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| BH09924 | 90 | Arabic | قد ارتفع ندآء السدره من الفردوس الاعلی طوبی لبعید سمع و اجاب و ویل لکل غافل مرتاب | The Call of the Sacred Lote-Tree hath been raised from the Most Exalted Paradise. Blessed is he who, though far distant, hath hearkened and responded, and woe unto every heedless doubter [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.180b, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11781 | 171 | mixed | شمع در سوز و دل در گداز معلوم نه که سبب این چه و علت آن کدام قومی بر آنند | The candle in its burning and the heart in its melting—it remaineth unknown what causeth this and wherefore it hath come to pass. Some there are who [3.5s] | NLAI_BH2.021.08 | QALAM.009-010, QALAM.017 | Fire and light; fire and water; Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03853 | 240 | mixed | شمع جمالی هو شمس الافاق و حزن قلبی هو سبحات الابداع و مدامعی هو امطار الغمام | The candle of My Beauty is the Sun of all horizons, and the grief of My heart is the dawning splendors of creation, and My tears are the rain of the clouds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.158i, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of cause and effect; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2136 | Words spoken on 1914-06-15 in Tiberias | 120 | The Cause appeared in Persia. The blood of so many martyrs was shed in Persia that, unquestionably, signs will appear. | DAS.1914-06-14, SW_v09#10 p.116 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1061 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16 | 300 | The Cause has become very great. Many souls are entering it--souls with different mentalities... Teach the Cause to those who do not know | DAS.1913-01-16, SW_v04#01 p.016, CHH.177, VLAB.141x, BLO_PN#022 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2039 | Words spoken on 1913-07-07 in Port Said | 130 | the Cause has many enemies! The Baha'is must be very happy. The priests and the Ulemas, the Rabbis and the Mobeds are attacking the Cause | DAS.1913-07-07, ABIE.032, BLO_PN#007 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08933 | 110 | Arabic | قد ظهر الامر فی المنظر الاکبر بهذا الاسم الذی به انار افق البیان و نطقت | The Cause hath appeared from the Most Great Horizon through this Name, whereby the horizon of utterance was illumined and gave voice [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.107b, | AQA7#498 p.333 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06665 | 150 | Arabic | قد ظهر الامر اذ اتی الوعد و الناس فی وهم مبین منهم من نبذ المعلوم متمسکا | The Cause hath been made manifest, for the Promise hath come to pass, while the people remain in evident delusion. Among them are those who have cast aside that which is known, clinging [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.065a, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07755 | 130 | Arabic | قد ظهر الامر و نزلت الایات و المقصود استوی علی عرش اسمه الحکیم قد اتی الیوم | The Cause hath been manifest, the verses have been sent down, and the Desired One hath ascended the throne of His name, the All-Wise. The Day is come [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.082a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.074b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3600 | Words spoken on 1914-07-13 | 10 | The Cause of Baha'o'llah is in fulfillment of all the prophecies in all the books of the religions of the world. | DAS.1914-07-13, SW_v09#01 p.006 | Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2016 | Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 | 140 | other/unknown lang | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | و دیگر آنکه امر حضرت بهآءاللّٰه را قیاس بامری ننمائید زیرا این امر جامع جمیع امور است | The Cause of Baha'u'llah is incomparable to any other Cause, because it is the Collective Center of this age. This Cause regenerates the souls; everyone receives a new baptism and attains to the station of the new birth. | BDA2.253-254 | DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.329-330 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love as fire; Second birth; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3052 | Words to Madame Scaramuchi, spoken on 1913-02-20 | 50 | The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ. For example this room is now lighted, but someone comes in and turns off the light | DAS.1913-02-20 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2711 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امر الله همیشه از شرق ظاهر شده اما آثارش در غرب شدیدتر بوده وقتی بدری پاشا در مجمعی گفت | The Cause of God has always appeared from the East but it has been more effective in the West. | BDA1.248.16 | MHMD1.266 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00939 | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | 870 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی | The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment | INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221 | AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29 | DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531 | Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh. | Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | * | ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303 | ||
| ABU0624 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-15 | 460 | The Cause of God is in need of many active, efficient workers and the time is soon coming... As thou knowest it is very easy for us to teach and spread the Cause in this country but the government will rise immediately against us and the Blessed Tombs of Baha'u'llah and the Bab will be demolished by the hands of a fanatical mob | DAS.1915-05-15 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2912 | Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London | 60 | The Cause of God is like unto a house. As long as man has not entered therein he does not know what it contains. | DAS.1912-12-23 | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2882 | Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London | 60 | The Cause of God is like unto a rose-garden. As long as man is far from it, he cannot see how many kinds of flowers are planted therein | DAS.1912-12-23 | Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1298 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30 | 240 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امر الله نافذ است جمیع عالم را احاطه خواهد کرد الآن من چون بصحرای امریکا نگاه می کنم می بینم مملو از اهل بهاست | The Cause of God is penetrating. It will encompass the whole world. Now as I observe the wilderness of America, I see it full of Baha'ís. | BDA1.279.04x | MHMD1.297x | Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Universal peace; world unity; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2825 | Words to Mrs Hearst, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امر الله از قوای ملکی و امور دنیوی مقدس است و از جمله تعالیم الهیه بنفوس امانت و انقطاع و تقدیس است | The Cause of God is sanctified from all political power and worldly affairs. | BDA1.313.08 | MHMD1.331 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Non-participation in politics | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2315 | Words spoken on 1913-02-12 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امر الله در آلمان ترقی عظیم نماید و از همه | The Cause of God will make such great progress in Germany as to excel every other place… When, as a child, I would hear descriptions of Ptolemy's model of the universe | BDA2.132 | MHMD2.165 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2777 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-15 | 110 | The Cause of God will soon throw a great reverberation throughout the pillars of the world. It will embrace in its fold the East and the West. Its power will penetrate through every atom of creation. | DAS.1913-03-15 | Consolation and comfort; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3474 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 20 | Persian | سبب هدایت فضل است سبب عنایت فضل است مثلا این چشم را عنایت کرده این گوش را فضل عنایت | The cause of guidance is grace, the cause of bounty is grace. For example, He hath bestowed this eye by His bounty, and this ear He hath graciously granted [3.5s] | KHH2.279b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09439 | 100 | mixed | علت آفرینش ممکنات حب بوده چنانچه در حدیث مشهور مذکور است که میفرماید کنت کنز | The Cause of the creation of all contingent beings has been love, as it is mentioned in the famous tradition | BRL_DA#169, AVK3.239.09x, AHM.409, DRD.154, NFQ.004, MAS4.368, AKHA_134BE #17 p.659 | BNE.075, SW_v07#10 p.100, SW_v08#10 p.126, JHT_B#013 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1757 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07 | 170 | Persian | هر امری که قوه دارد خودش کار میکند حال ما اینجا هستیم جمیع ابواب مسدود و طرق مقطوع است | The Cause which is endued [with] dynamic, spiritual energy will advance and develop in spite of all obstacles.... It has taken possession of the subterranean layers of human consciousness… | KHH1.228 (1.317) | KHHE.334-335, DAS.1915-05-07 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2357 | Words to Mr and Mrs Stark and Mr Moore, spoken on 1913-04-15 | 100 | The Cause will be spread very much in this country. Blessed souls shall arise to serve the Bahá'í revelation... Translate the Hidden Words, the Words of Paradise, Tajalleyat, Tarazat, the Bahá'í Proofs and other small pamphlets | DAS.1913-04-15 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00535 | 170 | Arabic | Proclamation of the Cause, and the Manifest Sign, The | بسم الله العلی المتکبر القاهر. قد جاء امر فی حکم مستتر اقتربت الساعة و انشق القمر | The Cause, once veiled in mystery, hath now been proclaimed; the Hour is nigh, and the Moon hath been cleft asunder [4o] | INBA60:155-156 | Chastisement and requital; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09194 | 100 | Persian | اسباب غل و بغضا از هر جهتی ظاهر بعضی اراده نمودند کتاب بیان حضرت باب | The causes of rancor and hatred have manifested themselves from every direction; certain ones have purposed to employ the Bayán of His Holiness the Báb [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.175e, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0796 | Words spoken on 1916-07-07 in Haifa | 370 | Persian | جنود ملکوت الهی در کار است. لشگر بر دو قسم است، یک لشگر در ساخلو و یک لشگر در میدان | The celestial hosts of God are at work. The army is divided into two hosts - one host stationed in the garrison and one host in the field [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-07 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04767 | 200 | mixed | عندلیب قدسی از گلزار الهی قصد جهان فانی نمود و روزی چند بر شاخسار روزگار | The celestial nightingale, winging its flight from the divine rose-garden, hath turned toward this mortal world and for a few days upon the branches of time [3.5s] | PYB#210 p.03 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0215 | Words spoken on 1911-11-16 in Paris | 880 | mixed | آفتاب جهانتاب آسمانیرا طلوع و غروبی و از این جهه کیهانرا شب و روزی موسم ربیع | The celestial Sun hath both its rising and its setting, and thus doth the universe know both night and day, and the season of spring [3.5s] | DWNP_v2#07 p.058-060, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.003-006x, KHTB1.254, NJB_v02#14-16 p.017 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Literal interpretation; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2592 | Words spoken on 1915-10-19 in Akka | 80 | Persian | مرکز نقض سعی می کند که سبب شهادت من بشود. از برای او چه خواهد شد. این نهایت آمال و آرزوی من است | The Center of Violation striveth to compass my martyrdom. What shall befall him? This is the utmost aim and desire of mine own self [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-19 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2457 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-19 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | سلسلهٴ موجودات بیک قانون عمومی و نظام الهی مربوطست و جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط نمی شود | The chain of creation is interwoven in a natural law and divine order. Everything is interlinked. A link cannot be broken without affecting that natural order. | BDA1.130.02 | SW_v19#08 p.254-255, MHMD1.139 | Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; One universal law; attractive power of love | - | - | |||||||
| AB06475 | 130 | Turkish | زنجیر سجن یوسفی چون گردنه احسان اولور مصر حقیقتده عزیز هر کشوره سلطان اولور | The chains of Joseph's prison become as a mount of bounty; in truth, in Egypt he becometh beloved and in every land a sovereign [3.5s] | INBA13:389, INBA59:159, INBA88:311b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00211 | Some Answered Questions #020 Baptism and the Changing Law of God | 800 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | تغیر احوال و تبدل و انقلاب زمان از لوازم ذاتیهء ممکنات است و لزوم ذاتی از حقیقت اشیاء | The change and transformation of conditions and the succession and revolution of ages are among the essential requirements | MFD#20, OOL.C022.20 | SAQ#20 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2818 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 | 60 | Persian | از این مکاتب ثمری نیست اطفال در مکاتب الهی هم تحصیل علوم میکنند و هم آداب یاد میگیرند | The children must receive divine and material education at the same time, and be protected from temptations and vices.... In the scheme of human life | KHH1.113 (1.158) | KHHE.173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v09#08 p.089, SW_v07#15 p.137, SW_v07#15 p.144, PN_1914 p099 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3306 | Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh | 30 | The Chinese civilization is very old, and hoary with age. Once they start on the right path, they will reach their destination very quickly. | DAS.1913-10-16 | Praise of Eastern values; culture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2547 | 80 | Persian | المسیح ماکان عنده احباء کفایة بحافظون علی قبره قبره کان فی مزبلة | The Christ had not sufficient loved ones who would keep watch over His tomb, for His sepulchre was amidst a refuse heap [3.5s] | ASAT4.467-468 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Law of burial and cremation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3098 | Words spoken on 1910-01-01 | 50 | The Christ is the central point of the Holy Spirit; he was born of the Holy Spirit... The focus of the rays of the Sun of Reality was Christ... Jesus was the sun and his rays shone upon his disciples through his teachings. | SW_v08#08 p.098 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit; Manifestation of God as sun; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0560 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04 | 500 | The Christians explain these verses by saying they refer to the Holy Spirit which came to the disciples after Christ's departure. | BAVA.041-042, BLO_PN#021 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3627 | Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 | 10 | The Christians have exaggerated the birth of Jesus. | PN_1912 p015 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10749 | 60 | Persian | اسباب بیع فراهم نیست و بهیچوجه مصلحت نموده نخواهد بود | The circumstances for sale are not at hand, and in no wise would it be deemed advisable [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.103b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1736 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 170 | Persian | اسباب اینطور فراهم آمده که مجالس و معاشر حضرات تلامذه باشم. حکم غیبیه است که معلوم نیست | The circumstances have been thus ordained that I should associate and commune with the disciples. It is a divine decree whose purpose remaineth hidden [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03709 | 250 | mixed | مدائن عدل از تجلیات انوار آفتاب فضل منور و عوالم لایتناهی از فیوضات فیاض | The cities of justice are illumined by the effulgent rays of the Sun of grace, and infinite worlds through the outpourings of the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.217, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2685 | Words to Osman Bey and others, spoken on 1914-12-23 | 80 | The citizens of a country are like the various members and organs of the body. So long as the brain | DAS.1914-12-23, SW_v13#10 p.271 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2003 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-20 | 140 | other/unknown lang | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | شماها باید از استتکارت باین حدود بیائید و بنشر نفحات اللّٰه بپردازید | The city of Vienna will become a center for the Cause of God: only after my departure the friends must not remain inactive. They must work with greater zeal | BDA2.249 | DAS.1913-04-20, MHMD2.324 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1634 | Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-19 | 190 | The City you deem most advisable is preferred by Me... Never associate with Mrs Kirchner... Be kind to them at first. Do not be severe at first. If you find they cannot be changed, leave them to themselves. | PN_1919 p013 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07727 | 130 | Arabic | قد ارتفع النعیق و نعب الغراب و المغلون فی حیله و نفاق قد نبذوا کتاب الله عن | The clamor hath risen high and the raven hath croaked, and they that are steeped in deceit and hypocrisy have cast aside the Book of God [3.5s] | INBA51:042a, BLIB_Or15730.135a, , KB_620:035-035 | LHKM2.117 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04243 | 170 | mixed | انشقاق قمر را معانی متعدده است محصور معنی ظاهره نبوده از آنجمله مقصود اضمحلال | The cleaving of the moon possesseth diverse meanings and is not confined to its literal interpretation. Among these meanings is dissolution [3.5s] | MKT2.062, AVK2.218.02x, MSHR3.088 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rejection of Muhammad; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07677 | 110 | The Cloud of Providence hath poured down the rain of guidance upon the East and the West; the rays of the Sun of Reality | DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.146, BLO_PN#007 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH08920 | 110 | Arabic | قد تراکمت السحاب علی وجه السما و انها لو حالت بین الشمس و اشراقها علی | The clouds have gathered upon the face of the sky, and verily, though they interpose between the sun and its radiance [3.5s] | INBA73:359, NLAI_BH1.507, NLAI_BH2.247a | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2703 | Words spoken on 1913-04-06 in Stuttgart | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ابرهای تقالید شمس حقیقت را مستور نموده و انوار تعالیم الهیه را از سطوع باز داشته | The clouds of blind imitation have obscured the Sun of Truth, and the lights of the divine teachings have been prevented from shining forth | BDA2.222 | MHMD2.286 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Oneness; unity of religion | - | - | |||||||
| BH03362 | 270 | Arabic | سحاب القدس قد ارتفعت بالحق فی هذا السماء التی علت علی الممکنات و تمطر علی | The clouds of holiness have verily ascended unto this heaven which hath been exalted above all contingent things, and raineth upon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.578b, , ALIB.folder18p464 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08899 | 110 | mixed | غیوم هوی افق هدی را تاریک نموده ولکن این غیوم ظنون و اوهام انفس غافله بوده | The clouds of vain desire have darkened the horizon of guidance; yet these clouds are naught but the illusions and vain imaginings of heedless souls [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.146a, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09467 | 100 | Arabic | قد دلع دیک العرش عند استوآء الرحمن علی اعراش الامکان یا اهل الاغضاء قد اتی مالک | The Cock of the Throne hath crowed at the appearance of the All-Merciful upon the thrones of contingent being. O ye that slumber, the Sovereign hath come [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.149b, | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1978 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-02 | 140 | The cohorts of the Abha Kingdom are engaged in uninterrupted conquest. They are gaining victory after victory. God willing, Mrs. Stannard shall win many signal triumphs in India. | DAS.1914-02-02, SW_v05#02 p.019 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0344 | Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1912-05-01 | 690 | The colored meeting was very good. The speech was well done and they understood it well. | PN_1912 p073, BSTW#157 | Race unity; racial issues; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3197 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12 | 40 | The colored people must attend all the unity meetings. There must be no distinctions. All are equal. If you have any influence to get the races to intermarry, it will be very valuable. | AHV.015, BLO_PN#045 | Laws of marriage and dowry; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00230 | 2620 | mixed | الامر لله الذی امسک قلمه الاعلی فی اشهر معلومات بما اظلم افق الامانه بما | The command belongeth unto God, Who hath stayed His Most Exalted Pen during certain known months, inasmuch as the horizon of trustworthiness was darkened [3.5s] | INBA08:393 | BRL_DA#528, AVK3.357.17x | Call to action; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02782 | 320 | Arabic | قد جاء الامر عن غیب الهویه جهه الایمن من قلبی بان اذکر یا جمال القدم عبدک | The Command hath come from the unseen realm of divine Identity, from the right side of My heart, bidding: O Ancient Beauty, mention Thy servant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.462, , ALIB.folder18p430 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11883 | 190 | Arabic | قد اتی الامر و ظهر الحکم و نادی المناد امام وجوه العباد الملک لله مالک الایجاد | The Command hath come, the Decree hath been manifested, and the Herald hath proclaimed before the faces of all servants: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Possessor of Creation!" [3.5s] | Majlis210461.051a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01112 | 750 | Persian | آغاز هر ذکر و هر بیان ذکر مقصود عالمیان بوده و هست آغاز از او ظاهر و انجام باو | The commencement of every mention and every utterance hath been, and shall ever be, the remembrance of the Desire of all worlds. From Him doth all begin, and unto Him doth all return [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.361, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09730 | 90 | Persian | اصحاب حق الیوم باید بمثابه حکمای حقیقی در معالجه ناس مشغول باشند مرضی اعظم | The companions of Truth must today, even as true physicians, occupy themselves with healing mankind, for grievous indeed is the malady [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.262b, | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08394 | 100 | mixed | خداوند مهربان از فرط عنایت و صرف فضل ابواب هدایت را مفتوح فرمود و درهای موهبت | The compassionate Lord, through the abundance of His grace and the outpouring of His bounty, hath flung wide the portals of guidance and thrown open the gates of munificence [3.5s] | MKT5.113a, AKHA_132BE #13 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3711 | Words spoken on 1913-02-07 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | علم حقوق قدیم است مادام خدا بوده خلق بوده مادام خلق بوده علم حقوق هم بوده | The concept of law is ancient. Just as God and His creation have always co-existed, so too have humankind and law | BDA2.125 | MHMD2.156 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and mercy; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Reward and punishment | - | - | |||||||
| BBU0012 | Public address at Vakil Mosque | 90 | The condemnation of God be upon him who regards me either as a representative | DB.154, GEN.042, AFNAN.021-022 | Imam 'Ali; Seal of the Prophets; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | MMAH.037 | ||||||||||
