| inventory |
title |
# of
words |
found in
catalog |
found in
tags |
1st line
original |
1st line
English |
mss |
pubs |
translations |
music |
abstract |
subjects |
BK
?
|
AT
?
|
notes refs |
notes text |
| ABU0135 |
|
1070 |
|
|
عجیب است جمیع مردم مضطربند ده پانزده روز قبل با قنسول آلمان در مسئلهٴ |
Strange indeed it is that all people are in a state of agitation. Some ten to fifteen days ago, with the German Consul regarding the matter of [3.5s] |
|
KHF.068, KHAB.458 (459), KHTB3.037, NJB_v05#13 p.003 |
|
|
|
Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Nationalism; love of country; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0175 |
|
970 |
|
|
در ایام دقیانوس امپراطور رومان بعد از حضرت مسیح واقع شد دقیانوس بغض و عداوت زیادی |
In the days of Decius, Emperor of Rome, who arose after Christ, there transpired events stemming from intense hatred and enmity [3.5s] |
|
AVK2.208.10 |
|
|
|
Christ; Christianity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0207 |
|
900 |
|
|
|
In former times men either became believers, or else they became enemies of the cause of God. For instance, in the time of Moses |
|
|
DWN_v3#03-4 p.024, ADP.041-046 |
|
|
Christ; Christianity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0213 |
|
890 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
|
|
In reality the geographical position of the Central States has great importance.... Likewise, great importance must be given to the development of the Star of the West |
|
|
BSC.546 #986, SW_v10#07 p.126-127+138, SW_v10#04 p.081, SW_v11#01 p.016 |
|
|
House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universality of the Cause |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0217 |
|
880 |
|
|
|
To begin, let it be understood that the Prophets or Messengers of God are holy souls sent by Him to lead us to a knowledge of God and establish laws |
|
|
BSTW#138 |
|
|
Adam; Adam and Eve; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Evolution; human evolution; Imagery in the Qur'an; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0225 |
|
870 |
|
|
|
...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago |
|
|
SW_v11#01 p.004-005, SW_v12#01 p.012-013 |
|
|
Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0243 |
|
830 |
|
|
خلیل پاشا والی بیروت عبدالرحمن الحوت را بوکالت از خود بعکا فرستاد |
Khalil Pasha, the Governor of Beirut, dispatched 'Abdu'r-Rahman al-Hut to 'Akka as his deputy [3.5s]... ...Upon their arrival, the Commission of Inquiry invited me to meet with them but I declined. They sent a certain official by the name of Hikmat Big |
|
ASAT4.360-363 |
CHC.217-218x |
|
|
Ottoman commissions of investigation; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0306 |
|
730 |
|
|
|
Many divine messengers have appeared in Persia, the land of many sects. One of these sects |
|
|
ADP.062-067 |
|
|
Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Growth of the Cause; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0383 |
|
630 |
|
|
از عادت حکومت ترکیه است که حکم فرمان را بحضور مقصر میخوانند تا تکلیف خود |
It is among the customs of the Turkish government that they read aloud the decree in the presence of the accused, that he may know his fate [3.5s] |
|
ASAT4.349-352 |
|
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0431 |
|
590 |
|
|
جمال پاشا کوهی از غرور بود هر کجا میرفت دار بپا میکرد و هر که را میخواست |
Jamal Pasha was as a mountain of pride; whithersoever he went, he raised the gallows, and whomsoever he desired, he condemned [3.5s] |
|
ASAT3.042-045 |
|
|
|
Humor; jokes; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0451 |
|
580 |
|
|
|
I pray for your health and happiness. Consider the distance I have traveled and reflect on the great desire.... Be pure--to be pure is to be selfless |
|
|
SW_v07#18 p.185x, ADP.047-050 |
|
|
Mary Magdalene; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Martyrs and martyrdom; Presence of; reunion with God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0455 |
|
570 |
|
|
حاجی فرجی کحال در بغداد بود خودش میگفت سه هزار چشم کور کردم تا کحال شدم |
There was in Baghdad a man by the name of Haji Faraj Kahhal [oculist]. |
|
AHDA.509-510 |
STAB#077x |
|
|
Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Newspapers and the media; publications; Stories; anecdotes |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0461 |
|
570 |
|
|
|
To see the joy of divine gladness on your faces is the cause of my happiness, for when I see you happy, I am happy also. |
|
|
SW_v13#05 p.101, ADP.069-073 |
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0472 |
|
560 |
|
|
|
True happiness is found in purity of thought. Whenever I look into your radiant faces I am made most happy because your thoughts are pure |
|
|
SW_v13#05 p.102-104 |
|
|
