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| ABU2951 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 60 | No nation ever advances beyond the point of progress to which its women have attained; the two legs belong to the one body. | SAS.097 | role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3091 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 50 | It might be so if we were not in the Hands of the great Father who is perfect love and endless mercy. | SAS.105 | chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; recompense; reward for belief; right action; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3249 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 40 | They see all as it affects the spirit. A great joy, a great sorrow, a sin, or a good deed: as these things darken or cloud the soul | SAS.105-106 | angels; connection between material and spiritual worlds; servitude; submission to God; repentance; soul; spirit after death; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3444 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 30 | We should give our bodies a healthy, simple diet, just enough to keep them for good service--no more; to think too much of what we shall or shall not eat is making too much of the material. | SAS.096 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; disregarding bodily comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3379 | Words spoken ca. 1912 in the United States | 30 | What does it matter if the skin of a man is black, white, yellow, pink, or green? In this respect the animals show more intelligence than man. | DJT.284, BLO_PN#027 | prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; race unity; racial issues; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1868 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington | 160 | In the world of existence there are three stages, the mineral, the vegetable, and the animal. | BSTW#336c | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; existence; immortality of the human soul; interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; limits of the intellect; proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; the lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3190 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington | 40 | All nations must become socialistic in spirit. People must not be forced by circumstances to help the poor. They must give aid willingly. | BSTW#336b | critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1933 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-25 in Washington | 150 | The difference between animal and man is this, that the animal cannot comprehend the teachings of God.... The teachings say first to investigate reality | BSTW#336d | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; independent investigation of truth; reality; man's distinction from the animal; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3492 | Words spoken ca. 1912-10-08 in the United States | 20 | We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon referred to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a spark will set aflame the whole of Europe. | SW_v10#03 p.033, SW_v13#09 p.252-253, SAS.107-108, BSTW#022 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1475 | Words spoken ca. 1912-10-20 in Los Angeles | 220 | The believers must not expect anything from one another... I have traveled and come as far as here... Look at the people of the world | BSTW#357 | definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0108 | Words spoken ca. 1913 | 1200 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | This is my second visit to Paris and I meet you with great joy. On a third visit to Europe I hope to see a brilliant flame | COC#2138x, ADP.079-086 | education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; growth of the Cause; independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; universal education; universal language; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0873 | Words spoken ca. 1913-03-29 in Paris | 350 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | Paris is a city of adornment. I hope that, as this century is a radiant century and this age a merciful age | ADP.185-188 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; harmony of science and religion; literal interpretation; praise of Western values; culture; religion as reality; definitions of religion; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0143 | Words spoken ca. 1913-12-22 in Haifa | 1050 | خوش آمدید احوال شما چطور است از بس از صبح تا بحال من حرف زده ام دیگر قوت | Welcome! How are you! No strength is left in me because I have talked so much, from morning until now | KHF.194, KHTB3.079, NJB_v04#18 p.001 | DAS.1913-12-22x, SW_v09#02 p.024x | Muhammad; Islam; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2925 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 60 | It has been revealed in the Teachings that work is worship, but this does not mean that worship and the prescribed mentionings of God should be abandoned | BW_v13p1187 | importance of prayer; power of prayer; servitude; submission to God; repentance; work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2926 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 60 | In the world of man love is the brightness of the beauty of God. If there be no love, this is the animal's kingdom | BW_v13p1187 | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; man's distinction from the animal | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3069 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 50 | I see the people ... like bees or ants, coming and going by troops, surging past like waves, continually engrossed in their business. | BW_v13p1187 | critique of Western values; culture; idle fancies; lust and passion; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3183 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 40 | Look at