| ABU1937 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14 | 150 | The condition of faith requires that man may ascend to and abide in the station of sacrifice. Without this attainment one's faith is not perfect. | DAS.1914-05-14, SW_v05#08 p.118 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2728 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-12 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید و نصرت ملکوت ابهی اظهر من الشمس است هیچ چشم و گوشی تا حال چنین تأییدی نه دیده | The confirmation and assistance of the Abha Kingdom are more manifest than the sun. No eye or ear has seen or heard of such confirmations. Christ went into the Temple of the Jews | BDA1.240.12 | MHMD1.257 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise of Western values; culture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2185 | Words to Mirza Fazlollah Khan, spoken on 1915-02-10 | 120 | The confirmations of God are with those sanctified teachers who are calling mankind to the Cause of the Blessed Beauty. Through teaching the hidden forces of the hearts and the minds are unfolded. | DAS.1915-02-10 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0353 | Words spoken on 1915-10-02 in Haifa | 670 | Persian | حرب خیلی شدید شده است، چه از جهت شرق، چه از جهت غرب روسیه، چه از جهت عراق | The conflict hath grown exceedingly fierce, whether from the eastern regions, whether from the western parts of Russia, or whether from Iraq [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-02 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00876 | Some Answered Questions #053 The Connection between God and Creation | 420 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | تعلق حق بخلق تعلق موجد است بموجود تعلق آفتاب است باجسام مظلمهٴ | The connection between God and creation is that of the originator and the originated | MFD#53, OOL.C022.53 | SAQ#53, BWF.315-316 | Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1644 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-01-14 | 190 | The constitution of some people is kneaded with the water of loyalty. They are like unto a pure soil in which the seeds of loyalty are planted | DAS.1915-01-14 | Stories; anecdotes; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11462 | 30 | The consuls of that city (Adrianople) gathered in the presence of this Youth at the hour of His departure and expressed their desire to aid Him. They, verily, evinced towards Us manifest affection. | GPB.180x | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04112 | 180 | Persian | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای یار باوفا همچو گمان مفرما که از یادت آنی فارغم لا والله هر دم با کمال وفا | The consummate wisdom of God, however, is manifold and not every soul is apprised of its mysteries | BRL_DAK#0269, BRL_CONF2018P#23x, MMK2#166 p.123 | BRL_CONF2018#23x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02307 | 260 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The contents of thy last letter were extremely rejoicing, for they were a glorious evidence of the glowing of the fire of the love of God | TAB.719-720 | Judas; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Stories; anecdotes; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0141 | Words to reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 1050 | Persian | اقلیم امریکا اقلیم معموری است. اسباب تربیت موجود است. مدارس عالیه دارد و تلامذه تربیت می شوند و تحصیل می کنند | The continent of America is most progressive. The means of instructions are prepared.... Divine civilization is a symposium of the perfections... We do not look upon the dresses of women | NJB_v14#05 p.160, ZSM.1915-09-26 | DAS.1913-07-23, SW_v04#12 p.206-207, SW_v07#07 p.054, SW_v07#15 p.134, ABIE.099, VLAB.032x, BLO_PN#007 | Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1375 | From a talk quoted in a Denver newspaper, 1912-09-26 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | عالم امکان یعنی این عالم نامتناهی مثل عالم انسان میماند همانطوری که عالم انسان از مقام جنینی ترقی کرد تا به عالم بلوغ و کمال رسید همینطور این عالم کون نامتناهی رو به ترقی است | The contingent world is like the human body that has grown from the embryonic state and reached maturity and perfection. | BDA1.273.08x | MHMD1.291x | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0264 | Words spoken on 1912-07-12 in Brooklyn | 790 | Persian | عالم امکان نظیر انسان است انسان مقام نطفه مقام شیرخواری اوقات نشو و نما وقت | The contingent world is like unto the life of man: as man traverseth from the station of the embryo unto infancy and thence through the periods of growth and maturity [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0782, KHF.031, KHAB.343 (350), KHTB2.181, NJB_v04#03 p.001 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00309 | 2100 | mixed | زلازل قبائل را اخذ نمود و اضطراب سکان ارضرا احاطه کرد الا من شاء الله ظاهر شد | The convulsions of the tribes have seized them, and trembling hath encompassed the dwellers of the earth, save whom God willeth [3.5s] | INBA31:196 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01759 | 300 | Persian | نسخه خطابه شما در کونگرس رسید فی الحقیقه فداای جمال مبارکی هیچ فکری و ذکری | The copy of the address which you delivered before the Peace Congress was received. Truly, I way thou art a ransom | NJB_v02#10 p.003x | CHU.078x, BSTW#312 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05426 | 180 | Persian | طلعة محبوب مشهود و حضرت مقصود موجود و لکن کل بنار فراق مخمود | The countenance of the Beloved is manifest, and the presence of the Desired One is apparent, yet all are consumed in the fire of separation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.138b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1500 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 210 | Persian | و من اعمال الناقضین قال الموملی انهم اخذوا مناالقصر ولم یعطوفا منه عرقه واحده لاغیر ثوبی من العرق | The Covenant-breakers seized the flower gardens adjoining the Shrine of Baha'u'llah from us, but some of the friends and I would carry soil and water on our shoulders for that garden and tend to its beauty. | ASAT4.501, KHH1.324 (1.452-453) | KHHE.463 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1756 | 170 | Persian | ناقضین قصر را از ما گرفتند و حتی یک اطاق هم به ما ندادند | The Covenant-breakers seized the mansion from Us, and did not grant unto Us even a single chamber [3.5s] | YIK.304, ZIAB1.150-151 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0491 | Beauty and Harmony in Diversity: Words spoken on 1911-10-28 in Paris | 550 | Paris Talks | The Creator of all is One God. From this same God all creation sprang into existence | PT#15 p.043 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06555 | 150 | mixed | ساقی رحیق بقا مالک اسما بوده طوبی از برای نفسیکه رحیق اطهر را در ایام مالک | The Cup-bearer of the Wine of Immortality hath ever been the Lord of Names. Blessed is the soul that partaketh of the Most Pure Wine in the days of the Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.148a, , BLIB_Or15726.047, | MAS4.046c, AYI2.241x, RRT.007x | Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10821 | 60 | mixed | ساقی عما با کاوب سنا خمر وفا میدهد تا در طور سینای عشق از ظهور جمال مجذوب | The Cupbearer of eternity, with the chalice of radiance, poureth forth the wine of fidelity, that upon the Mount Sinai of love thou mayest be enraptured by the revelation of Beauty [3.5s] | INBA38:060b, INBA36:313c | Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07269 | 140 | Arabic | لعن الله قوما حالوا بیننا و بینکم قاتل الله عباد الذین ظلموکم و صاروا حجابا بینکم و بین | The curse of God be upon the people who have come between Us and you. May God destroy those servants who have wronged you and become a veil betwixt you and Us [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.076f, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11900 | 100 | The custodianship of the Blessed House has been granted to the exalted leaf, the wife of the Primal Point, and her sister, upon both be My Glory of God, My Bounty and My Favor | AFNAN.172-173 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2226 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جمیع اهل غرب غرق ظلمات طبیعتند انوار الهیه غروب نموده هر چند در جسمانیات بمنتهی درجهٴ | The darkness of materialism has enveloped Europe. Natural civilization has advanced tremendously and progress is magical and by leaps and bounds | BDA2.277 | DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.363 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2031 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Again the sun of Reality will dawn | BSC.548 #990, SW_v09#13 p.141 | Mea & Mitra | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11503 | 20 | Persian | ظلمت ظلم شقاوت پناهی نور عدل حضرت بار یراسته نموده عندلیبهای بستان | The darkness of tyranny's refuge hath been dispelled by the light of justice of the All-Glorious Lord, and the nightingales of the garden have been adorned [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.174c, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3638 | Words to Juliet Thompson | 10 | The daughters of the Kingdom should not have a desire. | SW_v07#10 p.097 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08934 | 110 | Arabic | قد ظهر الفجر علی هیکل الانسان انه لکتاب الرحمن الذی کان مذکورا فی صحف الله | The dawn hath appeared upon the Temple of Man; verily it is the Book of the All-Merciful that was mentioned in the Scriptures of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.082c, | Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10347 | 80 | Arabic | قد شهد الفجر لقیامی و العصر بتوجهی و ندائی و اللیل بحزنی و سجنی بین عبادی و | The dawn hath borne witness to My rising, and the afternoon to My turning and call, and the night to My sorrow and imprisonment amongst My servants [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.236c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.117b, | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09478 | 100 | Arabic | قد طلع الفجر و دلع الدیک و العندلیب تغرد علی الاغصان الملک لله العزیز المنان | The dawn hath broken forth, and the cock hath crowed, and the nightingale warbleth upon the branches. Dominion belongeth unto God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | INBA18:331b, INBA18:362a | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07753 | 130 | Arabic | قد طلع فجر البیان و لسان الرحمن ینطق فی هذا السجن العظیم و یذکر احبائه الذین | The dawn of Divine Utterance hath broken, and the Tongue of the All-Merciful speaketh forth in this mighty prison, making mention of His loved ones who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.114b, | Differences in human capacity; High station of the true believer; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04768 | 200 | mixed | فجر البقاء قد بدا و صبح الهدی قد جلا فابشروا یا اهل الهدی فاذکر الله یا | The dawn of eternity hath broken forth, and the morn of guidance hath been unveiled. Rejoice, O people of guidance, and remember God, O [3.5s] | MSHR4.303 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09430 | 100 | mixed | صبح امید دمید و فجر یوم ظاهر و قلم اعلی باین کلمه مبارکه ناطق انشاء الله در | The dawn of hope hath broken, the morn of this Day is manifest, and the Most Exalted Pen speaketh forth these blessed words: God willing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.033c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.114b, | LHKM1.179, ASAT4.232x, PYB#125 p.05 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05797 | 170 | mixed | فجر عید است و نبید توحید در افئده اهل تجرید در جوش نعیم از برای نفوسی که | The dawn of the Festival hath broken, and the Wine of Divine Unity surgeth within the hearts of them that are detached, a sweet delight unto such souls as [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.109r.06, , BLIB_Or11096#096, | BRL_DA#475 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08442 | 120 | mixed | مطلع وحی رحمانی در هیکل انسانی ندا میفرماید و رحیق حیوان عطا مینماید محبوب | The Dawning-Place of divine revelation, in human temple manifest, proclaimeth Its call and bestoweth the immortal wine, O Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.147b, , BLIB_Or15726.049a, | Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07275 | 140 | mixed | مطلع آیات الهی و مشرق بینات ربانی چند کره لذت اسیری و سجن را در سبیل دوست | The Dawning-Place of divine verses and the Dayspring of heavenly evidences hath, time and again, tasted the sweetness of captivity and imprisonment in the path of the Friend [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.312a, | Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2385 | Words to two Persians, spoken on 1913-05-18 | 100 | The dawning-point of these lights have been always in the East.... There is an ineffable something in the atmosphere of the Orient that causes the increase of spiritual susceptibilities. | DAS.1913-05-18 | Critique of Western values; culture; Human reality created in the image of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Purpose; goal of creation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3142 | Words to some Jewish visitors, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 40 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | روزی آمده و زمانی ظاهر شده که انبیای الهی بان وعده داده اند یوم یومی است که صهیون برقص آید | The day and age promised by the divine Prophets has appeared. This is the day in which Zion dances with joy. | BDA1.292.11 | MHMD1.310 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| BH06487 | 150 | mixed | آمد روزیکه منادی الهی امام وجوه ندا میفرماید اینست آن روزیکه جبال مثل سحاب | The day hath come when the Divine Herald proclaimeth before all faces: This is the Day whereon the mountains shall become as clouds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.108d, | AYI2.377 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02153 | 410 | mixed | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | قد اتی یوم فیه اتت السماء بدخان مبین و اتی یوم فیه مرت الجبال کمر السحاب | The Day hath come wherein the heavens have brought forth a manifest smoke, and the Day hath come wherein the mountains move as move the clouds [3.5s]... ...O my Lord, my Master, and the Goal of my Desire! I have heard that Thou hast declared this to be a Day whereon if anyone, with complete sincerity | INBA30:107x, INBA45:202, BLIB_Or15715.031a, | BRL_DA#236, AHM.365x, AQMJ1.174x, ADH1.091, AKHA_133BE #11 p.250 | BRL_APBH#17x, ADMS#035x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BH07002 | 140 | Persian | آمد یومیکه در کتب الهی مسطور و مستور بود جمیع ناس منتظر بودند که یوم ظهور را | The Day hath come which was inscribed and concealed within the divine Books; all peoples awaited the Day of Manifestation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.034a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06629 | 150 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و الناس اکثرهم من الغافلین و ظهرت الصیحه بالحق و القوم اکثرهم من | The Day hath come, yet most of humanity remaineth heedless. The Call hath been raised in truth, yet most of the people remain among those who are negligent [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.345e, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09454 | 100 | Arabic | قد اتی یوم الذی فیه بعث من نطق بهذا الذکر الحکیم و فیه ارتفع الندآء فی ذکر | The Day hath indeed come wherein He Who gave utterance to this wise Remembrance was raised up, and wherein the Call was lifted in remembrance [3.5s] | PYB#110 p.04 | Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06222 | 160 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و ظهر ما کان مستورا خلف سرادق العظمة و مسطورا فی کتب الله رب العالمین | The Day hath indeed come, and that which lay hidden behind the pavilions of grandeur and was inscribed in the Books of God, the Lord of all worlds, hath been made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.100a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11786 | 168 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و کفر القوم بالله المقتدر الجبار اتت العلامات و نزلت الایات و الناس | The Day hath indeed come, and the people have denied God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling. The signs have appeared and the verses have been sent down, yet the people [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.041 | Chastisement and requital; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09178 | 110 | mixed | یوم یوم انبساطست چه که بساط الله باراده مطلقه نافذه در عرصه عالم بمبارکی اسم | The day is a day of expansion, for the Divine Carpet, through His absolute and pervading Will, hath been spread in the realm of the world through the blessedness of His Name [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.174c, , BLIB_Or15728.165a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11542 | 20 | The day is approaching when the faithful will behold the daystar of justice shining in its full splendor from the dayspring of glory. | ADJ.028ax | - | - | |||||||||||||
| BH10747 | 70 | The day is approaching, when the wrathful anger of the Almighty will have taken hold of them | PDC.004x | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06221 | 160 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و اتی الامر و ظهر ما کان مستورا عن الا-- یا ایها | The Day is come and the Cause hath appeared, and that which was hidden from eyes hath been made manifest. O ye [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.120c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.059b, | Apocalyptic imagery; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10339 | 80 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و و اتی الوقت و آن زمان الذکر و حال وقت النصر امرا من لدی الله | The Day is come and the Hour hath struck, and the Time of Remembrance hath dawned, and now is the moment of Victory, by command of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.176b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04248 | 220 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و القوم فی سکر مبین و ینطق الحجر و یبشر الناس بالمنظر الاکبر ولکن | The Day is come, and the people are in manifest drunkenness. The very stone doth speak forth and announceth unto mankind the Most Great Vision, yet [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.247, | Call to action; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02995 | 300 | mixed | قد اتی الیوم و القوم فی حجاب مبین قد ظهر | The Day is come, and the people remain veiled in manifest obscurity [3.5s] | LHKM2.304 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03862 | 240 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و القوم اعرضوا عنه و اتی ما کان موعودا فی کتبه | The Day is come, and yet the people have turned away from Him, and that which was promised in His Books hath appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.155, , BLIB_Or15734.1.039, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0735 | The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris | 400 | Persian | Paris Talks | در انجیل میفرماید هر وقت حضرت مسیح میاید سوار بر ابر است جمال مبارک در تفسیر | The day is fine, the air is pure, the sun shines, no mist nor cloud obscures its radiance. These brilliant rays penetrate into all parts of the city | DWNP_v5#10 p.002-003, KHF.206, KHAB.098 (107), KHTB1.076 | PT#12 p.034, PN_1911 p021 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH03589 | 260 | mixed | یوم یومی است که جمیع نبیین و مرسلین از جانب رب العالمین کل را بشارت بان | The Day is verily one whereof all the Prophets and Messengers have, from the Lord of all worlds, given glad tidings unto all [3.5s] | INBA33:160, BLIB_Or15716.020.22, | AVK2.317.10x, AYI1.357x, TRZ2.258x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02924 | 310 | mixed | یوم یوم الله است و حمد و ثنا مخصوص افنان و اولیاست چه که کمر همت را محکم | The Day is verily the Day of God, and praise and glorification are reserved for the kindred and chosen ones, for they have girded their loins with firm resolve [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.124, , BLIB_Or15728.103, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06010 | 170 | mixed | یوم مذکور در کتب الهی ظاهر و طلعت موعود مشهود مع ذلک عباد غافل اکثری معرض و منکر | The Day mentioned in the divine Books hath appeared and the Countenance of the Promised One is manifest; yet the heedless servants remain, for the most part, turned away and in denial [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.051b, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00333 | 1980 | mixed | یوم الله آمد سریر بیان در قطب امکان ظاهر و مکلم طور بر آن مستوی فرات رحمت از | The Day of God hath come, the Throne of Utterance hath appeared at the pole of contingent being, and the Speaker of Sinai is established thereon. The river of mercy hath descended [3.5s] | INBA31:101, BLIB_Or15701.014, | YARP1.056bx, SFI05.013, AYI2.259x, YMM.207x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to Muslims; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08905 | 110 | Arabic | قد اتی یوم الله الذی بشر به الکلیم و من بعده الروح و من بعده محمد رسول الله | The Day of God hath come, which was foretold by the Interlocutor, and after Him the Spirit, and after Him Muhammad, the Apostle of God [3.5s] | INBA27:059, BLIB_Or15696.121c, | Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07726 | 130 | Arabic | قد اتی یوم الله و القارعه قامت لدی الباب و الملک لله رب الارباب ان الذین | The Day of God hath indeed come, and the Calamity standeth at the gate. The dominion belongeth unto God, the Lord of Lords. Verily, they who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.004c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.040, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05803 | 170 | Arabic | قد اتی یوم الله و القوم لا یفقهون قد اشرق نیر الظهور من افق | The Day of God hath indeed come, yet the people understand not. The Sun of Manifestation hath dawned from the horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.120b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.059a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03051 | 300 | Arabic | یوم الله ینادی یا قوم خافوا الله و لاتتبعوا مظاهر الظنون و الاوهام قد ظهر | The Day of God proclaimeth: O people! Fear ye God and follow not the manifestations of suspicion and vain imaginings. He hath indeed appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.036, , BLIB_Or15734.1.023, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09723 | 100 | mixed | یوم ظهور است و جمال قدم از مطلع اسم اعظم اهل عالم را ندا میفرماید و بمبدء | The Day of Manifestation hath dawned, and the Ancient Beauty, from the Dawning-Place of the Most Great Name, calleth unto the peoples of the world and unto the Source [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.251a, , BLIB_Or15715.119d, | ZYN.289, TAH.196 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05445 | 180 | mixed | قد اتی یوم الصبر و حین الاصطبار و الذکر لله الملک المختار فی الحقیقه روز صبر | The Day of Patience hath indeed come to pass, and the hour of steadfast endurance and remembrance of God, the Sovereign, the Chosen One. In truth, it is the Day of Patience [3.5s] | INBA51:328, BLIB_Or15715.338c, | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08315 | 120 | Arabic | قد اتی یوم القیام و قام فیه قیوم الاسماء بسلطان احاط من فی السموات و الارضین | The Day of Resurrection hath indeed come, and therein hath arisen He Who is the Self-Subsisting Lord of Names, with a sovereignty that encompasseth all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | INBA18:325, BLIB_Or15729.151b, , NLAI_22848:367a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189v, , MKI4522.367a, | AQA2#048 p.204 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02337 | 380 | Arabic | قد اتی یوم الماب و الاحزاب فی اضطراب مبین منهم من انکر فضل الله و ظهوره و رحمته | The Day of Return hath indeed come, and the factions are in manifest turmoil. Among them are those who have denied the bounty of God, His Manifestation and His mercy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.172, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of prayer; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00253 | 2500 | mixed | یوم طلاق است و همچنین حین تلاق گاهی وصل ظاهر و هنگامی فصل حقایق موهومه | The Day of separation hath come, and likewise the time of reunion. At times union is made manifest, and at times division appeareth in illusory realities [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.004, | HDQI.036x, TISH.072-080 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0425 | Public address given on 1912-11-15 | 600 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یوم ظهور مظاهر مقدسهٴ الهیه ربیع الهی است و بهار معنوی که اشجار نفوس انسانی را سبز و خرم نماید | The day of the Manifestation of God is the divine and spiritual springtime when the trees of human souls become green and flourishing | BDA1.375.10x | MHMD1.394x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| BH10137 | 90 | The Day of the Promise is come, and He Who is the Promised One loudly proclaimeth... I swear by God! That which had been enshrined from eternity... Happy is the eye that seeth, and the face that turneth towards | ADJ.078x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00379 | 1780 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | شمس الکلمات عن افق بیان ملیک الاسماء و الصفات قد کانت فی احسن الساعات بانوار | The day-star of words, dawning above the horizon of the utterance of Him Who is the Lord of all names and attributes, hath, at this most blessed of hours | INBA81:062, BLIB_Or15692.005, , BLIB_Or15706.021, , BLIB_Or15714.005, | BRL_DA#200, AYT.305x, ASAT4.400x, AMB#10 | DOR#10 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#015 | ||||||
| BH11541 | 20 | The days are approaching their end, and yet the peoples of the earth are sunk in grievous heedlessness | ADJ.081x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| BH11822 | 130 | Arabic | قد اتت ایام فیها اضطربت النفوس و تغیرت الوجوه الا من انقطع الی الله و تمسک | The days have come wherein souls are sorely troubled and faces are altered, save those who have detached themselves unto God and held fast [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.025 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02844 | 310 | mixed | ایام لقا مذکور و عرف وفا از یمین وادی بقا متضوع لازال بذکر غنی متعال فائز و | The days of attainment unto His presence are remembered, and the fragrance of faithfulness wafteth from the right hand of the valley of eternity. Ever hast thou been blessed through remembrance of the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.307, , BLIB_Or15699.051b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10127 | 90 | Arabic | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قد حلّت أیام الصیام وصام فیها العباد الذین طافوا حول العرش وکانوا من الفائزین | The days of fasting have arrived wherein those servants who circle round Thy throne and have attained Thy presence have fasted. | OOL.B090.10 | BRL_IOPF#3.02, BPRY.260-261 | Law of fasting; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01312 | Ziyarat-i-Jinab-i-Aba Badi' | 650 | Arabic | قد مضت ایام الفرح و الابتهاج و اتت ایام الاحزان بما غاب نجم الایقان من سماء العرفان | The days of joy and exultation have passed away, and the days of sorrow have come, for the Star of Certitude hath vanished from the heaven of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA97:117, Majlis210461.099-101 | BRL_DA#329, MUH2.699x, ASAT3.107x, ASAT4.081x, LDR.193x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03013 | 220 | Persian | ایام انسان و حیات هوشمندان عبارت از کتاب مسطور و رق منشور و لوح محفوظست که در | The days of man and the life of the wise are even as a written book, an unfurled scroll, and a preserved tablet wherein [3.5s] | MMK3#171 p.120, PYB#204 p.03, PYB#114 p.04 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of learning; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BBU0003 | Words to Mulla Husayn | 350 | The days of our companionship are approaching their end... In this pilgrimage upon which We are soon to embark, We have chosen Quddus as Our companion. | DB.085-087, BKOG.032 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04415 | 210 | mixed | ایام ایام امتحان و ابحر اختلاف و ابتلا در هیجان و رایات مشتبهات از هر گوشه | The days of tests are now come. Oceans of dissension and tribulation are surging | INBA38:042, INBA36:328, BLIB_Or15722.266, | BRL_DA#613, TZH4.129-130x | BKOG.109x, GPB.115x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06483 | 150 | mixed | ایام مظاهر الهی در مقامی بیوم الله مذکور ولکن این ایام در جمیع کتب مخصوصست بظهور غیب | The Days of the Divine Manifestations are, in one station, referred to as the Day of God; yet these Days are specifically consecrated in all the Books to the revelation of the Unseen [3.5s] | RHQM2.0714-715 (106) (066-067x) | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BBU0006 | Words to Quddus | 290 | The days of your companionship with Me are drawing to an end. The hour of separation has struck | DB.142-143 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04416 | 210 | mixed | ایامیکه در کتب الهیه از قبل مسطور بود ظاهر و مشهود و صبح ظهور از افق اراده | The days that were inscribed in the divine Books aforetime have become manifest and evident, and the Morn of Revelation hath dawned from the horizon of divine Will [3.5s] | INBA23:010a, BLIB_Or15697.157, , BLIB_Or15722.178b, | AYI2.198 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07729 | 130 | Arabic | قد امسی مطلع الظهور بین اهل الفجور و بذلک ینوح الاشیاء ولکن الناس هم لایفقهون | The Dayspring of Revelation hath found Himself amidst a people of iniquity, wherefore do all things lament, yet the people understand not [3.5s] | INBA15:323a, INBA26:326b | AQA7#486 p.305b | Rejection, opposition and persecution; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01585 | 550 | mixed | Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty | Lawh-i-Shams-i-Jamal-i-Ilah (Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty) | شمس جمال الهی از مشرق غیب ربانی طالع شده و بر جمیع ممکنات مشرق گشته فیا طوبی | The Daystar of Divine Beauty hath risen from the dawning-place of ancient glory and shineth upon all created things. Happy art thou, who hast been illumined by its splendours. | INBA19:032, INBA32:031 | BLO_PT#158, HURQ.BH30 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | LL#285 | ||||||
