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| AB09840 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده الهی حمد کن که بجانفشانی در سبیل جمال ربانی مویدی | O servant of God! Render thanks that thou art confirmed in sacrificing thyself in the pathway of the Divine Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR1.055x | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05070 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر کن خدا را که در راه او آواره گشتی بیچاره شدی سرگشته و | O servant of God! Render thanks unto God that thou hast become a wanderer in His path, hast been made destitute, and art bewildered and astray [3.5s] | AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.d | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10409 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق تا تواناای داری در عبودیت حق بکوش و بذکرش بخروش و در خدمات احبایش | O servant of God! So long as thou hast strength, strive thou in servitude unto God, raise thy voice in His remembrance and render service unto His loved ones [3.5s] | MMK2#248 p.179 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07918 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در | O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a | MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06652 | 120 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده حق کبریت آتش محبت الله است و زیبق سیماب بحر معرفت الله پس این دو جزء | O servant of God! Sulfur is the fire of the love of God and mercury is the living water of the ocean of the knowledge of God. | BRL_DAK#0005, YMM.471 | BRL_ATE#005, MAAN#22 | Alchemy; the elixir; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10422 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده خدا جان بجانان تسلیم کن و سر در ره یزدان فداکن هر جان که فدای جانان | O servant of God! Surrender thy soul unto the Beloved and sacrifice thy head in the path of the Lord. Every soul that is sacrificed unto the Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#316 p.231, NANU_AB#05 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07917 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الشکر لله که منتسب شخصی هستی که بخدمت ساحت اقدس مشهور و بخدامی | O servant of God! Thanks be unto God that thou art associated with one who is renowned for service at the Most Holy Threshold and for servitude [3.5s] | INBA17:017 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09205 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر لله که ناظر بملکوت ابهائی و مقتبس انوار هدی از غیر حق بیزاری و مشتاق | O servant of God! Thanks be unto the Lord that thou art beholding the Kingdom of Abhá, and art drawing light from the rays of guidance. From all else save the Truth thou art detached, and filled with yearning [3.5s] | MSBH5.019 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11722 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق حضرت اخوی مهربان روف هر دم ستایشی از عبدالعطوف مینمود گهی میگفت که | O servant of God! That loving brother would, at every moment, offer praise to this servant of God, sometimes saying [3.5s] | YIA.410 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06623 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی انچه بجناب میرزا حیدرعلی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O servant of God! That which thou didst write to Mírzá Ḥaydar-'Alí hath been noted [3.5s] | INBA89:148 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03627 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گشت و مفهوم گردید دوستان الهی باید | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted and understood. The friends of God must [3.5s] | INBA85:212 | AVK3.291.09x, MSHR4.072x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Importance of prayer; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02050 | 270 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله بخدمتی که مامور بان | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted. Praise be to God for the service with which thou art charged [3.5s] | MILAN.220, ANDA#63 p.13 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00386 | 610 | mixed | ای بنده یزدان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مفهوم و معلوم گردید حمد خدا را که دلالت | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was understood and comprehended. Praise be to God that guidance [3.5s] | YBN.075-076 | Critique of Western values; culture; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01556 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی واضح و معلوم شد نامه نبود ناله بود بیان نبود | O servant of God! That which thou hadst written became clear and evident. It was not a letter, but a lamentation; it was not a mere statement [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1064, MKT1.282 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03934 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید الحمد لله مومن بحضرت پروردگاری و | O servant of God! That which thou hadst written was noted. Praise be to God, thou art a believer in the Lord, thy Creator [3.5s] | INBA87:193, INBA52:193c | MMK2#340 p.245 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08595 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق فیض مطلق جهان انسانرا مانند جام جم سرشار نمود و جمیع امم را صلای | O servant of God! The absolute bounty hath filled the world of humanity like unto a brimming cup, and all peoples have been summoned [3.5s] | YARP2.596 p.418 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10418 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق نور مطلق چون پرتوی بر عالم امکانی نمود | O servant of God! The absolute light hath shed its radiance upon the world of being [3.5s] | AKHA_119BE #07 p.d | The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04689 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده حق نور مطلق آفاق را چنان روشن نمود که خاور و باختر زجاج سراج الهی گشت | O servant of God! The absolute light hath so illumined the horizons that both East and West have become as the crystal globe of the Divine Lamp [3.5s] | MMK3#120 p.082 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10709 | 70 | Arabic | یا عبدالله تمر علیک نسائم الیوم ان اعرف و لاتکن من الغافلین هذا یوم قد ناح | O servant of God! The breezes of this Day waft upon thee. Be thou aware, and be not of them that are heedless. This is a Day that hath witnessed lamentation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.008.13, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09197 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ابر رحمت یزدان بر تو سایه انداخت و در و گهر بر تو نثار نمود و | O servant of God! The cloud of divine mercy hath cast its shadow upon thee and scattered pearls and gems upon thee [3.5s] | INBA13:311b | PYB#244 p.03, YARP2.406 p.312 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06061 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی سرهنگ جهان بو و رنگ صف جنگ بیاراید و نام و ننگ جوید اما سالار | O servant of God! The colonel in this world seeketh the scent and hue of the battlefield and yearneth after fame and glory, but the true leader [3.5s] | INBA89:109b | Call to action; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05095 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! The content of thy letter was replete with spiritual feelings and was a source of pleasure and of joy. Of my freedom | TAB.151, SW_v19#04 p.121 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcending the material condition; True liberty; freedom | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12676 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق مضامین نامه که دلالت بر شور و وله احباء و انجذاب و التهاب قلوب اصفیا | O servant of God! The contents of the letter, which indicated the enthusiasm and ardor of the loved ones and the attraction and fervor of pure hearts [3.5s] | BSHI.061 | Love of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07914 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از مضمون نامه ات فرح و مسرت حاصل زیرا دلالت بر نور هدایت مینمود | O servant of God! The contents of thy letter brought joy and gladness, for they indicated the light of guidance [3.5s] | YBN.055a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07280 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق جغدان سیه دل بر بازان سفید ستم نمایند و دست تطاول گشایند که چرا | O servant of God! The dark-hearted owls assail the white falcons with tyranny and stretch forth the hand of oppression [3.5s] | MNMK#141 p.254, MSBH3.247, DKHD.285 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05103 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان اثر خامه مهر پرور ملاحظه گردید تبتل و تضرع بود و توجه و توکل | O servant of God! The effect of thy love-nurturing pen was noted - [it was] devotion and supplication, attention and reliance [upon God] [3.5s] | MKT9.067b, YARP2.393 p.306 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07244 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر کلک آن ثابت بر پیمان سبب روح و ریحان گردید مضمون بدیع بود و | O servant of God! The effect of thy pen, thou who art firm in the Covenant, brought spirit and fragrance. The contents were wondrous [3.5s] | INBA87:570, INBA52:605 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06096 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده خداوند صیت ظهور جمال قدم شرق جهان و غرب کیهان را احاطه نموده است و | O servant of God! The fame of the Ancient Beauty's advent hath encompassed the East of the world and the West of the firmament [3.5s] | MMK5#204 p.156 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08589 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق الفت یاران باعث حصول روح و ریحانست و محبت اخوان بادی سرور دل و جان | O servant of God! The fellowship of the friends leadeth to spiritual joy and delight, and the love of the brethren bringeth gladness to heart and soul [3.5s] | MKT5.143b, MKT5.163 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10550 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده خدا نظر حق با تو بوده چه که تا او ناظر نباشد احدی ناظر باو نخواهد | O servant of God! The gaze of God hath been upon thee, for until He turneth His glance toward one, none shall be able to behold Him [3.5s] | INBA38:071b, INBA19:192a, INBA32:175a | MSHR3.010 | Belief and denial; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09668 | 100 | Arabic | یا عبدالله قد ظهر الکنز المخزون و الاسم المکنون طوبی | O servant of God! The hidden Treasure hath appeared and the concealed Name hath been made manifest. Blessed art thou [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.027c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.086a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10847 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده الهی فیض نامتناهی و تجلیات صبحگاهی آفاق جهان را احاطه نموده است | O servant of God! The infinite bounty and the effulgences of dawn have encompassed the horizons of the world [3.5s] | MJT.096 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06063 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی فیض نامتناهی چنان جلوه ای نموده که شرق و غرب را بپرتو حقیقت | O servant of God! The infinite grace hath manifested such splendour that East and West are illumined by the radiance of truth [3.5s] | AKHA_129BE #06 p.a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01305 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه ای که بجناب میرزا عبدالوهاب مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O servant of God! The letter thou didst address to Jináb-i-Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Vahháb was noted [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #06 p.228, AVK3.048, MAS5.174-175 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Smoking; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11142 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکاتیب جناب آقا سید نصرالله و حاجی و دیگران جمیع رسید مطمئن باش | O servant of God! The letters of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Nasru'llah, Haji and the others have all been received. Rest thou assured [3.5s] | INBA16:196 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10204 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده خدا مالک اسما تو را ندا مینماید و میفرماید طوبی لنفس فازت بالشدائد | O servant of God! The Lord of Names calleth unto thee, saying: Blessed is the soul that hath triumphed through tribulations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.302b, , BLIB_Or15730.077b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09892 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان خداوند ترا از میان نوع بشر برانگیخت و افسر موهبت بر سر نهاد و | O servant of God! The Lord raised thee from amidst humankind and placed upon thy head the crown of His bounty [3.5s] | YARP2.535 p.383 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00204 | 2800 | Arabic | یا عبدالله ان القلم الاعلی من الذروة العلیا باعلی الندآء ینادی و یقول یا عبدالله افرح | O servant of God! The Most Exalted Pen, from the loftiest Summit, calleth out with the most exalted call and saith: O servant of God, rejoice [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.141, | Exhortations and counsels; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03341 | 340 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه مشکین واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل شد تا بحال خبر مداومت... در خصوص اصحاب کهف سؤال نموده بوديد | O servant of God! The musk-scented letter was received and its contents were noted. Until now, news of steadfastness... As to what thou didst ask concerning the Companions of the Cave [3.5s] | INBA85:007 | MMK6#280x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09781 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده خدا یکتا محبوب بیهمتا ترا ندا مینماید و میفرماید ندای رحمن امام وجوه | O servant of God! The peerless Beloved calleth thee and proclaimeth: The Call of the All-Merciful hath appeared before all faces [3.5s] | INBA27:433b | Chastisement and requital; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07247 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اهل عالم و جمیع امم از مرض غفلت تب خیزند الحمد لله تو بفضل هدایت | O servant of God! The people of the world and all nations are burning with the fever of heedlessness. Praise be to God, thou, through the grace of guidance [3.5s] | MKT8.019a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09669 | 100 | mixed | یا عبدالله یوم موعود آمد و اسرار قیامت و اشراط ساعت ظاهر و هویدا | O servant of God! The promised Day hath come, and the mysteries of the Resurrection and the signs of the Hour have been made manifest and evident [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.156c, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06626 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده الهی حقیقت الوهیت غیب منیع لایدرک ذات بحت لایوصف منقطع الوجدانی بتصور | O servant of God! The reality of Divinity is an exalted and impenetrable mystery, a pure and indescribable Essence, detached from all conception [3.5s] | MAS9.009 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05549 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده الهی حقیقت الوهیت من حیث هی هی مقدس از جمیع اسماء و صفات و تعبیرات | O servant of God! The Reality of the Divine Essence, in its intrinsic nature, transcendeth all names, attributes and expressions [3.5s] | MMK3#015 p.008 | Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10438 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان بهرام مشهور بهره ای از عالم سرور نبرد در پی گور افتاد تا اسیر | O servant of God! The renowned Bahram gained no portion from the realm of joy; pursuing the wild ass, he became captive [3.5s] | MKT6.004b | Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09667 | 100 | Arabic | یا عبدالله قد حضر العبد الحاضر بکتابک و عرضه تلقاء الوجه ان ربک لهو السمیع | O servant of God! The servant who is present hath presented himself with thy letter and laid it before the Face. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Hearing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.266, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11344 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده خدا شهریاران عالم بندگان بندگان حقند و بانوایان جهان بی نوایان در | O servant of God! The sovereigns of the world are but the servants of the servants of God, and the wealthy ones of earth are destitute indeed [3.5s] | YARP2.175.5 p.179 | Status of kings; future of monarchy; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07283 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق مقام محمود ظل ممدود است و شاهد و مشهود سلطان وجود ولی صد هزار | O servant of God! The station of the Praised One is an extended shade, both the witness and the witnessed, the Sovereign of existence, yet a hundred thousand [3.5s] | MMK6#591 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06628 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هنگام آنست که خلع ثیاب رثیث نماای و بخلعت الهی هیکل معظم را مکرم | O servant of God! The time hath come when thou must cast off thy tattered raiment and clothe thy noble frame with the divine vesture [3.5s] | PYB#229 p.44 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05547 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر خامه مشکین رسید مضامین دلنشین بود و دلیل توجه بملکوت علیین | O servant of God! The trace of thy musk-laden pen hath reached me, its contents were delightful and betokened orientation to the supreme Kingdom [3.5s] | MKT9.042, MMK2#144 p.108 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10385 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اشعار بلیغ و فصیح و در نهایت ملاحت و حلاوت بود تلاوتش سبب سرور | O servant of God! The verses were most eloquent and fluent, possessed of infinite charm and sweetness; their recitation brought joy [3.5s] | INBA16:103 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04666 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ثروت دنیا مانند تپه های رمل است که بادها هر روز از جاای بجای | O servant of God! The wealth of this world is even as the sand dunes, which the winds do scatter from place to place with each passing day [3.5s] | BSHN.140.445, BSHN.144.439, MHT1b.231 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07243 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر خامه دوست حقیقی ملاحظه گردید بحر الطاف پر موج و آن موج رو | O servant of God! The work penned by the true friend hath been perused. The ocean of bounties surgeth, and its waves [3.5s] | TAH.244b | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02348 | 250 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ورق مسطور رق منشور گردید و مطالب روشن و واضح بود دو دست شکرانه | O servant of God! The written page became an open scroll, and its contents were clear and manifest. Two hands were raised in thanksgiving [3.5s] | TAH.270, SFI01.152, MSBH4.463 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08563 | 120 | mixed | یا عبدالله مظلوم عالم جمیع امم را در کل اوان و احیان بحق دعوت مینماید و مقصود از | O servant of God! The Wronged One of the world summoneth all nations, at all times and in every season, unto truth, and His purpose [3.5s] | BRL_DA#165, HDQI.144, UAB.057bx, DRD.108, AYI2.053x, PYB#239 p.03, AKHA_133BE #09 p.199, AKHA_134BE #17 p.660, ANDA#38 p.03 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Goodly deeds; actions; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09207 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی گمان مفرما که امری در وجود اعظم از تبلیغست تبلیغ یرلیغ الهیست و | O servant of God! Think not that there existeth in all creation any matter greater than teaching. Teaching is the Divine decree [3.5s] | SFI14.034c | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06983 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده خدا این بنده خدا میگوید که چندین سنه میگذرد که در هر صبح و شام آن | O servant of God! This servant of God declareth that for many a year, at morn and eventide [3.5s] | INBA38:076c, INBA19:066c, INBA32:061c | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09203 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در انجمن رحمانی مذکوری و در عتبه مقدسه معروف و مشهور بیقین بدان | O servant of God! Thou art mentioned in the assemblage of the All-Merciful and art well-known and renowned at the Sacred Threshold. Know thou of a certainty [3.5s] | TSS.169 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05067 | 150 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده الهی در خصوص چشم پاک و ناپاک یعنی اصابت عین مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of God! Thou hadst written about the benevolent gaze and the malevolent glare | BRL_DAK#0453, MKT3.257b, AVK1.332x, AVK3.359.10x, PYB#094 p.03, ANDA#81 p.06, YARP2.472 p.350, GHA.454-455 | ADMS#152 | Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Superstition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07964 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده خدا از وطن مالوف آواره شدی و از خویش و پیوند دور و مهجور گردیدی ولی | O servant of God! Thou hast become a wanderer from thy native land and grown distant and detached from kith and kin, yet [3.5s] | YBN.058b | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07912 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از ثدی عنایت شیر هدایت نوشیدی و در آغوش آن مادر مهرپرور تربیت | O servant of God! Thou hast drunk from the breast of providence the milk of guidance, and been nurtured in the embrace of that loving mother [3.5s] | INBA17:247 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07245 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده الهی اگرچه صد هزار نغمه و آهنگ در زوایای حنجر این دلتنگ مضمر ولی یک ترانه | O servant of God! Though a hundred thousand melodies and harmonies lie concealed within the recesses of this yearning throat, yet one song [3.5s] | INBA13:140, INBA55:430a | HDQI.245, ANDA#15 p.06 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09213 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده الهی هر چند سالهای چند است که آواره دیار بودی و از وطن مالوف در کنار | O servant of God! Though for several years thou hast wandered far from home, distant from thy native land [3.5s] | MSHR2.187x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08561 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده الهی هر چند این ایام حکمت اقتضای حضور نمینماید ولی چون تو در حق دیگری | O servant of God! Though in these days wisdom doth not permit thy presence, yet since thou for another's sake [3.5s] | MMK6#546 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09843 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند در جهان فانی نفسی را آسایش و خوشی و راحت جان و مسرت وجدان | O servant of God! Though in this transient world a soul may seek solace, joy, comfort of heart, and contentment of conscience [3.5s] | MKT8.018a | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11339 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند حقائق جسمانیه در ناحیهء بعیده واقع ولی جواهر صافیه | O servant of God! Though physical realities exist in distant realms, yet pure essences [3.5s] | INBA88:249a | Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08562 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند هوا در شدت و سورت است یعنی نمو ونیمروز و التهاب جگرسوز | O servant of God! Though the weather be intense and scorching - that is to say, at its peak of midday heat and heart-consuming flame [3.5s] | INBA84:507b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06627 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند در قریه بودی ولی وقتی این قریه قصر خسرو و شیرین بوده و کام | O servant of God! Though thou dwellest in a village, yet this very hamlet was once the palace of Khosrow and Shirin [3.5s] | INBA17:239 | ANDA#79 p.50 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06068 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند از اینجا رفتی ولی همیشه پیش نظری و مقصود از سفر شما این بود | O servant of God! Though thou hast departed hence, thou art ever before Mine eyes, and the purpose of thy journey was [3.5s] | DKHD.356 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Review of publications; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08560 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند از وطن مالوف بان اقلیم معروف شتافتی ولی این را حکمتی در | O servant of God! Though thou hast hastened from thy familiar homeland to that well-known realm, in this there is a wisdom [3.5s] | INBA89:206 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09253 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده خدا مکتوب مختصرت معانی مفصل داشت یاران الهی را که در آن سامان ساکنند | O servant of God! Thy brief letter contained detailed meanings for the divine friends who dwell in that region [3.5s] | INBA88:357 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02888 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ندایت باستان مقدس حضرت احدیت واصل و آه و فغان از هجران و حرمانت | O servant of God! Thy call hath reached the sacred threshold of the divine Oneness, and thy sighs and lamentations from separation and deprivation [3.5s] | INBA13:239b | MMK5#014 p.009 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03628 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه که بتاریخ ۱۴ ذی الحجه سنه ۳۳۷ ارسال نموده بودی رسید | O servant of God! Thy letter dated the 14th of Dhul-Hijjah in the year 337 hath reached me [3.5s] | AYBY.434 #158 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07924 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید مضمون مفهوم شد در خصوص مکتوب از جناب زین بعموی | O servant of God! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents were understood. Concerning the letter from Jináb-i-Zayn to thy paternal uncle [3.5s] | INBA17:098 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12699 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه تو رسید الحمد لله که چشمه آب حیات جوشی زد تا از ان نوشیدی و | O servant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God that the wellspring of the water of life gushed forth and thou didst drink therefrom | BBBD.357-358 | BBBD.358 | Living waters; water of life; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11902 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه قرائت گردید مرقوم نموده بودید که جناب آقا حسین علی را مقصد | O servant of God! Thy letter was read. Thou hadst written regarding Jinab-i-Aqa Husayn-'Alí's intention [3.5s] | TISH.433 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11992 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه ات رسید و معانی مفهوم شد خوشا به حال تو که بیاد حق مشغولی | O servant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Blessed art thou that thou art occupied with the remembrance of God [3.5s] | TISH.305 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06066 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و بلایا و محن و رزایای وارده معلوم گردید عشق زاول | O servant of God! Thy letter was received and the trials, afflictions and calamities that have befallen thee became known [3.5s] | MSHR4.150 | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04272 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید جوابی بملا جهان زیر مرقوم گردید البته خواهد رسید | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and an answer hath been penned to Mullá Jahán. Assuredly it will reach him [3.5s] | INBA87:263, INBA52:267 | MMK6#173, MSHR4.009x | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Testing God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06064 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی محرره شما رسید و از گلشن معانیش رائحه معطری وزید دلیل بر رقت قلب | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and from its garden of inner meanings a fragrant breeze was wafted forth, betokening the tenderness of thy heart [3.5s] | YBN.048 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05550 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و معلوم گردید که از جواب سابق محزون شدید مقصود نه | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and it became evident that thou wert saddened by the previous response. This was not intended [3.5s] | INBA84:406 | YMM.388 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03340 | 200 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده الهی نامه شما وصول یافت و از عدم فرصت جواب مختصر مرقوم میگردد از علم | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and owing to lack of time, I am writing this brief response. Thou hadst inquired about astronomy. Whatever dependeth on mathematics is acceptable | MKT3.256, AVK1.159.06x | ADMS#218 | Astrology and numerology; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Mystical themes; Superstition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00895 | 410 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و از صعود حضرت اخوان صفا نهایت تاثر حاصل گردید زیرا | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and profound sorrow was felt at the ascension of the esteemed brother of purity, for [3.5s] | INBA87:130, INBA52:128 | MMK6#567x, MAS2.021-022x, MSBH4.088 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12328 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بود که یاران آنسامان مستقیم بر امر | O servant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it was a clear proof that the friends in that region are firm in the Cause [3.5s] | INBA85:040 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07251 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب واصل گردید مرقوم نموده بودی که بخدمت یاران مشغولی زهی | O servant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written that thou art occupied with service to the friends. How excellent [3.5s] | MKT6.102 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06067 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه های شما رسید مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت مرحوم میرزا بهلول | O servant of God! Thy letters were received, as was a supplication seeking forgiveness for the late Mírzá Bahlúl [3.5s] | INBA17:222 | YQAZ.145 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04670 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه عالی ملاحظه گشت و بر حقیقت معانی اطلاع حاصل شد نیت خیریه | O servant of God! Thy noble letter was perused, and the reality of its meanings was apprehended. Thy benevolent intention [3.5s] | VAA.046-046 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Excellence; distinction; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06109 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پسر پاک گهرت بادیه پیمود تا رخ بخاک پاک آستان مقدس بسود و مشام | O servant of God! Thy pure-hearted son traversed the desert that his face might touch the hallowed dust of the sacred Threshold, and might breathe its sanctified fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:258b, INBA52:262 | Law of pilgrimage; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00792 | 440 | mixed | ای بنده الهی مراسله روحانی آن جناب واصل از مضمون اگرچه بجهتی محزون شدیم زیرا | O servant of God! Thy spiritual letter was received and, although in one respect its contents caused us sorrow, for [3.5s] | INBA85:148 | MMK6#551, MSHR2.115x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07922 | 100 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بنده الهی طهران وطن آن دلبر مهربانست و منشا آن نور لامکان تو نیز در آن | O servant of God! Ṭihran is the homeland of the compassionate Beloved and the abode of that Light of the realms of the Placeless | NURA#15, MMK4#015 p.014 | LOTW#15 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12028 | 180 | mixed | Social Action | ای بنده الهی عبدالبهاء را خانه و کاشانه بی سر و سامانیست و لانه و آشیانه زندان | O servant of God! To ‘Abdu’l-Baha, homelessness is home and the gloomy prison his nest | BRL_DAK#0799 | BRL_SOCIAL#173 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03338 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الیوم جهان فانی میدان تزلزل و اضطرابست و عرصه نقض میثاق اریاح | O servant of God! Today the transient world is an arena of turbulence and agitation, and the domain of the violation of the Covenant is tempestuous [3.5s] | MKT5.010, AKHA_125BE #2 p.j | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06625 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی توجه بملکوت رحمانی کن و اقتباس انوار از کوکب آسمانی لسان بتبلیغ | O servant of God! Turn thy gaze unto the Kingdom of the All-Merciful and draw light from the celestial orb. Let thy tongue arise to teach [3.5s] | MKT9.047b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04903 | 200 | mixed | یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله از هر جهتی از جهات سهام بلا احاطه نموده ولکن قلم | O servant of God! Upon thee be the Glory of God! From every direction have the arrows of tribulation encompassed thee, yet the Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.154a, , BLIB_Or15728.079a, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Hands of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00961 | 860 | mixed | Trustworthiness | یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله انا نبشرک فی اول البیان بقبول عملک لوجه الله رب العالمین | O servant of God! Upon thee be the glory of God. We herald unto thee, at the outset of this utterance, that thy deed hath been accepted before the face of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]... ...We have counselled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities | INBA19:144b, INBA32:133 | BRL_DA#444, COMP_TRUSTP#21x | BRL_TRUST#20x, COC#2032x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH01021 | 820 | mixed | یا عبدالله علیک فضل الله و عنایته نامه جناب شیخ ایده الله تبارک و تعالی | O servant of God! Upon thee be the grace of God and His loving-kindness. The letter of his honour the Shaykh—may God, the Blessed and Exalted, strengthen him— [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.045.18, | AYBY.118, RAHA.071-072x | Equality of men and women; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02815 | 320 | mixed | یا عبدالله علیک سلام الله و رحمته لله الحمد امام وجه مظلوم مذکوری و بعنایت | O servant of God! Upon thee be the peace and mercy of God! Praise be to God that thou art remembered before the presence of the Wronged One and art encompassed by His grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.091, | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02816 | 320 | mixed | یا عبدالله علیک سلام الله و شانه از هر شطری مظاهر ضغینه و مطالع بغضاء ظاهر مع | O servant of God! Upon thee be the peace of God and His glory. From every quarter have appeared the manifestations of rancor and the daysprings of hatred [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.122, , BLIB_Or15728.014, | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for governments and rulers; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01673 | 300 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده الهی آنچه بجناب ابن ابهر مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید از ایه من یدعی | O servant of God! We have noted what thou didst write to Jinab-i-Ibn-Abhar, and thy question regarding the verse: 'Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God | MMK1#033 p.064 | SWAB#033 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11169 | 50 | Arabic | یا عبدالله انا اقبلنا الیک من هذا المقام الرفیع و نذکرک بذکر لا یعادله شیء و | O servant of God! We have turned unto thee from this exalted station and make mention of thee with a remembrance wherewith nothing can compare [3.5s] | INBA15:247a, INBA26:249a, BLIB_Or15696.084d, | PYK.212 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04667 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده الهی چه عنوان شریفی مرقوم نمودی و چه خطاب پرحلاوتی نگاشتی در مذاق این | O servant of God! What noble title thou hast written, and what delectable salutation thou hast penned, whose sweetness lingereth in the soul [3.5s] | INBA84:499, INBA87:021b , INBA52:021b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06060 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی آنچه بفرزند هوشمند مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید لهذا جواب | O servant of God! What thou didst write to thy wise child hath been considered, wherefore the response [3.5s]... ...One speck of chastity is greater than a hundred thousand years of worship and a sea of knowledge | INBA13:353 | MKT1.450, MILAN.163a, AKHA_130BE #08 p.a, AKHA_108BE #04 p.4, AMK.056-056, AVK3.428.11, MAS5.190 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastity and purity; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06845 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! What thou hast written and that which thou hast retained in mind are evident. Appreciate Mrs. . . . . . . . . who reminds you of God | TAB.053 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03481 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ، آنچه بينی و يابی در اين جهان فانی اوهام و مجاز خالی است نه حقيقت آسمانی | O servant of God! Whatsoever thou seest and findest in this mortal world is but fancy and vain imaginings, not heavenly reality [3.5s] | MMK3#083 p.055x, BSHN.140.125x, BSHN.144.125x, MHT2.126bx | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03952 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده یزدان چون دلبر مهربان در محفل امکان پرده برانداخت و بمنتهای حسن و | O servant of God! When the loving Beloved cast aside the veil in the concourse of contingent being and manifested the utmost grace and beauty [3.5s] | MKT9.066, PYB#092-093 p.00 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10548 | 60 | mixed | ای عبد الهی در محفل نورسیدگان الهی چون درآای بانگی باهنگ ملا اعلی بلند کن | O servant of God! When thou enterest the gathering of heavenly newcomers, raise thy call with the melody of the Most Exalted One [3.5s] | AYBY.393 #081 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02886 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده الهی چون بقلبی نورانی توجه بدرگاه رحمانی نمودی البته مقبول خواهید | O servant of God! When with an illumined heart thou didst turn to the threshold of the All-Merciful, thou wert assuredly accepted [3.5s] | MMK6#174, MSHR4.008x | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Testing God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02056 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان از دل و جان آهنگ کوی دوست نمودی و ببقعه مبارکه شتافتی و در | O servant of God! With heart and soul thou didst set thy course toward the Friend's dwelling-place and hasten to the Sacred Spot [3.5s] | YARP2.716 p.475 | Prayer for forgiveness; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05068 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده الهی دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست | O servant of God! Yesterday the sage wandered through the city with a lamp, saying: "Weary am I of demon and beast; for a human being do I yearn." [3.5s] | MSHR3.283 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12496 | 110 | O servant of God! You have asked about learning the Esperanto language. This language has not yet reached a state of perfection | BBBD.131 | Education of children; moral education; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11769 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی همواره مشمول نظر عنایت بوده و خواهی بود الطاف حق شامل و موهبت | O servant of God! You have ever been, and shall forever remain, encompassed by divine favors and loving-kindness. The bestowals and bounties of the Lord embrace you [3.5s] | YIA.310a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12093 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید سبب روح و ریحان شد حکایت بیل اینقدر طول و تفصیل | O servant of God! Your letter was received and brought joy and fragrance to the spirit. The story of the shovel need not be told in such length and detail [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0479 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11225 | 40 | mixed | بنده پروردگارا نامه شما رسید از عدم مجال در جواب مجبور باختصارم در حین تلاوت | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and due to lack of time I am compelled to be brief. During my perusal [3.5s] | AVK3.078.01x, AVK4.024.12x | Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for martyrs; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05075 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش اطلاع بر مضمون حاصل گردید محافل بسیار | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and from its perusal its contents became known [3.5s] | INBA87:120, INBA52:119a | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11694 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه رسید از جهتی که مامور بان شده سوال نموده بودید آن محل سواحل | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and regarding the matter about which you had inquired concerning that coastal region [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0465, NSS.147 | Growth of the Cause; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12651 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه تو رسید تا بحال تحریر جواب ممتنع و محال بود زیرا عدم اعتدال | O servant of God! Your letter was received. Until now, writing a reply was impossible and unattainable, due to ill health [3.5s] | INBA85:085 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12638 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی خدمت شما و جمیع احباء در درگاه احدیت مقبول و از عون و عنایت رب ودود | O servant of God! Your service, and that of all the loved ones, is accepted at the Threshold of the One True God, and ye are encompassed by the bounty and grace of the All-Loving Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:110a | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12226 | 240 | Persian | ای بنده رضای حق غلامرضا واضع این اسم مقصدش بنده حضرت رضا علیه السلامست | O servant of God's good-pleasure, Ghulam-Rida! The bearer of this name intendeth by it to be a servant of Imam Rida, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0674 | Call to action; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07498 | 110 | Persian | ای غلام حضرت رضا جهد و کوشش نما که غلام البهاء شوی نور بخشش آندلبر آفاق در | O servant of His Holiness Riḍá, strive and endeavour thou to become a bondsman of Bahá. The light of His bounty in the horizons [3.5s] | MKT9.157a, YIK.484 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03426 | 270 | mixed | یا عبد قبل حسین امروز روزیست که در کتب و زبر و صحف الهی بیوم الله مذکور و | O servant of Husayn that was! This is the Day which hath been mentioned in the Books, Scriptures and divine Tablets as the Day of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.008a, | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05654 | 140 | Persian | ای دادخدا نامه وداد سرور فواد بخشید الحمد لله بقوه کلمه الله و صریر قلم اعلی | O servant of justice! Your missive brought joy to my heart. Praise be to God, through the power of the Word of God and the flowing pen of the Most High [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that through the power of the divine Word and the voice of the supreme Pen, thou wert saved from the waves of destruction | YARP2.565 p.401 | DAS.1914-10-25x | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09262 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده رضا جوابی از پیش مرقوم گردید و ارسال شد حال مجدد مرقوم میشود زیرا | O servant of Rida! An answer was previously written and sent. Now again I take up my pen, for [3.5s] | MKT9.062 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07262 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آندلبر آفاق نور میثاق چون پرتوی برواق اهل اشراق زد بارقه وفاق طلوع | O servant of that Beloved of the horizons! When the Light of the Covenant, like unto a ray, shone forth upon the sanctuary of the people of illumination, the dawn of unity appeared [3.5s] | MKT9.040b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06641 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت ابهی و سهیم و شریک عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان مقدس جمال کبریاء | O servant of the Abhá Beauty and partner and associate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in servitude at the Sacred Threshold of the Most Great Glory [3.5s] | SFI01.144b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08581 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی بهرام ستاره رخشنده است ولی از این رخشندگی مرام روحانیان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Bahram is a shining star, yet from this radiance flows the purpose of them that are spiritual [3.5s] | YARP2.293 p.242 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10402 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شاد باش و شاد باش زیرا سعدی را سعدالسعود بودی و آن ادیب | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Be thou glad, be thou glad, for Sa'dí was granted the most auspicious fortune, and that learned one [3.5s] | INBA84:259a | ANDA#17 p.78 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07946 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی خوشا بحال تو که منسوب در گاه احدیتی و سلیل آنشخص جلیل اهل | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Blessed art thou, for thou art related to the court of the divine Unity and art descended from that glorious personage [3.5s] | INBA16:197 | DBR.071 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07947 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی ملاحظه فرما که چه قدر خوش بخت و فرزانه بودی که ترا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Consider how fortunate and wise thou hast been [3.5s] | AYBY.387 #069, YQAZ.261b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09229 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی چندی است که پیامی و کلامی از شما نرسیده است میدانم خواهید | O servant of the Abha Beauty! For some time no message or word hath been received from thee. I know thou wilt [3.5s] | MSHR2.352x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02055 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی چندیست از بابت نقاهت مزاج و ضعف بدن از تحریر و تقریر | O servant of the Abha Beauty! For some time now, owing to the frailty of health and weakness of body, I have been unable to write and speak [3.5s] | YIK.087-088 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03940 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی من شما را چون فی الحقیقه خیرخواه یاران میدانم و با کسی غرضی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! I verily regard thee as one who is a true well-wisher of the friends, harboring no ill will [3.5s] | YARP2.447 p.335 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09860 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی در این عصر بدیع و قرن جدید زبان بستایش رب قدیم بگشا تا از | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In this wondrous age and new century, open thy tongue in praise of the Ancient Lord, that from [3.5s] | MMK6#353 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06081 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی در آنصفحات بعبودیت محضه اینعبد در آستان جمال ابهی ندا نما | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In those regions call out, with complete servitude, as this servant at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty [3.5s] | MKT8.024b | Personal instructions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01904 | 280 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی فی الحقیقه در سنه ماضیه احبای نیریز از صهبای بلا جام لبریز | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In truth, during the past year, the loved ones of Nayríz drained the brimming cup of tribulation [3.5s] | MSHR2.209 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09228 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی جمشید را گویند جامی جهان نما بود و بعضی بر آنند قدحی مرصع | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! It is said of Jamshíd that he possessed a cup that revealed the world, while some maintain it was a bejeweled goblet [3.5s] | YARP2.616 p.427 | Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08579 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از ثبوت بر میثاق تاجی بر سر نه و خراج ازاقلیم علیین گیر | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Place upon thy head the crown of steadfastness in the Covenant, and receive tribute from the realm of the Supreme Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA88:165a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06638 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی وجد و سرور نما که الحمد لله مظهر الطاف حضرت بدیع الاوصافی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Rejoice and be filled with gladness, for praise be to God, thou art a recipient of the favors of Him Who is wondrous in His attributes [3.5s] | ASAT5.283, KASH.147x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10403 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکر حی قدیر را که در ملکوت عزیزش مذکوری و در انجمن دوستان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Render thanks unto the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, that thou art remembered in His glorious Kingdom and in the gathering of His friends [3.5s] | INBA87:060b, INBA52:060a | Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09861 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی عبودیت عظیم است عظیم امانت الهی و رحمت ربانیست و آسمان و | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Servitude is indeed a mighty thing - a divine trust and heavenly grace - and heaven [3.5s] | MKT6.115a, MMK3#178 p.124, ANDA#05 p.07 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08582 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکاتیب شما مضامینش شیرین و بسیار دلنشین چه که دلیل بر محبت | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The contents of thy letters are sweet and truly delightful, for they bear testimony to thy love [3.5s] | MKT5.001, AKHA_124BE #09 p.j, AKHA_125BE #01 p.d | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06636 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی اشعار بلیغانه و مسدس فصیحانه که اثر قریحه عاشقانه آنجناب | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The eloquent verses and the fluent musaddas, which are the fruit of your devoted poetic genius [3.5s] | MMK5#176 p.137 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10865 | 50 | mixed | ای بنده طلعت ابهی یوسف مصری در بازار جلوه نمود زلیخای بیگانه آشنا گشت و | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! The Joseph of Egypt hath appeared in the marketplace, and the stranger Zulaikha hath become acquainted [3.5s] | INBA13:053a | Chastisement and requital; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06082 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب مورخ ۲۳ شهر جمادی الاولی ۱۳۲۳ که بجناب آقا سید تقی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! The letter dated the 23rd of Jamádíyu'l-Avval 1323, which was to Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | INBA87:330, INBA52:337 | Call to action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02892 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی قضیه احترام و رعایت و معاونت بحضرت سفیر بسیار مقبول افتاد | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The matter of respect, consideration, and assistance rendered unto the esteemed Ambassador hath been highly pleasing and acceptable [3.5s] | ANDA#75 p.75, YIK.088-089 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Review of publications; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05561 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی خبر مصیبت پدر مهربان سبب هیجان دریای احزان گشت و نهایت تاثر | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The news of the calamity that befell thy kind father hath stirred the ocean of sorrows and caused the utmost grief [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.32x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07948 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی منظومه ملاحظه گردید فصیح و بلیغ بود ولی مطابق آاین | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The poem was perused. It was eloquent and articulate [3.5s] | MMK5#172 p.134 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05560 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی این عنوانیست که جواهر وجزد از غیب و شهود تمنا و آرزوی آنرا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! This is a title which the very essences of existence, both seen and unseen, earnestly yearn and long to attain [3.5s] | MMK5#233 p.183 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03354 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی در این بساط عزیزی و در درگاه احدیت مقبول و مقرب و پر فرهنگ | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou art cherished in this court, accepted and drawn nigh at the threshold of oneness, and richly adorned with culture [3.5s] | MSHR5.189 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humor; jokes; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09231 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی در خاطری و در درگاه رب مقبول و حاضر مطمئن باش که نیکوکاران | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou art remembered and accepted at the Threshold of thy Lord. Be thou confident that the righteous [3.5s] | TSS.160a, CPF.286 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04284 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکایت از اذیت و مشقت نموده بودید که احباب ایران دائما در | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou didst complain of the trials and tribulations that the friends in Iran continually [3.5s] | MMK4#042 p.047 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01473 | 320 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده جمال ابهی سوال از ایه مبارکه نموده بودی که میفرماید عنقریب صرافان | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou hadst asked about this blessed verse: “Ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored | MKT2.305, AVK3.004.12x, AVK3.026.07x, AVK3.359.03x, AVK4.068.12x, YARP2.437 p.329 | ADMS#070x | Astrology and numerology; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03356 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی هر چند در صحرای فراق آتش اشتیاق برافروختی و آرزوی عتبه نیر | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Though in the wilderness of separation thou didst kindle the fire of yearning and cherish the desire for the Threshold of Light [3.5s] | INBA84:384 | Call to action; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01236 | 350 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید از کثرت مشاغل بجان عزیزت که | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy detailed letter was perused. By reason of the multitude of occupations that beset thy precious life [3.5s] | MMK6#145 | Differences in human capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10404 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه نمروی ۳۱ رسید طلب مغفرت از برای معمارباشی از پیش مرقوم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter of the thirty-first hath arrived. The plea for forgiveness on behalf of the chief architect had already been set down [3.5s] | INBA17:218 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06083 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ات شمامه مشک عنبر بود زیرا رایحه طیبه محبت الله از ان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was as a perfumed breath of musk and amber, for from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA85:003 | BSHN.140.414, BSHN.144.408, MHT1b.240 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00858 | 420 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مرسول واصل گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد حمد خدا را که در | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that [3.5s] | PYK.275 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01381 | 330 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه تو رسید و از وقایع طهران و پریشانی افکار ایرانیان شرح | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received, and the account of events in Tihran and the confusion of the Iranian people's thoughts [3.5s] | INBA85:541 | DBR.075-076 | Law of cause and effect; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09233 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مرقوم ملحوظ افتاد دستوران ستورانند لهذا باصطلاح عوام | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received. The priests are as beasts, and thus, in common parlance [3.5s] | YARP2.482 p.358 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08583 | 200 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که مدتیست از مکاتیب محروم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written of being deprived of communications for some time… Thou has enquired regarding a certain passage from the Epistle addressed to the Wolf | BRL_DAK#0257, NURA#13, MMK4#008 p.006x, YMM.164x | LOTW#13 | Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08584 | 400 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نمیقه آن مبتهل الی الله ملاحظه گردید و مقصد خیر مشروح مفهوم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy supplication unto God was noted, and thy worthy purpose well understood [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0358, AADA.142bx | Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06637 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی الیوم سراپرده پیمان در قطب جهان بعنان آسمان رسیده و امکانرا | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Today the pavilion of the Covenant hath been raised to the zenith of the heavens, casting its shelter over the realm of being [3.5s] | INBA13:107 | MMK5#240 p.190, TAH.350a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04283 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی تا بحال بعد از رجوع امریکا چند مکتوب ارسال شد حال نیز از | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Until now, following thy return from America, several letters have been dispatched. And now likewise, from [3.5s] | INBA17:147 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03353 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بشارت روح و ریحان احبا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! What thou didst write was noted. It brought glad-tidings of spiritual delight to the beloved ones [3.5s] | MKT6.114 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06080 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه نگاشتی فی الحقیقه عین واقعست انسان همواره در تحت سطوت | O servant of the Abha Beauty! What thou hast written is indeed the very truth. Man is ever under the dominion of [3.5s] | MMK6#213 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09890 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده ملکوت ابهى اگر چه مدتى است که فرصت مکاتبه | O servant of the Abhá Kingdom! Although some time hath elapsed wherein opportunity for correspondence was not found [3.5s] | INBA13:248 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11881 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی صد کرور کحال های حاذق و طبیب های موافق صرف انفاس حیات نمودند | O servant of the All-Glorious Beauty! A hundred myriad skilled oculists and able physicians have expended their life's breath [3.5s] | TISH.200 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12682 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ذوالجلال حمد کن حضرت احدیت را که در ظل کلمه وجدانیت | O servant of the All-Glorious Beauty! Render thanks unto the One True God that beneath the shade of the Word of Divine Unity [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.136-137 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12261 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی تحریرات واصل و مضمون مفهوم ولی آنچه که این عبد خیر آنجنابست | O servant of the all-glorious Beauty! Your letters have arrived and their contents were noted, but what this servant wishes for your honor is [3.5s] | INBA85:522b | Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06098 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده رب مجید رشید نفسیست که بر نفس و هوی غالب گردد و جمال احدیت را طالب | O servant of the All-Glorious Lord! A noble soul is one that overcometh self and desire, and seeketh after the Beauty of Divine Unity [3.5s] | YARP2.274 p.234 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04686 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء جمیع سروران هوس بزرگی کنند و ماخولیای بلندپروازی تا | O servant of the All-Glorious Lord! All sovereigns cherish the desire for grandeur and are possessed of the madness of lofty ambitions [3.5s] | INBA72:103 | AVK3.097.12x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09836 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده ابهی هرچه مرقوم گردد شرح حال دل و جان باز مستور ماند و این سر سربسته | O servant of the All-Glorious! However much may be set down in writing, the state of heart and soul remaineth yet concealed, and this is a hidden mystery [3.5s] | MKT8.015b | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01905 | 280 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ افتاد و بر تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گشت در مساله حشیش | O servant of the All-Glorious! That which thou hast written was perused, and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...Regarding hashish, you had pointed out that some Persians have become habituated to its use. Gracious God! This is the worst of all intoxicants | INBA89:216 | MKT9.055, AVK3.050, HYB.185, YFY.225-226 | BRL_Aqdas.n170cx, COC#0142x, LOG#1184x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06661 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده رب علام همیشه در خاطری و در نظری و پیش بصری فراموش ننموده و نخواهم | O servant of the All-Knowing Lord! Thou art ever in my thoughts, before mine eyes, and within my sight. I have not forgotten thee, nor shall I ever forget [3.5s] | YIK.285-286 | Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10431 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده رحمن رحیم رحمت بر دو قسم است خاص و عام فیض مقدس و فیض اقدس از فضل حق | O servant of the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate! Mercy is of two kinds: specific and universal - the Holy Effusion and the Most Holy Effusion from divine grace [3.5s] | SFI14.034a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11829 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت رحمن چندی پیش اوراق مسطور مرسول گشت البته تا بحال ملحوظ گشته | O servant of the All-Merciful! Some time ago the written pages were dispatched, and undoubtedly they have by now reached your consideration [3.5s] | INBA79.030 | Consolation and comfort; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06629 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده ایزد توانا ستایش دلبر مهربانرا که یاران دیرین پارسیان نازنین را در | O servant of the Almighty God! Praise be to the compassionate Beloved, Who hath guided the cherished ancient friends among the noble Persians [3.5s] | INBA84:294 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01111 | 370 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت یزدان حمد خدا را که خاور عنبر نثار است و باختر مشکبار شرق روشن | O servant of the Almighty! Praise be to God that the East is redolent with ambergris and the West is fragrant with musk; the Orient is luminous [3.5s] | PYB#039 p.01, HDQI.194, ANDA#09 p.08, MSHR2.332 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10485 | 60 | Persian | ای خادم جمال قدم حمد کن که بعنایت خاصه روح عالم موفق و مویدی و بعبودیت آستان | O servant of the Ancient Beauty, render thanks that thou art favoured with the special grace of the Spirit of the world and art confirmed and assisted in servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | MKT5.147a, KHSK.102-103 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05564 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت زین نهایت ستایش از ایمان و ایقان و عرفان شما نموده اند | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! His Holiness Zein hath lavished utmost praise upon thy faith, thy certitude and thy knowledge [3.5s] | MKT5.103 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03357 | 200 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم در جمیع امور متوسل بحی قیوم شو و متوکل بر رب ودود قلب انسان | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! In all matters take recourse unto the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, and place thy trust in the All-Loving Lord [3.5s] | INBA13:061 | AVK1.089x, AVK3.403.07x, DUR3.099x, GHA.075 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Law of cause and effect; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05091 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم در این ساعت که مرکز میثاق در نهایت اشتیاق خامه برداشته و | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! In this hour when the Center of the Covenant, with utmost longing, hath taken up His pen [3.5s] | INBA13:032 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03111 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم جناب سلیل وارد و ملاقات نمودیم | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Jinab-i-Salil hath arrived and we have met with him [3.5s] | INBA13:318 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00993 | 390 | Persian | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای بنده جمال قدم زبان بشکرانه اسم اعظم بگشا که موفق بزیارت عتبه مقدسه روحی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Loose your tongue in thanksgiving to the Most Great Name, for you have attained the privilege of pilgrimage to the Sacred Threshold - may my spirit be sacrificed for it [3.5s]... ...Obligatory prayer is the very foundation of the Cause of God. Through it joy and vitality infuse the heart | INBA13:313 | AKHA_125BE #04 p.b, AVK3.251.09x, AVK4.092.11x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.002-003x | BRL_IOPF#2.14x | Law of obligatory prayer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB07950 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم حمد کن حقرا که موفق بر بیان عبودیت این عبد شدی و باین نعت و | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Praise thou the Lord that thou hast been enabled to give expression to the servitude of this servant [3.5s] | MKT5.143a, MSHR2.147 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06084 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم ایام عبدالبهاء از کثرت هجوم اهل جفا و شدت فساد و تعرض هر | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá are beset by the onslaught of the faithless, the intensity of corruption, and the assaults of every [3.5s] | MKT6.115b | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07269 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم اشعار فصیح و بلیغی که در حلاوت چون انگبین بود ملاحظه گردید | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The eloquent and fluent verses, which in sweetness were as honey, were perused [3.5s] | MMK3#270 p.195 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07270 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم نظر عنایت شامل است و حکمت بالغه کامل آنچه در عالم امکان واقع | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The glance of divine favor encompasseth thee, and perfect wisdom is complete in all that transpireth in the realm of being [3.5s] | MMK3#024 p.016 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01110 | 370 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه که بتاریخ ۵ رجب سنه ۱۳۲۵ مورخ بود رسید بسیار از مضمونش | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Rajab 1325 was received, and from its contents [3.5s] | MMK6#562, MAS9.155 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10406 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم انوار الطاف از ملکوت ابهی ساطعست و نجوم مواهب از افق اعلی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of divine favors shine forth from the Abhá Kingdom, and the stars of heavenly bounties gleam from the most exalted horizon [3.5s] | INBA85:106a | MMK4#102 p.111 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09862 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم انوار اسم اعظم آفاق امم را احاطه نموده است ولی غافلین در | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of the Most Great Name have encompassed the horizons of all peoples, yet the heedless remain [3.5s] | MKT5.011, AKHA_132BE #17 p.a | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08585 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم در این انجمن رحمانی مذکور و مشهوری و در محفل روحانی مظهر | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thou art mentioned and renowned in this heavenly gathering, and manifest in the spiritual assembly [3.5s] | MMK2#077 p.062 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07949 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت ابراهیم هر چند از وطن مالوف بغربت افتاد ولی آن غربت جنه | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Though Abraham was cast out from His cherished homeland into exile, yet that exile became a paradise [3.5s] | MKT9.057a | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09235 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم غلام او هستی ولی سرور عالم زیرا بنده حلقه بگوش جمال ابهی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Though His thrall thou art, yet sovereign of the world art thou, for thou art a bond-slave of the Abhá Beauty [3.5s] | MKT8.027a, LMA2.451 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02570 | 240 | Persian | ای عبد جمال قدم منظوم چون لئالی منثور منظور گشت فصیح و بلیغ بود و بدیع و لطیف | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thy verses, like scattered pearls, were beheld with favor; eloquent and persuasive were they, novel and graceful [3.5s] | MKT8.126c, AKHA_103BE #09-10 p.02 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07290 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده رب قدیم و خیاط این اقلیم در بازار ملکوت داخل شو و از سندس فردوس و | O servant of the ancient Lord and tailor of this realm! Enter thou into the marketplace of the Kingdom and partake of the fine silk of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA13:063 | Excellence; distinction; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09232 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی کاس رضا در نهایت حلاوت است ولی تا کاس | O servant of the Beauty of Abha! The cup of resignation is possessed of utmost sweetness, yet until the cup [3.5s] | INBA89:071a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10405 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال الهی شمعی برافروز که شعاع نورانیش متصل بدامنه ملا اعلی گردد | O servant of the Beauty of God, kindle a flame whose luminous rays may reach unto the heights of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA89:051a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07268 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال الهی دو دست نیاز بدرگاه خداوند بی انباز دراز نما و ببارگاه | O servant of the Beauty of God! Raise thy suppliant hands unto the threshold of the peerless Lord, and unto His court [3.5s] | YARP2.710 p.472 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05563 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ذوالجلال گوش بگشا و سر اذ قال ربک للملئکه انی جاعل فی الارض | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious, open thine ear and hearken unto the mystery: "When thy Lord said unto the angels, 'I shall establish upon the earth.'" [3.5s] | DWNP_v6#04 p.006-007 | Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07945 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی حافظ شیرازی میگوید یوسف گمگشته باز اید بکنعان غم مخور کلبه | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Ḥáfiẓ of Shíráz says: "The lost Joseph will return to Canaan; grieve not. The humble dwelling..." [3.5s] | MSHR5.444 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03146 | 210 | Persian | ای خادم جمال مقصود مکاتیب شما رسید و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل گردید از حزن شما | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Thy letters were received, and their contents made known thy sorrow [3.5s] | MMK5#015 p.009 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08043 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم احبای الهی فخر بر ملوک ارض کن زیرا سلطنت آنانرا استقراری نه اما | O servant of the beloved of God, glory thou over the kings of the earth, for their sovereignty hath no stability [3.5s] | MMK3#068 p.044x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06173 | 130 | Persian | ای خادم احباء الله ای غاصب حق این عبدالبهاء زیرا خدمت یاران و خادمی دوستان | O servant of the beloved of God, O usurper of the right of this 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in service to the friends and ministration to the companions [3.5s] | INBA72:120, INBA88:240 | AKHB.132-133, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.209, AHB.134BE #09-10 p.49, PYB#192 p.30, ANDA#16 p.60, ANDA#33 p.14, MAS5.031, MSBH3.539 | Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08688 | 90 | Persian | ای خادم احباء الله خادم احباء خادم جمال ابهی من احبه خدم احبائه | O servant of the beloved of God, servant of the beloved, servant of the Beauty of Abhá! He who loveth His loved ones hath served this servant [3.5s] | INBA72:118 | BRL_DAK#1174, MKT8.079b, AKHB.132 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02547 | 240 | mixed | ای خادم احبای الهی هر چند مدتی بود که بخدمت یاران پرداختی و در عبودیت حق علم | O servant of the beloved of God! Though for a time thou didst occupy thyself with service to the friends and didst raise the standard of servitude unto the True One [3.5s] | INBA17:244 | MMK3#195 p.139 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10889 | 50 | Turkish | ای جمال مبارک رحمانک بنده سی حضرت احدیتک لطف و عنایتی و فضل و عاطفتی یاغمورتک | O servant of the Blessed and All-Merciful Beauty! The grace and favor of the Divine Unity, and His bounty and loving-kindness, raineth down [3.5s] | MJT.058a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02350 | 250 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک تلغرافی از شما رسید سوال از صحت من نموده بودید صحت و راحت و | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! A telegram was received from thee wherein thou didst inquire after my health and well-being [3.5s] | MMK5#112 p.089 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03939 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی خراسانرا در عرف مورخین مشرق زمین نامند و این کلمه دال بر | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! According to the historians of the East, Khurasan is known as the Orient, and this term signifies [3.5s] | MMK6#117 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04685 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک مکاتیب شما جمیع رسید و از قرائت نهایت سرور حاصل گردید | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! All thy letters were received, and from their perusal the utmost joy was obtained [3.5s] | MMK5#109 p.087 | Review of publications; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09863 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک اسمی از اسماء مبارک حسین است که نور مشرقین است تو عبد | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Among the blessed names is Ḥusayn, who is the Light of the two Orients. Thou art a servant [3.5s] | MKT5.012a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06078 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از شئون این جهان دون محزون مشو و از غوائل این عالم زائل | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Be thou not grieved by the affairs of this base world, nor dismayed by the tribulations of this fleeting realm [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0327, MMK3#225 p.164 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07272 | 110 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده جمال مبارک خوشا بحال تو که بخدمتی مشغولی که سبب روشناای رخ در ملکوت | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Blessed art thou, since thou art engaged in rendering a service which will make thy face to shine in the Abha Kingdom | BRL_DAK#0365, TRBB.047 | BRL_ATE#154, COC#0608 | Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01558 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مسائلی که سوال نموده بودی ابدا فرصت جواب نه در هر روز | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Concerning the questions thou didst ask, I have absolutely no time to reply each day [3.5s]... ...The station which he who hath truly recognized this Revelation will attain is the same as the one | MKT8.025, MKT9.054, AVK2.038.16x, MAS2.015 | WOB.111x | Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07273 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک خوشا بحال تو که ناطق بذکرالله شدی و ناشر نفحات الله تمسک | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Happy art thou that hath spoken forth in remembrance of God and hast become a diffuser of the divine fragrances [3.5s] | INBA17:192 | KHMI.029 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06085 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه نمرو ۵۱ رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که برات قائممقامی را | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Letter number 51 hath been received. Thou didst write regarding the draft of appointment [3.5s] | INBA17:226 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04282 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از غربت شکایت نماای و از کربت و مشقت ناله و فغان فرماای حق | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Make thou no complaint of exile, neither raise thy voice in lamentation and grief over hardship and tribulation [3.5s] | MKT8.024a | Consolation and comfort; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10857 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت جمال ابهی در این صبح نورانی که یوم مولد حضرت رحمانیست تبریک عید | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! On this luminous morn, which is the birth-day of the All-Merciful One, I offer thee felicitations for this Festival [3.5s] | INBA84:280b | Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02667 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک الحمد لله بعد از عودت از ارض مقدس بان دیار با نفسی مشکبار | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be to God that, following thy return from the Holy Land to those regions, thou art filled with a fragrant spirit [3.5s] | INBA89:184 | MKT6.116 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09859 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی جناب حاجی وارد و میفرمایند که من نهایت مسرت و خوشنودی از | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! The honourable Haji hath arrived and declareth that I am filled with the utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | AYBY.408 #116 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12807 | 250 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوبی که بجناب آقا میرزا حیدر علی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! The letter thou didst address to his honor Mirza Haydar-'Ali was perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1148 | Law of divorce; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11907 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه ای که باسم جناب اسم الله علیه بهاء الله الابهی مرقوم | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! The letter thou didst write concerning Jinab-i-Ismu'llah, upon him be the glory of the Most Glorious [3.5s] | TISH.215 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07271 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک این اسم عبودیت که بر تست فخر جواهر وجود است و مباهات سواذج | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! This name of servitude which thou bearest is the pride of all created things and the glory of pure souls [3.5s] | INBA84:441 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12739 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مختصر بسیار مفصل بود زیرا آرزوی عبودیت درگاه جمال مبارک | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though brief in length, thy letter was most comprehensive, for it expressed thy longing to be a servant at the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | QUM.178-179 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07952 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک مکتوب مفصل ملاحظه گردید از خبر صعود حضرت منشادی نهایت | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy detailed letter was perused, and from the news of the ascension of his honour Manshádí [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.37x | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04287 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مورخ ۲۶ جانویه ۱۹۱۲ رسید و همچنین نامه آلبرت هبرت و | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 26 January 1912 was received, as was likewise the letter from Albert Hubbard [3.5s] | MMK5#052 p.048 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06640 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما که بتاریخ ۹ اپریل ۱۹۱۱ بود رسید الحمد لله دلیل | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 9 April 1911 was received. Praise be to God, it was evidence [3.5s] | DAUD.04 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07274 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما در پاریس رسید در وقتیکه نهایت اشتغال موجود با وجود | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter reached Paris at a time when I was most heavily occupied, notwithstanding [3.5s] | INBA87:205b, INBA52:207b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04286 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مرقوم ملحوظ گشت شرح و بسطی در ایه شریفه علمه | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was perused. An exposition and elucidation concerning the sacred verse "He taught him..." was noted [3.5s] | AVK3.363.03x, MSHR3.242 | Education of children; moral education; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03636 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید و سبب فرح و سرور گردید زیرا دلیل بر آن بود | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and became a source of joy and gladness, for it bore testimony to this [3.5s] | MMK6#563 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05566 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید و عبدالبهاء دقیقه ای آرام ندارد و فرصت ندارد | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath not a moment's rest nor any respite [3.5s] | YARP2.453 p.339 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05565 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که در پونه مقیم ولی در تعب | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became known that thou dwellest in Pune, yet art in distress [3.5s] | AADA.143x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07267 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب واصل شد و فریاد و فغانت مسموع گشت جمیع مراتب و شئون | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and thy cry and lamentation was heard [3.5s] | INBA87:192b, INBA52:193b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00938 | 400 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید پیام آشنا بود و دلیل بر استقامت بر امر الله | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received. It brought a message of friendship and bore testimony to thy steadfastness in the Cause of God [3.5s] | INBA85:028 | MMK6#423, AVK1.125.04x, MAS2.009-011 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02893 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکاتیب شما واصل و بر مضمون اطلاع یافتیم از الطاف جمال قدم | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letters have been received and their contents noted. Through the favours of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA13:109, INBA88:114 | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06835 | 120 | Persian | ای غلام جمال مبارک این چه نامست که اثر علویت مقامست این چه اسم است که منتهای | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! What name is this that beareth the imprint of an exalted station? What appellation is this that reacheth unto the utmost [3.5s] | MSHR5.182b | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12188 | 280 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه وفا بدست عبدالبهاء رسید مضمون دلنشین بود و معانی شهد و شیرین | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your faithful letter reached 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Its contents were delightful and its inner meanings were sweet as honey [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1087 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00781 | 450 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | مکتوب مورخه ۵ ذی القعده ۱۳۲۴ رسید ای بنده جمال ابهی عنوان نامه یا عبدالبهاء | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter dated the 5th of Dhi'l-Qa'dih 1324 was received, bearing the address "O 'Abdu'l-Bahá" [3.5s]... ...We have previously written and sent out a detailed letter regarding the education of children in faith, certitude, learning and spiritual knowledge, and their being taught to call upon the Heavenly Kingdom with suppliant hearts | BRL_DAK#0509, MMK5#175 p.136 | BRL_ATE#164x, COC#0599x | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12074 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید سوال نموده بودید که تکلیف احبای قزاق چیست زیرا | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter was received. You had inquired about the duty of the friends in Kazakhistan, for [3.5s] | INBA85:023 | YQAZ.655a | Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07275 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه های شما رسید و مکاتیب که ارسال نمودید واصل کردید دو | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letters arrived, and the communications you sent forth were received [3.5s] | INBA17:227 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12235 | 230 | Persian | ای خادم امرالله و ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب میرزا عبدالله چندی بود که در صحرای حرمان | O servant of the Cause of God and bondsman at His Most Great Threshold, Jinab-i-Mirza Abdullah! For some time now, in the wilderness of deprivation [3.5s] | BSHI.099 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05098 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب مرتضی مراجعت بانصفحات مینمایند و ارمغانی از عبدالبهاء | O servant of the celestial Threshold! His honor Murtaza returneth to those regions, bearing a gift from 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:255a, INBA52:258 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08046 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم قبر مستور آن جدث مقدس و رمس مبارک را محافظه نما و ملاحظه دار چه که | O servant of the concealed sepulcher! Guard thou and watch over that sacred grave and blessed resting-place, for [3.5s] | INBA55:375, INBA87:164b, INBA52:162a | Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09220 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بارگاه یزدان از خدا خواهم که از فارسیان آزادگانی برانگیزد که به بندگی | O servant of the Court of the All-Glorious! I beseech God to raise up from among the Persians souls who are free and devoted in servitude [3.5s] | YARP2.560 p.397 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02704 | 230 | mixed | ای خادم میثاق ادیب دبستان عرفان مکتوبی که در طیش مکتوب جناب باباای کلیمی بود | O servant of the Covenant, learned one of the school of divine knowledge, thy letter, which was enclosed with that of Jenáb-i-Bábá'í-i-Kalímí [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0965, MMK6#338 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08611 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق شکر کن خدا را که از پیمانه پیمان سرمستی و مانند جام لبریز نشئه | O servant of the Covenant! Give thanks unto God that thou art intoxicated from the chalice of the Covenant and, like unto a brimming cup, art filled with its rapture [3.5s] | YBN.070b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03119 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده میثاق شکر کن خدا را که مظهر الطاف نیر آفاق بودی و مطلع انوار کوکب | O servant of the Covenant! Give thanks unto God that thou hast been a manifestation of the favours of the Day-Star of horizons and the dawning-place of lights [3.5s] | INBA89:084b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09274 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق جناب یوسفخان وارد و الیوم عازم امریکا گشت انشاء الله موید و | O servant of the Covenant! His Honour Yusuf Khan hath arrived and today hath set forth for America. God willing, may he be assisted [3.5s] | MKT8.043a | Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01559 | 310 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق مکاتیب جوف را ارسال نمااید و بام المومنین ورقه نوراء امة الله | O servant of the Covenant! Send forth the enclosed letters, and unto the mothers of the believers, the luminous leaf, handmaid of God [3.5s] | MKT8.012c | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10487 | 60 | Persian | ای خادم میثاق آنچه که حضرت ابتهاج مرقوم نموده اند عین واقعست و منبعث از خیر | O servant of the Covenant! That which Ḥaḍrat-i-Ibtihaj hath penned is the very truth and springeth from goodness [3.5s] | INBA84:365 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05089 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده پیمان سرهنگ ناسوتی صف حرب و جنگ بیاراید ولی سرهنگ ملکوتی باهنگ تسبیح | O servant of the Covenant! The earthly colonel may array the ranks for battle and war, but the heavenly colonel leads with the melody of praise [3.5s] | INBA84:550 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07298 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق نامه رسید و غزل رنگین بسیار دلنشین بود خواندم بشاشت حاصل شد | O servant of the Covenant! Thy letter arrived, and the colourful poem was most delightful. I read it and was filled with joy [3.5s] | MMK5#114 p.090 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00729 | 460 | mixed | ای بنده میثاق مکتوب آنجناب که بدایتش بانگلیسی و نهایتش بپارسی مرقوم ملاحظه | O servant of the Covenant! Your letter, which began in English and concluded in Persian, hath been perused [3.5s] | MMK5#006 p.002 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06643 | 120 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده حضرت مقصود کتاب بیان بکتاب اقدس منسوخ مگر احکامی که در کتاب اقدس موکد | O servant of the Desired One! [3.5s]... ...The Bayan hath been superseded by the Kitab-i-Aqdas, except in respect of such laws as have been confirmed and mentioned in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas | MMK6#151 | BRL_ATE#046x | Consolation and comfort; Naming of children; of individuals; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10859 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت مقصود وقتیست که مشارق و مغارب مطالع صبح احدیت گردید شمس حقیقت | O servant of the Desired One! The time hath come when East and West shall become the dawning-places of the morn of Divine Unity, as the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | MMK4#001 p.001 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07954 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت مقصود نامه تو رسید و از شدت محبت با عدم فرصت فورا جواب مرقوم | O servant of the Desired One! Thy letter was received and, despite lack of time, such was the intensity of love that an immediate reply was penned [3.5s] | INBA84:387a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09234 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال الهی عبدالبهاء را نهایت محبت با شماست و از خدا خواهم... جمال مبارک در طهران صبح در نهایت ثروت و فنا بودند و شامگاه به کلی | O servant of the Divine Beauty! 