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BB00638

In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:170-171,

Lawh-i-`Abdu'l-Aziz-Va-Vukala (Tablet to the Sultan)

BH11579

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-'Aziz va Vukala

unknown

BKOG.206, BKOG.216, GPB.160, BW_v14p631, GSH.069, LL#031

Lost but incorporated in the Suriy-i-Muluk (?)

BH11582

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Majid

unknown

ROB4.084, LL#033

BH11583

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Rahim

unknown

ROB3.060, LL#035

BH11584

Lawh-i-Afnan-i-Yazd va Shiraz

unknown

STOB.099, LL#037

BH11585

Lawh-i-Ahbab-i-Isfahan

unknown

STOB.112-113, LL#039

BH11586

Lawh-i-Band-i-Man

unknown

STOB.107-108, LL#074

BH11588

Lawh-i-Haji Akhund (I) wa Jamal-i-Burujirdi

unknown

ROB3.425, LL#099

BH11589

Lawh-i-Haji Akhund (II)

unknown

ROB3.427, LL#100

BH11590

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir I

unknown

ROB2.276, STOB.020, LL#108

BH11591

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir II

unknown

ROB2.278, STOB.021a, LL#109

BH11592

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir III

unknown

STOB.021b, LL#110

BH11593

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Ibrahim

unknown

LL#111

BH11594

Lawh-i-Salat

unknown

ROB4.299, LL#229

BH11595

Lawh-i-Shaykh Abdu'l-Husayn

unknown

LEID.Or4970 item 9,

LL#239

BB00640

On istifah (asking the explanation of texts)

INBA_5019C:264-269,

BB00637

On the imams, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:163-166,

BB00639

Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar

INBA_5019C:216-218,

BB00636

Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman

INBA_5019C:159-163,

BB00641

To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?]

INBA_5019C:269-270,

BB00644

To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari

INBA_5019C:275-279,

BB00643

To Mulla Hasan Bajastani

INBA_5019C:271-275,

BAPT.006x

BB00642

To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i

INBA_5019C:270-271,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0011

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-07

2260

BKOG.057-059x

ABU1254

Words spoken ca. 1914

250

Persian

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

Persian

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

ABU1253

Words spoken on 1915-05-24

250

DAS.1915-05-25

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0955

Words spoken on 1915-11-25 in Haifa

320

Persian

للذاهبین الاولین من القرون لنا بصائر . در اسلاف نظر کنیم، در روش آنها، در نجاح و فلاح و موفقیت دنیویه آنها

PYB#218 p.18-20x, ZSM.1915-11-25

STAB#040, STAB#045

Episodes from the early history of Islam; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11596

Ziyarat-Namih for the martyrs of Zanjan

unknown

ROB2.229, LL#349

BH11597

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-'Abdu'r-Rasul

unknown

ROB2.333, LL#342

BH11598

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Haji Mulla Mihdiy-i-'Atri

unknown

ROB4.051, LL#346

ABU3546

...(Under such circumstances) if I should fail to make an effort to protect you, I should be not only responsible

SW_v08#12 p.154

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

AB07838

110

...A few, unaware of the power latent in human endeavor, consider this matter as highly impracticable

WOB.038x

Effort; striving; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB10463

Persian

نامهٴ جدیدی بمدیران نجم باختر مرقوم گردید ترجمه فرموده برسانید حجم روزنامه انشآءاللّه همانقسم که مرقوم نموده‌اید

...A new Tablet is revealed for the Editors of the Star of the West. Translate

NJB_v02#03 p.001x

SW_v02#02 p.008

Consolation and comfort; Consultation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Newspapers and the media; publications; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

ABU2205

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

120

Genuine love and affection in teaching the Cause; High station of the arts and sciences; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Words vs deeds; Work as worship

...a very great importance was given to Science and knowledge in the writings of Baha'u'llah, who wrote that

AIL.071

AB01666

300

...Abdu'l-Baha was educated by the Beauty of Abha. He imparted to him instruction and the code of manners.

DAS.1914-09-04x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Hands of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11298

...Absolute equality amongst men: this would be impossible. There is needed some organization which will bring about an order in this disorder.

SW_v13#12 p.323

Maintainance of degrees in society

AB11522

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

از رأی حکيم حاذق بنصّ مبارک نبايد خارج شد و مراجعت فرض ولو نفس مريض

...According to the explicit decree of Baha’u’llah one must not turn aside from the advice of a competent doctor

MMK1#135 p.153x

SWAB#135x, LOG#0945x, LOG#0965x

AB05982

140

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address

DAS.1913-07-28, BSC.452 #827x, SW_v07#10 p.097x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007

AB06534

130

...All created things have their degree or stage of maturity. The period of maturity in the life of a tree

PDC.194-195x, WOB.164-165x

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Teleology; goal-directed motion

AB11422

...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion.

DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity

AB11586

...All nations were promised by a sure promise and were awaiting with anxiety and longing the coming of the promised one.

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Prophecy and fulfillment

AB11299

...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world.

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007

AB10792

...All these wishes are well worthy of asking, especially the rescue from self-love

SW_v07#18 p.184

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

AB11482

Persian

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

نقاهت هر چند از عوارض ذاتيّه انسانست ولی فی الحقيقه مشکل است نعمت صحّت بر جميع نعما مرجّح است

...Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts

MMK1#132 p.148x

SWAB#132x

AB07834

110

...Although the life of the creature is called life, in reality, compared to the life of the children (of the Kingdom)

SW_v07#16 p.150

Attaining the life of the spirit; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Life and death

AB05485

150

...Although up to this time I have not written thee, yet spiritual communion united the hearts and ideal correspondence was uninterrupted.

DAS.1914-07-13x

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB11556

...Among the miracles which distinguish this sacred Dispensation is this, that women have evinced a greater boldness

ADJ.069x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Role and station of women

AB00512

550

...Among the most important affairs is the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar... ...When the Mashrak-el-Azkar was erected in Ishkabad, its influence was felt

GPB.351x3x, COF.069x, SW_v06#17 p.137x, SW_v07#15 p.148x, SW_v01#14 p.007x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11093

...An hundred good tidings that the doors of the Kingdom have been opened and the Call of the Lord of the Kingdom upraised.

SW_v14#10 p.304-305

Blind imitation [taqlid]; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB12034

150

Social Action

...And now, in gratitude for the assistance, confirmation, protection, and loving-kindness vouchsafed by the All-Glorious Lord

BRL_SOCIAL#017x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00759

450

...Announce on my behalf my warmest greetings to Mr. Howell, and say, The Mashrak-el-Azkar of Chicago is of the greatest importance. This is a Bahá'í Temple

SW_v02#03 p.007x, SW_v06#17 p.140x, SW_v13#10 p.264x

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00727

460

...As for the question of inheritance which is occasioning perplexity: in truth, one is entirely free during his lifetime

BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#2

Justice and wrath of God; Law of inheritance; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11349

mixed

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

امّا علامت بلوغ عالم که در کتاب اقدس مرقوم یکی حصول صلح عمومی و دیگری ظهور و بروز اخت النّبوة حکمت الهّیه است که صنعتع مکتوبه جزو آن است

...As for the signs of the coming of age of the human race mentioned in the Kitab-i-Aqdas: one sign is the advent of universal peace, and the other is the unfoldment and appearance of the 'sister of prophecy', the divine philosophy, of which the hidden craft forms a part

ASAT1.208x

BLO_alchemy

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Consolation and comfort; House of Justice; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

AB11104

...As much as you are able, be ye faithful at the Threshold of the Beauty of Abha. Faithfulness demands self-sacrifice.

DAS.1914-07-02

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11545

...As thou hast realized thy own shortcomings, rest thou assured that thou art firm

SW_v08#17 p.228x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00908

410

Predictions and prophecies; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

...As to [what thou hast heard concerning] the child born from Russian parentage, this is pure imagination. Yea, certain persons

TAB.647-648

AB11386

...As to his honor Mr. Hoar, verily he is one who hath presented himself here, witnessed, heard, comprehended and became illuminated and enlightened with the light of the gift of God

SW_v12#19 p.311x

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for children and youth; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08646

...As to his question about the permissibility of promulgating the divine teachings without relating them to the Most Great Name, you should answer: "This blessed Name hath an effect on the reality of things

COC#1922x

Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB12077

240

Persian

Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The

ای بنده صادق الهی حضرت ابن ابهر مرقوم نموده اند که آن یار رحمانی بصرافت طبع

...As to the design of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar: it should resemble the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar of ‘Ishqabad. That is, it must be a nine-sided edifice

BRL_DAK#0694, COMP_MASHRIQP#36x, QUM.274-275

BRL_MASHRIQ#36x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB08656

...As to the education of children, exert every effort to further this; it is of the utmost importance. So too, the education of girls in all the rules of righteous conduct

COC#0630x

Education of children; moral education; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11088

...As to the matter of the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar, that is, the matter of beginning

SW_v06#17 p.149

Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11568

...As to the matter of the Mashrak-el-Azkar: This is very important. All the believers must most decidedly exert their collective effort in this particular

SW_v04#09 p.160x

AB10951

Persian

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Nineteen-Day Feast; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ضیافت نوزده روزه بسیار سبب فرح و سرور قلوبست اگر چنانکه باید و شاید

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, it rejoiceth mind and heart. If this feast be held in the proper fashion

MMK1#051 p.089x

SWAB#051x, LOG#0799x

AB11338

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, ye must give this your most careful attention, and firmly establish it. For this Feast bringeth bliss and unity and love to the lovers of God

COC#0919x

East and West; communication between East and West; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07508

170

Persian

Martyrs and martyrdom; Nineteen-Day Feast; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید مشغولیت بسیار لهذا اختصار سزاوار از مس نوبلاک

...As to the Nineteen Day festivity, it is of the utmost importance that the friends should gather at a meeting where, in complete attunement and love

BRL_DAK#0433, BBBD.182

BRL_ATE#155x, COC#0927x, BBBD.183

AB10990

...As to the question of Huquq: In no wise shouldst thou make statements requiring any person to pay the Huquq. However if a devoted and self-sacrificing soul freely and spontaneously offereth

COC#1168x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of the Manifestation of God; Shrines and Holy places

AB11327

Arabic

اما عن السئوال الذی سالتموه فاعلموا بان هذا سر مکنون و انه کالجوهرة المخفیه فی صدفتها

...As to the question ye have asked me, know verily that this is a well-guarded secret. It is even as a gem concealed within its shell.

MAS2.026-027, PPRP.002

WOB.150x, PPRL.001x

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Predictions and prophecies

AB03880

190

Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause

...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine

BSC.495 #955, SW_v13#12 p.342

AB04020

300

Persian

ای سراج محبت الله نامه مورخ ۱۳ جنوری ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت الحمد لله دلیل بر صحت

...As to thy coming to Egypt, it will bring happiness both to thy heart and to ours. I suggested this to thee two months ago, that we proceed to Egypt together

BRL_DAK#1080

LBLT.109bx

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB08460

100

...As to thy inquiry about traveling to nearby towns out of Chicago for the promulgation

SW_v10#06 p.108-109x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07153

120

...As to thy question concerning the 54th chapter of Isaiah This chapter refers to the Most Exalted Leaf

TDH#064.17x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02847

230

...As to thy question concerning the husband and wife, the tie between them

SW_v09#07 p.085-086

Education of children; moral education; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10282

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture

...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important.

BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b

AB11616

...Assuredly ye will achieve a Conquest in California

SW_v02#13 p.006

AB11103

...At present we are living in Ramleh, near Alexandria. From all parts the believers are arriving daily

DAS.1913-10-01

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions

AB11443

...Baha'u'llah hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole

ADJ.037bx

Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11461

...Baha'u'llah once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white

ADJ.037bx, MBW.136x

Race unity; racial issues; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB11597

...Be not disappointed in thyself; trust thou in the favor and bounty of his highness, the Almighty.

SW_v07#18 p.187

AB11462

Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

...Be not in despair, but rather smile by the mercy of thy Lord; and be not sorrowful

TAB.177

AB11307

Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

...Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful when the people scorn thee

TAB.177

AB10293

...Be thou in a state of utmost joy and fragrance and render thanks unto the Forgiving Lord, that praise be to God, thou art victorious and triumphant

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01771

300

...Be thou not grieved and sad because of the ordeals and tests heaped upon thee.

DAS.1914-08-16x

Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08352

100

…Be well assured of the favours of thy Lord, be resigned unto Him, and cross the ocean in full tranquillity… Give my greetings to thine honourable husband

MAX.191x, MAX.209x

Consolation and comfort; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11475

...Because of Abdu'l-Baha many a test will be visited upon you. Troubles will befall you, and suffering afflict you

ADJ.042x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05470

150

...Blessed art thou, for thou hast severed thyself from aught else save God!

MAX.175

Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement

BH10508

...Blessed the man, who will read it, and ponder the verses sent down in it by God, the Lord of Power, the Almighty

GPB.216x

Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11085

...But it is two or three years since a number of people are making efforts in Chicago

SW_v06#17 p.134-135

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB07821

110

...But regarding teaching the Truth: One must teach with wisdom, amiability, good-naturedness and kindness

SW_v02#06 p.005-006

AB11119

...By the life of Baha! He who is filled with the love of the Glory (of God) and forgets all things, the Holy Spirit will be heard

SW_v07#10 p.099, BSTW#369b

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB11089

...Certain regulations are revealed which in sure the welfare and well-being of all humanity

SW_v07#15 p.133x

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB07833

110

...Concerning the erection of the Temple: Now all the believers must become united so that the Temple may be built soon in one place

SW_v06#17 p.134

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB03401

200

...Concerning the publications of books and pamphlets: The books of Mirza Abul Fazl, the books and pamphlets of Mr. Remey

SW_v08#10 p.133-134x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Review of publications

AB03858

190

...Concerning what you have written about your dear husband

SW_v09#19 p.223, SW_v10#02 p.029

Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB08446

100

...Consider how ‘Abdu'l-Bahá forgot all thoughts and mentions and turned his face towards the countries and empires

SW_v05#01 p.007, SW_v07#10 p.098

Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB09109

...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages

DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.203, BLO_PN#007

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08647

...Consider how the signs of the Tablet which was revealed to you on Sept. 1, 1901, have become apparent and manifest. At that time the hurricane of the violation of the Covenant had been extinguished

BSTW#052nx

Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05981

140

...Consider thou how the power of the Word of God has united the East and the West and bestowed spiritual communication, that a blessed soul from the inhabitants of America, while in the Holy Land

SW_v01#08 p.013

East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB11092

...Consider thy composure, for composure of thought will become the cause of one's confirmation in the service

SW_v07#18 p.187

Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11459

...Convey my infinite love and kindness to ... and say: One must summon the people to the Kingdom of God. Silence and speechlessness is not at all permitted.

DAS.1913-10-14

Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09182

...Convey my longing and love to thy dear husband, and say: In this world, from the days of Christ down to the present time

MAX.230x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11289

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Personal instructions; Unity; oneness of humanity

...Convey my respectful greetings to [Dr.] ... and say : "Have confidence in heavenly bounty

TAB.507

AB05482

150

...Convey the wonderful Abha greeting to the believers. Chicago, in comparison

SW_v04#10 p.174x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01048

380

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

...Convey warmest, most loving greetings to Mark Tobey on my behalf, and heartfelt affection to Marguerite Bull.

BRL_ATE#034x, BRL_IOA#12x

Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship

AB08462

100

...Cover the sins of the weak ones with the hem of the garment of Thy Mercy! Change the indifference

SW_v05#12 p.178

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB11613

...developed powers and capacities greater and more wonderful than other nations

Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Diversity of thought and belief; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Unity in diversity

ABU3387

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony

PN_1909F p062, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009

AB02126

270

Persian

Attaining good pleasure of God; Education and the development of capacity; Fulfillment of true potential; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای یاران الهی اینعصر عصر رحمانیست و این قرن قرن روحانی ذرات اشیا در وجد و

...Each soul must consider where the good-pleasure of God resideth and what conduct, manners, and words will draw him nigh unto his Lord

BRL_CONF2018P#03x, MMK2#244 p.175, HDQI.261, ANDA#31 p.05

BRL_CONF2018#03x

AB11497

mixed

رب يسر الأمور و اشرح الصدور و اسمح بالفضل الموفور و ادخلنا فی جنة السرور و الحبور برحمتک يا عزيز و يا غفور

...Ease our affairs, O Lord, and gladden our hearts. Show us such beneficence as is born of Thine abundant bounty

MMG2#264 p.294x

ADMS#051

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession

AB11337

Persian

To Set the World in Order

ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید مختصر و مفید بود نامه باید چنین باشد الفاظ مختصر و

...Endeavour that the black and the white may gather in one meeting place, and with the utmost love, fraternally associate with each other...This question of the union of the white and the black is very important For if it is not realized, erelong great difficulties will arise, and harmful results will follow

BRL_SWOP#011x

BRL_SWO#011x, ADJ.039x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Race unity; racial issues; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB11611

...Even as the snow, they will melt away in the July sun

PDC.147

ABU1910

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

160

…every morning when the sun comes up, it does not first send out a herald to wake up the townspeople and tell them to rise and go to work.

SUR.141

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Imam 'Ali; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds

AB00649

490

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God.

BSC.496 #958, SW_v07#12 p.116x

AB00557

530

Consultation

...Every one of the friends should highly praise the other and each should regard himself as evanescent and as naught in the presence of others. All matters should be consulted upon in the meeting

BRL_CONSULT#15x, COC#0181x

Consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11448

...Every proof and prophecy every manner of evidence, whether based on reason or on the text

WOB.127-128x

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Twin Manifestations

AB10292

...Every son who does not become a cause of glory for his parents is a manifest loss. How many children turn out to be fruitless and unfaithful!

DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.144, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB11432

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

...Express my affection to Mrs ... and say: "The grace of God hath chosen thee

TAB.507-508

AB10319

Persian

اگر از اینعالم جسمانی این غصن مقطوع گردد و او را قش بر زمین

...Fear not if this Branch be severed from the material earth and cast aside its leaves

AYT.525a, DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007

WOB.148x, SW_v08#15 p.207

Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies

BH05250

190

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh

سال‌ها حقوق اخذ نشد … ولکن در سنین اخیره نظر به مقتضیات وقت اخذ حقوق را مجری داشتیم

...For a number of years Huquq was not accepted. How numerous the offerings that on reaching Our presence were returned to the donors, because they were not needed then

BRL_HUQUQP#005x

BRL_HUQUQ#005x, COC#1125x

Business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; Law of Huququ'llah; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11916

100

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

...For if God, glorified be His Name, should today speak a word that all people have spoken heretofore and shall speak hereafter, that word would still be new, were ye to reflect upon it

BRL_ATBH#68x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB10903

...For some time past the feebleness of health and the prostration of the nerves impeded the path of correspondence... All that thou observest shall ere long vanish and disappear like unto the mirage

DAS.1914-02-21x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06747

120

...For we, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, should all be engaged in the service of the Cause of God, and become sources of guidance to humanity

COC#1847x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Grammar and orthography; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00537

540

...Four letters have been received from you, the last dated April 18th, 1919. All

SW_v10#14 p.263x, BSTW#240

Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02088

270

...From the beginning of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance the friends of Neireez were like unto overflowing cups

DAS.1913-11-07

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11112

...From the beginning of time until the present day the light of Divine Revelation hath risen

WOB.074-075x

Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West

AB06529

130

...Give my salutations and praise to that assembly who are firm in the covenant of God

SW_v08#16 p.217x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Many are called but few are chosen; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01926

280

...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may turn their faces toward the Kingdom

COC#0923x, SW_v06#17 p.143x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11548

...God did not make these divisions. These divisions have had their origin in man himself

ADJ.037bx

Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11278

...God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable

ADJ.037bx, LOG#1794x

Human reality created in the image of God; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

AB11340

...God willing, through the endeavor of the friends in America, may the Bird of Paradise be revealed in all its beauty in the Philippine Islands.

SW_v01#19 p.003x

Exhortations and counsels; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06945

120

Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City

...God, please keep your servants from wine and alcohol and keep alcoholic liquor away from them. O God, please destroy this harmful substance from the earth so no sign of it can be seen, and no one will hear any more about it

BLO_PT#003b

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB12847

Persian

غصّه مخور صدمه مکش توکّل بر خدا کن و توسّل بذیل کبریا جو

…Grieve thou not, and sorrow not. Place thy whole trust in God, and hold fast unto the hem of the Almighty

BRL_SWOP#042x

BRL_SWO#042x

BH11578

...He around Whom the Point of the Bayan (Bab) hath revolved is come

TDH#158.19x, GPB.098x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan

AB11395

Persian

هر روز از صبح تا ظهر درس بخواند تا خواندن و نوشتن آموزد و از ظهر تا قریب غروب

...He must study every day from morning till noon, so that he may learn how to read and write. From noon till about sunset he should acquire a craft

MJTB.112ax

COC#0013x

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2294

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1912 in the United States

110

...he replied that he had talked on every subject, from the scientific as well as psychological basis

SW_v03#10 p.016

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB11614

...heavenly illumination stream to all the peoples of the world

COF.121x, COF.132x, GPB.397x

AB09747

...His Holiness Baha'u'llah has even said that occupation and labor are devotion. All humanity must obtain

SW_v14#06 p.167-168

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Work as worship

AB10305

...His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh knows how much I love you. I wish for each one of you everlasting glory, beg for you eternal welfare

DAS.1914-06-24

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11534

...His honor, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, has been permitted to leave for America, that there

SW_v09#17 p.188

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for service

AB11609

...His light at first had been a star; now it became a mighty sun

GPB.196x

AB11140

...Hold thy husband dear and always show forth an amiable temper towards him, no matter how ill-tempered he may be

COC#0850x, LOG#0757x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08461

100

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...Honorable Dr... According to what is heard you have received the permission

TAB.419-420

AB12021

Arabic

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

اسئل اللّٰه ان یبارک هذا العید السّعید علی جمیع الأحبّاء و یؤیّدهم بتأییدٍ جدید انّ ربّی لعلی کلّ شئٍ قدیر

...I beseech God to make blessed this joyous new year for all His loved ones, and to assist them with fresh confirmations. Verily, my Lord is powerful over all things

ANDA#02 p.01x, BDA2.194x

MHMD2.248x

AB12845

Persian

تبریک و تهنیت اقتران مینمایم که مبارک و متیمّن باشد و سبب تسلسل سلاله الی‌الأبد

...I convey my greetings and felicitations on the occasion of thy marriage. May it be blessed and joyous, and may it lead to the continuation of thy lineage forevermore

BRL_SWOP#020x

BRL_SWO#020x

AB11276

...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side.

DAS.1913-08-01, SW_v07#10 p.099, ABIE.141, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB08704

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

من منتظر آنم که نیویورک مبروک گردد و آوازهٴ ثبوت بر عهد و میثاق از آن شهر بآفاق رسد

...I eagerly anticipate the day when New York will become a blessed spot… Bless Thou, O King of Kings, the city of New York!

SCT.294x

BRL_ATE#047x

The Descendants, B. Marks, L. Slott

AB10298

...I hope ... certain souls may arise who may prove radiant lamps to the world of humanity

SW_v07#16 p.151x

Call to action; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11526

...I hope that all of them may become assisted in the service of the Mashrak-el-Azkar

SW_v06#17 p.140

Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11421

...I hope that the Ensigns of Divine Verses may be upraised in Stuttgart; the Fire of the Love of God be so enkindled as to set all those parts aglow

DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007

Being a source of light; guidance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11456

...I hope that the friends will give the utmost importance to the Mashriqu'l Azkar... The American friends are greatly endeared. Therefore I desire that they may be confirmed

SW_v13#10 p.264x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09730

...I hope that the light of guidance may become ignited in the lamp of thy heart with utmost brilliancy

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10765

...I hope that ye may cause that downtrodden race to become glorious, and to be joined with the white race

ADJ.039x, ADJ.055x, LOG#1790x

Predictions and prophecies; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

AB07827

110

...I love you tenderly and I know that you are drinking deep of the cup of afflictions. But that ever Christ

BSTW#204

Consolation and comfort; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06537

130

...I send you the glad tidings of the erection of the Mashrak-el-Azkar in Ishkabad

SW_v06#17 p.133

Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11300

...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11564

...If a man commit a transgression he has been unjust to himself, and soon he will find that he is in manifest regret and remorse

DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v07#18 p.186

Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB11078

...If a soul calls the people to the Kingdom of God according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, there will be many listeners

DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, SW_v05#01 p.009x, ABIE.108, BLO_PN#007

Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

AB09744

...If a soul shall utter a word without the sanction of the Covenant, he is not firm.

SW_v08#14 p.189, SW_v11#14 p.239

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01903

280

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

…If any differences of opinion may arise in those regions you must keep yourself entirely aloof and show forth love and kindness

BWF.408-408x

AB11209

...if in the andarún women related something about some person, the hearer should observe complete silence, engage in communion with the True One and say that the remembrance of God is best

LTDT.331x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

AB11073

Meetings, Bahá'í

...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments

BRL_MEET.AB#16x, COC#0394x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11547

...If so helpless a creature can be endowed with so subtle a capacity, how much more efficacious

WOB.127x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB08188

100

Persian

اگر احبّای الهی چنانچه باید و شاید در نیویورک و سایر مُدن امریکا اتّحاد و اتّفاق روحی و لسانی و قلبی و جسمانی نمایند

...If the believers of God in New York and other cities of America establish, in a befitting manner, union and harmony

NJB_v02#03 p.002x

SW_v02#05 p.013x, SW_v06#17 p.143x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05837

140

Persian

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای نسیم باغ محبت الله اگر هزیز عرفان خواهی بوی خوش رحمن بجو و اگر مرور در

...If thou desirest eternal life, inhale the heavenly fragrance; and if thou seekest life everlasting, abide beneath the shelter of the Word of God.

BRL_CONF2018P#30x, COMP_PDLP#04x, MMK2#111 p.086, AKHA_132BE #08 p.a

BRL_CONF2018#30x, BRL_PDL#04x

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11423

...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, ABIE.107, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11541

...If you meet those of a different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them

ADJ.038x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Race unity; racial issues

AB09105

...If you question regarding the trials and difficulties of Abdu'l-Baha - that is a sea boundless

SW_v12#16 p.254x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB09292

...In brief, after having deducted the yearly expenses, if there is still any surplus left, then Huquq will be applicable to this surplus at the rate of 19%

COC#1164x

Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of Huququ'llah; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU2625

Words spoken on 1913-10-24 in Ramleh

...in every dispensation three persons are mentioned. In the Mosaic dispensation there was Jehovah, the burning bush and Moses.

DAS.1913-10-24

Angels; Presence of; reunion with God; The cross and the trinity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0913

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-19

330

...In future you will see far greater gatherings... Yes. What could be greater than this war?...

PN_1919 p026, PN_1919 p137, LAT.030-032x, LAT.069-070x

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrdom of the Bab; Non-participation in politics; Predictions and prophecies; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3180

...in like manner, when the sincere purposes and the justice of the sovereign, the knowledge and perfect political efficiency of the ministers of state

SW_v07#15 p.147

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11446

...In prayer one must turn his face towards the sanctified Reality of His Holiness Baha'o'llah - that Reality which surrounds all phenomena.

SW_v09#10 p.113x

Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB10777

...In reality, the radiant, pure hearts are the Mashrak-el-Azkar and from them the voice of supplication

SW_v06#17 p.135

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Outward and inward meanings

AB11101

...In regard to your question about using Kheirella's translation - Abdu'l-Baha says that the believers should use nothing that Kheirella has translated

PN_unsorted p074

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications

BH11540

...In the beginning of every Revelation adversities have prevailed, which later on have been turned into great prosperity

COC#0258x, ADJ.082x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11562

...In the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity

ADJ.037bx

Equality of men and women; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11292

...In the world of being the meeting is blessed when the white and colored races meet together

ADJ.038-039x, SW_v12#05 p.103

Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues

AB11454

...In these days, the Holy Ones of the Realm of Glory, dwelling in the all-highest Paradise

BADM.037x, SW_v14#03 p.086

Martyrs and martyrdom; Return of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death

AB09750

...In this age His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world... A new era of divine consciousness is upon us.

AB01013

390

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power of prayer; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای مومن بالله و موقن بایات الله در این ایام که جمیع آفاق امکان از آثار قدرت و

...In this day, any deed, however infinitesimal, when not performed for the sake of God, is manifest loss

INBA55:414

BRL_CONF2018P#14x, MMK2#143 p.106, MMK4#108 p.118

BRL_CONF2018#14x

AB11576

...In this day, assemblies of consultation are of the greatest importance and a vital necessity. Obedience unto them is essential and obligatory.

BADM.021cx

Consultation

AB05413

150

mixed

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

حبیبا اقتدار روحانی جو و احتشام رحمانی امروز قوت و اقتدار اکسیر اعظم راست که

…In this day, true power and strength reside in the Supreme Elixir, which transformeth darkened realities into illumined souls

BRL_DAK#0335, BRL_CONF2018P#31x, MMK2#160 p.120

BRL_CONF2018#31x

AB10799

...In this great cycle and wonderful dispensation, the majority of those non-essential commands which refer to the body are to be administered by the House of Justice

SW_v06#16 p.127

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle

AB11084

Nearness and remoteness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty

BSC.492 #948x

AB03302

210

...In thy letter thou hast stated the news of the holding of an educational conference. In reality such conferences are conducive to the progress

Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11520

...Indeed the sweet melody of the pupils of Mrs. H... gladdened the hearts of the people of the Supreme Concourse.

SW_v09#08 p.093x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11623

...influence and illumination are far-reaching

East and West; communication between East and West; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11528

...is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West for the triumph of its people

COF.035x, COF.121x, GPB.254x, GPB.397x, TDH#158.5x

AB06283

130

Persian

و امّا مسئلهٴ ثانی در آیهٴ ٢٥ کلمات مکنونه مقصود این است که در عالم وجود مراتب است

...It [Hidden Word #25] means that there are degrees in the world of existence. However much the inferior degree may progress

PYB#027 p.04x, YMM.370x, YMM.376x

DAS.1913-03-20x

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God as mirror; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01546

310

Persian

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

دوستان را محفلی باید و مجمعی شاید که در آن مجامع و محافل

...It befitteth the friends to hold a gathering, a meeting, where they shall glorify God and fix their hearts upon Him

INBA13:338, INBA59:298b, INBA88:254b, INBA89:187

MMK1#055 p.091x, AVK4.148.03x, AVK3.142.10x

SWAB#055x

AB11211

270

Arabic

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک المورخ ۲۵ ینایر سنه ۱۹۰۳ و اطلعت

...It behoveth the servant to pray to and seek assistance from God, and to supplicate and implore His aid. Such becometh the rank of servitude, and the Lord will decree whatsoever He desireth, in accordance with His consummate wisdom

BRL_DAK#0228, COMP_PDLP#24x

BRL_ATE#100x, BRL_PMDA#24x, BRL_PDL#24x, COC#1746x

Growth of the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB08565

Persian

چندی بود که عبدالبهاء بسبب تقریر از تحریر بازمانده بود زیرا

...It has been some time since Abdul Baha has been deprived of correspondence, because he has been engaged in the delivery of public addresses

YHA2.998x, NJB_v04#15 p.002x

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.157, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause

AB10886

Persian

Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

چنين اوقات ياران الهی فرصتی يابند و وقت غنيمت شمرند و جولان کنند

...It is at such times that the friends of God avail themselves of the occasion, seize the opportunity, rush forth and win the prize

MMK1#212 p.258x

SWAB#212x

AB05169

150

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

احبای شهرهای کالیفورنیا علی الخصوص سانفرانسیسکو از بس ناله و فریاد کردند

...It is because the friends of California, and particularly those of San Francisco, have so frequently called and pleaded

BDA1.231.05x

MHMD1.247-248x

AB01847

290

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید و چون رجوع از آن اقلیم سحیق گردید و باین قطر قریب

…It is clear and evident that for every receptacle there is a holding, for every dwelling a dweller, for every garden a flower, and for every paradise the ode of a nightingale. These heavenly spheres are not empty and void

BRL_DAK#0359, MKT4.146, MMK6#479, AVK1.144-145x, YMM.344

BLO_sazedj#19x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11293

...It is difficult for the weak ones to endure the tests but for souls like you, it is very easy

SW_v08#19 p.240x

Consolation and comfort; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11479

Persian

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

کلّ مأمور بمعالجه و متابعت حکما هستند اين محض اطاعت امر اللّه است و الّا شافی خدا

...It is incumbent upon everyone to seek medical treatment and to follow the doctor’s instructions, for this is in compliance with the divine ordinance

MMK1#136 p.153x

SWAB#136x, LOG#0959x

AB12844

Persian

از الطاف جمال مبارک امیدوارم که این اقتران مورث روح و ریحان گردد و سبب سرور و حبور یاران

...It is my fervent hope that, through the bestowals of the Blessed Beauty, this marriage may bring about joy and radiance

BRL_SWOP#018x

BRL_SWO#018x

AB02381

290

Persian

ای خانم محترمه جواب نامه شما بتاریخ ۹ کانون ثانی ۱۹۲۰ بود رسید و از مضمون

...It is my hope that thou mayest be confirmed in that important cause, which is of greatest service to the world of humanity, for those poor children are dying of hunger and their condition is truly heart-rending

BRL_DAK#0130

LBLT.202x, ABCC.512x

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

AB01932

280

...It is natural that a passenger on board the steamer and sailing on the great ocean may now witness the tumultuous waves of a wild storm

SW_v07#09 p.080x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02511

240

...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands

DAS.1913-07-12x, SW_v05#07 p.097x, ABIE.058x, BLO_PN#007

Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11494

...It is necessary for all to learn a craft, through which the people may earn their living. This commandment is universal.

COC#0014x

Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01184

700

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

انا نحب ان نری کل واحد منکم مبدء کل خیر... ان یا مقصود ان استمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من هذا المقام

...It is Our wish and desire that every one of you may become a source of all goodness unto men, and an example of uprightness to mankind

BLIB_Or15715.152cx,

GWBP#146 p.202bx, LHKM2.277x

GWB#146x

E. Mahony

Creation of the world; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#452

AB08465

100

...It is some time since you are living in Yazd. Unquestionably you are the means of joy and the cause of ecstasy

DAS.1913-10-13, PN_various p013x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB11144

...It is the commandment of the Blessed Beauty, may my life be a sacrifice at His Threshold, that whosoever engageth in a craft, should endeavour to acquire in it utmost proficiency

COC#0015x

Excellence; distinction; Work as worship

ABU3406

Public address given on 1912-05-14

Differences in human capacity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity

...It is the Holy Spirit of God which insures the safety of humanity, for human thoughts differ, human susceptibilities differ. You cannot make the susceptibilities of all humanity one except through the common channel of the Holy Spirit.

VLAB.060-061x

MHMD1.101

AB11610

...It is the manifest Standard waving in the center of that great continent

GPB.351x

AB05886

140

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

...It is the wish of my heart and soul that the Sun of the divine heavens will shine with such splendour

BRL_ATE#039x

AB07775

110

...It is truly a delightful place. The mildness of the weather, the freshness of the grass and fields, the lushness and pleasantness of the hills

LTDT.344x, AIF.1911-08-21x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3346

Words spoken at Higher Thought center, 1911-11-01

Christ; Christianity; Oneness; unity of religion; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

...it matters not what name each calls himself -- The Great Work is One. Christ is ever in the world of existence

AIL.040, BSTW#207c

AB05246

150

...It was my aim that after thy return to ... thou shouldst hoist the ensign

SW_v07#16 p.151-152x

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10791

...Jesus Christ said only a few words to Peter, telling him that upon that rock he would

SW_v08#17 p.221, PTIM.057

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11498

...Know thou that all the promises of Abdul-Baha are true and his instructions are inspirations of the Holy Spirit and received as suggestions from Baha’o’llah.

SW_v08#15 p.211x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB10696

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...Know thou that before maturity man liveth from day to day and comprehendeth only such matters

BRL_ATE#037x

AB00662

480

...Know thou that hardship and privation shall increase day by day, and the people shall thereby be afflicted. The doors of joy and happiness shall be closed on all sides

LOG#0438x, SW_v12#08 p.148x, BSTW#446x, BSTW#504ax

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11863

Law of obligatory prayer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

...Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon

BRL_IOPF#1.05x

AB00370

620

...Know ye of a certainty that the question of the gathering of the descendants of Abraham in Jerusalem

SW_v08#17 p.225-226

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment

AB11557

...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown

COC#0426x, SW_v20#10 p.314, BLO_PN#002

Bass Adjustment

High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Study; deepening; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

AB09724

...Less than a year [ago], Abdul Baha raised the cry of 'Ya Baha El Abha' from his heart and soul as he crossed the mountains and deserts of that continent!

DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.054, BLO_PN#007

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11553

...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation

SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB11595

...Live and act thou in the present as far as possible for thee, according to the divine instructions.

