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| ABU3470 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1921 in Haifa | 20 | خط جناب زین سند است جناب زین کاتب جمال مبارک بود هر لوحی که بخط اوست صحیح و درست | This is the writing of his honor Zein, who was a scribe of the Blessed Beauty. Every tablet penned by his hand is authentic and correct [3.5s] | QT105.2.039 | preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2616 | Public address given on 1913-02-17 | 80 | This is the work. All else save this has no result. Humanity must become illumined with the light of the Kingdom, otherwise all our efforts will remain fruitless. | DAS.1913-02-17 | attaining the life of the spirit; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1279 | Words to Miss Rogers, spoken on 1909-07-05 | 250 | This is the third time you have been here. It has been a great pleasure for you... Man must always associate with those from whom he can get light or be with those to whom he can give light. | SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1909 p009, PN_1909 p035, PN_1909C p083, DJT.049-050, BLO_PN#027 | bringing forth results; fruit; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2713 | Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa | 70 | این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است | This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate | MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19 | BLO_PT#216.028 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; seven stages of creation; symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1971 | Words spoken on 1916-05-09 in Haifa | 140 | این مقامی است مقام افاضه و آن تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله و ترویج تعالیم است. این من الحق الی الخلق است | This is the station of outpouring, and it is the propagation of the Cause of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God, the exaltation of the Word of God, and the promotion of His teachings. This floweth from the Truth unto creation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-09 | Manifestation of God as sun; station of the Manifestation of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0309 | Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-10-14 | 720 | این دفعه دوم است که در مجمع احبای پاریس آمدیم الحمد لله می بینم رویهای احبای | This is the second time that we have come into the gathering of the beloved friends in Paris. Praise be to God, I behold the faces of the loved ones [3.5s]... ...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah the West will have replaced the East | KHAB.076 (086), KHTB1.046, NJB_v02#14-16 p.016 | COF.030bx2x, GPB.253x, GPB.253-254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x | disregarding individual capacity; weakness; East and West; communication between East and West; growth of the Cause; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2557 | Words to professors and clergymen, spoken on 1912-09-03 | 80 | Mahmúd's Diary | اینست مقصد اهل بهآء آیا تو نمیخواهی این کار را بکنی تو هم بکوش تا عالم انسانی وحدت حقیقی یابد | This is the purpose of the people of Baha. Would you not like to serve such an ideal? I hope you will put forth effort in this direction so that the world of men may find real unity | BDA1.224.04 | SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.240 | unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0351 | Words spoken on 1916-04-29 | 670 | این نهم عید رضوانست عید جمال قدم است عید طلوع شمس حقیقت است عید بسیار بزرگ | This is the ninth Ridván, the Festival of the Ancient Beauty, the Festival of the dawning of the Sun of Truth, the Most Great Festival [3.5s] | AHB.102BE #06 p.02-03, AYT.328-331 | banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2784 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-11 | 70 | This is the most important work. This is the light of the religion of God. This sea must ever be kept tempestuous. This fountain must always flow... The Cause is the cup, teaching is the ruby wine with which the souls are intoxicated. | DAS.1914-03-11 | teaching the Cause; call to teach; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1249 | Words spoken on 1913-06-05 in Paris | 250 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این اهم و اقدم از کمالات اکتسابی است زیرا علم اکتسابی و تربیت ظاهری استعداد فطری | This is the most important of the acquired perfections, inasmuch as acquired knowledge and material education aid one's inborn disposition | BDA2.334 | MHMD2.443-444 | blind imitation [taqlid]; empty learning; false spirituality; high station of learning; priestcraft; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU1884 | Words to Mrs. C, Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24+25 | 160 | This is the Lord's supper. Sometimes the material things have a spiritual effect - for instance, music is material but has an effect over the spirit | PN_1920_heh_haifa p043 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0469 | Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-15 | 560 | This is the last day that I am meeting you, but in reality this is the first day. Although physically it is the last day, yet spiritually | DAS.1913-11-15 | infinity and eternity; law of pilgrimage; servitude; submission to God; repentance; soul; spirit after death; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2023 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-10 | 140 | This is the lake around which His Holiness Christ often walked, over which He often sailed. The site wherein He called His apostles into active service is very near. | DAS.1914-06-10 | growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2633 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-01-30 | 80 | This is the first German house built in Haifa by the leader of the colony, called Hirtik, who came here in 1870 with about 500 people | DAS.1915-01-30 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1474 | Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13 | 220 | This is the exposition of one of the great questions of Divine Wisdom which Christ has couched in this brief and simple utterance. That great question is this: | PN_1906 p033, SUR.231-232, BLO_PN#001 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; effort; striving; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3442 | Words spoken on 1913-08-02 in Ramleh | 30 | This is the day of teaching. This is the day of service. This is the day of the illumination of the world of humanity. Nothing else will give permanent result. This is our work. | DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.143, BLO_PN#007 | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3437 | Words to Emogene Hoagg spoken in 1914 | 30 | This is the day of happiness. In no time of any manifestation was there the cause for happiness as now. | SW_v13#05 p.102, PN_1914 p009 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1740 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 170 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امروز من با شما وداع میکنم لکن وداع دو قسم است یکی آنست که نفوس بعد از وداع بمرور یکدیگر را فراموش میکنند | This is the day of farewell with you. Farewell is of two kinds. The first kind of farewell is followed by forgetfulness. | BDA2.276-277 | DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.362 | bringing forth results; fruit; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||
