 470 | Tonight I am exceedingly happy to find myself in an assembly, the members of which are a recognized factor in philanthropy | SW_v03#17 p.004-005 | martyrs and martyrdom; oneness; unity of religion; prayer for peace and unity; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0736 | Words spoken on 1912-06-19 in New York | 400 | فردا من میخواهم بمونت کلر بروم امروز روز آخر است باز مراجعت خواهم کرد لهذا | Tomorrow I wish to go to Montclair. Today is the last day in which we gather together with you... In former cycles no distinct Covenant has been made… | AMK.261-262, AVK4.288ax | COC#0224x, SW_v04#14 p.237-238, SW_v03#14 p.009-010, SW_v05#15 p.227-228, SW_v08#14 p.187-188, SW_v09#13 p.139+147, SW_v12#14 p.227-228, BSTW#052q | duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1213 | Words spoken ca. 1915 | 260 | رفتیم با آقا میرزا حیدر علی بگردیم دیدیم جمعیت زیادی روبه کوه میروند فردا شب عید مارالیاس است | Together with Áqa Mírza Haydar-‘Alí, we went for a stroll. We saw a large multitude going up the mountain, as the next evening was a festivity in honor of Saint Elijah | KHH1.288 (1.401-402) | KHHE.415-416 | empty learning; false spirituality; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||
| ABU3674 | 250 | Today, this man [Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí] has done such a deed and written in such wise that Mutisarrif Pasha wanted to use his statement as evidence to uproot Us completely. He has written | AFNAN.215-216 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; law of inheritance; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1968 | Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 140 | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز اعظم علاج عاجل و تریاق فاروقی که حکیم الهی تجویز فرموده وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومیست | Today, the greatest and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity | BDA1.296.06 | MHMD1.314 | Christian doctrine and practice; harmony of science and religion; literal interpretation; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0674 | Words spoken on 1914-06-29 in Haifa | 430 | Today, the friends of God are the illuminated candles of the world of humanity | SW_v09#11 p.130 | being a source of light; guidance; characteristics and conduct of true believers; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - |
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