search results for 'ABU'

I desire each one of you to become so great that each may guide a country. The friends must now endeavor to attain to such a station... There exist in man two powers.

SW_v14#01 p.009-010, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p073

self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1954

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-01-04

150

In this gathering, all the friends are assembled together in the utmost freedom, happiness and majesty.

SW_v13#09 p.220-221

charitable associations; humanitarian activities; future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; predictions and prophecies

ABU3267

Words to Albert Vail

We do not oppose the religion of anyone. We act in accordance with the Gospel. But we must also act

SW_v13#09 p.218

Christ; Christianity; exhortations and counsels; independent investigation of truth; reality; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

ABU0167

Words to Lua Getsinger

1000

Ios was a shepherd boy who tended his flocks in the valleys and on the sloping hills of Persia. He was poor and simple

SW_v13#07 p.182-184, STAB#018, STAB#020, STAB#021

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; love of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; stories; anecdotes

ABU0413

Words to the friends, spoken on 1921-11-19

610

Although you are here with these assembled friends and cannot speak with them.... When lovers meet it may be that they cannot exchange a single word

SW_v13#07 p.163-164, BSTW#482

love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; suffering and imprisonment

ABU3594

no title

I mean the heaven from which Christ descended and to which he ascended--the heaven of divine Will, the heaven of spirituality

SW_v13#06 p.148

interpretation of words and passages in scripture; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; resurrection of Christ

ABU2028

Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-29

140

You have been here three days. They are equal to three years. In the Bible in the days of the Lord

SW_v13#06 p.144

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0326

Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-28

710

They have bright faces... Science does not know; but the Manifestation makes discoveries... There will always be some. Only a special number will have this attainment.... Everything must be done moderately.

SW_v13#06 p.142-144, VLAB.028x, VLAB.099x

educational curricula; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; love and unity; moderation; frugality; simplicity; progress only takes place within its own degree; rational arguments; rejection, opposition and persecution; soul; spirit after death; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1810

Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-27

170

I was very glad to hear of your coming. When all the people are negligent you have been chosen by God.... In their heavenly books the prophets have spoken of the Day of the Lord

SW_v13#06 p.142-142

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Mount Carmel; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment

ABU3169

Words to Percy Woodcock

Tell the friends the matter of building the Mashreq'Ul Azkar in Chicago is of supreme importance. Even if it be only a single room now it will have greater effect than the largest temples of the future. The most important thing in this day is the speedy erection of the Edifice... Its mystery is great and cannot be unveiled just yet. In the future it will be made plain.

SW_v13#06 p.132, SW_v06#07 p.053

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3269

no title

If a person desires to work for the progress of the world of humanity he must turn his face to the Kingdom of Abha

SW_v13#06 p.132

call to action; material world a reflection of the spiritual; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2112

no title

130

I desire for you distinction. The Bahais must be distinguished from others of humanity. But this distinction must not

SW_v13#05 p.117

excellence; distinction; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2875

no title

Ordinary a moral teacher strives day and night until a person abandons one of his many evil attributes. But as soon as the guidance

SW_v13#05 p.114

fulfillment of true potential; second birth; spiritual transformation

ABU3437

Words to Emogene Hoagg spoken in 1914

This is the day of happiness. In no time of any manifestation was there the cause for happiness as now.

SW_v13#05 p.102, PN_1914 p009

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU3330

no title

Every morning when I awoke I praised God there was another day to serve Him in His prison.

SW_v13#05 p.102

banishment to; life in 'Akka; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0472

no title

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

education of children; moral education; high station of learning; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0461

no title

570

Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy

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

ABU0930

Words to Florence Johnson, spoken on 1912-08-25

330

You are very welcome. The weather is delightful. This is a lovely suburb, perfectly charming... All of these ailments will pass away and you will receive perfect physical and spiritual health… Laugh and talk, don't lament and talk.

SW_v13#04 p.102x, PN_1912 p011, BSTW#345

happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mary Magdalene; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit

ABU3595

no title

Give the message with love and joy to those we meet and leave the souls to God.

SW_v13#04 p.090x

ABU3607

no title

The body is the word. The spirit is its meaning. The word passes. The meaning remains.

SW_v13#04 p.090x

outward and inward meanings

ABU3608

no title

Religion is an attitude toward God which reflects itself in our attitude towards men.

SW_v13#04 p.090x

religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; religion as reality; definitions of religion; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1903

Words to the secretary of the New York Peace Society, New York, 1912

160

You must rest assured and let there be no trace of doubt in your souls that God is your assister and helper

SW_v13#12 p.343-344

Christ; Christianity; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2956

Words to Mrs Thornburg-Cropper

There are seasons in the revelation from God, as in the natural year, and just as the Christ manifested the Spirit of God in the flesh

SW_v13#12 p.342

Christ; Christianity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as divine physician; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

ABU0685

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

430

No. That gives the wrong idea. In the Cause of Baha'u'llah there is the House of Justice. Political affairs are not explicitly settled in the Tablets

SW_v13#12 p.325x, PN_1919 p060, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012x, PN_1920 p022

acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; House of Justice; law of obligatory prayer; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU1416

no title

230

The law of peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of peace. We are daily advancing in the path of peace.