| BH08293 | 120 | Persian | طلعت حجازی بلسان پارسی اماء خود را ذکر میفرماید تا از کوثر ذکر الهی سرمست | The Daystar of Hijaz, in the Persian tongue, maketh mention of His handmaidens, that they may become intoxicated with the divine nectar of remembrance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.157e, | AQA7#379 p.069 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08329 | 120 | Arabic | قد جاء الامر من الله المقتدر العزیز العلیم بخروجی عن تلک الارض و نحن اذا فی شکر | The decree hath indeed come from God, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, commanding My departure from that land, and We are therefore filled with gratitude [3.5s] | INBA71:005b | Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08349 | 120 | Arabic | قد ظهر حکم الله الذی رقم باصبع القدره فی کتابه المکنون هذا یوم فیه ام | The decree of God, inscribed by the Finger of Power in His Hidden Book, hath been made manifest. This is the Day wherein [3.5s] | INBA23:090b, BLIB_Or15730.097e, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0426 | Words to some Christians, spoken on 1914-12-26 | 600 | The deeds which are perpetrated by the present civilized Christian nations of Europe are opposite to the commandments of Christ. He shuns their association | DAS.1914-12-26 | Call to action; Christian doctrine and practice; Critique of Western values; culture; Justice and wrath of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05461 | 180 | Arabic | قد غدر شیاطین البیان فی امر ربهم الرحمن و احتالوا الی ان اشتعلت نار الافتتان | The demons of utterance have indeed betrayed the Cause of their Lord, the All-Merciful, and schemed until the fire of sedition was kindled [3.5s] | INBA73:070a, NLAI_BH1.466, NLAI_BH2.212a | BRL_DA#147, AVK4.481ax, QT108.126, ASAT4.519x | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07592 | 130 | Persian | حزب الله معرضین و منکرین علم نفاق برافراختند و بمفتریاتی متکلمند که شبه | The deniers and opposers among the people of God have raised the banner of hypocrisy and utter calumnies, the like of which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.050, | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10674 | 70 | Arabic | و قد یشهد اهل العالین و ملا المقربین بانه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا العبد | The denizens of all worlds and the company of them that are nigh unto God bear witness that there is none other God but Him, and that this servant [3.5s] | INBA51:308 | LHKM3.063b | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05841 | 170 | Arabic | قد ناح اهل جبروتی بما ورد علی اولیائی الذین یذکرون الله فی الغداه و العشی و | The denizens of My celestial dominion have lamented over that which hath befallen My loved ones who make mention of God at morn and eventide [3.5s] | INBA41:371 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03553 | 200 | Arabic | قد رتل اهل الفردوس بالحان القدس تلک القصیده الفریده الغراء الفصحی التی خریده | The denizens of Paradise have chanted, in sacred melodies, that unique and resplendent ode, that eloquent and matchless gem [3.5s] | INBA87:067, INBA52:066 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04629 | 160 | Persian | اهل ملکوت ابهى منتظر و مترصد آنند که هریک از ما یوماً قیام نمائیم | The denizens of the Abha Kingdom keenly await and vigilantly anticipate the day when each one of us shall arise [3.5s] | AKHA_104BE #09 p.13 | Call to action; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00065 | 5250 | mixed | شهد اهل الملکوت قد اتی مالک الجبروت بسلطان لایقوم معه ما یشهد و یری انه لهو | The denizens of the Kingdom bear witness: The Sovereign of Might hath appeared with such authority that all things seen and unseen bow before Him. Verily, He is He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.181, | ANDA#66 p.05x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03529 | Some Answered Questions #024 Pentecost | 200 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | این حلول روح القدس نه مثل حلول هوا در جوف انسان است این تعبیر و تشبیه است | The descent of the Holy Spirit is not like the entrance of air into the human body. | MFD#24, OOL.C022.24 | SAQ#24 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Manifestation of God as mirror; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2540 | Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ابن الله در بودن در عهد حضرت مسیح و موسی اصطلاحی بود که حتی در باره بنی اسرائیل | The designation of “son of God” at the time of Moses and Christ was a term which was used also in relation to the Children of Israel | BDA2.361 | MHMD2.481-482 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||
| AB09659 | 80 | mixed | تعیین قبله و شهرتش الان مقتضای حکمت بالغه نیست در وقتش اعلان خواهد شد ثم انشر | The designation of the Qiblih and its promulgation doth not, at this time, accord with consummate wisdom. At the appointed hour it shall be proclaimed, and thereafter spread abroad [3.5s] | INBA85:379 | YMM.049 | Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10318 | 80 | mixed | شهد المقصود لمن ظهر بالحق و اتی من سماء الامر بسلطان مبین یا اهل میلان ان | The Desired One beareth witness unto Him Who hath appeared with the truth and hath come from the heaven of command with manifest sovereignty. O people of Milan [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.112c, | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09002 | 110 | Arabic | کتاب محتوم انزله الله المهیمن القیوم لمن اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله اذ اعرض | The destined Book hath been sent down by God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God when others turned away [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.042a, | Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2609 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 | 80 | the development of existence may be represented by two arcs forming a circle. The one descending, the other ascending. Beginning with the mineral | PN_1909F p060, PN_1909F p114, AKL.008 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Evolution; human evolution; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10575 | 70 | mixed | رشحات بحر قدم از معین قلم مالک امم بصورت این کلمات ترشح فرموده ذکرت لدی | The dewdrops from the Ocean of Pre-existence have trickled forth from the Fountainhead of the Pen of the Lord of nations, assuming the form of these words: "Thy remembrance before Me..." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.177b, | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07638 | 130 | mixed | رشحات وحی از اوراق سدره منتهی بصورت این کلمات ترشح نموده ای امه الله کتابت | The dewdrops of divine revelation have trickled down from the leaves of the divine Lote-Tree in the form of these words: O handmaid of God, thy letter [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.144a, , BLIB_Or15719.028a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02148 | 410 | mixed | رشحات الهام از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسما بصورت این کلمات | The dewdrops of inspiration, descending from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, through the aid of the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have taken the form of these words [3.5s] | INBA35:173, INBA51:401 | AVK3.121.17x, LHKM3.258, GHA.387a.07x | Imam Husayn; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00466 | 1540 | mixed | رشحات وحی از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسماء بهیئت این کلمات | The dewdrops of revelation, aided by the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have descended from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree in the form of these words [3.5s]... ...Indeed the laws of God are like unto the ocean and the children of men as fish | INBA35:140x, BLIB_Or15719.031, , Majlis934.092-108 | AVK2.057.13x, AVK3.119.11x, AVK3.298.16x, UAB.031dx, MAS4.170x, KSHG.064-070, MSBH2.482-489 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Music and singing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB3.279, LL#131 | ||||||||
| ABU1933 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-25 in Washington | 150 | The difference between animal and man is this, that the animal cannot comprehend the teachings of God.... The teachings say first to investigate reality | BSTW#336d | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Man's distinction from the animal; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10306 | 70 | The difference between Christ and others is this: Christ was the spirit, others are bodies. Christ was the Sun, others are mirrors. | BSTW#357 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2348 | Words spoken on 1913-08-14 in Ramleh | 100 | The difference between me and the rest is that I wish the welfare of the people for their own sake, and without any ulterior motive. | DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.192-193, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#194 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0075 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 1400 | The differences between this Revelation and that of Jesus Christ are, that in this cycle all the inhabitants of the world will be gathered in one nation | SW_v11#17 p.286x, PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p040 | Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1658 | Words to Mr And Mrs Grosse, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 190 | The dinner was perfect. It was cooked most deliciously. Everything was very good. The dishes were very delicious. You worked very faithfully. | ECN.761+808 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3335 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 30 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | The disciples of Jesus, passing along the road and seeing a dead dog, remarked how offensive and disgusting | SW_v09#18 p.211, TDLA.103, TOR.170, BLO_PN#104 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Exhortations and counsels; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2824 | Words spoken on 1913-04-22 in Vienna | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امتیاز انسان در روحانیت و مدنیت الهیه است در اطمینان و سُرور سرمدیست | The distinction of humanity lies in spirituality and divine civilization, as well as their eternal peace and happiness | BDA2.251 | MHMD2.326-327 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| BH06705 | 150 | mixed | کتاب الهی باعلی الندآء مابین عباد و اماء ندا مینماید و کل را بافق اعلی راه | The Divine Book calleth out with most exalted voice amidst the servants and handmaidens, guiding all to the supreme horizon [3.5s] | PYB#245 p.04 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04804 | 200 | mixed | کتاب الهی در جمیع احیان باعلی الندآء اهل ارض را بافق اعلی دعوت مینماید امروز | The Divine Book doth at all times summon, with the most exalted call, the peoples of the earth unto the Supreme Horizon this Day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.001.01, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05860 | 170 | Persian | کتاب الهی از افق سماء عنایت رحمانی نازل هر صاحب سمعی باصغاء ندا فائز شد | The Divine Book hath been sent down from the horizon of the heaven of gracious providence; every possessor of hearing hath hearkened unto the Call [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.012a, | Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04505 | 210 | mixed | کتاب الهی از سماء عنایت رحمانی نازل و افق عالم بانوار نیر اعظم مشرق اسرار | The divine Book hath descended from the heaven of gracious bounty, and the horizon of the world is illumined with the resplendent rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s] | INBA65:035x, INBA30:087x, INBA81:001b, BLIB_Or15718.016, , MKI4523.291, | BRL_DA#501, ISH.291, AHM.331, AQMJ1.150x, AKHA_121BE #09 p.a, AKHA_124BE #14 p.a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04805 | 200 | mixed | کتاب الهی در عشی و اشراق بذکر دوستان مشغول امروز باید اهل بها و اصحاب سفینه | The Divine Book is occupied, at eventide and at dawn, with the mention of the friends. Today the people of Bahá and the companions of the Ark must [3.5s] | INBA51:382 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08386 | 120 | mixed | کتاب الهی امروز مابین عباد ندا میفرماید و کل را بما ینبغی لایام الله امر... یا امتی یوم یوم اللّه است از حقّ در لیالی | The Divine Book on this day calleth aloud amidst the servants and commandeth all according to that which beseemeth the Days of God... O My handmaiden! This Day is the Day of God, from the True One in the nights [3.5s] | INBA18:374b, BLIB_Or15690.173a, , BLIB_Or15728.044b, | QIRT.02ax | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05861 | 170 | Persian | کتاب الهی در جمیع احیان ناطق و افتاب حقیقت از افق سماء | The Divine Book speaketh forth at all times, and the Sun of Truth shineth from the horizon of heaven [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.164, , BLIB_Or15728.224a, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04803 | 200 | mixed | کتاب الهی امام وجوه کل ناطق و حجت و برهان ظاهر در هر حین منادی از جهت عرش ندا | The Divine Book standeth before all faces as one speaking, manifest proof and testimony. In every moment a herald proclaimeth from the direction of the Throne [3.5s] | AQA7#504 p.338 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03129 | 290 | mixed | کتاب الهی در اعلی مقام عالم بذکر عالم و امم ناطق و کل را دعوت فرموده بانچه که | The Divine Book, from its most exalted station in the world, speaketh in remembrance of the world and its peoples, and summoneth all unto that which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.129, , BLIB_Or15728.034, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04059 | 230 | Persian | کتاب الهی بصوت بسیار ملیحی در رضوان محبت رحمانی اولیا را ذکر | The Divine Book, in most melodious tones, maketh mention of the chosen ones in the Ridván of the All-Merciful's love [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.222a, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03246 | 280 | mixed | فضل الهی مجسم شد و رحمتش شامل بجنود عنایت و جودش مدد نمود و جناب شیخ علیه | The divine bounty became manifest, and His mercy encompassed all. Through the hosts of His loving-kindness and bounty did He render aid, and the honored Shaykh— [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.002, | AYBY.116a | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06761 | 150 | mixed | ندای الهی در کل حین مرتفع و قلم ربانی در ساعات لیل و نهار متحرک | The divine Call is raised at all times, and the Pen of the Lord moveth throughout the hours of night and day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.154c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10391 | 80 | mixed | ندای الهی در جمیع احیان مرتفع است و قلم اعلی در کل اوان ناطق و این قلم در | The divine Call is raised at every moment, and the Most Exalted Pen speaketh at all times, and this Pen [3.5s] | INBA23:171b, BLIB_Or15710.260d, , BLIB_Or15730.027c, | KHMI.027 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06762 | 150 | mixed | ندای الهی در کل حین مرتفعست و افق ظهور بانوار وجه منور طوبی از برای نفوسیکه | The divine Call is raised continually, and the horizon of manifestation is illumined with the lights of His countenance. Blessed are they who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.159b, | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06301 | 160 | mixed | ندای الهی در لیالی و ایام از سجن عکا مرتفع اولیا را ذکر مینماید و همچنین اماء | The divine Call is raised from the Prison of 'Akká in the watches of night and day, making mention of both the holy ones and the handmaidens [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.165b, , BLIB_Or15716.224a, , BLIB_Or15728.012a, | AYBY.128a | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01595 | 550 | mixed | ندای الهی در بریه مقدسه از شجره مبارکه احدیه مرتفع شد و کل را ندا فرمود و | The divine Call was raised from the blessed Tree of Oneness in the sacred wilderness, summoning all [3.5s] | RSBB.129 | Goodly deeds; actions; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10017 | 90 | Persian | نصایح الهیه مائده معنویه است که از سماء مشیت رحمانیه نازل شده باید احباء قدر | The divine counsels are a spiritual sustenance that hath descended from the heaven of the All-Merciful Will. The beloved must needs appreciate [3.5s] | INBA27:432 | AYI2.236 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03304 | 280 | mixed | یوم الهی بنفسه ندا مینماید و من علی الارض را بافق اعلی دعوت میفرماید این یوم | The Divine Day doth in itself proclaim, and summoneth them that dwell on earth unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s] | INBA19:093, INBA32:086 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04937 | 200 | mixed | یوم الهی ظاهر و لسان صمدانی بکلمه علیا ناطق تفکر در فضل و رحمت الهی نما کلمه | The Divine Day is manifest, and the Tongue of the All-Bountiful speaketh with the Most Exalted Word. Ponder thou upon the grace and mercy of God, O Word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.308c, | Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06009 | 170 | mixed | یوم الهی که در کتب و صحف و زبر و الواح مذکور بود و از قلم اعلی موعود بکمال | The Divine Day which hath been mentioned in the Books, Scriptures, Psalms and Tablets, and promised in its fullness by the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.100c, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08446 | 120 | mixed | نار الهی از سدره مبارکه ظاهر و نور احدیه از افق وجه ساطع امروز روز ذکر و ثناست | The divine Fire hath been manifested from the blessed Lote-Tree, and the light of Oneness doth shine resplendent from the horizon of His Countenance. This is the Day of remembrance and praise [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.102a, | Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07201 | 140 | Arabic | قد فاحت نفحه الله فی العالم و ظهر مطلع القدم بالحجه و البرهان من الناس من توجه الی | The divine fragrance hath been wafted throughout the world, and the Dawning-Place of eternity hath appeared with clear proof and testimony. Among the people are those who have turned [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.143c, | Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1545 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 200 | Persian | دهقان الهی تخمی می پاشد در اراضی طیبه بعضی از آنها در اراضی شوره | The Divine Husbandman scattereth seeds upon goodly lands, while some fall upon barren soil [3.5s] | KHH2.270-272 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10504 | 80 | mixed | یوسف الهی در بئر بغضا مبتلا عالم را ظلمت غفلت و نادانی احاطه نموده و جزاء | The divine Joseph hath been cast into the well of hatred, whilst the world is encompassed by the darkness of heedlessness and ignorance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.042a, | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05522 | 180 | Persian | مصباح الهی ما بین اریاح شهود و ناظرات بقضاء و قدر الهی لا تمنعه | The Divine Lamp, amidst the winds of existence and gazing upon divine destiny and decree, cannot be hindered [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.154b, , BLIB_Or15728.102, | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2458 | Words spoken on 1915-11-20 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | شرایع الهی و ادیان الهی اجزاخانهٴ الهی است. دوای هر دردی در آن موجود است. یک طبیب حاذق می خواهد | The divine laws and celestial religions are as the Divine Dispensary, wherein existeth the remedy for every malady. A skilled physician is needed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-20 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01613 | 540 | Persian | سدره منتهی از بقعه حمرآء اهل انشا را ندا میکند و میفرماید یا اصفیاء الله فی | The Divine Lote-Tree calleth from the crimson spot unto the people of utterance, saying: "O chosen ones of God in..." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.083b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10999 | 50 | Arabic | ان سدره المنتهی تنادی افنانها و توصیهم بالاستقامه الکبری علی هذا الامر الذی | The Divine Lote-Tree calleth out through its branches, counseling them to steadfast constancy in this Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.280f, , BLIB_Or15734.1.124e, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06497 | 150 | Arabic | تحب السدره ان تذکر احد افنانها الذی قصدها و سمع ندائها و طار فی هوائها و نطق | The Divine Lote-Tree desireth to make mention of one of its branches who hath turned towards it, hearkened unto its call, soared in its atmosphere, and spoken forth [3.5s] | INBA51:523, BLIB_Or15712.281b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11220 | 40 | Arabic | ان السدره تذکر افنانها و تبشرها بعنایتها و الطافها و تشهد لها بما شهد قلمه الاعلی | The Divine Lote-Tree doth make mention of its branches, and giveth them glad tidings of its tender mercies and favors, and beareth witness unto them of that which His Most Exalted Pen hath testified [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.144h, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09879 | 90 | mixed | سدره منتهی ندا میفرماید و هر ورقه از ورقاتش بابدع الحان من فی الامکانرا | The Divine Lote-Tree proclaimeth, and every leaf among its leaves doth, in most wondrous melodies, address all who dwell in the realm of being [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.239a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10596 | 70 | mixed | سدره میفرماید یا ورقتی یا ورقتی مولی میگوید یا امتی یا امتی قلم اعلی مترنم یا حرفی | The Divine Lote-Tree proclaimeth: "O My leaf! O My leaf!" The Lord uttereth: "O My handmaiden! O My handmaiden!" The Supreme Pen melodiously intoneth: "O My letter!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.263a, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05777 | 170 | mixed | سدره المنتهی میفرماید ای ورقه طوبی لک چه که در اول ایام باقبال و توجه فائز | The Divine Lote-Tree proclaimeth: O leaf! Blessed art thou, for in the earliest days thou didst attain unto acceptance and divine favor [3.5s] | INBA15:294b, INBA26:297a | PYK.220 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10300 | 80 | Arabic | سدره المنتهی تنطق انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم خلقتکم لعرفانی ان انتم تعرفون | The Divine Lote-Tree proclaimeth: There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. I created you that ye might know Me, if ye be of them that know [3.5s] | INBA51:578a, NLAI_BH1.043 | LHKM3.188b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06213 | 160 | mixed | ظهور الهی واضح و مبرهن است بقسمیکه اگر جمیع من علی الارض من دون غرض در آثار | The Divine Manifestation is clear and evident to such a degree that were all who dwell on earth, without ulterior motive, to examine the signs [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.251b, , BLIB_Or15730.053a, | BRL_DA#593, SFI12.021 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1309 | 240 | Persian | مظاهر الهیه گاهی حکم میکنند به موجب ادله ظاهره یعنی مسائل را ظاهرا میگیرند | The Divine Manifestations do at times pronounce judgement according to outward proofs, that is to say, They take matters in their apparent aspect [3.5s] | YIK.301, ZIAB2.211-212 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0385 | Public address given on 1912-05-29 | 630 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The divine Manifestations have been iconoclastic in Their teachings, uprooting error | PUP#057 (p.154-156), SW_v03#10 p.013-014 | Christ; Christianity; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04541 | 210 | mixed | نقره الهی بر ناقور صمدانی مقرون شد و جذبه حمامه سلطان ازلی بر اغصان سدره | The divine melody hath joined with the celestial Trumpet, and the rapture of the Eternal Sovereign's Dove hath alighted upon the branches of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | INBA38:039, INBA36:323 | PZHN v2#1 p.034 | Contention and conflict; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0904 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The Divine Reality is far removed from man. It is absolutely remote and independent in Its essence; abstract, limitless, impersonal beyond human comprehension | BSC.451 #825, SW_v02#14 p.007, SW_v16#06 p.0541 | Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0773 | The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-31 in Paris | 380 | Persian | Paris Talks | حقیقت الوهیت در نهایت تنزیه و تقدیس است از برای حقیقت الوهیت نزول و صعودی | The Divine Reality is Unthinkable, Limitless, Eternal, Immortal and Invisible. The world of creation is bound by natural law, finite and mortal. | KHF.121, KHAB.108 (118), KHTB1.090 | PT#17 p.050, SW_v02#14 p.015 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Manifestation of God as mediator; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0171 | Address to Free Religious Association of Boston, Ford Hall, 1912-05-25 | 980 | Persian | ادیان الهیه بجهت محبت بین بشر نازل شده بجهت الفت نازل شده بجهه وحدت عالم | The divine religions have been revealed for the purpose of fostering love among humankind, to engender fellowship, and to achieve the unity of the world [4o] | KHF.085, KHF.238, KHAB.281 (291), KHTB2.086, NJB_v03#06-08 p.008, NJB_v04#04 p.001 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Harmony of science and religion; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0137 | Public address given on 1912-05-05 | 1070 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | The divine religions were founded for the purpose of unifying humanity and establishing universal peace.... O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock | BDA1.070n | BPRY.113-115x, PUP#041 (p.097-100), SW_v03#04 p.024-027, SW_v15#03 p.057, DWN_v6#11 p.002-004 | Louis, Bahiyyih, Oisin & Danny | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.079 | |||||||
| ABU2816 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ادیان الهیه برای الفت و محبت بوده و سبب اتفاق ملل و امم مختلفه گشته اما چون مدتی گذشت | The divine religions were revealed for love and amity and have brought about harmony among the different peoples and nations. But as time passed dogmas | BDA1.348.04 | MHMD1.366 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0403 | Public address given on 1912-07-05 | 620 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The Divine Sovereignty is an ancient sovereignty; not an accidental sovereignty. | PUP#079 (p.218-220), SW_v04#05 p.087+089-090 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Creation of the world; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; God's attributes require the existence of objects; Infinity and eternity; Literal interpretation; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00821 | Tablet of the Divine Springtime | 990 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) | ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتی ربیع البیان بما تقرب عید الرحمن قم بین ملا الانشاء | The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. | BLIB_Or15692.037, , BLIB_Or15706.061, , BLIB_Or15714.027, | GWBP#014 p.027, AYT.254, OOL.B203, AMB#06 | GWB#014, DOR#06, ADJ.078x, GPB.154x3x, GPB.154-155x, WOB.206x | R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), E. Mahony, TaliaSafa (1), TaliaSafa (2), B. Butler, Joel in Real Life, Joel in Real Life | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB1.274, ROB2.397, BKOG.169, LL#221 | |||