Shrines and Holy places; Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0498 |
|
540 |
|
|
|
When the Blessed Perfection (Baha'u'llah) was exiled from Bagdad the large number |
|
|
SW_v13#10 p.277-278, BKOG.179+186+192x |
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0530 |
|
510 |
|
|
جمال مبارک ملاقات هیچ متصرفی را نپذیرفتند و سلطان باندیشه شد |
The Blessed Beauty accepted not the audience of any governor, and this caused the sovereign to fall into deep contemplation [3.5s] |
|
ASAT4.352-354 |
|
|
|
Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0541 |
|
510 |
|
|
|
What becomes of the soul after its separation from the body? The question concerns that which has a place and that which is placeless. |
|
|
ADP.127-130 |
|
|
Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0545 |
|
500 |
|
|
اینکه این روز نامه از جهت جامعه بحث میکرد اما |
Whereas in this day the discourse concerned the community [3.5s] |
|
NJB_v15#09 p.280 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0547 |
|
500 |
|
|
جسمانیات اگر در ظل روحانیات باشد ترقی میکند و الا ایامی چند |
Material things, when abiding beneath the shade of spiritual things, advance and progress; else they endure but for a few days [3.5s] |
|
NJB_v15#07 p.216 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0552 |
|
500 |
|
|
شیخ عبدالله برای من حکایت کرد که جمال مبارک در سفر سلیمانیه در خانه نقشبندی اطاقی داشتند بسیار کم بیرون میآمدند |
Sheikh Abdullah recounted unto me that the Blessed Beauty, during His sojourn in Sulaymaniyyih, occupied a chamber in the house of the Naqshbandi, wherefrom He would but rarely venture forth [3.5s] |
|
YIK.367-370, ZIAB2.221 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0583 |
|
480 |
|
|
|
Bahá'u'lláh loved the beauty and verdure of the country. One day He passed the remark: 'I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.' |
|
|
ABCC.039-041, BKOG.357-359, BNE.040-041 |
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in 'Akka |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0586 |
|
480 |
|
|
|
Some one desires an explanation of the terms soul, mind and spirit. The terminology of ancient and modern philosophers differs. |
|
|
ADP.120-122 |
|
|
The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0587 |
|
480 |
|
|
|
The woman of the East has progressed. Formerly in India, Persia and throughout the Orient, she was not considered a human being. |
|
|
COC#2115, ADP.086-088 |
|
|
Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0608 |
|
470 |
|
|
|
Both in Europe and America I have spoken in churches of all denominations, in the Jewish synagogues and universities |
|
|
ADP.093-095 |
|
|
Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Limits of the intellect; Man's distinction from the animal; Martyrs and martyrdom |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0634 |
|
450 |
|
|
حضرت اعلی در ایام توقفشان در بوشهر... تجار بوشهری رسمی داشتند که بعد از ختم هر معامله ای |
During His stay in Bushihr, the Bab achieved extraordinary things and thoroughly demolished the foundation of people's corrupt practices...The merchants of Bushihr practised dabbih. That is, the merchants, after having negotiated a transaction |
|
AHDA.041-042 |
STAB#073, GEN.012-013 |
|
|
Business; financial; property matters; Conduct in finance and business; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0640 |
|
450 |
|
|
فی الحقیقه چه اماری ایران داشته عجب تمدنی داشته دول فرس بر آن سنگها نوشته است |
In truth, what remarkable chronicles hath Persia possessed, what wondrous civilization it hath attained! The Persian sovereigns have carved their deeds upon those stones [3.5s] |
|
NJB_v15#01 p.056 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0654 |
|
450 |
|
|
|
Some one has asked a question on astronomy. In past ages astronomers accepted the Ptolemaic system. |
|
|
ADP.113-116 |
|
|
Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0725 |
|
410 |
|
|
|
All that has been created is for man who is at the apex of creation and who must be thankful |
|
|
SW_v08#06 p.063, ADP.134-136 |
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Monasticism; asceticism; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0745 |
|
400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Martyrs and martyrdom; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Words vs deeds |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0752 |
|
400 |
|
|
|
Every plan is in need of a power for its execution. Today the penetrative power in the world of existence is the confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha… Teaching the Cause of God does not depend on scientific attainment |
|
|
DAS.1914-10-29?, SW_v13#06 p.132 |
|
|
Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0753 |
|
390 |
|
|
