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| ABU2541 | Words spoken on 1914-02-16 | 80 | In the beginning of the Cause, the friends in Nayreez and Serostan were surging in activity | SW_v09#03 p.030 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3633 | Words spoken on 1914-02-16 | 10 | A cheerful countenance lends consolation to the beholder. | DAS.1914-02-16, SW_v07#18 p.186 | consolation and comfort; courtesy; culture [adab]; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0485 | Words spoken on 1914-02-17 | 550 | When the Blessed Perfection and his family were exiled from Persia, all along our way... In this Cause there is no relationship save the relationship of service | DAS.1914-02-17, SW_v08#13 p.164x, BSTW#096 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; growth of the Cause; non-participation in politics; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; rejection, opposition and persecution; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3391 | Words spoken on 1914-02-18 | 30 | His aim [Andrew Carnegie's] is good and a service to the world of humanity | DAS.1914-02-18, SW_v09#03 p.035 | love and unity; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0553 | Words spoken on 1914-02-19 | 500 | In Teheran I spoke with a scholarly gentleman and gave him the divine Message.... My happiness is in these glad tidings and victories... While we were living in Bagdad one of the most honorable men in Persian came there. He called | LOG#1981x, DAS.1914-02-19, SW_v07#16 p.155, SW_v09#03 p.035-036, STAB#109, STAB#113 | confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; power of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0248 | Words spoken on 1914-02-20 | 830 | If a person is confirmed in the accomplishment of the services of the Kingdom... Indeed the most enduring and imperishable work was performed by the disciples | DAS.1914-02-20, SW_v07#16 p.154-155x | apostles; early disciples of Christ; martyrs and martyrdom; Mary Magdalene; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1807 | Words spoken on 1914-02-20 | 170 | As long as a thing is rare and scarce, it seems more attractive and has greater value.... In the past, they used to prevent girls from learning to read and write | SW_v09#03 p.036-037 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; education of children; moral education; love of God; role and station of women; scarcity of receptive souls | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0571 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 490 | In every dispensation a number of sanctified souls have become manifest who were self-sacrificing | DAS.1914-02-22, SW_v08#13 p.162-163, SW_v09#18 p.202x | incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1053 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 300 | The friends in Bushruyah are very old. They have suffered all manner of persecutions... A large number of them were martyred in the fortress of Tabarsi. | DAS.1914-02-22 | martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1796 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 170 | Everyone must do away with false prejudices and must even go to the other churches and mosques | SW_v09#03 p.037-038 | blind imitation [taqlid]; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; fanaticism and hatred; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0700 | Words spoken on 1914-02-24 | 420 | Wealth becomes the cause of heedlessness to many souls with the exception | DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v08#02 p.019-020 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1798 | Words spoken on 1914-02-24 | 170 | Generosity, courage, faithfulness, truthfulness, etc., are all shining stars.... In this station, the souls are tested. | SW_v09#10 p.107 | martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3443 | Words spoken on 1914-02-24 | 30 | Any undertaking by the believers of God and which directly helps the promotion | DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v07#15 p.140 | East and West; communication between East and West; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1513 | Words spoken on 1914-02-27 in Haifa | 210 | The true aspect of the religion of Islam is not only misunderstood by the European missionaries and scholars, but even by the Mohamadans themselves | DAS.1914-02-27 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3053 | Words spoken on 1914-02-27 in Haifa | 50 | The Kingdom of God is like into this garden. It contains many kind of trees. In due season the trees must not only produce leaves and blossoms | DAS.1914-02-27 | bringing forth results; fruit; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1114 | Words spoken on 1914-03-01 | 290 | With what joy and transport they hastened toward the arena of martyrdom!... Bahá'u'lláh in one of his poems says: the mark of the chain | DAS.1914-03-01, SW_v08#13 p.161x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1084 | Words spoken on 1914-03-02 in Haifa | 290 | His Holiness the Báb says: 'We have put mankind in the alembic…" These souls are quickened through the Breath of the Blessed Perfection... The Holy, divine Manifestations have appeared in this world to instruct mankind in the school of morality... The foundation of praiseworthy virtues is faith. | DAS.1914-03-02, SW_v08#05 