| BH04371 | 210 | mixed | الواح الهیه بمثل غیث هاطل از سماء مشیت الهی نازل جمیع خلق عالم را در کتب و صحف | The Divine Tablets, even as torrential rain, have been sent down from the heaven of God's Will upon all the peoples of the world in sacred books and scrolls [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.054d, | Growth of the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00615 | 1240 | mixed | آیات الهی عالم را احاطه نموده و نور فضلش موحدین را منور داشته نیر عدل از افق | The divine verses have encompassed the world, and the light of His grace hath illumined them that have recognized His unity [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.033, | BRL_DA#481 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Reward and punishment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08753 | 110 | Persian | آیات الهی عالم را احاطه نموده و آثارش در اکثر بلاد موجود ولکن طالب مفقود طمع | The divine verses have encompassed the world, and their traces are found in most lands; yet the seeker is wanting through desire [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.010b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11367 | 40 | The divine who hath seized and quaffed the most holy Wine, in the name of the sovereign Ordainer, is as an eye unto the world | PDC.181x | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH07447 | 130 | mixed | اراده الهی از افق مشیت ظاهر و او مهیمنست بر جمیع اسما و ملکوت آن و صفات و جبروت | The Divine Will hath dawned from the horizon of Purpose, and He is the Sovereign over all names and their kingdom, and all attributes and their dominion [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.102d, | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11428 | 30 | Persian | کلمه الهی محیی ابدانست و مبعث روان پس بشنوید کلمه بدیعه محکمه اش را تا از | The Divine Word is the quickener of bodies and the awakener of souls. Hearken ye, therefore, unto His wondrous and firmly-established Word, that ye may [3.5s] | INBA38:074a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08424 | 120 | mixed | کلمه الهیه که برحیق اطهر در مقامی تعبیر میشود مره بعد مره ارسال شد ولکن | The Divine Word, which in one station is interpreted as the Most Pure Wine, was sent forth time after time, yet [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.196b, , BLIB_Or15719.156c, | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04279 | 220 | mixed | کلمات الهی که از مصدر بیان سبحانی بلحن بدیع عربی نازل گشته زیاده از حد احصا | The divine words which have been revealed from the Source of heavenly utterance in a wondrous Arabic tongue transcend all reckoning [3.5s] | INBA74:080b | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11545 | 20 | The divines of Persia ... have perpetrated what the Jews have not perpetrated during the Revelation of Him Who is the Spirit | GPB.231x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| BH07158 | 140 | mixed | علما و عرفا و امرای ارض در لیالی و ایام منتظر که چه هنگام افق عالم بانوار | The divines, the mystics and the rulers of the earth await, night and day, the moment when the horizon of the world shall be illumined with light [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.356b, | Love of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3273 | Words spoken on 1913-01-29 in Paris | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از جمیع جهات ابواب مسدود است و راه نجات مقطوع مگر بقوهٴ معنویه و تأییدات غیبیه | The doors are closed on every side, and the way to salvation is barred, unless one is aided with spiritual power | BDA2.111 | MHMD2.136-137 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1512 | Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 | 210 | The doors of colleges and universities must be wide open | DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014-015 | Nationalism; love of country; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Oneness; unity of religion; The Christian clergy; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal education | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10651 | 70 | Persian | مریبین و متوهمین را از کاس یقین رب العالمین نصیبی نبوده و نخواهد بود پس خوشا | The doubters and the deluded have not been, nor shall they ever be, vouchsafed a share from the chalice of certitude of the Lord of all worlds. How blessed, therefore [3.5s] | INBA38:076a, INBA19:066a, INBA32:061a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05103 | 190 | Arabic | قد تغرد الورقاء علی افنان دوحه البقاء انه لا اله الا انا الغفور الرحیم قد | The Dove hath warbled upon the branches of the Tree of Eternity: "Verily there is none other God but Me, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.139c, | LHKM3.196b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Satan; the Evil One; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04789 | 200 | Arabic | قد هدرت الورقاء و نادت الاشیاء بهذا الاسم الذی به اسودت وجوه الفجار و اضائت وجوه | The Dove hath warbled, and all things have cried out with this Name, whereby the faces of the ungodly were darkened and the faces of the righteous illumined [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.140b, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09942 | 90 | Arabic | قد نطقت الورقاء انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و دلع دیک العرش انه لا اله | The Dove hath warbled: "There is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting," and the Cock of the Divine Throne hath proclaimed: "There is no God..." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.148b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04049 | 230 | Arabic | قد غنت الورقاء هل یری من ذی سمع لیسمع و انتشرت اجنحه الطاوس هل من ذی نظر | The Dove hath warbled: is there any with ears that will hear? The wings of the Peacock have spread forth: is there any possessed of sight [3.5s] | INBA34:265 | AQA1#127, ASAT1.024x | Chastisement and requital; Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01152 | 730 | mixed | قد هدرت حمامه البیان علی ایکه العرفان الملک لله رب العالمین هذه کلمه نطق بها | The Dove of Utterance hath cooed upon the branches of divine knowledge: "The Kingdom is God's, the Lord of all worlds." This is a word that hath been uttered [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.348, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02220 | 400 | mixed | غبار و دخان ظلم و اعتساف ایران را احاطه نموده عدل مسکین در براثن ضغینه و | The dust and smoke of tyranny and oppression have encompassed Iran, whilst helpless justice lies in the clutches of malice [3.5s] | INBA18:111, BLIB_Or15716.081a, | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02876 | 310 | mixed | ع ل غبار نفاق نیر آفاق را احاطه نموده و احزان عالم سرور را منقلب کرده این | The dust of hypocrisy hath enveloped the Luminary of the horizons, and the sorrows of the world have transformed joy into perturbation [3.5s] | INBA51:164, KB_620:157-158, LEID.Or4971?, | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | LL#065, LL#066 | |||||||||
| ABU2277 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-31 | 110 | The duties and the responsibilities of the Bahá'í are these: They must be kind to all the religions. They must love humankind with all their hearts and souls. They must work for the public welfare. | DAS.1913-01-31 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3349 | 30 | The duty of educated men, especially university presidents of the nation, is this: To teach in the universities and schools ideas concerning universal peace, so that the student may be so molded that in after years he may help carry to fruition the most useful and human issue of mankind. | SW_v15#01 p.037, SW_v16#07 p.600 | Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12000 | 80 | Persian | تکلیف حضرت ادیب انست که مداومت در محفل روحانی فرماید و چون رکن متین است باید | The duty of his honor Adib is to maintain constant attendance at the Spiritual Assembly, and as he is a mighty pillar, he must [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0307 | Disregarding bodily comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3545 | Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh | 20 | The duty of the believers of God is to be servants to one another and to attend to his brother's wants | DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#12 p.143-144, ABIE.163, BLO_PN#007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05830 | 170 | Arabic | قد سمعت اذن العنایه ما نادیت به الله رب العالمین و ما اثنیت به مولیک کذلک | The ear of divine favor hath heard that which thou didst call out unto God, the Lord of all worlds, and wherewith thou didst praise thy Lord. Thus it is [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#109, , NLAI_BH2.197 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04419 | 210 | mixed | آذان از جان باید تا ندای محبوب عالمیان را که از شطر سجن مرتفع است اصغا نماید | The ears must be of the soul, that they may hearken to the voice of the Beloved of the worlds, which hath been raised from the direction of the Prison [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.245b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0569 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 490 | The East and the West are united together. The contingent world is in two great divisions -- the physical and the mental | PN_1900_heh p020, PN_1900 p094 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Realms of being; three realms; five realms | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3405 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 30 | The East and the West should unite to give to each other what is lacking in each. This exchange of gifts would form a true civilization | CHH.153, BLO_PN#022 | East and West; communication between East and West; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2141 | Words to a writer of a Beirut daily, spoken on 1914-03-16 | 120 | The editor of a newspaper or a magazine must ever take the side of Truth. Every fact before its publication must be thoroughly investigated. | DAS.1914-03-16 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1275 | Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12 | 250 | The editors of the Newspapers are the guardians of the rights of man. They are the champions of the poor and the protectors of the Wronged ones. | DAS.1914-05-12 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1077 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 290 | Persian | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است که به تربیت الهی تربیت گردد و اخلاق اطفال را باید تربیت کرد | The education of children is a mighty service, whereby they may be trained through divine education, and verily must their character be nurtured and refined [3.5s] | KHH2.286-287 | Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1031 | Words spoken on 1910-01-19 | 300 | Persian | تربیت اطفال خدمت بزرگی است باید که بتربیت الهی تربیت کرد که هوائی در نیاید | The education of children is a mighty service. They must needs be educated through divine training, lest they be swayed by desires [3.5s] | NJB_v05#06 p.003, KHH2.155 (2.286) | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07059 | 120 | Persian | تربیت نسوان اهم از تربیت رجال است زیرا نسوان چون تربیت یابند اطفال نیز در | The education of women is of greater importance than that of men, for when women are educated, children likewise shall [3.5s] | INBA16:225 | MKT7.189, MJTB.088, QIRT.07ax | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09363 | 100 | mixed | روشنائی سراج جدید بدهن جدید در این حین تجلی نمود اگرچه ذکرش در عالم | The effulgence of the new Lamp hath in this moment been made manifest through a new mouth, though mention thereof hath been made in the world [3.5s] | MSHR4.025x | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of faith; power of the spirit; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01371 | 330 | Arabic | النور الساطع و الشعاع اللامع من شمس الحقیقه و سر الاحدیه الکوکب المنیر و | The effulgent light and the radiant beam from the Sun of Truth and the mystery of divine oneness, the luminous star [3.5s] | ABDA.320 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08711 | 110 | mixed | انوار یوم الهی عالم را منور نموده و آثار ظهور بعنایتش از جمیع جهات هویدا مع | The effulgent lights of the Divine Day have illumined the world, and the signs of His manifestation, through His gracious bounty, have become evident from all directions [3.5s] | INBA51:064a, BLIB_Or15715.334b, , KB_620:057-057 | LHKM2.131 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08710 | 110 | mixed | انوار ظهور عالم را احاطه نموده و مکلم طور بر سدره معانی بابدع نغمات تغنی | The effulgent lights of the Manifestation have encompassed the world, and the Speaker of Sinai doth warble, with most wondrous melodies, upon the Lote-Tree of meanings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.247a, | Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08634 | 110 | Persian | اشراقات انوار ظهور مکلم طور از جمیع آفاق عالم ظاهر و مشرق و آیات عظمت از سماء | The effulgent rays of the Manifestation, the Speaker of Sinai, are manifest and resplendent from all the horizons of the world, and the signs of grandeur from the heaven [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.013a, | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02520 | 350 | Persian | انوار تجلیات شمس معانی از افق نورانی بصورت این کلمات مشرق و لائحست ای | The effulgent rays of the Sun of inner meanings have dawned from the luminous horizon in the form of these words [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.037c, | Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04362 | 210 | mixed | اشراقات شمس افق وحی بصورت این کلمات ظاهر و مجلی جمیع احباب را بحکمت امر | The effulgent rays of the Sun of the horizon of Revelation have been made manifest in the form of these words, commanding all the beloved ones unto wisdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.036a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04226 | 170 | Arabic | البهاء المتلئلا من افق الکبریاء و الثناء الطیب الذکی المعطر لکل الارجاء علیکم | The effulgent splendor emanating from the horizon of grandeur and the sweet, fragrant praise pervading all regions be upon you [3.5s] | BSHN.140.129, BSHN.144.129, MHT2.134 | Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06556 | 150 | mixed | سبحات جلال صریر قلم ابهی را منع ننموده و حجبات اهل ضلال او را از اراده باز | The effulgent splendors of Glory have not restrained the rustling of the Most Glorious Pen, nor have the veils of the wayward held back His purpose [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.154b, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03595 | 190 | Arabic | البهاء اللامع و النور الساطع یحف تربتک النورآء و یغشی مرقدک الطیب الرائحه من | The effulgent splendour and the radiant light encompass thy luminous resting-place and enfold thy sweet-scented tomb [3.5s] | AHB.129BE #03-04 p.32, TAH.294b, HHA.158 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1827 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | بزرگان مصر میخواهند وهابی بشوند عقاید وهابیان را پیش گیرند شاید بحرب و ضرب و جنگ | The Egyptian chiefs want to become Wahabbi and promote Wahabbi convictions. Perchance they hope to resist European expansion through wars, violence, confrontations and slaughter. | KHH1.052 (1.073-074) | KHHE.091-092 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3097 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The election of temporary members of the assemblies of the kingdom should depend upon the choice and satisfaction of the public | BSC.424 #767.3x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06917 | 140 | mixed | امپراطور فرانسه شخصی بود در مقام قول اعظم از جبال و در مقام عمل اقل از خردل | The Emperor of France was one who, in words, soared higher than the mountains, yet in deeds, was accounted as less than a mustard seed [3.5s] | ASAT5.187x, ASAT5.187-188x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11032 | 50 | Persian | حضرت افنان کار جناب میرزا حسن علیه بهاء الله بطول انجامید البته زود اتمام | The endeavors of the honored Afnán, Mírzá Ḥasan, upon whom be the Glory of God, have been prolonged; assuredly they shall soon be completed [3.5s] | INBA87:409a, INBA52:421a | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0476 | Words spoken on 1910-05-10 | 560 | The English king, with his pomp and grandeur, used to address the sun and say | SW_v01#08 p.003-005 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07585 | 130 | Persian | جمیع عالم مخصوص عرفان مالک قدم خلق شده و شکی نیست که عرفان او حاصل | The entirety of the world hath been created for the recognition of the Ancient Lord, and there is no doubt that such recognition is attainable [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.151b, | Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08166 | 120 | mixed | جمیع عالم بذکر این یوم بدیع مسرور و ظهورش را آمل بودند و در لیالی و ایام | The entirety of the world was enraptured by the mention of this wondrous Day, yearning for its revelation throughout the nights and days [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.134a, | TSAY.201, TSAY.467-468 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1506 | Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 | 210 | The entrance to the Kingdom of God depends upon the absolute Bounty of God. If the grace of God descends upon the soul, it will be accepted. Acceptance is not due to capacity or ability. | PN_1909 p087 | Development of capacity and readiness; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07155 | 140 | Persian | عرض این بنده در خدمت حضرت عالی دام اقباله آنکه در وقتی که در حبس عکا ابواب سرور | The entreaty of this servant, laid before that exalted Presence—may his glory endure—is this: that in the time of imprisonment in 'Akká, when the gates of joy [3.5s] | SVB.402-403 | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | ||||||||||
| BH10876 | 60 | mixed | نامه شیخ مدینه کبیره علیه بهائی ملاحظه شد لحاظ عنایت بهریک متوجه از قبل مظلوم | The epistle from the Shaykh of the Great City - upon him be the Glory of Bahá - hath been noted. The gaze of loving-kindness from this Wronged One hath been directed towards each one [3.5s] | MJAN.041a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08403 | 120 | mixed | کتاب آنجناب ملاحظه شد و نغمات روحانی از عندلیب معنوی مسموع گشت و اعراض مردم | The epistle of your honor hath been perused, and the spiritual melodies from the mystic Nightingale were heard, and the people's aversion [3.5s] | INBA38:051 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00257 | 2470 | mixed | قد حضر لدی الوجه کتابک الذی ارسلته الی من ینادی ربه فی الحدباء و توجه الیه | The epistle thou didst dispatch unto him who calleth upon his Lord in Hadbá hath been presented before the Countenance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#008, , BLIB_Or11096#281, | LHKM2.244 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2668 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-31 | 80 | The essence of Deity is unknown and will never be properly understood and defined. In every age different names are given to the same essence. | DAS.1915-03-31 | Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3242 | Words spoken in Jul. 1912 in the United States | 40 | The Essence of Divinity--God--is sanctified above ascent, descent, and appearance. The lights of His qualities are manifest or reflected in the mirrors of the hearts of His Holy Manifestations.... It means the transference or transformation of created bodies into infinite forms of creation. Every indivisible electron is transformed into all the forms of creatures and everything travels or moves in everything. | SW_v19#10 p.309 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02345 | 380 | mixed | کینونت بقا در هیکل بها بالحان فارسی احلی میفرماید ای حبیب الله فارغ شو از کل | The Essence of Eternity, in the Temple of Glory, doth warble in sweetest Persian melodies: O beloved of God, detach thyself from all [3.5s] | RSBB.147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00232 | 2610 | mixed | جوهر تسبیح و ساذج تقدیس سلطان بدیع منیع قیومی را سزاست که از رشحات طفحات | The essence of glorification and purest sanctity beseemeth the wondrous, exalted and Self-Subsisting Sovereign, Who from the outpourings [3.5s] | INBA36:365, BLIB_Or15722.256, , PR23.048b-050b | BRL_DA#033, TZH4.143bx, MSHR4.198x, YMM.321x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01806 | 490 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا و ساذج شکر حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که ظلم ظالمین و اعراض | The essence of praise and glorification and the purest thanksgiving beseemeth that Lord of Ultimate Desire, despite the oppression of the tyrants and the turning away [3.5s] | INBA18:334b, BLIB_Or15716.157, | Justice and wrath of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00752 | 1040 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا حضرت محمودی را لایق و سزاست که در مقام محمود خود جمیع عباد را | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth and beseemeth that All-Praised Lord Who, from His all-praised station, hath called all servants [3.5s] | INBA31:090 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01574 | 550 | Persian | جوهر حمد و ثنا حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزا که از اشراقات انوار آفتاب حقیقت | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth and beseemeth that Most Desired Lord, Who through the effulgences of the rays of the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.351, | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02392 | 370 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا مالک سماء و اسما را لایق و سزاست که اهل عوالم دانش و بینش را | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth and is worthy of the Lord of heaven and of names, Who hath endowed the peoples of the realms of knowledge and insight [3.5s] | INBA15:265, INBA26:265 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00911 | 900 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا معروفی را لایق و سزاست که عارفان اسرار حقایق و بیان از عرفان | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth Him Who is known to the mystic knowers of reality's secrets and expression [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.114, , BLIB_Or15711.026, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00766 | 1030 | Persian | جوهر حمد و ثنا مقصود بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که حزب خلیل را بر احزاب کثیره برتری | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Eternal Object of all adoration, Who hath granted ascendancy to the hosts of the Friend over numerous factions [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.389, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Naming of children; of individuals; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00432 | 1630 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که بجنود ذکر و بیان مدائن قلوب اهل | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Lord of Names, Who through the hosts of remembrance and utterance hath adorned the cities of the hearts of men [3.5s] | INBA44:200, BLIB_Or15701.254, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05728 | 170 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا سزاوار مقصود یکتاست که در سجن اعظم مع احزان وارده و بلایای | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth the one matchless Object of all desire, Who, in the Most Great Prison, amidst descending sorrows and tribulations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.155b, , BLIB_Or15728.113, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for nearness to God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05729 | 170 | Persian | جوهر حمد و ثنا و ساذج ذکر و بها حضرت قیومی را سزاست که از رحیق مختوم اهل قبور | The essence of praise and glory, and the quintessence of remembrance and splendor, beseemeth the Lord, the Self-Subsisting, Who from the sealed wine hath quickened them that lie in the graves [3.5s] | AQA5#158 p.217, MSHR3.168x | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01017 | 820 | mixed | کینونت حمد و ساذج آن ساحت عز قرب قدس محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع آنچه | The essence of praise and its pristine reality befitteth the sanctified court of nearness unto the Best-Beloved, Who is worthy of all that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#073, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01462 | 590 | Persian | جوهر حمد و ساذج آن مخصوص بارگاه حضرت فرد واحد احد بوده که باعمال طیبه و | The essence of praise and its pure substance are exclusively reserved for the threshold of the Single, the One, the Alone, Who through goodly deeds and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.427, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03636 | Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd II | 12200 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ساذج آن مالکی را لایق و سزاست که ملوک عالم بمملوکیتش فخر نموده و | The essence of praise and its purest expression befitteth that Sovereign, before Whom the monarchs of the world glory in their servitude [3.5s] | RHQM2.0773-774 (175x) (108-109x), PYK.040x, YIA.066-099 | Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00789 | 1010 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ساذج حمد و ظاهر آن و باطن آن ساحت قدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise and its purest expression, both its outward and inward reality, beseem and are worthy of the hallowed court of the Intended One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#034, | AVK3.354.15x, MAS8.143bx | Alchemy; the elixir; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01186 | 700 | Persian | جوهر ح و ساذج ثناء حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزا که باراده | The essence of praise and pure glorification befitteth Him, the Lord of all existence, Who through His Will [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.084, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00316 | Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I | 2040 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا بساط قدس حضرت محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که لمیزل مقدس از | The essence of praise and the pure essence of glorification beseemeth the holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s] | INBA35:161b, BLIB_Or15730.007c, | AADA.033-034x, YMM.283x | HURQ.BH75x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | SHHB.152, LL#132 | ||||||
| BH00383 | 1760 | mixed | حقیقت مدح و جوهر ثنا اهل بها را لایق و سزا که ثروت و زینت و الوان ناسوت... اکثری از امرا و رؤسا در ظاهر اظهار محبت | The essence of praise and the quintessence of glorification beseem and are worthy of the people of Bahá, for the riches, adornments and colors of the mortal realm... most among the princes and rulers outwardly manifest love [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.171x | BRL_DA#012, SFI13.036, YIA.194x | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04433 | 210 | Persian | جوهر حمد و حقیقت ثنا بساط مقدس حضرت بهارا | The essence of praise and the reality of glorification befitteth the hallowed court of the Lord of Spring [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.158b, , BLIB_Or15728.159b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00192 | 2940 | mixed | جوهر حمد و بیان و ساذج شکر و تبیان بساط امنع اقدس مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise and utterance, and the quintessence of thanksgiving and exposition, beseemeth and befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Lord of all possibility [3.5s]... ...God hath not blinked, nor will He ever blink His eyes at the tyranny of the oppressor | INBA28:229 | BRL_DA#787, AVK2.181.09x, AVK3.402.09x, NANU_BH#08x, ASAT2.128x, ASAT3.269x, ASAT4.055x, ASAT4.206x, YMM.425x | GPB.224x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB2.413, LL#210 | |||||||
| BH01484 | 580 | mixed | جوهر الحمد علی هیئه من العباد ینادی فی بریه الاشتیاق یا اله الغیب و الشهود و | The essence of praise appeareth in the form of servants who cry out in the wilderness of longing: "O Thou God of the unseen and the seen!" [3.5s]... ...In these days the stay in the True House of Haram-i-Athar (the Purest Wife), upon her be all glory and loftiness | INBA31:014, BLIB_Or11097#046, | MAS4.354cx | LTDT.048-049x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.007, LL#055 | |||||||
