search results for 'ABU'

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy

All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls

LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

methods of teaching the Cause; priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0160

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23

1010

At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place

BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; suffering and imprisonment

ABU3536

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911

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

ABU2735

Words spoken at a banquet on 1912-11-04

خوب سفره ایست چه که بمحبت بهآءالله ما بر آن مجتمع شده ایم امشب من بسیار مسرورم که در مجلس شما هستم

It is an excellent table for we have assembled here through the love of Baha'u'llah.... O thou kind Lord, we render thanks unto Thee that thou hast brought us from the farthest lands

BDA1.353.16

MHMD1.372-373

East and West; communication between East and West; power of the Manifestation of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2758

Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

هر چند نباتات نسبت بعالم حیوان حساس گفته نمی شوند ولی در عالم خود روح نباتی و قوهٴ حساسه دارند

Although sensitivity in plants is slight as compared with that manifested in animals, within their own kingdom they have sensitivity and vegetable spirit.

BDA1.289.07

MHMD1.306

all things are in motion; kinds of motion; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence

ABU3468

Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

تغییر اوضاع عالم و غلبه امر بهائی بجائی خواهد رسید که از سایر امور جز نمونه‌ای مانند این عمودها باقی نخواهد ماند

The world and its condition will change to such a degree and the Baha’í Cause will prevail to such an extent that nothing but a remnant -- like these pillars -- will remain of the previous order.

BDA1.289.05

MHMD1.306

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; growth of the Cause; predictions and prophecies; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

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

ABU0236

Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

850

I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center

BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955

banishments of Baha'u'llah; banishment to; life in Baghdad; call to action; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2442

Words spoken at Bahji, 1913-12-18

I have seen many meadows in Europe and America, but seldom have I seen a place more spiritual, more divine, more inspirational.

DAS.1913-12-18

Shrines and Holy places

ABU1637

Words spoken at Bahji, 1914-01-03

190

A fair and impartial observer perceives the signs of the power and intelligence of God in all the atoms of existence. Before leaving Haifa, I felt very ill... Then I reached Stuttgart. There I found wonderful Baha'is.

DAS.1914-01-03

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1367

Words spoken at Bahji, 1916-05-03

230

در بغداد زين العالدين خاني بود از نجباي ايران به فلاکت افتاده بود

In Baghdad there was a man of Persian nobility who had fallen on hard times.

PYB#210 p.18, ZSM.1916-05-03

STAB#013

honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; stories; anecdotes

ABU3493

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-06

Before you teach others, teach yourself. Man must first test his knowledge in himself to see whether it is workable or theoretical.

DAS.1913-05-06

knowledge of self; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU3402

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-08

I am always thinking how to carry the loads of others and not to put my own load on their shoulders. The Blessed Perfection has taught me this. We must prove this through deed and not by mere word.

DAS.1913-05-08, ABCC.391x

characteristics and conduct of true believers; service to others; to the Cause of God; words vs deeds

ABU1737

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

170

The greatest prison is the material world. Prison is the antithesis of freedom. Now man is a prisoner of food, of sleep

DAS.1913-05-11

ABU1949

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

150

There are three paths through which man attains spiritual happiness. The first path is the path of ordeals, trials and difficulties.

DAS.1913-05-11

attaining the life of the spirit; attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2384

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

100

Different things are considered by us as of absolute importance, while in reality they have a relative importance at various stages of our development

DAS.1913-05-11

martyrs and martyrdom; relativity of religious truth

ABU2664

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

Bahá'u'lláh in one of his Tablets says: "Therefore I will explain for your benefit certain luminous and shining mysteries, whereby you will become so attracted

DAS.1913-05-11

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2842

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-13

در امرالله محفل سری نباید باشد و لو امروز نفوسی بیغرض و خالص این محفل را تأسیس مینمایند

In this Cause of God there is no secret doctrine or secret society or club or gathering. I want you to be impressed with the importance of this fact that there is no secret doctrine in this Cause at all.

