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| ABU1208 | Words spoken on 1913-06-07 in Paris | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان در اموریکه راجع بتحسین صفات و تعدیل اخلاق است و سبب علو و صعود بمقامات عالیهٴ | In matters that pertain to the improvement of one's qualities and the moderation of one's character, or such things as will elevate one to lofty and exalted stations, people have free will | BDA2.339 | MHMD2.450-451 | education and the development of capacity; free will and predestination; fate; power of faith; power of the spirit; religion as reality; definitions of religion; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| ABU1209 | Words to Mr Remey and Mr Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-15 | 260 | ای را بدانید که هر کسی در آمریکا به اسم من بخواهد پول جمع کند ابدا تعلقی به ما ندارد | When you return to America say to all the believers in my behalf that whenever a person comes to that country | KHH1.112 (1.157) | KHHE.171-172fn, DAS.1914-10-15, SW_v07#13 p.122, PN_1914 p085 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; service to others; to the Cause of God; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1210 | Words to some Persians living in Paris, spoken on 1913-05-05 | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حیات انسان خیلی عزیز است انسان باید این حیات عزیز را در امری عظیم صرف نماید | The life of man is very precious; so he must spend it in a precious cause. To study the sciences of commerce, agriculture and medicine is very praiseworthy but to concentrate all our time on such things is not good. | BDA2.285 | DAS.1913-05-05, MHMD2.375-376 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; work as worship | - | - | |||||
| ABU1211 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01 | 260 | در این ایام حسن سیاست و تدابیر لازم است مردمان با تدبیر نیستند در جنگ روس و ایران | In these days, wise and sound policies are needed in political affairs, but leaders are not prudent. In the Russian-Iranian War, Iran was defeated | KHH1.132 (1.182-183) | KHHE.198-199, STAB#145 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1212 | 260 | در روز سیزده حزیران پس از زیارت روضه مبارکه در عکا هیکل مبارک مرا با خود بردند به باغ فردوس | On the thirteenth day of June, following the visitation of the Holy Shrine in Akka, the Blessed Beauty took me with Him to the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | YIK.299, ZIAB2.120-121 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1214 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 260 | من امروز خیلی خسته هستم امروز مفتی قنسول و دیگران آمدند چقدر بد گذشت | Today I am greatly wearied, for the Mufti, the Consul and others came, and how grievously did the day pass [3.5s] | KHH2.265-267 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1215 | Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji | 260 | من کار لازمی دارم در عکا می روم و برمی گردم، شماها باشید. سوار الاغ شده تشریف بردند. نزدیک ظهر اسفندیار | Lo, I have pressing work in 'Akká, and shall go forth and return; remain ye here. Thus did He mount upon the donkey and depart. It was nigh unto noon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-10 | stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1216 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17 | 260 | I remember the time we were in America. There were several of us traveling. Those were good days. They were all full of the commemoration of God... Nothing but the religion of God can solve the economic problems. | PN_1919 p023, PN_1919 p121, LAT.043-051, STAB#091 | future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; maintainance of degrees in society; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; unity; oneness of humanity; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1217 | Words to Mr Michel and others, spoken on 1915-05-10 | 260 | When I was travelling in Europe and America I attended some concerts and oratorios and was delighted with the progress of the vocal and instrumental art in those parts... At one time I was walking along the shores of the Euphrates. Absorbed in my thought I suddenly heard | DAS.1915-05-10 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; banishment to; life in Constantinople; excellence; distinction; music and singing; predictions and prophecies; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1218 | Words spoken on 1914-10-12 in Haifa | 260 | The present condition of the Baha'i Cause in Germany is most satisfactory... Some of the German friends have asked that victory be given to Germany. We are not interfering with either party... May they attain to such heights of altruism as to be ready to sacrifice their lives for each other! | DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v07#18 p.188x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; growth of the Cause; love and unity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1219 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-13 | 260 | There are many people who enter this Cause with some preconceived ideas and finding that their ideas cannot be engrafted | DAS.1914-08-13, PN_1914 p018, BSTW#295 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1220 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 260 | I wish that I could be with you always, but my time is not my own. Yet my heart is with you. The important thing is to be with each other in union of the heart. | AELT.211-212 | effort; striving; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual transformation; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1221 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 260 | All things have qualities which are created with them—which are innate in them. The brilliance of the stars, the beauty of the trees | AELT.201-203 | development of capacity and readiness; knowledge; recognition of God; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; need for an educator; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; station of the Manifestation of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1222 | Words to President