'Abdu'l-Bahá cherishes the utmost love for thee and beseecheth God... The Blessed Beauty, in Ṭihrán, was at the height of wealth and splendor at dawn, yet by eventide was utterly [3.5s] | MMK5#002 p.001 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10858 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت دوست دست بدامن میثاق زن و بمحبت الله شهره آفاق شو در سایه شجره | O servant of the divine Beloved! Grasp thou the hem of the Covenant, and become renowned throughout all regions for thy love of God, beneath the shade of the Tree [3.5s] | INBA13:228c | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03106 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق محزون مباش مغموم مباش ببشارت حضرت احدیت جام عنایت برگیر | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed. Take thou the chalice of bounty, through the glad-tidings of the One True God [3.5s] | INBA88:251, INBA89:041 | Belief and denial; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10426 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه الهی در سبیل پروردگار چنان سبک و چالاک شو که بقدمی از افلاک | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Be thou, in the path of thy Lord, so swift and nimble that with a single stride thou canst traverse the celestial spheres [3.5s] | MKT6.036a | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10429 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه یزدان بخشایش خداوندیرا در این روزگار بنگر که مانند من و تو در | O servant of the divine Threshold! Behold in this day the bounty of the Lord, that one such as thou and I [3.5s] | YARP2.713 p.473 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10425 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی خوشا ساعتی که روح دل از آلودگی جهان آب و کل نجات یافته | O servant of the divine Threshold! Blessed is that hour when the spirit of the heart findeth deliverance from the defilements of this earthly world [3.5s] | AHB.109BE #03 p.19 | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06657 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی فرج الهی فرح بعد از کدر و سرور بعد از غموم و شادی بعد از | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Divine relief cometh after distress, and gladness followeth after sorrow, and joy succeedeth grief [3.5s] | MKT8.033b | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05551 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی از کثرت مشاغل فرصت تحاریر مستمره نیست مبادا گمان کنی که | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Due to a multitude of occupations, there remaineth not the leisure for continuous correspondence. Let it not be imagined that [3.5s] | MUH3.284-285 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05077 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی سالهای چند بود که مخابره منقطع بود و سبب انقطاع اینحرب | O servant of the Divine Threshold! For several years, our correspondence had been interrupted, and the cause of this discontinuation was this war [3.5s] | YARP2.410 p.314 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04350 | 170 | mixed | ای خادم درگاه الهی مکاتیب متعدده مرقوم شد و ارسال گشت ای مظاهر لطف و عنایت | O servant of the divine Threshold! Numerous Tablets have been revealed and dispatched to thee. These reveal the never-ending and ever-present favors | INBA87:323, INBA52:328 | GEN.340 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10549 | 60 | Persian | ای عبد درگاه الهی در این یوم مشهود که انوار ساطعه از افق وجود امکانرا روشن | O servant of the divine Threshold! On this memorable Day when resplendent rays from the horizon of being have illumined the realm of creation [3.5s] | MMK2#084 p.066 | Exhortations and counsels; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06656 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی در صبح و شام مشام را به رائحه طیبه محبت الله معطر نما | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Perfume thy senses, at morn and eventide, with the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s] | YBN.070-071 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09216 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده آستان ایزد ستایش خدا را که روی و موی بخاک درگاه خدا مشکبار نمودی و از | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Praise be to God that thou hast laid thy face and hair, fragrant with musk, in the dust of His Court [3.5s] | YARP2.193 p.187 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00406 | 600 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی آنچه بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی رسید و چون نظر بحکمتی | O servant of the Divine Threshold! That which thou didst write to Manshádí hath been received, and in view of a wisdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0765, AVK3.196.14x, QT108.074-075 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12072 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی ... امور احبای حقیقی با شئون عبدالبهاء هم عنان است هر توع | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The affairs of the true loved ones are intertwined with the ways of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in every respect [3.5s] | YQAZ.213bx | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04295 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی نامه های سابق نرسید ولی نامه لاحق واصل شد از تلاوتش معلوم | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The former letters did not arrive, but the latter letter hath been received. From its perusal it became evident [3.5s] | MKT5.065 | Growth of the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04273 | 170 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه ای که بسید اسدالله مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید بعد از مراجعت | O servant of the divine Threshold! The letter which thou didst address to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused. After returning [3.5s]... ...The teacher, when teaching, must be himself fully enkindled, so that his utterance, like unto a flame of fire, may exert influence | MMK1#217 p.260x, YHA2.1000-1001x, YARP2.111 p.136, NJB_v04#15 p.003x | SWAB#217x | N. Affolter | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB02670 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه یزدان نامه ای که بحضرت جواد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید نامه | O servant of the divine threshold! The letter which thou hadst addressed to His Holiness Javád hath been perused [3.5s] | YARP2.515 p.373 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07928 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی شمس حقیقت را موطن اصلی مازندران و منبت قدیمی اقلیم طبرستان | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth findeth its original home in Mazandaran and its ancient origin in the clime of Tabaristan [3.5s] | MMK4#004 p.002 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10427 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه الهی یوم امتحانست و زمان افتتان قدم راسخ نمااید و قلب را ثابت | O servant of the divine Threshold! This is the Day of test and the time of trial. Keep thy footsteps firm and thy heart steadfast [3.5s] | INBA88:032 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11765 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی مسافات بعیده طی نمودی تا آنکه ببقعه مبارکه رسیدی و فیض | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thou hast traversed vast distances until thou didst attain the blessed Shrine and partake of the grace [3.5s] | FRH.089a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09881 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند صد هزار فرسنگ مسافت باشد و کوه و دشت حائل و مانع | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Though a hundred thousand leagues of distance intervene, and mountains and plains stand as barriers and obstacles [3.5s] | MKT9.060b | Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03946 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی اگرچه هوا در شدت گرما و شمس در وسط ضحی و محل محاط بحرارت | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Though the air be exceedingly hot, and the sun at its zenith, and the place encompassed by heat [3.5s] | MKT8.033a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00939 | 400 | mixed | Translation List; Concourse on High | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند تا بحال در مکاتبه فتور و قصور رفت ولی در عالم دل و | O servant of the divine Threshold! Though there has been delay and shortcoming in correspondence until now, yet in the realm of the heart [3.5s]... ...Those souls who have detached themselves from the world of humanity and acquired heavenly attributes are reckoned among the Concourse on High | MMK6#256, MAS2.108-110, YMM.153x, ABDA.086-087 | ADMS#326x | Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10392 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی از فضل حضرت بیچون در دو آستان پاسبانی و هر دو مقبول درگاه | O servant of the divine Threshold! Through the grace of the Incomparable Lord, thou art guardian at both thresholds, and both are accepted at His Court [3.5s] | INBA87:164a, INBA52:161b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12204 | 260 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه بتاریخ چهارم آگست ۱۹۱۳ رسید ستایش بسیار از تدریس | O servant of the divine Threshold! Thy letter dated the fourth of August 1913 was received. Abundant praise for the teaching [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1099 | Non-participation in politics; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07254 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید و تالان و تاراج معلوم گردید این سنین گذشته | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, and the plunder and devastation of these bygone years became known [3.5s] | INBA87:160, INBA52:158a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01379 | 330 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد از | O servant of the divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time a brief reply is being penned [3.5s] | MMK4#011 p.011 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07255 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی همنام تو اردشیر سبب شد که ایران پریشان سر و سامان یافت و | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy namesake Ardeshir was the cause whereby Iran, in its state of disorder, found stability and organization [3.5s] | YARP2.654 p.443 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07248 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تو عبدالله و من عبد بهآء بیا هر دو همتی بنمائیم و بآستان مقدس خدمتی | O servant of the Divine! Thou art 'Abdu'llah and I am 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Come, let us both arise with steadfast resolve and render service at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | INBA88:115a | PYB#175 p.45, PYB#178 p.33, QUM.258 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07492 | 110 | Persian | ای عبد جمال باقی آنچه بتصور و اوهام اید و آنچه در حیز اعیان خارجه جلوه نماید | O servant of the Eternal Beauty! Whatsoever may come to pass within the realm of imagination and fancy, and whatsoever may shine forth in the sphere of outward realities [3.5s] | MMK3#062 p.040 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11020 | 50 | mixed | ای بنده دوست پاینده میفرماید کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر چون بطراز محبت محبوب مزین بود | O servant of the Eternal Friend! He saith: Thy letter was presented before the Face, adorned as it was with the ornament of the Beloved's love [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#221, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09662 | 100 | mixed | یا عبد الباقی امروز از یمین عرش ایوان بزم مزین و از یسار میدان رزم مشهود و | O Servant of the Ever-Abiding! On this day, at the right hand of the Throne is adorned the pavilion of the feast, whilst at the left hand appeareth the field of battle [3.5s] | YBN.027a | Angels; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09430 | 80 | Persian | ای عبدالباقی آنچه در حیز وجود بینی جمیع فانی و هر که را در ظل ممدود یابی بر | O servant of the Ever-Abiding! Whatsoever thou beholdest within the realm of existence is destined to perish, and whomsoever thou findest beneath the extended shade [3.5s] | MMK6#376, YMM.456 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06844 | 150 | mixed | یا عبد الباقی جوهر عدل تحت مخالب ظلم مشاهده میشود از حق بطلب عالم را بانوار نیر | O servant of the Everlasting One! The essence of justice is beheld beneath the talons of oppression. Beseech thou the True One that He may illumine the world with the light of the Luminary [3.5s]... ...During this great affliction, the friends must be the cause of joy, patience, and consolation. God hath made death a portal for His grace, but most people know it not. | BLIB_Or15726.084, | AQA5#172 p.231 | KSHK#33x | Justice and wrath of God; Life and death; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07276 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت دوست الان بعیادت جناب محمود پر فروغ آمدم ذکر اشتعال و فرط انجذاب | O servant of the Friend, I have now come to visit the luminous Jinab-i-Mahmud, making mention of his enkindlement and intense attraction [3.5s] | INBA21:005 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10551 | 70 | mixed | Translation List | ای بنده دوست ندای دوست را از گوش جان بشنو مادامیکه باو ناظری او بتمام چشم بتو | O servant of the Friend! Hearken thou to the voice of the Friend with the ear of thy soul. So long as thy gaze is fixed on Him, He shall look at thee with all His sight | BLIB_Or11096#215, , BLIB_Or15710.083b, | AQA6#196 p.026a, VAA.210-210, MSHR3.010 | ADMS#204 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB04734 | 160 | Persian | ای خادم محفل ملاقات نامه شما رسید چنان معلوم میشود که در شیراز فوج و موج است | O servant of the gathering! Thy letter was received. It appeareth that there is tumult and commotion in Shiraz [3.5s] | INBA87:385a, INBA52:394 | Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12612 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده رب جنود آن خداوند ودود هر ضعیف را توانا کند و هر فقیریرا توانگر | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! That loving God makes mighty every powerless one and enriches every destitute soul [3.5s] | INBA85:018b | Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04692 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده رب الجنود نامه مرسول وصول یافت | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! Thy letter was received [3.5s] | MAS2.040-041x, YMM.154x, YMM.278x, YMM.278x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03114 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده رب ملکوت در ایندم که قلب این مشتاق مشتعل بنار محبت الله است بخیال تو | O servant of the Lord of the Kingdom! In this moment, when the heart of this yearning soul is ablaze with the fire of the love of God, I am occupied with thoughts of thee [3.5s] | INBA13:159 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06635 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده پروردگار از خدا بخواه که در این عالم پرمحنت نفس راحتی کشی و در این | O servant of the Lord! Beseech God that thou mayest draw a breath of tranquility in this world of tribulation, and in this [3.5s] | AKHA_128BE #03-04 p.j, AHB.133BE #01-02 p.70, RRT.015, MAS5.084, MSBH9.567-568 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08577 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار ملاحظه نما حکمت بالغه الهی را که تو از مهد هندی و ما از | O servant of the Lord! Consider thou the consummate wisdom of God, that thou art from the cradle of India and we from [3.5s] | INBA13:186a | DWNP_v6#04 p.007a | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08578 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار مهربان با تو مهربان است و خواهش نگارش نامه از این بی سر و | O servant of the Lord! He is merciful unto thee, and thy request for this letter from this humble and lowly [3.5s] | YARP2.446 p.335 | Call to action; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05088 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار در ایامیکه نیر آفاق از مشرق عراق طلوع نمود و باشعه ساطعه | O servant of the Lord! In the days when the Orb of the horizons dawned forth from the East of 'Iráq with its resplendent rays [3.5s] | MKT6.013a | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03110 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار ای آواره من نجار نامه اختصار شما مرا امیدوار نمود که الحمد | O servant of the Lord! O my wandering carpenter! [3.5s]... ...Thy brief letter made me very hopeful. Praise be to God that thou art firm and steadfast | QUM.260 | DAS.1913-11-07x | Education of children; moral education; Importance of community building; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08576 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده پروردگار حضرت رب مختار جمیع من علی الارض را بمطلع انوار دعوت نمود | O servant of the Lord! The chosen Lord, the All-Powerful, hath summoned all who dwell upon the earth to the Dayspring of divine lights [3.5s] | MMK6#017, RAHA.344b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03938 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده پروردگار نفحه مشکبار از نافه اسرار بر جمیع اقطار نثار گشت مشام ابرار | O servant of the Lord! The musk-laden breeze from the hidden treasury of mysteries hath been wafted upon all regions and the senses of the righteous [3.5s] | MMK2#150 p.113, MMK6#556 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10029 | 70 | mixed | ای غلام مظهر ولایت دبره ای بدست آر که نفوذش شدید باشد و نوکش تند و تیز تا | O servant of the Manifestation of Divine Authority, take hold of a pen whose influence shall be potent and whose point shall be sharp and piercing [3.5s] | MMK6#611 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07955 | 130 | Persian | یا عبد الباقی عباد ارض عبده اوهامند وهم را بر یقین مقدم داشته و میدارند | O servant of the Most Abiding! The peoples of the earth are enslaved by vain imaginings, having preferred, and continuing to prefer, fancy to certitude [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.088b, | Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08164 | 100 | mixed | ای غلام علی اعلی این غلام مضاف بنام جمال کبریاء علی اعلی و شطر ثانی از اسم | O servant of the Most Exalted! This servant, who is linked to the name of the Supreme Beauty, the Most Exalted, and to the second part [3.5s] | INBA88:248 | AYBY.429 #145 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04681 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی خبر مراجعت آنجناب باذربایجان رسید و همچنین نامه آنجناب از | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! News of thy return to Azerbaijan hath been received, and likewise thy letter [3.5s] | INBA17:148 | AKHA_116BE #09 p.310, LMA1.124 | Call to action; Personal instructions; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03352 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه ذکر امتداد حیات سلفست امریست اعتباری نه بحسب اصطلاحی | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which is mentioned concerning the prolongation of life in former times is but a conventional matter, not a technical term [3.5s] | AVK2.193, MAS2.072-073 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Noah | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01177 | 360 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه نگاشتی و مقصود داشتی مشهود و مکشوف شد فی الحقیقه انسان | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write and intend hath been made manifest and unveiled. Verily, man [3.5s] | AVK4.188.11x, BSHN.140.297, BSHN.140.352, BSHN.144.297, BSHN.144.350, MHT1a.190, MHT1b.148, MHT1b.232, NFQ.011 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08580 | 180 | Persian | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life; Social Action | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید محزون مشو مغموم مگرد | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write was perused. Be thou neither sorrowful nor distressed [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about material means and prayer. Prayer is like the spirit and material means are like the human hand. The spirit operateth through the instrumentality of the hand | BRL_DAK#0305, COMP_PDLP#98x, MMK3#030 p.019x | BRL_SOCIAL#172x, BRL_PMDA#21x, BRL_PDL#98x, COC#1742x | Consolation and comfort; Importance of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04683 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s] | INBA85:451b | MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03355 | 200 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت از | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter thou didst write to his honor Manshadi was perused [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the children: from the very beginning, the children must receive divine education | MMK1#099 p.124x, MSHR2.208 | SWAB#099x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04285 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوبی که از پاریس مرقوم نموده بودید رسید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter that thou didst write from Paris was received [3.5s] | MSHR5.369x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03635 | 190 | mixed | Translation List | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید ابدا فرصت تحریر یک کلمه نیست با وجود این جواب | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter was received. Though there is not a moment's respite to pen even a single word, yet this reply is given [3.5s]... ...The celestial orbs are each endowed with its own particular creation. This terrestrial sphere, which from a relative point of view is exceedingly small | MMK6#480, AVK1.145x, MAS2.087 | ADMS#319x | Apocalyptic imagery; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Education of children; moral education; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11910 | 140 | Persian | ای عبد جمال ابهی حضرت اخوی چون باین بقعه نورانی رسید و سر به استان رحمانی نهاد | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! When that distinguished brother arrived at this luminous spot and laid his head upon the threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | TISH.153 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12721 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب فرح و سرور گردید و دلالت بر ثبوت | O servant of the Most Glorious Lord! Thy letter was received and its contents became the cause of joy and gladness, bearing testimony to steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA85:062 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07242 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده اسم اعظم خوشا بحال نفوسی که چشم را بمشاهده انوار فیض رب اعلی روشن | O servant of the Most Great Name! Blessed are they whose eyes are illumined by beholding the lights of grace from the Most High Lord [3.5s] | INBA55:391 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06621 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم این خاکدان ترابی لانه و آشیانه مرغ خاکیست نه طیر الهی و این | O servant of the Most Great Name! This earthly dust-heap is but a nest and dwelling-place for earthbound birds, not for divine ones [3.5s] | MKT9.039, BSHN.140.423, BSHN.144.417, MHT1a.105, MHT1b.063 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09196 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم هر چند مشغله مانند باران بهمن است با وجود این سرور یاران منظور | O servant of the Most Great Name! Though occupations descend like winter rains, yet still the joy of the friends is attained [3.5s] | INBA87:057a, INBA52:056a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10842 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه مفصل با عدم فرصت بدقت ملاحظه گردید لهذا مختصر جواب | O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy detailed letter hath been perused with due consideration, albeit amidst a scarcity of time; hence, this brief response [3.5s] | INBA87:226, INBA52:230 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02659 | 230 | mixed | ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه شما وصول یافت و بکمال دقت مطالعه گردید چنانکه آرزو | O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy letter was received and studied with the utmost care. According as thou didst wish [3.5s] | MMK5#160 p.125, MMK6#446x | Consolation and comfort; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00052 | 1450 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود | O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe | INBA17:070 | NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x | LOTW#73 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB06644 | 120 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده حق احبای الهی در هر ارض الحمد لله موجود و مشهود و کل در ظل سدره وجود | O servant of the One true God! The Lord be praised, the loved ones of God are found in every land, and are, one and all, neath the shadow | INBA17:093 | MMK1#052 p.089, MSHR3.253 | SWAB#052, SW_v14#01 p.019-020, BP1926.028 | Compassion; kindness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB06650 | 120 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بنده حق صبح هدایت پرتوی بر شرق زد خاور را روشن نمود و شعاای بر غرب زد | O servant of the one true God! The Morn of divine guidance hath shed its radiance upon the East and lit up the Orient | NURA#53, MMK4#113 p.122 | LOTW#53 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06086 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ایام افتتان است و جنود شبهات در انتشار گردباد تزلزل در | O servant of the One True God! These are the days of testing, and the hosts of doubt are spreading, while the whirlwind of confusion is raging [3.5s] | INBA17:048 | MMK6#580 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07953 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ناری از محبت الله در دل و جان برافروختی تا جهانی را | O servant of the One True God! Thou hast kindled a fire of the love of God within thy heart and soul that thou mightest set a world aflame [3.5s] | INBA87:212b, INBA52:215 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04687 | 160 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده حق لا جبر و لا تفویض لا کره و لا تسلیط امر بین الامرین عبارت از آنست | O servant of the one true God! What is meant by "there is neither predestination nor unconditional liberty; neither unwilling compliance nor unreserved authority; it is the Middle Way" | BLIB_Or.08117.036, | MMK3#029 p.019, VUJUD.101 | BLO_sazedj#17, VUJUDE.130-131x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00067 | 1250 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده حق صبح هدی چون از افق اعلی طلوع نمود پرتوش بشارت کبری بود و مژده اش | O servant of the one true God! When the Morn of divine guidance dawned above the Most Exalted Horizon, its rays brought tidings of great joy | BRL_DAK#0718, NURA#05, MMK4#143 p.145, MSHR1.123x, MSHR4.053x | LOTW#05 | Literal interpretation; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05979 | 170 | Arabic | یا عبد الواحد یشهد لسانی و قلبی و قلمی و جوارحی و شعراتی بوحدانیه الله و | O servant of the One! My tongue, My heart, My pen, My limbs, and My very hairs bear witness to the oneness of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.217, , BLIB_Or15713.255b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10466 | 80 | Arabic | یا عبد الاحد انا نوصیک و الذین آمنوا بما یرتفع به امر الله العزیز الوهاب قل یا | O servant of the One! We counsel thee and those who have believed in that which shall exalt the Cause of God, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful. Say: O [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.006.11, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07976 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پاک جانی و پاک دل زیرا از جهان آب و گل بیزار شدی و بجهان دیگر | O servant of the pure God! Thou art pure in heart and soul, for thou hast become detached from this world of water and clay and hast turned to another realm [3.5s] | ALPA.017, YARP2.020 p.076 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02199 | 260 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس الهی نامه مرقوم ملحوظ افتاد و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت و | O servant of the sacred divine Threshold! Thy letter hath been received and its contents noted [3.5s] | MKT4.030, AVK1.008.07x, AVK1.012.04x | Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08792 | 90 | Persian | ای عبد آستان مقدس بها سر عبودیت وقتی اشکار گردد که نور هویت بجهان قلب بتابد و | O servant of the sacred threshold of Bahá! The mystery of servitude is revealed when the light of divine identity shineth upon the realm of the heart [3.5s] | AKHA_132BE #11 p.a | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03344 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس الهی یاد آر ایامیرا در درگاه حق گذراندی و بشرف خدمت مشرف | O servant of the sacred Threshold of God! Call to mind those days thou didst pass at the Court of the True One, honored by the privilege of service [3.5s] | MKT5.009 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11659 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس جمال ابهی نامه رسید ملاحظه گردید و همچنین نامه های حضرت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Your letter was received and read, and likewise the letters of his honor [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1068, YIA.232 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02198 | 260 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس از پیش عنوان شما بغداد سوق المیدان آقا محمد حسین وکیل | O servant of the sacred Threshold, previously addressed at Baghdad, Souq al-Maidan, Agha Muhammad Husayn Wakil [3.5s] | MMK4#023 p.023 | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04275 | 170 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده آستان مقدس شکایت از کسادی تجارت نموده بودید در این سنه آفات و صدمات | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! . . . At churches and gatherings in Europe and America, ‘Abdu’l-Baha raised His voice in most of the large cities to proclaim the Cause | MMK5#090 p.071, AVK4.465x, NJB_v05#08 p.001x | MHMD2s.320x | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00937 | 400 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مبارک نامه ای از شما رسید و سبب سرور گردید زیرا دلالت بر صحت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! A letter from thee was received and brought joy, for it indicated [thy] well-being [3.5s] | MKT5.061 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02512 | 240 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده آستان مقدس با وجود عدم فرصت نامه های متتابع شما را بقدر امکان همت در | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Despite lack of time, I am striving to the extent possible to respond to your successive letters [3.5s]... ...As to the matter of the conjuring of spirits which is now mentioned among the people, this is mere superstition, and certain displays are brought about by contrivances | ANDA#81 p.07, YARP2.454 p.339 | ADMS#223x | Astrology and numerology; Essential; necessary relationships; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10394 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس در نامه آرزوی خدمت یاران الهی نموده بودی از اینجهت جواب | O servant of the sacred Threshold! In thy letter thou didst express thy longing to serve the friends of God. Therefore, in response [3.5s] | INBA87:208a, INBA52:210a | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00654 | 480 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس فی الحقیقه خادم امر اللهی و محب عبدالبهاء بموجب خواهش شما | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! In truth thou art a servant of the Cause of God and a lover of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. According to thy request [3.5s] | MMK5#054 p.050 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03633 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نمره ۳۳۴ محفوظا مصونا رسید امیدوارم که من بعد پاکتها درست | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Letter number 334, preserved and protected, hath arrived. I hope that henceforth the envelopes will be properly arranged [3.5s] | DBR.083 | Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01235 | 350 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس الحمد لله سلیل نبیل آنشخص جلیلی که از بدایت حیات تا یوم | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Praise be to God, thou art the noble descendant of that illustrious personage who, from the dawn of life until the day [3.5s] | IQN.144 | Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03631 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید حمد جمال | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst address unto His honour Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been noted. Praise be to the Beauty [3.5s] | MMK6#517 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02662 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر تفصیل اطلاع حاصل شد هفت وادی | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents were fully understood. The Seven Valleys [3.5s]... ...Every person must have an occupation, a trade or a craft, so that he may carry other people's burdens, and not himself be a burden to others. | INBA87:386a, INBA52:396 | BRL_DAK#0832, ASAT3.243, AVK3.369.09 | COC#0011x | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Love of God; Music and singing; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02054 | 270 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه جناب آقا علی اکبر رسید و در حاشیه نیز بیان آن یار | O servant of the sacred Threshold! The letter from his honour Ali-Akbar arrived, and in its margin were written the words of that friend [3.5s] | MMK6#560, AKHA_105BE #08 p.10 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06071 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوبی که مدت مدیدی پیش مرقوم نموده بودی در این ایام بحیفا | O servant of the sacred Threshold! The letter which thou didst pen long ago hath in these days reached Haifa [3.5s] | INBA16:088 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04677 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه که در پانزدهم شباط مرقوم نموده بودید در جوف | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The letter which thou didst write on the fifteenth of Shabbaṭ was received [3.5s] | MMK6#317x, ASAT4.110x, YMM.182x, YMM.262x, YMM.393x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11143 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوب جواب نامه جمعیت لاهای ارسال گردید ... قرآن بيست و شش سال در نزد کتّاب وحی محصور بود. در زمان خلفا انتشار يافت و آن نيز محصور در نسخ معدوده بود | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The reply to the letter from the community of Láhá was dispatched... The Qur'án remained confined to the scribes of revelation for twenty-six years. During the time of the Caliphs it was disseminated, though even then it remained limited to but a few copies [3.5s] | MMK6#003x, YMM.339x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05083 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس این مکاتیبی که میفرستی جمیعا سبب روح و ریحانست زیرا | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! These letters which thou sendest are, verily, a source of spiritual joy and delight, for [3.5s] | MUH3.321ax, YARP2.459 p.342 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08569 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس هر چند بتن جوانی ولکن بعقل و داناای پیر سالخورده ای اگر چنین | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Though young in body, yet in mind and understanding thou art as an aged and venerable elder [3.5s] | YARP2.397 p.308 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04674 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مبارک نامه مفصل شما رسید با وجود عدم فرصت با نهایت دقت مطالعه | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy detailed letter was received and, despite lack of time, was studied with the utmost care [3.5s] | MSHR4.197x | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for the departed; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07258 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بتاریخ ۲۹ صفر ۱۳۳۸ وصول یافت مضمون مشحون بعواطف قلبیه | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated 29 Safar 1338 was received, its contents replete with heartfelt sentiments [3.5s] | TAH.364b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06630 | 120 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲۵ شهر رجب ۳۳۹ نمره ۳۲۵ بود رسید | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the 25th of the month of Rajab 339, numbered 325, hath been received [3.5s]... ...It is my hope that means may be devised for Iran that would lead to universal comfort and assurance, that justice and equity may prevail | PYM.113bx, KHSH12.009, DBR.078 | ADMS#065i12x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Promotion of commerce and industry | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00235 | 760 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بیست و نهم ذی حجه ۱۳۲۸ رسید و نامه های دیگر بواسطه سفر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the twenty-ninth of Dhi'l-Hijjih 1328 was received; the other letters, in the course of transmittal [3.5s] | INBA87:223, INBA52:228 | ASAT5.013x, YMM.240x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Business; financial; property matters; Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05555 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما از مدینه کبری رسید و چون وصول تحریر طول کشید بعد | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter from the Most Great City hath reached me, and since its receipt was long delayed [3.5s] | INBA17:221 | MKT8.016a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10396 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید حضرت آقا سید محمد رضا علیه بهاء الله الابهی هرچند | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter hath been received. His honor Áqá Siyyid Muhammad-Ridá—upon him rest the Glory of God, the Most Luminous—although [3.5s] | MSBH8.068x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06073 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و تهنیت عید مقبول گردید امید چنانست که این | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter reached Me and thy festival greetings were accepted. The hope is that this [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #01 p.07 | Business; financial; property matters; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04276 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و بشارت کلی داشت که جناب اردشیر چون شهد و شیر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and brought most joyous tidings that Ardishír, like honey and milk [3.5s] | MSHR3.023, YARP2.451 p.337 | Consultation; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07937 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید که الحمد لله | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy, for which praise be unto God [3.5s] | INBA84:510a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07938 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و از وقایع اطلاع حاصل گردید احباء باید در | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. The friends must [3.5s] | INBA17:126 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10852 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما از بین راه رسید مضامین رحمانی بود و احساسات | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received en route. Its contents were divine and filled with sentiments [3.5s] | MKT5.141a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04676 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید از عسرت و مشقت شما نهایت تاسف حاصل گردید و | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received, and the utmost regret was felt at thy hardship and tribulation [3.5s] | MMK6#553 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00338 | 640 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید جواب مفصل ممکن نه مختصر مرقوم می گردد و آن | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. A detailed reply is not possible; therefore a brief response is herewith written [3.5s] | YMM.165x, YMM.230x, YMM.364x, YARP2.481 p.356 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06631 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید مضمون مورث سرور بود و دلیل موفور بر روحانیت | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. Its contents brought joy and gave abundant proof of spirituality [3.5s] | TAH.367b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03107 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید رفته رفته بکار معتاد خواهم | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written that gradually thou wouldst become accustomed to the work [3.5s] | INBA17:218 | Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06072 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما در بدایت شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۱ رسید و فورا جواب | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter, sent at the beginning of the month of Sha'bán 1331, hath arrived, and straightway do I respond [3.5s] | IQN.233 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08568 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه های شما جمیع اثر خامه نیت خالصه است زیرا دلالت بر | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letters are all the effect of a pure-hearted pen, for they attest to [3.5s] | YARP2.457 p.342 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03108 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه های شما رسید فریاد و حنین شما باوج اعلی میرسید ... حال شما به شکرانه اين تأييدات بايد | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letters were received and thy cry and lamentation reached unto the highest heaven... Now thou must, in gratitude for these confirmations [3.5s] | MMK6#357x, MSHR4.140-141x | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05084 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس دو نامه از شما رسید مجال جواب نه لهذا باختصار پرداختم | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Two letters have reached Me from thee. As time permitteth not a detailed reply, I write briefly [3.5s] | YARP2.598 p.418 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12749 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه مختصر شما ایجار اعجاز است بسیار مقبول گردید زیرا | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your brief letter, which was a miracle of concision, proved most acceptable, for [3.5s] | INBA85:099b, INBA85:550a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12238 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما که بتاریخ ۷ رمضان ۳۳۹ بود رسید و از مضمون عبودیت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter dated the 7th of Ramadan 1339 was received, and from its contents expressing servitude [3.5s] | INBA85:508 | Past, present and future of Iran; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11652 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما که بتاریخ نهم رجب ۳۳۹ بود رسید مضمون مورث فرح | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter dated the ninth of Rajab 1339 was received and its contents brought joy [3.5s] | FRH.424-425 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03632 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در خصوص کمپانی مرقوم نموده بودید من مستر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter hath been received. Concerning the company whereof you had written [3.5s] | INBA17:142 | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02513 | 240 | Persian | Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در وقتیکه این عبد در محیط اعظم مشاغل و غوائل | O servant of the sanctified threshold! Your letter was received at a time when the most great ocean of tasks, tribulations and literary communications… the human spirit, in other words, the rational soul, is the intermediary between the immaterial and the corporeal | YMM.274x, NJB_v05#07 p.003, VUJUD.110.19x | BLO_PT#076, VUJUDE.201x | Importance of community building; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; 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; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05092 | 150 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حضرت بی نیاز شیراز در بدایت طلوع صبح حقیقت خلوتگه راز شد و آهنگ | O servant of the Self-Sufficient! At the earliest dawn of the Morn of Truth, Shíraz became a retreat of mysteries, and the song of the Concourse on High began to play | INBA85:466 | AKHA_134BE #07 p.273, AVK3.417.08x, BSHI.059-060, BSHN.140.464, BSHN.144.458, MJMJ2.041ax, MMG2#355 p.397x, MHT1b.183 | ADMS#297 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BH04434 | 210 | Arabic | ح س ذکر رحمه ربک قد کان بالحق منزولا انه یذکرک بفضل من عنده ان فضله کان علیک | O Servant of the Spirit! The remembrance of thy Lord's mercy hath in truth been sent down. Verily, He remembereth thee through His bounty, and His favor hath ever rested upon thee [3.5s] | INBA18:048 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06257 | 130 | Persian | ای عبد آستان بها حسن و قبح هر دو در عالم انسانی علم افراخته و در میدان امتحان | O servant of the threshold of Bahá! Beauty and ugliness have both unfurled their banners in the human realm and stand in the field of tests [3.5s] | MKT9.153, MMK2#068 p.052 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07930 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بها مکتوبی که از مراغه مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و نفحه جدیده وزید | O servant of the Threshold of Bahá! The letter thou didst pen from Maragheh was received, and a fresh fragrance was wafted [3.5s] | INBA72:164 | MKT8.016b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10430 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگه بها باید بقسمی بنشر نفحات الهیه پردازی که فرصت آه و ناله نداشته | O servant of the threshold of Bahá! Thou must engage in diffusing the divine fragrances with such intensity that no moment remaineth for sighing and lamentation [3.5s] | AKHA_129BE #17 p.a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09255 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه بها جد نامدار نادر روزگار بود و نابغه آن کشور و دیار | O servant of the Threshold of Baha! Thy distinguished ancestor was rare among his contemporaries and a genius of that land and realm [3.5s] | MSHR1.073x | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00563 | 520 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده آستان بهاء الله نامه مورخ به ۱۴ جون ۱۹۲۰ رسید و نامه بعضی از اعضای | O Servant of the Threshold of Baha'u'llah! Thy letter dated 14 June 1920 hath been received. A letter from some of the members of the Peace Committee | MKT3.447, MNMK#120 p.230, MMK1#228 p.297, ASAT5.060x, YHA1.426-427x (2.840) | SWAB#228, WOB.046x, BSTW#203x | Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Parliaments; constitutional government; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04672 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق امیدوارم که از هر جهت منتصر باشی و منتظر ظهور الطاف الهی | O servant of the threshold of God! I hope that thou mayest be victorious in every respect and anticipating the manifestation of divine favours [3.5s] | INBA17:041 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12712 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان حق نمره ۵۱ رسید مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حق باش روزی خواهد آمد که... مطمئن به فضل و عنایت حق باش | O servant of the Threshold of God! Letter number 51 hath arrived. Rest thou assured of the grace and bounty of God. The day shall come when… Rest thou confident in the grace and bounty of God [3.5s] | INBA85:463a | BSHI.009, BSHI.057b | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12471 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق الحمد لله که بانچه نهایت آرزوی مقربان درگاه کبریاست فائز گشتی | O servant of the Threshold of God! Praise be to God that thou hast attained to that which is the ultimate desire of them that are near unto the Divine Court [3.5s] | QUM.037 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12711 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میشود عبارتی که در نامه | O servant of the Threshold of God! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, I write briefly. The statement in the letter [3.5s] | INBA85:464b | BRL_DAK#0961, BSHI.007, BSHI.057a | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06097 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه یزدان فارسیان هر چند هزار و سیصد سال بادیه ذلت و هوان پیمودند | O servant of the Threshold of Providence! Though the Persians have traversed the wilderness of abasement and degradation for thirteen hundred years [3.5s] | ALPA.083b, YARP2.099 p.124 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08600 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی در فردوس الهی و جنت ابهائی مقامی | O servant of the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, thou hast a station in the divine Paradise and the Abhá Garden [3.5s] | INBA88:161b | BSHN.140.204, BSHN.144.204, MHT2.115 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01557 | 310 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه نمرو ۵۳ رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که حضرت | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Letter number fifty-three hath reached Me, and from its contents it became evident that His Holiness [3.5s] | INBA17:223 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09846 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه شما ملاحظه گردید از کثرت کار و مشغولی بال جواب | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was perused. Due to the press of work and manifold occupations, the reply hath been delayed [3.5s] | INBA17:110 | YQAZ.538a | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06070 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید نظر عنایت جمال مبارک شامل است و الطاف | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received. The glance of the Blessed Beauty's favor encompasseth thee, and His bounties [3.5s] | RSR.136x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02889 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه منظوم و منثور ملحوظ و منظور گردید هر کلمه اش | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter, both in verse and in prose, was received and perused. Every word thereof [3.5s] | SFI06.015ax | Belief and denial; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05311 | 150 | Persian | ای خادم آستان منّان ، هر ظلّی جز ظلّ حقّ يحموم است و هر حصنی اوهن از بيت عنکبوت | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Bountiful! Every shadow save the shadow of Truth is darkness, and every fortress is frailer than the spider's web [3.5s] | MMK3#054 p.034x | Excellence; distinction; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01109 | 370 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملحوظ گردید هر چه نگاشتی مفهوم شد | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Knowing God! That which thou didst write was perused, and all that thou didst inscribe was understood [3.5s]... ...By the term “that true and radiant morn” mentioned in the Hidden Words is meant the Dawn of divine Revelation when the Exalted One manifested Himself | BRL_DAK#0701, ASAT5.039-040x, AVK2.262.15x, PYB#027 p.04, MAS2.019-020x, YMM.369x, YARP2.130 p.148, NSS.155bx | BRL_ATE#187x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09847 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت رحمن هردم ترا بخاطر آرم و بیادت افتم و از خدا طلبم که در عبودیت | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Merciful! At every moment I bring thee to mind and remember thee, and I beseech God that in servitude [3.5s] | YIK.288b | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07932 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال قدم این عنوان اعظم بهترین عنوانی و این نام نامی خوشترین | O servant of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! This most exalted title is the noblest of all titles, and this distinguished name the sweetest of all [3.5s] | MKT9.041a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01795 | 290 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال قدم نامه شما که بتاریخ ۱۴ محرم سنه ۳۳۹ بود رسید و تفاصیل | O servant of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! Thy letter dated the fourteenth of Muharram in the year 339 was received, and its contents [3.5s] | MSHR5.211 | Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08045 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم درگاه محبوب آفاق چندی بود که پاسبان آستان الهی بودی و در درگاه احدیت | O servant of the Threshold of the Beloved of the worlds, for a time thou wast the guardian of the Divine Threshold and at the Court of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:017a, INBA52:017a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05552 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک از شدت ضعف جسمانی و انحلال قوی بجهت تبدیل هوا بطبریا | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Due to intense physical weakness and the dissolution of strength, owing to the change of climate in Tiberias [3.5s] | MMK5#113 p.089 | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05080 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک جناب شکوهی ستایشی زایدالوصف از آنجناب نمود که شعله | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Jinab-i-Shukuhi hath offered praise beyond description that flameth [3.5s] | INBA84:506b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10393 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک الحمد لله صحیح و سالم در صون حمایت الهیه رجوع بایران | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be unto God that, safe and sound, beneath divine protection, thou hast returned to Iran [3.5s] | INBA16:196 | DBR.084 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02890 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک اگرچه چندیست تحریری ارسال نگشت و بیان حسیات محبتی | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Though for some time no letter hath been dispatched expressing sentiments of love [3.5s] | MMK5#124 p.097 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00425 | 590 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک نامه مورخ به ۲۲ جون ۱۹۰۹ واصل گردید الحمد لله مکاتیب | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 June 1909 was received. Praise be to God that correspondence [3.5s]... ...As to Mr. Robert [Turner], the news of his ascension saddened the hearts. He was in truth most devoted | BRL_DAK#0138, AOTY.055x, YIK.089-091 | BRL_ATE#098x, BLO_PN#010 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07936 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت مقصود نامه شما که بتاریخ ۱۳ رجب ۱۳۳۸ مورخ رسید مرقوم | O servant of the Threshold of the Desired One, your letter dated 13 Rajab 1338 was received [3.5s] | YARP2.458 p.342 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07935 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت دوست شمس حقیقت چون از افق فیض اقدس اشراق فرمود | O servant of the threshold of the Friend, when the Sun of Reality shed its radiance from the horizon of the Most Holy Bounty [3.5s] | INBA21:012b | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03642 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی آنچه بجوای جز ایت الطاف قدم نیابی و آنچه بپوای جز | O servant of the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Whatsoever thou seekest, thou shalt find naught save the bounties of the Ancient One, and whatsoever thou pursuest [3.5s] | INBA13:037 | HDQI.267, ANDA#34 p.05 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05081 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت کبریا هر چند ابدا فرصت ندارم و مهلت نیست که نامه نگارم ولی | O servant of the threshold of the Most Great Lord! Though I have no time whatsoever, nor respite to pen a letter, yet [3.5s] | INBA89:231 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for governments and rulers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04690 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت الان دوستان رحمانی و یاران روحانی که از آنصفحات عزم | O servant of the threshold of the One God! Now the heavenly friends and spiritual companions who from those regions [3.5s] | INBA13:264 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11880 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده آستان شمس بهاء جشنی برپا نمودی و عیشی مهیا که غلغل سرور بلند شد و | O servant of the Threshold of the Sun of Glory! Thou didst inaugurate a feast and prepare a banquet that caused the exultant cries of joy to be raised and [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0345 | Prayer for married couples; Prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09427 | 80 | Persian | ای عبد آستان حق عبودیت درگاه جمال ابهی سلطنت جهان بالاست و عزت ملا اعلی گمان | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Servitude at the court of the Abhá Beauty is sovereignty over the celestial realm, and the glory of the most exalted Concourse is beyond imagination [3.5s] | INBA13:202a | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07257 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما از اسلامبول رسید و تفاصیل معلوم گردید چه بسیار | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Thy letter from Istanbul was received and its contents were noted in detail. How abundant [3.5s] | INBA16:197 | DBR.081 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02661 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مجبور بر اختصار جوابم و معذورم | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time I am constrained to give but a brief reply, and must beg thy pardon [3.5s] | INBA87:190, INBA52:191b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09261 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه شکر کن حضرت یزدانرا که در یوم عظیم بجمال مبین اقبال نمودی و | O servant of the Threshold, render thanks unto the Lord that on this mighty Day thou didst turn unto His manifest Beauty [3.5s] | INBA21:147c | MKT8.032 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12445 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جواب مختصر مرقوم می گردد از درگاه الهی بکمال عجز و زاری استدعا | O servant of the Threshold! A brief reply is being written. With utmost lowliness and lamentation, I beseech the Divine Court [3.5s] | QUM.198-199 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09217 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بزم خوشی برپاست و جشن بلا در نهایت ترتیب و تنظیم آراسته گشته و | O servant of the Threshold! The banquet of joy is in full array, and the feast of tribulation hath been arranged with utmost order and perfection [3.5s] | INBA85:259b, INBA72:168a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08570 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان نامه رسید نهایت آرزوی حضور بعتبه مقدسه مکلم طور نموده بودی | O servant of the Threshold! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst expressed thy deepest yearning to attain the sacred court of the One Who conversed on Sinai [3.5s] | YARP2.703 p.469 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08689 | 90 | mixed | ای خادم مسافران این خادمی نیست پادشاهیست چاکری نیست شهریاریست منتها آمال این | O servant of the travelers! This servitude is no mere servitude—it is kingship. This bondage is not vassalage, but sovereignty. This is the ultimate aspiration [3.5s] | AKHA_105BE #04 p.02, AKHB.131-132 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08591 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق خوش باش که در چنین عصر جدیدی و قرن مجیدی در مهد وجود آمدی و در | O servant of the True One, be thou joyous, for thou hast come into being in such a new age and glorious century, and in the cradle of existence [3.5s] | INBA13:064a | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09871 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق راضی به قضا باش و بانچه او مقدر فرموده خشنود گرد همچو گمان مدار که | O servant of the True One, be thou resigned to divine decree and content with whatsoever He hath ordained. Harbor not the thought that [3.5s] | MNHB.029 | S. Tirandaz, unknown | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06649 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده حق چه نگارم آنچه تقریر و تحریر شود اسرار قلوب تعبیر نگردد و ایات صدور | O servant of the True One, how can I portray that which is written and recorded, for the secrets of hearts cannot be expressed, and the verses of breasts remain beyond elucidation [3.5s] | INBA13:167b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01798 | 290 | mixed | ای بنده حق اگر تو قوه نگاشتن نداری و املا و انشاء نتوانی ضرر ندارد الحمد لله | O servant of the True One, if thou lackest the power to write and art unable to compose or dictate, it mattereth not. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | DWNP_v6#04 p.006 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07282 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق گمان منما که دمی از یاد یاران فارغ مانم و یا آنکه دمی بیاسایم زبان | O servant of the True One, imagine not for a moment that I am heedless of the remembrance of the friends, or that I would ever grant My tongue a moment's rest [3.5s] | MKT5.064a | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09865 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق از خدا بخواه که دل آگاهی یابی و بنفحات صبحگاهی جهان جان را معطر | O servant of the True One, implore God that thou mayest attain unto an awakened heart, and that the fragrances of the morn may perfume the realm of the soul [3.5s] | MKT6.105b | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01308 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده حق مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت غریق بحر رحمت آقا میرزا حبیب الله بدرگاه | O servant of the True One, offer a prayer for forgiveness at the Divine Threshold for him who is immersed in the ocean of mercy, Áqá Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh [3.5s] | MMK6#597, AVK2.194, YMM.349 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06087 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید مطمئن بفضل و | O servant of the True One, that which thou didst address to His honor Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been perused. Rest thou assured in the bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:362a, INBA52:371a | Consolation and comfort; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07278 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده حق آنچه در این جهان فانی نظر نمااید چیزی جز سراب نیابی و بغیر از | O servant of the True One, whatsoever thou beholdest in this mortal world, thou shalt find naught but a mirage [3.5s] | MMK3#061 p.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03637 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده حق از قرار منقول در نهایت جوش و خروشی و در میخانه محبت الله باده فروش | O servant of the True One! According to what hath been reported, thou art in the utmost state of fervor and tumult, and in the wine-house of the love of God, thou art the wine-seller [3.5s] | MMK5#297 p.219, MSHR4.027 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11851 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این وقت که برید تعجیل شدید دارد و این عبد بتحریر مشغول در این | O servant of the True One! At this moment when the courier is in great haste and this servant is occupied with writing [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0291 | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09869 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال سرمستان بزم الست که از جام سرشار عهد و پیمان مستند و | O servant of the True One! Blessed are they who are intoxicated at the feast of "Am I not your Lord?", who are inebriated with the overflowing cup of the Covenant [3.5s] | TAH.251 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10860 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق اگر سیادت دوکون خواهی عبودیت جمال ابهی جو اگر آزادگی دو جهان طلبی | O servant of the True One! If thou seekest lordship over both worlds, strive thou to serve the Beauty of Abhá. If thou desirest freedom in both realms [3.5s] | INBA84:507c | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03358 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده حق گرگان در عهد و زمان پیشینیان وقتی کان سیماب بیتاب بود و حوالی در | O servant of the True One! In the age and time of those who came before, when quicksilver lay restless and the surroundings [3.5s] | INBA84:403b | MAS5.240 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06090 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این صبحدم که بنفحات ریاض ملکوت قدم همقدم و بیاد دوستان الهی | O servant of the True One! In this dawntide, when thou art accompanied by the fragrances from the gardens of the Kingdom, and art mindful of the divine friends [3.5s] | AKHA_132BE #19 p.a, DUR1.544, YBN.074 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10407 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق الحمد لله بیشه عرفانرا غضنفری و در میدان امتحان هژبر صفدر بکمال | O servant of the True One! Praise be to God that in the jungle of divine knowledge, thou art a fierce lion, and in the arena of trials, a stalwart champion of consummate valor [3.5s] | IDAB.23 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09868 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق الحمد لله پرتو هدایت رخت را روشن نمود و بمطلع انوار اقبال نمودی و | O servant of the True One! Praise be to God that the radiance of guidance hath illumined thy countenance, and thou hast turned toward the Dayspring of heavenly lights [3.5s] | INBA17:194 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07958 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق بعبودیت آستان جمال ابهی چون عبدالبهاء قد بفراز و ببندگیش قیام کن تا | O servant of the True One! Rise up, like unto 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in servitude to the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, and arise to serve Him [3.5s] | INBA87:192a, INBA52:193a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07279 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق بعضی بیهوشان چنین گمان نموده اند که شمس حقیقت چون از افق هیکل | O servant of the True One! Some heedless souls have imagined that the Sun of Truth, when it rose from the horizon of the Temple [3.5s] | YBN.076-077 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03638 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده حق آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید مضمون خوشی داشت | O servant of the True One! That which thou didst write to the honoured Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused, and its contents were pleasing [3.5s] | NANU_AB#22 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09244 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده حق روزها بسر اید و ایام منتهی گردد ولی الطاف جمال مبارک باقی و | O servant of the True One! The days shall pass away and time shall come to an end, yet the favours of the Blessed Beauty shall endure [3.5s] | INBA84:386 | Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Infinity and eternity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06646 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده حق آسیاب جهان در گردش است و جمیع خلق مانند دانه نرم و محو از این جنبش | O servant of the True One! The millstone of the world is in perpetual motion, and all created things, like unto grains, are ground and obliterated by this movement [3.5s] | BSHN.140.419, BSHN.144.413, MHT1a.069, MHT1b.027 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10416 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق قصیده ناظم واصل و جواب مرقوم گردید آقا میرزا جواد و آقا یوسف علی | O servant of the True One! The ode of Nazim hath been received, and a reply hath been penned. Áqá Mírzá Javád and Áqá Yúsuf-'Alí [3.5s] | INBA17:222 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04290 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه روحانی آن یار رحمانی ملاحظه گردید و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل گشت | O servant of the True One! The spiritual letter of that divine friend was perused, and its contents were duly noted [3.5s] | MKT4.035, YMM.062, DMSB.039 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06093 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه ات وارد و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت الحمد لله دلالت بر هدایت | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents have been noted. Praise be to God, it betokeneth guidance [3.5s] | MKT6.161a | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08596 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید بنهایت روح و ریحان خوانده شد لحظات عین رحمانیت منعطف | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath been received and was perused with the utmost joy and fragrance. Its every moment was infused with the spirit of divine compassion [3.5s] | MKT4.036, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07284 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید مضمون تبتل بدرگاه حضرت رب الملکوت بود عبدالبهاء نیز | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath been received, its contents a supplication at the threshold of the Lord of the Kingdom. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, likewise [3.5s] | INBA87:249b, INBA52:254a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08592 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق رقیمه قرائت گردید از کثرت اضطراب و کدورت شما کمال تاثر حاصل گردید | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was perused, and from thine excessive distress and perturbation the utmost sorrow was felt [3.5s] | INBA17:237 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09251 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده حق ورق مسطور وارد شد مضمون معلوم گشت در حق احبای الهی طلب تایید نموده | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. Thou didst seek confirmation on behalf of the loved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA89:077 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09249 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه مسطور منظور گردید پریشانی امور شما محض آنست که در محن و بلایا | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. The confusion in thy affairs is solely due to trials and tribulations [3.5s] | AYBY.393 #082 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00629 | 490 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما رسید و بر مطلب اطلاع حاصل شد در خصوص معاشرت با سائر | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. Concerning association with others [3.5s] | AVK4.175.07x, GHA.448 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11953 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق مکتوبت رسید و بوی خوشی به مشام یاران وزید در خصوص پنج واحد مهر زوجه | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and wafted its sweet fragrance to the senses of the friends. Concerning the five units of dowry [3.5s] | TISH.199 | Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07961 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید نافه مشکبار بود که مشام جانرا معطر کرد زیرا دلیل بر | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, a musk-laden missive that perfumed the senses of the soul, for it gave evidence of [3.5s] | INBA87:390a, INBA52:400 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09877 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید مختصر جواب تحریر میگردد بدرگاه احدیت تضرع و زاری شد | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, and a brief reply is herein penned. Supplications and entreaties have been offered at the Threshold of the All-Glorious [3.5s] | INBA87:081a, INBA52:080a | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09247 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق مکتوب واصل شد و بر ناله و فریاد از انقطاع اخبار اطلاع حاصل گشت ولی | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, and We learned of thy lamentations and cries at the severance of news [3.5s] | MSHR2.242x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09248 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید فی الحقیقه تصدی آنقضیه بنفس خویش جائز نبود ولی حکومت | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received. In truth, it was not permissible to undertake this matter personally; however, the government [3.5s] | INBA84:496b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy; Prayer for forgiveness; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01050 | 380 | mixed | ای بنده الهی دو نامه شما واصل و بر مضامین وقوف حاصل شد نظر تو باید باینعبد | O servant of the True One! Thy two letters were received and the contents thereof were noted... True paradise for the soul is to enjoy near access to the eternal Beauty, while hell is to be far removed from that radiant Light | INBA89:166b | MAS2.016x, YMM.273x, YMM.284x, VUJUD.111x | VUJUDE.202x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Differences in human capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12620 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق حقا که سزاوار عبودیت پروردگاری و با قلبی پاک متوجه به ملکوت تابناک | O servant of the True One! Truly thou art worthy of servitude to thy Lord, and with a pure heart thou art turned toward the resplendent Kingdom [3.5s] | QUM.272 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05094 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق راستی و دوستی و صلح و آشتی با جمیع عالمیان از مقتضای حق پرستیست در | O servant of the True One! Verily, truthfulness, fellowship, peace and reconciliation with all the peoples of the world are among the requirements of devotion to Truth [3.5s] | AVK3.090 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Hypocrisy; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01161 | 370 | O servant of the True One! What thou hadst written was known. It was a clear evidence of thy thoughtfulness | SW_v02#16 p.014-015, BSTW#112 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11341 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده حق از جواهر وجود چون سلاله موجود گردد باید اخلاق مناسب اعراق باشد | O servant of the True One! When from the gems of existence a descendant cometh into being, he must needs manifest virtues befitting his lineage [3.5s] | MSHR3.123x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Poems and quotation from poetry; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11816 | 370 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما واصل و بر حوادث اطلاع حاصل گشت از صعود ج??اب میرزا | O servant of the True One! Your letter was received and I was informed of recent events. Regarding the ascension of Jinab-i-Mirza [3.5s] | TISH.408-409 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12691 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه تو رسید و از مضمون بهجت حاصل گردید از خدا خواهم که همواره | O servant of the True One! Your letter was received and its contents brought joy. I beseech God that always [3.5s] | INBA85:137a | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09245 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده حق سلطان در اینجهان انسانیست که نفحات طیبه جهان دیگر استشمام نماید و | O servant of the Truth, in this earthly realm the sovereign is he who doth inhale the sweet fragrances of the other world [3.5s] | PYB#267 p.04, TAH.282a | Condition of search; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09873 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق شکر خداوند یگانه را که هدایت کرد و موهبت بخشید پرده اوهام بسوخت و | O servant of the Truth, render thanks unto the one Lord, Who hath guided and bestowed His bounty, and burned away the veil of vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA16:101 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03360 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده حق نمیقه آنجناب ملاحظه گردید با چشم گریان و قلب سوزان آه و فغان از | O servant of the Truth, thy gracious missive was perused with tearful eyes and a burning heart, while sighs and lamentations rose forth [3.5s] | YBN.079 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05093 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه نگاشته بودی ملاحظه گردید همین است که مرقوم نموده بودی از پیش | O servant of the Truth, what thou didst write was perused, and it is indeed as thou hadst previously written [3.5s] | INBA87:150a, INBA52:147 | Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10411 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح | O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s] | INBA85:347a | MMK5#263 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05570 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق در بلایای عیسی بن مریم و مصائب سیدالشهداء و شهادت یحیی بن زکریا و | O servant of the Truth! Consider the tribulations of Jesus, Son of Mary, the afflictions of the Prince of Martyrs, and the martyrdom of John, son of Zachariah [3.5s] | NANU_AB#70 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08590 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق جناب میرزا حسین از مصر مکتوبی مرسول داشت و رجای ترقیم این نامه نمود و | O servant of the Truth! His Honour Mirza Husayn from Egypt dispatched a letter and besought that this epistle be written [3.5s] | INBA17:063 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09242 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق در صنعت تا توانی دقت نما تا در نهایت لطافت و اتقان رسد چه که کمال | O servant of the Truth! In craftsmanship, exert all possible care, that thy work may attain the utmost refinement and perfection [3.5s] | INBA21:196b (246b) | Excellence; distinction; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12263 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده حق در اقلیم مصر قناد فوج فوج موج میزند ولی شیرینی شما حلاوتی دیگر | O servant of the Truth! In the land of Egypt the candy makers weave their sweet confections in batch after batch, but your sweetness is of a different order [3.5s] | INBA85:084 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09241 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق در سبیل الهی مورد صدمات و زحمات گشتی و سرگشته کوه و بیابان شدی و | O servant of the Truth! In the path of God thou hast endured tribulations and hardships, and become a wanderer through mountain and desert [3.5s] | YBN.058a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03113 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده حق در نزد این عبد جمیع من علی الارض مقبول مطرودی نه و مغضوبی نیست و | O servant of the Truth! In the sight of this servant, all who dwell upon the earth are accepted; none is rejected or condemned [3.5s] | MMK6#240 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03641 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه نمرو ۸ رسید و همچنین نامه هاایکه در طی آن بود ولایت فارس | O servant of the Truth! Letter number eight hath arrived, and likewise the letters which were enclosed therein from the province of Fars [3.5s] | INBA85:467 | MMK6#087, BSHI.061-062 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09872 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق زبان بمناجات بگشا و بکمال تضرع و ابتهال بدرگاه حضرت ذوالجلال عجز و | O servant of the Truth! Open thy tongue in prayer and, with the utmost humility and earnest entreaty, supplicate at the threshold of the Lord of Glory thy weakness and [3.5s] | KNJ.093c | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Importance of prayer; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10861 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق در سبیل الهی جانفشانی کن و در محبت محبوب آفاق شادمانی نما و در ظل | O servant of the Truth! Sacrifice thyself in the path of God, and find joy in the love of the Beloved of all horizons. Abide under the shade [3.5s] | MKT8.029a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09867 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق اگر در جواب نامه فتوری واقع کمان قصور مفرمااید این از کثرت امور | O servant of the Truth! Should there be any delay in responding to thy letter, do not ascribe it to negligence, for it ariseth from the press of affairs [3.5s] | INBA16:111 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00994 | 390 | mixed | ای بنده حق آنچه مرقوم نمودی معلوم گردید دلیل جلیل بر تذکر و تنبه در امر حضرت | O servant of the Truth! That which thou didst write was made known - a manifest proof of thy remembrance and awakening in the Cause of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA89:271 | MKT2.146, AKHA_123BE #09 p.b, AVK3.182 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07957 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از نفحات قدس که از حدائق ملکوت ابهی منتشر مشام روحانیان معطر و از | O servant of the Truth! The holy fragrances that waft from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom have perfumed the spiritual senses of the faithful [3.5s] | INBA21:182 (233) | YQAZ.054 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11149 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده حق نیر عنایت حضرت احدیت چنان جلوه نمود و درخشید که شرق و غرب را | O servant of the Truth! The luminary of divine favor hath so radiantly shone forth and gleamed that East and West [3.5s] | MKT6.012b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09874 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده حق صد هزار فرسنگ را قوت فرهنگ در دمی طی نماید و باورنگ سلطنت الهیه | O servant of the Truth! The power of culture can traverse a hundred thousand leagues in a single breath, adorned with the splendour of divine sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA88:079 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05097 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق همیشه بیاد منی و فراموش ننمایم و فی الحقیقه پیش منی جناب آقا محمد | O servant of the Truth! Thou art ever in my thoughts and I shall never forget thee. In truth thou art before me, O Muhammad [3.5s] | MMK4#013 p.013 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07956 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از ابوی شکایت نموده بودید انشاء الله حکایت است چون پدر است آنچه | O servant of the Truth! Thou didst complain about thy father. God willing, this is but a tale, for he is thy father [3.5s] | MMK2#339 p.245, ANDA#32 p.65 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10408 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق بهرام هر چند کوکبی درخشنده است ولی محدود بحدود است چون از آن حدود | O servant of the Truth! Though Bahram is a brilliant star, yet is it bound within limitations, when from these bounds [3.5s] | YARP2.291 p.241 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09250 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند مکاتیب متعدده این عبد نزد شما موجود ولى باز | O servant of the Truth! Though numerous letters from this servant are already in thy possession, yet again [3.5s] | INBA21:147b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07281 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق رفتی و ترا فراموش ننمودم و از فضل و کرم اسم اعظم امیدوارم که نصائح | O servant of the Truth! Though thou hast departed, I have not forgotten thee, and through the grace and bounty of the Most Great Name, I cherish the hope that the counsels [3.5s] | TAH.246b, YQAZ.229b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03944 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند مدتی گذشت و این عبد فرصت تحریری نیافت و تقریری جوابا ارسال | O servant of the Truth! Though time hath elapsed and this servant hath found no opportunity to pen or dispatch a reply [3.5s] | INBA17:262 | MKT8.029b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12662 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق از فضل حق جمعی نه پریشان در پناه الهی هستی نه بی سر و سامان منظور | O servant of the Truth! Through the grace of God thou art united, not scattered; thou art sheltered beneath divine protection, not forsaken and adrift; thou art remembered, not forgotten [3.5s] | INBA85:434a | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03943 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه مختصر بدیعت واصل و مضمون در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت بود جوامع | O servant of the Truth! Thy brief and original letter was received, and its contents were endowed with the utmost eloquence and literary excellence [3.5s] | PYB#119 p.04 | Praise and encouragement; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Silence; fewness of words; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03640 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب مفصل بدقت ملاحظه گردید فرصت نیست مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود | O servant of the Truth! Thy detailed letter was carefully perused. Time being limited, a brief reply is herewith penned [3.5s] | TSS.162, TSS.193, MSBH10.147a, KASH.300 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06092 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما بجناب آقا سید تقی ملاحظه گردید از حوادث آن جهات کمال روح | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter addressed to his honour Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been perused. From the events in those regions, the utmost joy [3.5s] | MKT9.058a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10863 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و بدرگاه جمال مبارک لابه و انابه گردید تا بعنایت حق | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter arrived and was laid before the threshold of the Blessed Beauty with supplications and entreaties, that through divine grace [3.5s] | INBA87:249a, INBA52:253 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01309 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما از استانبول رسید با وجود عدم فرصت و نهایت محنت جواب مختصر | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter from Istanbul arrived. Despite lack of time and intense tribulation, [I send] this brief reply [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1225, MSHR4.263-264 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06654 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه آنجناب رسید و از بلایا و مشکلات اطلاع حاصل گشت امیدواریم که | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter was received, and knowledge was obtained of the tribulations and difficulties. We cherish the hope [3.5s] | AHB.126BE #03-04 p.90 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06094 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و بدرگاه حضرت احدیت تبتل و تضرع گردید و طلب آمرزش | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter was received, and with utmost devotion and supplication was it laid before the sacred Threshold of the One True God, imploring forgiveness [3.5s] | INBA87:241, INBA52:246 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03359 | 200 | mixed | ای بنده حق نام بزرگوارت دلیل بر آن است که بفضل خدا موفق بر عبودیت جمال قدم | O servant of the Truth! Thy noble name is evidence that thou hast, through God's grace, attained unto servitude to the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR5.442-443 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06089 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده حق حضرت پدر ایام خویش را وقف سبیل الهی کرد و شب و روز بخدمت پرداخت | O servant of the Truth! Thy revered father dedicated his days to the pathway of God, devoting his nights and days to service [3.5s] | MMK6#106 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of example | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11343 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده حق فرصت نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود شجره انیسا جمال مبارکست که در ظل آن | O servant of the Truth! Time permitteth but a brief reply. The Tree of Anisa is none other than the Blessed Beauty, beneath Whose shade [3.5s] | MKT9.057b, ASAT1.247, YMM.198 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09246 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق فتح بدو قسم است فتوح قلاع و فتوح قلوب فتح قلاع آسانست زیرا بمقداری | O servant of the Truth! Victory is of two kinds: the conquest of fortresses and the conquest of hearts. The vanquishing of fortresses is easily accomplished, for it requireth but a measure of [3.5s] | MMK6#190 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04288 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه ایادی امرالله مصلحت دانند اطاعت نما و بهمانقسم حرکت کن ابدا | O servant of the Truth! Whatsoever the