| BH01127 | 740 | mixed | جوهر ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که باسمی از اسماء خود منظر اکبر را منور | The essence of praise befitteth and beseemeth the Lord of Names, Who, through one of His names, hath illumined the Most Great Horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.200, , BLIB_Or15732.269, | Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07030 | 140 | mixed | جوهر حمد محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که بکلمه از کلمات خود عالم را بطراز وجود مزین | The essence of praise is befitting and meet for the Best-Beloved One Who, through a word from among His utterances, hath adorned the world with the ornament of existence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.061c, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08168 | 120 | mixed | جوهر حمد الیوم حامدی را لایق و سزاست که هجوم و رجف اهل امکان عرصه ثنایش را | The essence of praise on this Day befitteth and beseemeth Him Whom the tumult and trembling of all created things cannot diminish from the glory of His praise [3.5s] | ANDA#72 p.39x, MSHR4.294x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11375 | 3540 | mixed | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the | جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا و حقیقت ذکر ساحت امنع اقدس ارفع ابدع ... اعمال و اخلاق غیر طیبه که مخالف است | The essence of praise, the pure expression of glorification, and the reality of remembrance beseemeth that Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Exalted and Most Wondrous [3.5s]... ...This is that which hath been uttered by the Tongue of the Unconstrained concerning the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár | BRL_DA#388, COMP_MASHRIQP#05x, GHA.446.10x | BRL_MASHRIQ#05x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02322 | 380 | mixed | جوهر حمد و لطیفه ثنا و ساذج شکر بساط اقدس اعز حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise, the quintessence of glorification, and the pure substance of thanksgiving befit the most holy and exalted court of the Best-Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.245, , BLIB_Or15711.142, | BRL_DA#552 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1146 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-27 | 280 | The essence of prophethood is one, just as the effect of one or more lights is that of one. If you want to see the light | PN_1900_heh p008, PN_1900 p022, PN_1900 p049, BSTW#169e | Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03207 | 280 | Persian | جوهر ذکر و تمجید و ساذج تقدیس و توحید بساط عز کردکاری را لایق که بلطائف | The essence of remembrance and glorification, and the pure quintessence of sanctification and unity, beseemeth the court of His sovereign might, through the subtle [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.097, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01485 | 580 | mixed | جوهر ذکر و ثنا حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بکلمه مبارکه انی انا الله عالم را | The essence of remembrance and praise befitteth the Desired One, Who through His blessed Word "Verily, I am God" hath illumined the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.083, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00706 | 1100 | Persian | جوهر ذکر و ثنا ساحت قدس لا یزالیرا لایق که بتربیت افتاب توحید اراضی جرزه | The essence of remembrance and praise befitteth the sacred precincts of the Eternal One, Who through the nurturing rays of the Sun of Divine Unity hath caused the barren lands [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.073, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00317 | 2040 | mixed | جوهر ذکر و ثنا و لطیفه مدح اولی النهی حزب الله را لایق و سزاست که قواصف | The essence of remembrance and praise, and the quintessence of glorification, befitteth the people of understanding, the Party of God, whom the tempests [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.233, | RSR.104x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0436 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-11 | 590 | The essence of the intention is that I wish you to pray for me and I will pray for you. | SW_v04#02 p.040-041 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2545 | Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | اصل تورات عهد قدیم است و آن عهد قدیم اشاره بود از این عهد جدید که عهد ظهور تجلی رب است به جمیع صفات و کمال | The essence of the Torah was the Ancient Covenant, and that Ancient Covenant was but an allusion to this New Covenant, which is the Covenant of the manifestation of the Lord's revelation in all His attributes and perfection [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-17 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03844 | 190 | mixed | حضرت افنان سدره منتهی علیه بهاء الله الابهی آنچه بقلم روحانی بر صفحه وجدان | The esteemed Afnan of the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, upon him be the most glorious Glory of God, that which was written with spiritual pen upon the tablet of conscience [3.5s] | INBA87:307, INBA52:312 | MATA.032-033 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12090 | 40 | Turkish | سعادتلو افندم حضرتلری عزتلو خلیل بیک شمدی تشریف بیوردیلر یوقارده کی اوتله | The esteemed and noble presence of His Excellency, Khaleel Bey, hath now graciously arrived [4o] | BRL_DAK#0475 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02459 | 250 | Persian | جناب انین و حنین قلب و لسان آن مشتعل بنار محبت الله بساحت اقدس در افق اعلی و | The esteemed Anín and Hanín of heart and tongue, enkindled with the fire of the love of God, reached the Most Holy Court in the Supreme Horizon [3.5s] | INBA55:122 | MMK6#289 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03843 | 190 | Persian | جناب آقا محمد هاشم آقا مهدی الان چون طلبکار بی امان و یا محصل دیوان حاضر | The esteemed Aqa Muhammad Hashim Aqa Mahdi is now present like an unrelenting creditor or a diligent tax collector [3.5s] | INBA21:017 | AHB.128BE #06-11 p.311, SFI18.283a, KASH.280a | LOIR20.180-181 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05414 | 150 | mixed | حضرت حکیمباشی در جمیع شئون جانفشانی میفرمایند و یجاهدون فی سبیل الله باموالهم | The esteemed Ḥakímbáshí sacrifices himself with utmost devotion in all affairs, striving in the path of God with his wealth [3.5s] | MMK6#182 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11029 | 50 | Persian | جناب میرزا خلیل خان جناب امین الله خان و جناب میرزا جلال الله خان و حرم جناب | The esteemed Mírza Khalíl Khán, the honored Amínu'lláh Khán, the distinguished Mírza Jalálu'lláh Khán, and the honored consort [3.5s] | MKT6.173b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09664 | 80 | Persian | جناب زائر حاضر خبر ندارد که آنجناب نامه های متعدد از عبدالبهاء داری لهذا باز | The esteemed present visitor doth not know that thou hast numerous letters from 'Abdu'l-Bahá; therefore [3.5s] | INBA87:363a, INBA52:372a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09881 | 90 | mixed | شمع ازلی در زجاجه صمدی مستشرق گشته و سراج انوار حضرت لایزالی در مصباح احدی و | The Eternal Candle hath been made resplendent within the glass of Divine Unity, and the Lamp of Lights of the Ever-Abiding Lord doth shine forth from the niche of Oneness [3.5s] | INBA38:058c, INBA36:314d | Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10407 | 80 | mixed | واجب را حادث وصف نداند بیچون از اذکار عالم چند و چون مقدس و مبری است لم یرفعه | The Eternal cannot be described through attributes temporal; sanctified and exalted is He above the mentions of this world of quantity and qualification [3.5s] | INBA23:060b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08865 | 110 | mixed | شمس ازلی از مشرق لایزالی از عنایت ربانی مستبرق گشته و عرصه وجود عوالم نور را | The eternal Sun hath dawned from the everlasting Orient, resplendent with divine bounty, illumining the realm of existence with worlds of light [3.5s] | INBA38:053a, INBA36:312b | Free will and predestination; fate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03003 | 300 | mixed | قد فاز الخادم الفانی بنفحات المتضوعه من کتابکم الشریف الذی فاح به نفحه المحبه | The evanescent servant hath attained unto the fragrant breezes wafting from thy noble letter, from which the sweet fragrance of love was diffused [3.5s] | INBA18:077 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00871 | Lawh-i-'Azim | 940 | mixed | قد بلغ الخادم الفانی کتابک الذی کان مدلا علی تمسکک بالله و رجوعک الیه و وجدت | The evanescent servant hath received thy letter, which testifieth to thy steadfastness in God and thy turning unto Him, and hath found [3.5s] | MUH3.277x, YIK.062-064, OOL.B190x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01134 | 740 | Persian | عرض خادم فانی آنکه اثر کلک انور که مطرز بانوار حب مالک قدر بود ضیا بخش قلب و بصر | The evanescent servant maketh known that the tracings of the Most Luminous Pen, adorned with the lights of love for the Sovereign of Power, illumined both heart and vision [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.293, | House of Justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01452 | 600 | mixed | یشهد الخادم الفانی انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مکنونا مخزونا فی کنز الغیب | The evanescent servant testifieth that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ever been hidden, treasured in the Repository of the Unseen [3.5s] | INBA19:439 | Personal instructions; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0360 | Lesson given to I. D. Brittingham, Apr. 1909 | 660 | The events mentioned in the first part of chapter 16 of Revelation happened before the coming of the Manifestation. The seven angels signify seven Powers | PN_1909F p051, BSTW#136 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; War and peace | - | - | interpretation of Rev ch16. | ||||||||||
| BH03152 | 290 | mixed | وقایع شما سفرا و حضرا لدی العرش معلوم و مذکور انه لهو الحق علام الغیوب انا | The events of your travels and gatherings are known and recorded in the presence of the Throne. Verily, He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen [3.5s] | INBA35:175, BLIB_Or15719.061a, | AQA6#286 p.277b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04824 | 200 | mixed | لازال حضرت غنی متعال بلحاظ عنایت و افضال برجال ناظر و متوجه یا عبدالحسین علیک | The Ever-Abiding Lord of Exalted Glory continueth to gaze with favor and munificence upon His servants. O 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn, upon thee be grace [3.5s] | INBA18:498 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03369 | 270 | Arabic | قد اتی القیوم و القائم قد کان قائما لدی الباب قلنا انک انت الموعود قال لا و نفسک | The Ever-Abiding One hath come, and He Who standeth firm was verily standing before the Gate. We declared: "Thou art the Promised One!" He responded: "Nay, by thy life!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.038b, , BLIB_Or15710.287, , BLIB_Or15734.2.127, | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08867 | 110 | Arabic | شهد القیوم لهذا المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد فتح باب السماء و | The Ever-Living One beareth witness unto this Wronged One that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath opened the gate of heaven and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.154a, , NLAI_22848:373, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p193r, , MKI4522.373, | AQA2#056 p.209a | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07441 | 140 | Arabic | یشهد القیوم بان الذی ینطق فی هذا القصر انه لهو المقتدر علی ما یشاء قد خلق | The Ever-Living testifieth that He Who speaketh in this Palace is, verily, the All-Powerful, doing whatsoever He willeth, Who hath created [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.015c, | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11882 | 210 | mixed | آثار حق جل جلاله از هر جهتی ظاهر و هویدا و تجلیات انوار ظهورش از ما سوایش | The evidences of God, glorified be His majesty, are manifest and visible from every direction, and the effulgences of the lights of His Revelation shine forth from all else but Him [3.5s] | Majlis210461.053 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Presence of; reunion with 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05093 | 190 | Arabic | قد اتت البینات و نزلت الایات و القوم لایفقهون قد ظهرت العلامات و قضی | The evident signs have appeared, and the verses have been sent down, yet the people comprehend not. The tokens have been made manifest, and the decree hath been fulfilled [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.115, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1833 | Words spoken on 1916-05-30 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حضرت اعلی می فرماید که هر قدر اهل عروج به معارج عرفان صعود کنند بالأخره راجع می شوند به انفس خود | The Exalted One declareth: Howsoever loftily the people of ascent may soar unto the heights of divine knowledge, in the end must they return unto their own selves [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-30 | Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as mirror; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10564 | 70 | Persian | حق منیع گواهی داده ببزرگی این یوم عزیز و عظمت امر ولکن احدی مقصود بیان رحمن | The exalted Truth hath borne witness to the greatness of this glorious Day and the majesty of the Cause, yet none hath understood the purpose of the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.188d, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09817 | 90 | Persian | حق منیع خلق را مخصوص این یوم از نیستی بهستی آورد و بعد آفتاب فضل بر کل بیک نحو | The exalted Truth hath, specially for this Day, brought creation from nothingness into being, and thereafter hath caused the Sun of grace to shine upon all alike [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.188b, | AQA6#288 p.281 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05146 | 190 | mixed | مهاجر حاضر و بعد از اشراق نیر اذن از افق اراده بنیابت آنجناب عمل نمود آنچه را | The exile was present and, after the dawning of the sun of permission from the horizon of the Divine Will, acted as deputy on thy behalf in that which was decreed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.084, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1866 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06 | 160 | The existent world needs a uniting power to connect nations. There are various uniting powers in the world. One is patriotism | PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p033, TTAW.003-004, BLO_PN#102 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1828 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-03 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان باید بمشرب حضار و اقتضای وقت باشد حسن عبارات و اعتدال در ادای معانی و کلام است | The explanations must be adapted to the capacity of the hearers and suited to the exigency of the time. | ANDA#79 p.15, MAS5.176b, GTB.015, BDA1.175.08 | MHMD1.190-191, STAB#079 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| BH01128 | 740 | mixed | چشم عدل گریان و انصاف نالان سبحان الله در ایران افتخار بظلم و ستم و بیرحمی | The eye of justice weepeth, and equity groaneth in lamentation. Glorified be God! In Iran they take pride in tyranny, cruelty and oppression [3.5s] | BRL_DA#498, LHKM2.306 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09469 | 100 | Arabic | قد رات عین الغلام ما لاراته عین الدهر فی ازل الازال قد اسمعت اذنه ما لاسمعت | The Eye of this Youth hath beheld what no eye hath witnessed throughout all eternity, and His Ear hath hearkened unto what none hath heard [3.5s] | INBA73:067b, NLAI_BH1.472a, NLAI_BH2.222a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09814 | 90 | mixed | چشم امم روزی از این روز بدیع بهتر ندیده و نخواهد دید و آذان عالم مانند این | The eyes of nations have never beheld, nor shall they ever behold, a day more wondrous than this Day, and the ears of the world have heard none like unto it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.236e, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01301 | 650 | mixed | چشم ظاهر و باطن بافق بیان ما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان است قوله تبارک و تعالی | The eyes, both outward and inward, are fixed upon the horizon of that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án. His blessed and exalted Word declareth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.443, | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11458 | 30 | The face of the world hath altered. The way of God and the religion of God have ceased to be of any worth in the eyes of men | PDC.184x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06649 | 150 | Arabic | قد توجه وجه المظلوم من هذا المقام المحمود الی من سمی بمحمد قبل تقی لیجذبه | The Face of the Wronged One hath turned from this praiseworthy Station toward him who was named Muhammad-before-Taqi, that he may be drawn unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.046a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2232 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | در پاریس چنانچه باید و شاید امر الله علو ننموده است و آتش محبت الله در نگرفته البته در این حکمتی است | The Faith of God has not penetrated Paris and the fire of the love of God has not enkindled her people to the depth it should.... Sometimes, a translation is better than the original. A translator must fully comprehend the meaning [and the context] of the words. | KHH1.056-057 (1.079-080) | KHHE.097-098 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Language and the structure of reality; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08438 | 120 | mixed | لم یزل و لایزال باطل باسم حق ناس را گمراه نمود ای شاربان رحیق معانی آگاه | The false hath ever misled, and will continue to mislead, mankind in the name of truth. O ye that quaff the wine of inner meaning, be ye aware [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.273b, | Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05586 | 140 | Persian | Family Life | ای پدر و پسر روحانی پدر باید همواره بتربیت پسر کوشد و تعلیم تعالیم آسمانی دهد | The father must always endeavour to educate his son and to acquaint him with the heavenly teachings. He must give him advice | BRL_DAK#0883, COMP_FAMP#55, MMK2#334 p.242, TAH.340 | BRL_FAM#55, COC#0849, LOG#0766x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0149 | Public address given on 1912-05-28 | 1040 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The Fatherhood of God, His loving-kindness and beneficence are apparent to all.... Praise be to God, the springtime of God | PUP#056 (p.150-153), FWU.014, SW_v03#07 p.015+019-021, SW_v11#01 p.006-007 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0973 | Words spoken on 1913-09-02 in Ramleh | 320 | The fathers, and especially the mothers, must always think how they can best educate their children | DAS.1913-09-02, SW_v09#07 p.087-088, SW_v07#15 p.143-144, ABIE.267, BLO_PN#007 | Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0115 | Words to the first American pilgrims, spoken on 1900-01-09 | 1160 | The field in America is now likened unto a field of land in which are planted small trees | PN_1900 p068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mary Magdalene; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08159 | 120 | mixed | تلک ورقه مبارکه ازلیه ابدیه تنطق بالحق بانه انا الله لا اله الا هو و انه کان | The figurative world and the physical world are both pure nonexistence, but they appear in the garb of being. | INBA38:259x | MAS8.029ax | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03125 | 290 | Arabic | قد ظهرت النار و سطع النور فیهذا الظهور الذی فیه ینطق لسان العظمه انه لا اله | The Fire hath appeared and the Light hath shone forth in this Manifestation wherein the Tongue of Grandeur proclaimeth: There is no God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.149b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06639 | 150 | Arabic | قد اشتعلت النار من عمل الفجار الذین نقضوا عهد الله و میثاقه و اتبعوا کل ظالم بعید | The fire hath been kindled through the deeds of the wicked ones who have violated God's Covenant and His Testament, and followed every remote oppressor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.177b, | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06677 | 150 | Arabic | قد نطقت النار فی السدره المبارکه و اتی المقصود بالعزه و الاقتدار یمشی امام | The Fire hath spoken forth from the Blessed Tree, and the Desired One hath come with glory and power, advancing before all [3.5s] | INBA44:012b, BLIB_Or15712.239, | Chastisement and requital; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08750 | 110 | mixed | آتش ظنون و اوهام عالم را احاطه نموده و ذلت کبری خلق را اخذ کرده ولکن احدی شاعر | The fire of doubts and vain imaginings hath encompassed the world, and utter abasement hath seized all mankind, yet none perceiveth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.117a, | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07278 | 140 | Arabic | نار الله من سدره الامر عن افق الجبین قد کان مشهودا تغن بما غنت ورقاء البهاء | The Fire of God, from the Lote-Tree of Command, hath been made manifest upon the horizon of the brow. Sing thou even as the Nightingale of Glory hath sung [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.300b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08908 | 110 | Arabic | قد اشتعلت نار الظلم فی العالم و بها احترقت افئده الذین آمنوا بالله الفرد | The fire of oppression hath been kindled in the world, and by its flames have been consumed the hearts of them that have believed in God, the One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.007a, | Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08447 | 120 | mixed | نار نفس و هوی اکثر اهل ارض را مبتلا نموده و از تقرب بحق جل جلاله باز داشته | The fire of self and passion hath afflicted most of the peoples of the earth and held them back from drawing nigh unto God, exalted be His glory [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.187b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10221 | 80 | Persian | آتش انفصال بعد از آسایش ایام وصل و اتصال جانرا سوخته و دلرا گداخته دل پیش تست | The fire of separation, following the tranquil days of union and communion, hath consumed the soul and melted the heart that lieth before Thee [3.5s] | MSHR3.258 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03139 | 290 | Arabic | نار الرحمن من سدره الانسان فی قطب هذالرضوان علی الحق موقودا و ینطق کل | The Fire of the All-Merciful blazeth forth in truth from the Divine Lote-Tree of Man in the heart of this Paradise, and every being proclaimeth [3.5s] | INBA44:096, BLIB_Or15725.317, | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05524 | 180 | mixed | نار سدره مبارکه الهی در این حین بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید و جمیع من علی | The Fire of the blessed divine Lote-Tree speaketh forth at this hour in the Persian tongue unto all who dwell upon the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.113, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05147 | 190 | Arabic | نار اوقدناها بید الاقتدار و ارسلناها الی الفاران لیشتعل منها اهل الرحمن طوبی | The Fire which We have kindled by the hand of Power and sent forth unto Fárán, that the people of the All-Merciful might be set ablaze thereby. Blessed are they [3.5s] | AQA6#194 p.023, FRH.062-063 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1595 | Words to the Falah family, spoken on 1914-06-06 | 190 | The firm and steadfast believers living in a city will become the means of its ultimate illumination and will assist the inhabitants | DAS.1914-06-06, SW_v09#10 p.107-108x | Growth of the Cause; Muhammad; Islam; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0015 | Public address given on 1912-10-12 | 2220 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews | اول موهبت الهیه در عالم انسانی دین است زیرا دین تعالیم الهی است البته تعالیم | The first bestowal of God in the world of humanity is Religion, because religion consists of divine teachings. | KHF.098, KHTB2.307, BDA1.299.02 | BWF.270-280, PUP#112 (p.361-370), BSC.388 #718, SW_v03#13 p.003-007+010-011, SW_v06#16 p.121, DWN_v4#05-6 p.102-112, MHMD1.316-324, BLO_PT#022, ECN.329+846 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2011 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 | 140 | The first Cause of my happiness is to see your faces radiant with the light of reality and your hearts cleansed and purified with the Water of knowledge. There are two kinds of happiness. | DAS.1914-05-10 | Differences in human capacity; Human reality created in the image of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00562 | Khasa'il-i Sab'ih (Treatise of the Seven Directives) | 140 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Dhasail-i-Sabih (Seven Qualifications) | الامر الاول من الشعائر السبعة هو حمل الدائرة المنیعة المبارکة و الثانی منها ترک الغلیان | The first command of the seven religious practices is to carry the blessed, protective circle. The second of them is to abandon the water pipe. | HBAB.765, AHDA.099, OOL.A022 | GOH.300, HURQ.BB16x, KSHK#02, KSHK.BWB | Imam Husayn; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | 1 | * | - | DB.143, MMAH.052, SRC.061-062, SRC.186, GOH.300 | ||||
| BH11016 | 50 | mixed | اول امر ایمان بحق جل جلاله بوده و هست و آخر آن استقامت بر آن طوبی لمن فاز | The first commandment hath ever been and will continue to be belief in God—glorified be His majesty—and its ultimate expression is steadfastness therein. Blessed is he who hath attained thereunto [3.5s] | AQA5#154 p.211a, ANDA#07 p.03 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07541 | 130 | mixed | اول امر عرفان حق جل جلاله بوده و آخر آن استقامت بر امرش نیکوست حال نفسیکه | The first commandment hath ever been the recognition of God—glorified be His grandeur—and the last thereof steadfastness in His Cause. Blessed is the soul that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.125d, | HDQI.015, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.d, AKHA_126BE #03 p.a, AKHA_136BE #13 p.196, ANDA#07 p.03 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1822 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اول وظیفه اعضا الفت و اتحاد آنهاست که سبب حصول نتائج حسنه گردد | The first duty of the members is to effect their own unity and harmony, in order to | MAS5.276, BDA1.349.05 | COC#0187x, SW_v08#09 p.114, MHMD1.367-368, BSTW#248b | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’. | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship | 3a | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| ABU2829 | Words spoken on 1913-05-13 in Paris | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اول امریکه نفوس بآن مکلفند تحقیق و تحری در حقایق امور است انسان واجب است | The first duty which humanity is bidden to carry out is to investigate the realities of things. It is incumbent upon the people to seek to unravel every truth | BDA2.298 | MHMD2.394 | Condition of search; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||
| BB00412 | Letter to Qurrat al-'Ayn (Chihriq) | 360 | Arabic | هو المتکبر الجمیل المحسن. اول طرز لاح و لمع ثم اشرق و طلع ثم اضاء و لجلج ثم انار و ارفع من ساحة قدس حضرت الکافور ... و ان ما حتمناه فی یوم الواحد بعدالعشرین من ذلک الشهر ... العزیز الرحیم | The first effulgence that shone forth and gleamed, then rose and dawned forth, then illumined and reverberated, then shed its radiance and was exalted from the sacred precincts of purest camphor... And verily that which We decreed on the twenty-first day of that month... the Mighty, the Merciful [3.5s] | HARV.6 | MBA.296-300x, TZH3.333.18-334.07x | Apocalyptic imagery; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Imam Husayn; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Smoking | - | - | SRC.096, SRC.097 | |||||||