of the Touranian Society, Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-12 | 260 | Your aim, of course, is the realization of Universal Peace, but with what power or with what executive force will you be able to bring it about? In the matter of universal peace a great, universal Power is necessary, which we may name a "Universal Collective Center" | DAS.1913-04-12 | nationalism; love of country; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of governments; political unity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1223 | Words to a young girl from Scotland studying painting, spoken on 1913-05-07 | 260 | His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has commanded the study of arts and crafts; that when we undertake the study of any branch of arts we must perfect ourselves in it | DAS.1913-05-07 | bringing oneself to account each day; high station of the arts and sciences; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1224 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-30 | 260 | We are hedged in from all directions. The roads of correspondence are all blocked and it is impossible to receive or send any news. | DAS.1915-01-30 | being a source of light; guidance; East and West; communication between East and West; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1225 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good. | BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; humility; meekness; lowliness; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; second birth; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1226 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-28 | 260 | Prayer and Devotional Life | انسان در متعالی ترین شکل نیایش خود فقط به منظور ابراز عشق و محبت به حضرت | Man becomes like a stone unless he continually supplicates to God. The heart of man is like a mirror... There are many subjects which are difficult for man to solve... In the highest prayer... When a man falls in love with a human being | COMP_PDLP#28x | BRL_PDL#28x, COC#1756x, LOG#1512x, SW_v08#04 p.042-043x, SW_v14#06 p.167x, AELT.216-217x, PN_1900 p023, PN_1900 p053, PN_1900 p124, PN_1900_heh p009, BNE.095x, BSTW#169e, BSTW#326x | MANA | human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; importance of prayer; love of God; power of prayer; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| ABU1227 | Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-10 | 260 | Persia will become luminous. Her future grandeur shall by far eclipse her past recorded glory. | DAS.1913-11-10 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1228 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-04-23 | 260 | I have often repeated that kissing the hands, the feet and kneeling and bowing are strictly forbidden in the Bahá'í Dispensation. These are old, archaic customs of the religious East | DAS.1914-04-23 | human reality created in the image of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; rejection, opposition and persecution; Satan; the Evil One; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1229 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-09 | 260 | This is a meeting, the members of which are strung together like pearls, and all the pearls are brilliant, for all are Bahá'ís. | SW_v05#06 p.090, MAB.064-065 | call to action; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1230 | Words spoken on 1913-11-12 in Port Said | 260 | Belief without the test is not worth having.... Give your children a manual profession, something by which they may be able to | DAS.1913-11-12, SW_v09#09 p.097x, SW_v07#15 p.144x | critique of Eastern values; culture; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; empty learning; false spirituality; oneness; unity of religion; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1231 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-15 | 260 | Now that thou art departing for India I desire that thou mayest become like unto a rose garden to perfume the nostrils of al the people. | DAS.1913-11-15 | spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1232 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12 | 260 | The Bible and the Holy Books of other religions must always be studied and be read in the Bahá'í meetings. Their study will widen the circle of one's information | DAS.1914-02-12 | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; methods of teaching the Cause; review of publications; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1233 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-19 | 260 | All the Bahá'í books are being preserved in boxes and in these days I have no inclination of opening them. In former years month after month I worked from sunrise till midnight | DAS.1915-05-19 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1234 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-04-30 | 260 | I am leaving tomorrow for Tiberias. I am leaving because you have persisted so much... In the Cause we must give up all pleasures and recreation for the sake of service | DAS.1914-04-30 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1235 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-23 | 260 | It is rare, but the moonlight nights are more wonderful. The air is clear, the moon shines so perfectly that one does not care to sleep | PN_1919 p032, PN_1919 p171, LAT.111-112 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1237 | Words spoken on 1920-02-15 | 260 | You must think now of spiritual affairs. Try to enlighten the morals and try to spread | SW_v11#12 p.224-225 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1238 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. | BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 | angels; law of transformation and change; spiritual transformation; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1239 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 260 | Each one has in his environment a treasure. Let him seek that treasure eagerly, search for it with patience | SW_v02#14 p.007+014-015 | development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1240 | Words spoken on 1913-08-25 in Ramleh | 260 | The thoughts of the statesmen of the East are atrophied, and their hearts devoid of desire for the progress of the nation. Their ideas are petty | DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.237, BLO_PN#007 | critique of Eastern values; culture; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1241 | Address to the Baha'is at Sanatorium of Dr. Swingle in Cleveland, 1912-05-06 | 260 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | This is a beautiful city; the climate is pleasant; the views are charming. All the cities of America... Now this American nation is a revered nation, and presents great and deserved | BDA1.074n | PUP#043 (p.104), SW_v03#06 p.005-006, SW_v13#12 p.343 | development of capacity and readiness; praise of Western values; culture; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | MHMD1.082 | |||||