SW_v07#18 p.187

AB03041

220

...Lord! Verily, Thy servant, Eskandar Sprague, journeyed to the most remote

SW_v01#10 p.009

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB11347

...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language

COC#0611x

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Personal instructions

AB11539

...Man is endowed with superior reasoning power and the faculty of perception

ADJ.038x

Human reality created in the image of God; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11449

Excellence; distinction; High station of the arts and sciences; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Work as worship

...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual

BSC.440 #803

AB11286

...May America become the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world receive this heavenly blessing

TDH#158.17x

Being a source of light; guidance; Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11554

...May the inhabitants of this country...rise from their present material attainment to such heights

GPB.254x

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11262

...May this American democracy be the first nation to establish the foundation of international agreement

ADJ.085bx, GPB.254x, WOB.075-076x

Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB11424

...Moderation is necessary in all affairs. Man must take a lesson from divine actions and deeds

SW_v08#02 p.026x

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00238

760

...Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mrs. Alice Breed... displayed selfless effort... Mrs. Rohanna Bogislav and her daughter, Elfrida Martin, sang such a melody

BSTW#086x

Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11360

160

Persian

ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید از مضمون سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلالت بر روحانیت محضه

...Mrs. Maxwell is in very truth a mercy from God and a token of His grace. In assisting the friends she is self-sacrificing, and in firmness in the Covenant she is a heavenly example

BRL_DAK#0540

MAX.364ax

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

ABU1936

150

...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees

BSTW#084b

Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB11452

...My hope is that the Esperantists may become attracted by these epistles and may

SW_v11#17 p.291x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal language

AB12280

200

...My kind friend, Some distinguished people think that by giving currency to tales and legends the Cause of the Baha'is can be discredited

EGBBF.109x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB03878

190

...My name should be confined to "Abdu'l-Baha" in all writings. This is the collective name

SW_v08#15 p.212x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11451

...My thoughts are turned towards you, and my heart leaps within me at your mention

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10738

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

اين اطفال را تربيت بهائی خواهم تا در ملک و ملکوت ترقّی نمايند و سبب سرور دل و جان

...My wish is that these children should receive a Baha’í education, so that they may progress both here and in the Kingdom

MMK1#100 p.124x

SWAB#100x

AB03591

200

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ

…Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1.

BSC.441 #804

AB11435

...Now concerning the verse in Daniel, the interpretation whereof thou didst ask... A century will have elapsed from the dawn of the Sun of Truth; then will the teachings of God be firmly established

LOG#1414x, PAB.024, BNE.250

Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment

AB08712

250

...Now in the world of being the Hand of divine power hath firmly laid the foundations

BRL_DAK#1233

BADM.015-016x, WOB.111x, WOB.205x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07815

110

...Now is the commencement of organization, hence every affair concerning the Kingdom

SW_v13#10 p.263-264x, SW_v13#12 p.325x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB08468

100

...Now it is much better if you start directly for Japan and while there be engaged in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God.

DAS.1914-08-09

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB07839

110

...Now the day has arrived in which the edifice of God, the divine sanctuary, the spiritual Temple, shall be erected in America

SW_v06#17 p.133, SW_v06#17 p.130, SW_v07#07 p.057-058, BW_v01p061

AB03886

190

...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution

SW_v05#01 p.005

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02016

280

...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution, and expend day and night in the promotion of the Religion of God.

DAS.1913-10-21x

AB00639

490

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای عزيز عبدالبهآء پسر آن پدر باش و ثمر آن شجر زاده عنصر جان و دل او باش

...O dear one of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha! Be the son of thy father and be the fruit of that tree. Be a son that hath been born of his soul

MMK1#117 p.136x

SWAB#117x, TAB.341-343, PN_1912 p069x, ECN.513

Non-participation in politics; Praise and encouragement; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB07112

120

...O God, aid Thou this servant to be firm in Thy Covenant which has encompassed the heaven and earth

NYR#116x

Personal instructions; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB12849

Arabic

رب رب وفق بینهما و ثبت اقدامهما علی الحبّ الأبدی و الارتباط السّرمدی حتّی یکون کل واحد

...O God, my God! Join in accord these two souls and set firm their feet in eternal love and everlasting union

BRL_SWOP#096x

BRL_SWO#096x

Prayer for married couples

AB07774

110

…O God! This is a branch sprung from the tree of Thy mercy… and bestow upon him the name Shoghi so that he may yearn for Thy Kingdom

BW_v13p060, CHC.269x, PPRL.005x, SEIO.001x

Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for children and youth; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB11212

...O handmaiden of God! Verily, God has confirmed thee in spreading the fragrances of God in those climes. Be a pillar of fire and a cloud of light and a blessed tree in the vineyard of God, the Precious, the Forgiving

SW_v14#11 p.353x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH10982

...O Ḥusayn! O thou Preceptor! From His Most Great Prison, the countenance of the Ancient of Days is turned towards thee… Blessed is that teacher who shall arise to instruct the children

COC#0576x

MANA

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04938

200

...O Ibráhím! By God, Khalil hath circumambulated the Cause of God and hath confessed

NYR#130x, NYR#165x

Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11249

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ای پروردگار این دختر ملکوت را در دو جهان عزیز نما از جهان خاک و خاکیان بیزار کن

...O Lord! Help this daughter of the Kingdom to be exalted in both worlds

HUV2.020x

BRL_APAB#05x, BRL_CHILD#27

E. Mahony

BH11831

120

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of obligatory prayer; Rejection of Muhammad; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Words vs deeds

...O My brother! How great, how very great, can the law of obligatory prayer be, when, through His mercy and loving kindness

BRL_IOPF#1.09x

AB09611

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Petitions to authorities; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

الهی الهی انّ هذا الزّرع قد اخرج شطأه و استوی علی سوقه قد اعجب الزّراع

...O my God, O my God! Verily this plant hath yielded its fruit and standeth upright upon its stalk.

LMA2.438x

BRL_APAB#13x, NYR#142

BH05251

190

...O My handmaid! Ponder upon that which hath befallen My Beauty from My kindred and from the adherents of former Faiths, causing the heaven to be cleft asunder

LTDT.283-284x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

AB10386

mixed

ای بنده الهی هزار و سیصد و سی و پنج سنه مذکوره بدایتش از یوم هجرت حضرت رسول

...O servant of God! The aforementioned thousand three hundred and thirty-five years must be reckoned from the day of the flight of His Holiness Muhammad, the Apostle of God

MAS9.020x

PAB.025

Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05764

140

...O thou daughter of the Kingdom! In reality thou art attracted to the divine realm and set aglow with the fire of divine love.

MAX.242

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05742

140

...O thou esteemed one: This world is like unto a forest, and its trees are fruitless. Now the Divine Gardener hath come

PN_1906 p096x

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09728

...O thou kind God! To me Thou art kinder than myself and Thy love is more abundant and more ancient!

DAS.1914-08-20x, SW_v08#18 p.233

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for healing; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB10976

Persian

Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

ای خدای مهربان این درختان را زینت جنّت ابهی نما و بفیض آسمانی پرورش ده

...O Thou kind Lord! Grant that these trees may become the adornment of the Abha Paradise

HUV2.014x

BRL_APAB#06x, BRL_CHILD#21x

AB07346

110

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Prayer for children and youth; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

خداوند مهربانا کودکانیم بی‌نوا و طفلانیم در نهایت فقر و فنا ولی سبزهٴ جویبار توئیم و نهالهای پرشکوفهٴ

...O Thou kind Lord! We are poor children, needy and insignificant, yet we are plants which have sprouted by Thy heavenly stream

INBA75:067x

DUR1.561x, ADH2.128x, ADH2_5#04 p.160x, MJMJ1.107x, MMG2#439 p.482x, MJH.047ax, HUV1.006x

BRL_APAB#03x, BRL_CHILD#25x

AB11525

...O thou prepared lamp! Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God as much as thou canst and illumine those countries

SW_v14#07 p.211x

Attaining the life of the spirit; Being a source of light; guidance; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03692

310

Persian

Meetings, Bahá'í

ای خانم محترمه نامه شما رسید ولی چون در سفر بودیم از شهری بشهری فرستاده شد تا

...O thou revered lady! Thou must raise aloft the banner of Baha’u’llah in London and become so aflame with the fire of the love of God as to rouse and stir every listless soul

BRL_DAK#0117

BRL_MEET.AB#13x, LBLT.116x, LBLT.119x

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07853

100

mixed

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای بندگان آستان مقدّس جنود ملأ اعلی در اوج علا صف بسته و مهيّا و منتظر

...O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts of the Celestial Concourse

MMK1#208 p.254x, RRT.019x

SWAB#208x, BADM.042-043x, SW_v14#03 p.086x

QuiqueSaba

AB11615

...on that day will the faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness

MBW.044x

AB11120

...On the shore of Lake Michigan a piece of land is blessed because it has been mentioned by the name of Mashrekol-Azkar

SW_v11#11 p.169x

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB09033

...One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing

COC#1024x, LOG#0960x

AB11886

130

mixed

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of obligatory prayer; Literal interpretation; Reincarnation

از جمله وصایای حتمیّه و نصایح صریحه اسم اعظم اینست که ابواب تأویل را مسدود نمائید

...One of the binding exhortations and explicit admonitions of the Greatest Name is to close the doors of interpretation… The laws of God regarding fasting and obligatory prayer are absolutely incumbent upon His servants

GHA.341.10x, VUJUD.096x

BRL_IOPF#2.03x, VUJUDE.141-142x

AB09729

...One of the important questions which affect the unity and the solidarity of mankind

ADJ.038x, ADJ.055x

Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

AB07489

110

...Open thou the eloquent tongue and deliver fluent utterances and guide the souls: so that thou mayst be confirmed

DAS.1914-03-03x

Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10956

mixed

House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for governments and rulers; Suffering and imprisonment

حکم مفروض و امر واجب آنست که از قلم اعلی صادر و یا بقرار بیت العدل عمومی حاصل گردد... و اما اوراد و اذکار بعد از هر نماز هر کس خواهد مناجاتهای

...Ordinances which are obligatory and decrees that are binding are those that have issued forth from the Supreme Pen or are issued by a decision of the Universal House of Justice

AVK4.025.08x, AVK4.305x, DWNP_v2#08 p.072x

BRL_IOPF#2.24x

AB11099

...Paul in the beginning worked against the Spirit of God - Christ - but when he became confirmed he was the first servant of Christ

DAS.1914-09-04

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

AB11082

Monasticism; asceticism; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives.

BSC.440 #802

AB09110

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required

BSC.495 #956

BH11451

...Peruse ye every day the verses revealed by God. Blessed is the man who reciteth them and reflecteth upon them. He truly is of them with whom it shall be well

COC#0363x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10819

170

...Praise be to God He hath appeared with a luminous Countenance. Verily the Promised One is His Highness Bahá’u’lláh Who hath dawned from the Eastern horizon

SW_v09#01 p.005x, ACOA.052-053

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08466

100

...Praise be to God that in every Society thou didst investigate the Reality and

DAS.1913-10-13

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04213

180

...Praise be to God that the believers of ... are in the utmost of happiness and poise

DAS.1913-11-04

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Hospitality; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06527

130

...Praise be to God that the Fragrances are daily spreading in those parts. This is through the self-sacrifice of the friends.

DAS.1913-11-04

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04304

170

...Praise be to God that the New York believers became confirmed in the accomplishment of a great service and held in that city the Consultation Convention

SW_v04#10 p.177x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07131

120

...Praise be to God that this cycle is the luminous Cycle. This is the century in which the Divine Spirit pervades all things.

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB06818

120

...Praise be to God that this Heavenly Melody reaches thine ears. Thou didst hear

DAS.1914-04-17

The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause

AB10841

130

Persian

ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت بود و برهان قیام

...Praise be to God that thou hast been confirmed in serving impoverished children and showing kindness to the poor, and hast been assisted in spreading abroad the teachings

BRL_DAK#0132

LBLT.204x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06766

120

...Praise be to God that you have not forgotten the time of our meeting and that your hearts and souls are attracted to Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB11102

...Praise be to God the Fragrances of Holiness are diffused and the believers and the maidservants

DAS.1913-10-01

Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00468

570

...Praise be to God, it has been repeatedly proven that firmness in the Covenant and activity in the service of the Cause is the means

PN_1906 p090

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11081

...Praise be to God, that with our soul and with your heart you are striving to guide

SW_v09#08 p.090

Education of children; moral education; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05467

150

...Praise be to God, that you have a blessed Assembly surnamed by the name of the Center

SW_v08#17 p.223x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB06570

120

...Praise be to God, thou hast given up thy material comfort, ... hast travelled to Lubeck and hast instituted an assembly. From the bounties of God, I hope that that assembly

BBBD.454x, SW_v13#12 p.343x

Call to action; Disregarding bodily comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB10952

Persian

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement

الحمد للّه قلبت متذکّر بذکر الهی و روحت مستبشر ببشارات اللّه است و مشغول بمناجاتی

...Praise be to God, thy heart is engaged in the commemoration of God, thy soul is gladdened by the glad tidings of God

MMK1#172 p.196x

SWAB#172x, COC#1743x, LOG#1479x

AB07840

110

...Praise be to God! That the Convention of the delegates for the Mashrak-el-Azkar was held in perfect order

SW_v06#17 p.137-138

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies

BH04129

230

...Praise be to Thee, O My God, for all that hath transpired, for verily this hath been the rule prescribed for Thy Chosen Ones and Thy conduct with those who love Thee

LTDT.271-272x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB03069

220

...Praise be unto thee, O God, and glory be unto thee, O my Lord, for thou hast

SW_v08#17 p.224

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consultation; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05402

150

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء

...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance

AVK4.069.08x, AVK4.070x, MAS9.074x, MJMJ2.106x, MJMJ2.107ax, MMG2#442 p.486x, MMG2#443 p.487x, NSR_1978.136x, NSR_1978.135ax, NSR_1993.149x, NSR_1993.147bx

TAB.167-168x, BSC.427 #772x, RBB.120ax, RBB.120bx, ADMS#011x, ADMS#012x

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH08594

120

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت کنت لم تزل فی علو القدره و

...Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness that from eternity Thou wert exalted in Thy transcendent majesty and might

PMP#028x

PM#028x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB02587

240

mixed

Man of Courage, The; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn

مسئله عزير عليه السّلام حقيقتش اينست که مقصود ملّت حضرت موسی بود که به هجوم بخت‌النّصر

...Qa’im-Maqamí is, in truth, the foremost servant of the Cause of the All-Merciful… As to the verses concerning Dhu’l-Qarnayn, these are of the ambiguous sort that have an inner meaning. The objectors made this account a snare of deceit

MMK6#283x, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.027x, AVK2.201-202x, MAS2.042-043x

BLO_courage.30x, ADMS#328x

Imam 'Ali; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB12011

Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Love as fire; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

...Recite the Obligatory Prayer and supplications as much as thou art able, so that day by day thou mayest attain to increased firmness and steadfastness

BRL_IOPF#2.17x

AB11440

...Regarding arrangements for the Bahai Sunday meeting for the purpose of worship

SW_v13#10 p.276x

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB01188

360

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید امیدوارم که در ماه نومبر در لندره باشم در باب

...Regarding the “Golden Key”: To those whom thou canst trust and in whom thou mayest confide, say the following: We showed the utmost kindness to Professor Browne

BRL_DAK#0118

LBLT.116-119x

Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10575

...Regarding the education of those two daughters D. . . . and M. . . . If thou givest true Bahai education to those two young trees in the garden of Abha

SW_v09#07 p.088x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB11429

...Regarding the Exposition of 1915 which will be inaugurated in San Francisco in America: From now undoubtedly

SW_v02#13 p.006

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Law of divorce; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB09888

...Regarding the rainbow, - this rainbow is the Covenant of God and the Testament

SW_v08#17 p.226x

AB11458

...Regarding the society of healing of which thou art a member; when it comes under the protection of this Cause, its power will be a hundred fold.

BSTW#369b

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB09126

...Regarding thy extreme sorrow, thy sadness and thy great regret for My imprisonment, there is no harm therein... My catastrophes will increase hereafter

PN_1901 p088

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB10943

...Regarding thy question about the morning prayer. Both meanings are included in the word dawn: the natural dawn and the dawn of the Kingdom

DAS.1914-03-03x, SW_v08#04 p.048x

Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10672

...Remember thou that Judas Iscariot was the head of the disciples and their example, How then his feet stumbled and fell in the path

BSTW#073gx

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judas

AB11581

Persian

بدانید اگر در عالم هم نباشم همیشه با شما خواهم بود

...Remember, whether or not I be on earth, My presence will be with you always

DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007

GPB.309x

Consolation and comfort

AB10294

...Rest ye assured that the Breaths of the Holy Spirit shall inspire you with the power of speech. Consequently, loosen your tongues and speak in every meeting

DAS.1913-09-23, ABIE.349, BLO_PN#007

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB11565

...rise from their present material attainments to such a height that heavenly illumination may stream from this center to all the peoples of the world

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11530

Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

...Say to [Dr.] ... that "he studied physical medicine and he cured physical diseases

TAB.507

AB12530

Extract from a letter to Hooper Harris in Dec. 1906

110

…Send her [Alma Knobloch] my love and greetings and say: Blessed are you, in whom whites and blacks are alike. Wisdom is gained through the light of the heart and not through the skin. Blackness is the darkness of the heart and not the darkness of the face

BBBD.031bx

AB03588

200

...Servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion. Through the bounty and favor of the Blessed Perfection

SW_v08#15 p.210-211x

Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09838

Persian

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ای بنده الهی بزرگواری در عبودیت جلیل اکبر است نه سلطنت خاور و باختر نفوس

...Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness

INBA16:104

BRL_DAK#0372, BRL_CONF2018P#08x, MMK2#156 p.118

BRL_CONF2018#08x

AB07073

120

...Several days ago we were going to come to Haifa but legal and religious impediments presented themselves . . . God willing, we will come but know not when

LTDT.327x

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions

AB11096

...Several plans and designs of the Mashrak-el-Azkar have been received from America

SW_v06#17 p.140

Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB08307

100

...Should people enquire about My whereabouts, tell them that certain prominent Americans and Europeans have repeatedly sought

LTDT.344x

AB11033

...Since the loved ones of God in Persia are regarded as veteran friends, it is by virtue of the tremendous affection I cherish for them that their offerings for Huquq are accepted

COC#1172x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement

AB07009

120

Persian

Trustworthiness

چون انتظام آن دائره موکول به همت و عفت و عدالت و عصمت احبای الهیست

...Since the orderly running of your association dependeth upon the devotion, integrity, fair-mindedness and sanctity of purpose manifested by the friends of God

COMP_TRUSTP#49x

BRL_TRUST#48x, COC#2060x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Excellence; distinction; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05667

140

Persian

خانمهای عالم چون از حق محتجب کنیزان شدند و کنیزان جمال مبارک بالطاف جمال قدم خانمهای عالم گشتند

...Since they failed to recognize the Truth, the ladies of the world were reduced to maidservants, and the handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty

KHH1.304 (1.424)x

KHHE.437-438x

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB11569

...So firm and mighty is this Covenant that from the beginning of time until the present day no religious Dispensation hath produced its like.

