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| ABU1007 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-12 | 310 | I spent the first years of my childhood in Mazandaran. At the time Bahá'u'lláh was in Teheran. After a while He sent for us. I started with one of my uncles. | DAS.1915-01-12 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; humor; jokes; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1008 | Words to some children spoken in Oct. 1912 | 310 | You are all my grandchildren. I feel the utmost joy to be present here with you, especially to be surrounded with such radiant children. | MAB.051-052 | East and West; communication between East and West; growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; praise and encouragement; symbolism; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1009 | Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-02 | 310 | In the Gospel it is said 'I am the Vine, the Father, the Husbandman.' Mohammad said that God is as a tree. | PN_1900 p041 | duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; John the Baptist; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; return of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1010 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 310 | (Third proof of this Revelation) - This is that the most learned men in Persian believed in the Blessed Perfection. | PN_1900_heh p027, PN_1900 p046 | martyrs and martyrdom; Quddus; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1011 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-15 | 310 | Not only in remembrance of the Council Board but also of all the believers. And when you go to visit the Holy Tomb you must remember all the believers. | TTAG.019-020, BLO_PN#101 | spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1012 | Words to Mr Chant, Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-26 | 310 | Do you like Haifa by this time?... Look at the spiritual side of Haifa, not the material side... The title of 'Bahá'u'lláh' was given by Himself. | PN_1919 p046 | Baha'u'llah; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; prophecy and fulfillment; youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1013 | Words compiled by Isabella Brittingham, spoken in 1903 | 310 | To live the life. To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit... To be silent concerning the faults of others | TOR.168-170, ABTM.072-073, BNE.083x, BSTW#036, BSTW#390 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1014 | Words spoken on 1912-10-22 in San Francisco | 310 | God will assist you. One of the great prophets of the Orient, one of the worthies of the East.... When man dedicates his life to a cause he must dedicate himself entirely | SW_v04#12 p.205, SW_v08#06 p.064-065x | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; independent investigation of truth; reality; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; symbolism; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1015 | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | When we read ancient history, the history of the middle ages and the history of contemporaneous times, we realize how little... Search untiringly for truth | BSC.449 #818, ADP.067-068 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; light and darkness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1016 | 310 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | There is a point on which the philosophers and the prophets differ. The philosophers make education the test of knowledge | ADP.108-110 | bringing forth results; fruit; differences in human capacity; education of children; moral education; fulfillment of true potential; Manifestation of God as educator; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1017 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-11 | 310 | This is a great day - greater than you can comprehend - and you ought to appreciate it... Opposition but makes the Cause grow stronger. It is like the earth - the more it is ploughed, the more fruitful it becomes. | PN_1909B p049, PN_1909C p005, PN_1909E p023, PN_unsorted p155 | rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1018 | Words to M.H. in 1912 | 310 | That child is your trust within the charge of God. She was a child when she went... I had a son who was four years old | SW_v09#09 p.102, PN_1912 p134, VLAB.142x | consolation and comfort; interpretation of dreams and visions; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1019 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13 | 310 | ‘Abdu'l-Bahá has written a Tablet specially for the purpose, that should anyone ask about his station, it is ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and no more | TTAG.016-017, BLO_PN#101 | development of capacity and readiness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1020 | Words spoken on 1912-10-25 in Sacramento | 310 | How negligent people are! What insignificant things they consider necessary for their happiness! How negligent they are! Like unto animals | ECN.220 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; man's distinction from the animal; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1021 | Words spoken on 1914-06-26 | 300 | Most of the Persian ulama (clergymen) became the cause of destruction and the casting of Persia to the winds. | DAS.1914-06-25, SW_v09#11 p.123-125 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1022 | Words spoken on 1913-03-28 in Paris | 300 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | Although outwardly cataclysms are hard to understand and to endure, yet there lies a great wisdom behind them which appears later. | DAS.1913-03-28, ADP.116-116x, BSTW#093 | cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1023 | 300 | امر مبارک الهی است ولی از هر جهت آفات آنرا احاطه کرده است جمیع ملل | The blessed Cause is divine, yet from every direction calamities have encompassed it and all peoples [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.003 | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1024 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29 | 300 | O let me weep like unto the vernal showers of the Spring!... This day is the day of parting. The farewell hour is most difficult to bear. | DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.134-135 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1025 | Words spoken on 1914-01-22 in Haifa | 300 | امروز یک خبر بسیار محزنی رسید خلیل محزن فی الحقیقه بسیار شخص جلیلی بود از جمیع جهات نادر بود | Today very sad news has been received. He [Mirza Abu'l-Fazl] was indeed a very glorious personage... How humble and meek he was! We tried our best to persuade him to keep a servant | MSBH2.349-350x, YHA2.911-912, NJB_v05#01 p.004 | DAS.1914-01-22, SW_v09#03 p.025x, SW_v08#06 p.066x | eulogies; reminiscences; high station of learning; humility; meekness; lowliness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1026 | Words spoken on 1914-06-18 | 300 | During the days of youth, man sees the pictures of life in all things.... During the lifetime of the king-of-the-martyrs, the heart of the Blessed Beauty.... On day, one of the opposers hit a dog with a stone.... There was a great commotion in the souls upon hearing my address.... | DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118 | evolution; human evolution; kindness to and rights of animals | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1027 | Words spoken on 1911-12-01 in Paris | 300 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | I bid a loving farewell to the people of France and England. I am very | AIL.122, SW_v02#16 p.006 | compassion; kindness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1028 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-09 | 300 | O God! This [city of] Paris is a lamp in the utmost transparency but it is in need of the light. It is a body in the greatest of comeliness but it is in need of the spirit. | DAS.1913-03-09 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1029 | Words spoken at a wedding on 1914-06-18 | 300 | It is more than one month and a half that I have not had the pleasure of being present in the meetings of the believers. Now the means have been brought about | DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118-119 | fulfillment of true potential; humility; meekness; lowliness; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1030 | Interview with Prof. Henri Bergson, Paris, ca. Jan. 1913 | 300 | بین طبیعیون و الهیون در یک مورد وحدت نظر وجود دارد و آن این است که خلقت جمیع | Between the naturalists and the divines there existeth unanimity of view in one matter, and that is this: that throughout creation all things [3.5s] | VAA.254-255x | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1031 | Words spoken on 1910-01-19 | 300 | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است باید که بتربیت الهی تربیت کرد که هوائی در نیاید | The education of children is a mighty service. They must needs be educated through divine training, lest they be swayed by desires [3.5s] | NJB_v05#06 p.003, KHH2.155 (2.286) | Christ; Christianity; education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; need for an educator | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1032 | Words spoken on 1915-08-22 in Haifa | 300 | جمیع اموری که واقع می شود، مبنی بر حکمت الهی است. هیچ حرکت و سکونی نیست که مبنی بر | All matters that come to pass are founded upon divine wisdom. No movement or stillness existeth except that it resteth upon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-22 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; composure; tranquillity; serenity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1033 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-13 | 300 | حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدا میفرمایند که یک کلمه یا یک آیه من یظهره الله حجت است از برای جمیع من علی الارض | His Holiness the Exalted One – may My spirit be a sacrifice unto Him – stated that one word or one verse of “Him Whom God shall make manifest” | KHH1.263 (1.367) | KHHE.384-386 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; martyrdom of the Bab; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1034 | Public address given on 1912-06-16 | 300 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | عالم مادی هر قدر ترقی کند لکن باز محتاج تعلیمات روح القدس است زیرا کمالات | No matter how much the world of humanity advances in material civilization | BRL_DAK#1036, AMK.258-259, KHF.035, KHAB.320 (328), KHTB2.151, KHTB3.028 | PUP#073 (p.205-206), SW_v04#05 p.086-087, SW_v19#08 p.253 | Christ; Christianity; education of children; moral education; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||
| ABU1035 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29 | 300 | عشق اباد محال خوب مرکزی است مرو در زمان قدیم مرکز خراسان بود | Ishkabad is now a good center. In the past, Merv was the center | AVK4.434.06x | DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.133-134 | education of children; moral education; growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1036 | 300 | قائم مقام حیفا به نهایت عداوت منع عمارت مقام اعلی کرد | The Governor of Haifa, with utmost enmity, forbade the construction of the Most Exalted Shrine [3.5s] | YIK.300-301, ZIAB2.074-075 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1037 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-17 | 300 | My general health is well but my nerves are weak. My physical body is not afflicted with any ailment, but having lived forty years in the prison of Acca | DAS.1913-03-17 | station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1039 | 300 | وقتی که سنین عمر من به سی و دو سال رسید والده و خویشان اصرار کردند که ازدواج کنم من قبول نکردم | When my years of life had reached two and thirty, my mother and kindred did earnestly entreat me to wed, yet I consented not [3.5s] | YIK.297, ZIAB2.025 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1040 | Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh | 300 | when the heart is confident, man knows that all is well. At one time in Acca, thirteen Bahais lived in one room | ABIE.384, BLO_PN#007 