| ABU0809 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07 | 370 | The first entrance into light and into belief is extremely difficult. The spiritual birth is troublesome and painful in the same degree as the physical birth. | PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p037, TTAW.006-008, BLO_PN#102 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH10780 | 60 | Arabic | اول نفحة تضوعت من الوحی و اول نور سطع من افق الوجه علیک یا من فزت بایام المظلوم | The first fragrance that wafted from Revelation and the first light that shone forth from the horizon of the Countenance be upon thee, O thou who hast attained unto the days of the Wronged One [3.5s] | ASAT2.159x, ASAT4.084x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00996 | 830 | Arabic | اول عرف تضوع من قمیص عنایه الرحمن و اول نفحه فاحت من ریاض العرفان و اول نسمه | The first fragrance that wafted from the garment of the All-Merciful's loving-kindness, and the first breath that emanated from the gardens of divine knowledge, and the first breeze [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.085, , NLAI_BH1.223, Majlis210461.111-114 | BALM.001, TSHA3.402, MSBH4.530-533 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03198 | 280 | Arabic | اول نفحه فاحت من قمیص عنایه رب الارباب علیک یا عبدالوهاب اشهد انک خرقت | The first fragrance wafted from the garment of the favor of the Lord of Lords upon thee, O 'Abdu'l-Wahháb. I testify that thou hast rent asunder [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.101, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02946 | 300 | mixed | اول عرف تضوع من قمیص رحمه ربک مالک الاسماء علیک یا ایها النجم المشرق من | The first fragrance wafted from the garment of thy Lord's mercy, the Lord of Names, be upon thee, O thou Star risen from [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.125bx, , BLIB_Or15719.100a, , BLIB_Or15722.181, | NNY.121-122x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01250 | 670 | Arabic | اول نور اشرق و لاح من افق سماء رحمه ربنا مولی الوری و اول بهاء برق و الاح من | The first Light that shone forth and gleamed from the horizon of the heaven of mercy of our Lord, the Lord of all creation, and the first Splendor that flashed forth and radiated from [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.082, , BLIB_Or15730.101d, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02678 | 330 | Arabic | اول نور اشرق و لاح و اول عرف تضوع و فاح علیک یا مطلع الفلاح و مظهر النجاح | The first light that shone forth and gleamed, and the first fragrance that diffused and wafted - upon thee, O Dayspring of prosperity and Manifestation of success [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.104, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01228 | Tablet of visitation for Aqa Zaman | 350 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | اول نور اشرق من افق البقاء و اول شعاع سطع من صبح الهدی و اول رحمه نزلت من | The first light which shone forth from the horizon of Eternity, the first radiance | INBA89:151 | MSBH2.231, VAA.094-095, YIK.452-453 | TAB.385-387, TOR.190x, VTRM.009-011 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| BH01570 | Ziyarat al-Huruf | 550 | Arabic | اول ذکر البهاء و اول ثناء الکبریاء علیک یا طلعه الاعلی و خالق الاشیاء و رافع السماء | The first mention of Glory and the foremost praise of Grandeur be upon Thee, O Most Exalted Countenance, Creator of all things and Raiser of the heavens [3.5s] | INBA73:058, Majlis210461.096-098 | OOL.B188 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0891 | Words spoken on 1914-05-25 in Tiberias | 340 | The first opposers and enemies of His holiness Christ were the Pharisees and Sadducees. They were the ones who sentenced Him to death. Why? Because their belief in Christ would have closed their Talmudic shops | DAS.1914-05-25 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03330 | 270 | Arabic | اول ذکر اشرق من افق ام الکتاب و اول نور لاح من افق الوجه فی الماب علیک یا | The first remembrance that dawned from the horizon of the Mother Book, and the first light that shone forth from the horizon of the Countenance in its return, be upon thee, O [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.093, , Majlis210461.090-091 | TZH6.1102-1103, LDR.144 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06979 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Jinab-i-Ukht | 140 | Arabic | اول ذکر خرج من لسان العظمه و الکبریاء علیک یا ایتها الورقه العلیا و المشرقه | The first remembrance uttered by the Tongue of Majesty and Grandeur rest upon thee, O thou exalted leaf shining from the horizon of Command | Majlis210461.101-102 | NNY.090, ASAT4.079x, AKHT1.376 | LTDT.269 | Chastisement and requital; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||
| BH01328 | Lawh-i-Ziyarih | 640 | Arabic | اول بهاء ظهر و اشرق عن مشرق البقا و اول ضیاء لاح عن مطلع السنا و اول رحمه | The first splendor that dawned and shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity, and the first light that gleamed from the Horizon of glory, and the first mercy [3.5s] | INBA37:131, INBA83:233, INBA49:305, BLIB_Or15725.524, , Majlis210461.102-104 | ASAT4.081x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | * | - | LL#268 | |||||||
| ABU0464 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 560 | The first state of the perceiving soul is that in which it is engrossed in the gratification of desire. In this state its nature is like that of animals | AELT.169-172 | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04630 | Words to Anise Rideout | 160 | other/unknown lang | اولین قدم ایجاد طلب ورحانیت در قلب است و بعد دارا شدن حیات بهائی حیات بهائی حیات بهائی | The first thing to do is to acquire a thirst for Spirituality, then live the life! Live the life! Live the life! | RRT.099-100, QIRT.22-23 | COC#0425x, SW_v19#03 p.069 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05514 | 140 | mixed | اوّل من آمن به حضرت نقطه اولی روحی له الفدآء حضرت ملّا حسين بشرويهای جناب بابالبابست | The first to believe in His Holiness the Primal Point - may my spirit be sacrificed for Him - was His Holiness Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushrú'í, entitled Bábu'l-Báb [3.5s] | MMK6#595x | Letters of the Living; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01362 | 630 | mixed | نخستین گفتار کردگار اینست با سینه پاک از خواهش و آلایش و دل پاکیزه از رنگهای | The first utterance of the Creator is this: With a breast purified from desire and defilement, and a heart cleansed from all hues and colors [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15722.096, , MKI4523.274, | BRL_DA#129, ZYN.256, ISH.274, AHM.380, YARP1.012, DWNP_v6#06-7 p.001-003, UAB.001bx, DRD.109, NSR_1993.037bx, ADH1.059x, AKHA_121BE #07 p.a, ANDA#63 p.03x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02591 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Awliya (Vahid) | 340 | Arabic | Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi (Lawh-i-Ziyarát-i-Vahíd-i-Darabí) | Lawh-i-Ziyarat-i-Vahid-i-Darabi (Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi) | اول موج علا من بحر رحمه ربک الرحمن علیک یا سر الفرقان و مستسر البیان اشهد | The first wave of exaltation from the ocean of grace of thy Lord, the Compassionate, be upon thee, who art the essence of the Qur'án | BLIB_Or15714.092, , Majlis210461.091-092 | LMA1.347 (207), ASAT4.079x, OOL.B150 | BLO_PT#152, NYR#126 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | x | * | - | MMAH.230, GSH.065, LL#343, LL#351 | Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi. | ||
| BH07204 | 140 | Arabic | قد فعل امه الفرقان بال الرسول مافعلوه من قبل و ینوح بذلک محمد رسول الله فی | The followers of the Qur'an have indeed wrought what their predecessors wrought, whereat Muhammad, the Apostle of God, doth lament in the [3.5s]... ...Muhammad, the Apostle of God, bewaileth, in the all-highest Paradise, their acts | INBA18:074, INBA97:129 | PDC.162x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03673 | 250 | mixed | عرض میشود از ارض تا نوشته اند جناب آقا سلیمان که در کاظمیین مسکن دارند بتوسط | The following is humbly submitted from the land concerning His honor Áqá Sulaymán, who resideth in Káẓimayn, through [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.165, | Call to action | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01999 | 440 | mixed | بلسان پارسی ذکر میشود تا مقصود من غیر ستر و حجاب بر قاصدان کعبه مقصود واضح | The following words are rendered in the Persian tongue, that the purpose may be unveiled and unobscured for them that seek the Sacred Kaaba of their desire [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.159, , BLIB_Or15719.038, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07725 | 130 | Arabic | قال القائم ان القیوم یاتی بالحق و انه اذا قام یقوم الناس لرب العالمین انه | The Forerunner hath proclaimed: "Verily, the Self-Subsisting shall come with truth, and when He ariseth, the people shall arise for the Lord of all the worlds." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.029a, | ASAT4.531x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3032 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 50 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | The form of the cross is made by two lines crossing each other at right angles. It is to be found in everything--even in this piece of cloth. It is the symbol of spiritual sacrifice. | DLA.063, BLO_PN#026 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1619 | Words spoken at Windsor Hotel in Montreal, 1912-09-07 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | و مقصد امم و مذاهب عالم مقصد واحد زیرا جمیع معتقد بوحدانیت الهی هستند و واسطه ئی را بین خلق و خالق لازم میدانند | The foundation of all religions is one and the aim of all creeds of the world is also one. All are believers in the oneness of God. | BDA1.231.17 | MHMD1.248-249 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Outward and inward meanings | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3736 | Words spoken on 1912-12-14 in Liverpool | 40 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اساس اینها بر هرج و مرجست از این عمل رئیس اعمال باقی را بفهمید | The foundation of these [Azalis] is chaos and confusion. From this act which their very leader committed, one can discern the conduct of the others in their ranks | BDA2.022-023 | MHMD2.026 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| BH06014 | 160 | Persian | اسباب اساسیست محکم و متین ولکن این مظلوم من غیر ناصر و معین بقلم | The foundations are firm and unshakeable, yet this Wronged One remaineth without helper or defender [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.104c, | Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04045 | 230 | Arabic | قد جری کوثر الحیوان من قلم الرحمن ولکن القوم اعرضوا عنه بما اتبعوا کل غافل | The Fountain of Life hath verily gushed forth through the Pen of the All-Merciful, yet the people have turned away therefrom, following every heedless one [3.5s] | INBA15:322a, INBA35:088, INBA26:325 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05104 | 190 | Arabic | قد جری السلسبیل و ظهر السبیل و الدلیل ینادی بین السموات و الارضین انه مااراد | The fountain of pure water hath flowed forth, and the Way hath been made manifest, while the Guide proclaimeth betwixt the heavens and the earth that which He desireth [3.5s] | INBA23:064 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07169 | 140 | Arabic | قد اتی الماب و نزل الکتاب و تزین العرش بمالک الرقاب و لکن الریب یتحرک فی القلوب | The Fountainhead hath appeared, the Book hath been revealed, and the Throne hath been adorned by the Lord of all necks, yet doubt stirreth within the hearts [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.156a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00607 | 70 | mixed | بسم الله الاصبر الاصبر ذوالعز والبقا. حضور معظمه جده و والده و خاله سید ١٤ و منتظرین ذکر میشود که الحمد لله علی ظهور انه کلها والله ولی و ولیکن افوض امری الی الله و هو خیر الناصرین و ان البها من کتاب الله علی کل المؤمنین و کل | The fourteen holy personages of his grandfather, his father, and his paternal uncle the sayyid and those who await the Remembrance say: Praised be God for all of His manifestations | PR03.086r12-086r15 | KSHK.BWB | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05462 | 180 | Arabic | قد فاحت نفحه البیان فی الامکان طوبی لمن وجدها و عرف من اتی بسلطان مبین یا ملاء الارض | The fragrance of divine utterance hath been wafted throughout all creation. Blessed is he who hath inhaled it and recognized Him Who hath come with manifest sovereignty. O peoples of the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.101b, | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08328 | 120 | Arabic | قد توجه الیک عرف الله بهذا اللوح الذی به اقبل کل نفس و قام کل قاعد و انتبه | The fragrance of God hath turned unto thee through this Tablet, whereby every soul hath advanced, every seated one hath arisen, and every slumberer hath awakened [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.151c, , NLAI_22848:367b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190r, , MKI4522.367b, | AQA2#049 p.205a | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07768 | 130 | Arabic | قد هبت رائحه المعانی و ظهر ما هو المکنون فی کنز الله مالک الایجاد انا نذکر | The fragrance of inner meanings hath been wafted, and that which lay hidden in the Treasury of God, the Lord of creation, hath been made manifest. We make mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.066c, | Love of God; Mystical themes; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06215 | 160 | Persian | عرف محبت که از گلزار عرفان ساطع اقرب از لمح بصر بمنظر اکبر فائز | The fragrance of love, which wafteth from the rose-garden of mystic knowledge, hath, swifter than the twinkling of an eye, attained unto the Most Great Horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.191c, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00112 | Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) | 3990 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) | Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names) | رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من | The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. | INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139 | BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108 | GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45 | Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life. | Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | LL#294, LL#380 | ||
| BH08301 | 120 | mixed | عرف قمیص رحمانی متضوع و نیسان رحمت ربانی جاری و ساری ای دوستان بجان سعی | The fragrance of the All-Merciful's garment is wafted abroad, and the spring-rain of divine bounty is flowing and diffusing. O friends, strive with your souls [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.155b, | Attaining the life of the spirit; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07759 | 130 | Arabic | قد فاحت نفحه القمیص و ظهر ملکوت التقدیس و محبوب العالم ینادی فی سجنه الاعظم | The fragrance of the Garment hath been wafted abroad, and the Kingdom of sanctity hath appeared, and the Beloved of the world calleth from His Most Great Prison [3.5s] | LHKM2.217 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Music and singing; Proclamation to the people of the world; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08302 | 120 | mixed | عرف قمیص ظهور عالم را معطر نموده ولکن اکثری از ناس بمرض زکام مبتلی بقسمیکه | The fragrance of the garment of Revelation hath perfumed the world, yet most of mankind are afflicted with a spiritual cold to such a degree that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.054c, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09494 | 100 | Arabic | قد هاج عرف القمیص و اقر المخلصون بالتقدیس لله الفرد الخبیر ان الذی وجد قد اخذه | The fragrance of the Robe hath been stirred, and the sincere ones have borne witness with sanctification unto God, the Single, the All-Knowing. Verily, whoso hath found it hath been seized thereby [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.055a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3452 | Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-01-02 | 30 | The fragrance of the rose leads man to the garden and faith and assurance are the fragrance of the rose which attract individual believing souls together. | DAS.1913-01-02 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10393 | 80 | mixed | نفحات وحی عالم را احاطه نموده و عرف قمیص جمیع را فرا گرفته ولکن بعضی فائز و | The fragrances of Divine Revelation have enveloped the world, and the perfume of His garment hath embraced all, yet some have attained while [3.5s] | INBA41:381b, BLIB_Or15719.149a, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09048 | 110 | Arabic | نفحات الرحمن من هذالرضوان الذی ظهر علی هیکل الانسان قد کان علی العالمین | The fragrances of the All-Merciful from this Ridván, which hath appeared in the Temple of Man, have verily encompassed all the worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.378a, | Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07200 | 140 | Arabic | قد فاحت نفحه الرحمن فی الامکان و المخلصون فی وله مبین قد تضوعت رائحه القمیص | The fragrances of the All-Merciful have been wafted throughout all contingent being, and they that are sincere are in manifest ecstasy, as the fragrance of His garment hath been diffused [3.5s] | INBA51:364b, BLIB_Or15730.023e, | LHKM3.175 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02631 | 340 | mixed | نفحات محبت محبوب نزد محبین محبوب لذا ارسلناها بهذه الکلمات العالیات و فوحات | The fragrances of the Beloved's love are cherished by His loved ones; thus have We sent them forth through these exalted words and sweet perfumes [3.5s]... ...The recent news is that, in these days, it was mentioned that the Chief of the Great City (Istanbul) has heard that a person from among the grandees of Diyarbakir is in the possession of a shoe of the Apostle (Muhammad) | BLIB_Or11096#054, , BLIB_Or15710.212b, , BLIB_Or15722.156, | BRL_DA#591, MAS4.215x, ASAT4.053x | BTO#01x | Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10018 | 90 | mixed | نفحات ظهور عالمرا احاطه نموده و رایحه مسک معانی عالم وجود را معطر کرده | The fragrances of the Divine Manifestation have encompassed the world, and the musk-laden scents of inner meanings have perfumed the realm of existence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.235a, | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03372 | 270 | mixed | قد فاحت نفحات الایات و احاط سلطان البینات من فی العالمین ان الذی فاز الیوم انه من اعلی | The fragrances of the verses have been diffused, and the sovereignty of clear proofs hath encompassed all who dwell in the realms. Verily, he who hath attained on this day is among the exalted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.014a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02323 | 250 | Arabic | النفحه المعطره و الرائحه المعنبره الساطعه من جنه الابهی تمر علی جدثک المنور | The fragrant and sweet-scented breeze wafting from the Abhá Paradise passeth over thy luminous resting-place [3.5s] | AYBY.385 #066, TRZ1.354a, MSBH7.067-068, MUH1.0291, ASAM.019-020 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10019 | 90 | mixed | نفحات محبت آنجناب متضوع انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال باین نعمت رحمانی و عطیه | The fragrant breaths of your love are wafted abroad and, God willing, shall forever and eternally endure, blessed with this heavenly bounty and divine gift [3.5s] | INBA51:279a, BLIB_Or15710.254, , BLIB_Or15730.012a, , KB_620:272-272 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04960 | 160 | mixed | نفحه خوشی که از ریاض محبت الله هبوب یافته بود مشام روحرا معطر و قلوبرا بنور | The fragrant breeze that wafted from the gardens of the love of God hath perfumed the senses of the spirit and illumined the hearts with light [3.5s] | MMK6#515 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11821 | 300 | Arabic | النفحات المعطره من ریاض الملکوت الابهی عبقت علی روضتک المعنبره الشذا | The fragrant savors wafting from the gardens of the Most Glorious Kingdom have clung to thy sweet-smelling tomb | ADMS#166 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07609 | 130 | Persian | دوست میفرماید نار الهیه مشتعل و سدره ربانیه در اعلی البقاع ناطق ولکن گوش نه | The Friend proclaimeth: The divine fire is ablaze, and the celestial Tree speaketh forth from the loftiest spot, yet none have ears to hear [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.147a, | AYI2.041 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1138 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07 | 280 | The friends have brought good news from Germany... The Blessed Beauty in all circumstances has given us the way to behave | PN_1914 p040 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2193 | Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07 | 120 | The friends here are anxious to know if I like these rooms! They do not know what we had to go through in the past. Imagine the conditions | SW_v19#05 p.140-141 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1053 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 300 | The friends in Bushruyah are very old. They have suffered all manner of persecutions... A large number of them were martyred in the fortress of Tabarsi. | DAS.1914-02-22 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2207 | Words spoken on 1914-06-17 in Haifa | 110 | The friends in Meelan were self-sacrificing from the beginning of the Cause. They have always endured calamities and hardships.... We are continually working hard, writing and writing.... Endeavor ye night and day that the banner of the Covenant may wave as it should | SW_v09#10 p.117-118x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0779 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-29 | 380 | The friends must be the wise physicians of the world of humanity but they must be graduated from the university of the Manifestations of God. They must first master the science of the spiritual materia-medica | DAS.1914-12-29 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03644 | 250 | mixed | Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Concourse on High | دوستان باید افعال و اعمال ظالمین را بحق گذارند و بهیچوجه متعرض نشوند | The friends must leave the deeds and actions of the oppressors to God, and must in no wise interfere therewith [3.5s]... ...He who acteth, in this day, according to what hath been revealed in the Book of God—and whose heart hath been sanctified from doubt, enmity, hatred, and whatever ill beseemeth the station of humankind—is to be numbered with the Concourse on High | MAS4.168cx, MAS8.044bx, MAS8.045ax, MAS8.045bx | BLO_sazedj#11x, ADMS#324x | Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12045 | 50 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | The friends of God and the handmaids of the All-Merciful should know that in every movement of ‘Abdu’l-Baha | BRL_ATE#066 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02925 | 310 | mixed | Trustworthiness | الویای حق را که از صافی سبیل محبت توشیده اند و به افق اعلی ناظرند | The friends of Truth who have drunk from the crystal chalice of the path of love and who gaze toward the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...We send Our greetings to the faithful followers of the one true God, who have tasted of the sweet waters of loving-kindness and directed their gaze toward the Realm of Glory | COMP_TRUSTP#23x | BRL_TRUST#22x, COC#2034x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Muhammad; Islam; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1276 | Words to family and friends, spoken on 1920-11-25 | 250 | The friends who departed recently, that is, the friends from America, Mrs. Goodall, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Ralston, Mrs. Frankland, and from France, Mr. And Mrs. Dreyfus | PN_1920_heh p029, MAB.097-098 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09323 | 100 | Persian | ثمر از شجر بوده حال از کلمه مشهود نور از شمس بوده حال از آیه مذکور سبحان | The fruit was from the tree, but now is witnessed through the Word; the light was from the sun, but now is manifest through the verse. Glory be to Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.186d, | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2314 | Interview with a minister at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-22 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اساس اصلی ادیان الهی یکیست ابداً اختلاف و تغیییر ندارد اینست که حضرت مسیح فرمود من برای محو کردن شریعت نورات نیامدم | The fundamental principles of all religions are one. They are unchangeable and do not differ. This is what Christ meant when He said, 'I am not come to destroy the law of the Torah but to promote it.' | BDA1.385.09 | MHMD1.404-405 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2570 | Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh | 80 | The future of Germany is very bright. The German people on the whole are religious. They are very noble and progressive. The Cause of God will advance | DAS.1913-10-16 | Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1943 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 150 | The future of the Cause in Germany is very bright. Likewise Budapest and Vienna will become Bahá'í Centers. | DAS.1913-04-26 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08336 | 120 | Arabic | قد خلق قمیص الجسم من السجن و الروح جدد بطراز الذکر ان اعتبروا یا اولی الابصار | The garment of the body hath been created from the prison, and the spirit hath been renewed with the ornament of remembrance. Take heed, O ye who possess insight [3.5s] | INBA34:334b, BLIB_Or15707.208, , BLIB_Or15735.350, | AQA1#219, HYK.350 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08351 | 120 | Arabic | قد فتح باب السماء باسم ربک الابهی و اتی منه من حدث الناس بهذا النبا الذی به | The gate of heaven hath been flung open in the name of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, and from it hath appeared He Who proclaimeth unto men these tidings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.124b, | Chastisement and requital; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08352 | 120 | Arabic | قد فتح باب اللقاء و ینادی مطلع الاسما ان ادخلوا بقلوب نورآء یا اولی الابصار | The gate of meeting hath been opened, and the Dawning-Place of Names proclaimeth: Enter ye with radiant hearts, O ye who possess insight [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.148c, | Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08936 | 110 | Arabic | قد فتح باب البیان و نزلت ایات الله رب الارباب قد ظهر ما کان مستورا عن الابصار | The gate of utterance hath been opened wide, and the verses of God, the Lord of lords, have descended. That which was hidden from sight hath been made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.179b, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01827 | 480 | mixed | ابواب افضالیکه از اول لا اول الی حین مسدود بود اذا قد فتح بالحق باصبع عز | The gates of bounty, which from time immemorial had remained sealed, have now been opened by the fingers of Glory [3.5s] | BN_suppl.1754.147-148 | RSBB.142, AYI2.244x, ASAT4.366x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11206 | 40 | Persian | ابواب رضوان معانی مفتوح و نسایم قمیص رحمن در هبوب و مرور ای احبای الهی خود | The gates of the Paradise of inner meanings stand open, and the breezes from the garment of the All-Merciful are wafting and passing by, O beloved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA38:073d | Attaining the life of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0698 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25 | 420 | The gathering of the friends is like a magnet... There are mines in the sea as there are mines on the earth. The waves come and the salt is melted | PN_1920 p035, PN_1920_heh_haifa p045, PN_1920_heh_haifa p054 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2010 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25 | 140 | The gathering of the friends is very good. In one month's time it will be very fresh and green here. This wilderness is where Bahá'u'lláh has crossed. | PN_1919 p185, LAT.134-135 | Christ; Christianity; Muhammad; Islam; Shrines and Holy places; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0099 | Words spoken on 1914-08-06 | 1230 | The gathering storm is most portentous! Mankind is gripped in the paroxysm of a fearful alarm | DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v05#12 p.179-182 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06746 | 150 | mixed | لحاظ عنایت الهی متوجه احباء بوده و خواهد بود و جمیع را بشارت فرموده بنعمتهای ظاهره | The gaze of divine benevolence hath ever been and shall remain directed towards the loved ones, and He hath gladdened them all with tidings of manifest bounties [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.138a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04760 | 200 | mixed | طرف عنایت بشما بوده و بذکر حق و خدمت امرش مشغول بوده جمیع امور تلقاء وجه | The gaze of divine favor hath ever been directed towards