امروز رفتم خضر ایلیا عرب میگوید الیاس جمال مبارک سه روز ... در این امر جمال مبارک یک میزانی قرار داده اند که آن میزان |
Today I proceeded forth, and verily Khidr-Elijah of the Arabs, whom they call Elias, spake concerning the Blessed Beauty three days... In this Cause hath the Blessed Beauty established a Balance, and that Balance [3.5s] |
|
QT105.2.230, TRZ1.318 |
|
|
|
House of Justice; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Chastisement and requital; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Stories; anecdotes |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0766 |
|
390 |
|
|
|
I have been asked to speak of that which is eternal and that which is contingent. Is creation a manifestation or an emanation of God? |
|
|
ADP.106-108 |
|
|
Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Emanation vs. manifestation; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Rational arguments; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0819 |
|
370 |
|
|
|
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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
- |
- |
|
|
| 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0875 |
|
350 |
|
|
|
The obstacle which prevents the so-called religious man from accepting the teachings of God is literal interpretation. |
|
|
DWN_v2#12 p.094-095, ADP.036-038 |
|
|
Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Outward and inward meanings; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0902 |
|
340 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
|
|
God in his wisdom has created all things. Nothing has been created without a special destiny... The greatest gift of man is universal love |
|
|
BSC.501 #965x, ADP.110-112 |
|
|
The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Fulfillment of true potential; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0903 |
|
340 |
|
|
|
Each religion teaches that a mediator is necessary between man and the Creator |
|
|
SW_v14#04 p.110-111, ADP.033-035 |
|
|
Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0918 |
|
330 |
|
|
در آنجا میرزا حسن برادر میرزا آقاخان حضور مبارک عرض کرد اینها همه تسلیم اند اگر |
Therein did Mirza Hasan, brother of Mirza Aqa Khan, make petition before His blessed presence, saying: "All these are submissive if..." [3.5s] |
|
TZH2.094-095 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0933 |
|
330 |
|
|
|
My lot has ever been with those who have not the goods of this world. When we look at the poor of humanity, we behold a world of brothers. All are the sheep of God. |
|
|
BSTW#187 |
|
|
Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Wealth inequality and its moderation |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0935 |
|
330 |
|
|
|
Normal spiritual joy has a healing effect upon the body. I can conceive of no greater joy than teaching the Cause of God |
|
|
SW_v14#02 p.061 |
|
|
Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0943 |
|
330 |
|
|
|
In Haifa there was at one time a German Consul who became Abdu'l-Baha's friend. He used to call on Abdu'l-Baha often |
|
|
ABIE.312, BLO_PN#007, STAB#100 |
|
|
Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0974 |
|
320 |
|
|
|
There are two kinds of life. There is that existence which is palpable to our touch but does not grow or possess sensation |
|
|
SW_v14#01 p.010, PTIM.046 |
|
|
Limits of the intellect; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU0991 |
|
310 |
Translation List |
|
روز عید نوروز است اعیاد ما خیلی عظیم است در میان جمیع ملل نظیری ندارد |
It is the day of the Festival of Naw-Rúz. Our festivals are exceedingly great; among all the peoples of the world, they are without peer |
|
NJB_v14#12 p.384 |
ADMS#296 |
|
|
Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wealth inequality and its moderation |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU1015 |
|
310 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
|
|
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; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU1016 |
|
310 |
|
|
|
There is a point on which the philosophers and the prophets differ. The philosophers make education the test of knowledge |
|
|
ADP.108-110 |
|
|
Manifestation of God as educator; Bringing forth results; fruit; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Fulfillment of true potential; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world |
- |
- |
|
|
| 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 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
| ABU1070 |
|
300 |
|
|
|
The religionists of the world have forsaken the essence of the teaching and hold to the letter. It is as if the students in a college quarrelled and disputed |
|
|
BLO_PN#002 |
|
|
Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity |
- |
- |
|
|
List of subjects