| ABU1242 | Words spoken on 1913-07-03 in Port Said | 260 | The soul of man must be happy, no matter where he is. One must attain to that condition of inward beatitude and peace | DAS.1913-07-03, SW_v07#16 p.161-162, ABIE.014, PN_1914 p009x, BLO_PN#007 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; banishment to; life in 'Akka; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; study; deepening; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1243 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | this would depend upon the respective stations of the two. If both had the same degree of development, they would be reunited immediately after death. | AIL.074 | differences in human capacity; education and the development of capacity; soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1244 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | I know of your work. I think a great deal of it. I know your desire is to serve mankind, and to draw together Humanity | AIL.108 | empty learning; false spirituality; humility; meekness; lowliness; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1245 | Words spoken on 1912-10-11 in San Francisco | 260 | Praise be to God we are in receipt of good news from the Orient. The Orient is exhilarated. The fire of the love of God is ignited everywhere. | ECN.121 | growth of the Cause; law of pilgrimage; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1246 | Words spoken to Bishop Burg at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15 | 250 | الحمد لله ترقیات مادیه در این بلاد حاصل است ولکن مدنیت مادیه تنها کفایت نکند | Praise be unto God that material progress hath been achieved in these lands; yet material civilization alone sufficeth not [3.5s] | AMK.292-293, KHTB2.025, NJB_v04#10 p.001 | critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1247 | Words to the believers, spoken on 1914-07-15 | 250 | The Holy Spirit is the only power which will ultimately unite and harmonize the races and nations of the world. | DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v08#08 p.101 | power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1248 | Words spoken on 1913-04-12 in Budapest to members of the Turanian Society | 250 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امیدوارم قوه ای بیابید که بسبب آن در الفت و اتحاد نفوس مؤثر شوید و ترویج صلح | I hope you may acquire a power that will enable you to effectively unite and harmonize the various peoples | BDA2.233-234 | MHMD2.302-303 | nationalism; love of country; non-participation in politics; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU1250 | Conversation with Hans Springer, Haifa, 1914-06-30 | 250 | آیا تو همیشه روی زمین سفر مینمائی در فکر آن نیستی که سفری بآسمان کنی | Thou art welcome. Where didst thou come from?... Dost thou travel always on the surface of the earth? | ZSM.1914-06-30 | DAS.1914-06-30, SW_v07#03 p.020-022, SW_v07#18 p.178, PN_unsorted p024 | Christ; Christianity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual transformation; universal language | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1251 | Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart | 250 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید فضل و عنایت حضرت بهآءالله چه کرده ما کجا و شما کجا چگونه ما را در یک بساط | Behold what the grace and bounty of Baha'u'llah have done! Observe where we are and where you are | BDA2.209-210 | MHMD2.269-270 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; growth of the Cause; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1252 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 250 | بلی چنین است این آخوند همیشه ورد زبانش یا لیتنی کنت معک فافوز فوزاًعظیما بود ولی چون خودرا در صحرای کربلا | Yea, verily, such was this divine that forever upon his tongue were the words "Would that I had been with Thee, that I might have attained a most great triumph," yet when he found himself upon the plain of Karbila [3.5s] | KHMT.080-081 | episodes from the early history of Islam; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1253 | Words spoken on 1915-05-24 | 250 | DAS.1915-05-25 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1254 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 250 | جرجس الجمال کان من اهل العقل و الوداد و لکنه کان پرتستانی متعصب عنید مرة طلبت مثه ارض الصنوبر | ASAT2.091-093, KHH1.324 (1.451-452) | business; financial; property matters; humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1255 | Words spoken on 1913-08-04 in Ramleh | 250 | Last Friday I went to the Mosque of Sidi Jahar. There were many Mullahs. One of them started to pray while another began to chant the verses of the Koran. | DAS.1913-08-04, ABIE.155, BLO_PN#007 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1256 | Words spoken on 1914-08-08 | 250 | These dreadful events are as warnings on the part of God:--so that they may quicken the people | DAS.1914-08-08, SW_v05#12 p.177+186 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; prayer for peace and unity; prayer for spiritual recognition; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| 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] | - | - |
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