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Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-15

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This is the last day that I am meeting you, but in reality this is the first day. Although physically it is the last day, yet spiritually

infinity and eternity; law of pilgrimage; servitude; submission to God; repentance; soul; spirit after death; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

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Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-10

260

Persia will become luminous. Her future grandeur shall by far eclipse her past recorded glory.

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; past, present and future of Iran

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Words to Youness Khan in 1904

550

All the believers in Kashan were weeping and mourning. Here, there were fathers and mother patiently witnessing the agony of their beloved sons

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken on 1909-10-23

270

At this table you will not find material comfort, but you will find spiritual comfort... I praise this fact that women have made progress. They are, in America, to surpass the men.

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; equality of men and women; material and spiritual existence; two books; role and station of women; unity; oneness of humanity

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

410

In America, praise be to God, the Cause has become famous and well-known. In most of the cities believers are to be found... If one should wholly abstain from meat and be contented with vegetables, it would be much better.

characteristics and conduct of true believers; consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; return of Christ; second coming of Christ; words vs deeds

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

390

The Jews for a thousand and five hundred years were awaiting the coming, and their utmost desire was to live in the day of the Messiah

birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; blind imitation [taqlid]; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; suffering; rejection of Christ; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

390

In these days the Jews have extracted certain meanings from their books--that eight years later the Promised One would manifest Himself.

power of the Manifestation of God; suffering; rejection of Christ; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

360

In a certain newspaper there was written about the Shah of Persia a statement that he had left Persia... At such a time precisely I wrote to him not to be sorry or grieved

constitutional revolution in Iran; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; parliaments; constitutional government; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people; status of kings; future of monarchy

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

280

In the day of every Universal Dispensation two great events occur; one is collection and the other is separation.

creation of the world; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

220

In the world of existence every great cause, which is the means of bonds, of the unification of humanity... that cause is Divine.

composition and decomposition; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

210

The entrance to the Kingdom of God depends upon the absolute Bounty of God. If the grace of God descends upon the soul, it will be accepted. Acceptance is not due to capacity or ability.

development of capacity and readiness; early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual transformation; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

210

In these days, in the newspapers, very much is said about the North Pole - that Mr Peary has discovered it... We must endeavor to discover the world of humanity and the mysteries hidden in the reality of man.

effort; striving; knowledge; recognition of God; knowledge of self; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

200

If for a thousand years a man takes food, and nourishes his body, yet if for two or three days that nourishment ceases, his body will become weakened

corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; day of Resurrection; Judgement; divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun

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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

160

Bodily matters are not important. The physical suffering of Christ passed away

SW_v14#01 p.011, PN_1909 p092

existence; immortality of the human soul; relationship of the soul to the body; soul; spirit after death; soul is the essential reality of man; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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Words to William Randall ?

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Never talk about God to a man with an empty stomach. Feed him first.

SW_v11#03 p.043-044, VLAB.105

assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; methods of teaching the Cause; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; wisdom [hikmat]

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Words to William Ellis, reporter for The Continent, around 1910

70

We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for.

SW_v01#17 p.008, BLO_PN#006

growth of the Cause; humility; meekness; lowliness; love and unity; oneness; unity of religion

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-03

270

It is stated in the New Testament that Jesus Christ was once drinking of the fruit of the vine and said he would drink no more except in the presence of the Father.

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Judas; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; second birth

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-02

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This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-01

270

In this greatest period there are only two manifestations, the blessed Báb and the Manifestation of the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1901 p082, CUPAB.017-018x, BLO_PN#109

contention and conflict; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; twin Manifestations; unity; oneness of humanity

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-24

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In the time of the Manifestations of God people were hindered mostly in two ways. First the statements of the previous books were not understood.

PN_1901 p078, BLO_PN#109

changing and unchanging parts of religion; literal interpretation; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; suffering; rejection of Christ

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-23

340

A certain rich man came into the presence of Jesus Christ and said 'O Thou Spirit of God, I want to be one of thy disciples.'

