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| ABU0804 | Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-28 | 370 | Praise be to God that you have crossed the mountains and deserts, the lands and the seas and attained to the visit of the Holy Tomb with joy and fragrance. | DAS.1913-06-28 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; law of pilgrimage; radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0805 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-29 | 370 | Those who are endued with spiritual insight see in the small chapter a typical portrayal of the present upheaval in all parts of the world | DAS.1914-11-29 | apocalyptic imagery; chastisement and requital; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; justice and mercy; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0807 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-16 | 370 | East and West are gathered here. Very good! Whatever gathering establishes love and union among human kind is Heavenly Bounty... Sixty years ago they introduced the potato into Persia | PN_1919 p019, PN_1919 p102, LAT.027-030 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; suffering; rejection of Christ; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0808 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-24 | 370 | In this morning's lesson we explained redemption. The self-sacrifice of Jesus cause those who believed in Him to have eternal life.... The mystery of it is explained in four ways. | PN_1900 p019, PN_1900 p102, PN_1900 p120, BSTW#169b | progressive revelation; renewal of religion; return of the Manifestations of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0809 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07 | 370 | The first entrance into light and into belief is extremely difficult. The spiritual birth is troublesome and painful in the same degree as the physical birth. | PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p037, TTAW.006-008, BLO_PN#102 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0810 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-01 | 370 | A Manifestation of God is first proven by the characteristics of the Divine Essence shining forth from Him... the Bab and the Blessed Perfection said before the appearance of the first Adam, an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know of the Adam who came 5,000 years ago. | PN_1900 p026, BSTW#169g | Adam; Adam and Eve; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; names and attributes of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0811 | Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-22 | 370 | You must be a source of happiness to whomsoever you meet. The world is like the body and the love of God is like the spirit | PN_1909 p067 | being a source of light; guidance; love and unity; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0812 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-05 | 370 | May God bestow a little pity and compassion to these artful, deceiving kings and emperors who style themselves lords and masters of the world | DAS.1915-02-05 | greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; human reality created in the image of God; nationalism; love of country; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0813 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 370 | One day, whilst at Kazimayn, through which He passed on his first journey to Karbila and Baghdad, Jamal-i-Mubarak was appealed to by a young man, 'Abdu'l-Vahhab | CHH.196-197, BLO_PN#022, STAB#035 | martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0814 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22 | 370 | In past ages, every night from this Mount Carmel the voices of the invocations of the saints ascended... A few nights ago I had a lovely dream the memory of which has uplifted my soul... That [Western] voyage was epochal in the history of the Bahá'í Cause.... To what an astounding degree people are attached to their digestive organ! | DAS.1915-04-22 | accounts of dreams and visions; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; importance of prayer; material and spiritual existence; two books; Shrines and Holy places; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0815 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04 | 370 | Yes! He came several times because the people of Galilee were very much against him... Haifa is ancient. It is one of the Phoenician towns | PN_1919 p066 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0816 | Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-05 | 370 | She had passed her thirtieth year and after five years she was martyred... When this girl (bride of Mirza Mahmud) was quite young, her father was martyred | PN_1919 p069 | early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; eulogies; reminiscences; humility; meekness; lowliness; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0817 | Words spoken ca. 1917-02-03 | 370 | Come, my son, take it. I have corrected it. The importance of this Tablet will be revealed in the future. | SW_v10#06 p.103+111 | growth of the Cause; methods of teaching the Cause; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); race unity; racial issues; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0818 | Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 | 370 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | You are all exceedingly welcome. Do you realize how much you should thank God for His blessings? | PUP#067 (p.187-189), SW_v03#10 p.015 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; spiritual transformation; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0819 | 370 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | I walked in the Trocadero Gardens near the Eiffel Tower this morning. The grass was so green | ADP.117-119 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; effort; striving; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; higher encompasses the lower; infinity and eternity; progress only takes place within its own degree; realms of being; three realms; five realms; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0820 | Words spoken on 1912-10-24 in San Francisco | 370 | In Persia we have a unique custom. When we write to a friend most dear we place at the end of the letter a seal that is perfumed with musk | ECN.215+500x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; education