thee, and thou hast been occupied with the remembrance of God and the service of His Cause. All affairs lie manifest before His presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.115a, | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08886 | 110 | mixed | طرف عنایت از سجن اعظم بتو توجه نموده و ترا ذکر مینماید که شاید جذب آیات الهی | The gaze of favor hath turned toward thee from the Most Great Prison, and maketh mention of thee, that perchance thou mayest be attracted by the divine verses [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.120a, | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09580 | 100 | Persian | نظر عنایت حق بدوستانش بوده و خواهد بود اوست خالق و اوست رازق و اوست معین و اوست | The gaze of God's loving-kindness hath ever been and shall continue to be directed towards His loved ones. He is the Creator, He is the Provider, He is the Helper, and He is [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.161c, | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09997 | 90 | mixed | لحاظ عنایت حق بانجناب متوجه حق شاهد و خلق گواه که این مظلوم از برای افنان | The gaze of God's loving-kindness is directed towards thee - God Himself is witness and all mankind doth testify - that this Wronged One, for the Afnán [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.208a, | Prayer for teaching; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3422 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 30 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The girl's education is of more importance today than the boy's, for she is the mother of the future race. | AIL.091 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06286 | 160 | mixed | لحاظ عنایت الهی لم یزل و لایزال متوجه منتسبین بوده و خواهد بود و این عنایت | The glance of Divine favor hath ever been, and will continue to be, directed towards them that are related unto Him, and this bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.074b, | AQA7#434 p.250a | Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05730 | 170 | mixed | ح س لازال طرف عنایت بانجناب بوده و قلم قدم شاهد و گواهست بر آنچه ذکر شد لاتیاس من | The glance of loving-kindness hath ever been directed towards thee, and the Ancient Pen doth bear witness unto that which hath been mentioned. Despair not [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#115, | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09998 | 90 | mixed | لحاظ عنایت مالک قدم از سجن اعظم باحبای خود متوجه بوده و خواهد بود ای علی قلم | The glance of the Ancient King's providence hath ever been and shall remain directed from the Most Great Prison towards His loved ones. O Ali, the Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.026g, | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05140 | 190 | mixed | لحظات الطاف الهیه از مشرق آیات ربانیه بانجناب متوجه بوده و انشاء الله خواهد | The glances of Divine favors have been directed towards thee from the Dawning-Place of heavenly verses, and, God willing, shall continue thus [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.049b, | AADA.035 | Call to action; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05498 | 180 | Arabic | کتاب عزیز نزل من لدن ملک عظیم الی الذین آمنوا بالله و اقبلوا بقلوب نورآء الی | The glorious Book hath been sent down from the presence of the mighty King unto them that have believed in God and have turned with radiant hearts unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#260, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05238 | 150 | mixed | خداوند مجيد در قرآن کريم میفرمايد و کلّاً نمدّ هؤلآء و هؤلآء من عطآء ربّک يعنی عطای پروردگار | The glorious Lord declareth in the Noble Qur'án: "Unto each and all, both these and those, do We extend from the bounties of thy Lord"—which signifieth divine bounty [3.5s] | MMK6#248x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0929 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-02 | 330 | The glorious maturity of this world depends upon the realization of two things: The establishment of the era of universal Peace and the discovery or appearance of the hidden science which shall renovate all the conditions of existence. | DAS.1915-02-02 | Alchemy; the elixir; Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06723 | 120 | The glory and the exaltation of the Station of Christ is as clear as the sun in midday from the Books and Tablets of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh. | DAS.1914-03-03 | 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; Christ; Christianity; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04614 | 160 | Arabic | البهاء علیک ایتها الورقه المهتزه من نسیم ریاض الابهی المستبشره من نفحات غیاض | The glory be upon thee, O thou leaf that stirreth in the breeze of the Most Glorious gardens, gladdened by the fragrances of the groves [3.5s] | INBA87:101, INBA52:099b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10598 | 70 | Arabic | شهد البهاء لمالک الاسماء بین الارض و السماء کما شهد مالک البقاء لنفس البهاء | The Glory beareth witness unto the Lord of Names between earth and heaven, even as the Lord of Eternity beareth witness unto the Glory Itself [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.147c, | AQA5#014 p.019a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03127 | 290 | Arabic | قد ینادی البهاء این اهل الوفاء الذین یری فی وجوههم نضره الله مالک الاسماء | The Glory calleth out: "Where are the people of fidelity, in whose faces shineth forth the radiance of God, the Lord of Names?" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#103, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00103 | Ziyarat for the martyrs | 1800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله | The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit | INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01, | TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x | RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00589 | 200 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | و ان بهاء من یظهره الله فوق کل بهاء وان جلاله فوق کل جلال وان جماله فوق کل جمال وان عظمته فوق کل عظمة | The glory of Him Whom God shall make manifest is immeasurably above every other glory | SWBP#18 (p.110-111x), SWBP#19 (p.111-111x) | SWB#18 (p.156-157x), SWB#19 (p.157-158x) | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1476 | Public address given on 1913-04-21 | 220 | The glory of the world of humanity is not through the body. This is the honor of the animal world; but the glory of man comes through the spirit. | DAS.1913-04-21 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1880 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-09 | 160 | The good deeds of man are like unto the sweet fragrances emanated from the musk... As his deeds have been performed with no reference to the applause and commendation of men he enjoys them more than any one else. | DAS.1914-03-09 | Chastisement and requital; Goodly deeds; actions; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3705 | 90 | The good news that I had promised is this: the sacred remains of the Exalted Báb have safely left the soil of Iran and just arrived in the Ottoman land. They are now completely out of danger | AFNAN.135-136 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Prophecy and fulfillment; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04225 | 170 | Arabic | البلد الطیب یخرج نباته باذن ربه یا ایها المستشرق من انوار سطعت و ابرقت و لاحت | The goodly land brings forth its verdure by the permission of its Lord, O thou who art illumined by lights that have shone forth, flashed and gleamed [3.5s] | UMich962.139, UMich991.094-095 | MKT1.234 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2982 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-09 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بصریح انجیل در ظهور اول هم با انکه آن حضرت از مریم متولد شده بود | The Gospel expressly records that in His first coming, although Christ was born to Mary, He Himself said that He came from heaven. Thus, the meaning of 'heaven' is the greatness of the Cause | BDA1.234.11 | MHMD1.251 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1343 | 240 | The government of Persia said: "As long as Baha'o'llah is in Persia the country | SW_v08#13 p.170 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1036 | 300 | Persian | قائم مقام حیفا به نهایت عداوت منع عمارت مقام اعلی کرد | The Governor of Haifa, with utmost enmity, forbade the construction of the Most Exalted Shrine [3.5s] | YIK.300-301, ZIAB2.074-075 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03522 | 260 | Arabic | قد نزلت النعمة و ظهرت المآئدة و برزت العلم و الحکمة طوبی لعبد فاز و ویل لکل | The grace hath been sent down, the heavenly table hath appeared, and knowledge and wisdom have shone forth. Blessed is the servant who hath attained, and woe unto every denier [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.263, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06627 | 150 | mixed | فضل الهی و رحمتش شامل اولیایش بود و هست امروز روز ذکر و ثنا و خدمت و وفاست | The grace of God and His mercy have encompassed and shall ever encompass His loved ones. Today is the Day of remembrance and praise, of service and fidelity [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.168, , BLIB_Or15716.092b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09448 | 100 | mixed | فضل الهی شامل حالت شد بساحت اقدس وارد شدی و بلقا فائز گشتی انشاء الله باید | The grace of God hath encompassed thee; thou didst attain unto the Most Holy Court and wert favored with His presence. God willing, thou must [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.307b, | Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11416 | 30 | mixed | فضل حق را کرانی نه و عنایتش را انتهائی نه از برای دوستان بعد از قطع اسباب قرب | The grace of God hath no bound, and His bounties no end, extending unto His loved ones even after all ties are severed [3.5s] | MAS8.110dx | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for prosperity; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1750 | Words spoken on 1913-03-25 | 240 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عظمت اين امر بدرجهءي است که منکرين شهادت بر قدرت و بزرگواري | The grandeur of this Cause is such that even its disbelievers have testified to its power and greatness… In 'Akka the first person to throw himself at the feet of Baha’u’llah and kiss His garment was its Mufti. | BDA2.197-198 | MHMD2.253-254, STAB#086x | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11497 | 20 | Persian | شکر نعمت منعم در مقام اول و رتبه اولی اظهار نعمتست و لکن نه بقول بل بعمل | The gratitude due the Divine Bestower, in its foremost station and highest rank, is manifested through the expression of His bounties—not through words, but through deeds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.176d, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10009 | 90 | mixed | نبا عظیم میفرماید یا حزب الله بمثابه شیعه خود را مبتلا منمائید و از انوار | The Great Announcement proclaimeth: O people of God! Make not yourselves to be afflicted after the manner of the Shi'ih, and from the lights [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.097b, | LHKM2.230a | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1651 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 | 190 | The great causes of separation among the people are: (a) Racial. (b) Political. (c) Religious. | SW_v02#19 p.007 | Nationalism; love of country; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08810 | 110 | mixed | روز عظیم ظاهر و امر عظیم باهر این همان روزیست که کتب الهی بر عظمت و بزرگیش | The Great Day is manifest, and the mighty Cause is resplendent. This is that Day whereof the divine Books have testified to its majesty and grandeur [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.039b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11329 | 30 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ان اسم عظیم است اعظم است مراد جمال مبارک است و آنچه الیوم در دست است معانی دو حرف از اسم اعظم است و آن ب و ه | The Great Name is indeed the Most Great; it referreth to the Blessed Beauty. What we possess today are the meanings of two letters from the Greatest Name, and these are 'B' and 'H' [3.5s]... This great name is the Greatest Name. The Blessed Beauty is intended. What we have today are the meanings of two of the letters of the Greatest Name. They are: B and H | MAS2.057ax | BRL_ATE#213x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0848 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 360 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | The great Sacrifice is to forget one's self entirely--to sacrifice everything, as did Christ. | SW_v08#06 p.065x, DLA.017, BLO_PN#026 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01701 | 520 | Arabic | قد حضر الغصن الاکبر بکتابک فی المنظر الانور الذی فیه ینطق مالک القدر بالسر | The Greater Branch hath presented thy letter in the Most Luminous Spot, wherein the Lord of Destiny speaketh forth the mystery [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.343, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0008 | Public address at Stanford University on 1912-10-08 | 2330 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | اعظم منقبت عالم انسانی علم است زیرا کشف حقایق اشیاست و چون امروز خود را در | The greatest attainment in the world of humanity has ever been scientific | BRL_DAK#0654, KHF.207, KHAB.380 (386), KHTB2.267, NJB_v05#01 p.001 | PUP#110 (p.348-355), SW_v03#12 p.010-014, ECN.267 | Harmony of science and religion; High station of learning; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of transformation and change; Need for an educator; Power of the mind over nature; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2256 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-11 | 110 | The greatest attainment in the world of humanity is love, for it is through love that man is attracted toward God. It is love that establishes communication | DAS.1913-02-11 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2779 | Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 | 70 | The greatest consolation for the heart is the Love of God. This is the balm for every wound and the remedy for every ailment. | DAS.1913-04-23 | Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3211 | Words to Mrs Hiscock, spoken on 1913-11-08 | 40 | The greatest day in the life of a human soul is when as a thirsty one he arrives at the Fountain of the Water of Life | DAS.1913-11-08 | Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01368 | 340 | The Greatest Name (may my life redeem His beloved!) was manifested in the centre of the world. It sent forth the Light of Unity and the Bounty of Harmony and Love. | PN_1909 p073 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09731 | 80 | The Greatest Name should be found upon the lips in the first awaking moment of early dawn. It should be fed upon by constant use | LOG#0892ax, BNEW#80 suppl Oct 1964 p.2 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2929 | Words to Consul Schwartz and Dr Faber, spoken on 1913-04-29 | 60 | The greatest need of Europe is the organization of a European congress in which the delegates of various powers may discuss seriously the possibility of immediate, concurrent disarmament | DAS.1913-04-29 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Petitions to authorities; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; True liberty; freedom | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12217 | 250 | The greatest need of humanity today is the removal of the existing misunderstandings and disagreements among nations, which can only be achieved through the unity of language | BBBD.170 | The power of words; of speech; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06065 | 130 | mixed | اعظم مواهب الهیّه آنست که لسان بهدایت خلق بگشائی و نیاسائی و بقدر قوّه نشر نفحات الهی | The greatest of divine bestowals is that thou shouldst open thy tongue to the guidance of the people, shouldst not rest, and according to thy capacity spread the divine fragrances [3.5s] | MSBH5.233x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0262 | Public address given on 1912-04-25 | 800 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | The greatest power in the realm and range of human existence is spirit -- the divine breath | BDA1.051n | BWF.260-263, PUP#024 (p.058-060), SW_v03#03 p.022-023, BSTW#336e | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | MHMD1.059 | ||||||||
| ABU1737 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11 | 170 | The greatest prison is the material world. Prison is the antithesis of freedom. Now man is a prisoner of food, of sleep | DAS.1913-05-11 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11624 | 10 | The greatest prison is the prison of self. | VLAB.009 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU0278 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 770 | The greatest proof of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to him! - consists in the fact that he was always manifest and evident under all conditions | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.026-027x, SW_v08#13 p.178x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0439 | God’s Greatest Gift to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-26 in Paris | 580 | Persian | Paris Talks | اعظم فضائل عالم انسانی علم است علم سبب ترقی عالم انسانیست علم است که کاشف | The greatest treasure of man is wisdom. Through this he is lifted into great | DWNP_v6#01 p.002-003, KHAB.092 (102), KHTB1.069 | PT#11 p.032, SW_v02#14 p.006-007, PN_1911 p020 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of learning; Power of the mind over nature; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2238 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 110 | The greatness of the American journey is not now known. Erelong its glories shall fill all the books and pamphlets of the world. | DAS.1913-02-20 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3307 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-04 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | عظمت تعالیم حضرت بهآءالله وقتی معلوم می شود که بموقع عمل و اجرا آید هنوز از صد یکی اجرا نشده | The greatness of the teachings of Baha'u'llah will be known when they are acted upon and practiced. | BDA1.226.08 | MHMD1.242 | Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2902 | Words spoken on 1914-06-04 in Tiberias | 60 | The Greek people are scattered all over the world. No matter where you go, you find a number of them engaged in divers lines of human activities. | DAS.1914-06-04 | Excellence; distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05006 | 150 | mixed | التحیه التی تتلئلا من الافق الابهی و الثناء الذی یتعطر به سحیق المسک فی | The greeting that gleams from the Most Exalted Horizon, and the praise that is perfumed with the choicest musk [3.5s] | INBA84:301 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for nearness to God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0499 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken on 1904-08-30 | 540 | The guidance of God is that which will always guide people in the right way. All human beings are earthly | COC#0795x, LOG#1485x, SW_v08#06 p.067-068, BSTW#370 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Effort; striving; Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1339 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-28 | 240 | The hair of these men has been made white in the Cause of God both during the days of the Blessed Beauty and afterwards. | PN_1919 p048 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01966 | Hur-i-'Ujab (The Wondrous Maiden) | 450 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden) | قد طلع جمال القدس عن خلف الحجاب و ان هذا لشیء عجاب و انصعقت الارواح من نار | The hallowed Beauty shone resplendent from behind the veil. How wondrous a thing, how wondrous indeed! | INBA47:245b, INBA36:463a, BLIB_Or15706.122, , BLIB_Or15714.025, | AHM.153, AYT.251, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, OOL.B009, AMB#12 | DOR#12, RBB.132-133, BLO_PT#145 | L. Slott, R. Yazhari | Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the people of the world, their rejection of her summons, and her return in sorrow to her abode. | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | 1b | * | * | ROB1.218, ROB1.211, MMAH.134, MMAH.232, LL#018, LL#042 | |
| BH06302 | 160 | Persian | نسیم قدس رحمت و مکرمت که از یمین جود و کرم بر این | The hallowed breeze of mercy and benevolence that wafteth from the right hand of bounty and grace upon this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.122b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07439 | 140 | mixed | ید الله اخذ نمود و فضلش راه نمود طوبی از برای نفسیکه راه را دید و بان پیوست | The Hand of God hath seized, and His grace hath guided the way. Blessed is the soul who perceived the path and clung fast unto it [3.5s] | AQA6#276 p.270a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00273 | 710 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | امه الله مس بارنی سوال از حکمت دفن اموات در تراب نموده بود و نیز گفته بود که | The handmaid of God, Miss Barney, had asked a question as to the wisdom of burying the dead in the earth. | BRL_DAK#0387 | BRL_ATE#142, SUR.174-176, BSTW#000x | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of burial and cremation; Progress only takes place within its own degree | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09571 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه اماء الهی و کنیزان حریم رحمانی باید بصفتی و سمتی در بین نساء | The handmaidens of God and the bondsmaids in His divine Court should reveal such attributes and attitudes amongst the women of the world | INBA87:213a, INBA52:216a | COMP_WOMENP#077, MKT7.223a | BRL_WOMEN#077, COC#2168 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10556 | 70 | mixed | ایادی عطای الهی کل را تربیت نموده و بلسان مظاهر نفس خود جمیع من فی العالم را | The Hands of Divine Bounty have nurtured all, and through the tongue of His own Manifestations hath He educated all who dwell in the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.152b, | AQA5#021 p.025b, AYI2.074 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07562 | 130 | mixed | Translation List | ایادی امر الهی مربی عباد بوده و هستند قلم اعلی کل را وصیت فرمود بتربیت اولاد | The Hands of the Cause of God have ever been and continue to be nurturers of the people | AQA7#367 p.057a | ADMS#139x | Education of children; moral education; Hands of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0258 | Words spoken on 1915-09-20 in Haifa | 800 | Persian | ایادی امر الله علیهم نفحات الرحمن که در ایام مبارک بودند اکثرشان بافق اعلی صعود کردند | The Hands of the Cause of God, upon whom be wafted the fragrances of the All-Merciful, who lived in those blessed days, have, for the most part, ascended unto the All-Highest Horizon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-20 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2873 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in Oct. 1904 | 60 | The healing that is by the power of the Holy Spirit needs no special concentration or contact. It is through the wish or desire and the prayer of the holy person. | COC#1051x, BNE.109 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power of prayer; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00856 | 960 | Arabic | قد فاز القلب و العین بزیاره کتاب حضرتک الذی کان مطرزا بطراز الذکر و الثنا و مزینا بذکر الله | The heart and the eye have truly attained felicity through the perusal of thy letter, which was adorned with the ornament of remembrance and praise, and embellished with the mention of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.280, , BLIB_Or15736.084, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2282 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 110 | The heart of man is a garden. The real garden is in order, well planted, watered and cultivated | SW_v04#06 p.105.1, SW_v15#06 p.157.2 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01033 | 810 | mixed | قد فرح قلب العبد الحاضر بمشاهده کتابکم و استفرح بذکرکم و انبسط من حبکم | The heart of this servant present was gladdened upon beholding your letter, was uplifted by your remembrance, and was expanded through your love [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#042, , BLIB_Or15722.154x, | Praise and encouragement; Promotion of commerce and industry; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10724 | 60 | Arabic | قد اهتز قلوب من فى العالم من نفحات عبقت فى حدیقة الامم من ملکوت | The hearts of all that are in the world have been stirred by the fragrant breezes that have wafted from the garden of nations, from the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA21:138a | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03740 | 250 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی یحترق قلب المشتاق من نار الاشتیاق و تبکی عیون العشاق من سطوه الفراق | The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with the fire of their longing for Thee… They are like the angels which Thou hast created of snow and of fire | INBA92:350 | PMP#094 | PM#094 | C. McLoughlin (after J. Lincoln) | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| BH07754 | 130 | Arabic | قد طویت السماء و بسطت سماء اخری و انها ارتفعت بهذا الاسم الذی به ظهر کل امر | The heaven hath been folded up, and another heaven hath been spread forth, and it hath been raised through this Name whereby every Cause hath been made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.027c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.099, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04774 | 200 | Arabic | قد ارتفعت السماء من هذا الاسم الذی به اضطربت افئده الفجار اذا نادی المناد | The heaven hath been raised up through this Name, whereby the hearts of the ungodly were made to tremble when the Herald raised His call [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#201, | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04672 | 200 | Persian | آسمان بدخان مبین ظاهر و زمین بذکر وقایع ناطق و جبال شبه سحاب در مرور ولکن | The heaven is manifest with evident smoke, and the earth speaketh forth its chronicles, whilst the mountains pass like unto clouds that drift in their course [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.078d, , BLIB_Or15719.011a, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06108 | 160 | mixed | آسمان عنایت رحمن مرتفع آفتاب بیان مشرق و انوار وجه ظاهر آیات نازل و بینات | The heaven of divine bounty is upraised, the Sun of utterance hath dawned, the effulgences of His countenance are manifest, the verses have been sent down and the evidences made clear [3.5s] | INBA18:032, BLIB_Or15699.059b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07569 | 130 | mixed | آسمان الواح الهی بذکر نیر استقامت منیر و روشن است چنانچه در اکثر الواح ذکر | The heaven of divine Tablets is luminous and resplendent with the mention of the Day-star of steadfastness, even as hath been recorded in most Tablets [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.022b, | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08142 | 120 | Persian | آسمان قدر انسانی به نیر راستی منور است ای اهل بها دانای توانا گیتی را بمثابه | The heaven of human destiny is illumined by the Sun of truthfulness. O people of Bahá, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful hath fashioned the world as [3.5s] | HDQI.141, ANDA#36 p.03 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05014 | 150 | Arabic | النفحه القدسیه و العبقه الانسیه من ایکه الثناء و الروضه المبارکه الفیحاء مطاف | The heavenly fragrance and intimate perfume from the grove of praise and the blessed, expansive garden [3.5s] | TISH.280, MUH3.383-384 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05008 | 150 | Arabic | الغیث الهاطل من سحاب رحمه