Hands of the Cause of God deem advisable, obey thou and ever act accordingly [3.5s] | MMK2#368 p.262 | Effort; striving; Excellence; distinction; Hands of the Cause; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05571 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما ملاحظه گردید و مطلب معلوم شد ولی عبدالبهاء باید خیر شما | O servant of the Truth! Your letter was perused and its purport understood, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá must ensure your well-being [3.5s] | INBA87:237a, INBA52:242a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09866 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق از خداوند مهربان بطلب که در این عصر جدید و قرن عظیم سلطان ممالک | O servant of Truth, beseech thou the all-merciful Lord that in this new age and mighty century, the sovereign of realms [3.5s] | LMA2.451 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10415 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق دست نیاز بدرگاه حضرت بی نیاز برآر و بگو ای پروردگار گنهکاریم عفو و | O servant of Truth, raise thy hands in supplication to the threshold of the Self-Sufficient Lord and say: "O Lord! We are sinners, grant us..." [3.5s] | INBA84:522b | AKHA_134BE #06 p.a, MJMJ3.054, MMG2#333 p.369 | Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08594 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق عبد آستان جمال قدم آقا سید صادق ستایش از شما نموده بودند که لله | O servant of truth, slave of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! Áqá Siyyid Ṣádiq hath praised thee, for indeed [3.5s] | MKT6.012a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03942 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده حق ثابت بر عهد خوشا بحال تو که مومن بطلعت اعلی و موقن بجمال ابهی روحی | O servant of Truth, steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed art thou, for thou hast believed in the Exalted One and art assured of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | MKT5.012b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08593 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق سرمست ساغر رحمانی باش و طالب عون و عنایت حضرت ربانی اگر لذائذ وجود | O servant of truth! Be thou intoxicated with the chalice of the All-Merciful, and seek thou the aid and bounty of the Lord Divine. Though earthly delights [3.5s] | MMK3#095 p.063 | Love of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09876 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق فرامرز دلیر شهیر بوم و مرز بود و در شطرنج جهان وزیر و فرز ولی | O servant of Truth! Faramarz the valiant was renowned throughout realm and territory, and upon the chessboard of the world did move as both vizier and queen [3.5s] | YARP2.686 p.461 | Being a source of light; guidance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07285 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق نظر بملکوت ابهی کن و توجه بجبروت اعلی و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای | O servant of Truth! Fix thy gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom, and turn thy thoughts to the Supreme Concourse, and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s] | INBA88:185a | BSHN.140.259, BSHN.144.259, MHT2.142 | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02202 | 260 | mixed | ای بنده حق از هر بندی آزاد شو تا پند الهی را بگوش جان بشنوی و تعالیم رحمانیرا | O servant of Truth! Free thyself from every bond, that thou mayest hearken with thy soul's ear to the divine counsels and the teachings of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | HDQI.260, ANDA#32 p.04 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05568 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این ایام افتتان و امتحان که طوفان امکان را احاطه نموده است تضرع | O servant of Truth! In these days of tests and trials, when the tempest hath encompassed the realm of being, supplicate [3.5s] | INBA89:052b | MKT8.028b | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10412 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این زمان و عهد اگر شهد طلبی مضمون عهد است اگر قند جوای حلاوت | O servant of Truth! In this day and age, if thou seekest nectar, it is contained within the essence of the Covenant; if thou desirest sweetness, it is found in its fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA84:423a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11902 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق امروز ندای الهی مرتفع نیکوست حال نفسی که به اصغاء فائز شد و بافق اعلی | O servant of Truth! In this Day the divine Call hath been raised. Well is it with the soul that hath attained unto its hearing and turned to the most exalted horizon [3.5s] | QUM.077 | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07286 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چه نگارم جواب نامه ها تمام نگردد از بسکه متصلا مانند امواج دریا | O servant of Truth! No matter how much I write, the replies to letters remain unfinished, for they flow continuously like the waves of the sea [3.5s] | YBN.055b | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06653 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق کردی ای عطار بر عالم نثار نافه اسرار هر دم صد هزار سبحان الله در | O servant of Truth! O 'Attar! Thou hast scattered upon the world the fragrant musk of mysteries. At every moment a hundred thousand "Glory be to God!" doth resound [3.5s] | INBA21:195c (245c) | MMK2#210 p.149, KNJ.023c | Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06091 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق شفقت خداوند را دقت نما که یارانش فراموش نگردند تفقد دلها کند و | O servant of Truth! Observe thou the loving-kindness of God, how His loved ones are not forgotten and how He watcheth over the hearts [3.5s] | INBA87:207b, INBA52:209b | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mosaic imagery; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10413 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق در درگاه احدیت عبودیت سلطنت دو جهانست و عزت بی پایان پس بجان و دل | O servant of Truth! Servitude at the threshold of oneness is sovereignty over both worlds and glory without end [3.5s] | MMK2#161 p.121 | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11147 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده حق آفت انسان الفت با بیخردان و کلفت با اهل عرفان است چه که معاشرت | O servant of Truth! The affliction of man lieth in fellowship with the ignorant and estrangement from them that are endued with understanding, for verily companionship [3.5s] | AVK3.084.13x, VAA.220-220c | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00072 | 1230 | mixed | ای غلام حق بر مضمون شکایت مشحون مکتوب اطلاع حاصل گردید نهایت استغراب حاصل چه | O servant of Truth! The contents of thy plaint-laden letter have become known, and have occasioned the utmost astonishment [3.5s] | INBA17:205 | MMK5#273 p.208x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12742 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق جناب لورد لامینگتون به شیراز تشریف آورند شخص محترمی است و سیاسی | O servant of Truth! The honorable Lord Lamington hath arrived in Shiraz. He is a distinguished personage, sagacious in matters of statecraft [4o] | INBA85:452a | BSHI.060 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06482 | 130 | Persian | ای بندهء حقّ کار از آن گذشته که ما نشسته به استدلاليّه به جهت اهل بيان مشغول شويم و رسالهای تأليف نمائيم | O servant of Truth! The matter has gone beyond the point where We should sit and occupy Ourselves with proofs for the people of the Bayan and compose a treatise [3.5s] | MMK4#181 p.224x | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07959 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق صبح است و آفاق امکان بپرتو مهر خاوری روشن و مطالع قلب و جان بشعاع | O servant of Truth! The morn hath broken, and the horizons of contingent being are illumined by the radiance of the Eastern Sun. The dawning-places of heart and soul are aglow with its rays [3.5s] | INBA13:199 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10862 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق صبح صادق طالع است و فجر باهر لامع و نجوم تقدیس درخشنده و لائح آفاق | O servant of Truth! The true morn hath broken, the resplendent dawn doth shine, and the stars of sanctity gleam bright upon the horizon [3.5s] | MMK5#200 p.155 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05569 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق در آستان مقدس دربانی لهذا سلطانی بلکه ملوک عالم مملوک چنین بنده اند | O servant of Truth! Thou who art a doorkeeper at the sacred Threshold art indeed sovereign, nay, the very kings of the world are servants to such a bondsman [3.5s] | MMK2#140 p.104 | Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09879 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند بظاهر تو در شینی ما در سین یعنی ولایت سوریه اما فی الحقیقه | O servant of Truth! Though outwardly thou art in Shín [Shiraz] and We in Sín—that is to say, the province of Syria—yet in reality [3.5s] | INBA87:171a, INBA52:170b | LDR.270 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00188 | 830 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه مفصل رسید و از روایات مذکوره نهایت استغراب حاصل گردید و معلوم شد | O servant of Truth! Thy detailed letter hath arrived, and from the account mentioned therein the utmost astonishment was occasioned, and it became evident [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0542, MKT1.337, MNMK#152 p.283, MILAN.118, AKHA_104BE #08 p.01, AVK1.200, BSHN.140.481, BSHN.144.474, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.014-016, MHT1a.117, MHT1b.075, YHA1.375-376x | Higher encompasses the lower; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02668 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله در فکر ذکر حقید و آرزوی اعلای | O servant of Truth! Thy letter was received and perused. Praise be to God, thou art occupied with the remembrance of God and desirest the exaltation [3.5s] | INBA87:119, INBA52:118 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11480 | 20 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه اخیر شما رسید ... از هر کنار تیر دعا کردهئی روان شاید کزین میانه یکی کارگر شود | O servant of Truth! Thy recent letter was received... From every quarter hast thou loosed the arrows of prayer, that haply one among them might find its mark [3.5s] | MSHR2.073x | Growth of the Cause; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06651 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق عون و عنایت حضرت احدیت چون شامل گردد هر نقصی کامل شود و هر شخصی | O servant of Truth! When the assistance and bounties of the Lord of Oneness encompass all, every imperfection is made perfect and every soul attaineth completion [3.5s] | INBA87:264, INBA52:268 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02894 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده حق در حالتیکه مصائب و بلا مانند امواج دریا از هر طرف در هجوم با وجود | O servant of Truth! While calamities and tribulations, like unto the waves of the sea, surge from every direction [3.5s] | MMK6#026 | Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01676 | 300 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما از پیش جواب داده شد عجیب است که تا حال نرسیده حمد کن خدا | O servant of Truth! Your letter was answered previously. It is strange indeed that it hath not yet arrived. Praise be to God [3.5s] | INBA85:126 | MKT4.034, MILAN.199 | Chastisement and requital; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12128 | 440 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس و ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما رسید و جواب مرقوم میگردد | O servant steadfast at the sacred threshold, your detailed letter hath been received, and the answer is herein written [4o] | BRL_DAK#0818 | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Praise and encouragement; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11495 | 140 | Arabic | ان یا عبد المذکور فی صحائف عصمه ربک العزیز الغفور اسمع ندآء هذا المظلوم... سوف یفتح علی وجوه الذین استقاموا ابواب اذا دخلوا | O servant who art inscribed in the scrolls of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving! Hearken unto the call of this Wronged One... Soon shall the gates be opened before the faces of them that have stood firm, when they enter [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.051a | MAS4.022ax | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03459 | 260 | Arabic | ان یا عبد المتعارج الی الله فاعلم قد ارسلنا الیک ما فاحت نفحاتها و وجد عرفها | O servant who ascendeth unto God! Know thou that We have sent unto thee that whereof the fragrances have been diffused abroad and whose perfume hath been discovered [3.5s] | INBA34:221 | AQA1#082 | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04698 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده موقن بالله حمد خدا را که از معین هدایت تسنیم عنایت نوشیدی و از مشرق | O servant who believest in God! Render thanks to the Lord, inasmuch as thou hast quaffed the stream of bounty flowing from the wellspring of guidance | MKT6.032, YHA2.936, DLH2.222 | BTO#13b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01571 | 550 | mixed | ای عبد ناظر الی الوجه صریر قلم اعلی را بلسان پارسی احلی بشنو قسم بمقدریکه | O servant who gazeth upon the Face! Hearken thou unto the sweet melody of the Most Exalted Pen in the Persian tongue. I swear by Him Who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or07852.057, | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04975 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قبل کریم ان استمع ندآء ربک الرحیم انه من شطر منظره المنیر ینادیک و | O servant who preceded Karim! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Verily, from the direction of His luminous sanctuary doth He call thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#149, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06108 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده مقبل الی الله و مقبول درگاه کبریا آنچه نگاشتی و مضمر ضمیر داشتی مشهود | O servant who turneth toward God and who is accepted at His Most Great Threshold! That which thou didst write and that which lay concealed within thy heart is evident [3.5s] | MMK6#138 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08608 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده مقبل الی الله حمد کن خدا را که در درگاه الهی مقرب و محظوظ شدی معزز و | O servant who turneth toward God! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou hast been brought nigh and favored at His divine threshold, honored and [3.5s] | INBA84:484d | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04697 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده مبتهل متضرع بملکوت ابهی در این صبح بقا که انوار ملکوت ابهی ممالک غیب | O servant, earnest and beseeching at the Threshold of the Abhá Kingdom! In this eternal morn, when the lights of the Abhá Kingdom illumine the realms of the unseen [3.5s] | INBA17:032 | MMK4#128 p.132 | East and West; communication between East and West; Manifestation of God as sun; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09223 | 100 | Arabic | ان استمع یا عبد ما یلقیک الروح ثم اتبع ما امرت به لتکون | O servant, hearken unto that which the Spirit imparteth unto thee, then follow what thou hast been commanded, that thou mayest be [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.562b, , ALIB.folder18p494a | Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01756 | 1050 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قم و ناد بین العباد بالحکمه و الموعظه قل یا قوم هل ینبغی لاحد بعد ظهور | O servant! Arise, and call out amongst the servants with wisdom and exhortation. Say: O people! After the appearance of [3.5s]... ...We, verily have not fallen short of Our duty to exhort men, and to deliver that whereunto I was bidden by God, the Almighty, the All-Praised | BRL_DA#384, YMM.178x, YMM.400x | GPB.220x | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02740 | 320 | Arabic | ان یا عبد لاتحزن ثم استبشر انا کنا معک حین الذی ابتلیت بین یدی المشرکین انه | O servant! Be not sorrowful, but rather be thou gladdened, for verily We were with thee at that hour when thou wert tried at the hands of the ungodly. Verily [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.146, | Consolation and comfort; Contention and conflict; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08062 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا عبد کن امینا فی امانه ربک و هی حب الله و حب اصفیائه و لاتمنع نفسک عن | O servant! Be thou faithful to the trust of thy Lord - which is the love of God and the love of His chosen ones - and withhold not thyself [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.068r, , OSAI I.MMS, | Development of capacity and readiness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06053 | 160 | Arabic | ان یا عبد فاشهد فی نفسک ثم فی ذاتک ثم فی روحک بانه لا اله الا هو الفرد الصمد | O servant! Bear thou witness within thyself, then within thine essence, then within thy spirit, that verily there is no God but Him, the Single, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA36:112a, INBA71:278a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05668 | 170 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان احرق الامال بنار حب ربک الغنی المتعال ثم فکر فی المال کذلک | O servant! Burn away thy hopes with the fire of the love of thy Lord, the All-Possessing, the Most Exalted, and ponder thereafter upon wealth likewise [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#176, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07505 | 130 | Arabic | ان یا عبد تالله الحق لو تصف اذنک لتسمع ذکر ملا الاعلی فی هذا الغلام و تکون | O servant! By God, the True One! Wert thou to incline thine ear, thou wouldst hear the mention of the Concourse on High concerning this Youth, and thou wouldst become [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.641, , ALIB.folder18p488b | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11712 | 575 | mixed | ان یا عبد اتق الله فی نفسک و کن فی عصمه من لدنا بحیث لایحزنک شیء و لا یکدرک | O servant! Fear God in thine own self and abide beneath Our protection, that naught shall grieve thee nor disturb thy peace [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.239 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06439 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان انظر ببصر ربک لتجد علی جبین کل الاشیا ما رقم قلم الاعلی من لدی | O servant! Gaze with the eye of thy Lord, that thou mayest discover upon the brow of all things that which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed from His presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.333a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08561 | 120 | Arabic | یا عبد ان اشکر الله ربک بما حضر اسمک لدی الوجه و توجه الیه لحاظ ربک العلیم | O servant! Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, inasmuch as thy name hath been present before His Countenance and the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, hath been directed towards thee [3.5s] | INBA51:080, INBA84:155, INBA84:087, INBA84:028a.02, BLIB_Or15696.060d, , KB_620:073-074 | LHKM2.139 | High station of the true believer; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05302 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا عبد هل توقفت علی الامر بعد الذی ینادی الاشیا ان اسرعوا بالقلوب الی | O servant! Hast thou tarried in the Cause after that which calleth unto all things, bidding them hasten with their hearts unto [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#203, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01993 | 440 | Arabic | Translation List | ان یا عبد اسمع ندآء ربک العلی الاعلی عن یمین بقعه البقا لتطلع بهذالمظلوم | O servant! Hearken to the voice of thy Lord—the Exalted, the Most High—from the right-hand of the Court of unfading splendor, that thou mayest be apprised of this Wronged One | BLIB_Or15725.082, | ADMS#306 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06438 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ندائی عن شطر السجن و لاتکن من الغافلین و اشتدت علی البلایا | O servant! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of the Prison, and be thou not of the heedless. Grievous have waxed the tribulations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.345b, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11802 | 145 | Arabic | ان یا غلام اسمع ندائی عن جهه السجن لیقربک الندا الی منظر ربک الابهی انه لهو المقتدر | O servant! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of the prison, that the call may draw thee nigh unto the luminous vision of thy Most Glorious Lord. Verily, He is the Almighty [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.054 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02834 | 310 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ندائی و ان بندائی تحیی افئده العالمین ان اذکر ربک فی اللیالی | O servant! Hearken unto My call, for through My call are the hearts of all the world quickened. Remember thy Lord in the watches of the night [3.5s] | INBA92:211bx, BLIB_Or15725.367, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Proclamation to the people of the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08060 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ندائی ثم استجذب من نغماتی ثم اصعد بقلبک الی سمائی ثم اذکرنی | O servant! Hearken unto My call, then be thou enraptured by My melodies, ascend with thy heart unto My heaven, and make mention of Me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.263a, | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05976 | 170 | Arabic | یا عبد اسمع ندائی ثم احزن بحزنی و سجنی تالله ما ورد علی نفسی اعظم عما ورد | O servant! Hearken unto My call, then grieve thou with My grief and imprisonment. By God! What hath befallen My soul surpasseth all that hath transpired [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.284, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04645 | 420 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ما یلقیک منادی الطور فی هیکل هذا الظهور لتستلذ عن نغمات ربک | O servant! Hearken unto that which the Herald of Sinai imparteth unto thee from within the Temple of this Manifestation, that thou mayest be gladdened by the melodies of thy Lord [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.433 | YMM.214-215x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06056 | 160 | Arabic | ان یا غلام اسمع ما ینادیک قلم ربک العلام ثم اتخذ ما یجری منه لنفسک سراجا قد | O servant! Hearken unto that which the Pen of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, calleth out unto thee, and take what floweth therefrom as a lamp unto thyself [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.620b, , ALIB.folder18p485b | Love of God; Mystical themes; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04393 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان استمع الندآء من ملکوت الاسماء شطر ربک فاطر السماء انه لا اله | O servant! Hearken unto the Call from the Kingdom of Names, from thy Lord, the Creator of heaven. Verily, there is no God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#330, | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05219 | 190 | Arabic | یا عبد ان استمع الندآء من شطر الکبریاء من السدره المرتفعه النورآء انه لا اله | O servant! Hearken unto the Call from the precincts of grandeur, from the luminous and exalted Tree - verily, there is no God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#195, | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02941 | 300 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان استمع ندآء الله مالک القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم لعمری لو یفوز من | O servant! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Lord of Eternity, from the precincts of His Most Great Prison. By My life! Should one [3.5s] | INBA51:405 | LHKM3.140 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09794 | 90 | mixed | ای غلام ندای حسین را بشنو نامه ات بطرف عنایت ملاحظه شد حمد کن محبوب عالمیان را | O servant! Hearken unto the call of Husayn. Thy letter hath been considered by the glance of loving-kindness. Render thou praise unto the Beloved of the worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#214, , BLIB_Or15710.083a, | Naming of children; of individuals; Personal instructions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08061 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان استمع ندآء مالک الاسماء ثم تغمس فی بحر المعانی و العرفان لتری ما لا | O servant! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of Names, then immerse thyself in the ocean of meanings and mystic knowledge, that thou mayest witness that which no [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.141a, | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05980 | 170 | Arabic | یا عبد ان استمع ندآء المظلوم انه ینادیک باعلی البیان بین الادیان و یهدیک الی صراط الله | O servant! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One. He, verily, summoneth thee with the Most Sublime Utterance amidst all religions, and guideth thee unto the path of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.216a, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04392 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ندآء هذا العبد الذی انفق روحه فی سبیل الله المهیمن العزیز | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this bondsman, who hath sacrificed his spirit in the path of God, the Omnipotent, the Mighty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.358b, | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11250 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 5 | 160 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation. | BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x | GWB#049x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | * | - | LL#454 | |||||
| BH02742 | 320 | Arabic | ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن شطر هذا السجن الدهماء الجهنام و لاتکن | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from this dark and hellish prison, and be not [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.184, | MAS8.026bx, RSR.129x | Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08680 | 110 | Arabic | ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام الذی بنور وجهه اشرقت السموات و الارض و لو | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth, by the radiance of Whose countenance the heavens and earth were illumined [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.573a, , ALIB.folder18p492b | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04646 | 200 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان استمع ندا ربک العلی الاعلی من شطر الذی فیه استقر عرش ربک العلی | O servant! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Highest, from that court wherein is established the throne of thy Lord, the Most High [3.5s] | INBA44:008, INBA34:288 | AQA1#153, ASAT4.329x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Presence of; reunion with God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10177 | 80 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ندآء الذی ارتفع بین الارض و السما تالله لو تطلع بعظمته و عظمه | O servant! Hearken unto the Call that hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven. By God! Wert thou to behold His grandeur and majesty [3.5s] | INBA73:352a, NLAI_BH1.498b, NLAI_BH2.240b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06437 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع صریر قلم الاعلی انه یدعوک الی الله المقتدر العزیز العلیم ان | O servant! Hearken unto the rustling of the Most Exalted Pen; verily, it calleth thee unto God, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.287c, | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01025 | 810 | Arabic | ان یا عبد کیف اذکر لک ما ورد علی فی هذالسجن من الذینهم کانوا ان یفتخروا | O servant! How can I recount unto thee what hath befallen Me in this Prison from those who were wont to pride themselves [3.5s] | INBA33:024, BLIB_Or15725.008, | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power of prayer; Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03193 | 280 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان اعرف قدر تلک الایام تالله مارات شبهها عیون الاولین و لن تر | O servant! Know thou the value of these days, for by God, the eyes of former generations have never witnessed their like, nor shall they behold [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.216, | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05301 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قد اسودت اکثر الوجوه فی هذا النیروز الذی فیه اشرقت الشمس عن برج | O servant! Most faces have turned black on this Naw-Rúz, wherein the Sun hath risen from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA34:297a | AQA1#163 | Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04394 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا عبد بشر فی نفسک و انا کنا معک حین الذی خرقت الحجبات و نطقت بذکر ربک | O servant! Rejoice within thy soul, for verily We were with thee when thou didst rend asunder the veils and speak in remembrance of thy Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.125, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04647 | 200 | Arabic | ان یا عبد فاشکری الله بما تجلی الله مره اخری لیظهر لک الاسرار فی قمص الدری | O servant! Render thanks unto God, inasmuch as He hath once again manifested Himself, that He might disclose unto thee the mysteries in luminous vesture [3.5s] | INBA36:073a, INBA71:234 | Consolation and comfort; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01869 | 470 | Arabic | انک انت یا عبد لو ترید ان تطلع بما اکون علیه من البلایا تفکر کیف حال الروح | O servant! Shouldst thou desire to become aware of what tribulations have befallen Me, reflect upon the state of the Spirit [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.404, | Call to action; Contention and conflict; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04395 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قد قضت ایام و ماحضر تلقاء العرش کتابک کانک نسیت ربک و کنت عن شاطی | O servant! The days have passed, and thy letter hath not appeared before the Throne. It is as though thou hadst forgotten thy Lord and remained distant from the shore [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.563a, , ALIB.folder18p459 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02989 | 300 | Arabic | ع ب قد حضر لدی المظلوم ما ظهر من قلم توجهک و اقبالک الی المظلوم وجدنا منه | O servant! There hath appeared before the Wronged One that which flowed from the pen of thy devotion and turning towards Him, and We found therefrom [3.5s] | INBA15:247b, INBA26:249b, BLIB_Or15713.107, | PYK.214 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07405 | 140 | Arabic | یا غلام قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر تلقاء وجه احاطته الاحزان بما اکتسبت | O servant! Thy letter hath arrived and been presented by this servant who standeth before His face, whom sorrows have encompassed by reason of that which hath been wrought [3.5s] | INBA51:136, KB_620:129-130 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08579 | 120 | mixed | یا غلام کتابت حاضر و عبد حاضر تلقاء وجه ذکر نمود طوبی لک چه که کتابت مطهر بود | O servant! Thy letter hath come and the servant hath made mention thereof before My face. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy letter was pure [3.5s] | INBA51:138b, KB_620:131-132 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05981 | 170 | mixed | یا عبد نامه ات رسید و مشاهده شد اینمظلوم بوکالت تو استغفار مینماید از آنچه ذکر | O servant! Thy letter hath reached Us and been beheld. This Wronged One seeketh forgiveness on thy behalf for that which was mentioned [3.5s] | INBA27:436b | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06436 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اذا وجدت نفسک مقبلا الی الله و فارغا عما سواه توجه الیه بقلبک و قل | O servant! When thou findest thyself drawn unto God and detached from all else but Him, turn thou unto Him with thy heart and say [3.5s] | NFR.123 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05443 | 150 | mixed | یا غلام در صقع رضا هر کس محشور گشت در یوم نشور جام فرح و سرور از دست ساقی | O servant! Whoso is gathered in the realm of divine good-pleasure shall, on the Day of Resurrection, receive from the hand of the Cupbearer the chalice of joy and delight [3.5s] | INBA17:010 | MKT8.216, BSHN.140.452, BSHN.144.446, MHT1b.159 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01640 | 530 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا عبد قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و عرفنا بما فیه و کان الله علی ما فی قلبک علیما | O servant! Your letter hath come before Our presence, and We have understood that which was therein, and verily God is the All-Knowing of what lieth within thy heart [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware, beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God | BLIB_Or15694.307, , ALIB.folder18p340 | BRL_DA#672, GWBP#094 p.126x | GWB#094x | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#456 | ||||||
| AB07491 | 110 | mixed | ای عباد و اماء الهی خدماتتان باستان مقدس مانند مه تابان واضح و عیان ذلک من | O servants and handmaidens of God! Your services at the Sacred Threshold are clear and manifest as the radiant moon [3.5s] | MKT9.152a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06620 | 120 | Persian | ای بندگان و اماء رب ودود حضرت مسعود با جمیع خاندان موجود مشمول نظر عنایتند و | O servants and handmaidens of the Loving Lord! The blessed personage, together with all members of his household, is embraced within the glance of divine favor and grace [3.5s] | PYB#045-046 p.17, IDAB.22 | Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12035 | 140 | Persian | ای بندگان و اماء رحمان فی الحقیقه در سبیل الهی در مشقتید و مستغرق در دریای تعب | O servants and maidservants of the All-Merciful! It can truly be said that, upon the Path of God, ye are in hardship and immersed in an ocean of toil and trouble | ADMS#240 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00892 | 410 | mixed | ای بندگان الهی و اماء رحمن جناب آقا میرزا فضل الله بزیارت بقعه کبریاء مشرف | O servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! His honour Mirza Fadlu'llah hath attained the presence of the Most Great Shrine [3.5s] | MKT3.508, AKHA_134BE #17 p.661 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06619 | 120 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی و کنیزان رحمانی صبح هدی ظاهر است و شمع موهبت کبری باهر نور | O servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The morn of guidance hath dawned, and the lamp of supreme bounty shineth with radiant light [3.5s] | MKT7.234a, AKHA_128BE #18 p.130, AKHA_135BE #15 p.a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02658 | 230 | mixed | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بندگان حق و کنیزان الهی همچو گمان منمااید که دقیقه ای فراموش گردید همواره | O servants of God and handmaids of the Lord! Think not that ye are forgotten for even a moment. ‘Abdu’l-Baha maketh mention of you at all times | BRL_DAK#0715, NJB_v01#14 p.001 | BRL_ATE#173, TAB.593-594, BSTW#069, BSTW#077 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Manifestation of God as educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09833 | 70 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی تمسک بذیل تقدیس جواید و در ظل ملیک توحید باهنگ ملا اعلی بتهلیل | O servants of God! Cling ye to the hem of sanctification, and beneath the canopy of the King of Unity raise ye anthems of praise with the melody of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA87:272b, INBA52:276a | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02751 | 320 | mixed | ای عباد الله بشنوید ندای الهی را که از شطر عرش مرتفعست براستی میگویم بصر از برای | O servants of God! Hearken unto the divine Call that hath been raised from the precincts of the celestial Throne. In truth I say, the eye hath been created for [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.024c, | Call to action; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01304 | 340 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی قریب غروبست و من از کثرت کار خسته و بی راحت و گرفتار با وجود | O servants of God! The hour is nigh unto sunset, and I, from the multitude of tasks, am weary and restless [3.5s] | INBA89:265b | MMK2#148 p.110 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07236 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی ظالمان ستمکار مانند سگان خونخوار آهوان دشت یزدانرا سینه دریدند | O servants of God! The tyrannical oppressors, like bloodthirsty hounds, have torn asunder the breasts of the gazelles of the divine meadow [3.5s] | ALPA.068a, NANU_AB#18, YARP2.080 p.114 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07240 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان حق این عبد ضعیف بقوت روح تایید شب و روز بنگاشتن و بیان داشتن مشغول | O servants of God! This lowly servant, through the power of the confirming Spirit, is occupied night and day in writing and expounding [3.5s] | YARP2.624 p.430 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12318 | 170 | O servants of God! Your letter has arrived. Its contents brought a musk-scented breeze... Praise be to God! The reviving breath of life is blowing upon that city | BBBD.606, BBBD.613 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02882 | 220 | mixed | Translation List | ای بندگان جمال ابهی رقیم و نمیقی که بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه و | O servants of the Abha Beauty! The letter ye had addressed to Siyyid Taqí hath been perused and its contents noted. Ye had written of the transgressions of the villainous Taqí | MMK6#268, ANDA#86 p.80 | ADMS#321 | Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07238 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال ابهی مساعیتان در راه حق معلوم و ممدوح و نفحات حبتان در آستان | O servants of the Abhá Beauty! Your endeavours in the path of Truth are known and praiseworthy, and the sweet fragrances of your love are wafting at the Threshold [3.5s] | INBA84:513a, INBA84:528 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02047 | 270 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مضمون مفهوم گردید و همچنین نامه ایکه بحضرت | O servants of the Abha Beauty! Your missive arrived, and its contents were made manifest. Similarly, your letter to the illustrious Afnan of the Lote-Tree, upon him rest the Glory of God | INBA87:369, INBA52:379 | GEN.252x, AFNAN.187x | Business; financial; property matters; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12275 | 200 | Turkish | ای بندگان حضرت کبریا قفقاز فارسیجه کوه قافدر اسکی زمانده اهل عالمن اعتقادی | O servants of the All-Glorious Lord! The Caucasus in Persian means Mount Qaf, which in ancient times was a belief held by the peoples [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0609 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05235 | 150 | Persian | ای عباد رحمن و اماء حضرت یزدان هر چند آن بزرگوار بملکوت انوار پرواز نمود و شما | O servants of the All-Merciful and handmaidens of the Lord God! Though that noble Being hath winged His flight unto the Kingdom of Light and ye [3.5s] | MKT5.095 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11798 | 150 | Arabic | یا عباد الرحمن قدسوا قلوبکم عن الظنون و الاوهام لتجدوا لذه سلسبیل البیان انه جری | O servants of the All-Merciful! Sanctify your hearts from fancies and vain imaginings, that ye may taste the sweetness of the celestial stream of utterance, which floweth [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01174 | 360 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ی بندگان جمال مبارک ... اين معلوم و واضحست که اليوم تأييدات غيبيّهء الهيّه شامل مبلّغين است | O servants of the Blessed Beauty! It is a well known fact that, owing to the frequency of disturbances, the work of delivering the Message | MMK1#209 p.255x, AKHA_107BE #05 p.06x, AKHA_103BE #08 p.04x, AVK3.495.13x, AVK4.241.06x, MAS5.082x | SWAB#209x, TAB.390-392, BWF.385-386x, BSC.493 #950x | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Pioneering; travel teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03336 | 200 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال مبارک نامه وصول یافت و آرزوی جناب آقا محمد حسین اعظم آمال هر | O servants of the Blessed Beauty! The letter hath been received, and the cherished desire of his honour Áqá Muhammad-Husayn is the highest aspiration of every soul [3.5s] | ANDA#61 p.06 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09835 | 70 | Persian | ای بندگان حضرت مقصود جناب آقا غلامعلی وارد و از ایمان و ایقان و خلوص آن یاران | O servants of the Desired One! Jináb-i-Áqá Ghulám-'Alí hath arrived and beareth testimony to the faith, certitude and sincerity of those friends [3.5s] | INBA85:548a | DBR.074 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05651 | 140 | Persian | ای خدام بندگان الهی این چه منصب عظیم است و این چه جاه جلیل از چاه سیاه باوج | O servants of the divine ones! What an exalted station this is, and what a glorious rank! From the black pit's depths to the zenith [3.5s] | MMK2#254 p.183, MMK5#196 p.153 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for service; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03625 | 190 | Persian | ای بندگان ایزد مهربان فرود گشتاسب باین مرز و بوم شتاب نمود و همدم و دمساز گشت | O servants of the loving God! Gushtasp hastened to this realm and became an intimate companion [3.5s] | YARP2.522 p.377 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00893 | 410 | mixed | ای بندگان جمال ابهی و اماء رحمان حضرت زائر بقعه مبارکه جناب آقا محمد تحمل | O servants of the Most Glorious Beauty and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! His honour, the pilgrim to the Sacred Shrine, Áqá Muhammad Taḥammul [3.5s] | MKT8.037b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00610 | 500 | mixed | Fire and Light | ای عباد حق و اماء رحمان عشق ز اول سرکش و خونی بود تا گریزد آنکه بیرونی بود از | O servants of the one true God! O handmaids of the Merciful! “From the outset love was rebellious and bloodthirsty, So as to put every stranger to flight.” | MKT6.127b, MNMK#135 p.250, AKHA_104BE #09 p.01, AKHA_106BE #10 p.02, BSHN.140.169, BSHN.144.169, MHT2.104b, NANU_AB#28, SHYM.013 | BRL_FIRE_AB#13 | Fire and light; fire and water; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04662 | 160 | Persian | ای بندگان آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و نهایت سرور رخ داد که الحمد لله در موطن | O servants of the sacred Threshold! Your letter was received and brought the utmost joy, for praise be unto God, in the homeland [3.5s] | MKT4.025b, AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.b, IQN.023 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06095 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق و ای اماء رحمان جناب زائر عاشور بیاد شما افتاده و ذکر شما نموده و | O servants of the Truth and handmaids of the Most Merciful! The pilgrim 'Ashur hath remembered you and made mention of you [3.5s] | TAH.021b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04170 | 220 | mixed | ای بندگان قدر ایام مالک انام را بدانید و بر تدارک مافات قیام نمائید بحر | O servants! Know ye the worth of these days of the Lord of all names, and arise to make good what hath been lost [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.062, | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05321 | 180 | mixed | ای بندگان نور ظاهر شمس مشرق کتاب نازل برهان باهر ملکوت بیان در قطب امکان | O servants! The Light hath appeared, the Sun hath dawned from the Orient of the Book, the resplendent Proof hath been revealed, and the Kingdom of Utterance is manifest at the center of possibility [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.075a, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01509 | 570 | Persian | Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The | ای بندگان چشمه های بخشش یزدانی در جوش است از آن بنوشید تا بیاری دوست یکتا | O servants! The wellsprings of divine bestowal are streaming forth. Quaff ye therefrom, that by the aid of the incomparable Friend | INBA35:108, BLIB_Or11096#040, , BLIB_Or15722.087, , NLI.32p007v, Majlis934.042-046 | BRL_TBUP#4, ZYN.277, MJMM.251, YARP1.002, DWNP_v4#01 p.001-002, UAB.058ax, DRD.032, AKHA_133BE #10 p.221, ANDA#71 p.03 | TBU#4 | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| AB03647 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده منقطع جمال ابهی مرقوم نموده بودی که در اطراف خضراء در نهایت فقر و | O severed servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou hadst written that in the environs of the verdant lands thou wert in utmost poverty [3.5s] | MMK2#220 p.157 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04027 | 180 | Persian | ای سیدالعابدین هر چند آن کتب و صحائف صفائح جواهر بود و کنزی عظیم ولی اصل آن | O Seyyed of the Worshippers! Although those books and tablets were jewel-laden scrolls and a mighty treasure, yet their essence [3.5s] | YMM.392 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04528 | 170 | O Shafi, O thou who hath been interceded for by others! By God, the True One, Thy Lord's bounty hath been overflowing | NYR#102 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06365 | 160 | Arabic | یا شفیع قد احاط الملک نفحات الملکوت و سجع الحمام علی غصن الجبروت قد اتی | O Shafi'! The fragrances of the Kingdom have encompassed the realm, and the dove hath warbled upon the branch of divine might. He is come [3.5s] | LMA2.016x | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Justice and wrath of God; Personal instructions; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04900 | 200 | mixed | Trustworthiness | یا شفیع از حق میطلبیم ترا مؤید فرماید بر امریکه ذکرش بدوام ... از حق میطلبیم کل را تأیید فرماید بر اعمال و اخلاق و کلمهٴ طیبهٴ راضیهٴ | O Shafi'! We beseech God that He may strengthen thee in a matter whose mention shall endure [3.5s]... ...We ask God graciously to grant that all may evince such fairness of character, such goodliness of deed and kindliness of word as will meet with His good pleasure | COMP_TRUSTP#20x, AYI2.128x, AYI2.129x | BRL_TRUST#19x, COC#2031x, NYR#101x, NYR#128x | Contention and conflict; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11663 | 290 | mixed | ای شاه عارفان مدتی است که با تو گفتگوای نکرده ایم زیرا ابواب مسدود بود و راه | O Shah [king] of the mystics! It has been some time since we have conversed with you, for the gates were closed and the path [3.5s] | FRH.204-205 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11787 | 90 | mixed | ای شاه خلیل وارث حقیقی آن میر جلیل باش و سبب شفای هر قلب علیل | O Shah Khalil! Be thou the true heir of that noble prince and become the cause of healing for every ailing heart [3.5s] | FRH.204 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10526 | 60 | Persian | ای شاه سیاوش همنام تو دامنی پاک داشت و رخی تابناک از جهان خاک آزاد بود و در | O Shah Siyavash! Thy namesake possessed an unsullied garment and a radiant countenance, and was free from the world of dust [3.5s] | INBA88:340b | YARP2.235 p.212 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10527 | 60 | Persian | Translation List | ای شاه ولی سلطنت کونین بندگی جمال قدمست و شهریاری دو جهان عبودیت اسم اعظم اگر | O Shah-Valí! Sovereignty over both worlds lieth in thraldom to the Ancient Beauty, and kingship over this realm and the realm beyond | INBA13:253c | ADMS#280 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10924 | 50 | Persian | ای شهریار شاه کشور آسمان یارت باد بپروردگار امیدوار باش و از روزگار بیزار | O Shahriar, King of the celestial realm, may the Lord be thy Helper. Place thy trust in God and turn away from worldly fortune [3.5s] | YARP2.146 p.160 | Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09414 | 80 | Persian | ای شهریار خدا یار تو باد و یاور تو باد تا جان و دل خورسند گردد و مظهر جلوه | O Shahriyar, may God be thy helper and sustainer, that with heart and soul thou mayest find contentment and become a manifestation of effulgence [3.5s] | YARP2.395 p.307 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09413 | 80 | Persian | ای شهریار خدا یار تو باد ستایش خداوند آفرینش را که این حزب پارسی مظهر الطاف | O Shahriyar, may God be thy helper! Praise be unto the Lord of creation, that this Persian company is a manifestation of favours [3.5s] | YARP2.529 p.381 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08131 | 100 | Persian | ای شهریار فریاد برآر که عصر ظهور حضرت بهاء الله جلوه یار است و نافه مشکبار بر | O Shahriyar! Cry at the top of thy voice: The century of the Manifestation of His Holiness Baha'u'llah is the effulgence of the Friend | YARP2.376 p.296 | DAS.1914-10-25 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02382 | 370 | Persian | Call of the Divine Beloved | ای شمس بجان آواز عندلیب جانان بشنو شاید بتمام روان قدم از مکان نفس و هوا | O Shams! Hearken with all thy heart to the nightingale song of the Beloved, that perchance thou mayest abandon | INBA36:451b, NLAI_BH1.289 | SFI15.012-013, YFY.145 | CDB#5 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH09791 | 90 | mixed | ای شمسیه انشاء الله بعنایت طلعت احدیه چون شمس از افق سماء ایقان مشرق و لائح | O Shamsiyyih! God willing, by the loving-kindness of the Countenance of Divine Unity, thou shalt, even as the sun, shine forth from the horizon of the heaven of certitude [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.159b, | AQA7#377 p.068a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10083 | 90 | mixed | یا شرف ندایت را شنیدیم و باین آیات بدیعه منیعه جواب عنایت فرمودیم جمیع عالم | O Sharaf! We have hearkened unto thy call, and in response have graciously revealed these wondrous and sublime verses unto all the world [3.5s] | INBA84:163a, INBA84:093a, INBA84:033a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06465 | 130 | Persian | جناب شیخ احمد علیه بهاء الله خبر وصول شما بقربان گاه عشق خطه زنجان و حصول روح | O Shaykh Ahmad—upon him be the glory of God—news hath reached of thy arrival at the altar of sacrifice and love in the region of Zanjan, and of the attainment of spiritual joy [3.5s] | AYBY.433 #155 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03079 | 290 | mixed | ای شیخ فانی انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال از خود فانی و بذکر حق باقی باشی بشانیکه از | O Shaykh Fani! God willing, thou hast ever been and shalt ever remain effaced from self and abiding in the remembrance of God, in such wise that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.092r, , BLIB_Or11096.182, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06842 | 150 | Arabic | یا شیخ ضع القدح و خذ البحر باسمه العزیز الفیاض ثم اشرب منه رغما لکل منکر | O Shaykh! Cast aside the cup and take hold of the ocean in His Name, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, then drink therefrom in spite of every denier [3.5s] | AQA7#375 p.065 | Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02679 | 330 | mixed | ای شیخ ندای معنوی را از سدره ربانی بلسان پارسی بشنو تا از ندای خوش رحمان جان | O Shaykh! Hearken to the spiritual call from the divine Lote-Tree in the Persian tongue, that thou mayest be quickened by the melodious voice of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.131, | LHKM3.369 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Mystical themes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10222 | 70 | Persian | جناب شیخ ایده الله علی خدمه امره اگرچه این امور سبب زحمت آنجنابست لکن چون در | O Shaykh! May God strengthen him in service to His Cause. Though these matters be a source of trouble to your honour, yet inasmuch as [3.5s] | AYBY.453 #195, SAM.393 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06475 | 150 | mixed | ای شیخ ایام عمر مانند اریاح ثباتی نداشته و نخواهد داشت جهد نما تا در این | O Shaykh! The days of life, like unto the wind, have no constancy, nor shall they ever possess it. Strive thou, therefore, that in this [3.5s] | INBA19:176c, INBA32:160c, BLIB_Or15710.297a, | PYB#233 p.03 | Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05694 | 170 | mixed | ای شیخ ذکر شما مره بعد مره نزد مظلوم آفاق مذکور آمد الحمد لله باین ایام | O Shaykh! Time and again hath thy mention reached this Wronged One of all horizons. Praise be to God for these days [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.299a, | Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10463 | 80 | Persian | یا شیخ علیک بهائی مکتوب شما رسید فی الحقیقه عرف عنایت الهی | O Shaykh! Upon thee be My glory! Thy letter hath reached Us. In truth it beareth the fragrance of Divine favors [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.177g, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11611 | 390 | mixed | یا شیخ علیک بهاء الله و عنایته در عالم ظاهر شده آنچه که صاحبان حکمت و بیان و حجت | O Shaykh! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His loving-kindness! In the visible world there hath appeared that which the possessors of wisdom, utterance and proof awaited [3.5s] | NSS.207-208 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06466 | 130 | Persian | جناب شیخ علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده و رحمته چون چندی بود که باثار قلمیه | O Shaykh! Upon thee be the glory of God, His grace, His bounty and His mercy. Some time hath elapsed since any trace from my pen [3.5s] | AYBY.453 #196, SAM.394 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08137 | 100 | mixed | ای صدف آن لولو لئلاء در ایه مبارکه فرقان خطابا باحبای رحمن میفرماید لن تنالوا | O shell of that gleaming pearl! In the blessed verse of the Qur'án, addressing the loved ones of the All-Merciful, He saith: "Ye shall never attain..." [3.5s] | MMK6#071, YMM.196 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07604 | 110 | Persian | ای میر منیر بر سریر ثبوت چنان جلوس نما که جنود ملکوت را در مقابل رو مصفوف | O shining prince! Be thou so firmly established upon the throne of steadfastness that the hosts of the Kingdom shall stand arrayed before thee [3.5s] | MMK6#288 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10927 | 50 | Turkish | ای شیرعلی اصلان حیدر کراردر صفدر اشراردر اهل غفلت گروه طوشقاندر ارسلان آسا | O Shir-'Ali! Thou art a Haydar in steadfastness, a Safdar among the wicked ones. Amidst the heedless multitudes thou art lion-like [3.5s] | MJT.069 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Courage; Encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09126 | 110 | mixed | یا شیرین یا امتی حمد کن مقصود عالم را که ترا از رحیق بیان قسمت عنایت فرمود و | O Shirin, O My handmaiden! Render praise unto Him Who is the Desire of the world, for He hath graciously granted thee a portion of the choice wine of utterance [3.5s] | INBA18:012 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09657 | 100 | mixed | یا شیرین در فضل و عنایت حق جل جلاله تفکر نما آنکه از اعظم علمای عصر بزعم ناس | O Shirin! Ponder upon the grace and bounty of God, exalted be His glory, He whom the people regard as among the foremost scholars of the age [3.5s] | INBA23:084a, BLIB_Or15696.076a, | NSS.108a | Knowledge; recognition of God; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10540 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین شیرینی و حلاوت در مائده آسمانیست و لذت در طعام روحانی زیرا شیرینی | O Shirin! Sweetness and delight are found in the heavenly feast, and pleasure in the spiritual repast, for sweetness [3.5s] | YARP2.185 p.183 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10538 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین حلاوت شهد و شکر صفرا افزاید و علل ایراث کند اما حلاوت جمال الهی روح | O Shirin! The sweetness of honey and sugar increaseth bile and causeth illness, but the sweetness of the Divine Beauty exhilarateth the spirit [3.5s] | INBA87:376b, INBA52:385b | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10537 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین باده محبت الله رنگین است و انکبین معرفت الله شکرین حلاوت عالم انسانی | O Shirin! The wine of the love of God is deeply hued, and the honey of divine knowledge is sweet with the delectable nectar of the human world [3.5s] | YARP2.420 p.318 | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11489 | 20 | Persian | ای شوقی از خدا نجواه که در انجمن روحانیان سراج نورانی گردی و نفس رحمانی یابی | O Shoghi, beseech thou God that in the assemblage of spiritual ones thou mayest become a luminous lamp and attain unto the breath of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.50 | Being a source of light; guidance; Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11367 | 30 | Persian | ای شوقی حق از قرار تحریرات ارض مقصود در پناه حق محفوظ و مصونید و این سبب سرور | O Shoghi! According to the letters from the Holy Land, thou art sheltered and preserved beneath God's protection, and this is the cause of joy [3.5s] | AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.51x | Prayer for protection; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10535 | 60 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای شوقی من فرصت تکلم ندارم دست از سر ما بردار گفتی بنویس نوشتم دیگر چه باید | O Shoghi! I have no time to talk; leave me be! Thou didst say “Write”, and I have written. What else should I do? | Ghazi3072.157-158 | BRL_DAK#0398, MKT5.091a, AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.50, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.51, DUR3.261, DRM.015d, YHA2.578, PPRP.012 | BRL_ATE#127, BW_v13p063, PPRL.008 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB10234 | 70 | Persian | شوقیا آنچه نگاشتی و راز درون داشتی معلوم و مشهود گردید مضمون مشحون بتوجه | O Shoghi! What thou hast written and the inner secret thou didst cherish have become known and manifest. The contents are replete with attention [3.5s] | AHB.117BE #08-10 p.284 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10084 | 90 | mixed | یا شعاع الحمد لله لدی المظلوم مذکوری فنون علوم هر یک ستری است جمیل از برای | O Shu'a'! Praised be God that thou art mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. Each branch of learning is a beauteous veil [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.189d, | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of the arts and sciences; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Universal education | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07951 | 130 | mixed | یا شکرالله انشاء الله در کل لیالی و ایام در اسم خود و معنی آن تفکر نمائی قسم | O Shukru'llah! I beseech thee, in the name of God, to meditate upon thy name and its significance throughout all nights and days [3.5s] | INBA18:326, BLIB_Or15719.180b, | Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08556 | 120 | Arabic | یا شکرالله قد ورد علی المظلوم ما صاحت به الصخره و نادت السدره بما ورد علی من | O Shukru'llah! There hath befallen the Wronged One that which hath caused the Rock to cry out and the Divine Tree to raise its voice by reason of that which hath come to pass [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.119b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.087a, | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10935 | 60 | Persian | یا شکرالله فائز شدی بانچه در کتب الهی مذکور و مسطور از حق بطلب ترا تایید | O Shukru'lláh! Thou hast attained unto that which hath been recorded and inscribed in the divine Books. Beseech thou the True One that He may vouchsafe unto thee His confirmations [3.5s] | INBA18:391a, BLIB_Or15716.068.19, | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09656 | 100 | mixed | یا شکرالله نامه ات در سجن اعظم وارد و لدی المظلوم قرائت شد الحمد لله از عنایت | O Shukru'llah! Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison and was read before the Wronged One. Praise be to God for His bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.116b, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07899 | 100 | mixed | ای آیت جود سلطان وجود الطافی که باستحقاق باشد که اعطاء کل ذی حق حقه است در | O Sign of Bounty, Sovereign of existence! Such favours as are justly due, wherein each rightful one receiveth his portion [3.5s] | INBA88:121a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09823 | 70 | mixed | ای آیت عنایت شک?? و ستایش جمال قدم و اسم اعظم را لائق و سزاست که ابواب ملکوت | O sign of divine favor! Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, for the portals of the Kingdom [3.5s] | PYB#039 p.12 | Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07224 | 110 | Persian | ای آیت هدی چون در این جنت ابهی بفضل خدا نهال مغروس دست عنایتی بکوش تا بطراوت | O sign of guidance! Since thou art, by God's grace, a sapling planted in this Most Glorious Paradise, strive beneath the hand of divine favor to attain freshness [3.5s] | MMK3#232 p.167 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05536 | 140 | mixed | ای آیت رحمن حی قیوم چون شمس خرق حجاب غیوم فرمود از مطلع انوار دو ایات ظاهر و | O Sign of the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining Lord! Like unto the sun that rendeth asunder the veil of clouds, from the horizon of lights two verses have become manifest [3.5s] | INBA13:118 | MKT4.023, MMK6#475, YMM.060 | Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04260 | 170 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله حضرت قرین مدتی بود که سرگشته کوه و صحرا و گمگشته دشت و دریا | O Sign of the Love of God, O Noble Companion! For a time Thou hast wandered bewildered through mountain and plain, lost amidst desert and sea [3.5s] | YIA.014x, YIA.395b, YARP2.119 p.142 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07900 | 100 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله اگر بدانی که این قلب الان در چه حالت و هیجانست پیرهن چاک | O sign of the love of God! If thou didst but know in what state and rapture this heart now finds itself, it would rend its garment in ecstasy [3.5s] | MKT8.012b | Call to action; Love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10380 | 60 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله اقتدار در عالم جسمانی امریست اعتباری بلکه اقتدار روحانی | O Sign of the Love of God! Power in the material world is a transient thing, nay rather, spiritual power [3.5s] | MMK2#162 p.121 | Power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07222 | 110 | mixed | ای آیت محبت الله آنچه نگاشتی بکمال اشتیاق قرائت گردید ذکری از برای تلاوت در | O sign of the love of God! That which thou didst pen was read with the utmost eagerness. A mention of recitation [3.5s] | DUR4.033x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06232 | 130 | Persian | ای سیناء اشراق خوشا بحال تو که محل تجلی انوار محبت الله گشتی و مطلع سطوع | O Sinai of radiance! Blessed art thou, for thou hast become the dawning-place of the lights of God's love and the dayspring of effulgence [3.5s] | MKT8.115a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10004 | 70 | Persian | ای صادق موافق اگر در ارسال رسائل فتوری حاصل این نه از نسیانست و تکدر دل و جان | O sincere and compatible friend! If there hath been some laxity in the sending of letters, this is not from forgetfulness or any disturbance of heart and soul [3.5s] | MKT6.156a | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06777 | 120 | mixed | ای دوستان صادق اسم اعظم در قرآن از خصائص اهل ایمان انفاق منصوصست و یجاهدون | O sincere friends of the Greatest Name! Among the distinguishing characteristics of the people of faith explicitly set forth in the Qur'án is the virtue of charitable giving, and striving [3.5s] | MMK6#183 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02251 | 260 | mixed | ای طالب صادق و حبیب موافق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت و بمنتهای دقت | O sincere seeker and cherished companion, that which thou hast written was perused with utmost care [3.5s] | INBA88:132 | AHB.118BE #05 p.01, AYT.440, RHQM2.0847-848 (262) (161) | Contention and conflict; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03115 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده صادق آستان جمال مبارک نامه رسید فاتحه عنوان انه من علیمحمد و انه بسم | O sincere servant at the threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter hath arrived, graced with the opening words, "This is from 'Ali-Muhammad, and it is in the name..." [3.5s] | MSHR3.208 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01677 | 300 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی خادم مقام اعلی پسر پاک گهرت خواهش تحریر این نامه نمود تا | O sincere servant of God, servant of the Most Exalted Shrine, thy pure-hearted son hath besought the writing of this letter [3.5s] | AKHA_107BE #12 p.02, TABN.352 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07972 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید بر ایمان و ایقان دلیل واضح بود و چون | O sincere servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted, and it was a clear evidence of thy faith and certitude [3.5s] | INBA84:534b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10434 | 360 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ایکه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد محرک فساد شیخ الملک است... محرّک فساد شیخ الملک است | O sincere servant of God! The letter thou didst write was noted. The instigator of corruption is Shaykh al-Mulk... The instigator of corruption is Shaykh al-Mulk [3.5s] | ASAT5.362x, BSHI.062-063 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10433 | 60 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده صادق الهی در جهان الهی نوری روشن تر از صدق و راستی نه حقیقت انسانیه را این | O sincere servant of God! There is, in the divine realm, no light more radiant than the light of truthfulness. This bounty so adorneth one’s reality as to conceal all one’s sins | AVK3.150, DUR1.514 | ADMS#126 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09885 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی مکتوب مورخ بهشتم می سنه ۱۹۰۴ واصل گردید | O sincere servant of God! Thy letter dated 8 May 1904 hath been received [3.5s] | YMM.313x | Astrology and numerology; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00896 | 410 | mixed | ای بنده صادق خدا نامه شما رسید و بر مضامین کما هی حقها در نهایت دقت اطلاع | O sincere servant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents were perused with the utmost care [3.5s] | MMK3#268 p.191, MSHR1.038x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04297 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده صادق الهی صدق و راستی سبب هدایت تو گردید و باین موهبت فائز نمود اگر | O sincere servant of God! Truthfulness and sincerity became the cause of thy guidance and enabled thee to attain this heavenly bounty [3.5s] | MMK6#088 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam Husayn; Living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09880 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده خالص جمال ابهی یار قدیمی و حبیب دیرین نامه ات سبب سرور و حبور شد | O sincere servant of the Abha Beauty, ancient companion and cherished friend! Thy letter was the cause of joy and gladness [3.5s] | YIK.312 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04298 | 170 | mixed | Translation List | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که در ره آن یکتا دلبر مهربان صدمات | O sincere servant of the Abhá Beauty! Render thanks unto God that, in the path of that incomparable and compassionate Beloved, thou hast endured evident tribulations | MMK3#080 p.053, MMK3#280 p.203 | ADMS#336 | Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01475 | 320 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکاتیبیکه ارسال نموده بودی رسید و ملاحظه گردید من | O sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! The letters thou didst send were received and perused [3.5s] | MMK5#186 p.147 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02895 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی تحاریر متعدده آنجناب که باقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید | O sincere servant of the All-Glorious Beauty! Thy various writings which thou didst address to Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | INBA89:164 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrdom of the Bab; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09264 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی خدماتی که در صعود حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه جناب آقا میرزا | O sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! The services rendered at the time of the ascension of His Honour the Afnán of the Sacred Tree, Áqá Mírzá [3.5s] | INBA87:517a, INBA52:544a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02353 | 250 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک تحاریر متعدده شما ملاحظه گشت الحمد لله دلیل بر روح و | O sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy numerous letters were perused. Praise be to God, they bear witness to the spirit [3.5s] | MMK6#598, MSHR1.066x | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12565 | 100 | mixed | ای مخلص در امرالله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه مدتی بود | O sincere servant of the Cause of God! That which thou hadst written was perused. In truth, it hath been some time [3.5s] | INBA85:230a | Martyrs and martyrdom; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00755 | 450 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال کبریاء خلاصه حوادث اینست که هیئت تفتیش در نهایت کنج کاوی | O sincere servant of the Glorious Beauty! The essence of what hath transpired is this: that the Committee of Investigation, with utmost scrutiny [3.5s] | MMK5#021 p.013, ASAT4.359x | Call to action; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03646 | 190 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق حق گفتند از وقایع و حوادث کونی قدری ملول و محزونی و کمی مغموم | O sincere servant of the True One! I hear thou art grieved and distressed at the happenings | INBA13:198b | MNMK#136 p.252, MMK1#229 p.299 | SWAB#229, SW_v14#01 p.018, BP1926.024-025 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB08607 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده مخلص حق از فضل جمال ابهی کنز ملکوت بجهت احباء مهیا لهذا انفاق سبب | O sincere servant of the True One! Through the grace of the Abhá Beauty, the treasury of the Kingdom hath been made ready for the loved ones [3.5s] | INBA87:088, INBA52:087 | MMK6#073 | Generosity [kirama]; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06104 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق در ساحت یاران الهی مذکوری و در انجمن دوستان معنوی مقبول از | O sincere servant of the Truth! Thou art mentioned in the presence of the divine friends and art accepted in the gathering of spiritual companions [3.5s] | MKT6.033, MSHR3.059x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09886 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق شاد باش و مستریح ممنون باش و مستفید اوامر حکومت را انفاذ | O sincere servant of Truth! Be thou glad and take thy rest; be grateful and enriched. Execute the ordinances of government [3.5s] | AMK.015-016, NFQ.020b | Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06059 | 130 | Persian | ای بندگان صادق حضرت بهاء الله فی الحقیقه اعضاء انجمن تقدیسید و مقتبس از انوار | O sincere servants of Bahá'u'lláh! In truth, ye are the members of the Assembly of Sanctification and are illumined by the lights [3.5s] | INBA16:234 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Importance of community building; Praise and encouragement; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07621 | 110 | mixed | ای ناظم یگانه در منثور را در سلک سطور دیدیم و لئالی لئلاء را در عقد ثریا | O singular arranger! We beheld the prose arranged in lines, and luminous pearls strung in the constellation of the Pleiades [3.5s] | INBA55:199 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10673 | 60 | Arabic | ایتها الفریده النوراء زادک الله انجذابا بنفحات الله توکلی علی الله و اعتمدی | O singular luminary! May God increase thy attraction to the divine fragrances. Place thy trust in God and rely upon Him [3.5s] | INBA59:177b | Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08492 | 120 | mixed | یا اخت علی قسم باشراقات انوار آفتاب معانی لدی العرش از اهل فردوس مذکوری و در | O sister of 'Alí! By the effulgent rays of the Sun of inner meanings, before the Divine Throne thou art remembered among the denizens of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA18:556 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11137 | 50 | Persian | یا اخت امیر ذکرت در ساحت اقدس بوده و هست این یوم جناب امیر بحضور فائز ذکر تو | O sister of the Amir! Thy mention hath been, and shall ever be, in the Most Holy Court. On this day did his honour the Amir attain unto the Presence and make mention of thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.184b, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02651 | 340 | Persian | یا ستاره امروز روز فرح اکبر است بحر وصال مواج و سماء ظهور مرتفع قلب از برای معرفت | O Sitarih! This is the Day of supreme joy, the Ocean of reunion surgeth, and the heaven of manifestation is upraised. Let the heart be prepared for recognition [3.5s] | KNJ.043, YQAZ.481x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12732 | 60 | Persian | ای سیاوش مظلوم در قم بخدمت امر اللّه پرداختی و در طهران بیار مهربان ارباب جمشید | O Siyavash! In Qum thou didst arise to serve the Cause of God, and in Tehran thou didst befriend that loving soul, Arbab Jamshid [3.5s] | QUM.219.10, YARD.043-044x | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00701 | 470 | Persian | ای سیاوش ترکان خون سیاوش را هدر دادند سر ببریدند و دم مطهرش را بظلم و جفا | O Siyavash! The Turks did spill the blood of Siyavash, severing his head and, with cruelty and injustice, his sacred form [3.5s] | INBA72:143 | ALPA.054, YARP2.063 p.105, PPAR.118, RMT.026-027, RMT.066, QUM.218-219, YARD.042 | Differences in human capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10462 | 80 | mixed | یا سید اسدالله از حق میطلبیم ترا تایید فرماید بر استقامت در این نبا عظیم و | O Siyyid Asadu'lláh! We beseech God that He may graciously aid thee to remain steadfast in this Most Great Announcement [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.098a, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07950 | 130 | Arabic | یا سید قبل باقر قد ورد علی المظلوم ما ارتفع به نوح مدآئن العشاق صبرنا و سترنا | O Siyyid Baqir! There hath descended upon the Wronged One that which hath caused the lamentations of the lovers to ascend from the cities. We have endured and We have concealed [3.5s] | AQMJ2.038 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10934 | 60 | Arabic | یا سید محمد قل الهی الهی اسئلک بانوار عرشک و ظهورات قدرتک و بالمصباح الذی به | O Siyyid Muhammad! Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy throne and the manifestations of Thy power, and by the Lamp whereby [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.118c, | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09996 | 70 | Persian | ای سید احرار چون مظهر محبت جمال ابهائی و منتسب آستان کبریا سید احراری و سرور | O Siyyid-i-Ahrar! As thou art the embodiment of the love of the Abhá Beauty and art associated with the sacred threshold of the Almighty, thou art verily the chieftain of the free [3.5s] | MKT9.144a, MSHR2.304 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11333 | 40 | Arabic | یا سید قبل علی قد حضرت ورقه لدی العرش و ارسلها من طاف حولی و فیها ذکرک ذکرناک | O Siyyid-i-Qablí-'Alí! There hath reached Our presence a leaf before the Divine Throne, sent by him who circleth round Our person, wherein thy name was mentioned, and thus have We made mention of thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.111c, | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11334 | 40 | Arabic | یا سید قبل هاشم قد احاطتنا البلایا من کل الجهات بما اکتسبت ایادی الذین کفروا | O Siyyid-i-Qablí-Háshim! Calamities have encompassed Us from all sides by reason of that which the hands of the infidels have wrought [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.254a, | AQA6#321 p.328 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07456 | 110 | Persian | ای شاعر ماهر قصیده رضوانیه ملاحظه گردید گلبانگ بلبل محبه الله بود و نغمه | O skilled poet! The Ridvan ode was observed; it was the song of the nightingale of the love of God, and a melody [3.5s] | YARP2.384 p.300, YQAZ.181-182 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06800 | 120 | Persian | ای شاعر ماهر اشعاریکه برشته نظم آورده بودی ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله دلیل بر | O skilled poet! The verses thou didst compose were perused. Praise be to God, they bear witness to [3.5s] | MKT6.126 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07455 | 110 | Persian | ای شاعر ماهر اشعار بمثابه لئالی پرتو نثار بود و نتیجه قریحه آن یار وفادار | O skilled poet! Thy verses are even as luminous pearls outpoured, the fruit of that faithful friend's innate genius [3.5s] | MKT6.151a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07364 | 110 | Persian | ای حکیم حاذق و طبیب ماهر حذاقت و مهارت را چون پدر متصاعد الی الله الفائز | O skilled Sage and accomplished Physician! Thy proficiency and mastery, like unto thy father who ascended unto God, the Triumphant [3.5s] | AKHA_122BE #04 p.? | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11950 | 110 | Turkish | ای شاعر ماهر فضولینک جاننی شاد ایلدن و روحی بغدادینک قلبنی آزاد ایلدن | O skillful poet, thou hast gladdened my soul and set free the heart of Baghdad with thine eloquence [4o] | BRL_DAK#0320 | Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09994 | 70 | Persian | ای سهراب همنامت پهلوان جهانگیر بود و شیر دلیر ولی از شجاعت جز محنت نیافت و از | O Sohrab, thy namesake was the valiant world-conqueror and lion-hearted hero, yet from courage naught did he gain but tribulation and from [3.5s] | YARP2.357 p.287 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09993 | 70 | Persian | ای سهراب از سراب نیستی بیزار شو و از شراب هستی آسمانی سرمست شو جهان آب و خاک | O Sohrab! Be thou averse to the mirage of nothingness, and become thou intoxicated with the celestial wine of true existence. This world of water and clay [3.5s] | MSBH10.036a, YARP2.330 p.272, PPAR.167, NVJ.118 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08769 | 90 | Persian | ای سهراب همنامت هر چند شیر دلیر بود چون در دام مکر و خداع ترکان بستیز پدر | O Sohrab! Though thy namesake was indeed a valiant lion, he fell prey to the snares of Turkish guile against his father [3.5s] | INBA21:103a | YARP2.404 p.311 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07406 | 140 | Arabic | یا فرج الله قد اتی الفرج و الناس عنه معرضون قد ظهر الفرح الاکبر فی هذا المنظر | O Solace of God! Relief hath indeed come, yet the people have turned away therefrom. The Most Great Joy hath been made manifest in this horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.131b, | AQA5#063 p.079 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10555 | 70 | mixed | ای عسکر قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بانک انت من الذین آمنوا و فازوا ان اشکر و کن من الشاکرین | O soldier! The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that thou art of them that have believed and attained. Be thou thankful and numbered among them that render thanks [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#222, , BLIB_Or15696.189a, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08762 | 90 | Persian | ای سلیمان رحمن سریر سلیمانی در این حوالی بود ابدا اثری از آن باقی نه تو | O Solomon of the All-Merciful! The throne of Solomon once stood in these regions, yet no trace thereof remaineth [3.5s] | MUH3.061a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09243 | 520 | mixed | ان یا سلیمان اسمع ندائی عن جهه سجنی لتجذبک نغماتی و تنقطعک عن سوائی | O Solomon! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison, that My melodies may attract thee and sever thee from all else besides Me [3.5s]... ...The Comforter Whose advent all the scriptures have promised is now come | BRL_DA#432, YMM.253x | WOB.104-105x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02177 | 410 | mixed | یا سلیمان ان استمع ندآء المظلوم انه یدعوک فی السجن الاعظم خالصا لوجه الله | O Solomon! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One, Who summoneth thee from within the Most Great Prison purely for the sake of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.031b, | YFY.212-213x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04152 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا سلیمان ان استمع ندآء ربک الرحمن من افق الاحزان انه لا اله الا انا العزیز | O Solomon! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, from the horizon of sorrows. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#153, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11332 | 40 | Persian | یا سلیمان ندای مظلوم را باذن فطرت بشنو و بحبل متین الهی تمسک نما عالم فانی و | O Solomon! Hearken with the ear of thine inborn nature unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and hold thou fast unto the mighty cord of God. The world is evanescent [3.5s] | INBA51:573a | Knowledge; recognition of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02843 | 310 | mixed | ای سلیمان جهد نما تا در ایام دوست یکتا بمقامی فائز شوی که ذکرش در کتاب اسما از قلم | O Solomon! Strive thou, that in these days of the Peerless Friend, thou mayest attain unto such a station as shall be recorded by the Pen in the Book of Names [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.304a, , BLIB_Or15722.193, | AYI2.368x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02814 | 320 | mixed | یا سلیمان ایام نزدیک باخر است و اهل ارض در غفلت مبین و ضلالت آشکار مشاهده | O Solomon! The days draw nigh unto their end, while the peoples of the earth are observed in manifest heedlessness and evident error [3.5s] | INBA41:289 | Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05592 | 180 | mixed | یا سلیمان از قبل خاتم او بدست دیو آمد حال مالک او دست دیوان عالم مبتلا در | O Solomon! The seal that was once in thy possession hath fallen into the hands of a demon, and now its sovereign lieth captive in the clutches of the world's fiends [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.119b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10522 | 60 | Persian | ای سلیمان وقت سلیمانیست و هنگامه کامرانی و دم شادمانی چه که کشور الطاف در | O Solomon! This is the time of Solomon's glory, the season of triumph and the moment of joy, for the realm of divine favors [3.5s] | INBA87:162b, INBA52:160a | Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11488 | 20 | Persian | ای سلیمان وقت حشمت سلیمانی است و هنگام سلطنت روحانی و آن عبودیت آستان | O Solomon! This is the time of Solomonic grandeur and the hour of spiritual sovereignty and servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | DRM.019e | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02178 | 410 | mixed | یا سلیمان علیک بهاء ربک الرحمن براستی میگویم قوم را خبر کن و آگاه نما امروز اهل بها | O Solomon! Upon thee be the glory of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. In truth I say: Inform thou the people and make them aware on this Day of the people of Bahá [3.5s]... ...Verily I say! No one hath apprehended the root of this Cause. It is incumbent upon everyone, in this day, to perceive with the eye of God, and to hearken with His ear | BLIB_Or15703.133, | ADJ.077x, GPB.099x, PDC.008x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07547 | 130 | mixed | ای پسر عاذر انشاء الله بانوار فجر ظهور منور باشی و بروشنائی بامداد یوم الهی روشن | O Son of 'Ádhir! God willing, mayest thou be illumined by the lights of the Dayspring of Revelation and be brightened by the radiance of the divine morn [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.041a, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02121 | 420 | mixed | یا ابن عطار الحمد لله از نفحات آیات مقصود عالمیان معطری ذکرت در اکثر احیان | O Son of 'Attar! Praise be unto God that thou art perfumed by the fragrant breezes of the verses of the Desire of all worlds, and thy mention is in most times [3.5s] | INBA18:340, BLIB_Or15690.293, , BLIB_Or15699.072, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07317 | 140 | Arabic | یا ابن الالف و الحاء انا اردنا ان نذکره مره اخری فضلا من لدی الله مولی الوری | O Son of A and H! We have willed to make mention of him once again, as a bounty from God, the Lord of all beings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.086b, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05931 | 170 | mixed | یا ابن هارون یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن و یدعوک الی الله المهیمن القیوم ان | O Son of Aaron! The Wronged One remembereth thee from the prison-precinct, and calleth thee unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.296b, | TAH.290 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04306 | 220 | Arabic | یا ابن ابی تراب قل الهی الهی اجد عرف ظهورک و لم ادر ای مقامی تشرف بقدومک | O Son of Abu-Turab! Say: O my God, my God! I perceive the fragrance of Thy Manifestation, yet know not which station hath been honored by Thy footsteps [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.154b, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10411 | 80 | Arabic | یا ابن افنانی یا ایها الناطق باسمی و الساکن فی جواری و الشارب رحیق بیانی قد | O Son of Afnán! O thou who speaketh in My Name, who dwelleth nigh unto My presence, and who hast quaffed the wine of My utterance [3.5s] | INBA51:354b | KHAF.239a, MATA.220 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07316 | 140 | Arabic | یا ابن افنانی علیک بهائی و رحمتی رایناک قبل ان ترانی و هدیناک قبل ان تسئلنی | O Son of Afnán! Upon thee rest My glory and My mercy. We beheld thee ere thou didst behold Us, and guided thee ere thou didst beseech Us [3.5s] | INBA51:541, BLIB_Or15712.281a, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04204 | 180 | mixed | یابن عندلیب نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید که جناب عندلیب ازین جهان تنگ و | O son of Andalib! Thy letter was received and its contents became known, that his honor Andalib from this narrow [3.5s] | INBA87:588, INBA52:625 | MKT5.212 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07318 | 140 | mixed | یا ابن برات ان استمع ما ینادیک به ربک العزیز الوهاب و یذکرک بیوم ینطق فیه رب | O Son of Barát! Hearken unto that which thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, calleth thee, and remindeth thee of the Day wherein the Lord shall speak [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.169b, , BLIB_Or15719.046e, | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00725 | 1080 | mixed | Consultation | یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل | O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting | INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d, | MAS8.112bx | BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x | Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12550 | 100 | Persian | ای ابن ایمان و سلاله ایقان زاده ایمانی و از سلاله ایقان در صون و عون جمال ابهی | O son of faith and scion of certitude! Thou art born of faith and descended from certitude under the protection and providence of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:259a | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12494 | 120 | Persian | یا ابن من استشهد فی سبیل الله رقیمه لطیفه بلیغه قرائت گردید سبب گشایش دلها | O son of him who was martyred in the path of God! Thy graceful and eloquent letter was read, bringing joy to all hearts [3.5s] | INBA85:524b | Business; financial; property matters; Excellence; distinction; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00523 | 550 | mixed | یا بن من شهد لسان القدم بتقدیسه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مشهود و معلوم گردید از | O son of him whose tongue hath testified to His sanctification in eternity, that which thou didst write hath been seen and understood [3.5s] | MMK5#190 p.150, MMK6#086x, PYK.230, MSHR4.406x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02772 | 230 | Persian | ای ولد حضرت شهید مجید نامه شما رسید و درین چند روز پیش با وجود عدم مجال | O son of His Holiness the glorious martyr! Your letter was received, and during these past few days, despite lack of opportunity [3.5s] | HDQI.257, ANDA#27 p.04, LMA2.421, NYMG.189 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11909 | 50 | Arabic | یا ابن حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر السجن و قل لک الحمد یا اله العالمین بما ذکرتنی | O son of Ḥusayn! Give ear unto My call from the direction of the prison and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all worlds, for having made mention of Me [3.5s] | QUM.059 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08117 | 120 | mixed | ای پسر انسان قلم رحمن در سجن اعظم تو را ذکر مینماید و میفرماید جمیع ابناء | O Son of Man! The Pen of the Most Merciful maketh mention of thee in the Most Great Prison, and proclaimeth: All the children [3.5s] | INBA19:180, INBA32:164a, BLIB_Or15715.320a, , BLIB_Or15722.176b, | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09604 | 100 | Arabic | یا ابن افنانی الذی طار فی هوائی و حضر امام وجهی و شرب رحیق بیانی و اتخذ لنفسه | O son of My Afnán! Thou art the one who soared in My atmosphere, came before My Countenance, drank the choice wine of My utterance | INBA51:354a | KHAF.236, MATA.202 | AFNAN.013 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09073 | 110 | Arabic | یا ابن افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی نشهد انک فزت بیومی و شربت رحیق بیانی من کاس | O son of my Afnán! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. We bear witness that thou hast attained unto My Day and hast quaffed the choice wine of Mine utterance from the cup [3.5s] | INBA51:350 | KHAF.228b | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09782 | 90 | mixed | ای پسر برادر کتابت بمنظر اکبر وارد و بلحاظ مالک قدر مشرف و فائز گشت حمد محبوب | O son of My brother! Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and hath been honored and favored by the glances of the Lord of Power. Praise be unto the Beloved [3.5s] | INBA27:450 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02643 | 340 | mixed | یا ابن اسمی یا حسین علیکما بهائی و عنایتی نامه که مرسل آن عنایت الله بوده | O Son of My Name, O Husayn! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The letter, whose sender was 'Inayatu'llah [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.221, , BLIB_Or15738.210, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01445 | 600 | Arabic | یا ابن اسمی اسمع ندائی من حول عرش انه یجذبک الی مقام لا تحزنک شونات | O Son of My Name! Hearken unto My call from around the Throne, for it draweth thee unto a station wherein no circumstances shall grieve thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.063, , BLIB_Or15716.153b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00647 | Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | 1170 | mixed | Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Pisar-Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | ای پسر عم حمد کن خدا را که این نسبت کبری قطع نشد و سبقت گرفتی از جمیع | O son of My paternal uncle! Render praise unto God that the ties of this most great kinship have not been severed. | BLIB_Or03116.082, , BLIB_Or11096#019, , BLIB_Or15698.174, , BLIB_Or15720.171, , BLIB_Or15740.132, , Majlis934.308-318 | BRL_DA#156, AVK3.110.02x, AVK3.189.12x, AVK3.368.06x, IQT.174, AYI1.339x, UAB.044ax, IQN.128x, ASAT4.503x, OOL.B066 | BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x | Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative for remaining distant, asking him whether it is better to die in his bed or in the path of God; and calls the people of a certain village not to grieve over their suffering and not to engage in rebellion and revolt but to eschew dissension and strife and to be characterized with divine attributes. | Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 3a | * | - | ROB3.216, MMAH.139, GSH.184, LL#209, LL#427 | ||