and the development of capacity; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0821 | Words to Sarah Farmer, Jun. 1906 | 360 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Inquire after the health of Miss Farmer, send her my greeting and say: “Many ideas rise up in the human mind; some of them concern truth | TAB.301-302, PN_1906 p086 | apostles; early disciples of Christ; empty learning; false spirituality; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0822 | Words spoken on 1913-03-19 in Paris | 360 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان باید در هر امری بجد و جهد برخیزد تا بشرائط آن عامل گردد و بسر حد کمال رسد | In every affair one undertakes, one must arise to pursue it with great effort, acting in a way commensurate… How many are the impossible things which occupy the minds of certain people | BDA2.188-189 | MHMD2.240-241 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; effort; striving; excellence; distinction; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| ABU0823 | Words to Abdu'l-Ghaffar, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 360 | این را بدانید جمال مبارک امر اکید برجوع بحکیم فر موده انسان باید جزئیاترا هم از حکیم سئوال نماید | You must clearly understand that the Blessed Perfection has commanded most emphatically that in case of sickness, one must refer to the skilled physician and abide by his prescription | KHH1.205-206 (1.287-288) | KHHE.300-302, DAS.1915-04-08 | critique of Eastern values; culture; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; praise of Western values; culture; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0824 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 360 | بعد از اینها خوب میشود من از یک چیز متاثر شدم که یکوقت نوشته بودند | After these occurrences, it will be better.... Tolstoy is a deeply learned man. I wanted him to embrace the blessed Cause | KHH1.053-054 (1.074-076) | KHHE.092-094, STAB#112 | criticism and its limits; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0825 | Public address given on 1912-08-17 | 360 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Although the body was weak and not fitted to undergo the vicissitudes of crossing the Atlantic | PUP#091 (p.263-264) | existence; immortality of the human soul; material and spiritual existence; two books; power of the mind over nature; relationship of the soul to the body; suffering and imprisonment; the mind's power of discovery; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0826 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-03 | 360 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | حمد خدا را که مسس کروگ سبب اجتماع شما و انعقاد چنین محفلی گردیده که به ذکر الهی... خدایا ما ضعیفیم تو قوی کن ما نادانیم تو دانا فرما خدایا فقیریم | Praise be to God that Mrs Krug has been the cause of your gathering in this meeting where you are engaged in mentioning God and in adducing proofs…. O Lord! We are weak; strengthen us | AKHA_134BE #03 p.101x, ADH2_1#33 p.050x, MMG2#276 p.309x, KHTB2.331, BDA1.401.16 | PUP#136 (p.457-458), SW_v07#12 p.114-115, MHMD1.420-421, PN_1912 p020 | S. and S. Toloui-Wallace | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| ABU0827 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-25 | 360 | In the world of genesis every power or energy has a focal center. For example the center of intelligence is the brain. The center of vision is the eye. | DAS.1913-01-25 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; Manifestation of God as sun; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0828 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-25 | 360 | Notwithstanding these clear texts the Shiites do not believe in the 'meeting with God'; but they say in the end of the time so many extraordinary events will transpire | DAS.1914-11-25 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0830 | Words spoken on 1916-08-16 in Bahji | 360 | فیض الهی عام است فیوضات رحمانیه متتابعاً بر جمیع کائنات نازل می شود ولی هر کائنی به حسب قابلیت و استعداد | Divine bounty is universal; the outpourings of divine mercy descend successively upon all created things, yet each creature receiveth according to its capacity and worthiness [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-16 | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; education and the development of capacity; essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; maintainance of degrees in society; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0831 | Words spoken on 1915-09-24 in Haifa | 360 | مشکلی و آسانی اکثرش بفکر است. مثلاً حالا از برای ما وقتی فکر بکنیم که در صحرای بادیة العرب توی آن شنزارها | Hardship and ease depend mostly upon thought. For example, when we now imagine ourselves amidst the desert sands of the Arabian wilderness [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-24 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; stories; anecdotes; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0832 | Words spoken on 1915-08-05 in Haifa | 360 | هوای اینجا بسیار خوب است. صفای اینجا بسیار خوب است. در جوار مقام اعلی محل راحتی است | The air in this place is most excellent. The purity herein is surpassing fair. In the vicinity of the Most Exalted Shrine lieth a place of repose [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-05 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0833 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-10 | 360 | This world is like unto a vast theatrical stage. The audience is composed of the whole human race. The range and variety of the plays acted upon this stage are as numerous | DAS.1915-02-10 | effort; striving; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0835 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 360 | Live so as to be in peace with all your environment... The more obstacles one has to overcome, the more difficulties one meets successfully... Certainly one may belong to a church... Prayer is communion, aspiration, soul contact with God. | PN_1900 p009, PN_1906 p012, PN_1909 p023 | definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love and unity; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0836 | Words to Mrs Stannard, spoken on 1913-10-11 | 360 | The Principles of the Bahá'í Cause are the pure seeds which we are sowing in the fertile ground. | DAS.1913-10-11 | lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; non-participation in