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| ABU3564 | 10 | البلشفیک ستسری من روسیا و متی یعم شرها یتفق العالم علی سحقها | The Bolsheviks shall spread forth from Russia, and when their evil encompasseth all, then shall the world unite to crush them [3.5s] | YIK.304, ZIAB1.105 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3563 | Words to Mrs Maxwell, spoken on 1912-09-06 | 10 | Mahmúd's Diary | اطفال زینت خانه اند منزلی که طفل ندارد مثل اینست که چراغ ندارد | Children are the ornaments of the home. A home which has no children is like one without light. | BDA1.230.15 | SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247 | light and darkness; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||
| ABU3562 | 20 | Sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful are the fruits we obtain. | VLAB.128 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3561 | 20 | The withered and faded are refreshed, the joyless becomes happy, the extinct | SW_v08#08 p.103 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3560 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-10-19 | 20 | You are writing a book. I have been reading all morning these letters. They are interesting. | DAS.1914-10-19 | review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3559 | Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa | 20 | A material man lets himself be worried and harassed by little things but a spiritual man is always calm and serene under all circumstances | DAS.1914-07-10, SW_v07#16 p.154 | composure; tranquillity; serenity; material and spiritual existence; two books; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3558 | Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 | 20 | No, the world will be so trained that no one will harm even his own enemy. | TDAB.09 | predictions and prophecies; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3557 | Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in New York | 20 | All through America I have encouraged the Bahais to study Esperanto and to the extent of my ability I will strive in its spread and promotion. | SW_v11#17 p.286 | call to action; universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3556 | Answer to Mrs Brittingham, New York, Jul 1912 | 20 | They existed before coming to this world, but not as we know personality upon this planet. | PN_unsorted p035, PN_unsorted p089, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b | existence and nonexistence; preexistence; origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3555 | Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh | 20 | No, man should develop all his qualities for each quality has its own use and function. | SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p004 | education and the development of capacity; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3554 | Words to Prof. E. A. Rogers, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 20 | Oh my, that is a long, long story. It covers so much. Please come another day and I will tell you what I can. | ECN.755 | knowledge; recognition of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3553 | 20 | Every stone of that building, every stone of the road leading to it [the Shrine of the Báb] I have with infinite tears and at tremendous cost, raised and placed in position | GPB.275x, VLAB.029, COB.224 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3551 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 20 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Art is worship.... The drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past | AIL.093 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; high station of the arts and sciences; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; stories; anecdotes; work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3550 | Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-16 | 20 | Yes, if he deals unjustly and tyrannically with his people he forfeits the right to govern them. | PN_1907 p019 | justice and mercy; obedience to and respect for government authority; relationship between government and people; status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3549 | Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 | 20 | Yes, but they do not do it through mediums nor in material ways, but in spiritual ways. | PN_1907 p017 | occult sciences; psychic phenomena; soul; spirit after death; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3548 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | No, they are a distinct Revelation of God and will form a Book larger than our Bible. | TDLA.006-007, BLO_PN#104 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3547 | Words to Safa Kinney | 20 | No, I do not know everything. But when I need to know something, it is pictured before Me. | IHP.060, BLO_PN#046 | special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3546 | 20 | ...(Under such circumstances) if I should fail to make an effort to protect you, I should be not only responsible | SW_v08#12 p.154 | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3545 | Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh | 20 | The duty of the believers of God is to be servants to one another and to attend to his brother's wants | DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#12 p.143-144, ABIE.163, BLO_PN#007 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3544 | Words to Mrs C in 1910 | 20 | I tell you to be happy because we can not know the spiritual life unless we are happy! | TOR.211, VLAB.116 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3543 | Words spoken in 1910 | 20 | I cannot tell you, but in all those upon whom I look, I see only my Father's face. | TOR.006, VLAB.085 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3542 | Words to Charlotte Bingham, spoken on 1907-10-14 | 20 | Yes; not through Isaac nor Ishmael, but through one of his other sons, of whom he had six. | PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Baha'u'llah | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3541 | Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 | 20 | The sun that would come down and enter everything would not remain the sun. Its identity would be scattered. | PN_1912 p015 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as sun; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3540 | Words to Henry Randall | 20 | The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail. | VLAB.121 | limits of the intellect; mind as intermediary between soul and body; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3539 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 20 | Bahá'i-Mutter (zu einer anwesenden Araberin gesprochen), lehre deine Söhne den Segen des Gehorsams und die Seligkeit des Opfers | SDW v13#10 p.103 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; education of children; moral education; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3538 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | We should not be occupied with our failings and weaknesses, hut concern ourselves with the will of God so that it may flow through us, thereby healing these human infirmities. | SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3537 | 20 | Be not grieved if thy circumstances become exacting, and problems press upon thee from all sides. Verily, thy Lord changeth grief into joy, hardship into comfort, and affliction into absolute ease. | DAL.093 | consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3536 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911 | 20 | That is well. Very well. A day's work done