WOB.146x

ABU1485

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

220

…so that each of you may become a candle, literally a light of guidance, and a manifestor of power… You must be newly created. You must not be the same as you were before you became Bahá’ís. A transformation must take place.

ECN.164

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Being a source of light; guidance; Fulfillment of true potential; Second birth; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08004

100

...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard

COC#1837x

Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09914

...Sometime ago I wrote thee a letter, whose content was that praise be to God, thou hast become confirmed in drawing a plan for the pilgrim house in Haifa

SW_v13#08 p.221x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

AB10764

...Strive earnestly and put forth your greatest endeavor toward the accomplishment of this fellowship

ADJ.039x

Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11336

Persian

بکوش که در زبان فارسی نهایت مهارت را حاصل نمائی و الواح جمال مبارک را بخوانی

...Strive to acquire the utmost proficiency in the Persian language—to read the Tablets of the Blessed Beauty and discover the heavenly significances of their words

ANDA#79 p.05x

ADMS#203bx

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11431

...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha.

DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11439

...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out

SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB07572

110

...Supplicate all of you toward the Kingdom of Abha, beseech ye and render ye thankfulness unto the Lord

DAS.1914-03-03x

Being a source of light; guidance; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB11374

...Supplication and prayer on behalf of others will surely be effective. When hearts are united, when faces are turned towards the kingdom of Abha, surely enlightenment will be the result.

SW_v08#04 p.047x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of thought and belief

ABU0124

Words spoken on 1912-07-09 in New York

1100

...Tell Mrs. D. there are only two ways of correcting the social conditions; it cannot be done by force.

PN_1912 p109x, BSTW#351ax

Agriculture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB11087

...Thank God that thou art assisted in serving the believers of God. Thou art the enkindled brazier of the Fire of Love and a lamp of the utmost purity

DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007

Being a source of light; guidance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB05527

140

...Thank thou God that the doors of the Kingdom were opened and the beauty of the Promised One became manifest

DAS.1914-08-16x

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB03989

180

...Thank thou the Lord that thou hast winged thy way into this limitless heaven, and art journeying in the world of God.

PN_1913 p012, BSTW#052n, BSTW#073bx

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU0388

Address at unity feast, Flynn home in Green Acre, 1912-08-20

630

...that a man from the East encounters a person from the West, and between the two

PN_1912 p023, BSTW#335

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB10783

...That beloved friend is always before my sight, both at home and abroad. With my heart, tongue and pen I mention thee.

DAS.1913-10-13

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3189

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...that was not really a deterioration of the essential part of the man, the mind or spirit, but a weakening of the functional organs.

PN_1909F p061, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009

Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2872

Words to Albert Windust, Ramleh, 1913-10-23

...That which is the most important of all the affairs in this day is to teach the Cause of God!

SW_v04#15 p.251

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11574

...The "One who is to come" is he who was promised in the books of God and his epistles; that is, the Manifestation

Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB11518

...the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed

GPB.239x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11537

...The Almighty will no doubt grant you the help of His grace, will invest you with the tokens of His might

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB11549

...The American continent giveth signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future

GPB.254x

Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies

AB10300

...The American people are indeed worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Great Peace

ADJ.085b-086x, GPB.254x, GPB.396-397x

Predictions and prophecies; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace

AB02545

240

...The Ancient Beauty, may My spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones, from the beginning had the utmost consideration for that family

LTDT.305-306x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB12022

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

...The art of music must be brought to the highest stage of development, for this is one of the most wonderful arts

BRL_IOA#09x

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11842

mixed

حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدآء بکلّی قواعد لغت را فسخ فرموده لسان عرب را آزاد فرمودند این است که جمیع آثار حضرت

...The Bab, may my spirit be a sacrifice for Him, completely abrogated the rules of that tongue. He freed the language of the Arabs

KHSH01.067x

ADMS#155x

Grammar and orthography; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB11086

...The basis of the Call must be the Oneness of the world of humanity

DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007

East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11269

...The believers of God from now on must think about going to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

SW_v05#17 p.265, MAX.312bx

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB07836

110

...The believers of God in America, one and all, must unitedly make an effort, so that the Temple

SW_v06#17 p.135-136

AB10782

...The believers of God must be kind toward each other; if one commits a mistake the other must forgive. It is not at all befitting to refer their names to a court

BSTW#192

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB03305

210

...The believers with the utmost firmness and steadfastness must engage in the teaching of the Cause. They must become united and agreed. They are all the drops of one river

DAS.1913-08-27, ABIE.246, BLO_PN#007

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11079

...The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Chicago.

SW_v01#15 p.007

Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB09118

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord

BSC.438 #795

ABU0769

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

390

East and West; communication between East and West; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Predictions and prophecies; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Supreme tribunal; War and peace

...the books of Baha'u'llah, written and printed sixty years ago, contained the ideals now so familiar to the West

AIL.068

AB11291

...The Call of God, when raised, breathed a new life into the body of mankind, and infused a new spirit

WOB.169x

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB07530

110

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

تبديل معلّمين نه سريعاً جائز و نه مدّتی بسيار متوسط بهتر است

...The changing of teachers should be neither too frequent nor too much delayed; moderation is preferable.

MMK1#125 p.140x

SWAB#125x

AB05045

150

Persian

اطفال اگر از بدو طفولیّت چه جسمانی چه روحانی خواه از جهت صحّت و خواه از جهت تربیت مواظبت نشود

...The child must, from the day of his birth, be provided with whatever is conducive to his health; and know ye this: so far as possible, the mother's milk is best... Unless the child, in his earliest years, be carefully tended, whether in a material or a spiritual sense

MJTB.094x

COC#1026x, LOG#0998x, LOG#1005x

Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Role and station of women

AB08473

100

...The confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha shall descend uninterruptedly upon those souls

SW_v04#14 p.241

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11536

...The construction of Mashrak-el-Azkar in those regions is of the utmost importance

SW_v06#17 p.134

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11455

...The continent of America is in the eyes of the one true God the land wherein the splendors

WOB.075x

Predictions and prophecies

AB08449

100

...The correspondence of the believers of God with all parts of America and from America to all directions is very acceptable and seasonable.

DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.235, BLO_PN#007

East and West; communication between East and West; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB11552

...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah

WOB.075x

East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies

AB05986

140

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed.

DAS.1913-09-01x, BSC.449 #819x, SW_v16#07 p.583x, ABIE.264x, BLO_PN#007

AB03693

190

...The days that I spent in London, although the physical health was precarious yet the heavenly spirit was confirming at all times.

DAS.1914-02-21x

Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11442

...The deeds of man must be the cause of glory. Everything that is conducive to the honor of the religion of God is good.

SW_v09#10 p.107x

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Goodly deeds; actions; Words vs deeds

AB11608

...the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world received this heavenly blessing

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Music and singing; Unity in diversity

AB11540

...The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony

ADJ.038x, LOG#1792x

AB09117

...The Divine confirmations have in every way prepared for you the means of development.

SW_v01#08 p.016x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Promotion of commerce and industry

AB10382

Persian

يک معنی از معانی شجره ملعونه دخانست که مکروهست و مذموم و مضرّ است و مسموم

...The drinking of wine is according to the text of the Most Holy Book, forbidden; for it is the cause of chronic diseases, weakeneth the nerves, and consumeth the mind

MMK6#255x, AVK3.049, AVK4.020.14x

ADJ.033x, COC#1788x

Adam; Adam and Eve; Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Day of rest; Praise and encouragement

AB11311

...The East hath verily been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Ere long

WOB.079x

East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB11414

...The effulgence of God's splendorous mercy hath enveloped the peoples and kindreds of the earth

WOB.111x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; East and West; communication between East and West; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

AB11419

...The essence of Oneness is sanctified above the servitude of the world of mankind

SW_v14#06 p.167

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11105

...The everlasting glory of the friends, and the heavenly sublimity of the believers, is to teach the Cause of God

SW_v05#02 p.017

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

AB04010

180

Persian

نامه مفصل که در خصوص استتکارت نوشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مختصر این است

...The extensive letter you had written about Stuttgart was perused. In brief, Germany will shine resplendent, inasmuch as its citizens are religiously minded

ASAT1.025x

BBBD.242-243, DAS.1913-07-15, ABIE.069, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.323ax

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

BH10131

...The foolish divines, have laid aside the Book of God, and are occupied with that which they themselves have fashioned

PDC.132x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB12032

160

Social Action

...The foundation of life and existence is cooperation and mutual aid, whereas the cause of annihilation and deterioration is the cessation of aid and assistance

BRL_SOCIAL#130x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02223

260

...The founding of these spiritual meetings is purely for the purpose of teaching; but, as the Mashriqu'l Azkar is not yet founded

SW_v13#10 p.276x

Contention and conflict; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11305

...The full measure of your success is as yet unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended

Being a source of light; guidance; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

AB11413

...The future of California, whether in regard to its material affairs or spiritual affairs, is very important

SW_v02#13 p.006, SW_v05#15 p.232x, SW_v05#16 p.242, SW_v05#17 p.265

Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10767

...The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and

DAS.1913-07-11, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB10768

...The Glances of Divine Providence are always vouchsafed, the infinite Bestowals are continually descending.

DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007

Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB09760

...The good news of the unity and harmony among the friends of New York brought much joy. I hope that this unity and harmony may increase

PN_1909 p071

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH11576

...the Gulf that hath branched out of this Ocean that hath encompassed all created things

GPB.243x

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11973

100

Meetings, Bahá'í

...The hearts of all the friends rejoiced, and in particular, the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, when we heard of thy rising up to serve the Cause of God

BRL_MEET.AB#10x

Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB12846

150

Arabic

قد انشرح القلوب لاقترانکما فی یوم مبارک سعید فی هذا العصر المجید

...The hearts were cheered by your marriage on a blessed and happy day in this glorious age. In the estimation of true believers

BRL_SWOP#022

BRL_SWO#022

AB11476

...The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries. When thou ponderest its contents, the doors of the mysteries will open

COC#0398x

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB04610

170

Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial

BSC.441 #805

AB10770

...The holy ones of past ages and centuries have, each and all, yearned with tearful eyes to live

WOB.110x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11428

...The holy realities of the Concourse on high yearn, in this day, in the Most Exalted Paradise

ADJ.047x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; The concourse on high

BH11877

350

...The honored Afnáns, upon them rest all My glory, the Most Glorious, arrived in Beirut and, afterwards, by Our leave, gradually and individually arrived here

GEN.313x

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB07814

110

...The hope which Abdu'l-Baha cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended

WOB.078x

Power of the mind over nature; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The mind's power of discovery

AB09754

...The human spirit is a power which comprehends the realities of things. All that thou seest

SW_v08#08 p.097

AB10311

...The invisible hand has opened the doors, and wisdom requires that ‘Abdu'l-Bahá hasten to the country of Egypt, for he is infinitely ashamed

SW_v01#17 p.007

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11263

...The judgment of God hath come; respond ye unto the call of God! Hearken ye

SW_v05#03 p.037

Call to action; Predictions and prophecies

AB11270

...The Kingdom of God is possessed of limitless potency. Audacious must be the army of life

TDH#046.4, COC#1683x

Call to action

BH10983

...The kings, have recognized that it was not in their interest to acknowledge Me, as have likewise the ministers and the divines

PDC.028x

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

AB12002

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...The laws of God, such as fasting, obligatory prayer and the like, as well as His counsels regarding virtues, good deeds and proper conduct, must be carried out everywhere to the extent possible

BRL_IOPF#2.04x

AB08683

Persian

عبدالبهآء را نهایت آرزو عبودیّت این مظاهر مقدّسهٴ الهی است و نهایت آمال جانفشانی و شهادت کبری در سبیل آنان

...The lecture delivered by Monsieur ... was perused. It is a good lecture; but he has mentioned the appearance of three Manifestations

NJB_v05#14 p.005x

DAS.1914-06-24x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB11426

...The letter signed by most of the friends in India has been received. Abdu'l-Baha is greatly

SW_v12#13 p.215x

Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05251

150

...The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Ahmad Sohrab was perused. The Board of Consultation is radiant and spiritual

DAS.1914-03-26

Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03068

220

...The line of progress is perpendicular and it has no end. Progress is infinite but there are many degrees. Each animate or inanimate organism advances along its own degree.

DAS.1914-03-14

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08448

100

...The long journey over sea and land, the innumerable difficulties in the morn and at eve, the lack of rest and sleep

DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.138, BLO_PN#007

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11612

...The Lord of the day of the manifestation is his highness, Baha'o'llah.

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB09509

...The meetings that thou art holding in thy house are the means of strengthening the hearts of the spiritual ones

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007

AB10797

...The moment this Divine Message is carried forward by the American believers from the shores

WOB.078x

Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies

AB09112

...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground

SW_v14#02 p.041, PN_unsorted p046, BSTW#380

A. Grammer

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00013

Tafsir-i-Bismillah

4760

Arabic

Creation

Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran)

الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض

...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence

INBA55:001, INBA59:044, INBA90:097, UMich962.072-092, UMich991.174-203

MKT1.033, MNMK#005 p.032, ASAT4.475-476x, QT105.1.122x, BMT.012, RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x), YMM.179x, JNM1.453x, DLS.284x, DLS.418x, NSS.168x, OOL.C027

BLO_createx, BLO_PT#216.031nx

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Names and attributes of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.279

Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013.

AB11906

140

Law of obligatory prayer; Love of God; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

...The Obligatory Prayers have been set down by the Pen of the Most High and have been mentioned in the Persian “Questions and Answers”

BRL_IOPF#2.09x

AB01079

380

mixed

ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند شما در آنسامان و عبدالبهاء در این زندان... ای یاران روحانی من زحمات و مشقتتان

...The power of the Greatest Name hath gathered together dispersed and scattered people in a heavenly assemblage and made each of them like unto a lighted candle

MKT1.426, BSHN.140.480.07x, BSHN.144.473cx, NANU_AB#32x, YBN.166

ADMS#214x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11464

...The prestige of the Faith of God has immensely increased. Its greatness is now manifest

WOB.079x, COC#0264x, COC#1532x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause

AB11478

Persian

Trustworthiness

اول صفت اهل ایمان امانتست و اول صفت اهل طغیان خیانت

...The primary characteristic of true believers is trustworthiness whereas the primary characteristic of the rebellious is faithlessness

COMP_TRUSTP#46x

BRL_TRUST#45x, COC#2057x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11302

...The question of the school of Tarbiat is very important. Through the Bounty and Providence of the True One it must become evident

SW_v01#05 p.003

Call to action; Excellence; distinction

AB09114

...The quintessence of the matter is this: With the greatest effort one must arise to spread the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-10-14

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01455

330

...The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle of the Testament has illumined all horizons

SW_v08#16 p.214-215

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB11546

...The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed. I fervently hope

Predictions and prophecies

AB11542

...The rulers of Palestine envied His influence and power. Governors and mutisarrifs

GPB.193x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11427

...The souls of the well-favored among the concourse on high the sacred dwellers of the most exalted Paradise

WOB.110-111x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; The concourse on high

AB09733

...The spirit of the age demands the establishment of universal peace. No power on earth can stand before it. God has purposed

SW_v14#05 p.129

Call to action; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB04958

Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat

160

Persian

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát)

Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat)

مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم

...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.”

MAS9.100-101x, YMM.319bx, VUJUD.142x

BLO_PT#167x, VUJUDE.126x

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fire and light; fire and water; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06394

130

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

مدرسه اطفال در روز يکشنبه و قرائت الواح و تعاليم حضرت بهآءاللّه و القآء کلمة اللّه

...The Sunday school for the children in which the Tablets and Teachings of Baha'u'llah are read

MMK1#124 p.140x

SWAB#124x, SW_v09#08 p.092-093

AB10780

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation

BSC.492 #947x

AB05003

160

...The time has arrived for the world of humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness

SW_v14#04 p.097

AB11579

...The time has not yet arrived, even in those countries (America)

SW_v01#03 p.004x

ABU3093

Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906

…the turning toward God in thought, and a prayer-like appeal from the heart, is prayer, and is heard of God. Words are not necessary, the heart is enough.

SUR.241

Law of obligatory prayer; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB08065

220

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو بتاریخ ٩ آب ١٩١٩ رسید مضمون آهنگ سرور بود قلب از آن روح و

...The underlying foundation upon which the Kingdom rests is love and this must be securely established among the friends and must be widely promulgated so that it may become the cause of the establishment of the Oneness of Mankind

BBBD.440

BBBD.441-442, SW_v13#12 p.343x

Entry by troops; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Review of publications

AB11437

...The vision also signifies that a Mashrak-el-Azkar will soon be established in America

SW_v06#17 p.133

Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies

AB07148

Words to George Latimer

120

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs

BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487

AB04089

180

Persian

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای منجذبه نفحات الله نغمه زار و آه شرربارت چنان شعله بر افروخت که قلب اهل

...The Word of God may be likened to the life-giving breezes of the divine springtime. When chanted in spiritual tones, it bestoweth the breath of life

BRL_DAK#0267, BRL_CONF2018P#32x, COMP_PDLP#05x, MMK2#353 p.254

BRL_CONF2018#32x, BRL_PDL#05x

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

AB10555

...The world is mortal. In one instant it will pass away; but the principle of ease and tranquillity is the soul

SW_v07#16 p.151x

Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB08454

100

...The world of humanity will not be transformed into the heavenly paradise through the promotion of one, single principle... The Cause of Baha'u'llah and his heavenly teaching include all the elements

SW_v13#06 p.131

Interconnectedness of the teachings; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles

AB11283

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time.