| BH10198 | 80 | mixed | ای ابن نبیل انشاء الله در کل عوالم طائف حول رحمن باشی و بعنایتش فائز و در ظلش | O son of Nabíl! God willing, in all the worlds mayest thou circle round the All-Merciful, attain unto His grace and abide beneath His shade [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#218, | AYBY.032a | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02239 | 400 | mixed | Translation List | یا ابن رضا الروح علیک بهاءالله مکلم الطور الذی به انجذبت افئده الامم و نطقت | O son of Raḍa’r-Rúḥ! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Speaker on Sinai, through Whom the hearts of the peoples of the world have been attracted | BLIB_Or15716.108b, | ADMS#195 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Outward and inward meanings; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10877 | 50 | Persian | Translation List | ای پور رستم امروز شجاعت و مردانگی جرئت و جسارت و فرزانگی امانت است امانت | O son of Rustam! In this day, valor and bravery—boldness, audacity, and wisdom—consist in trustworthiness, trustworthiness; in piety, piety; in sincerity, sincerity; and in steadfastness, steadfastness | YARP2.711 p.473 | ADMS#314 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12309 | 180 | mixed | یا ابن الرجل الرشید الشهید از شهر مالدن مصمم عزیمت بمنتریال قنادا شمال امریکا | O son of that wise and martyred man! From the city of Malden, I am determined to journey to Montreal, Canada, in North America [3.5s] | INBA85:504 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11062 | 50 | Persian | یا بن الجبار اگر چه طفلی انشاءالله در ملکوت الله بالغی اگر چه صغیری در این بساط | O son of the Almighty! Though still but a child, yet, God willing, thou shalt attain maturity in the Kingdom of God. Though young in years in this earthly realm [3.5s] | INBA88:265a | Belief and denial | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11892 | 140 | Arabic | یا ابن النداف با ابراهیم علیک و علی ابیک و عمک الطاف الله رب العالمین اقبل بقلبک | O Son of the Cotton-Carder! Upon thee, and upon thy father and thine uncle, be the loving-kindness of God, the Lord of all worlds. Turn thou with thy heart [3.5s] | QUM.096x | Chastisement and requital; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02828 | 230 | mixed | یا ابن دخیل سرخیل اهل میثاق باش و سرور جهان اشراق حمد خدا را که در آستان مقدس | O son of the devoted one! Be thou the vanguard of the people of the Covenant and the sovereign of the world of light. Praise be unto God that at the sacred Threshold [3.5s] | INBA88:292 | TSAY.474x | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05942 | 140 | mixed | یا ابن الشهید المجید الذی استقر علی کرسی اللقاء فی ملکوت الابهی اجوبه از پیش | O son of the glorious martyr, who hath taken his seat upon the throne of reunion in the Abhá Kingdom! The answers were sent before [3.5s] | PYK.271 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08759 | 90 | Persian | Translation List | ای سلیل حضرت خلیل مکتوب ملحوظ گردید و مضمون سبب فرح و سرور شد بلسان پارسی و | O son of the honorable Khalíl! Thy letter was perused, and its contents brought much happiness | MKT6.207 | ADMS#193 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02329 | 250 | O son of the Kingdom of God! Praised be the Lord, thou hast rent asunder the veil | TDD.020b | Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12283 | 200 | O Son of the Kingdom! Give thanks to God, for through the pure breath of Mr. Herrigel, you have received the heavenly spirit | BBBD.582-583 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06568 | 120 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت انسان چه قدر بزرگوار است اگر در ره پروردگار بپوید و چه قدر جمیل | O son of the Kingdom! How noble is man, should he walk in the pathway of his Lord, and how surpassing fair [3.5s] | MMK2#115 p.089, AHB.122BE #05-06 p.244 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03370 | 200 | Persian | ای پسر ملکوت اگر اراده تزویج نمودی باید یک دختر بهائی گیری که مؤمن و موقن باشد و ثابت و راسخ و حائز کمالات مادیّه و معنویّه | O son of the Kingdom! If thou desirest to marry, thou must choose a Bahá'í maiden who is believing and assured, firm and steadfast, and possessed of both material and spiritual perfections [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written regarding the four canine teeth in man, saying that these teeth, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, are for the purpose of eating meat | AVK4.163.08x | COC#1029x, LOG#1007x | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01104 | 370 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت جناب مستر ویلهم از یکسال پیش اجازه حضور داشت حال حکمت مقتضی | O son of the Kingdom! Mr. Wilhelm had permission to attain the presence one year ago. Now wisdom requireth [3.5s]... ...Regarding the eating of animal flesh and abstinence therefrom, know thou of a certainty that, in the beginning of creation | AKHA_127BE #06 p.182x, AVK3.030.09x, SFI07.022c, MAS2.031-032x, KHH1.297 (1.414)x | COC#1028x, LOG#1006x, BBBD.034-035x, KHHE.428x | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12282 | 200 | O son of the Kingdom! Praise be to God that you have found the path to the heavenly Kingdom, that you have recognized the light of the Kingdom | BBBD.536 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12098 | 80 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت کلمه اسکات بعربی خواموش نمودن است ولی تو ناطقی و فصیح و بلیغ | O son of the Kingdom! The word "uskat" [Scott] in Arabic means to be quiet, yet thou art eloquent, articulate and expressive [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0489 | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12345 | 160 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت نامه ای که ستایش از ورود خوانین بود ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه آن | O Son of the Kingdom! Thy letter expressing thy estimation of the arrival of the Khans arrived and was read | BBBD.464 | BBBD.465 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08503 | 90 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت نامه ات رسید خواهش رجای صون و حمایت دو طفل خویش را نموده بودید | O son of the Kingdom! Thy letter hath arrived wherein thou didst entreat for the protection and safeguarding of thy two children [3.5s] | DRM.006b | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12587 | 90 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت دو کارت از شما رسید الحمد لله هر دو دلالت بر خلوص نیت و همت و | O son of the Kingdom! Two cards from thee were received. Praise be to God, both were indicative of sincerity of thought, high mindedness and enthusiasm | BBBD.488 | BBBD.489 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09058 | 90 | Arabic | یا ابن الملکوت ان المائده الالهیه التی عباره عن المعرفه الربانیه قد نزلت عن ملکوت | O son of the Kingdom! Verily the divine table, which signifieth heavenly knowledge, hath descended from the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA59:199a, UMich962.114a, UMich991.052 | MJZ.022 | Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12294 | 180 | O son of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and has been read. You should give thanks a hundred thousand times over every moment because you have attained this greatest guidance | BBBD.076-077 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09689 | 80 | mixed | یا ابن الشهید نامه مفصل بنهایت روح و ریحان و دقت ملاحظه گردید از قرائتش بسیار | O son of the martyr! Thy detailed letter, in all its spirit, fragrance and care, was attentively perused. Its reading brought great joy [3.5s] | MSHR1.032x, MSHR1.083x | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10894 | 60 | Arabic | یا ابن الشهید علیک سلام الله العزیز الحمید قد ورد علیکم من ظالم ارض | O son of the martyr! Upon thee be the salutation of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised! Indeed, that which hath come upon you from the oppressor of the land [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.195b, | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12777 | 30 | Persian | ای ابن شهید همواره در نظری پیش بصری در آنچه از پیش مرقوم گردید سعی و جهد | O son of the martyred one! Remain ever before mine eyes and strive with all thy might to fulfill that which hath been written aforetime [4o] | INBA85:522a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02462 | 250 | mixed | یا ابن رسول الله در روایت صحیحه وارد که شخصی از حضرت امیر علیه السلام سوال | O Son of the Messenger of God! In an authentic tradition it is recorded that a certain person inquired of His Holiness the Prince of the Faithful, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | MSHR4.008x, YMM.166 | Imam 'Ali; Miracles and their interpretation; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06485 | 130 | mixed | یا ابن النبیل الذی عرج الی ملکوت ربه الجلیل ایدک الله فی جمیع الشئون و جعلک | O son of the noble one who hath ascended unto the Kingdom of his Glorious Lord! May God strengthen thee in all affairs and make thee [3.5s] | INBA88:094a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02120 | 420 | Arabic | یا ابن النبیل ان استمع ندآء ربک الجلیل من واد النبیل انه لا اله الا انا | O Son of the Noble One! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, from the Noble Valley: "Verily, there is none other God but Me." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#083, | AYBY.029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06816 | 120 | Persian | Translation List | ای صهر ذبیح و ترجمان در لسان ملیح السن مختلف و لغات متفاوت لکن مراد از جمیع | O son-in-law of Dhabíḥ, thou who expressest in the sweet tongue!* Languages are many and words are various, but the purpose of them all is to depict meanings | YMM.390 | ADMS#120 | Limits of language; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02948 | 220 | Persian | ای صهر حضرت سلمان نامه شما رسید هیچ میدانی که عبدالبهاء بچه درجه غریق دریای | O son-in-law of His Holiness Salman! Thy letter was received. Knowest thou to what degree 'Abdu'l-Bahá is immersed in the sea of [3.5s] | INBA87:158, INBA52:155 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06243 | 130 | Persian | ای صهر آن تمثال مجسم وفا هر چند مشاغل مجبره و تکالیف مبرمه از جمیع جهات الان | O son-in-law of that embodied symbol of faithfulness! Although compelling occupations and urgent duties from every quarter [3.5s] | INBA13:412 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02935 | 300 | Arabic | ان یا ابن اسمع ندآء هذه الطیر التی تغن علی افنان سدره البقا و تدعو الناس الی | O son! Hearken unto the call of this Bird that warbleth upon the branches of the Lote-Tree of Eternity and summoneth the people unto [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.400, , ALIB.folder18p427 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05932 | 170 | Arabic | یا ابن ینبغی لک بان تنصر ربک فی تلک الایام و تنطق باسمنا الاعظم العظیم | O Son! It behooveth thee to aid thy Lord in these days and to speak forth in Our Most Great and Glorious Name [3.5s] | INBA34:310, BLIB_Or15707.160, , BLIB_Or15735.311, | AQA1#181, HYK.311 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11980 | 90 | Persian | ای مرغ چمن باهنگی بغزلخوانی آغاز ترانه نما که سکان انجمن بالا در اهتزاز | O songbird of the garden! With melodious tones commence thine anthem, for the denizens of the exalted Concourse are astir [3.5s] | INBA79.015 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00690 | 470 | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom: Your letter of congratulation was received. Its contents show steadfastness and attraction to the Kingdom | DAS.1914-01-16 | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12281 | 200 | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Thank God that the heavenly Father is infinitely gracious to all | BBBD.158-159 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12313 | 170 | Persian | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما رسید و از معانی آن توجه تام بملکوت الله معلوم | O Sons and Daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter arrived, and by its significance it was conspicuous that you are all approached | BBBD.109-110, BBBD.115 | BBBD.116 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Naming of children; of individuals; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03320 | 200 | Persian | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما که دریوم نیروز در مجمع یاران مرقوم گردید وصول | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter which was written on the Day of Naw-Ruz | BBBD.103-104 | BBBD.105, SW_v01#13 p.014 | Growth of the Cause; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10787 | 60 | Persian | ای پسران اسرافیل عهد ابراهیم را یاد آورید و کردارش را نگران باشید | O sons of Israfil! Call ye to mind the Covenant of Abraham and be ye mindful of his deeds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.154e, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00499 | 1480 | mixed | یا ابناء الخلیل ان استمعوا ندآء ربکم الجلیل انه یذکرکم بما اقبلتم الیه اذ | O sons of the Friend! Hearken unto the call of your glorious Lord. He maketh mention of that whereunto ye turned when [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.008, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09074 | 110 | mixed | یا ابناء الخلیل الحمد لله از بحر رحمت الهی نوشیدید و از انوار ظهور شمس حقیقت | O sons of the Friend! Praise be to God that ye have quaffed from the ocean of divine mercy and basked in the lights of the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.050d, | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00552 | 530 | Persian | Light of the World | ای یاران ممتحن عبدالبهاء از قرار معلوم شخصی شریر شهیر در آنصفحات بر غنی و | O sorely tried friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! It hath become apparent that a wicked person in those regions hath assailed and attacked both rich and poor | NURA#12, MMK4#006 p.003, RHQM2.0841-842 (255-256) (156-157x), MAS5.281, MSHR5.050x | LOTW#12 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10919 | 50 | Persian | ای سروش سروش غیب سرود میزند که بوجد و طرب آای و ساقی الهی جام نوش میبخشد | O Soroosh! The herald of the unseen chanteth a melody that calleth thee to joy and ecstasy, and the divine Cup-bearer bestoweth the chalice of delight [3.5s] | YARP2.254 p.222 | Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03215 | 210 | Persian | ای ورقه محزونه تو قرینه آن نور مبین و نجم منیر بودی و در یک برج همدم و قرین | O sorrowful leaf! Thou wert the companion of that manifest Light and brilliant Star, and in the same constellation a close companion [3.5s] | NANU_AB#20 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05322 | 150 | mixed | ای نفس مبتلیه در سبیل الهی من چه گویم که زبانها در نعت و محامد جمال کبریا | O soul afflicted in the path of God! What can I say, when tongues fall short in praise and glorification of the Beauty of the All-Glorious [3.5s] | TSHA2.174 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12012 | 50 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت این دو کتاب که جناب آقا میرزا علی اکبر جمع نموده اند باید بترتیب | O soul that art steadfast and firm! The two books which his honor Mirza Ali-Akbar hath compiled must be arranged [3.5s] | INBA79.078a | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10475 | 60 | Persian | ای جان نثار جمال قدم در سایه اسم اعظمی و در ظل شجره اکرم دیگر چه غم این بخشش | O soul that hath surrendered to the Ancient Beauty! Under the shadow of the Most Great Name and beneath the sheltering Tree Most Glorious, what cause for grief remaineth [3.5s] | ALPA.019b, YARP2.024 p.078 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10001 | 70 | Persian | ای شهریار اردشیر اردشیر چون شیر دلیر در این خاکدان غرشی نمود و شورشی انداخت | O sovereign Ardashir! Ardashir, lion-hearted and dauntless, unleashed a roar in this terrestrial realm, causing a tumult to arise [3.5s] | YARP2.409 p.314 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04550 | 170 | Persian | دست کرم بگشا جرم امم بخشا ای ملک انشا نوبت احسان بین | O Sovereign of Creation, extend Thy gracious hand and pardon the transgressions of the nations; behold, the time of bounty is at hand [3.5s] | MJH.018 | Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11498 | 20 | Persian | صاحب صاحب عالم بفضل لجت ترا ندا میفرماید ان اشکری الرب بهذا الفضل العظیم | O Sovereign of sovereigns! The Lord of the world calleth thee through His abounding grace: Be thou thankful unto the Lord for this mighty favor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.134g, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08130 | 100 | Persian | ای شهریار تاجداران عالم شب و روز مرادشان کشورگشاای و گیتی ستانی اما چه فائده | O Sovereign of the monarchs of the world! Night and day their desire hath been to conquer lands and seize dominion, but to what end [3.5s] | YARP2.540 p.385 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00115 | 1000 | mixed | جهانبانا مظلوم پناها داد پرورا عدالت گسترا عرض بینوایان به پیشگاه حضور | O Sovereign of the World, O Shelter of the Oppressed, O Upholder of Justice! We humbly present the supplications of the destitute in the court of Thy presence [3.5s] | ASNS.283-284x | Justice and mercy; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07378 | 110 | Persian | ای خسرو کشور شناساای خسروان گیتی ستان سالهای سال بکوشند و بجوشند و بخروشند | O sovereign seer of the realm, O monarchs who conquer the world, for years and years shall they strive and surge and roar [3.5s] | INBA88:335b | MKT1.449, ALPA.056a, ALPA.079b, YARP2.065 p.106 | High station of learning; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04786 | 160 | Persian | ای شهریار الحمد لله پنج برادر مهر پرورید و هر یک از دیگر بهتر و خوشتر بهرام | O Sovereign! Praise be to God that thou hast nurtured five loving brothers, each excelling the other in grace and goodliness [3.5s] | YARP2.692 p.464 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04419 | 170 | mixed | ای قبسه نار محبت الله در این وقت که برودت قلب دل اهل افق ادنی را احاطه نموده | O spark of the fire of the love of God! In this hour when the coldness of heart hath encompassed the people of the nether realm [3.5s] | INBA85:545 | AKHA_133BE #11 p.254, AHB.124BE #11-12 p.432, DBR.034 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10972 | 50 | Persian | ای ناطق بمعانی ایات وحی در این قرن عظیم که جمال قدیم بسلطان مبین ظاهر گشت حمد | O speaker of the meanings of the verses of Revelation! In this mighty age wherein the Ancient Beauty hath appeared with manifest sovereignty [3.5s] | CPF.264a | Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04157 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا کلیم ا فررت من فراعنه القوم بعد الذی تمسکت بعروه الله العزیز العلیم | O Speaker with God! Thou didst flee from the Pharaohs of the people after thou hadst laid hold upon the cord of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA34:279 | AQA1#142 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08314 | 100 | Persian | ای ورقه ناطقه حضرت نیر و سینا دو مرغ خوش الحان مرغزار وفا در حدائق محامد و | O speaking leaf! Nayyir and Sína are two sweet-singing birds in the meadow of faithfulness, in the gardens of praise and [3.5s] | INBA17:045, INBA21:019 | MKT7.186b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06398 | 130 | mixed | ای ورقه ناطقه حمد خدا را که قدرت الهیه را بعین راس مشاهده نمودی و ایات باهرات | O speaking leaf! Praise be to God that thou hast witnessed, with thine own eyes, the power divine and the resplendent signs [3.5s] | MKT7.187 | Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07353 | 110 | mixed | ای جان مفتون جمال قیوم در این جهان پرانقلاب که در هر سری هوسی و در هر دلی | O spirit enraptured by the Beauty of the Self-Subsisting, in this world of upheaval where in every head there dwelleth a desire and in every heart [3.5s] | SFI09.018 | Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09978 | 70 | Persian | ای روحا روحانی باش رحمانی شو یزدانی گرد آسمانی باش تا بالاستحقاق سلاله سلیل | O spirit! Be thou spiritual, become merciful, attain unto divinity, be celestial, that thou mayest worthily be of noble lineage [3.5s] | DUR4.288 | Living waters; water of life; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06042 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Spiritual Ameen! Thy letter is received; likewise that of Mr. . . Print soon the booklet (Mirza Badi Ullah's Epistle to the Bahai world) and spread it broadcast. | TAB.420 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05850 | 140 | Persian | ای ورقه منجذبه روحانیه چون بلبل گلشن ملکوت اعلی بستایش جمال ابهی نطق بگشا و | O spiritual and enkindled leaf! Like unto a nightingale in the rose-garden of the Most Exalted Kingdom, lift up thy voice in praise of the Abhá Beauty [3.5s] | MKT7.180, AKHT1.111x, TSQA1.033, RSR.048 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10639 | 60 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه روحانیه تا توانی بکمال قوت بسدره الهیه تمسک جو تا نسبت قدمیه و | O spiritual and pure leaf! As much as thou canst, with utmost might, cling thou unto the divine Tree [3.5s] | INBA87:117a, INBA52:115b | MKT7.221b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01572 | 310 | Persian | ای جمع محفل روحانی ای مقربان درگاه جمال ابهی این چه محفلی است که محض مشورت در | O spiritual assembly, ye who are drawn nigh unto the court of the Abha Beauty! What gathering is this, convened solely for consultation [3.5s] | TAH.280 | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for governments and rulers; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04539 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Spiritual Assembly! Everything produces an impression in existence and results in the course of ages. The (earthly) assemblies | TAB.069, BSTW#372 | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00417 | 600 | mixed | ایها المجمع الروحانی انی ابتهل الی العتبه الرحمانیه ان یویدکم بنفحات مقدسه | O spiritual assembly! I beseech the divine Threshold of the All-Merciful to assist you with holy breathings [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0757, MSHR5.413-414 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03144 | 210 | Persian | ای جمع روحانیان الحمد لله مانند شمع روشنید و بمثابه درختان سبز و خرم در | O spiritual assembly! Praise be to God that ye are luminous even as candles and verdant and flourishing like unto trees [3.5s] | MMK2#052 p.041 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06603 | 120 | Persian | ای انجمن روحانی این انجمنی که تشکیل نمودید مانند آاینه ای بود مقابل انجمن | O Spiritual Assembly! The assembly you have constituted is like a mirror reflecting the Assembly [3.5s] | MKT3.064 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09185 | 80 | Persian | ای انجمن روحانی نامه شما رسید مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد معذور دارید در خصوص | O Spiritual Assembly! Your letter was received. A brief response is herewith penned. Kindly excuse (me). Concerning [3.5s] | INBA16:221 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01495 | 320 | mixed | ای شخص ربانی از ساحت اقدس ملقب بکهل روحانی شدی و هر انسانی در این سن در نهایت | O spiritual being! From the Most Holy Court thou hast been designated as the spiritual sage, and every soul at this age [3.5s] | MSHR4.339-340 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05397 | 150 | Arabic | ایها الحبیب الروحانی و الانیس الرحمانی ایدک الله و شیدک قد ذهبتم و القلب | O spiritual beloved and heavenly companion! May God fortify and strengthen thee! Thou hast departed, and my heart [3.5s] | INBA59:206a | MJZ.047 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00918 | 410 | mixed | حبیب روحانی ای یار مهربان نامه نامی آن دوست حقیقی که مشحون بلئالی معانی بود | O spiritual beloved, dear companion! The illustrious letter of that true friend, which was filled with pearls of inner meaning, was received [3.5s] | MSHR4.395-396 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01703 | 300 | mixed | ای حبیب روحانی از هبوب اریاح شدیده سراج محبت الله در مشکاه قلوب خواموش مباد | O spiritual beloved! From the blowing of fierce winds, may the lamp of the love of God in the niche of hearts never be extinguished [3.5s] | MMK6#378 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10194 | 70 | Arabic | ایها الحبیب الروحانی انی اخاطبک بلسانی و احبک بقلبی و جنانی و اتضرع الی | O spiritual beloved! I address thee with my tongue, and love thee with my heart and soul, and supplicate unto [3.5s] | INBA87:385b, INBA52:395 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10024 | 70 | Persian | ای عزیز روحانی در این صبح نورانی نظر بمحبت رحمانی و توسط | O spiritual beloved! On this luminous morn, through the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful, fix thy gaze [3.5s] | DUR4.661, NNY.207a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03691 | 190 | mixed | ای حبیب روحانی حمد خدا را که رزق قلوب مخلصین را صبر و شکیباای مقرر فرموده و | O spiritual beloved! Praise be to God, for He hath ordained patience and endurance as the provision for the hearts of the sincere [3.5s] | MSHR4.296 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02702 | 230 | Persian | ای حبیب روحانی ورقه لطیفه که ناطق بجواهر اذکار و بدایع اسرار بود ببصر روح | O spiritual beloved! The delicate leaf which spoke forth jewels of remembrance and wondrous mysteries was beheld through the eye of the spirit [3.5s] | MMK2#169 p.125 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Attaining good pleasure of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03690 | 190 | Persian | ای حبیب روحانی بلبل حقیقت از لانه زندان رها یافت و بآشیان ایوان یزدان پرواز | O spiritual beloved! The nightingale of truth hath found release from its prison cage and hath taken flight unto the nest in the divine realm [3.5s] | BSHN.140.205, BSHN.144.205, MHT2.071 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08034 | 100 | Persian | ای حبیب روحانی این زندانیرا اشتیاق بیش و سوزش و احتراق از فراق افزون و محزون | O spiritual beloved! This Prisoner's yearning increaseth ever more, and His burning anguish and consuming grief, born of separation, grow ever more intense, leaving Him in sorrow [3.5s] | INBA84:342 | MKT9.118, MSHR4.304-305 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09325 | 80 | Persian | ای حبیب روحانی هر چند مسمی باسم حبیب الله در جهان بسیار ولی کل اسم بی مسمی و | O spiritual beloved! Though there be many in the world who bear the name of Habibullah, yet all are but names devoid of reality [3.5s] | MKT8.077a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00947 | 480 | mixed | ای حبیب روحانی نامه شما رسید و بدقت امعان نظر گردید حیرت بر حیرت افزود که این | O spiritual beloved! Thy letter was received and perused with the utmost attention. It added wonder upon wonder that this [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0728, MSHR2.177x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Non-participation in politics; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09933 | 70 | mixed | ای حبیب روحانی نامه مشکین ملاحظه گردید یریدون ان یخمدوا نار محبت الله | O spiritual beloved! Thy musk-scented letter was perused. They seek to extinguish the fire of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA87:095, INBA52:094 | MMK6#133 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12205 | 260 | Persian | ای عزیز روحانی نامه ای که از بروکلین ۸ مارث ۱۹۰۷ ارسال نموده بودی رسید مضامین | O spiritual beloved! Your letter dated March 8, 1907, sent from Brooklyn, hath been received, and its contents [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1098 | Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10195 | 70 | mixed | ایها الحبیب الروحانی نامه شما رسید تفسیر ایه ساریکم دار الفاسقین سوال نموده | O spiritual beloved! Your letter was received, wherein thou didst seek an interpretation of the verse "I will show you the abode of the iniquitous." [3.5s] | MKT3.226, YMM.341 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07555 | 130 | mixed | ای طیر معنوی حمد کن خدا را که در کل احیان بین یدی الرحمن مذکوری و در قلوب | O spiritual bird! Render praise unto God, for at all times thou art remembered before the All-Merciful and in the hearts [3.5s] | INBA51:071a, KB_620:064-064 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03324 | 200 | mixed | ای اخوان روحانی الهی اخوت بر دو قسم است جسمانی و روحانی اخوت جسمانیرا حکمی نه | O spiritual brethren! Brotherhood is of two kinds: physical and spiritual. Physical brotherhood hath no lasting effect [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1007, MMK6#206 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09149 | 80 | Persian | ای اخوان روحانیان الطاف الهیه شامل حال شماست و عنایات غیبیه متوجه بشما جهدی | O spiritual brethren! Divine bounties encompass your state and heavenly favors are directed towards you [3.5s] | INBA84:493 | AKHA_134BE #08 p.a | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05920 | 140 | Arabic | ایها الولد الروحانی و الغلام النورانی خذ عود التسبیح بید التوجه الی الله و اضرب بمضراب المعانی | O spiritual child and luminous youth! Take in hand the lute of praise, turning thy heart toward God, and strike it with the plectrum of inner meanings [3.5s] | DRM.007c, MMTF.010 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10210 | 70 | Arabic | ایها الولد الروحانی ایدک الله انا لازال نذکرک قلبا بالروح و الریحان و اثر فی | O spiritual child! May God strengthen thee. We have ever remembered thee, with heart and soul, in spirit and sweet fragrance [3.5s] | INBA59:194a | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07669 | 110 | Persian | ای یار جانی عبدالبهاء معجزه باهره خدا در حفظ و صیانت تو ظاهر و آشکار گشت | O spiritual companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! God's resplendent miracle hath been made manifest in thy protection and preservation [3.5s] | INBA84:416 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04385 | 170 | mixed | ای رفیق روحانی طبیب حاذق و پزشک ماهر امراض مزمنه معالجه نماید و داء عضال دوا | O spiritual companion, skilled physician and accomplished healer, who treateth chronic maladies and cureth grievous afflictions [3.5s] | MSHR2.322 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06781 | 260 | Persian | ای رفیق روحانی اگر بدانی که مشغولیت بچه درجه است البته بیک کلمه کفایت فرماای | O spiritual companion! If thou didst but know the measure of my occupations, thou wouldst surely be content with but a single word [3.5s] | INBA85:226 | MSHR2.134x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11011 | 50 | Arabic | ایها الرفیق الروحانی زادک الله انتعاشا بنفحات الله قد انتشرت نفحات روح القدس | O spiritual companion! May God increase thy vitality through the divine fragrances. Verily, the breaths of the Holy Spirit have been diffused [3.5s] | INBA59:192a | The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01579 | 310 | Persian | ای رفیق روحانی نامه ۱۱ فبریه ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت مضمون مشحون بخبر خوشی بود و آن خبر | O spiritual companion! The letter of 11 February 1912 was received, and its contents were laden with joyous tidings. That news [3.5s] | MMK5#055 p.052 | Business; financial; property matters; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08253 | 100 | mixed | ای مونس روحانی نه چندان در دل و جان یاران جا کرده ای که از خاطر بروی آفرین بر | O spiritual companion! Thou hast so deeply entrenched thyself within the hearts and souls of the friends that thou canst not be forgotten. Praiseworthy indeed [3.5s] | MUH3.333, YQAZ.142a | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00871 | 420 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی و اماء رحمان این خاکدان فانی جغدان نادانرا سزاوار و این گلخن | O spiritual companions and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This ephemeral dust-heap befitteth none but ignorant owls, and this furnace [3.5s] | INBA87:143, INBA52:140 | MMK2#060 p.046, TABN.038, ANDA#69 p.07 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01080 | 380 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمان جناب میرزا فرج الله خان را قوه کرم حرکت | O spiritual companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The noble Mírzá Faraj'u'lláh Khán hath been moved by the power of divine grace [3.5s] | MSHR4.378-379, MSHR5.262bx | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05876 | 140 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء جناب میرزا احمد سهراب از امریک نامه ای نگاشته که | O spiritual companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Mírzá Ahmad Sohrab hath written a letter from America, which [3.5s] | INBA16:222 | Business; financial; property matters; Newspapers and the media; publications; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01208 | 360 | Persian | ای یاران جانی عبدالبهاء جناب محمد خان نامه ای مرقوم نموده اند و در نهایت | O spiritual companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Muhammad Khán hath penned a letter in utmost [3.5s] | PZHN v1#2 p.13 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00474 | 570 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء الحمد لله صبح هدی ساطع و اشراق ملکوت ابهی لامع | O spiritual companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God, the morn of guidance shineth resplendent, and the effulgence of the Abhá Kingdom doth radiate [3.5s] | INBA13:149b | BRL_DAK#1176 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01857 | 290 | mixed | ای یاران معنوی ظهور نور قدیم و حی قدیر فیض شاملست و قوتی جامع ظل ظلیل است و | O spiritual companions! The appearance of the Ancient Light and the All-Powerful, Ever-Living One is an all-encompassing bounty and a universal force. A sheltering shade it is [3.5s] | INBA13:347, INBA59:306 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05377 | 150 | mixed | ای یاران معنوی لحظات عین عنایت شامل شماست و توجهات الطاف رحمانیت فائض بر شما | O spiritual companions! The very glances of divine bounty encompass you, and the bestowals of the All-Merciful's grace are showered upon you [3.5s] | MKT8.195 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08205 | 100 | Persian | ای مستشار روحانی تعلیم اطفال نورسیده بمثابه باغبانی در حدائق رحمانیست اطفال | O spiritual counsellor! The education of young children is even as the work of a gardener in the gardens of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MKT9.171 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10900 | 50 | Persian | ای حکاک معنوی فص نگین قلب را بنقش یا بهاالابهی بیارآ تا سطر آیت کبری را در صفحه صدر | O spiritual engraver! Adorn the seal-stone of the heart with the inscription 'Ya Baha'u'l-Abha', that this most great verse may adorn the page of thy breast [3.5s] | INBA72:169 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10174 | 70 | Arabic | ایتها الجوهره الروحیه النساء منقسمه الی قسمین قسم منهن جسمانیه هولاء لیس لهن | O spiritual essence! Women are divided into two categories: one group comprises those who are physical in nature, and these have no [3.5s] | INBA59:183b | MAS5.159, MJZ.020 | Call to action | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07772 | 110 | mixed | یا اباالروحی مدتیست که میخواهم بان فتی الرحمانی نامه نگارم ولی متاعب و مصائب | O spiritual father! For some time I have desired to write unto that youth of the All-Merciful, but difficulties and tribulations [3.5s] | AYBY.432 #151 | Naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08086 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست روحانی عبدالبهاء از قرار مسموع قدری اعتلال مزاج حاصل این خبر وحشت اثر | O spiritual friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! According to what hath been heard, thou hast suffered some illness, which news hath brought distress [3.5s] | PYB#122 p.06 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10254 | 80 | Persian | دوست معنوی جناب حاجی علی تفصیل اخوی بساحت اقدس عرض شد فرمودند خدمت والده لدی | O spiritual friend, Haji Ali! The details concerning thy brother were presented at the Most Holy Court, whereupon He commanded that service be rendered unto thy mother [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.178d, | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07675 | 110 | Persian | ای یار روحانی جناب حاجی محمد حسن آقا بعد از زیارت روضه مقدسه مطهره یثرب و | O spiritual friend, Haji Muhammad Hasan Aqa, after visiting the sacred and purified Shrine of Yathrib [3.5s] | MKT8.202a | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10658 | 60 | Persian | ای یار روحانی تا توانی بهیاکل انسانی مهربانی کن و هر بشر را نوازش نما و هر | O spiritual friend! As far as thou art able, show kindness unto every human being, and caress every soul [3.5s] | YARP2.273 p.233 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Importance of community building | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11205 | 40 | Persian | ای یار روحانی همیشه اندیشه عبدالبهاء اینست و فکر آن این که نفوسی در میدان | O spiritual friend! Ever is the thought of 'Abdu'l-Bahá this, and His contemplation this: that souls in the field [3.5s] | MKT6.182 | Call to action; Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11204 | 60 | mixed | ای یار روحانی از وقوعات مولمه میدانم که بینهایت متالم و متاثر هستی اگر سرشک | O spiritual friend! From the grievous happenings I know that thou art infinitely saddened and affected [3.5s] | MSHR1.089x, NSS.229x | Consolation and comfort; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11896 | 160 | Persian | ای یار روحانی از زمانی که از بقعه مبارکه رجوع به ان حدود و ثغور نمودید الی الان | O spiritual friend! From the time that you returned from the blessed Shrine to those regions and territories until now [3.5s] | TISH.598-599 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09383 | 80 | Persian | ای رفیق روحانی هیچ تا بحال شنیدی علیلی که مزاج در نهایت انقلاب در جهان آب در | O spiritual friend! Hast thou ever heard of an invalid whose constitution was in utter turmoil in the realm of water [3.5s] | MMK5#060 p.054 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07674 | 110 | Persian | ای یار روحانی جناب آقا میرزا محمود طلب اذن حضور از برای ابوطالب بیک از اهل | O spiritual friend! His honour Áqá Mírzá Mahmúd seeketh permission for the presence of Abú-Tálib Bey from among [3.5s] | INBA84:349a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09599 | 80 | Persian | ای یار روحانی یوسف کنعانی مسند مصر بیاراست و عزیز آن دیار شد ولی این بزرگواری | O spiritual friend! Joseph of Canaan adorned the throne of Egypt and became the cherished one of that land, but this noble station [3.5s] | MMK2#207 p.147 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11379 | 30 | Persian | ای یار روحانی بدان که مناجات و صلوت فرض و واجب است و از انسان هیچ عذرى مقبول نه مگر | O spiritual friend! Know thou that prayer and supplication are incumbent and obligatory, and no excuse shall be accepted from any soul [3.5s] | AVK4.093.09 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09960 | 70 | Persian | ای دوست روحانی مس ثپل و مس بکتن وارد گردیدند نظر | O spiritual friend! Miss Sepal and Miss Buckton have arrived [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08117.046, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07676 | 110 | Persian | ای یار روحانی حمد خدا را که شب و روز بخدمت امرالله مشغولی و در ظل کلمه الله | O spiritual friend! Praise be to God that thou art, night and day, engaged in the service of the Cause of God and sheltered beneath the Word of God [3.5s] | MKT5.195, KHSK.056 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05354 | 150 | Persian | ای یار روحانی حمد کن خدا را که هتک استار نمودی و خلع عذار کردی و باسرار | O spiritual friend! Praise be to God that thou hast rent asunder the veils and cast off all restraint [3.5s] | MSHR2.117 | B. Khoshmashrab | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12619 | 90 | Persian | ای یار روحانی الحمد لله بنفس رحمانی زنده شدی و از مشکاه نورانی اقتباس اشعه | O spiritual friend! Praise be to God, thou hast been quickened by the breath of the Merciful and hast acquired illumination from the resplendent lamp of His light [3.5s] | INBA85:095a | Condition of search | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11834 | 260 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای حبیب روحانی چند مکتوب است که ارسال میشود و جواب هیچیک نرسیده است | O spiritual friend! Several letters were dispatched, yet no reply to any of them hath been received [3.5s]... ...and this servant has, as a thing divinely ordained, been unwell for some time past, until I went to Beirut for a change of air | BRL_DAK#0432 | BRL_ATE#145x | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01604 | 310 | Persian | ای یار روحانی در این سنه مبارکه آثار نصرت الهی از جمیع جهات مانند نور سحر در | O spiritual friend! Signs of divine assistance, in this blessed year, are radiating from all horizons, even as the rays of dawn. | MKT8.201, KHAZ.i018+103+164 | KHAZE.018, BLO_PN#025 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Jews; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10483 | 60 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای حبیب روحانی انگشتها از شدت سرما حرکت نمینماید با وجود این در نصف شب اندک | O spiritual friend! So intensely cold is it that I cannot move my fingers. In spite of this, I have found a moment of free time at midnight | MMK5#075 p.062 | MHMD2s.332x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09961 | 70 | Persian | ای دوست روحانی وقت آمد که بیگانه و خویش فراموش نمااید و بکلی سرگشته و سودائی و | O spiritual friend! The time hath come to forget both stranger and kin, and to become wholly enraptured and consumed with longing [3.5s] | INBA17:247 | MKT8.022a | Love as fire; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00808 | 440 | Persian | ای یار روحانی بواسطه جناب آقا میرزا احمد سهراب نامه شما رسید و از مضمون | O spiritual friend! Through Jináb-i-Mírzá Ahmad Sohrab thy letter was received, and from its contents [3.5s] | NJB_v03#01 p.004-005 | Agriculture; Excellence; distinction; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Non-participation in politics; Promotion of commerce and industry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12064 | 230 | Persian | ای یار روحانی حضرت اخوی با ولهی روحانی و انجذابی وجدانی باین اقلیم رحمانی | O spiritual friend! Thy honored brother, with spiritual rapture and heartfelt attraction, hath come to this merciful place [3.5s] | YQAZ.054-055 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04888 | 160 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید عدم وصول نامه های اول را سبب این بود که هر روزی در | O spiritual friend! Thy letter hath arrived. The reason for the non-receipt of the previous letters was that each day [3.5s] | MSBH3.473 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04492 | 170 | mixed | ای یار روحانی نامه ملاحظه گردید و ناله و انابه مسموع شد مزاحی بخاطر رسید | O spiritual friend! Thy letter was noted and thy lamentation and supplication were heard. A jest occurred to mind [3.5s] | MMK6#032, MSHR3.290 | Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05356 | 150 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید و از الفاظ و مبادی حلاوت معانی مشهود گردید سبحان | O spiritual friend! Thy letter was received, and from its words and principles the sweetness of its meanings became manifest. Glory be to God [3.5s] | PYB#119 p.04 | Business; financial; property matters; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Language and the structure of reality; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04018 | 180 | mixed | ای رفیق روحانی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون لطائف شمولش واضح گشت حمد خدا را که | O spiritual friend! Thy letter was received, and its subtle and comprehensive contents became clear. Praise be unto God that [3.5s] | MSHR2.260-261x | Love of God; Petitions to authorities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09598 | 80 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید اگرچه از تاراج و تالان اندوه و احزان روی نمود ولی | O spiritual friend! Thy letter was received. Although plunder and pillage brought forth grief and sorrow, yet [3.5s] | INBA84:516b | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10512 | 60 | mixed | ای رفیق روحانی دو طغرا مکتوب شما یکی بیست و دویم ذی القعده و دیگری ۲۵ | O spiritual friend! Thy two sealed letters - one dated the twenty-second of Dhi'l-Qá'dih and the other the twenty-fifth - have been received [3.5s] | ANDA#55 p.22x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05191 | 150 | Persian | ای دوست روحانی هرچه بگویم و آنچه بنگارم حقیقت انس و الفتی که در هویت قلب تحقق | O spiritual friend! Whatsoever I may speak or write falleth short of conveying the true essence of the intimacy and communion that dwelleth within the heart's reality [3.5s] | MMK3#158 p.110, PYK.225 | Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Love of God; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11237 | 40 | Turkish | دوست روحانی بو آن ده یادکله اشتغال ایدنجه نار محبتله اشتعال ایلدم یورک یاندی | O spiritual friend! When engaged in remembering thee, I was set ablaze with the fire of love and my heart was consumed [3.5s] | MJT.091 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01970 | 280 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه مفصل شما رسید و بدقت تمام قرائت گردید الحمد لله در نهایت محبت | O spiritual friend! Your detailed letter was received and perused with the utmost care. Praise be to God, it was filled with the utmost affection [3.5s]... ...banner of the unity of mankind would be hoisted, that the tabernacle of universal peace would be raised and the world become another world | BRL_DAK#0842, MKT3.430, KHMT.104x | GPB.282x | Call to action; Non-participation in politics; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12678 | 70 | Persian | ای رفیق روحانی نامه نمره اول رسید با دو مکتوب ملفوف و فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد | O spiritual friend! Your first letter, together with two enclosed missives, was received, and an immediate response is being written [3.5s] | INBA85:456 | BSHI.101 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07678 | 110 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت جواب مختصر مرقوم میشود دو نفر کاتب | O spiritual friend! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, a brief reply is being penned [3.5s] | INBA84:354b | Personal instructions; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04115 | 180 | Persian | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت بنهایت اختصار جواب مرقوم میگردد نامه | O spiritual friend! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, the response is being written with utmost brevity [3.5s] | INBA87:005, INBA52:005 | MSHR2.300x | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01978 | 280 | mixed | Fire and Light | ای یاران روحانی و دوستان رحمانی در هر عهد مومن بسیار ولی ممتحن کمیاب حمد کنید | O spiritual friends and loved ones of the All-Merciful! In every Age believers are many but the tested are few. | NANU_AB#60, YBN.164-165 | BRL_FIRE_AB#18 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness and remoteness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00341 | 640 | mixed | ای دوستان معنوی و یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند آفت وبا جمیع انحاء اقلیم مقدس | O spiritual friends and true companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though the affliction of plague hath encompassed all regions of the Holy Land [3.5s] | INBA16:056 | MKT4.068, MILAN.088 | Civil courts; Critique of Western values; culture; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02337 | 250 | Persian | ای احبای روحانی و یاران حقیقی جمال قدم انوار عزت قدیمه بر آفاق اشراق نموده و | O spiritual friends and true companions of the Ancient Beauty! The light of ancient glory hath shed its radiance upon the horizons [3.5s] | INBA13:160 | MMK4#122 p.129 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02611 | 240 | Persian | ای یاران معنوی و احبای حقیقی یوم یوم انجذاب است و روز روز اشراق | O spiritual friends and true loved ones! The day is the day of attraction, and this is the morn of effulgence [3.5s] | INBA84:429 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00264 | 720 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء از بدایت طوفان در ایران در جمیع نامه ها بطهران | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! From the inception of the tempest in Persia, in all letters to Tihrán [3.5s] | MSHR5.016-018 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03238 | 210 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء قسم بجمال حق که ملا اعلی لسان بستایش شما گشوده و | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! I swear by the Ancient Beauty that the Supreme Concourse hath loosed its tongue in praise of you [3.5s] | BSHN.140.143, BSHN.144.143, PYB#230 p.50, MHT2.091 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01137 | 370 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء کاشان در ایام سابق تفوق بر جمیع بلاد در کثرت احبا | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! In bygone days, Káshán excelled all other regions in the multitude of the beloved ones [3.5s] | AADA.156x, NJB_v05#06 p.004 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04503 | 170 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء الحمد لله اداره پیمان بنور ایمان روشن و بعون و عنایت | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God, the administration of the Covenant is illumined with the light of faith and sustained through divine assistance and grace [3.5s] | YARP2.366 p.290 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01433 | 330 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء نامه جناب خان با پیام وجدانی شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The letter from his honor Khan, together with your heartfelt message, was received and perused [3.5s] | INBA89:251 | MMK6#093, AVK3.207.05x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00414 | 600 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء مدتی بود که از اختلاف و عدم ایتلاف احباء در مدینه | O spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! For some time, the disunity and lack of harmony among the friends in the city [3.5s]... ...In every Dispensation the light of Divine Guidance has been focused upon one central theme | BLIB_Or.08117.024, | MKT2.264, YHA1.378x, NJB_v05#07 p.002 | PDC.195x, WOB.036x | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00912 | 410 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی حضرت کبریا در قرآن عظیم دنیا را تشبیه بسراب بقیع فرموده اند | O spiritual friends of the Almighty! In the Great Qur'án the world hath been likened unto a mirage in the desert [3.5s] | MMK2#213 p.152, MMK2#022 p.014, TABN.289 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imagery in the Qur'an; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04510 | 170 | mixed | ای یاران معنوی شکر کنید حی قدیر را که در ظل کلمه الهیه وارد گشته اید و بر | O spiritual friends, render thanks unto the Living, the Almighty, that ye have entered beneath the shadow of the Divine Word [3.5s] | INBA21:190 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08338 | 100 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی مکاتیبی که بجناب منشادی من ادرک لقاء ربه و بعبدالبهاء مرقوم | O spiritual friends, the epistles addressed to Jinab-i-Manshadí—who hath attained the presence of his Lord—and to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, have been [3.5s] | INBA87:236b, INBA52:241 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02281 | 260 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای یاران روحانی جناب نخجوانی وقتی که در این ایوان یزدانی بود خواهش تحریر نامه | O spiritual friends! When Jinab-i-Nakhjavani was in this Divine Abode | BRL_DAK#0031 | BRL_ATE#032, MAAN#18 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02134 | 270 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی هر سه در این انجمن رحمانی مذکورید و مشهور ناد علی تازه بناد | O spiritual friends! All three of you are remembered and renowned in this gathering of the All-Merciful. Raise the call of "'Ali!" [3.5s] | MSHR3.120 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04909 | 160 | Persian | ای یاران معنوی جناب ابوالحسن علیه بهاء الله الابهی مسافه بعیده طی نمود و | O spiritual friends! His honour Abul-Hasan - upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious - traversed a great distance [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0478, AKHA_125BE #01 p.j | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01136 | 370 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی جناب حاجی آقا محمد بنهایت قوت بر نصرت و معاونت شما قیام نموده | O spiritual friends! His honour Haji Aqa Muhammad hath arisen with the utmost strength to support and assist you [3.5s] | INBA85:227 | MMK6#393 | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00960 | 400 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی در این عهد جلیل و قرن عظیم که آفتاب میثاق چون نیر اعظم آفاق | O spiritual friends! In this glorious Dispensation and mighty century, when the Sun of the Covenant, like unto the supreme luminary, shineth forth upon the horizons [3.5s] | INBA87:065, INBA52:064 | MMK2#232 p.166 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07689 | 110 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی در این صبح نورانی عبدالبهاء بیاد دوستان رحمانی افتاد و بنگارش | O spiritual friends! In this luminous morn 'Abdu'l-Bahá fell to remembering the divine friends and took up His pen [3.5s] | INBA89:163 | PYB#208 p.04 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03812 | 190 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی شبانگاهست ولی دم صبحگاهی فیض الهی نور هدایت کبری از جهان غیب | O spiritual friends! It is nighttime, yet at break of dawn the divine bounty and the light of the Most Great Guidance streameth from the unseen realm [3.5s] | INBA84:521 | MSHR2.312 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00378 | 620 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی جناب میرزا مهدی اخوان صفا مدت حیاترا وقف اعلاء کلمه الله نمود | O spiritual friends! Jinab-i-Mirza Mahdi Ikhwan-i-Safa devoted the span of his life to the exaltation of the Word of God [3.5s] | TZH8.0129-131, DUR4.504x, MSBH4.089, NNY.126-127x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04126 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی انسان بتن ذی روح است جنبنده است و بجان و وجدان تابنده و | O spiritual friends! Man possesseth a physical body with a living soul; he moveth and stirreth through life, and shineth forth through soul and conscience [3.5s] | MMK2#120 p.092 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01977 | 280 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی در جهان محافل بسیار تشکیل شده محافل سیاسی محافل تجاری محافل | O spiritual friends! Many gatherings have been formed throughout the world—political assemblies, commercial assemblies, assemblies [3.5s] | INBA87:383, INBA52:393 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03811 | 190 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی شب و روز در این محضرید و صبح و شام حاضر انجمن دمی از یاد | O spiritual friends! Night and day ye stand in this presence, and morn and eve ye gather in this assembly, let not a moment pass from your remembrance [3.5s] | MKT8.187 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05376 | 150 | Persian | ای یاران معنوی حال که قریب عصر است و مشاغل بیش از حد و حصر جناب میرزا طراز با | O spiritual friends! Now that the eventide draweth nigh and occupations have exceeded all bounds, His Honour Mírzá Táráz [3.5s] | AYBY.348 #029, TRZ1.151, YQAZ.532a | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08097 | 100 | mixed | ای دوستان معنوی دیده بملکوت ابهی روحی لاحبائه الفدا باز کنید همه انوار است | O spiritual friends! Open your eyes unto the Abhá Kingdom - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones - 'tis all light and radiance [3.5s] | LMA2.431, MSHR3.238 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02610 | 240 | mixed | ای یاران معنوی شکر و حمد حضرت بیچون را سزاوار که آفتاب کلمه الله را از مطلع | O spiritual friends! Praise and thanksgiving beseemeth the peerless Lord, for He hath caused the Sun of the Word of God to dawn from the horizon [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1208, MJT.033 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05370 | 150 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی حمد خدا را که ایامی چند در این دیار معاشر و مانوس دیدار بودید | O spiritual friends! Praise be to God that for a few days ye were companions and intimately associated in this land [3.5s] | MSHR4.064, YARP2.455 p.340 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03008 | 220 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی الحمد لله شمع رحمانی در انجمن یزدانی غبطه آفتاب فلک اثیر است | O spiritual friends! Praise be unto God! The candle of the All-Merciful in the divine gathering shineth with such lustre as to be the envy of the sun in the celestial sphere [3.5s] | INBA17:267 | MKT8.186a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08098 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان معنوی قلب عبدالبهاء از حرارت محبت احباء چون شعله سوزانست و البته | O spiritual friends! The heart of 'Abdu'l-Bahá burneth with the fire of love for the beloved ones, even as a flaming torch, and verily [3.5s] | MMK6#107 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00809 | 440 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی جناب زائر سمی حضرت مقصود آقا حسین دفتر اسماای بعد از مراجعت | O spiritual friends! The honored pilgrim, namesake of the Desired One, Áqá Ḥusayn, upon his return [3.5s] | INBA55:173 | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02242 | 260 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای دوستان معنوی حضرت احدیت اشراق انوار هدایت فرمود و فیض عنایت مبذول داشت | O spiritual friends! The Lord of Oneness hath caused the lights of guidance to shine forth and hath bestowed the bounty of His grace [3.5s]... ...O ye loved ones of God! Out of gratitude for firmness in the eternal Covenant arise to serve the threshold of the omnipotent Lord, observe obligatory prayer and fasting | BRL_DAK#0698, MMK4#120 p.127 | BRL_IOPF#2.05x | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05369 | 150 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی بنده رب جلیل جناب اسمعیل در نامه خویش نام شما برده مژده | O spiritual friends! The servant of the Glorious Lord, Jinab-i-Isma'il, hath mentioned your names in his letter with joyous tidings [3.5s] | MSHR3.144-145x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07690 | 110 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی گویند که نسر طائر در این فلک باهر عبارت از سه ستاره روشن است | O spiritual friends! They say that the soaring eagle in this resplendent firmament consisteth of three luminous stars [3.5s] | INBA87:424a, INBA52:437b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05878 | 140 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی هر چند کوشکک بلدی صغیر است ولی از خدا خواهم که نفوس مبارکه ای | O spiritual friends! Though Kushk is but a small town, yet I beseech God that blessed souls [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0113, MMK6#140 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06415 | 130 | Persian | Translation List | ای یاران روحانی هر چند بظاهر از همدیگر دور و مهجوریم ولی بحقیقت در محفل سرور و | O spiritual friends! Though outwardly we be distant and separated one from another, yet in reality we are gathered together as close friends | MKT8.186b, MKT9.251, AHB.125BE #07-08 p.214, FRH.111 | ADMS#347 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03710 | 190 | Persian | ای دوستان روحانی این عبد هر چند در تقریر و تحریر قصور و فتور پدید است ولی این | O spiritual friends! Though this servant showeth shortcoming and lassitude in both speech and writing, yet [3.5s] | MKT8.092 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00459 | 580 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی امروز جمیع اهالی ایران باید در کمال همت و غیرت در خیر دولت | O spiritual friends! Today must all the inhabitants of Iran, with the utmost determination and zeal, work for the good of the government [3.5s] | MMK5#107 p.086, SFI06.011a | Past, present and future of Iran; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07002 | 120 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی امروز امر موید و موفق در عالم وجود امر تبلیغست و تحری حقیقت | O spiritual friends! Today the most confirmed and successful cause in the world of existence is the promotion of the Faith and the search for truth [3.5s] | MKT9.248 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02605 | 240 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی هر کس از بالاخان مرور و عبور نمود علی الخصوص جناب امین نهایت | O spiritual friends! Whosoever hath traversed and passed through Balakhan, especially Jinab-i-Amin, verily [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1118, MMK5#278 p.211 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01828 | 290 | mixed | ای شکوه روحانی چه شکوه نماای از شرایط شکوه اینست که تیر صدمه و بلا را سینه | O spiritual glory, how glorious art thou! Among the conditions of glory is that one should offer one's breast to the darts of tribulation and calamity [3.5s] | ANDA#78 p.15 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12643 | 80 | Persian | ای بشیر روحانی در این ماه محرم چند نامه ارسال گردید و همچنین در ماه گذشته | O spiritual herald! During this month of Muharram several letters were dispatched, and likewise in the preceding month [3.5s] | BSHI.045 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12644 | 80 | Persian | ای بشیر روحانی نامه دوازدهم شعبان سنه حالیه که به اقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O spiritual herald! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah on the twelfth of Sha'ban of this year [3.5s] | INBA85:457b | BSHI.046 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01551 | 310 | Persian | ای بشیر روحانی نامه شما رسید و البته تا بحال عکس فانی بدست مبارک آنحبیب | O spiritual herald! Your letter was received, and assuredly by now my photograph will have reached the blessed hands of that beloved one [3.5s] | INBA85:459b | AVK3.099, BSHI.046-047 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Photographs and recordings; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04520 | 170 | mixed | ایتها الورقه الروحانیه من السدره الربانیه از فیض تجلی شمس افق توحید بانوار | O spiritual leaf of the divine Tree, illumined by the effulgent rays of the Sun of the horizon of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:638, INBA52:682 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06387 | 130 | Persian | ای ورقه روحانیه از صعود آن طیر آشیان الهی بحدائق باقیه مکدر مباش و متلهف مشو | O spiritual leaf! Be not sorrowful or distressed at the ascension of that divine bird to the eternal gardens [3.5s] | BSHN.140.413, BSHN.144.407, MHT1b.239 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09568 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه روحیه جناب آقا محمد در کمال بشارت وارد ارض مقدس گشته و باستان اسم | O spiritual leaf! Jináb-i-Áqá Muḥammad hath arrived in the Holy Land with utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | KNJ.031c | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09567 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه روحانیه چشم بگشا و بملکوت ابهی توجه کن تا از جهان پنهان سبحان ربی | O spiritual leaf! Open thine eyes and turn thy gaze unto the Abhá Kingdom, that thou mayest behold from the hidden realm "Glory be to my Lord!" [3.5s] | INBA17:091 | MKT7.140b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06386 | 130 | Arabic | ای ورقات روحانیات طوبی لکن بما انجذبتن بنفحات الله و استضائت قلوبکن بنور | O spiritual leaves! Blessed are ye for having been attracted by the fragrances of God and for your hearts being illumined with light [3.5s] | INBA16:107 | PYK.308 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Predictions and prophecies; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01582 | 310 | Persian | ای سرور وفاپرور روحانی و ای مهرجوی کامور رحمانی ای جای تو خالی ای جای تو خالی | O spiritual lord nurtured in faithfulness, O thou seeker of divine love, how empty is thy place, how empty is thy place [3.5s] | INBA88:213c | BRL_DAK#0699, MKT8.106, AKHA_135BE #05 p.93 | Imagery in the Qur'an; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11979 | 90 | Turkish | ای عزیز روحانی نامه نامیلرینک مضمونی حقائق و معانی ایله مشحون ایدی حمد اولسون | O spiritual loved one! The contents of thy precious letter were replete with truths and significances. Praise be to God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0248 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11817 | 370 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء حضرت ورقه الفردوس علیها بهاء الله الابهی مظهر عنایت | O spiritual loved ones of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Most Exalted Leaf of Paradise—upon her be the glory of the Most Glorious—was a manifestation of bounty [3.5s] | TISH.041-042 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07490 | 110 | mixed | ای عاشق روحانی قدح پارلاق و می براق و هر یک دیگره آاینه اولمشدر تعاکسدن | O spiritual lover! The luminous chalice and the resplendent wine have become mirrors unto each other through their reflection [3.5s] | MJT.123 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07634 | 110 | Persian | ای نورسیده روحانی نامه ات رسید مضمون سبب مسرت قلوب بود و معانی دلنشین زیرا | O spiritual newcomer! Thy letter was received, its contents brought joy to hearts and its meanings were sweet indeed [3.5s] | AYBY.437 #166 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08802 | 90 | mixed | ای عندلیب معنوی همواره در نغمه و ترانه ای و در گلشن معانی گلبانگ میزنی فصاحت | O spiritual nightingale! Ever art thou engaged in melody and song, raising thy voice in the garden of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:579a, INBA52:616a | MKT5.209b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05689 | 140 | Persian | ای روحانی حق و نورانی خلق گمان منما که نسیان طاری این اسیر زندان گردد دمی | O spiritual one of truth and luminous one of creation, think not that forgetfulness shall ever overtake this prisoner [3.5s] | RSR.045 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03160 | 210 | Persian | ای روحانی چند روز پیش نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید و الیوم بواسطه حضرت شهید ابن | O spiritual one! A few days ago a letter was written and dispatched, and today through His Holiness the martyred son [3.5s] | MMK2#204 p.146x, RSR.043 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02944 | 220 | Persian | ای شخص روحانی حمد کن خدا را که در محفل تایید حاضری و بدرس تبلیغ مشغول دلائل و | O spiritual one! Render thanks unto God that thou art present in the gathering of divine confirmation and art engaged in the lesson of teaching and proofs [3.5s]... ...In this day there is nothing more important than the instruction and study of clear proofs and convincing, heavenly arguments, for therein lie the source of life and the path of salvation | TSS.151 | COC#0389x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06092 | 160 | mixed | ای روحانی قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد که متتابعا متوالیا ذکرت لدی العرش مذکور و | O spiritual one! The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that, continuously and successively, thy mention hath been made before the Throne [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.044a, , BLIB_Or15710.274b, | RSR.027 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02067 | 430 | mixed | یا روحانی نامه ات رسید و در ساحت امنع اقدس بشرف اصغا فائز گشت نفحه محبت رحمن | O spiritual one! Thy letter hath arrived and attained the honor of being heard in the Most Holy and Most Exalted Presence. The fragrance of the All-Merciful's love hath wafted forth [3.5s] | RSR.031-033 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01708 | 300 | mixed | ای ربانی نامه مرقوم ملحوظ گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد الحمد لله بشریعه محبت الله | O spiritual one! Thy letter was perused and its contents understood. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the wellspring of His love [3.5s] | TSS.168 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for healing | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02722 | 330 | mixed | یا روحانی مره بعد مره بعنایات نامتناهی الهی فائز شدی از کاس عرفانش آشامیدی و | O spiritual one! Time and again hast thou been made the recipient of God's infinite bounties. Thou hast partaken of the cup of His knowledge [3.5s] | RSR.030-031 | Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02124 | 420 | mixed | یا روحانی علیک بهائی و رحمتی و عنایتی بحر اعظم در این حین اراده فرموده لولئی | O spiritual one! Upon thee be My glory, My mercy and My loving-kindness. The Most Great Ocean hath, in this hour, willed to bestow a pearl [3.5s] | MAS8.022ax, RSR.029-030, AKHA_123BE #03 p.b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09545 | 80 | Persian | ای نظام روحانیان قانون الهی و نظام رحمانی شریعت سمحه بیضاست و محجه واضحه نوراء | O spiritual order! The divine law and celestial system is a radiant and magnanimous religion, a luminous and manifest path [3.5s]... ...true order and law are the necessary relations inherent in the realities of things, demanded and necessitated by the nature of creation. | MMK3#013 p.007, VUJUD.114 | VUJUDE.192 | Call to action; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04413 | 170 | mixed | ای طبیب روحانی نظر بشدت امراض و سورت التهاب منما مطمئن بتاثیر اسم اعظم باش که | O spiritual physician! Look not upon the severity of the maladies and the intensity of their inflammation, but be confident in the influence of the Most Great Name, which [3.5s] | MMK6#275 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01947 | 280 | mixed | ای طبیب روحانی الحمد لله بدریاق فاروق پی بردی و از معجون الهی صحت و قوت تامه | O spiritual physician! Praise be unto God that thou hast discovered the all-healing antidote and attained perfect health and strength through the divine elixir [3.5s] | MMK6#340, SFI02.147 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10670 | 60 | Arabic | ایتها الحقیقه الروحیه تالله الحق ان سکان الملکوت یصلون علیک بما نبذت الاوهام | O spiritual reality! By God, the dwellers of the Kingdom send their prayers upon thee, inasmuch as thou hast cast aside vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA59:183a | MJZ.016 | Call to action | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10432 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده روحانی جمال ابهی غرفه ای که مشرق الاذکار و محفل ذکر جمال ربانی نمودی | O spiritual servant of the Abha Beauty! The chamber which thou hast made a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar and a gathering place for the mention of the divine Beauty [3.5s] | INBA17:182 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01803 | 290 | Persian | ای پسر روحانی نامه تو رسید و بر انجذاب قلوب احبای کلفتن اطلاع حاصل گردید | O spiritual son! Thy letter was received and information was obtained regarding the attraction of the hearts of the friends in Clifton [3.5s] | NJB_v03#01 p.006 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04429 | 170 | Persian | ای کوکب روحانی چون موکب نیر رحمانی رسید کوکب اقبال روحانیان دمید از شعشعه | O spiritual star! When the caravan of the All-Merciful Luminary arrived, the star of spiritual fortune dawned with radiant effulgence [3.5s] | MMK6#509, TABN.134 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02546 | 240 | mixed | ای جوان روحانی و الفتی الرحمانی آنچه بجناب سید تقی مرقوم گردید ملحوظ شد و | O spiritual youth and friend in the Most Merciful Lord! That which was written to Jináb-i-Siyyid Taqí hath been noted and observed [3.5s] | MKT8.075 | Being a source of light; guidance; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05637 | 140 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی ای مونس جانهای روحانی آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید | O spiritual youth, O companion of spiritual souls, that which thou didst write unto Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | MKT8.074a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03689 | 190 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی ای منجذب رحمانی مدتیست مدیده که نفحه روحی از آن خطه و دیار شما | O spiritual youth, O one enraptured of the All-Merciful! For a long time past no spiritual breath hath wafted from that region and realm [3.5s] | MKT8.072 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06720 | 120 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی مدتهاست که بظاهر از تو نه سلامی نه پیامی نه نامه نه نشانی نار | O spiritual youth! For a long time there hath been, in outward appearance, neither salutation nor message, neither letter nor sign from thee [3.5s] | MKT8.073 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03145 | 210 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی اگر بدانی که در این انجمن رحمانی بچه نام و نشانی مذکوری و بچه | O spiritual youth! If thou but knewest with what name and fame thou art mentioned in this divine assemblage [3.5s] | MKT8.074b | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12514 | 110 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی جناب حاجی ایمان کوه و بیابان طی نمود و صحرا و دریا قطع کرد | O spiritual youth! Jinab-i-Haji Iman traversed mountain and wilderness, and crossed desert and sea [3.5s] | INBA85:263b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01117 | 370 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای جوان رحمانی شکر کن خدا را که بملکوت نورانی راه یافتی و پرده اوهام دریدی و | O spiritual youth! Praise thou God that thou hast found thy way into the Kingdom of Splendours, and hast rent asunder the veil of vain imaginings | MMK1#024 p.051, MMK1#085 p.115, BNEP.198, GTB.012 | SWAB#024, TAB.561-563, BWF.372-372x, BWF.381-382x, LOG#1255x, JWTA.022-023, BSC.470 #880x | God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Laws of marriage and dowry; Limits of the intellect; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05638 | 140 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی حمد کن خدا را که در جویبار هدایت سرو روانی و در گلشن موهبت | O spiritual youth! Render thanks unto God that thou art even as a graceful cypress beside the stream of guidance, and in the rose-garden of His bounty [3.5s] | MMK2#365 p.261 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02226 | 260 | mixed | ای جوان رحمانی ناله و فغان از هجران و حرمان نمودی و حسرت و حرقت از فرقت جمال | O spiritual youth! Thou hast raised thy voice in lamentation and woe at separation and deprivation, and expressed thy yearning and burning grief at remoteness from the Beauty [3.5s] | YBN.050-051 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11996 | 80 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی پدر بزرگوار شهید سبیل پروردگار شد اما الحمد لله شما برادران را | O spiritual youth! Though thy noble father attained martyrdom in the path of the Lord, yet praise be to God, ye brothers remain [3.5s] | TISH.121a | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11731 | 360 | Persian | یا جوان روحانی مطلب و مقصود شما در ساحت امنع اقدس بسرف اصغاء فائز | O spiritual youth! Thy desire and purpose have been graciously heard in the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.164 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02228 | 260 | Persian | ای جوان روحانی نامه ات رسید اظهار فرط سرور از محبت موفور احبای استتگارت نموده | O spiritual youth! Thy letter was received, expressing intense joy at the abundant love of the friends in Stuttgart [3.5s] | AMK.302-303, ANDA#63 p.16 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00055 | 5690 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | یا جوان روحانی علیک بهاء الله الابدی نامه شما در ساحت عز احدیه بشرف اصغاء | O spiritual youth! Upon thee be the eternal Glory of God! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of His Sacred and Most Exalted Court and hath been graciously heard [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Do Thou adorn Thy servants with the vesture of understanding,and ordain for them such as shall bring them ever nearer to Thy horizon | INBA44:018, NLAI_BH1.144x | ADM3#137 p.155x, AVK3.204.09x, AVK3.498.07x, MAS4.048x, ASAT2.116x, ASAT3.011x, ASAT3.239x, ASAT4.143x, ASAT4.144x, ASAT4.187x, ASAT4.431x, ASAT4.445x, ASAT4.505x, ASAT5.050x, ASAT5.083x, TISH.024x, FRH.069-071x, FRH.352-353x | BRL_IOPF#1.08x, JHT_S#066x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02132 | 270 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی ربانی عبدالبهاء چهل و سه سال در سجن عکا مسجون و ایام اخیر | O spiritual, divine friends! 'Abdu'l-Bahá was imprisoned in the fortress of 'Akká for forty-three years, and in the final days [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0899, MMK5#034 p.036, MSHR5.271 | Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00558 | 530 | mixed | روحانیا نورانیا ربانیا مدتیست که تحریری از آنشخص خطیر مشتاقانرا تسریر ننمود و | O spiritual, luminous and divinely-guided one! For some time that distinguished personage hath not penned any letter to bring joy to those who eagerly await it [3.5s] | MKT8.213 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Growth of the Cause; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05340 | 150 | mixed | ای ورقه منجذبه روحانی در اینوقت که ندای الهی و صلای بیداری از ملکوت ابهی | O spiritually attracted leaf! At this time when the divine call and the summons of awakening from the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK2#357 p.256, RSR.042b | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00538 | 540 | mixed | ای ناشر نفحات الله نامه بلیغ سبب سرور گردید مضمون دلالت بر آن مینمود | O spreader of the fragrances of God! Thy eloquent letter brought joy, and its contents indicated that [3.5s]... ...You should always seek to guide prominent people inasmuch as once such a person is regenerated he is likely to bring about the quickening of a thousand souls… All creatures in this contingent world exist through the grace of the Source of Being | BRL_DAK#0434, MKT2.139, VUJUD.139.14x, VUJUD.108x | COC#1822x, VUJUDE.145x, VUJUDE.174-175x | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06857 | 120 | mixed | ای کوکب برج بلاغت اهل نجوم گویند یعنی ریاضیون قدیم که کوکب بلاغت و فصاحت و | O Star of the constellation of eloquence! The astrologers -- that is to say, the ancient mathematicians -- assert that the star of eloquence and fluency [3.5s] | INBA13:023, INBA21:086a, INBA59:341a, INBA88:381 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10054 | 70 | Persian | ای کوکب افق انجذاب اختران آسمان هر چند دری و درخشنده اند لکن گاهی در اوج و گهی | O star of the horizon of attraction! Though the stars of heaven are luminous and brilliant, yet at times they reach their zenith and at times [3.5s] | BSHN.140.351, BSHN.144.349, MHT1b.209a | Love of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08272 | 170 | Persian | ای نجم لائح در افق محبت الله نغمه جانفزای رحمانی که از حنجر روحانی آن بلبل | O star shining in the horizon of the love of God! The soul-uplifting melody of the All-Merciful, which from the spiritual throat of that nightingale [3.5s]... ...O Lord! What an outpouring of bounty Thou hast vouchsafed, and what a flood of abounding grace Thou hast granted | BRL_DAK#0104, BRL_MON#15x, MJMJ3.099x, MMG2#283 p.315x | BRL_POAB#15x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00565 | 520 | Persian | ای ستاره درخشنده بنور ایمان نامه ای که بتاریخ ۱۹ حزیران ۱۹۱۹ مرقوم نموده بودی | O star shining with the Light of Faith! The letter which thou hadst written on 19th June 1919 was received. And the bunch of flowers | BRL_DAK#0128 | LBLT.193x, LBLT.197-198x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Equality of men and women; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12295 | 180 | Persian | ای مومنه موقنه نامه اخیر رسید و بجمع بهائیان جواب مرقوم گردید و تبریک مقبول | O staunch believer! Thy recent letter hath arrived. A response to the gathering of Baha'is was written, and their good wishes were warmly received | BBBD.082-083 | BBBD.084 | Being a source of light; guidance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11194 | 40 | Turkish | ای مومن موقن حقیقت انسانیه مشکاه نوردر و زجاجه ظهوردر بو حقیقت لطافت و طراوت | O steadfast and assured believer! The human reality is as a niche for the light and a glass for manifestation. This reality possesseth delicacy and freshness [3.5s] | MJT.131 | Human reality created in the image of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08022 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت اکنون در مملکت مصر با یاران در نهایت روح و ریحان ایامی بیاد | O steadfast and confirmed one! Now in the land of Egypt, mayest thou pass thy days with the friends in the utmost joy and fragrance [3.5s] | MKT8.068b, MSHR3.075 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09858 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده ثابت نابت جمال ابهی خدماتت در یوم عروج حضرت افنان در آستان حضرت رحمن | O steadfast and devoted servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy services on the day of the ascension of His Holiness the Afnán at the Threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA87:639b, INBA52:685a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03406 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت اثر خامه مشکین حلاوت شهد و انگبین داشت لهذا مذاق روحانی شیرین | O steadfast and distinguished one! The effect of thy musk-scented pen possessed the sweetness of honey and nectar, and thus did the spiritual taste prove sweet indeed [3.5s] | INBA87:451, INBA52:466 | NJB_v05#06 p.004x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07347 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت ناطق پدر بزرگوار در ملکوت ابهی افتخار بثبوت ابناء جان نثار مینماید و | O steadfast and eloquent one! Thy noble father in the Abha Kingdom taketh pride in the steadfastness of his devoted, self-sacrificing sons [3.5s] | MMK5#264 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07659 | 110 | mixed | ای ورقه موقنه منجذبه حمد کن حی قیومرا که در یوم اشراق نیر آفاق بشرف حضور و | O steadfast and enraptured leaf! Render thou praise unto the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, that on the Day when the Sun of the horizons arose, thou wert honoured with attaining His presence [3.5s] | INBA13:239a | MKT7.201b | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01697 | 300 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت نامه که از مدینه عشق تحریر نموده بودید منظور نظر دقیق شد اگر مال | O steadfast and established one! The letter thou didst pen from the City of Love was attentively perused [3.5s] | AVK3.349.10x, MUH3.287-288 | Consolation and comfort; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03138 | 210 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت غم مخور پریشان مباش عون و عنایت جمال ابهی شاملست و فیض و نصرتش | O steadfast and faithful one, grieve not, nor be thou dismayed. The aid and loving-kindness of the Abhá Beauty encompasseth thee, and His grace and succour are with thee [3.5s] | INBA16:012 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01698 | 300 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت... تزلزل امر الله در طهران.... | O steadfast and faithful one... the upheaval of the Cause of God in Tehran [3.5s] | KSHF3.199 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07592 | 110 | Persian | ای مومن ثابت راسخ هر چند روزگار ستمکار است و ایامی چند شما بیکار ولی امیدوار | O steadfast and firm believer! Though these times be oppressive, and though thou mayest find thyself without occupation for some days, yet remain thou hopeful [3.5s] | INBA84:389 | MKT9.197a | Consolation and comfort; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08320 | 100 | Persian | ای یار ثابت راسخ نامه مبارک شما رسید مضمون نهایت تبتل بود و غایت تضرع از | O steadfast and firm friend! Thy blessed letter was received, and its contents bespoke the utmost devotion and earnest supplication [3.5s] | INBA17:129 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05147 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت هیچ دانی که در این انجمن رحمانی بچه عنوانی مذکوری اگر بدانی چنان | O steadfast and firm one! Knowest thou in what heavenly assembly thou art mentioned? If thou didst know, thou wouldst [3.5s] | INBA89:171b | High station of the true believer; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04332 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابت مستقیم چند روز است که بکشور ماه کنعانی وارد شدم و در تهیا سفر بامریک | O steadfast and firm one! Some days have passed since I arrived in the land of the Canaanite moon, and am preparing for the journey to America [3.5s] | KHSK.103-104 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08670 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت پایدار حضرت ستار غفار گنهکارانست و بخشنده و مهربان چون مستفیض از بحر | O steadfast and firm one! The All-Concealing Lord is the Forgiver of sinners and the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful, like unto an ocean outpouring its grace [3.5s] | MMK2#153 p.114, PYB#107 p.04 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06156 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت مستقیم محرری که بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید این | O steadfast and firm one! The letter thou didst write to his honour Siyyid Taqi hath been perused [3.5s] | TZH8.0740 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02699 | 230 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت نامه هاای که خواستی مرقوم گردید و ارسال خواهد شد اگر چه مجال | O steadfast and firm one! The letters thou didst request have been penned and will be dispatched, although time be limited [3.5s] | INBA89:211 | MKT6.121b | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03685 | 190 | mixed | ای ثابت مستقیم نامه شما رسید دلیل جلیل بر ثبوت قدم در این سبیل بود و | O steadfast and firm one! Thy letter was received and served as a manifest proof of thy firmness of step upon this path [3.5s] | MSHR3.066 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02921 | 220 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت نابت نامه تو رسید مضمون مورث سرور بود و موجب حبور زیرا دلالت بر ثبات | O steadfast and firm one! Your letter was received and its contents brought joy and gladness, for they testified to steadfastness [3.5s]... ...It is the hope of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha that those youthful souls in the schoolroom of the deeper knowledge will be tended by one who traineth them to love | MMK1#107 p.130x, TRBB.025, MUH3.288 | SWAB#107x | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03139 | 210 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت ورق منشور ملحوظ افتاد و مقصود معلوم گردید هر چند گوشه نشینی ولی | O steadfast and firm one! Your outspread page was noted and its purpose became clear. Although thou dwellest in seclusion, yet [3.5s] | INBA84:363 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12723 | 60 | Persian | ای ثابت راسخ جمیع احبای الهی را بعنایت رحمانی و فضل و رحمت غیرمتناهی صمدانی | O steadfast and immovable one! All the beloved of God are immersed in divine grace and the infinite bounty and mercy of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:201a | Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06154 | 130 | mixed | ای ثابت راسخ نفحه خوشی که از ریاض دل آن مفتون جمال ابهی منتشر شده بود مشام | O steadfast and immovable one! The sweet fragrance that wafted from the garden of the heart of that enraptured lover of the Abhá Beauty hath perfumed the senses [3.5s] | INBA13:241 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for prosperity; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07345 | 110 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت الحمد لله مستقیم بر محبت اللهی و مستدیم در خدمت امرالله و بخادمی | O steadfast and noble one! Praise be to God that thou art firm in the love of God and constant in service to His Cause as a servant [3.5s] | YBN.016c | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05146 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت نامه شما رسید همانست که از پیش مرقوم گردید جمال مبارک معین و | O steadfast and noble one! Your letter was received. It is as was previously written. The Blessed Beauty appointed [3.5s] | MSHR2.254, KHH2.209 (2.381) | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consolation and comfort; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10470 | 60 | Persian | ای ثابت صادق خدمات فائقه جناب حاجی غلامرضا محض محبت بایشان و شما مقبول گردید | O steadfast and sincere one! The outstanding services of Jináb-i-Ḥájí Ghulám-Riḍá were accepted through pure love for him and for you [3.5s] | INBA16:149 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - |
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