SW_v13#11 p.293-294

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity of governments; political unity; war and peace

ABU2101

Words spoken on 1912-09-06 in Montreal

130

Man has set up imaginary lines, only to have these become causes of strife. A river is made a boundary, one side called France and the other Germany

SW_v13#11 p.292

love and unity; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace

ABU2947

Words to Corinne True spoken in 1907

we must look upon every human being we saw as a letter from the Beloved to us.... No matter how blotted, blurred, torn or soiled that letter appears to be

SW_v13#10 p.284

forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0498

no title

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

ABU1412

Words spoken on 1920-11-28

230

Springtime is the time of buds and blossoms and flowers, but the season of fruits is after the springtime

SW_v13#01 p.018-019

growth of the Cause; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2514

Words spoken ca. May 1912 in New York

Tell Juliet that she teaches well. I have met many people who have been affected by you, Juliet. You are not eloquent, you are not fluent, but your heart teaches.

SW_v12#07 p.139, DJT.281, FDA.019-020, BLO_PN#027

confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3259

Words spoken at Persian embassy in New York, 1912-04-23

If all the spirits of the air were to congregate together they could not create a salad!

SW_v12#07 p.135+137-140, SW_v12#08 p.145-172, DJT.270, FDA.014, BLO_PN#027

humor; jokes; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the human soul; the mind's power of discovery

ABU3106

Words spoken in May1921

Say to this convention that never since the beginning of time has a convention of more importance been held.

SW_v12#06 p.115

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; race unity; racial issues

ABU2309

Words to Dr. Zia Bagdadi, spoken on 1920-04-06

110

Yes, this is the truth. If the races do not come to an agreement, there can be no question or doubt of bloodshed…. I foretell things before they happen…

SW_v12#05 p.120-121

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; predictions and prophecies; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; race unity; racial issues; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2690

Words spoken in 1909

Persian Teacher, A

Give Mrs. Botay my greetings and love and tell her she must greatly endeavor

SW_v12#05 p.108

race unity; racial issues; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2528

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26

There should be no differentiation between the blacks and the whites. All are the creatures of God

SW_v12#05 p.107, PN_1909F p069, PN_1909F p129?, AKL.011

chastisement and requital; race unity; racial issues; stories; anecdotes; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3246

no title

There shall not be any separation among the believers because Baha'u'llah has appointed the House of Justice to be the authority

SW_v12#18 p.280

House of Justice

ABU2539

no title

You must not injure yourselves or commit suicide.... It is not permissible to do to yourselves what Mirza Hassan Afnan did to himself.

SW_v12#18 p.280-281

apostles; early disciples of Christ; composure; tranquillity; serenity; martyrs and martyrdom; service to others; to the Cause of God; suicide; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2812

no title

God is the Creator of all the creatures. He made men to dwell in His land and He made them rulers of whatsoever exists of animals, vegetables, minerals, water and air

SW_v12#17 p.260, DWN_v4#01 p.001, DWN_v6#09 p.001

nationalism; love of country; oneness; unity of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace

ABU1351

Words to Miss Pearson in Akka, 1899-02-26

240

One thing I ask of you for your own good, and that you must do if you wish to gain the blessing.

SW_v12#14 p.236, PN_1899 p004

Mary Magdalene; power of faith; power of the spirit; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2876

Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921

Jesus was a Manifestation of God. Everything of him pertained to God. To know him was to know God.

SW_v12#11 p.188, SW_v15#08 p.249, SW_v20#05 p.133, PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339

identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2124

Words to Genevieve Coy spoken in Sept. 1920

130

Mr. Vail is a good man… Some people are ready for education. They are like the fertile ground....

SW_v12#11 p.182-183, BLO_PN#111

differences in human capacity; service to others; to the Cause of God; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3107

no title

Blessed is he who proclaims the doctrine of Spiritual Brotherhood, for he shall be the Child of Light

SW_v12#01 p.013

assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2519

Words to Private Sinclair, spoken on 1919-02-14

From what I can gather from the events of my life, history clearly shows the wars that have been waged, the peace measures that have been subsequently adopted

SW_v11#03 p.050-051

historical episodes and the lessons of the past; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; war and peace

ABU3623

Words to William Randall ?

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]

ABU0786

Answer to questions from pilgrims, Haifa, 1920-10-26

380

In places where it will be the cause of trouble, such as in Bokhara or Afghanistan, or in some of the towns...

SW_v11#19 p.328-329, PN_1920 p049, PN_1920 p052, PN_1920 p059, PN_1920 p093, PN_1920 p111, PN_1920_heh_haifa p058, BSTW#122

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; law of fasting; stories; anecdotes

ABU0075

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

1400

The differences between this Revelation and that of Jesus Christ are, that in this cycle all the inhabitants of the world will be gathered in one nation

SW_v11#17 p.286x, PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p040

Christ; Christianity; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; growth of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; universal peace; world unity

ABU3557

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in New York

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

ABU2679

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-09-05

I hope the health of the friends is good.... His Holiness Christ was once eating grapes. He said, 'I will not eat grapes again until I eat them anew with you in the Kingdom

SW_v11#16 p.270, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p055, PN_1920 p091, PN_1920_heh p013, PN_1920_heh_haifa p020, IHP.118, BLO_PN#046

station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1725

Words spoken on 1920-09-07

180

The body of man is from the world of nature. His body is akin to that of the animal. He has animal tendencies.

SW_v11#16 p.269, PN_1920 p032, PN_1920 p056, PN_1920 p092, PN_1920_heh p014, PN_1920_heh_haifa p021

man's distinction from the animal; second birth; spiritual transformation; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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