p.058x, PN_various p017 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1649 | Words spoken on 1914-03-05 | 190 | There are many kinds of roses, but this kind is the most fragrant. The extract of rose is | DAS.1914-03-05, SW_v08#13 p.177-178 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3077 | Words spoken on 1914-03-06 in Haifa | 50 | Formerly I was so accustomed that I slept in Acca in the same small room with 13 other souls, but now if there sleeps another person in my room I lie awake all night. | DAS.1914-03-06 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; disregarding bodily comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0278 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 770 | The greatest proof of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to him! - consists in the fact that he was always manifest and evident under all conditions | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.026-027x, SW_v08#13 p.178x | apostles; early disciples of Christ; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love of God; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2680 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 80 | The altar of sacrifice is the living heart of man, and not a few pieces of dead stones | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027 | love of God; spiritual transformation; symbolism; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3243 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 40 | The Bible and the Gospels are most honored in the estimation of all Bahais. One of the spiritual utterances | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x, SW_v14#02 p.055x, BSTW#207b | Christ; Christianity; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; study; deepening | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3421 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 30 | Whosoever desires to know the history of this cause and its tenets must come to us and not go to those who are prejudiced and biased | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; independent investigation of truth; reality | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0332 | Words spoken on 1914-03-16 in Haifa | 700 | Having already made firm and steadfast the shaking and doubtful apostles Mary Magdalene started on her famous journey toward Rome | DAS.1914-03-16 | Christ; Christianity; love and unity; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3213 | Words spoken on 1914-03-17 in Haifa | 40 | Christ was known by the name of the Lamb. The only means of defense that a lamb possesses are his horns. | DAS.1914-03-17 | Christ; Christianity; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0246 | Words spoken on 1914-03-23 | 830 | You are all welcomed…. For nine consecutive years the Blessed Perfection did not put his feet outside the gate | DAS.1914-03-23, SW_v08#13 p.175-176 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1719 | Words spoken on 1914-03-26 in Haifa | 180 | Regarding Family Life and Marriage | Are not men really childish? The life of men is but a few days; then death overtakes them... My home is the home of peace | COC#0859x, DAS.1914-03-26, SW_v09#03 p.039-040, SW_v12#12 p.204x, ABCC.405, VLAB.151 | B. Weber, S. Sunderland | contention and conflict; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; hospitality; love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| ABU3037 | Words spoken on 1914-04-01 | 50 | My happiness was complete in those dark days of imprisonment and vicissitude | DAS.1914-04-01, SW_v08#19 p.240 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2251 | Words spoken on 1914-04-06 | 110 | Although the Western nations have perfected the machinery of natural civilization, yet they are left behind in divine civilization. My object in taking that long journey | DAS.1914-04-06 | critique of Western values; culture; exhortations and counsels; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1859 | Words spoken on 1914-04-07 | 160 | My God ever assist and confirm you. Whenever you go to visit the Holy Tomb you must implore and supplicate that God may surround you with His invisible confirmations. | DAS.1914-04-07 | disregarding individual capacity; weakness; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; need for an educator; power of prayer; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1257 | Words spoken on 1914-04-08 | 250 | China, China, China, China-ward the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh must march! Where is that holy, sanctified Bahá'í | DAS.1914-04-08, SW_v08#03 p.037 | growth of the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3457 | Words spoken on 1914-04-08 | 20 | In the world of humanity "good intentions" is the greatest means of personal development. | DAS.1914-04-06, SW_v07#19 p.195-196 | power of imagination; thought; right intention; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3435 | Words spoken on 1914-04-09 | 30 | The world and its objects are transitory. Phenomena undergo change and transformation but God and his servants | DAS.1914-04-09, SW_v07#16 p.154 | law of transformation and change; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1505 | Words spoken on 1914-04-15 | 210 | I hope that while you are studying in this college you may so excel all other students | COC#0797x, LOG#0718x, DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v09#09 p.098-099 | excellence; distinction; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2398 | Words spoken on 1914-04-17 | 100 | You must become the shining candles of moral precepts and spiritual ideas | COC#0796x, LOG#0717x, DAS.1914-04-17, SW_v09#09 p.098 | being a source of light; guidance; excellence; distinction; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0806 | Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa | 370 | Compared with the ancient history of the world the invention of writing is of quite recent date - only a number of thousands of years. | DAS.1914-04-18 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; seven stages of creation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0834 | Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa | 360 | Generally the people of the past have forgotten the foundation of their religions and have clung to some superficial doctrines... All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity belong to the House of Justice... The Universal House of Justice has only the legislative function | DAS.1914-04-18 | contention and conflict; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Justice; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3605 | Words spoken on 1914-04-20 in Haifa | 10 | I am afraid if I breathe Mirza Ahmad will write it down. | DAS.1914-04-20 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2111 | Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias | 130 | Praise be to God that you have come into this desert and exalted the name of God | DAS.1914-05-17, SW_v08#02 p.021 | critique of Eastern values; culture; development of capacity and readiness; mindfulness; concentration; focus; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcending the material condition; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3244 | Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias | 40 | The body of man is created for this world but his heart is made for the habitation of the Holy Spirit. | DAS.1914-05-17, SW_v08#08 p.103-104 | material and spiritual existence; two books; mindfulness; concentration; focus; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1359 | Words spoken on 1914-05-19 in Tiberias | 230 | How long are you Jews going to wait for the coming of Messiah? Day and night you are praying | DAS.1914-05-19, SW_v05#08 p.122 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; proofs of the Manifestations of God; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1277 | Words spoken on 1914-05-20 in Tiberias | 250 | It has been reported many years ago that a young Moslem fell desperately in love with a beautiful Jewish girl. Of course it is forbidden in the laws of Moses to intermarry with strangers | DAS.1914-05-20 | humor; jokes; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0722 | Words spoken on 1914-05-23 in Tiberias | 410 | Life, life--let us have more life! Let us have the life of the spirit, a life which is a collective center of the beneficial forces | DAS.1914-05-23, SW_v07#18 p.179-180 | equality of men and women; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; humility; meekness; lowliness; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; priestcraft; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); service to others; to the Cause of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0891 | Words spoken on 1914-05-25 in Tiberias | 340 | The first opposers and enemies of His holiness Christ were the Pharisees and Sadducees. They were the ones who sentenced Him to death. Why? Because their belief in Christ would have closed their Talmudic shops | DAS.1914-05-25 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0962 | Words spoken on 1914-05-25 in Tiberias | 320 | From the beginning of the Cause or more definitely from the time that the Blessed Perfection was exiled... All this diffusion of the fragrances of the Cause of God, throughout the Orient | DAS.1914-05-25, SW_v08#13 p.178x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | banishment to; life in 'Akka; banishment to; life in Baghdad; banishment to; life in Constantinople; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; growth of the Cause; love of God; prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3357 | Words spoken on 1914-05-26 in Tiberias | 30 | Concerning my power: it is one bestowal of the bestowals of His Holiness Baha'o'llah | DAS.1914-05-26, SW_v08#15 p.211 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2760 | Words spoken on 1914-05-31 in Tiberias | 70 | Whenever a believer dies and leaves behind debt, the friends of God must exert themselves to pay it off. If he had left some property or real estate they may dispose of it | DAS.1914-05-31 | business; financial; property matters; charitable associations; humanitarian activities; conduct in finance and business; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1726 | Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias | 180 | Live thou in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. Do not only read them. There is a vast difference | COC#0423x, DAS.1914-06-01, SW_v07#18 p.178, BSTW#402 | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; words vs deeds | - | - |
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