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| ABU1308 | Words spoken on 1915-10-03 in Haifa | 240 | ما تسلیمیم، اگر انسان تسلیم نباشد آن وقت گیر امتحانات می افتد. لنبلونکم بشئ من الخوف و الجوع و نقص | We are submissive. Should man fail to submit, he will verily fall into the trials and tribulations. We shall surely try you with something of fear and hunger and loss [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-03 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1309 | 240 | مظاهر الهیه گاهی حکم میکنند به موجب ادله ظاهره یعنی مسائل را ظاهرا میگیرند | The Divine Manifestations do at times pronounce judgement according to outward proofs, that is to say, They take matters in their apparent aspect [3.5s] | YIK.301, ZIAB2.211-212 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1310 | Words spoken on 1916-06-07 in Haifa | 240 | معلوم است بعضی الوان هستند که مفرح قلب است و سبب ترقی احساسات، مثلاً رنگ سبز سبب سکون | Be thou assured that certain colors exist which gladden the heart and conduce to the elevation of feelings; as, for example, the hue of green which bringeth tranquility [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-07 | power of imagination; thought; right intention; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; symbolism of color and light; the mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1311 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 240 | من در مجالس سانفرانسیسکو خیلی میرفتم یک روز یک جمعیتی پیش من | [He spoke one night about when He visited San Francisco, where He went to various meetings and gatherings of the friends and others.] | KNR.064-065 | KNRE.073 | teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1312 | Words spoken on 1913-03-29 in Paris | 240 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من طفل بودم بسن نُه سالگی در بحبوحه بلایا و هجوم اعداء از بس سنگ بخانه ما | I was a child, nine years old. In the thick of those calamities, when the enemy attacked, they stoned our house | BDA2.205-206 | MHMD2.263-264, BW_v13p1188, ABCC.009-010 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| ABU1313 | Words spoken on 1912-12-17 in London | 240 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | همیشه در مقابل انبیا خلق میگفتند که بر حسب افکار و آمال خود بکیف مشغول بودیم | Whenever a prophet would appear, people would say to them, 'We were enjoying ourselves in accordance with our own thoughts and desires…' … In the world of humanity, love is a manifestation of the splendour of God | BDA2.028 | MHMD2.032, BW_v13p1187x, VLAB.124x | call to action; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; outward and inward meanings; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1314 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 240 | In the Koran there is a verse which speaks of the 'lowest point of the low' as being the station of man. If we represent creation by a circle, at the top of it is God the creator | PN_1901 p015, NRMM.228-229 | arcs of ascent and descent; living waters; water of life; man's distinction from the animal; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1315 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-19 | 240 | Ah! Thou art carrying in thy hand a rosary! With the Mohamadans it has become a habit to play with the rosary all the time. | DAS.1915-03-19 | empty learning; false spirituality; independent investigation of truth; reality; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; religious rituals minimized or eliminated | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1316 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 240 | Once it was said that the plant had a spirit and the spirit of the plant is the name which was given to it... They are simply the results of the combination of the elements, and when they die nothing remains of them. | PN_1901 p023 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; man's distinction from the animal; power of the mind over nature; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1317 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts | BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1318 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06 | 240 | Whatever there is in the world of contingency is a symbol of the spiritual world; whatever there is on the earth is a symbol of heavenly things. | PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p034, TTAW.004-005, BLO_PN#102 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; empty learning; false spirituality; material world a reflection of the spiritual; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1319 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-08 | 240 | You are not accustomed to Persian food. America and Europe are like unto the dawn of the sun of reality, just at the beginning of the morning. | FRGA.010 | bringing forth results; fruit; growth of the Cause; high station of learning; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1320 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 240 | Happiness is of two kinds: physical, possessed by animals and men, and spiritual, which is known only by those men who have attained to holiness. | AELT.207-209 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1321 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-11 | 240 | In the Persian language they call America the new world. This is a very good name. This new Revelation will be the cause of America becoming a new world. | TTAG.007-008, BLO_PN#101 | growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1322 | Words spoken on 1913-11-03 in Ramleh | 240 | The law of Peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of Peace. The Angels of Peace are hovering above our heads. | DAS.1913-11-03, PN_1913-14_heh p013 | call to action; firmness in the Covenant; high station of the true believer; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; unity of governments; political unity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1324 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Pray that your hearts may be cut from yourselves and from the world, that you may be confirmed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the fire of the love of God.... I say unto you that anyone who will arise in the cause of