BSC.443 #808

ABU1470

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

220

...there are five kinds of love: 1st: The love of His own perfections which caused God to create

SW_v08#10 p.126x, BAVA.038-039, BLO_PN#021

Four; five pathways of love; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death

AB11303

...There exists a great Confirmation in the School of Tarbiat

SW_v01#05 p.003x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Generosity [kirama]; Praise and encouragement

BH11861

...There is but one reality and one essence that is expounded in the worlds of outer form, and, at each of its stages, is described by a specific name ... in accordance with the degrees of its particular manifestations on the plane of this limited world

JBS#2.3x

Alchemy; the elixir; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

AB11444

...There is no wonder in confessing the appearance of the Kingdom of God, but true wonder consists in good deeds

SW_v08#05 p.059x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00746

460

...There is no wonder when a soul advances to God, but (there is) when he remains firm

SW_v14#09 p.275x, BSTW#440

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03300

210

...These days are like unto the days of Christ and the days of the Apostles. Unquestionably all the people

DAS.1913-10-13

Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU3265

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

...these rappings, etc., were all material things, and of the body. What is needed is to rise above the material

AIL.072

AB11118

...These souls who are not vivified and attracted by the Holy Spirit are accounted among the dead

SW_v14#02 p.038x, BSTW#043a

Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

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

ABU3453

Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh

...this Blessed Cause has such great power that it shall, ere long, vanquish all opposition. We must live and act in such manner as not to lower the station of the Cause

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.215, BLO_PN#007

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause

AB09098

...This Cause is proclaimed through eloquent, sincere addresses. We must unloose the tongue, spread the fragrances of God

SW_v13#10 p.276x

Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH11538

...This Day is God's Day, and this Cause His Cause. Happy is he who hath renounced this world, and clung to Him Who is the Dayspring of God's Revelation

ADJ.079x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Hands of the Cause; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB10880

...This glory shall be turned into the most abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into the most complete subjugation

PDC.147x

Non-participation in politics; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB04374

170

...This is such a universal cause that the refulgent light has enveloped the continents and established the oneness of humanity.

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10315

...This is the first step in the path of God, but the distance of the way is great. I hope that thou mayest traverse

SW_v08#17 p.228x, SW_v13#05 p.113x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11544

...This long voyage will prove how great is My love for you. There were many troubles

GPB.288x

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11588

...This man is an enchanter; perhaps he will perform an enchantment, and then we shall have nothing more to say

PDC.141x

AB11578

...This Sublime Shrine has remained unbuilt ... God willing, it will be accomplished. We have carried its construction to this stage

COF.053x

Shrines and Holy places

AB11297

...This talk opens with the words "About six hundred years ago." This Society was founded in the city of Hamadan

SW_v08#14 p.204x

Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Past, present and future of Iran

AB11570

...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose

ADJ.038x

Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Purpose; goal of creation; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB06878

120

Persian

Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

نفوسی که اليوم بملکوت الهيّه داخل و بحيات ابديّه فائز آن نفوس هر چند بظاهر در زمينند

...Those souls that, in this day, enter the divine kingdom and attain everlasting life, although materially dwelling on earth

MMK1#173 p.197x

SWAB#173x, SW_v10#01 p.008, PN_various p012x

AB08235

100

Attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

...Those souls who have the capacity and ability to receive the outpourings of the Kingdom and the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, they become attracted through one word.

BWF.364-365x

AB11524

...Those who accept only what logic can prove, On the path of life upon clumsy wooden legs they move

LTDT.344x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Prayer for protection

AB08731

...Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast

SW_v10#19 p.348x

Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB10093

...Thou art, in truth, a herald of the Kingdom and a harbinger of the Covenant, Thou art truly self-sacrificing. Thou showest kindness unto all nations

GPB.389x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02983

220

Persian

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا

...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated

MMK3#048 p.030x

BLO_PT#080.48x

Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB11857

210

mixed

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Soul; spirit after death

ای بنده الهی نامه مختصر اللفظ و مفصل المعانی شما قرائت شد لهذا مختصر نیز جواب

...Thou didst ask about not combining incompatible foods

BRL_DAK#0079

BRL_ATE#063x

AB05421

150

mixed

همچنين جناب پروفسر برکت‌اللّه هندی را از قبل من نهايت اشتياق ابلاغ دار... در خصوص تحصیل لسان فارسی مرقوم نموده بودید فی‌الحقیقه... فی الحقيقه ترجمه بسيار مشکل است

...Thou hadst written about studying Persian. In truth, this is very necessary. If it would be possible for Professor Barakatu’llah to make an effort and teach some people the Persian language… Truly translation is very difficult

MMK6#532x, ANDA#79 p.05x, MAS9.147x

ADMS#203dx

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB04047

180

Crisis and Victory

...Thou hadst written concerning the growth in stature of the Cause of God in thy country. There is no doubt that the Faith of God will progress

BRL_CRISIS#50x, COC#0307, BBBD.629

Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02371

250

...Thou hadst written concerning the services of Mrs. Goodall and Mrs. Cooper. These two dear maidservants of God are truly two shining candles

MAB.008cx

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11183

Persian

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

از معابد سؤال نموده بوديد که حکمتش چيست حکمتش اين است که در وقت معلوم

...Thou hast asked about places of worship and the underlying reason therefor. The wisdom in raising up such buildings

MMK1#058 p.092x

SWAB#058x, LOG#2058x

AB07154

120

...Thou hast asked concerning the spirits of men. They are not at all annihilated. They are

SW_v14#02 p.038x

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death

AB11280

...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God

DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v07#10 p.099, SW_v08#04 p.047, ABIE.117, BLO_PN#007

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of prayer

AB11555

Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Non-participation in politics; Universality of the Cause

...Thou hast asked whether to enlist in the Socialist party. The Bahá'ís must be in the Bahá'í Cause which comprehends all the degrees and is perfect from every standpoint.

BWF.375-375bx

AB08648

Persian

بسیار ستایش از دو دوست آلمانی و اطریشی نموده بودی بیا برو به استتگارت ببین چه خبر است

...Thou hast given the utmost praise to the two believers, German and Austrian. Go to Stuttgart and see with thine own eyes what is there!

NJB_v04#15 p.004x

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.199, BLO_PN#007

Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01653

310

...Thou hast had the intention of going out into the woods and the country for change of weather... Judas Iscariot must not be forgotten

BSTW#052fx, BSTW#131x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09104

...Thou hast inquired regarding the teachings and instructions of BAHA'O'LLAH! Thou must instruct the people of the world in the Love of God

SW_v02#06 p.005

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB09725

...Thou hast longed for the power of teaching the Religion of God. This desire is the ultimate

DAS.1914-08-16x, SW_v09#14 p.161-162x

Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07842

110

...Thou hast manifested joy at the freedom of Abdu'l-Baha. This happiness came from thy

SW_v08#19 p.240x

Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08453

100

...Thou hast questioned concerning ordeals and difficulties and catastrophes: "Are these

SW_v08#18 p.235

Prayer for tests and difficulties; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB12534

100

…Thou hast written about Dr. Fisher, that praise be to God, thou hast found a helper for him and ere long she will start for Germany

BBBD.037x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB10848

...Thou hast written about thy poor sight. According to the explicit divine text the sick must refer to the doctor. This decree is decisive and everyone is bound to observe it

COC#1023x, LOG#0962x

Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions

AB03299

210

...Thou hast written concerning love, marriage and divorce. Love is the moving principle of all phenomena. It is the first Divine Grace and its effects are apparent

BSTW#192

Law of divorce; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

AB00784

450

Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Role and station of women; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high

…Thou hast written concerning the Board of Consultation. It is very proper thou shouldst exert thyself with heart and soul

TAB.026-027x

AB09121

...Thou hast written concerning the meetings and gathering-places of the believers of God. Such assemblies

SW_v02#06 p.005

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00595

510

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

…Thou hast written concerning the meetings and the gathering places of the believers of God. Such assemblies and congregations will greatly aid

BWF.407-408x, LOG#0797x, PN_1906 p095x

AB11267

...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult

DAS.1913-07-09, SW_v13#10 p.276x, ABIE.048, BLO_PN#007

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00653

480

Persian

Belief and denial; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Many are called but few are chosen; Power of prayer; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

در خصوص آيه انجيل مرقوم نموده بودی که از قرائن واضح ميشود که در يوم ظهور مسيح جميع نفوس استماع

...Thou hast written of a verse in the Gospels, asking if at the time of Christ all souls did hear His call

MMK3#138 p.096x

BWF.364-364x, SW_v16#10 p.669x

AB08009

100

...Thou hast written of that meeting held in the quarter where standeth the city gate of 'Abdu'l-'Azim. Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls

COC#0931x

Business; financial; property matters; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11492

...Thou hast written regarding the education of the children. It is very acceptable and beloved. Unquestionably these children shall make ideal and physical advancement

SW_v09#08 p.093x

Education of children; moral education; Race unity; racial issues

AB11268

...Thou hast written regarding the love and unity of the believers and their firmness in

SW_v08#17 p.227x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB09738

...Thou hast written regarding the results of my trip to America. Its importance is not now manifest. Erelong you shall behold that these pure seeds have grown

DAS.1913-03-17

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11058

...Thou hast written regarding thy meeting with... He hath written that he desireth to teach thee one of the crafts and show thee affection and consideration

COC#0012x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

AB09756

...Though the Beauty of the Most Great Name, the Light of Eternal Splendour

SW_v14#11 p.347

Growth of the Cause

AB09107

...Through the protection and help of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a sacrifice to his beloved ones! - you must conduct and deport yourselves

SW_v14#08 p.225

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB03589

200

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists

DAS.1914-04-17x, BLO_PT#028p, BSTW#097

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10473

...Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God, under the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty, I have safely returned from the West but will again proceed to America

LTDT.306x

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08649

...Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that, praise be to God, the highest hope of the believers of Boston

DAS.1914-04-17

Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04217

180

...Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it contained the good news of the firmness and steadfastness of the believers of God; that they are willing to sacrifice

DAS.1914-07-02

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03974

180

...Thy letter was received. There is no time to answer them in detail…. Firmness in The Covenant means obedience so that no one may say, 'this is my opinion' nay rather he must obey...

SW_v04#10 p.174x, SW_v08#17 p.227x, SW_v06#14 p.111x, ECN.419x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Review of publications

AB08655

Persian

ناله و فغان از عدم ارسال مکاتیب عبدالبهاء نموده بودید چهل سال

...Thy letter was received. Thou hast lamented and complained because it is come time since thou hast received any letter from ‘Abdu'l-Baha.

YHA2.997x, NJB_v04#15 p.002x

DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.146, BLO_PN#007

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB05983

140

...Thy mission in America for the present is this: Thou must travel as far as possible to every part

SW_v02#06 p.006, SW_v07#01 p.007

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual springtime; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08417

100

...Thy recent letter was received. It contained good news, and that is: Thou hast guided to the Kingdom of Abha one new soul.

DAS.1913-10-18

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08328

100

...Thy remembrance is always my intimate and associate and the heart and the soul of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá supplicating

DAS.1913-11-07

Call to action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11285

...To be approved of God alone should be one's aim. And has thou realized thy own shortcomings?

SW_v07#18 p.185

Attaining good pleasure of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

AB03579

200

...To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like imagining

SW_v01#09 p.012-013

Prayer for nearness to God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB11244

mixed

حضرت اخت را به جان و دل و روح قلب و فؤاد مشتاق و در لیل و نهار در حقیقت جان و وجدان مذکور

...To my honored and distinguished sister do thou convey the expression of my heartfelt, my intense longing. Day and night she liveth in my remembrance

BHKP_2#06x

BADM.195x, LTDT.326-327x, BHK_2#06x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB04609

Words to Miss Buckton

170

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena

...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come.

BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356

AB09102

...To the one who hath hearkened to God's good tidings and hath proclaimed His bountiful favours!

MAX.082-083

Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01120

370

...Today it is incumbent upon the believers to forget and lay aside every thought and every preoccupation save the diffusion of the Fragrances of God

PN_various p016x

AB07844

110

...Today the distinguished leaders of nations must sing such a song in the ears of the people that the heart of the world of humanity may be stirred

DAS.1914-07-02

Call to action; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Unity of governments; political unity

AB11264

...Today the greatness of the believers of God depends upon delivering the Cause of God

SW_v07#10 p.098

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universality of the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB07136

120

...Today the most important thing to be established is the unity of the word of the beloved of God and fellowship, good feelings and love among the faithful ones.

BSTW#504bx

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09116

...Today, at the Threshold of His Holiness, Baha'u'llah, there is nobody more favored

SW_v12#10 p.170

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB07135

120

...Today, if the soul -- who is attracted with the Love of God and burning with the flame of enthusiasm

SW_v05#17 p.257

Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

ABU3175

Words to Badi Bushru'i and other students, Ramleh, 1913-09-19

...translate at least one page every day, either from English into Persian, or from Persian into English, thus they might acquire efficiency in this line of work. He recommended for the future that when the means are provided, a committee of translators be organized from both nationalities, who would know the two languages well, in addition to Arabic. Then the Tablets would be properly translated.

DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.331, BLO_PN#007

Language and the structure of reality; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB09120

...Treat ye the sinners, thy tyrants and the bloodthirsty enemies as the faithful friends

SW_v08#11 p.139

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

AB11296

...Truly I say his honor ... is striving with all his powers in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God.

DAS.1913-11-04

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11551

...Truly, I say, in this publication you have written instructive articles. May God assist and confirm you!

SW_v01#13 p.010x

Praise and encouragement

AB11301

...Turn thy face sincerely toward God; be severed from all save God; be ablaze with the fire of the love of God

SW_v08#04 p.048

AB11594

...Untrustworthiness is a poisonous arrow which mortally wounds the heart, the soul and the spirit of Abdul Baha.

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007

AB07830

110

...Verily I received your eloquent letter, the composition of which was wonderful. It was an evidence of your firmness in the Covenant

DAS.1914-02-28x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death

AB10773

...Verily the poems of Bishop Kan and John Newton are exalted, but it were possible

SW_v08#08 p.100

The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB07020

120

Arabic

Methods of teaching the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual baptism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

انّ عبدالبهآء یشمّ رائحة محبّة اللّه من کلّ محفل تنطقین فیه بکلمة اللّه و تذکرین الحجج و البراهین

...Verily, ‘Abdu’l‑Baha inhaleth the fragrance of the love of God from every meeting place where the Word of God is uttered

MNMK#068 p.144x, MMK1#053 p.089x

SWAB#053x

AB00305

680

Arabic

Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Role and station of women; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

انّ الظّهورات فی الأدوار السّابقة کان لکلّ واحد منهم شأن فی الوجود و رتبة فی نشأة الأنسان

...Verily, each one of the Manifestations in former ages possessed a certain station in existence and a certain rank in human development [3.5s]... ...Were it not for tests genuine gold could not be distinguished from the counterfeit.... In cycles gone by, each one of the Manifestations of God hath had His own rank in the world of existence... Intellect and the faculty of comprehension are God's gifts

MNMK#063 p.142x, MMK1#027 p.054x

SWAB#027x, COC#1790x, SW_v08#19 p.238-239x, SW_v14#02 p.041-042x, SW_v14#12 p.353x, BSTW#438

AB11563

...Verily, I pray God to confirm thee with the All-Power so that the means may be prepared

SW_v06#17 p.149

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11312

...Verily, the founding of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth

SW_v05#04 p.051

AB11538

...Verily, thy Lord will assist and inspire thee with the breath of the Holy Spirit and

SW_v08#08 p.102-103

Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BH11856

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of

...We beseech God to assist His people that they may observe the most great and exalted Fast, which is to protect one’s eye from beholding whatever is forbidden

BRL_IOPF#1.12x

AB12044

Social Action

...We hope that the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful will, in accordance with the heavenly Teachings

BRL_SOCIAL#069x

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Harmony of science and religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11590

...We must entirely focus our thoughts upon the diffusion of the divine light and the building of the heavenly foundation

SW_v07#10 p.098x

AB03303

210

...We only attain to these spiritual stations through the Bounty and Favor of the Blessed Perfection. When I look to myself, I realize that I am an infinitesimal atom.

DAS.1914-06-24

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Manifestation of God as sun; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

AB11607

...We should do little things as well as great things for the love of God.

SW_v14#06 p.167

AB11334

Persian

اگر کلمات مکنونه را در لسان فارسی و عربی تلاوت مینمودی و بحقایق و معانی

...Wert thou to recite the Hidden Words in Persian and Arabic and apprehend their realities and meanings, it would unveil a matchless beauty and splendor

ANDA#79 p.05x

ADMS#203ex

Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

BH11547

...what has been revealed [regarding the most great elixir] was set forth for the purpose of imparting proof, so that this earth should not be deprived of visible testimony

BYC_alchemy

Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11575

...What is meant in the prophecies by the Lord of hosts, the promised Christ, is the Blessed Perfection (Baha'o'llah) and his highness, the Supreme (Báb)

Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Twin Manifestations

AB09108

...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God

DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.189, BLO_PN#007

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities

AB02378

250

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; Nearness and remoteness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ای جانهای پاک پاکی و آزادگی بدلست نه بتن بجانست نه بجامه و پیرهن انسان اگر

...Whatsoever driveth thee away from the one true God and shutteth thee out from the Best-Beloved is blameworthy and reprehensible

BRL_CONF2018P#02x, MMK2#097 p.075, YARP2.351 p.283

BRL_CONF2018#02x

AB11535

...Whatsoever is latent in the innermost of this holy cycle shall gradually appear and be made manifest

WOB.146x, SW_v13#09 p.253

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime

AB11543

...When a gathering of these two races is brought about that assemblage will become the magnet

ADJ.039x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Race unity; racial issues; The concourse on high

ABU0162

Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre

1000

...When a man is thirsty he drinks water. When he is hungry he eats food. But if a man be not thirsty

SW_v07#16 p.155+161x

Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09922

mixed

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

در وقت معالجه توجّه بجمال مبارک کن و آنچه بر قلب القا ميشود مجری دار

...When giving medical treatment turn to the Blessed Beauty, then follow the dictates of thy heart

MMK1#131 p.147x

SWAB#131x, LOG#0964x

AB09047

...when I came to ‘Akká, it was prescribed for me to go to the sea every day and this was not possible in Yarkih. Moreover, I had a lot of work

LTDT.327x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions

AB10286

Evolution; human evolution; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man

BSC.434 #789

AB11113

...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world

COF.069x2x, BSC.547 #989

AB10259

mixed

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

نفوس تا در ترويج نکوشند بذکر اللّه مشغول و مألوف نيز کما ينبغی نگردند و آثار مدد

...When the friends do not endeavor to spread the message, they fail to remember God befittingly, and will not witness the tokens of assistance

MMK1#211 p.257x

SWAB#211x

AB12425

130

…When the maid-servant of God, Miss Knobloch, was sent to that country I supplicated from the Threshold of His Highness Baha'u'llah that confirmations might descend upon her

BBBD.194

Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11558

...When the spirit is confirmed and assisted by the confirmation of the Holy Spirit then it will show its effect in every condition of the world of existence

SW_v07#18 p.177

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of faith; power of the spirit; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB10206

...When thou wishest to treat nervous pains turn thy whole being to the realm on high with thine heart detached from aught else besides Him and thy soul enraptured by the love of God

COC#1027x

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB09759

...Whenever the heart finds attraction, the spirit seeks ecstasy and exultation and turns itself toward the Kingdom

SW_v07#10 p.098

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB11274

...Whosoever claims that Abdu'l-Baha has given to him a tablet or sent a cablegram he must prove it

SW_v06#12 p.094-095, BSTW#073c

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB11218

...With regard to the printing of any book that concerns the Cause, it is not permissible except with permission from the Centre of the Covenant, whether that be of the blessed Tablets or the composition of the friends, otherwise there is great danger

SW_v09#05 p.060x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications

AB11589

...worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Most Great Peace and proclaim the oneness of mankind

COF.035x, TDH#158.5x

AB11164

...Ye have written of the Nineteen Day festivities. This Feast is a bringer of joy. It is the groundwork of agreement and unity. It is the key to affection and fellowship

COC#0920x

House of Justice; Nineteen-Day Feast; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06016

130

...Ye should strive to widen the circle of those with whom ye enjoy friendly relations, and to establish the closest contact with those benevolent souls whose only thought is to do good

COC#1838x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2522

Words to Mrs Goodall and Mrs Cooper

...You have written concerning the spiritual meetings. The foundation of the spiritual meetings must be the teaching

SW_v02#06 p.005

Music and singing; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09113

...You have written regarding the Assembly of Women. Undoubtedly, show ye great effort in this matter

SW_v01#09 p.010-011

Call to action; Equality of men and women; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women

AB09757

...You have written that "We all pray that we and all the friends everywhere be favored

SW_v08#16 p.220x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB10173

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

مرقوم نموده بودید که خدمتی بانجمن ارتباط شرق و غرب نمائید البته

...You have written that you desire to assist the Orient-Occident Unity. Undoubtedly the Orient and the Occident must assist each other; especially in the question of the school of Tarbiat.