DWN_v4#07 p.113-114, PN_1901 p077, BLO_PN#109

steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-22

400

When this blessed Cause was manifested in Persia, some of the divines and famous learned men became believers and were martyred.

PN_1901 p076, BLO_PN#109

banishment to; life in 'Akka; banishment to; life in Adrianople; banishment to; life in Baghdad; banishment to; life in Constantinople; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-21

200

The Kingdom of God is likened unto a garden and the gardener is a blessed Manifestation. The gardener comes and finds the trees unfruitful and the garden in disorder.

PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; power of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-20

230

The history of the prophets who came before Abraham is not known, but it is known of those who came after him.

PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Judas; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Saint Peter and Saint Paul

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

420

In the world of creation there is one nature common to all things. When we study their nature, we perceive that they are either essentially as light or darkness

DWN_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness; unity of religion; power of love; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; unity; oneness of humanity

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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

170

Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician.

PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

love and unity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; material and spiritual existence; two books; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-15

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You must go back to America as signs of love and love the people very much... In the East the love of the believers is very great, but America has not yet reached this station.... Tell them that love is the one great thing - it is life - the only life of the spirit.

PN_1909B p060, PN_1909C p057, PN_1909E p097

love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13

150

Once a Bahá'í was mistaken for his friend and arrested... Your hearts must be like mirrors brightly polished

PN_1909B p053, PN_1909C p031, PN_unsorted p159

human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13

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You have been taught right; it is because the mirror of your heart has been clear enough to reflect them. You must lock them in your breast. To speak of them prevents your own growth. This does not make you better than anyone else.

PN_unsorted p158

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13

10

This is right, this is right.

PN_unsorted p158

spiritual transformation

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

410

You must have no fear in going to Persia…. When you breathe forth the breath of the Holy Spirit from your hearts into the world... When we consider the realm of existence, we discover a great motive factor

SW_v08#08 p.103x, PN_1909B p051, PN_1909C p023, PN_1909E p038, PN_unsorted p157

development of capacity and readiness; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

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Did this occur when both were in service for the Cause?... Two human beings may live side by side, may be closely related, and yet be very far apart. Their souls may never meet. And two souls may be attracted instantly

PN_1909C p015, PN_unsorted p156

love and unity; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

30

No it is not a physical condition, but spiritual, a very high one which is so intense it reaches the nerves and these react upon the body. When one is spiritually developed, the body responds to spiritual conditions or emotions.

PN_1909C p014, PN_unsorted p155

connection between material and spiritual worlds; Mosaic imagery; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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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

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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken around 1909-10-15

230

This was a spiritual condition recognized through the physical senses.... It was just as if two clear crystal goblets were filled with pure water. They were so clear the goblets could not be seen - only the water

love as fire; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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Words to visitors, spoken on 1914-03-28

230

The biographies of such blessed souls must be written in detail – thus the children of the next generation may try to imitate the virtues of their fathers

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; eulogies; reminiscences; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; spiritual foundations of true knowledge

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Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-05-12

190

There is a story attributed to Christ in the oriental literature that is not found in any of the four Gospels. It is reported that one day a number of people saw Christ flying away with great haste.

DAS.1913-05-12

miracles and their interpretation; stories; anecdotes; The Holy Spirit

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Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-19

80

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

از کنار نهر گنگا از هند بایران رفتند و پس از کهرت و تعد و قبائل بعضی رو

The Persians, the Austrians, the Germans, the French, the Italian and the English people belong to one common stock of Aryan race…

DAS.1913-04-19, MHMD2.320

historical episodes and the lessons of the past; spiritual transformation; unity in diversity; universal language

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Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-05

30

Today if you teach one person it is as though you have resurrected a dead soul into life. It is as though you have changed the black stone into diamond. It is as though you have transmuted metal into gold, Satan into angel, animal into man.