politics; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; Theosophy; unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0837 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-06 | 360 | The pilgrims were at Acca yesterday. I am now planning to go there myself to visit the Holy Tomb of the Blessed Perfection. Such a holy visit depends however upon the condition of the heart. | DAS.1914-02-06 | predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0838 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10 | 360 | For every great cause which is to appear, God will prepare some means. For instance, when the season of Spring is at hand, before that season appears there will be snow storms, rain, thunder and a great many things will happen. | FRGA.017 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0839 | Words spoken on 1914-02-01 | 360 | I have read in a recent number of the Christian Commonwealth that there will be held a world Conference of faith and Order | DAS.1914-02-01 | harmony of science and religion; literal interpretation; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; oneness; unity of religion; unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0840 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 360 | Many a time, a calamity becomes the means to a bounty. Not until man has endured hardship because of a thing will he appreciate the full value of the thing. | PN_1906 p064, SUR.255-256, BLO_PN#001 | love of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0841 | Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 | 360 | In a certain newspaper there was written about the Shah of Persia a statement that he had left Persia... At such a time precisely I wrote to him not to be sorry or grieved | PN_1909 p090 | constitutional revolution in Iran; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; parliaments; constitutional government; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people; status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0842 | Words spoken on 1914-01-06 | 360 | Praise be to God that you have come and blessed your foreheads at the Court of Sanctification. You obtained the inestimable privilege of access to worship | DAS.1914-01-06 | humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; station of the Manifestation of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0843 | Words to Mr and Mrs Holback, spoken on 1914-02-12 | 360 | Some of the materialists have always endeavored to refute the wholesome influence exerted by the power of religion over the members of a community. | DAS.1914-02-12 | Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; miracles and their interpretation; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0844 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-23 | 360 | We know things by their opposites... When we were travelling from Baghdad toward Constantinople, one day, we thought to go ahead of the family | DAS.1913-05-23 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; banishment to; life in Constantinople; stories; anecdotes; things are known by their opposites | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0845 | The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West: Words spoken on 1911-10-23 in Paris | 360 | Paris Talks | When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy | PT#08 p.023, SW_v02#16 p.005-006, PN_1911 p018 | call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0846 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-03 | 360 | The object is that all affairs ought to be referred to the Convention... The essential thing now is teaching. | PN_1919 p063, PN_1920 p005, PN_1920 p013, PN_1920 p023 | consultation; contention and conflict; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0847 | Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia | 360 | When two years had passed a regiment of soldiers was assigned to Acca. Of course there was only once place | DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#13 p.173-174, ABIE.078, BLO_PN#007 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0848 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 360 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | The great Sacrifice is to forget one's self entirely--to sacrifice everything, as did Christ. | SW_v08#06 p.065x, DLA.017, BLO_PN#026 | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0849 | Words to George Latimer | 360 | Huqúqu'lláh | بعد از آنکه شخص کلیۀ مخارج ضروریّه را پرداخت نمود، نوزده درصد از آنچه باقی مانده را اخذ | After one has paid all his necessary expenses 19% of what is left is then taken by him and given as Huquq. | BRL_HUQUQP#049 | BRL_HUQUQ#049, COC#1176, BSTW#007 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; law of Huququ'llah; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| ABU0851 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-18 | 350 | Although in this Cause there are no nuns and nunneries, yet truly some of these nuns serve most faithfully the world of humanity. | DAS.1913-03-18 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; monasticism; asceticism; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0852 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 350 | الحمد لله ایامی چند آمدند در اینجا در آستان مبارک بودند و در کمال محبت معاشرت کردید | Praise be to God that for several days they came here and dwelt at this blessed Threshold, associating with thee in the utmost fellowship and love [3.5s] | KHH2.301-303 | presence of; reunion with God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0853 | 350 | الملک لله صاحبی جز خدا ندارد ان الارض لله یورثها لمن یشاء من عباده چه ثمری از برای انسان | Dominion belongeth unto God. None other save Him hath any sovereignty. Verily, the earth is God's; He causeth whomsoever He willeth among His servants to inherit it. What fruit hath man therefrom? [3.5s] | NJB_v15#03 p.088 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0854 | Words spoken on 1913-01-25 in Paris | 350 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان عاقل دفع فاسد بافسد نکند ایرانی که بهیچوجه استعداد نداشت | The wise one does not counter the corrupt with a more corrupt person. In their desire to counter foreign encroachment | AVK2.234.03x, BDA2.104 | MHMD2.127-128 | constitutional revolution in Iran; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity in diversity | - | - |
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