BDA2.294x

DAS.1913-05-06x, MHMD2.388x

AB11265

...You must do a little better. The better you do, the better it is. The wife must endure the husband and she must hold to every means to please the husband.

PN_unsorted p075

Exhortations and counsels

AB11596

...You shall soon see in Persia that the people shall believe in this Cause in groups every day.

SW_v12#12 p.215x

AB10550

Persian

Trustworthiness

نیت باید چنین باشد که در این تجارت بقدری عادلانه و منصفانه رفتار شود

...Your criterion should be to pursue your commercial activities with such fairness and equity as to be a cause of guidance to others

COMP_TRUSTP#50x

BRL_TRUST#49x, COC#2061x

Conduct in finance and business; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

AB06203

130

...Your letter was received and from its contents it became evident that you are journeying toward India.

DAS.1914-03-14

Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10291

...Your letter was received; but Abdul Baha, owing to the infirmity of the body; the difficulty of voyaging over seas and lands, the lack of rest, the striving and exerting day and night

DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1019

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13

310

‘Abdu'l-Bahá has written a Tablet specially for the purpose, that should anyone ask about his station, it is ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and no more

TTAG.016-017, BLO_PN#101

Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of thought and belief

ABU2556

Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25

‘Abdu'l-Bahá said that he had fulfilled that prophecy by building the Tomb of the Báb. He said, "The blessed and holy Tomb (of Baha'u'llah, May my soul be a sacrifice to its dust!) and the Tomb of the Bab on Mount Carmel was the first Mashraq'ul-Azkar…"

AIF.1911-08-23, SW_v11#01 p.015, PN_1912 p071, PN_1912 p120

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places

ABU1842

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

160

Persian

علویه خانم عیال ملا علی جان شهید خوابی دیده بود و برای جمال بروجردی نقل کرده بود

‘Alaviyyih Khanum, the wife of the martyred Mulla ‘Alí Jan [Mafuzaki], had a dream which she recounted to Jamal Burújirdí. She said, “I dreamt that Jamal Mubarak came to this room and graciously spoke in praise of me.”

KHH1.022 (1.031)

KHHE.045, STAB#121

Accounts of dreams and visions; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

BB00008

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I)

43700

Arabic

Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart

Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه هدی للمتقین هذه الایة لاهل الحقیقة معرفة الله سبحانه

"Alif. Lám. Mím. This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance unto them that fear God." For the people of truth, this verse signifieth the knowledge of God, glory be unto Him [3.5s]... ...The Primal Adam is the Will, Who is the Primal Utterance, manifested in the primal realm of contingency

INBA69:157-377, INBA_6004C:002-178, , INBA_6014C:001-296, , INBA_6012C.060-257, , PR02.001v21-044v14, PR03.043r-043rx, PR40.003v-095v, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5277, , BN_5780, BN_5805, BN_6610, LEID.Or4371-8, , OXF.MS.Arab.e.59-60, IOM.090-091x, HBH_baqarah (=INBA 69)

ASAT2.064x

TAME, BLO_PT#216.019-020, GOH.119-121x, GOH.204x, GOH.251-252x, HURQ.BB01x

FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118

ABU2186

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

120

"Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition

SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p003

Differences in human capacity; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU3683

170

"There are many kinds of martyrdom. How many times have I prayed for it… So Christ never suffered upon the cross

SW_v24#04 p.105

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1010

Words spoken ca. 1900

310

(Third proof of this Revelation) - This is that the most learned men in Persian believed in the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1900_heh p027, PN_1900 p046

Martyrs and martyrdom; Quddus; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2125

130

[At some period of history, there was a rivalry beween Greek and Japanese artists.] This competition became so keen that an opportunity was given to these artists to compare their skill.

SW_v02#04 p.004, STAB#142

Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2129

Words spoken on 1913-03-09 in Paris

120

Persian

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Predictions and prophecies; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

البته وقتی میآید و نزدیک است که ملل عالم بفریاد آیند و مصارف باهظهٴ حرب را تحمل نتوانند

[He remarked that] it would certainly come to pass, and that it will be close at hand when the peoples of the world have been provoked to cry out

BDA2.176

MHMD2.223

ABU2857

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

من تمام کارهای خود را در این جهان تمام کردم و باید از این عالم بروم فقط بیت مبارک

[He said that He has completed His work in this world and must leave this mortal plane. But the only matter He has been unable to take care of is the House of Baha’u’llah in Baghdad]

KNR.079

KNRE.087

Call to action; Shrines and Holy places

ABU1311

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

240

Persian

من در مجالس سانفرانسیسکو خیلی میرفتم یک روز یک جمعیتی پیش من

[He spoke one night about when He visited San Francisco, where He went to various meetings and gatherings of the friends and others.]

KNR.064-065

KNRE.073

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2220

Words to a Baha'í from Holland, spoken on 1913-02-10

110

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

بناپارت در عالم ملک یکی از نفوس عظیمه بود ولی فتوحاتش محدود بود منتهی شد

[Napoleon] Bonaparte was a powerful person in this earthly dominion. His conquests, however, were limited.

BDA2.129

DAS.1913-02-10, MHMD2.160-161

AB10734

[refers to reports indicating that Munirih Khanum's condition was the same as before and says that the Exalted Leaves were of the opinion that she should go to Egypt]

LTDT.337-338x

ABU2334

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

100

Persian

روزی در آلمان در کوچه ای می رفتم دختری دیدم به قدر نصف این فوزیتا

[Then He said that] one day He was walking on a street in Germany when He noticed that a short woman—shorter even than our Fujita

KNR.059-060

KNRE.069

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0734

Words to a Russian princess, spoken on 1913-10-30

400

A Bahá'í is at the same time a Christian, a Jew, a Zoroastrian and a Mohammadan. The Bahá'í Cause is like unto a tree... Every moment in this world has a center.

DAS.1913-10-30, SW_v08#14 p.188x

Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1405

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-23

230

A Bahá'í must conform all his great and small affairs in accord with the good-pleasure of the Blessed Perfection. This is the unerring criterion.

DAS.1915-05-23

Attaining good pleasure of God; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

BH00085

4750

mixed

یک تجلی از تجلیات اسم کریم بر ارض پرتو افکند نعمت ظاهر مائده نازل بحر جود

A beam from among the effulgent beams of the Most Generous Name cast its radiance upon the earth; manifest became the bounty and the heavenly feast descended from the ocean of munificence [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Unto Thee do I repent; Thou art, in truth, the Pardoning, the Munificent… One of the relatives, named Muhammad Hasan, came to this land, and on his return he bore seventy Tablets for the servants of God

INBA39:059, INBA61:026x, BLIB_Or07852.078, , BLIB_Or15724.069b, , MKI4523.085,

BRL_DA#210, ISH.085, ISH.107, IQN.186-188x, ASAT1.277-278x, ASAT5.276x, ADH1.112x, NSS.209ax

LTDT.288x, JHT_S#192

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Petitions to authorities; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ABU1992

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26

140

Persian

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

مومن بهاءالله کسی است که ثابت بر میثاق است هر کسی بپیمان الهی ثابت است مومن است

A believer in Baha'u'llah is he who is firm in the Covenant.... Is it possible that one may believe in a book without believing in the teacher

BDA1.391.15

SW_v14#08 p.228, MHMD1.410

BH02415

370

mixed

نار مشتعل و نور لائح آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق ولکن کل از او محجوب و

A blazing fire and a radiant light, the Sun of Utterance hath risen from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, yet all remain veiled therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.265,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08405

120

Arabic

کتاب لمن اقبل الی افقی و نطق بثنائی الجمیل انک اذا فزت بلوحی و وجدت عرف

A Book for the one who hath turned toward My horizon and hath voiced My beauteous praise. Verily, when thou attainest unto My Tablet and findest its fragrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.093a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for detachment; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08407

120

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بایام ربه العزیز المختار و سمع الندآء اذ ارتفع بالحق من

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the days of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Chosen, and hath hearkened unto the Call when it was raised in truth from [3.5s]

INBA18:053

BH03535

260

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بانوار الوجه و نطق بثناء ربه بین العباد لیجذبه ندآء الرحمن

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of the Countenance and hath voiced the praise of his Lord amidst the servants, that the call of the All-Merciful may draw him near [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines! Ye shall not henceforward behold yourselves possessed of any power, inasmuch as We have seized it from you

INBA28:363, BLIB_Or15715.130b,

GPB.231x, PDC.133x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05874

170

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لمن فاز بالبحر الاعظم اذ توجه الی مطلع القدم الذی اتی من جبروت

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the Most Great Ocean, when he turned towards the Dawning-Place of Eternity, Who hath come from the realm of might [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#331,

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06724

150

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بالعرفان اذ اشرق وجه ربه الرحمن لیاخذه جذب البیان

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto true knowledge when the Face of his Lord, the Most Merciful, shone forth, that the attraction of divine utterance might seize him [3.5s]

INBA23:088a

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03901

240

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی من ذکر لدی العرش فی اکثر الاحیان و انزل له الرحمن الواحا فی

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath been mentioned before the Throne on most occasions, and unto whom the All-Merciful hath sent down Tablets [3.5s]

AKHA_120BE #04 p.a

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03702

250

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی من آمن بالله فی یوم حشرت فیه اصحاب القبور من الذین سمعوا ندآء

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God on the Day whereon the dwellers of the graves were gathered together from among those who hearkened unto the Call [3.5s]

BRL_DA#322, AQA6#234 p.132

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice and wrath of God; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03899

240

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اراد مولاه لیجعله طائرا فی هذا الهوآء و یسمعه ما ینادی

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath desired his Lord, that He may make him a bird soaring in this atmosphere and cause him to hear that which calleth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#223,

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders

BH03900

240

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی الذی هاجر الی الله الی ان اضاء من انوار وجه ربه العزیز

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath migrated unto God, until he was illumined by the lights of his Lord's countenance, the Mighty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.128d,

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03902

240

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لمن شرب الرحیق المختوم اذ اتی القیوم بسلطان العظمه و الاقتدار

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath quaffed the Sealed Wine, when the Self-Subsisting One came with the sovereignty of grandeur and power [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.138b,

AQA7#358 p.048

Exhortations and counsels; Predictions and prophecies; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04816

200

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل و فاز بعرفان الله علی قدر معلوم یا باقر لو تعرف مقام

A Book from Our presence unto them that have turned unto and attained the knowledge of God according to a prescribed measure. O Báqir! Wert thou to apprehend [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.288d,

TABN.248a

Chastisement and requital; High station of learning; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06274

160

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا لقوم اتبعوا ما نزل من لدی الله المقتدر القدیر یذکر فیه امائه

A Book from Our presence unto those who follow that which hath been revealed from God, the Omnipotent, the Almighty, wherein mention is made of His handmaidens [3.5s]

INBA18:366, INBA51:261, BLIB_Or15696.187c, , KB_620:254-255

LHKM3.128

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01413

610

mixed

کتاب من لدنا الی الذین فازوا بانوار العرفان فی ایام ربهم الرحمن و قاموا علی

A Book from Our presence unto those who have attained unto the lights of mystic knowledge in the days of their Lord, the All-Merciful, and who have arisen [3.5s]

AYBY.034

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Goodly deeds; actions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06273

160

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الوجه و فاز بانوار التوحید اذ اشرق نیر التجرید

A Book from Us unto him who hath turned towards the Countenance and attained unto the lights of divine unity when the Sun of detachment shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.035b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.119,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH09545

100

Arabic

کتاب نزل من لدنا انه لمصباح الهدی بین الوری و آیه القدم بین الامم و الذکر

A Book hath been sent down from Our presence; verily it is the Lamp of Guidance amongst all peoples, and the Sign of the Ancient of Days amidst the nations, and the Remembrance [3.5s]

INBA23:035b

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Life and death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04806

200

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق لمن توجه الی وجه الله المهیمن القیوم فی ایام فیها نسفت جبال

A Book have We sent down in truth unto them that have turned their faces toward the Countenance of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, in days wherein the mountains were scattered [3.5s]

AQA5#148 p.205

Alchemy; the elixir; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09539

100

Arabic

کتاب کریم من لدی الله رب العالمین و لوح مبین من لدن علیم حکیم طوبی لسمع سمع

A Book Most Glorious from God, the Lord of all worlds, and a Tablet Most Clear from the presence of the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed be the ear that heareth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.178b,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH06265

160

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن و فیه یبشر من فی الامکان الی هذا الظهور الذی کان موعودا

A Book revealed by the All-Merciful, wherein He beareth glad tidings unto all who dwell within the realm of contingent being of this Manifestation that was promised [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.314a,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Word of God and human limitations

BH09542

100

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون انه نزل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم یهدی الناس الی

A Book revealed in truth for a people who understand. Verily, it hath been sent down from God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, guiding mankind unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.187b,

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09011

110

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و یشهد بما شهد الرحمن فی ازل الازال انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

A Book revealed in truth, bearing witness unto that whereunto the All-Merciful hath testified from time immemorial: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.013a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.062,

AQA6#263 p.257

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04510

210

Arabic

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن حضر کتابه لدی المظلوم اذ کان بین ایدی المشرکین الذین

A Book sent down by the All-Merciful unto him who presented his missive to this Wronged One at a time when he was in the hands of the ungodly [3.5s]

INBA51:008, KB_620:001-002

LHKM2.091

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05131

190

Arabic

کتاب انزله مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری لمن علی الارض لتجذبهم نفحات الوحی

A Book sent down by the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of the throne and earth unto them that dwell upon the earth, that the breezes of revelation may draw them near [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.174,

Call to action; Prayer for nearness to God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03259

280

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک الجبروت لمن اقبل الی افقی و سمع ندائی و توجه بقلبه الی مقام

A Book sent down by the Lord of Might unto him who hath turned unto Mine horizon, hearkened unto My call, and set his heart toward the Station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.286,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH01135

740

Arabic

کتاب انزله مولی العالم لحفظ الامم و اراد ان یرسله الی الذی اقبل الی الافق الاعلی

A Book sent down by the Lord of the worlds for the preservation of nations, which He ordained to be dispatched unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.180b,

AVK4.208.05x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of inheritance; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04515

210

Arabic

کتاب انزله مالک ملکوت الاسماء لاهل الانشاء طوبی لمن سمع و اجاب و ویل لکل غافل

A Book sent down by the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Names unto the people of creation. Blessed is he who hearkeneth and respondeth, and woe betide every heedless one [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.127,

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God

BH04062

230

Arabic

کتاب انزله المظلوم من سماء عطائه الی احد احبائه

A Book sent down by the Wronged One from the heaven of His bounty unto one of His loved ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15728.050b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.035,

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for women

BH01166

720

mixed

کتاب انزله المظلوم من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی من اراد ان یشرب کوثر

A Book sent down by the Wronged One from the presence of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who desireth to drink from the Kawthar [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.066, , BLIB_Or15699.020, , BLIB_Or15728.086,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00700

1110

Arabic

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی افق امره و طار فی هوائه و عرف ما اعرض عنه

A Book sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of His Cause, soared in its atmosphere, and recognized that from which others turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.130, , NLAI_22848:317, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p163r, , MKI4522.317,

AQA2#010 p.169

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09013

110

Arabic

کتاب نزل من لدی المقصود الی الذی آمن بالله رب العالمین لیاخذه سکر خمر البیان

A Book sent down from the presence of the Desired One unto him who hath believed in God, the Lord of the worlds, that the wine of utterance may intoxicate him [3.5s]

INBA44:181b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02110

420

mixed

کتاب نزل بالحق انه لهو الایه الکبری لاهل الوری و الرحیق المختوم لمن تمسک

A Book sent down in truth - verily it is the Most Great Sign unto the peoples of the world and the Sealed Wine for whoso holdeth fast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.056d, , BLIB_Or15722.161,

AQA5#132 p.168, GHA.343x, AHB_121BE #11-12 p.358, YQAZ.439-440

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech

BH07830

130

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و یهدی الناس الی الافق الاعلی المقام الذی تنطق فیه سدره

A Book sent down in truth and guideth mankind unto the Most Exalted Horizon, the Station wherein the Lote-Tree speaketh forth [3.5s]

INBA41:288, BLIB_Or15697.069,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06735

150

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و یهدی الناس الی الصراط المستقیم الذی اظهره الله فی یومه

A Book sent down in truth and guideth mankind unto the straight path which God hath made manifest in His Day [3.5s]

INBA51:016b, KB_620:009-010

LHKM2.101

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04522

210

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یعرفون و یهدی الناس الی صراط الله المهیمن القیوم طوبی لمن

A Book sent down in truth for a people who know, and it guideth mankind unto the path of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is he who [3.5s]

INBA18:390, INBA41:309

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH10378

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الحق علام الغیوب و یدع الکل فی السجن الاعظم الی الله