the plains, look at the hills: they are defeated armies, they are hosts that fell in heaps and were leveled with the ground | BW_v13p1188 | service to others; to the Cause of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3371 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 30 | Man's duty is to persevere and struggle, and to hope for God's help. Not for him to sit idly by, proud and unconcerned. | BW_v13p1187 | effort; striving; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3410 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 30 | Severance is not poverty but freedom of the heart ... When a man's heart is free, and on fire with the love of God | BW_v13p1187 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3506 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 20 | Up to now, to believe was to acknowledge, to make a confession of faith, but in this greatest of all Causes, believing means to have praiseworthy qualities and to perform praiseworthy acts. | BW_v13p1187 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; goodly deeds; actions; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0244 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 830 | قائم مقام حیفا در نهایت عداوت مانع ساختمان مقام اعلی شد بمامور طاپو دستور داده بودند | With the utmost enmity, Haifa's Qa'im-maqam rose to prevent the construction of the Shrine of the Bab. The official in charge of the Land Registry received instructions | QT108.067-069, KHH1.314-317 (1.437-441) | KHHE.450-454 | prayer for assistance; intercession; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0658 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 440 | امروز در احوال بعضی از نفوس سیر میکردم که دهقان آسمانی آمد و اراضی را از خس و خاشاک پاک کرد | Today I was pondering the deeds of certain people. The heavenly Farmer comes and clears the earth of deadwood and debris. The divine Cultivator withstands every grievous trial | YHA1.109-110 (1.224), NJB_v05#14 p.004, KHH1.293-294 (1.408-410) | KHHE.423-425 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0983 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 310 | الارض المقدسه حرارتها لاتزید عن سی و سه ٣٣ درجه و ابرد فصلها تقریبا ٤ فوق الصرفرفی | The temperature in the Holy Land does not exceed 33 degrees [Celsius] and in the coldest season, it is approximately four degrees above zero. | ASAT4.454-455x, KHH1.323-324 (1.449-451) | KHHE.451-462 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1126 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 280 | جمیع اینها زواجر است از جانب خداست تا سبب تذکر و تنبه ناس شود ولی این مردم مانند اطفال | These are God-sent calamities for man so that people will grow repentant and contrite. However, these people are like children in the cradle, the more you rock them, the sleepier they get. | KHH1.290-291 (1.404-405) | KHHE.418-419 | greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; idle fancies; lust and passion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1173 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 270 | مکه در صحرای گرم غیر ذیزرع کوهستانی واقع شده باوجود این طالبین بچه شوق و سروری آنجا | Mecca is situated in midst of a hot, sterile, mountainous desert, yet it is sought after with great joy and bliss | KHH1.313-314 (1.436-437) | KHHE.449-450 | praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1254 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 250 | جرجس الجمال کان من اهل العقل و الوداد و لکنه کان پرتستانی متعصب عنید مرة طلبت مثه ارض الصنوبر | ASAT2.091-093, KHH1.324 (1.451-452) | business; financial; property matters; humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1266 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 250 | من عادة الحکومه العنمانیه هوانها تقرٴ حکم الفرمان بحضور المذنب حتی یعلم تکلیفه و یتبع القوانین | ASAT4.349, KHH1.325-326 (1.453-454) | banishments of Baha'u'llah; banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1489 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 210 | الان ما در جوار مقام اعلی هستیم سزاوار است قدر این موهبت را بدانیم و برای نعمت زبان بشکرانه باز کنیم | We are now under the shadow of the Shrine of the Bab. It is worthy that we fully appreciate the enormity of this bounty and loosen our tongue in gratitude and praise | QT108.069-070, KHH1.317-318 (1.441-442) | KHHE.454-455 | future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; growth of the Cause; Moses; prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1497 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 210 | مرشد که یکی از اصحاب قلعه بود در طهران با بزرگان و رجال مراوده داشت تصدیق امر کرد روزی | Murshid was close to the notables and the prominent figures of Tihran. He embraced the Faith and became one of companions at the fort [Tabarsi]. | NJB_v12#05 p.109, KHH1.321-322 (1.447-448) | KHHE.458-459, STAB#034 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; stories; anecdotes; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1500 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 210 | و من اعمال الناقضین قال الموملی انهم اخذوا مناالقصر ولم یعطوفا منه عرقه واحده لاغیر ثوبی من العرق | The Covenant-breakers seized the flower gardens adjoining the Shrine of Baha'u'llah from us, but some of the friends and I would carry soil and water on our shoulders for that garden and tend to its beauty. | ASAT4.501, KHH1.324 (1.452-453) | KHHE.463 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1689 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 180 | ملاحظه جنون دولت ایران و دولت عثمانی را بفرمائید که به چه طرزی حضرت بهاءالله | Consider the foolishness of the governments of Iran and the Ottoman Empire in how they banished His Holiness Baha'u'llah from Iran | KHH1.322 (1.448-449) | KHHE.459-460, COB.226x | banishment to; life in Baghdad; future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; predictions and prophecies; prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2674 | Words spoken ca. 1914-02-22 | 80 | Tell me what is the voice that is calling