DAS.1913-04-05

metallurgical metaphors; power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir

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Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-03-23

230

Ignorance and prejudice have encircled the nations of the earth and they are attacking each other with weapons of death instead of love.

DAS.1913-03-23

fanaticism and hatred; oneness; unity of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace

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Words to visitors, spoken on 1912-05-02

40

Mahmúd's Diary

مقصد از طی مصافت و تحمل صعوبت سطوع نورانیت در عالم غرب بوده زیرا در ممالک

The object of my undertaking such a long journey with all its inconveniences has been to bring about spiritual illumination in the Occident

SW_v19#04 p.112, MHMD1.073

critique of Eastern values; culture; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity

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Words to Viscount Arawaka spoken around Nov. 1911(?)

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The religious ideal is the soul of all plans for the good of mankind... Scientific discoveries have increased material civilization. There is in existence a stupendous force, as yet, happily, undiscovered by man.

JWTA.051, CHH.184, VLAB.122, BLO_PN#022

materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; non-participation in politics; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

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Words to various people, spoken on 1912-11-01

710

Mahmúd's Diary

من ابداً بنیهٴ سفر نداشتم ولی تأیید جمال مبارک مدد نمود هر امری بتأیید از پیش میرود اگر تأیید نباشد هیچ نمیشود

My health was absolutely not up to traveling but the assistance of the Blessed Beauty helped me. All affairs advance with His aid. Without His aid, all would come to naught.... Baha'u'llah has delivered us from all prejudices... If the socialists succeed they would seize the world's wealth and then divide it... I have said in America and Europe that there is only the question of votes in which women have been held back

equality of men and women; marriage as means of spiritual progress; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace

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Words to various individuals, spoken on 1912-04-27

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Mahmúd's Diary

چنانکه در میان ایالات متحدهٴ امریکا اتحاد حاصل است ممکن است میان دول عالم باشد

It is possible to establish among the powers of the whole world the unity which is found among the states of the United States of America…

SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.065

harmony of science and religion; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity of governments; political unity; universal peace; world unity

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Words to two Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-31

80

It is a mathematical impossibility that a soul may comprehend the purport of the Teachings of Baha-ollah and then arise to oppose them.

light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23

70

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

از برای انسان دو ترقیست ترقی جسمانی و ترقی روحانی ترقیات جسمانیه موقتیست

There are two kinds of progress, spiritual progress and material progress. Material progress is temporal and vanishing

DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.328x

materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

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Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23

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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

در ملکوت بهآء اللّٰه داخل شوید تا از هر جهت مؤیّد گردید در ایران نسآئی هستند

Enter into the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah, that you may be aided in every respect. In Persia, there are women who are entirely bereft of wealth

DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.329

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity

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Words to two prominent Persians, spoken on 1913-01-25

280

It is natural in man to oppress. When two individuals fight, they go before the civil court and settle their differences but there is no law or court whereby the nations may resort thereto

DAS.1913-01-25

competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; past, present and future of Iran; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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Words to two Persians, spoken on 1913-05-18

100

The dawning-point of these lights have been always in the East.... There is an ineffable something in the atmosphere of the Orient that causes the increase of spiritual susceptibilities.

DAS.1913-05-18

critique of Western values; culture; human reality created in the image of God; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; praise of Eastern values; culture; purpose; goal of creation; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

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Words to two Persians from Tihran, spoken on 1912-08-24

60

Mahmúd's Diary

ایرانیان بدست خویش خانهٴ خود را خراب کردند بامید ساختن خانهٴ دیگر ولی حال در صحرا بی لانه و آشیانه مانده اند با انکه نوشتنیم

The Persians destroyed their home with their own hands in the hope of building another one; but now thy are left in the desert without a home or shelter.

chastisement and requital; past, present and future of Iran; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people

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items by:	The Báb, summary		Bahá'u'lláh, summary		Abdu'l-Bahá, summary		see all, summary
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