God... And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant... This is the balance | BSC.503 #970x, SW_v08#05 p.057-058x, SW_v12#16 p.250x, AEP.039-040, NRMM.164-165x, MAX.080x, BLO_PN#031 | T. Price, The Badasht Project, T. Nosrat, Juliet & Amelia, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 4] | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; nearness and remoteness; power of faith; power of the spirit; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1325 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10 | 240 | There is an attractive power in everything in the world, which is called the possibility of receiving the power of progress.... By being severed from the world I do not mean holding in contempt the things of the world | SW_v08#06 p.063x, PN_1904 p017, PN_1904 p051, PN_1907 p077, TTAW.023, BLO_PN#102 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; development of capacity and readiness; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1326 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 240 | Children are of two kinds: Those capable of distinguishing and those incapable of distinguishing (right and wrong). Now, this child is too young to have the power of distinguishing | PN_1906 p085, SUR.238-239, BLO_PN#001 | education of children; moral education; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1327 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken on 1908-10-02 | 240 | Tell the believers I send them my greetings and love, that I love them very much; that they must occupy themselves with the thought of the eternal world | PN_1908 p002 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love and unity; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1328 | Words to Jinab-i-Sina, spoken on 1913-10-23 | 240 | I have written the Tablets for all the persons thou hast asked. But thou art a manifest book. Like unto a speaking book thou must return. | DAS.1913-10-23 | sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1329 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 240 | I am tired with the inactivity of these days. Our precious time has become unprofitable and valueless... The constant presentation of reiteration of worldly talk wears away the sharp edge of the spiritual susceptibilities | DAS.1915-05-06 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; call to action; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; stories; anecdotes; symbolism; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1331 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05 | 240 | There are two kinds of changes and alterations. One causes descent and one ascent. The one which causes descent is not good | PN_1909 p010, PN_1909 p036, PN_1909C p088, DJT.053-054, BLO_PN#027 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; differences in human capacity; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1332 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-20 | 240 | A few days before His departure Bahá'u'lláh called me into His bedroom and commanded me to gather together all His writings and Tablets... After the ascension, Mohamad Ali stole all the writings which were entrusted to me | DAS.1913-06-20 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1333 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1904-04-27 | 240 | God possesses the attributes of both justice and mercy. Justice demands that bounty be given to all equally | PN_1904 p084 | development of capacity and readiness; differences in human capacity; diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; justice and mercy; knowledge; recognition of God; many are called but few are chosen; Mary Magdalene; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1334 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906 | 240 | Infallibility is of two kinds; 1) Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility, 2) conferred, extrinsic or mediate Infallibility. Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility means that of God | PN_1906 p046, SUR.248, BLO_PN#001 | House of Justice; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1335 | Words spoken on 1913-11-05 in Ramleh | 240 | It is most strange how some people are utterly ungrateful and have not in them a vestige of humanity. There have been some young men who have been educated through my solicitude | DAS.1913-11-05 | education of children; moral education; service to others; to the Cause of God; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1336 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-13 | 240 | Last night it rained very hard and I could not sleep more than two hours. I saw many dreams but most of them were short.. I one of the dreams I saw myself in Baghdad living in the same house | DAS.1914-12-13 | accounts of dreams and visions; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1337 | Words spoken at home of Aqa Siyyid Ali Afnan in Akka, 1914-04-22 | 240 | In the neighborhood of Baghdad there lived a man and a Bahá'í by the name of Mohamad, the 'thorn-picker'. He lived about 21 miles away from the city. | DAS.1914-04-22 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1338 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-10 | 240 | One hears nowadays so much about the high-handed ways of the censors. With every opportunity they distort the truth; even the inhabitants of their own countries know very little | DAS.1914-11-10 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1339 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-28 | 240 | The hair of these men has been made white in the Cause of God both during the days of the Blessed Beauty and afterwards. | PN_1919 p048 | martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1340 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 240 | The inhabitants of one of the provinces of Persia desired to get rid of the burden of military conscription laid upon them by the minister of war. | DAS.1913-02-24 | humor; jokes; petitions to authorities; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1341 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 240 | Jesus Christ's identity was denied by the people, but the Disciples established His Word. Butterflies are always flying round and round the lamp | PN_1900_heh p032 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; material