| ABU3162 | Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart | 40 | This is the best thing; we will arrive in Stuttgart.... How attracted and enkindled are the German Bahais! | SW_v04#09 p.162 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1741 | Words to the Baha'í women, spoken on 1912-11-12 | 170 | Mahmúd's Diary | این انجمن دختران من است در خانهٴ دختر من مسس کروک لهذا از این اجتماع بسیار مسرورم خوب مجلسی است | This is the assemblage of my daughters in the home of my daughter, Mrs Krug. Therefore I am very happy with this gathering. | BDA1.369.11 | MHMD1.388 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||
| ABU3028 | Words spoken on 1911-09-23 in London | 50 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | This is the age of woman. She should receive the same education as her brother and enjoy the same privilege | AIL.081 | equality of men and women; material and spiritual existence; two books; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; role and station of women; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2268 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 | 110 | This is self-evident and is in no need of proof. For example the hand corresponds with another hand. No sooner thou takest hold of the hand of thy beloved than a world of feelings and emotions are conveyed | DAS.1914-05-10 | need for an educator; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3642 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 | 10 | This is right, this is right. | PN_unsorted p158 | spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0270 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 780 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده | This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores | ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11 | PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117 | call to action; love and unity; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| ABU2820 | Words spoken on 1913-08-06 in Ramleh | 60 | This is one of the wonders of this age, that an oriental and an occidental can meet on common ground | DAS.1913-08-06, SW_v08#10 p.136, ABIE.164, BLO_PN#007 | race unity; racial issues; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0134 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906 | 1080 | This is one of the conditions of the teachers of the Truth; he must possess pure severance, so that his words may produce such an effect on the hearers | PN_1906 p055, SUR.250-253, BLO_PN#001 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3208 | Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18 | 40 | This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means. | DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humor; jokes; personal instructions; soul; spirit after death; transcendence; unknowability of God; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3503 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 20 | This is not only the golden age but the age of Diamond. This is the Century of Lights! This is the cycle of Love. This is the glorious Down of the Sun of Reality | DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 | coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2899 | Words spoken on 1913-11 ca. in Ramleh | 60 | This is not good. Why do they stop so suddenly the wheels of evolution? The body is composed of so many elements | DAS.1913-11-04 | composition and decomposition; law of burial and cremation; law of transformation and change | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1038 | Words spoken on 1911-09-08 in London | 300 | منزل کوچک نیست باید قلوب وسعت داشته باشد | This is not a small house – it is the hearts that must be enlarged. When we first arrived in Akka… His Holiness Solomon said, "When I was a child I used to think that happiness was riding a horse or going on an outing. | KHAB.052 (060), KHTB1.016 | STAB#039x, ABS#04 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love of God; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2798 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. C. et al, spoken on 1919-12-18 | 70 | This is not a correct translation. I wrote that his highness the Supreme (Báb) was the forerunner like John the Baptist, like the dawn. The Blessed Beauty is the sun and I am ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and no one should go beyond that. | PN_1919 p038 | John the Baptist; teaching the Cause; call to teach; twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0108 | Words spoken ca. 1913 | 1200 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | This is my second visit to Paris and I meet you with great joy. On a third visit to Europe I hope to see a brilliant flame | COC#2138x, ADP.079-086 | education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; growth of the Cause; independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; universal education; universal language; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2850 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10 | 60 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | کم است نسبت بامریکا هر چند مصارف انگلند کمتر است ولی باز اُجرت مزدوران | This is little compared to America. Though expenses are lower in England, still their workers' wages are too low | BDA2.015 | MHMD2.018 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing | - | - | |||||
| ABU0482 | Words to travellers from the East, Port Said, 1913-06-27 | 550 | Translation List | فی الحقیقه خوب مجلسی است بهتر از این نمیشود حاضرین از احبای الهی در کمال توجه | This is indeed a good gathering; it does not get any better than this. With rapt attention to God, His loved ones in attendance here are seated next to one another | BRL_DAK#0771, AMK.293-295, AVK2.205.12x, KHF.051, KHAB.447 (447), KHTB3.029, NJB_v04#10 p.002 | ADMS#219 | eulogies; reminiscences; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||