BDA2.298

DAS.1913-05-13, MHMD2.394

contention and conflict; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; empty learning; false spirituality; secret societies

ABU1005

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-16

310

Whosoever schemes in this Cause will come to no good end. Above all other things we must be honest to our consciences and not dissimulate. We must not speak against each other

DAS.1913-05-16

courtesy; culture [adab]; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; humility; meekness; lowliness; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; martyrs and martyrdom; stories; anecdotes; the power of words; of speech

ABU2755

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-19

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

من عربی را تحصیل نکرده‌ام وقتی طفل بودم کتابی از مناجاتهای حضرت باب را بخط جمال مبارک

All the Baha'ís know that I have never studied Arabic.... I will tell you how I came to know Arabic. When I was very, very young, I found in our house in Tihran a large voluminous book containing many prayers in Arabic revealed by the Bab and copied by Baha'u'llah.

HHA.004x, BDA2.308

DAS.1913-05-19, MHMD2.407-408, STAB#093, KSHK#31

lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; power of prayer; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2757

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-22

There are three kinds of light. The light of the sun has only one function and that is to make things manifest.... The second light is the light of the eye... The third light is the light of the intellect.

DAS.1913-05-22

ether; the phenomenon of light; intelligible vs. perceptible realities; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mind as intermediary between soul and body; symbolism of color and light

ABU0400

Words spoken at Blomfield home in London, 1912-12-24

620

Translation List

هر انسانی باید اول در فکر تربیت خویش باشد در فکر این باشد که خودش کامل گردد

Every person must first think of educating themselves. Indeed, they must think of perfecting themselves, for it is necessary for one to first educate oneself

KHF.281, KHAB.396 (401), KHTB3.107, NJB_v05#18 p.001

ADMS#268

education of children; moral education; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; spiritual transformation; words vs deeds

ABU3208

Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18

This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means.

DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027

autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humor; jokes; personal instructions; soul; spirit after death; transcendence; unknowability of God; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3040

Words spoken at Cedar Club in London, 1913-01-02

I am very glad to be among you, who are blessed in God's name with children.

SW_v03#18 p.009-010

education of children; moral education; spiritual transformation; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0067

Words spoken at Century Club in San Francisco, 1912-10-13

1430

I am delighted to speak before this gathering of revered ladies who have met for the purpose of investigating the realities of life.

ECN.349+497n

education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; role and station of women

ABU1120

Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10

280

ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید

O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power

BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019

BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06

competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; oneness; unity of religion; race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity

ABU0083

Words spoken at Clifton Guest House in Bristol, 1913-01-15

1330

Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended

BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287

education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; universal education; universal language; universal peace; world unity; war and peace

ABU3113

Words spoken at dinner hosted by a Rajput prince in London, 1913-01-19

چون احبّای فارسی در بمبئی خبر شدند یکی از آنها که کیخسرو نام داشت با کمال شوق برخاست

When the Parsi believers of Bombay learned of Mr Sprague's illness, one of them--a man named Kay-Khusraw--arose with the utmost alacrity

BDA2.095

DAS.1913-01-18n, MHMD2.115, ABCC.371, STAB#137

power of love; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0341

Words spoken at Dodge home in New York, 1912-04-16

690

In those places where they have no Mashrak-el-Azkar they rent a house and call it by that name

SW_v03#10 p.007-009

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; differences in human capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0531

Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-03

510

دین الله فی الحقیقه عبارت از اعمال است عبارت از الفاظ نیست زیرا دین الله

The Religion of God, in truth, consisteth in deeds and not in mere words, for verily the Religion of God [3.5s]

KHF.283, KHAB.119 (129), KHTB1.105, KHTP.082

Christian doctrine and practice; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; war and peace; words vs deeds

ABU1202

Words spoken at E.J. Rosenberg's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-08

270

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

Praise be to God, that such a meeting of purity and steadfastness is being held in London.

AIL.044

call to action; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as educator; Moses; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0116

Words spoken at East Putney in London, 1912-12-29

1160

Are you all well? Are you all happy? Are you all joyous? You must be exceedingly joyous

DAS.1912-12-29x

critique of Western values; culture; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; transcending the material condition; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity

ABU0025

Words spoken at El Grosse Bldg. in Los Angeles, 1912-10-19

2000

This is a good gathering, a good meeting. This assemblage is the assemblage of God…. Do not look at your small number. Plurality of numbers is not of importance.