A Book sent down in truth from before Him Who is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen, and it calleth all within the Most Great Prison unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.264c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.117a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04819

200

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه لحجه الکبری بین الوری و الایه

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, it is the supreme testimony amongst all peoples and the Sign [3.5s]

INBA51:143b, KB_620:136-137

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07255

140

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل الیه راجعون قد شهدت الاشیاء

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is all creation and command, and unto Him do all return. Indeed have all things borne witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.126b,

LHKM3.202

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH02056

430

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم و یهدی العباد الی الافق الاعلی

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Preserving, the Self-Subsisting, and guideth His servants unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.083, , BLIB_Or15718.093b,

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08412

120

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم و انه یدع الناس الی الافق الاعلی هذا الافق

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, and verily it calleth the people unto the Most Exalted Horizon, this Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.154a,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06730

150

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم و یدع الکل الی ما یقربهم الیه انه

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and it calleth all unto that which draweth them nigh unto Him. Verily He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.061b,

Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09987

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه یبشر الناس بهذا النور الاعظم

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, it heraldeth unto mankind this Most Great Light [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.148, , BLIB_Or15715.061d,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03135

290

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین و یبشر الذین آمنوا بما لا فاز به احد من قبل

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Lord of all worlds, and beareth unto them that have believed glad tidings of that which none before hath attained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.192b,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06731

150

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین و نذکر فیه من اقبل الی الوجه لیکون له

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Lord of all worlds, and therein We make mention of him who hath turned towards the Countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.311b,

LHKM1.104

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03384

270

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین و یدع الناس الی مقام فیه تنادی

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Lord of the worlds, and calleth mankind unto a station wherein proclaim [3.5s]

INBA19:400

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06732

150

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین و یذکر فیه من اقبل الی الوجه اذ اعرض عنه کل جاهل

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Lord of the worlds, and maketh mention of him who turned toward the Countenance when every heedless one turned away therefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.100b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH05885

170

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین لیجذب الناس الی مقام تنور بانوار بیان

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Lord of the worlds, that it may draw all men unto a station illumined with the lights of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.115b,

Nearness and remoteness; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11903

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله العزیز العلیم و یذکر الناس بما نزل من عنده و یبشرهم

A Book sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, which remindeth mankind of that which hath been revealed from His presence and beareth unto them glad tidings [3.5s]

QUM.068

Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH03385

270

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله ربک و رب العالمین لیجذبک الندآء مره بعد اخری الی

A Book sent down in truth from God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, that it may repeatedly draw thee unto the Call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#040,

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05882

170

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن من عنده علم السموات و الارض و انا العلیم و فیه یخبر

A Book sent down in truth from Him Who possesseth knowledge of the heavens and of the earth, and verily I am the All-Knowing. Therein doth He impart tidings [3.5s]

INBA41:303

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH01290

660

mixed

کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء المشیته فضلا من لدی الله رب العالمین لیجذب العباد

A Book sent down in truth from the heaven of the Divine Will as a grace from God, the Lord of the worlds, to draw all servants unto Him [3.5s]

INBA44:009, BLIB_Or15690.310x, , BLIB_Or15699.119,

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06734

150

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من ملکوت الله رب العالمین المقام الذی فیه استقر عرش الرحمن و

A Book sent down in truth from the Kingdom of God, the Lord of all worlds, the Station wherein is established the Throne of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.055e,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07824

130

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق فی ملکوت الله رب العالمین و یبشر الکل بظهور الله و سلطانه ولکن

A Book sent down in truth from the Kingdom of God, the Lord of the worlds, and beareth glad-tidings unto all of the Manifestation of God and His sovereignty, yet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.058c,

AQA7#426 p.217b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05886

170

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من ملکوت اراده الله العلی العظیم و انه لطراز الواح الابداع و

A Book sent down in truth from the Kingdom of God's Will, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, and verily it is the ornament of the Tablets of creation [3.5s]

INBA23:089b, BLIB_Or11095#122,

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH07828

130

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم لمن سمع الندآء و اقبل الی الافق

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have hearkened to the Call and turned unto the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.284c,

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH03260

280

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله العلیم الحکیم انه فی هذا الحین یمشی و یقول قد فتح

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Lo, in this hour He walketh and saith: "The gates have been opened." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.059,

BH02291

390

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل الیه راجعون سبحان الذی

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, there is no God but Him; His is the creation and the command, and all shall return unto Him. Glorified be He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.175b,

YIA.583-584

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06281

160

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه بنفسه لروح الحیوان بین الامکان و مبدء صحف

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, it is, in itself, the Spirit of Life amidst all created things and the Source of the Sacred Scrolls [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.143a,

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05884

170

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین انه ما من اله الا هو یفعل ما یشاء و

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, there is no God but Him. He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]

INBA51:064b, KB_620:057-058

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07829

130

mixed

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین و یامرکم بالبر و التقوی ینهئکم عن

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Lord of the worlds, and commandeth you to observe righteousness and piety, and forbiddeth you [3.5s]

INBA23:088b

Contention and conflict; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

BH06729

150

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن علیم حکیم انه قد فصل من الکتاب الاعظم الذی ینطق بین

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise. Verily, it hath been separated from the Most Great Book which speaketh among [3.5s]

LHKM1.074

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

BH03903

240

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی المظلوم الی الذی آمن بالمهیمن القیوم قد فزت بعرفان الظهور

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of the Wronged One unto him who hath believed in the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Thou hast attained unto recognition of the Manifestation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.297a,

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07827

130

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق من الحق علام الغیوب لیدعو الناس الی الفردوس الاعلی المقام

A Book sent down in truth from the True One, the All-Knowing, to summon humanity unto the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.163c,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Moses; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02627

340

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق فی هذا الیوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیاٴخذه جذب البیان

A Book sent down in truth on this Day unto those who have believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that the attraction of the utterance may seize them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.021.22,

Prayer for praise and gratitude; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Word of God and human limitations

BH09007

110

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن فاز بنور الله المهیمن القیوم لیاخذه الفرح علی شان یقوم علی

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath attained unto the light of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that joy may seize him and cause him to arise [3.5s]

INBA44:164a

BRL_DA#048

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to the people of the world

BH04523

210

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن اقبل الی الله و فاز باصغاء ندآئه اذ ارتفع من منظره المشرق

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards God and attained unto the hearing of His call when it was raised from His luminous horizon [3.5s]

AQA6#209 p.039, FRH.060-061

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06279

160

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم و شرب الرحیق المختوم اذ اتی

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and hath quaffed the choice sealed wine when it appeared [3.5s]

INBA23:067b

Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH05506

180

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن اقبل الی الله اذ اعرض عنه ک?? غافل بعید انا دخلنا السجن و

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards God, while every heedless and remote one hath turned away therefrom. We have entered the prison and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.253b, , BLIB_Or15719.124b,

Belief and denial; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07826

130

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن توجه الی الافق الاعلی و آمن بالله رب العالمین قل قد ظهر

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: He hath appeared [3.5s]

INBA44:135b, BLIB_Or15729.145b, , NLAI_22848:353, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p182r, , MKI4522.353,

AQA2#032 p.194a

Adam; Adam and Eve; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04818

200

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II

کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون و یامر الناس بالعدل و التقی و یمنعهم عن البغی و

A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness

INBA34:290

GWBP#141 p.197, AQA1#155

GWB#141, ADJ.032x

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

LL#187

BH05505

180

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن اتخذ الیه سبیلا لتجذبه آیات الله الی مقام یقوم علی خدمه

A Book sent down in truth unto whomsoever taketh unto himself a path to Him, that the verses of God may draw him unto a station wherein he ariseth to serve [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.027.03,

Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Word of God and human limitations

BH05136

190

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق اذ کان المظلوم یمشی فی سجنه العظیم و یذکر فیه احد اولیای

A Book sent down in truth whilst the Wronged One walketh in His Most Great Prison, and maketh mention therein of one of His chosen ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.140a,

FRH.157-158

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH04817

200

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق فی هذا السجن الاعظم لمن آمن بالله رب العرش العظیم لیجذبه الی

A Book sent down in truth within this Most Great Prison unto them that have believed in God, the Lord of the mighty Throne, that it may draw them unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.105,

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02475

360

mixed

کتاب نزل بالحق فی هذا السجن الذی سمی بالاسماء الحسنی و نطق فیه مولی الوری لا

A Book sent down in truth within this Prison which hath been adorned with the Most Beautiful Names, and wherein speaketh the Lord of all beings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.352b,

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08413

120

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و منه یمر عرف القمیص لاهل التقدیس و نسمه الرحمن لمن فی الامکان

A Book sent down in truth, and from it wafteth the fragrance of the Garment unto them that are sanctified, and the breath of the All-Merciful unto all who dwell within the realm of contingent being [3.5s]

INBA44:151a

Idle fancies; lust and passion; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06282

160

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و امر ظهر بالعدل من لدی الله رب العالمین قل یا ملأ الأرض

A Book sent down in truth, and the Command hath been made manifest with justice from God, the Lord of the worlds. Say: O peoples of the earth [3.5s]

INBA15:372b, INBA26:376a, BLIB_Or15715.177b, , BLIB_Or15728.161, , BLIB_Or15734.1.066,

Prayer for nearness to God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09009

110

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما تفرح به افئده الذین اقبلوا الی الوجه و طاروا فی هوآء محبه ربهم

A Book sent down in truth, and therein is that which gladdeneth the hearts of them who have turned unto His countenance and soared in the atmosphere of their Lord's love [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.136a,

Belief and denial; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09008

110

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و به یهدی الله من یشاء انه لهو الغفور الکریم و به انار افق

A Book sent down in truth, and through it God guideth whomsoever He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful, and by it hath the horizon been illumined [3.5s]

INBA44:110

Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07257

140

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و انه یعظ الناس بما ینفعهم فی الدنیا و الاخره ولکن القوم

A Book sent down in truth, and verily it doth admonish the people with that which shall profit them in this world and in the world to come. Yet the people [3.5s]

INBA84:169, INBA84:098a, INBA84:038.06

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06280

160

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق لیقرب الخلق الی الله المهیمن القیوم بذکری انجذب الموحدون الی

A Book sent down in truth, that it may draw all creation nigh unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Through My remembrance have the sincere been drawn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.171a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH11739

320

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالم الی الاسم الاعظم و یسمعهم ندآء الله

A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the world nigh unto the Most Great Name and causeth them to hearken unto the Call of God [3.5s]

BRL_DA#469

Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10379

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یهدی الناس الی الله العزیز الحمید یا رضا انا نوصیک

A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which guideth mankind unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. O Riḍá, We counsel thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.273a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.113c,

LHKM1.081a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07823

130

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق انه شهد بما نزل من قبل من لدی الله علی النبیین و المرسلین قد

A Book sent down in truth. Verily, it beareth witness unto that which was sent down aforetime from God unto the Prophets and Messengers [3.5s]

INBA51:194b, KB_620:187-188

LHKM3.166b

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05880

170

Arabic

کتاب نزل بالحق انه یهدی الکل الی الله رب العالمین ان الذی سمع ندائی و نطق

A Book sent down in truth. Verily, it guideth all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. He that hath hearkened unto My call and spoken [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.262a, , BLIB_Or15715.276c,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03539

260

Arabic

کتابی لمن سمع ندائی و اقبل الی وجهی و استقام علی امری البدیع لیجذبه بیان

A Book unto him who hath hearkened unto My Call, turned unto My Countenance, and stood firm in My wondrous Cause, that the utterance may draw him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#255,

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04276

220

Arabic

کتاب نزلناه بالحق و ارسلناه الی الذی اهتدی بوجه الهدی و کان من المقبلین لیفرح

A Book We have sent down in truth and dispatched unto him who hath been guided by the Countenance of Guidance and was among them that drew nigh, that he may rejoice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#316,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06260

160

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق و جعلناه آیه من لدنا لمن فی السموات و الارض لا اله الا هو

A Book We have sent down in truth and made it a sign from Our presence unto them that dwell in the heavens and on the earth. There is none other God but He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.287a,

Exhortations and counsels; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH03530

260

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق لیجذب الناس الی الافق الاعلی و یقربهم الی البحر الاعظم

A Book which We have sent down in truth, that it may draw mankind unto the Most Exalted Horizon and bring them nigh unto the Most Great Ocean [3.5s]

INBA35:089

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH01658

530

Arabic

کتاب نزلت آیاته عربیا و انه فصل من ام الکتاب من لدی الله العزیز الوهاب و فیه یلقی

A Book whose verses have been sent down in Arabic, and verily it is a chapter from the Mother Book from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, wherein is cast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.143c,

MAS4.095ax, ASAT5.177x, MSHR5.143-144x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#447

BH11688

1850

mixed

مختصری از تفصیل این عبد آنکه بعد از ارتقای روح نیّر اعظم از ظلم مشرکین

A brief account by this servant concerning the ascension of the Most Great Luminary through the oppression of the ungodly [3.5s]

RHQM1.343-350x (417) (253-258x)

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04070

230

mixed

مکتوب مختصر آنحضرت و ما ارسل من عندک واصل لله الحمد که بر حسب ظاهر از سلامتی

A brief missive from His Holiness, as well as that which was sent from thee, hath been received. Praise be unto God that, outwardly, thou art in good health [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#082,

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH10013

mixed

ندآء مرتفع ولکن سامعین قلیلین افق عالم بانوار اسم اعظم مشرق و لائح ولکن صاحب

A Call hath been raised, yet few indeed are they that hearken. The horizon of the world is illumined with the splendors of the Most Great Name, radiant and manifest, yet few are they that behold [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.261c,

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1646

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

190

A certain journalist called upon Me this morning representing one of the well known Arabian newspapers. He asked Me these questions.

AHF.019-020

Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU1346

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

240

A certain king had a subject who having by a heroic action rescued the king from a great peril

SW_v09#18 p.208-209, TDLA.103, BLO_PN#104

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1081

Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa

290

Persian

شخصی از او از [شخص] کاملی پرسید، او هم اشاره به شخصی در نیشابور کرد. حسب الاشاره از حال شخص مذکور

A certain one inquired of him concerning a perfect one, whereupon he made mention of a person in Nishábúr. According to that which was indicated regarding the state of the aforementioned person [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-03

Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU0890

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

ABU3633

Words spoken on 1914-02-16

A cheerful countenance lends consolation to the beholder.

DAS.1914-02-16, SW_v07#18 p.186

Consolation and comfort; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2406

Words spoken in 1900

100

A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix

SW_v14#01 p.010

Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU3574

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13

Persian

Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

هیئتی برای ترجمهٴ آثار مبارکه لازمست که در چند لسان ماهر باشند

A committee consisting of experts in several languages is essential for the translation of the Sacred Writings.

BDA1.371.15

MHMD1.390

BH05016

190

Persian

جمعی از منافقین در ظاهر ادعای وفاق نموده اند و در باطن باعداء اتفاق شده

A company of hypocrites have outwardly made claim to unity, while inwardly they have conspired with the enemies [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.190b,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07022

140

mixed

جمعی از اماء آن ارض عرایضشان بساحت اقدس فائز جواب هر یک از سماء مشیت نازل و

A company of the handmaidens of that land, their petitions having attained the Most Holy Court, received their answers from the heaven of Divine Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.290b,

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1855

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28

160

A crow was perched on the lofty branch of a tall tree. In its beak it carried a piece of cheese. It so chanced that two jackals passed by under the tree.

DAS.1914-11-28

Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes

AB00380

Some Answered Questions #072 Healing without Medicine

620

Persian

Answered Questions, Some

تفصیل این کیفیت از پیش بیان شد اگر درست ملتفت نشده‌اید تکرار کنیم

A detailed explanation of this matter was provided earlier. If you have not fully grasped it

MFD#72, OOL.C022.72

SAQ#72

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BH00115

Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove)

3950

Arabic

Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove"

Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove)

اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها

A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance

INBA36:419, INBA66:175x

BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092

GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04

A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had visited Him in the form of the Maid of Heaven, expatiating on His sufferings and His loneliness and affirming His determination to face any future calamities that might befall Him in the path of God.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274

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

AB11843

230

Arabic

عجز و نیاز به درگاه حضرت بی‌انباز و طلب مغفرت از برای کلّ متصاعدین به ملکوت احدیّت، علیهم بهاءالله الابهی اللهمّ يا غافرَ الذّنوب العفوّ الغفور

A fervent and humble supplication at the threshold of God, the Peerless One… O Lord, O Absolver of our sins, Thou Who showest pardon and forgiveness, compassion and mercy

ADMS#191

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1332

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-20

240

A few days before His departure Bahá'u'lláh called me into His bedroom and commanded me to gather together all His writings and Tablets... After the ascension, Mohamad Ali stole all the writings which were entrusted to me

DAS.1913-06-20

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3451

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

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

ABU3009

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

Persian

Hospitality; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Stories; anecdotes

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

ABU1095

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

A food that is prepared in love and partaken of in love gives one great delight. Nay, whatever is done with love imparts great delight. When we were in Baghdad

PN_1906 p078, SUR.269-270, BLO_PN#001

BH00455

1580

mixed

نفحه عنبریه که اثر کلک حبیه آنمحبوب قلب و جان بود در بهترین اوان ریاض قلب را

A fragrant musk-laden breeze, which was the trace of the beloved pen of that Best-Beloved of heart and soul, did in the fairest season grace the garden of the heart [3.5s]

AYBY.174

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09438

100

Persian

عرض دیگر انکه خدمت حضرت اسم ٦٦

A further matter: that which was presented before His Holiness, the Name Sixty-Six [3.5s]

INBA22:282.04, INBA45:020.04

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04063

230

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن علیم حکیم انه لسراج الهدی لمن فی ملکوت الانشاء

A glorious Book sent down from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise. Verily, it is the Lamp of Guidance unto them that dwell in the Kingdom of Creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#266,

AQA6#183 p.012, FRH.059-060

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03898

240

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم انه لنور الله بین عباده و ذکره للعالمین ان

A glorious Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Wise. Verily, it is the Light of God amongst His servants and His remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#181,

AQA6#179 p.004

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2077

Words to Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-07

130

A good foundation is laid in Germany. The believers must be firmly grounded n the principles of morality and honesty. First--Truthfulness…

SW_v07#18 p.183x, FRGA.002

Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3161

Words to a young Jewish woman, spoken on 1912-08-21

Persian

Call to action; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

یهودی خوب هم بهائی میشود حقیقت امر حضرت موسی و امر حضرت بهاءالله یکی است توجه ببهآءالله کن سکون و قرار خواهی یافت

A good Jew can also become a Baha'í. The truth of the religion of Moses and of Baha'u'llah is one.