and spiritual existence; two books; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1342 | Words to Mrs Goodall, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 240 | I want you to write this exactly, to the believers, giving the details. Tell them I have many letters from the Orient - all stating that the believers in the Orient have travelled long distances | PN_1912 p012, ECN.070x+123 | race unity; racial issues; teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1343 | 240 | The government of Persia said: "As long as Baha'o'llah is in Persia the country | SW_v08#13 p.170 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; banishment to; life in Constantinople; growth of the Cause; power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1344 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 240 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | A great king walking in his garden one day noticed a man, about ninety years old | SW_v09#18 p.207-208, DLA.038-039, BLO_PN#026, STAB#001 | service to others; to the Cause of God; stories; anecdotes; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1345 | Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in London | 240 | Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | In the first chapter of the Gospel of St. John the opening words are as follows… Christ is the Word. Now what may this mean? | SFQ.227-228 | Christ; Christianity; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1346 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 240 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | A certain king had a subject who having by a heroic action rescued the king from a great peril | SW_v09#18 p.208-209, TDLA.103, BLO_PN#104 | humility; meekness; lowliness; stories; anecdotes; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1347 | Words to students of Beirut College, 1914-04-15 | 240 | From now on you must strive to beautify the moral aspect of your lives. Advise each other with the utmost consideration | DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v07#18 p.183-184 | attaining good pleasure of God; compassion; kindness; excellence; distinction; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1348 | 240 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | Each power is localized. Reason has its seat in the brain, sight in the eye, hearing in the ears | ADP.097-098 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; Baha'u'llah; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1349 | 240 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | In the Gospels it is written that the Christ said... What must be the result of a human life? It is evident that the goal is not to eat | SW_v08#02 p.028x, ADP.039-040 | development of capacity and readiness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; literal interpretation; purpose; goal of creation; return of Christ; second coming of Christ; suffering; rejection of Christ; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1350 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1919-12-07 | 240 | It is the same Beit-ul-Adl... It is like parliament... They [women] will become members of the Beit-ul-Adl in the future. The time will come when women will reach the degree of men | PN_1919 p035 | equality of men and women; House of Justice; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1351 | Words to Miss Pearson in Akka, 1899-02-26 | 240 | One thing I ask of you for your own good, and that you must do if you wish to gain the blessing. | SW_v12#14 p.236, PN_1899 p004 | Mary Magdalene; power of faith; power of the spirit; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1352 | Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh | 240 | When we were living in Adrianople there was a Baktashi who lived close by us. Professionally he was a wood-chopper, socially he was a wit. | DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.217, BLO_PN#007, STAB#033 | banishment to; life in Adrianople; humor; jokes; stories; anecdotes; work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1353 | Words to Bishop Birch, spoken on 1912-04-17 | 240 | Praise be to God, that stupendous material developments are obtained in this country | DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v07#17 p.175-176, ABIE.067, BLO_PN#007 | East and West; communication between East and West; harmony of science and religion; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; praise of Western values; culture; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1354 | Words spoken on 1914-07-25 | 240 | It is related that Saboktakeen, one of the renowned ancient kings of Persia, lived | DAS.1914-07-25, SW_v09#18 p.204-205, STAB#041 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; stories; anecdotes; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1355 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 240 | Love, that potent magnet, will surely reunite all those whom physical death has parted…. The mineral kingdom is distinct in its conditions from the vegetable | SAS.104-105 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; higher encompasses the lower; man's distinction from the animal; power of the mind over nature; soul; spirit after death; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1356 | Words to Frank Carroll Giffen, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 240 | Are you well?... I have come here with the greatest longing. Whenever I became tired on the way, I thought of your promised faces, and the fatigue passed away. | ECN.822+999 | spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1357 | Message to humanity, through a journal editor, spoken at Milburn home in Chicago, 1912-11-03 | 230 | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله قرون ظلمانى گذشت قرن نورانى آمد الحمد الله آثار اوهام و تقالید زائل شد و عقول | Praise be to God that the centuries of darkness have passed.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, that the Sun of Truth has shed its radiance! | PYM.182, KHTB2.319, BDA1.351.03 | MHMD1.369-370, VLAB.113x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; oneness; unity of religion; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - |
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