| ABU1520 | Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 | 210 | This is indeed a blessed meeting, for the East and the West are joined here in love and harmony. This was the will of the Blessed Perfection. | PN_1904 p089 | East and West; communication between East and West; Manifestation of God as sun; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0350 | Lecture Given at a Studio in Paris: Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-11-27 | 670 | Paris Talks | این منزل محفلی است بهائی محفل بهائی هر جا تاسیس شد روز بروز اتساع یافت و سبب | This is in truth a Baha'í house. Every time such a house or meeting place is founded it becomes one of the greatest aids to the general development | KHTB1.221 | PT#24 p.069 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0305 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-22 | 730 | This is childish play. They did these things so that the English would not evacuate.... On the way to Akka the rest of us went ashore at Alexandria | PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p155, LAT.097-101 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; rejection, opposition and persecution; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3641 | Words spoken on 1907-04-15 | 10 | This is but the imagination of mankind. | BSTW#211a | demons and evil spirits; occult sciences; psychic phenomena; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2430 | Words to two Japanese Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | این از وقوعات تاریخیه است و از امور خارق العاده که شخصی ایرانی با نفوس جاپانی در سانفرانسیسکو | This is an historic event. It is out of the ordinary that an Iranian should meet Japanese people in San Francisco with such love and harmony. | BDA1.287.02 | MHMD1.304 | power of the Manifestation of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU3121 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 40 | این رمز است مانند آن که طواف کعبه را باید در وقت معینی و محل | This is an emblem, even as the circumambulation of the Sacred House must needs be performed at an appointed time and place [3.5s] | KHH2.294a | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; spiritual transformation; symbolism | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2796 | Words spoken on 1914-06-14 in Tiberias | 70 | This is all very good! I hope many such useful articles will appear in the press of America and Europe. The mass of humanity must be informed | DAS.1914-06-14 | methods of teaching the Cause; newspapers and the media; publications; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0192 | Public address given on 1912-05-06 | 930 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | This is a very joyous evening, an evidence in itself of the possibility of uniting the East and the West | BDA1.074n | PUP#042 (p.101-103), SW_v03#04 p.029+031-032, SW_v13#12 p.324 | East and West; communication between East and West; oneness; unity of religion; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; war and peace; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | MHMD1.082 | |||||
| ABU1575 | Words at a wedding, spoken on 1920-11-18 | 200 | This is a very happy evening, one of joy. In one respect it is a wedding night | PN_1920 p082, PN_1920_heh p023 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0129 | Public address given on 1912-06-16 | 1090 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children | BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032 | William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony | education of children; moral education; love and unity; Manifestation of God as sun; martyrs and martyrdom; oneness; unity of religion; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0259 | Address to the Baha'is at MacNutt home in New York, 1912-06-16 | 800 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | This is a splendid gathering, a meeting of the maidservants of the Merciful and the beloved of God | LOG#1377x, PUP#070 (p.194-197), SW_v03#10 p.017-019 | astrology and numerology; development of capacity and readiness; growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; praise and encouragement; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2042 | Words to Mrs. Tatum, spoken on 1912-08-21 | 130 | Mahmúd's Diary | این علامت ترقی است ان کس که خود راضی است شیطانست و انکه راضی نیست مظهر رحمن | This is a sign of progress. The person who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan and the one who is not satisfied is the manifestation of the Merciful One. | AVK3.097.17x, MAS5.138, YHA2.856-857, GTB.142-143x, BDA1.200.17 | SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.216-217 | progress only takes place within its own degree; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU0506 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13 | 530 | This is a prison and in prison one cannot find rest. Whatever it may be, this is a prison | TTAG.013-016, BLO_PN#101 | effort; striving; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0907 | Words to a group of believers, 1906-05-23 | 340 | This is a plain meal, uniform and the same to all. Simplicity and plainness are good, not only in food, but even in dress | SUR.263 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; moderation; frugality; simplicity; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3283 | Words spoken on 1913-02-06 in Paris | 30 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این عصر عصر دیگر است و اقتضای آن اقتضای دیگر احکام عصر سابق این قرن عظیم را کفایت نکند | this is a new era with unprecedented exigencies… the laws of a former age will not suffice this momentous century… the spiritual laws--which is to say secondary religious laws--must be renewed, and divine truths revitalized | BDA2.123 | MHMD2.153 | changing and unchanging parts of religion; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | |||||
| ABU0126 | Public address given on 1912-04-12 | 1100 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient | BDA1.030n | PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x | Christ; Christianity; crucifixion; ascension of Christ; love and unity; martyrdom of the Bab; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.039 |
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