in the spirit of service is in itself an act of worship. Such work is a prayer unto God. | CHH.152, BLO_PN#022 | courtesy; culture [adab]; humility; meekness; lowliness; stories; anecdotes; work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3535 | 20 | Let us pray to God that the breath of the Holy Spirit may again give hope and refreshment to the people, awakening in them a desire to do the Will of God. | SW_v08#08 p.104 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power of prayer; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3534 | 20 | The outpouring of the Holy Spirit changes the small acorn into an over-shadowing tree | SW_v08#08 p.103 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3533 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 20 | I do not like the word 'leader'. I am Abdul Baha. I am the servant of the world of humanity. | DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 | station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3532 | Words spoken in Oct. 1912 in New York | 20 | Between 1860 and 1865 you did a wonderful thing; you knocked the shackles from chattel slavery; but today you must do a much more wonderful thing: you must destroy industrial slavery. | SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v06#04 p.033, SW_v08#01 p.006 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; race unity; racial issues; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3531 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 20 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | All that we see around us is the work of mind. It is mind in the herb and in the mineral that acts on the human body, and changes its condition. | AIL.095 | mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3530 | Words to Mrs Bingham and Mrs Devin, spoken on 1907-10-15 | 20 | No. Melchisedek, who was 'without beginning or end of days' was the first one. | PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023 | categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3529 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | Moral life consists in the government of one's self. Immortality is government of a human soul by the Divine Will. | SW_v14#01 p.009, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104 | existence; immortality of the human soul; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; servitude; submission to God; repentance; soul; spirit after death; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3528 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | Prayer is both attitude and word, it depends upon the soul-condition. It is like a song | SW_v08#04 p.043, TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104 | importance of prayer; music and singing; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3527 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London | 20 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | It resembles many drunkards gathered together to protest against the drinking of alcohol. They say drink is horrible and they straightaway go out from the house to drink again. | AIL.061 | hypocrisy; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3526 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris | 20 | Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet? | CHH.181, BLO_PN#022 | realms of being; three realms; five realms; reincarnation; service to others; to the Cause of God; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3525 | 20 | It is most clear and manifest that national affairs will never revolve around their | SW_v07#15 p.138, SW_v07#15 p.141, SW_v09#07 p.082 | education of children; moral education; unity of governments; political unity; unity of thought and belief; universal education | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3524 | Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said | 20 | The believers must cultivate a beautiful voice so that they may sing the Bahá'í songs or chant | DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.010, BLO_PN#007 | music and singing; power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3523 | Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908 | 20 | One might say, 'Well, I will endure such-and-such a person so long as he is endurable.' But Bahá'ís must endure people even when they are unendurable. | IHP.032, VLAB.028, BLO_PN#046 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3522 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 20 | Love for men is love for God. To serve men is to serve God. My sign is this--that I serve the people, that I clothe the people. | AELT.116 | love of God; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3521 | Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 | 20 | The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh are the breaths of the Holy Spirit which create man anew. Personal purity, both in private and public, is emphasized and insisted upon. | DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v08#08 p.103x, SW_v12#01 p.014, SW_v13#10 p.260x, PN_1914 p005, PTF.137x, IHP.062x, BLO_PN#046x | purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3520 | Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1913-01-26 | 20 | If this Cause had appeared in America, today there would not have been a single soul in that country who would not be either a Bahá'í or a friend. | DAS.1913-01-26 | growth of the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3519 | Words to Miss Rosenberg in 1902(?) | 20 | How could they (the Manifestations) teach and guide others in the Way if they themselves did not undergo every species of suffering to which other human beings are subjected. | SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p073, PN_1909 p105, PN_unsorted p022 | mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3518 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-30 | 20 | Sometimes joking is necessary. Otherwise we would get depressed. The Blessed Beauty said, 'In every twenty-four hours, two hours must be spent in a way that will cause happiness.' | PN_1919 p055 | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; humor; jokes; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3517 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-07 | 20 | When I was young they would light ten candles and at the range of a very long distance I would put out the lights one after another without missing one. | DAS.1913-05-07 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; excellence; distinction; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3516 | Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 | 20 | The atoms composing an ocean are in appearance the ocean, but the identity of the atoms remains. So it is with our individuality in the ocean of life, it remains. | PN_1912 p015 | interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; soul; spirit after death; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3515 | Words to Mrs Brittingham in 1912 | 20 | The 'Self' of God spoken of in the Tablets refers to the Attributes of the Merciful, not to His Essence. This 'Self' is found in 'Perfection' in the Prophet, only. | PN_unsorted p090 | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3514 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08 | 20 | Capacity attracts. The greater your capacity, the more you will be filled. When the child is hungry and cries for milk, the milk of the mother begins to flow rapidly. | DJT.075, BLO_PN#027 | development of capacity and readiness; law of cause and effect | - | - |
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