SW_v07#04 p.033-034x, ECN.137+166

call to action; fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love and unity; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; thankfulness; gratitude; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0156

Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07

1020

از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود

Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book"

AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002

BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x

harmony of science and religion; stories; anecdotes; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; universal language; universal peace; world unity

ABU1671

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-27

180

چون انسان به خیرات و مبرات پردازد، عیون برکت و فزونی به جوش و خروش آید و از آسمان و زمین فراوانی رخ بگشاید

When man engageth himself in deeds of goodness and charity, the fountains of bounty and abundance shall surge forth, and from heaven and earth shall plenteous blessings be unveiled [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-27

charitable associations; humanitarian activities; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; stories; anecdotes

ABU3285

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-28

اینها قلبشان از رحمت الهی مأیوس است لابدند که خود را به یک چیزی تسلی دهند، اینست که به فسق و فجور مشغول می شوند

These souls, whose hearts are bereft of divine mercy, have no recourse but to console themselves through some means; thus do they engage in deeds of wickedness and transgression [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-28

humor; jokes; stories; anecdotes

ABU2965

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-30

ادراکات بر دو قسم است، قسمی مبنی بر حواس خمسه و قسمی مبنی بر قوای معقوله. قوای حساسه آلتی است از برای عقل

Perceptions are of two kinds: the one founded upon the five senses, and the other founded upon the rational faculties. The powers of sensation are but instruments for the mind [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-30

mind as intermediary between soul and body; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ABU0987

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-23

310

پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معارف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکنده گی یعنی تفرق سبب خذلانشان است

Before the minds of them that are endowed with understanding, and the possessors of thought, and the lords of knowledge, it is evident that the dispersion and disunity of the human world is the cause of their abasement [3.5s]

NJB_v14#11 p.352, ZSM.1916-09-23

nationalism; love of country; need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; race unity; racial issues; religion as source of love and unity; unity; oneness of humanity; universal language

ABU1664

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-24

180

بسا نفوس به این فکر افتادند و به کلی محو شدند. خلافت فاطمیه دویست سال زحمت کشید بی نتیجه

How many souls have fallen into this thought and been utterly effaced! The Fatimid Caliphate strove for two hundred years, yet all was in vain [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-09-24

corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

ABU1988

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-26

140

معلم نمی تواند کامل بکند. معلم نمی تواند شمع عالم انسانی بکند. البته طفلی که تربیت نشده باشد ولو بتواند بخواند بهتر از نفسی است

The teacher cannot perfect. The teacher cannot make one the candle of the human world. Verily, an untutored child who can yet read is better than a soul [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-09-26

bringing forth results; fruit; education of children; moral education; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3009

Words spoken at Golden Circle Club in Boston, 1912-07-24

لسان عربی لسان عمومی نمیشود ولی چند هفته پیش نامه ئی از نیویورک بیکی از رؤسای اسپرانتو نوشتم که اگر مجمعی از وکلای اجناس و ملوک فراهم کنند

A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter from New York to one of the promoters of Esperanto

BDA1.165.06

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.179-180

universal language

ABU0105

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-03

1200

I am going to say "welcome," to you, instead of your welcoming me. I am most happy to be here with you.

SW_v04#11 p.190-191+194, MAB.038-039, ECN.081+929

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2826

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-12

امروز در کنیسه موسویان صحبت کردیم شما دیدید که چگونه اثبات شد که حضرت مسیع

Today we spoke in the Jewish temple. You saw how it was proven that Christ was the Word of God

BDA1.307.11

MHMD1.324-325

Christ; Christianity; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU2739

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-16

در راه این صحبت را میداشتیم که هیچ بخاطر نمیآمد که بکلیفورنیا بیائیم و این طور با احباء ملاقات کنیم

On the way here we were saying that it never occurred to us that we would come to California and meet with the friends in this manner

BDA1.314.17

MHMD1.332

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0255

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04

800

امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع

Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s]

KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011

human reality created in the image of God; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; power of the mind over nature

BDA1.354, MHMD1.372

ABU2016

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

140