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; excellence; distinction; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1041 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 300 | Some of the souls are not aware of the importance of the Mashrak-el-Azkar. They think and say: The other nations | SW_v06#17 p.136x, AHF.023-024 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1042 | Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-09 | 300 | Moderation, moderation. You must speak in such a manner that not a single soul will be offended. Bashir came into our household when he was a small child... The heavenly music is heart ravishing. | PN_1914 p050 | call to action; Christian doctrine and practice; eulogies; reminiscences; music and singing; saddening another soul; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1043 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 300 | The word 'Devil' or Satan is used in St. John 8 - 'Ye are of your father the devil.' This means that the Pharisees were not the true children of Abraham | PN_1901 p009, NRMM.217-218 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Satan; the Evil One; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1044 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-19 | 300 | One of the things that Dr. Farid has circulated in London is that 'I have grown old and weak...' My power consists of the Bestowals of the Blessed Beauty. | DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#14 p.217-218, PN_1914 p104 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1045 | Words to a Persian friend, spoken on 1914-05-27 | 300 | This century is the century of Truth. We must relinquish all the rituals and forms which have accumulated for the past ages around the Immortal Image of Truth | DAS.1914-05-27 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; empty learning; false spirituality; fanaticism and hatred; love and unity; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; service to others; to the Cause of God; stories; anecdotes; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1046 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 300 | No Divine Messenger ever encouraged strife, or suggested that the sword be used in promulgating his teachings. When followers of Christ or Mahomet have resorted | AELT.118-120 | contention and conflict; differences in human capacity; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; justice and wrath of God; love of God; oneness; unity of religion; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1047 | Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26 | 300 | Assisting one another and promoting unity and solidarity. These little troubles must not take up your time. | PN_1909 p082 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; conduct in finance and business; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; education of children; moral education; generosity [kirama]; House of Justice; service to others; to the Cause of God; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1048 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 300 | Meetings are various in kind. One meeting is like the meeting of people, an ordinary meeting, which is so easily forgotten. | MAB.034-035 | growth of the Cause; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1049 | Words to Baha'is from Seattle, Portland, and Spokane, spoken on 1912-10-17 | 300 | You are all welcome, very welcome. The friends from Seattle and Portland have labored very much to have come such a long distance | MAB.057-058 | love and unity; Manifestation of God as educator; power of the Manifestation of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1050 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 300 | During the first year of our arrival in Baghdad, one day Mirza Javad asked me to go out with him to an outlying district. At this time, Arabian robbers frequented the roads | DAS.1913-04-25 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; humor; jokes; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1051 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03 | 300 | there were in the past ages many temperance societies and as a result of their activities teetotalers became very numerous. | DAS.1914-11-03 | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; humor; jokes; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1052 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-10 | 300 | At the time of prayer one must hold in one's mind some object. Then he must turn his face and direct his mind to this picture. | PN_1909 p017, PN_1909 p051, PN_1909C p097, DJT.090-091, BLO_PN#027, STAB#059, STAB#070 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; idolatry; Manifestation of God as mediator; Mary Magdalene; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; resurrection of Christ; station of the Manifestation of God; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1054 | Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-06 | 300 | Erelong- during this century. I treat myself always by diet. Yesterday I treated myself with this butter... One day at Adrianople I was with the Governor and we went to a garden where pears were growing. | PN_1919 p072 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1055 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 300 | I answered all the questions of the people the other evening, both those on their lips and those in their hearts. One among them was [a] Jew | PN_1900_heh p030 | Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; crucifixion; ascension of Christ; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1056 | Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 | 300 | The Book (Koran) revealed to Mahomet is the greatest proof of Him as a Prophet, as the Arabic language in the Koran has never, until now, been equalled. | PN_1900_heh p023, PN_1900 p087 | lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; martyrs and martyrdom; proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - |
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