BDA1.200.09

MHMD1.216

ABU2050

Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa

130

Persian

خوب جائی است از برای طبابت و شهرت می کند. حاجی فرج الله بود کحال که هیچ نمی دانست و هزاران چشم

A goodly place it is for the healing arts and renowned it hath become. Haji Farajullah was an oculist who knew naught, yet thousands of eyes [he treated] [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-08

Stories; anecdotes

ABU1344

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

240

A great king walking in his garden one day noticed a man, about ninety years old

SW_v09#18 p.207-208, DLA.038-039, BLO_PN#026, STAB#001

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB01218

Some Answered Questions #018 The Greatness of Christ

360

Persian

Answered Questions, Some

شخصی بزرگوار خواه بی‌پدر خواه باپدر یکسانست بی‌پدری اگر فضیلت است

A great man is a great man whether or not he is born of a human father. If being without a father were a virtue

MFD#18, OOL.C022.18

SAQ#18

Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0721

Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1912-04-15

410

A great steamship has been lost at sea. Today newspaper accounts of the Titanic

SW_v04#12 p.210

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0392

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20

630

A group should come together every nineteen days. It is not optional, it is incumbent on them. In every city they should do this.... these Houses of Justice will not be in every village but only in the large cities

PN_1919 p148, LAT.072-075

Elections; House of Justice; Music and singing; Nineteen-Day Feast; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

BH06752

150

mixed

مائده معنوی بشانی از سماء عنایت الهی نازل که کل را متحیر نموده و شاید نظر

A heavenly repast hath been sent down from the heaven of divine favor in such wise as to leave all in wonderment, and perchance the gaze [3.5s]

INBA15:239, INBA26:241

PYK.210

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU3449

A heavy chain was placed about His neck by which He was chained to five other Babis

GPB.072x

Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal ; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08291

120

mixed

صد هزار بار شکر و حمد حضرت مقصود را که اگر حضور و لقای ظاهری نظر باسباب

A hundred thousand praises and thanksgivings be unto the Desired One, for though outward presence and meeting depend upon material means [3.5s]

MSHR5.382-383x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Prayer for nearness to God

BH11300

Persian

ملک عادل بمثابه سراست از برای جسد عالم انشاءالله حق تعالی شائنه این مقام اعلی را که فی الحقیقه

A just sovereign is as the head to the body of the world. God, exalted be His glory, shall adorn this most exalted station which in truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.154a,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU2241

110

Persian

مذکور که حکایت کردند پادشاهی بوزیرش گفت بادنجان را مخالف صحت و سلامت دانستند گفت بلی

A king told his minister that eggplant was reported to be bad for one's health.

ASAT2.022

STAB#158

Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

BH02641

340

mixed

ورقی از اوراق نزد مالک میثاق و نیر آفاق حاضر و باصغا فائز یا عبدالروف اسمت

A leaf from among the leaves attained the presence of the Lord of the Covenant and the Luminary of the horizons, and was blessed with hearing. O 'Abdu'r-Ra'uf is thy name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.294, , BLIB_Or15699.078a,

Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for service; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH07886

130

Arabic

ورقه من الله الی الورقه التی تمسکت بهذا الاصل القدیم و سمعت الندآء اذ ارتفع بالحق و

A leaf from God unto the leaf who hath clung to this ancient Root and hearkened unto the Call when it was raised in truth [3.5s]

INBA23:074a

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB05426

150

Persian

نامه چند روز پیش بشما مرقوم گردید و بواسطه جناب امین ارسال شد حال نامه جدید

A letter was addressed to you several days ago and was sent through Jinab-i-Amin. Now, a new letter [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0908, MSBH1.411

Accounts of dreams and visions; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH09020

110

mixed

کتابی لدی العرش حاضر و اسم تو در آن مذکور لذا این لوح در جواب آن مسطور و

A letter was presented before the Throne and thy name was inscribed therein; wherefore this Tablet hath been sent down in reply [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#203, , BLIB_Or15696.066c,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH01137

740

mixed

مکتوبی از شما رسید و آنچه در او مذکور بود نزد اهل بصر واضح و مبرهنست بشنو ندای

A letter was received from thee, and whatsoever was mentioned therein is clear and manifest unto them that are endowed with vision. Hearken unto the Call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15698.286, , BLIB_Or15715.363, , BLIB_Or15720.281, , BLIB_Or15740.218, , Majlis934.266-273

BRL_DA#133, IQT.286, MAS1.078x, AADA.038x, YFY.361-363

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proofs of the Manifestations of God

AB02308

260

mixed

نامه ای بحضرت اجل از پیش در جواب ارسال گشت البته تا بحال رسیده است جمیع احزاب

A letter was sent forth in response to His Excellency, which assuredly hath by now reached its destination [3.5s]

MUH3.197

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04290

220

Arabic

نور من لدنا الی من فی العالم و انه علی هیئه الکتاب تعالی الوهاب الذی ارسله

A light from Our presence unto those who are in the world, and verily it is in the form of the Book. Exalted is the All-Bountiful Who hath sent it forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.006,

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3186

Words to some materialist scholars spoken in Dec. 1900

A living body cannot come forth from a dead body. Only a living man can make a living child; this is a scientific fact.

PN_1900 p118

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Evolution; human evolution

BH11483

Tablet of the Hair 11

Arabic

Tablets of the Hair

Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair)

جعدی حبلی من تمسک به لن یضل فی ازل الازال لان فیه هدایه الی انوار الجمال

A lock of My hair is My Cord. He who layeth fast hold on it shall never to all eternity go astray

BLIB_Or11098.029i

LHKM3.076a, MUH3.275d, OOL.B191.11

BLO_PT#202, DAS.1914-09-12

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

LL#400

BH01980

450

mixed

ورقه نورانیه که بطراز محبت رحمانیه مزین گشته بود و از کلمات علیه عالیه آن عرف

A luminous leaf that was adorned with the ornament of divine love, from whose sublime and exalted words the fragrance [3.5s]

INBA27:415

PYK.045

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00777

1020

Arabic

ذکر منیر من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله ثم اهتدی بشمس التی کانت عن افق الروح

A luminous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and hath been guided by the Sun that shone forth from the horizon of the Spirit [3.5s]

INBA19:041, INBA32:039

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3461

Words spoken at railway station in Buffalo, 1912-09-12

Persian

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

انسان هزار دولار میبخشد نقلی نیست اما یک دولار تعسدی کسی را قبول نمیکند زیرا اینگونه تعدی منافی عدل و نظم عالم است

A man may give $1,000 without minding it but he should not yield even a dollar to the person who wishes to take it wrongfully, for such wrongful behavior flouts justice and disrupts the order of the world.

BDA1.240.10

MHMD1.257

ABU3458

Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-12

Persian

اصل جوهر بیان اینست که انسان باید در فکر این باشد که دیگران را محافظه کند نه در فکر خود باشد

A man must ever think of the protection of others and not of himself.

DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v07#18 p.188

The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

ABU2853

Persian

مردی عرب با زنش بالای بام خفته بود نیمه شب تعدادی از طیور قطا را زن دید

A man of Arabia lay sleeping with his wife upon the rooftop, when, in the midnight hour, the woman beheld a flock of sand grouse passing overhead [3.5s]

YIK.303, ZIAB1.167-168

ABU3602

Words to Dr. O. F. Fischer spoken around Apr. 1909

A Manifestation of God is a tangible part of the Great Concord.

PN_1909F p044

Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0810

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-01

370

A Manifestation of God is first proven by the characteristics of the Divine Essence shining forth from Him... the Bab and the Blessed Perfection said before the appearance of the first Adam, an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know of the Adam who came 5,000 years ago.

PN_1900 p026, BSTW#169g

Adam; Adam and Eve; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Names and attributes of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU2683

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

A master had a slave who was completely devoted to him. One day he gave the slave a melon

SW_v09#18 p.208, TDLA.103, VLAB.147, BLO_PN#104

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3559

Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa

A material man lets himself be worried and harassed by little things but a spiritual man is always calm and serene under all circumstances

DAS.1914-07-10, SW_v07#16 p.154

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0701

Address to the Baha'is at Dyer home in Washington, 1912-04-24

420

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

A meeting such as this seems like a beautiful cluster of precious jewels -- pearls, rubies, diamonds, sapphires

BDA1.048n

PUP#023 (p.056-057), SW_v03#03 p.021-022, SW_v19#03 p.089

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.057

BH04716

200

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا للورقه التی صعدت الی الافق الاعلی و فازت بانوار وجه ربها العزیز

A mention from Our presence for the Leaf who hath ascended unto the Most Exalted Horizon and hath attained the lights of her Lord's countenance, the Mighty [3.5s]

INBA19:059, INBA32:055b, BLIB_Or15719.097a,

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement

BH08785

110

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا الی التی آمنت بالله و توجهت الی مشرق الفضل بوجه منیر لیجذبها

A mention from Our presence unto her who hath believed in God and hath turned with radiant countenance toward the Dayspring of grace, that it may draw her [3.5s]

INBA18:301

Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH06538

150

mixed

ذکر من لدنا للتی طارت فی هوآء محبه الرحمن و آمنت اذ کفرت الاماء اللائی اعرضن

A mention from Our presence unto her who soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful and believed when the handmaidens turned away in rejection [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.174a,

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Goodly deeds; actions; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08786

110

mixed

ذکر من لدنا للتی اذا سمعت ندآء الله اقبلت بکلها الیک و آمنت بالله الفرد

A mention from Our presence unto her who, when she heard the call of God, turned with her entire being unto Thee and believed in God, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.234b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies

BH02399

370

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یتقرب البحر الاعظم و یشرب منه باسم ربه المهیمن

A mention from Our presence unto him who desireth to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean and drink therefrom in the name of his Lord, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.116a,

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09342

100

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یتقرب الی البحر الاعظم اذ تنور افق العالم بنیر اسمه

A mention from Our presence unto him who desireth to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean, when the horizon of the world was illumined by the light of His Name [3.5s]

INBA41:398

Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07058

140

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یسمع نغمات طیور العرش لتجذبه الی ملکوت الله العزیز

A mention from Our presence unto him who desireth to hearken to the melodies of the birds of the Throne, that it may draw him unto the Kingdom of God, the Mighty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.227,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08798

110

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بعرفان الله رب العالمین قد حضر کتابک و اجبناک فی ایام

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath attained to the recognition of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thy letter hath reached Us, and We have answered thee in these days [3.5s]

INBA97:098, BLIB_Or15715.370c,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH03837

240

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان اذ اتی الرحمن بملکوته الممتنع المنیع الذی

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith when the All-Merciful came with His Kingdom, the invincible, the mighty [3.5s]

TAH.241

Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08797

110

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن شرب رحیق الوصال الوحی و اقبل الی افق منه انار العالم و نطق کل شیء

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath quaffed the choice wine of mystic union through revelation and hath turned toward the horizon whence the world was illumined and every created thing gave utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.017b,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04449

210

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن شرب الرحیق المختوم من ید عنایه ربه المهیمن القیوم و فاز

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath quaffed the sealed wine from the hand of his Lord's loving-kindness, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and hath attained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#283,

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Satan; the Evil One; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH10262

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن طار باجنحه الایمان الی الله الفرد الواحد العزیز الحمید

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath soared upon the wings of faith unto God, the One, the Single, the Mighty, the All-Praised [3.5s]

INBA41:414a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH02768

320

mixed

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی مشرق آیات ربه المشفق الکریم و سمع الندآء اذ ارتفع

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Dawning-Place of the signs of his Lord, the All-Merciful, the Bountiful, and hath hearkened to the Call when it was raised [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.110,

TISH.198-199

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07062

140

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم فی یوم فیه اعرض عنه اکثر العباد الذین

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, on a day wherein most of His servants have turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.002, , BLIB_Or15713.316b,

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08193

120

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله مولی العالمین لتجذبه حلاوه بیان الرحمن الی مقام

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds, that the sweetness of the All-Merciful's utterance may draw him unto the station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.142b,

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06148

160

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین فی یوم فیه اعرض کل عالم و انکر کل عارف

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of the worlds, on a Day wherein every learned one hath turned away and every man of knowledge hath denied [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.252a, , BLIB_Or15715.101c,

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02976

300

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی الله و فاز بانوار الوجه اذ ظهر بالحق بسلطان عظیم خرج من

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God and attained unto the lights of the Countenance when He appeared with the truth through mighty sovereignty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.016c,

AQA5#053 p.067b, AKHA_121BE #01 p.a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02400

370

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا لمن سمی بمحمد قبل صادق لیفرح بذکر الرحمن بعد الاحزان و یذکر ربه

A mention from Our presence unto him who was named Muhammad before Sadiq, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of the All-Merciful after sorrows, and make mention of his Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.096, , BLIB_Or15715.286,

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06539

150

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا للذین آمنوا بالله و تمسکوا بحبله المحکم المتین لیشکروا بارئهم بما

A mention from Our presence unto those who have believed in God and have held fast unto His mighty and impregnable cord, that they may render thanks unto their Creator [3.5s]

AQA6#223 p.121

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08788

110

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا للذین توجهوا الی عرش الله المهیمن القیوم قل ان العرش هیکلی و استوی

A mention from Our presence unto those who have turned toward the Throne of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Say: Verily, the Throne is My Temple, and thereon is It established [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.167c,

Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04019

230

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا للذین اقبلوا الی الوجه اذ اشرق من افق الامر بانوار احاطت السموات

A mention from Our presence unto those who turned toward the Countenance when it shone forth from the horizon of the Command with lights that encompassed the heavens [3.5s]

AQA6#251 p.240

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05740

170

mixed

ذکر من لدنا الی احد من العباد لیقربه الی الله العلیم الحکیم ان یا عبد ان

A mention from Us unto one among the servants, that he may draw nigh unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O servant [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.139, , BLIB_Or15719.019b,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03827

240

mixed

ذکر من لدنا الی الورقه التی نطقت علی سدره العرفان بما نطقت الورقاء علی

A mention from Us unto the leaf that hath spoken upon the Tree of Knowledge even as the Dove hath spoken [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#067, , BLIB_Or15710.106,

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11299

Persian

مکتوبی باسم اهل طا نوشته ارسال شد اگر مصلحت باشد تفصیل آنرا لسانا بوکیل

A missive hath been inscribed and dispatched, addressed unto the people of Ṭá. Should it be deemed advisable, its contents may be conveyed orally unto the deputy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.098c,

ABU3152

Words spoken on 1915-10-14 in Haifa

Persian

مکتوبی از توپوکیان قنسول ایران در امریکا رسیده است. نوشته است که علی قلی خان به وی ابلاغ کرده

A missive hath been received from Topakian, Consul of Iran in America. He hath written that 'Ali-Quli Khan communicated unto him [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-14

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Past, present and future of Iran

BH01736

510

mixed

مهی برآمد از این شهر و سوی شهر دگر شد که از غروب و طلوعش دو شهر زیر و زبر

A moon hath risen from this city and journeyed toward another, whereupon through its setting and rising two cities were utterly transformed [3.5s]

INBA36:341, BLIB_Or15722.205,

BRL_DA#601, TZH4.144-146x, RHQM1.337-337 (411x) (248x), MSHR5.154x, MSHR5.305x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Poems and quotation from poetry

ABU3302

Words to the editor of the Police Journal, spoken on 1912-09-17

Persian

Newspapers and the media; publications; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

روزنامه باید اول وسیلهٴ الفت بین نفوس باشد این اعظم وظائف صاحبان جرائد است که سوء تفاهم

A newspaper must in the first instance be the means of creating harmony among the people.

BDA1.252.04

MHMD1.270, ABCC.273

BH03134

290

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن علیم خبیر و یبشر ملا الانشاء من افق البلاء قد لاح الوجه

A noble Book been sent down from the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, and beareth glad-tidings unto the concourse of creation: from the horizon of tribulation the Countenance hath appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#241,

LMA1.410b (248)

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01470

590

Persian

کتاب کریم نزل من لدی الله العلیم الخبیر لیهدی الناس الی هذا النباء العظیم الذی

A noble Book sent down by God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, to guide mankind unto this momentous Announcement which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.155,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05133

190

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدی الله رب العالمین انه یهدی الناس الی المقصود و یقربهم

A noble Book sent down by God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, it guideth mankind unto their ultimate Goal and draweth them nigh [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.227b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08404

120

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدی الله رب العالمین انه لقائد العباد الی الجنه العلیا و

A noble Book sent down by God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, it guideth the servants unto the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]

INBA84:187b, INBA84:115.12, INBA84:056a.05

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04518

210

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدی الله رب العالمین انه یهدی العباد الی صراط مستقیم و

A noble Book sent down by God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, it guideth the servants unto the straight path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.087b,

Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09001

110

Arabic

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن علیم خبیر انه لرحمه للمقبلین و نقمه للمعرضین طوبی لمن

A noble Book sent down from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Verily, it is a mercy unto them that have turned towards it, and a retribution unto them that have turned away. Blessed be he who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.207,

Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2571

Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London

Persian

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Stories; anecdotes; Wealth inequality and its moderation

جمعی فقرای بسیار گرسنه بمن رسیدند و سوال نمودند من آنها را حواله بدکان بقالی کردم

A number of souls, destitute and famished, approached me and begged me to give them something to sustain them

BDA2.046

MHMD2.055-056

ABU0368

Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa

650

Persian

عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم

A person animated by religious enmity subjects us to harsh treatment and persecution. By doing this he thinks he is serving his religion

YHA1.108-109, NJB_v05#14 p.003

DAS.1914-07-10

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0879

Words spoken ca. 1915

340

Persian

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

BH00399

1720

Persian

شخصی در این مدینه از علمای مدینه کبیره بوده آقا جان نزد او مراوده داشت

A person in this city was among the learned men of the Great City (Constantinople), with whom Áqá Ján maintained correspondence [3.5s]

MAS4.252, ASAT4.244-245x, ASAT4.247x, MSHR4.310x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

ABU2939

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-19

A person must be rapid in motion and not slow and tortoise-like. You see, I take always Khosro and Mirza Ahmad with me, because they move rapidly... Train yourselves to be always in time no matter where you are.

DAS.1914-12-19

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving

ABU2161

Words spoken on 1913-02-07 in Paris

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

شخص عامل و قوهٴ فاعله لازمست و امروز تأئید و مدد الهی واجب والا قول و گفتگو

A person of action and an active force are needed, and in this day the confirmations and assistance of God are likewise essential

BDA2.125

MHMD2.156

ABU1684

Words spoken on 1913-05-23 in Paris

180

Persian