loud in Kerman (Persia)? Is it the voice of the darvishes | SW_v09#09 p.105 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; growth of the Cause; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0391 | Words spoken ca. 1914-11 in Abu Sinan | 630 | There was an important man in Acca who had many cases pending in the court; but the judge postponed the settlement of his affairs from day to day. | DAS.1914-11-05 | bribery and corruption; humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0347 | Words spoken ca. 1915 | 680 | پیر مردیست در نهایت روحانیت فی الحقیقه جمیع قوایش را در سبیل الهی صرف نموده چقدر خوبست | He [Haji Mirza Haydar 'Ali] is at an advanced age and with utmost spirituality. He has spent all his energy in the path of God. How blessed is he who devotes his life to the Cause | KHH1.285-287 (1.398-401) | KHHE.412-415 | Imam Husayn; martyrdom of the Bab; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0879 | Words spoken ca. 1915 | 340 | از حرفهای بی ثمر و نتیجه انسان خسته میشود این مردمیکه میآیند و میروند اغلب صحبتهایشان بی نتیجه | A person grows tired of unfruitful and frivolous talk. Often what these people that visit talk about is trivial and unimportant. They cause weariness, but there is no choice other than associating with them. | KHH1.284-285 (1.396-397) | KHHE.410-411 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0917 | Words spoken ca. 1915 | 330 | خداوند بلسان مظهر وحی خود فرموده " یا ابن الروح احب الاشیاٌ عندی الانصاف | Through the tongue of His Manifestation, God has revealed: “O Son of Spirit! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice..." ...people that investigate claims for themselves learn the fundamental truth. We walk in a path that has no interest in other people's affairs. | KHH1.289-290 (1.402-404) | KHHE.416-418 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; independent investigation of truth; reality; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1213 | Words spoken ca. 1915 | 260 | رفتیم با آقا میرزا حیدر علی بگردیم دیدیم جمعیت زیادی روبه کوه میروند فردا شب عید مارالیاس است | Together with Áqa Mírza Haydar-‘Alí, we went for a stroll. We saw a large multitude going up the mountain, as the next evening was a festivity in honor of Saint Elijah | KHH1.288 (1.401-402) | KHHE.415-416 | empty learning; false spirituality; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0869 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 350 | All this trouble is because humanity has wandered far from the true teaching of God. Nations are divided through superstition and tradition. | CHH.193-194, BLO_PN#022 | changing and unchanging parts of religion; high station of learning; Jabulqa and Jabarsa; prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1090 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 290 | There was a woman who was one of the disciples of His Holiness the Bab; she had seven sons; six of them had been martyred. She dreamed a dream | CHH.195-196, BLO_PN#022 | accounts of dreams and visions; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2475 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 90 | Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid wished to strike terror into my heart; he sent to tell me that I should be imprisoned forever, or executed, or sent to a far-off penal colony. I answered his threats by a message | CHH.192, BLO_PN#022 | forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2883 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 60 | There are two equinoxes, the vernal (Aries) and the autumnal (Libra). Before this vernal season, the earth, mountains, and gardens are as dead; this season brings life. | CHH.193, BLO_PN#022 | historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3230 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 40 | There is spiritual healing and there is also material healing. Unless these two work together a cure is impossible. | CHH.192, BLO_PN#022 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; law of cause and effect; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3451 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 30 | A few hundred years ago, Darzi, a tailor, came from Persia to Syria, where he established the Druze cult. 'Druze' is a corruption of the word 'Darzi. | CHH.195, BLO_PN#022 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2374 | Words spoken ca. 1916 | 100 | Ridvaniyyih, there is a Garden of God. Human beings are trees growing therein. The Gardener is Our Father. When He sees a little tree in a place too small | CHH.216, BLO_PN#022 | consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3058 | Words spoken ca. 1916 | 50 | If you have a bed of lilies-of-the-valley that you love and tenderly care for, they cannot see you, nor can they understand your care | CHH.215, BLO_PN#022 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; methods of teaching the Cause; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0198 | Words spoken ca. 1916 in Abu Sinan | 910 | One day in Baghdad He called all His friends together and spoke to them of God. Then He departed from them alone. Nobody knew just where He was. | CHH.256-260, BLO_PN#022 | banishments of Baha'u'llah; growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as educator; power of the Manifestation of God; predictions and prophecies; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1411 | Words spoken ca. 1917 | 230 | The believers must arise in perfect unity in teaching the Cause of God and grasping each other's hands | SW_v10#04 p.072 | confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; growth of the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2813 | Words spoken ca. 1918-12-17 | 70 | O Omnipotent God! Verily, the pavilion of Justice has been raised in the Holy Land | SW_v09#17 p.196 | praise and encouragement; prayer for governments and rulers; relationship between government and people | - | - |
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