الله و الوابل النازل من غمام مغفره الله حیا ربوتک | The heavenly showers descending from the clouds of God's mercy and the copious rains pouring down from the clouds of His forgiveness render thy heights verdant [3.5s] | INBA84:314 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10649 | 70 | Arabic | مائده السماء هی عرفان الله و نعمته الباقیه هی ذکره العزیز البدیع و الایات هن | The heavenly sustenance is the knowledge of God, and His everlasting bounty is His wondrous and glorious remembrance, and the verses are His [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.092c, | Chastisement and requital; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07177 | 140 | Arabic | قد انفطرت السماء و اتی مالک الاسماء بسلطان مبین و انشقت الارض و ظهر | The heavens have been cleft asunder, and the Lord of Names hath come with manifest sovereignty, and the earth hath been rent, and He hath appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.068a, , BLIB_Or15713.246b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for protection; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05816 | 170 | Arabic | قد انفطرت السماء و انشقت الارض و مرت الجبال و لکن الناس فی غفله و شقاق قد طافت | The heavens have been rent asunder, the earth hath been cleft, and the mountains have passed away, yet the people remain heedless and in dissension [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.216b, , BLIB_Or15730.083c, | Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04788 | 200 | Arabic | قد نطقت السماء قد اتی مالک الاسماء و غنت الورقاء قد ظهر الرب باسمه الابهی و | The heavens have proclaimed: "The Lord of Names hath come!" And the Dove hath warbled: "The Lord hath appeared through His Most Glorious Name!" [3.5s] | INBA19:163, INBA32:148, BLIB_Or11095#294, | Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04484 | 210 | Arabic | قد تحرکت افلاک الجود من نفحات الفضل و تموج بحر الکرم من اریاح عنایه ربک المهیمن | The heavens of bounty have been set in motion by the breezes of grace, and the ocean of generosity surgeth with the winds of thy Lord's tender mercy, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.122, | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08326 | 120 | Arabic | قد تحرکت افلاک سماء العالم من هذا البیان الذی نطق به لسان العظمه البرهان لله | The heavens of the world were set in motion by this utterance which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken forth as a testimony unto God [3.5s]... ...But for Him no Divine Messenger would have been invested with the robe of prophethood, nor would any of the sacred scriptures have been revealed | BLIB_Or15697.132, | GPB.099x, WOB.104x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11453 | 30 | The heavens of thy mercy and the oceans of thy bounty are so vast that thou hast never disappointed those who begged of thee nor refused those who willed to come to thee! | SW_v08#04 p.048 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH05806 | 170 | Arabic | قد اخرجنا الغافلون من ارض السر بظلم مبین الی ان بلغنا الی شاطی البحر و رکبنا | The heedless ones have driven Us forth from the Land of Mystery through manifest oppression, until We reached the shore of the sea and embarked [3.5s] | INBA73:356, NLAI_BH1.503, NLAI_BH2.244a | BRL_DA#144 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11431 | 30 | Persian | معین مظلومین مظهر عدل الهی بوده و هست چشم عالم باو روشن و منیر حشمت و شوکت | The Helper of the oppressed hath been and shall ever be the Manifestation of Divine Justice. Through Him is the eye of the world illumined and radiant with majesty and glory [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.154b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03439 | 270 | Arabic | ینادی المناد فی کل الاحیان یا عباد الرحمن ان اسرعوا بالقلوب الی شطر المحبوب | The Herald calleth out at all times: "O ye servants of the Most Merciful! Hasten with your hearts toward the Beloved." [3.5s] | INBA51:346, BLIB_Or11095#184, | LHKM3.130 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03693 | 250 | Arabic | قد نادی المناد هذا یوم المیعاد الملک لمالک الایجاد قد اقبل الی الملکوت رجال | The Herald hath proclaimed: "This is the Day of the Promised One! The Kingdom belongeth to the Creator of existence. Men have drawn nigh unto the celestial realm." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#167, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07764 | 130 | Arabic | قد نادی المناد اذ اتی مالک الایجاد ولکن العباد فی سکر مبین قد اخذهم سکر الهوی | The Herald hath raised His call when the Lord of Creation appeared, yet the people remain in manifest drunkenness, seized by the wine of vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA15:287a, INBA26:288b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01852 | 480 | mixed | منادی الله لازال از یمین عرش ندا میفرماید ولکن جز اذن واعیه اصغا ننموده | The Herald of God continueth to call out from the right hand of the Throne, yet none save the attentive ear hath hearkened thereunto [3.5s] | HDQI.064, MAS8.025bx | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03516 | 260 | mixed | قد اذن موذن الله عن یمین العرش ان الذین فازوا الیوم بما اراده المحبوب اولئک | The Herald of God hath proclaimed from the right hand of the Throne: Those who have attained on this day unto that which the Best-Beloved hath willed, these indeed [3.5s] | INBA19:051, INBA32:049, BLIB_Or15710.199a, , BLIB_Or15719.173c, | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00173 | Tafsír-i-Áyat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John) | 870 | mixed | Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhanná) | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John) | بشیر اشارات پر بشارات که از مصر وفا عزم کری جهانان نموده از محفل دوستان | The herald of joyous tidings, who from the Egypt of faithfulness hath set forth to traverse the world, hath reached the gathering of the friends [3.5s]... ...The concourse of the Gospel have presently fallen lost in the wilderness of error and purblindness and thus have considered as naught these assertions of the Gospel | MKT2.057, PYM.423x | BLO_PT#026 | Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| BH03204 | 280 | mixed | بشیر عمای عرش هویه بقمیص سنای عز صمدیه از غیب بقای مدینه وفا جانب مصر بهای | The Herald of the celestial cloud from the Divine Throne, arrayed in the luminous vesture of eternal glory, hath come forth from the unseen realm of immortality in the City of Faithfulness towards the Egypt of splendour [3.5s] | INBA38:032, INBA36:311 | Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0092 | Words to Gabrielle Enthoven, spoken on 1913-01-16 | 1270 | The Herald of the Kingdom stands before the people. Wonderful music swells from an unseen orchestra | DAS.1913-01-16, ABCC.497-502 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mystical themes; Prophecy and fulfillment; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07197 | 140 | Arabic | قد ظهر الکنز المخزون و المکنون امام الوجوه ینادی و یقول قد اتی الموعود بسلطان | The hidden and concealed treasure hath appeared before all faces, crying out and proclaiming: "The Promised One hath come with sovereignty!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.285a, , BLIB_Or15715.101b, | Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The concourse on high; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10319 | 80 | Arabic | شهد المکنون لاسمی المخزون و شهد المخزون لاسمی المکنون انه لا اله الا انا | The Hidden beareth witness unto My Treasured Name, and the Treasured beareth witness unto My Hidden Name, that there is none other God but Me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.123a, | Praise and encouragement; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02376 | 370 | Arabic | ان الکتاب المکنون فی هذا الهیکل المشهود ینطق انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن | The Hidden Book enshrined within this manifest Temple proclaims: "There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.142a, | AQA5#008 p.009b | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05502 | 180 | Arabic | کتاب مکنون نزل من سماء وحی ربکم المهیمن القیوم ان اقروا ما تیسر منه ثم اتبعوا | The Hidden Book hath descended from the heaven of revelation of your Lord, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Recite ye, then, what hath been made easy thereof, and follow it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.140a, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07757 | 130 | Arabic | قد ظهر المکنون و نطق المخزون و نادت السدره قد اتی یوم الله الملک الفرد | The Hidden hath been made manifest, and the Treasured hath spoken forth, and the Lote Tree hath proclaimed: "The Day of God, the Single Sovereign, hath come!" [3.5s] | INBA23:081a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03391 | 270 | Persian | نالههای سریه از کلمات جهریه مفهوم شد و اگر صبر در شداید عظیم نمیبود هرآینه | The hidden lamentations were made manifest through the spoken words, and were it not for patience amidst grievous trials, verily [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.113b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08500 | 90 | Arabic | ان السر المصون و الرمز المکنون تحت حجاب الصدور و فی سرادق خفیات القلوب قد ظهر | The hidden mystery and the concealed symbol beneath the veils of breasts and within the pavilions of the hearts' secrets have now been made manifest [3.5s] | KNJ.032c | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08002 | 120 | mixed | اسم مکنون از افق ظهور ظاهر و مشرق ولکن عباد غافل از او ممنوع و محروم طوبی از | The Hidden Name hath appeared from the horizon of manifestation and is dawning forth, yet the heedless servants remain debarred and deprived therefrom. Blessed are they [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.048f, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03114 | 290 | Arabic | شهد الغیب لنفسه بنفسه بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد اظهرت ما اردت امام وجوه العباد | The Hidden One beareth witness unto His Own Self that, verily, I am God; there is none other God but Me. I have manifested whatsoever I desired before the faces of My servants [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.167, | Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01695 | 520 | Arabic | شهد المکنون لاسمی القیوم انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد المخزون و انه | The Hidden One beareth witness unto My Name, the Self-Subsisting, that verily there is no God but Me, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved. The Treasured One beareth witness thereof [3.5s] | INBA19:053, INBA32:050, BLIB_Or15706.249, , BLIB_Or15715.093a, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09453 | 100 | Arabic | قد اتی المکنون و ظهر المستور و نطق مکلم الطور ولکن القوم هم لایسمعون قد | The Hidden One hath appeared, and the Concealed One hath been revealed, and the Speaker of Sinai hath spoken forth; yet the people hear not [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.264b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03001 | 300 | Arabic | قد ظهر المکنون تعالی من اظهره بسلطان مبین قد اتی غیب مخزون تعالی من ارسله بالحق | The Hidden One hath appeared. Exalted be He Who hath revealed Him with manifest sovereignty. The Treasured Mystery hath been made manifest. Glorified be He Who hath sent Him with truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.145b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09427 | 100 | Arabic | شهد المکنون بهذا اللسان المشهود انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم الذی ینادی | The Hidden One testifieth with this visible tongue that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, Who calleth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.149a, | Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03597 | 250 | Arabic | السر المستور قد ظهر بالحق بسلطان کان علی العالمین محیطا انه هو المکنون | The Hidden Secret hath been made manifest through the truth with a sovereignty that encompasseth all the worlds. Verily, He is the Concealed One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.057.07, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09411 | 100 | Arabic | شهد الغیب المکنون بانه ظهر بالحق و هو هذا الاسم المخزون الذی ینادی بین الارض | The Hidden Unseen beareth witness that He hath been made manifest in truth, and He is this Treasured Name that calleth betwixt earth and heaven [3.5s] | INBA19:126b, INBA32:116b, BLIB_Or15715.059c, | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3147 | Words spoken on 1915-06-19 in Haifa | 40 | Persian | کلمات مکنونه بعد از سفر سلیمانیه نازل شد. رشح عما در سنهٴ شصت و هفت نازل شد. شهرت جمال مبارک به بهاء الله آنوقت شد. هیکلی که حضرت اعلی نوشته اند در شصت و هفت بود در آخر ایام حضرت اعلی | The Hidden Words were revealed after the sojourn in Sulaymaniyyih. The Most Great Effusion was revealed in the year sixty and seven. The Blessed Beauty became renowned as Bahá'u'lláh at that time. The Temple which the Exalted One had penned was in sixty and seven, in the latter days of His ministry [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-19 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01333 | 640 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | حمد و ثنا متغمسین بحر تجرید را لایق و سزا که در ظلمت ایام و اعتساف انام | The highest praise is due to them who have immersed themselves in the ocean of detachment—they who in the darkness of these times...Give a hearing ear, O people, to that which I, in truth, say unto you. The one true God, exalted be His glory, hath ever regarded | BRL_DA#742, GWBP#102 p.135x, AVK3.268.08x, AVK4.283ax, MJMM.364, MAS8.121bx, SAAF.198-201, ASAT1.039-040x, ASAT4.084x, ASAT4.106x, ASAT4.373x, TISH.247-249 | GWB#102x, PDC.120x, RIDA.176-179 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | LL#163 | |||||||
| AB12041 | 100 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | The highest wish of them that are filled with the Divine Spirit is unity and harmony amid the friends and spiritual connection | BRL_ATE#082 | Being a source of light; guidance; Compassion; kindness; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity of thought and belief; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1699 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 180 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | The history of Mount Carmel is holy history. A spiritual atmosphere surrounds this 'Mountain of God.' Elijah and Jesus spent part of their precious lives upon it. | TDLA.055-056, BLO_PN#104 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; Universal education | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1385 | Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-20 | 230 | The history of the prophets who came before Abraham is not known, but it is known of those who came after him. | PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Judas; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1372 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | دیشب وضع مجلس خیلی موافق حکمت و مورث محبت بود که عقد و ازدواج اهل بها در مجلس بقانون مسیحی هم جاری شود تا نفوس بدانند که اهل بها در بند این رسومات جزئیه نیستند | The holding of last night's meeting was done with wisdom... My discourses in various gatherings have been founded on principles that are in conformity with reality | BDA1.158.12 | MHMD1.172-173 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH04041 | 230 | mixed | طلعات قدس در کفاتند و وجهات انس در دفات و حمامات افریدوس در غنات و حوریات | The holy Countenances are in flight, while mystic Faces remain concealed; the doves of Paradise are singing in the gardens, and the heavenly Maidens [3.5s] | INBA38:033, INBA36:322 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1377 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-16 | 230 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مظاهر مقدسه تحمل بلایا و مصائب عظیمه فرمودند و قبول زجر و جفا در هر دمی نمودند حضرت مسیح مبتلای بلایا شدیده گردید | The holy Manifestations endured great afflictions and persecutions and at every moment accepted torment and oppression.... Divine religions consist of two parts... Gracious God! Although people see with their own eyes that in the dispensation of Christ the eleven disciples were ordinary men | BDA1.376.16 | MHMD1.395-396 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH11853 | 86 | mixed | نغمات قدس معنویرا گوشی جدید باید و نفحات روح فردوسی را فوادی منیع شاید | The holy melodies of the spirit require a new ear, and the sanctified breathings of Paradise need an exalted heart [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.079a | Creation of the world; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1247 | Words to the believers, spoken on 1914-07-15 | 250 | The Holy Spirit is the only power which will ultimately unite and harmonize the races and nations of the world. | DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v08#08 p.101 | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06678 | 150 | Arabic | قد ینادی روح القدس یا ملا الغیب و الشهود قد اتی یوم الموعود و ظهر المقصود | The Holy Spirit proclaimeth: O Concourse of the seen and unseen! The Promised Day is come, and He Who was desired hath appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.063b, | AKHA_124BE #07 p.d | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11060 | 50 | mixed | روح القدس مترصد و روح الانس منتظر که نغمه نور کی مذکور شود و نقره ظهور کی | The Holy Spirit standeth ready and the human spirit waiteth expectantly - when shall the melody of light be mentioned and the note of manifestation be sounded [3.5s] | INBA38:060c, INBA36:314b, BLIB_Or15696.091g, | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3339 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken around 1920-12-15 | 30 | The Holy Spirit was always with Christ... It was hidden from others, but manifest to him. The story about the dove is simply a metaphor... From childhood it was apparent to him | LOG#1642x, SW_v14#09 p.274, PN_1919 p037 | Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; John the Baptist; Literal interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03475 | 260 | mixed | جناب افنان علیه سلام الرحمن مکرر بحضور فائز لله الحمد نزد مظلوم مذکورند و | The honored Afnán—upon him be the peace of the Merciful—hath repeatedly attained Our presence. Praised be God that he is mentioned by this Wronged One | INBA51:348b, BLIB_Or15716.099c, | KHAF.221, MYD.810, MYD.817 | GEN.338-339 | Call to action; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0548 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 500 | Persian | حضرات مسافرین رفتند اگر راه ها کلاً و کاملاً باز شود مسافرتها آسان میگردد انسان در مدت قلیلی وارد ایران میشود | The honored wayfarers have departed. Should the pathways be wholly and completely opened, journeys shall become easy, such that man may enter Persia in but a brief span [3.5s] | KHMT.078-079 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Critique of Western values; culture; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00476 | Some Answered Questions #015 True Felicity | 570 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | شرافت و علویت هر کائنی از موجودات بامری مشروط و بکیفیتی مربوط | The honour and exaltation of every existing thing is contingent upon certain causes and conditions. | MFD#15, OOL.C022.15 | SAQ#15 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3481 | 20 | Persian | هد هد شخصی بود که سلیمان بقاصدی فرستاد و باعلی درجه شهرت رسید مرغی ضعیف بود | The hoopoe was one who Solomon dispatched as a messenger, and attained unto the loftiest heights of renown though it was but a feeble bird [3.5s] | AVK2.208.04 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11130 | 40 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | اميد از عنايت حضرت احديّت چنانست که در خصوص نشر نفحات اللّه بين القبائل موفّق گرديد | The hope is that by the grace of the Lord of Oneness ye may be assisted in diffusing the fragrances of God amongst the tribes [3.5s]... ...My hope from the grace of the One true Lord is that thou wilt be enabled to spread the fragrances of God among the tribes | MMK1#215 p.259x | SWAB#215x | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual springtime; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08355 | 120 | Arabic | قد لاح افق الکرم ولکن الامم اعرضوا عنه بما اتبعوا کل صنم منحوت قد ارتفع | The horizon of bounty hath verily dawned, yet the peoples have turned away therefrom, having followed every graven idol that hath been raised up [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.151a, , NLAI_22848:366, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189rb, , MKI4522.366, | AQA2#047 p.203b | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05115 | 190 | Arabic | قد لاح افق الظهور بهذا النیر الذی به تحرک المسجد الاقصی و نادی الطور الملک | The horizon of Manifestation hath been illumined by this resplendent Light, whereby the Most Holy Sanctuary was stirred and Mount Sinai proclaimed the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA15:253, INBA26:253 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06671 | 150 | Arabic | قد لاح افق المعانی بهذا النیر الذی به اضائت الافاق و نطق لسان العظمه الملک | The horizon of meanings hath dawned forth with this luminous Orb, whereby the regions were illumined and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken: The Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA19:167, INBA32:152a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11419 | 30 | Arabic | قد انار افق العالم بالنیر الاعظم و نطقت الاشیاء قد اتی المالک الملک لله العزیز الودود | The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Most Great Light, and all things have proclaimed: "The Sovereign of all sovereignty hath come! The Kingdom is God's, the Mighty, the All-Loving!" [3.5s] | INBA23:104, BLIB_Or15696.090j, | BRL_DA#330, BSHI.025 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07175 | 140 | Arabic | قد انار افق العالم بشمس اسمی المهیمن علی العالمین ان الذی اقبل و عرف | The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Sun of My Name, the All-Subduing over all the worlds. He that hath turned and recognized [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.047a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05814 | 170 | Arabic | قد انار افق العالم اذ اتی مالک القدم باسمه الاعظم و شهد انه لا اله الا هو | The horizon of the world hath been illumined through the coming of the Ancient King with His Most Great Name, and He hath testified that there is none other God but Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.024b, | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09458 | 100 | Arabic | قد انار افق البیان و مالک الامکان ینادی بین العالم و یدع الامم الی صراطه | The horizon of utterance hath been illumined, and the Lord of all possibility proclaimeth amidst the world and calleth the peoples unto His path [3.5s] | INBA41:414b | Call to action; Presence of; reunion with God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09490 | 100 | Arabic | قد لاح افق البیان من شمس ذکری العزیز المنیع انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه و | The horizon of utterance hath dawned forth from the Sun of My remembrance, the All-Glorious, the Inaccessible. We make mention of him who hath turned unto the Countenance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.056c, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05727 | 170 | mixed | جنود عشق و محبت الهی بر وجود توجه نمود هر قلب را مقبل یافت مسخر نمود اخذش | The hosts of divine love and affection turned their gaze upon existence, and finding every heart receptive, conquered and took possession thereof [3.5s] | INBA33:063 | AYI2.373x, AHB_131BE #09-10 p.002, YQAZ.210 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02759 | 320 | mixed | جند الله هم الغالبون این جند در مقام اول و رتبه اولی آیات الله بوده و هست | The hosts of God, they are indeed the triumphant ones. These hosts, in their foremost station and highest rank, have ever been and shall remain the verses of God [3.5s] | HDQI.133, KHSH04.003, ANDA#48 p.01, YMM.244 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2472 | Words spoken on 1913-11-21 in Ramleh | 90 | The Hosts of the Kingdom of Abha are at all times gaining fresh victories... When I dictate a supplication my whole being is absorbed in the mercy and tenderness of God. | DAS.1913-11-21 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11640 | 190 | Arabic | قد قامت القیمه و ظهر القائم و القیوم ینادی لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و الذی قام | The Hour hath come to pass, and the Self-Subsisting hath appeared and proclaimeth: "There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting." [3.5s] | FRH.055 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09452 | Lawh-i-Mizan | 100 | Arabic | قد اتت الساعه و نفخ فی الصور و المیزان ینادی انا الممیز العلیم ابین و اظهر | The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: "I am the All-Distinguishing, the All-Knowing, manifest and evident!" [3.5s] | INBA19:072b, INBA32:067a | Apocalyptic imagery; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05838 | 170 | Arabic | قد قضت الساعه و قامت القیمه و الناس ینظرون و لایشعرون قد ارتفع الندآء بین الارض و | The hour hath struck, and the Resurrection is come to pass, while the people gaze but perceive not. The Call hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.139b, | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10802 | 60 | Arabic | بیت بناه الخلیل و طافه العباد و بیت بناه الجلیل و جعله مثواه الاول ما دخل فیه و | The House built by the Friend, which throngs of worshippers circle round, and the House raised by the All-Glorious One, which He made His dwelling-place - the first none entered therein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.091f, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2906 | Words spoken in Jun. 1906 | 60 | The House of Justice is so mighty an organization that no one shall have the right to resist or oppose it. By that is meant the Universal House of Justice. | PN_1906 p045, SUR.248, BLO_PN#001 | House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1142 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 280 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | The House of Justice must be obeyed in all things because it has been established by the Blessed Perfection. The Council of Constantine decided many things wisely | TDLA.025-026, BLO_PN#104 | House of Justice; Justice and mercy; Means of establishment of future civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3290 | Words spoken on 1915-04-18 in Haifa | 30 | Persian | بیت العدل مقام تشریع دارد و آنچه منصوص نیست تشریع نماید و تنفیذی نیست . در ایالات مختلفه انتخابات می شود و بیت عدل تشکیل شود و مرکز را بصلاح دید خود معین خواهند کرد | The House of Justice possesseth legislative authority, and that which hath not been expressly revealed may be legislated by it, and is not revocable. Elections shall be held in diverse provinces, and the House of Justice shall be established, and they shall determine the center thereof according to their own wisdom [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-04-18 | Elections; House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3086 | 50 | The human body is in need of material force, but the spirit has need of the Holy Spirit. | SW_v08#08 p.102x, IHP.062, BLO_PN#046 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; True liberty; freedom | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01092 | 380 | mixed | حقیقت انسانیه از حیثیت وحدت اصلیه و الفت روحیه مظهر واحدیت فائضهئیست | The human reality, from the standpoint of its essential unity and spiritual affinity, is a manifestation of effulgent oneness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0502a, MSHR3.116 | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0673 | Words to Mr Briggs, spoken on 1914-03-09 | 440 | The humane principles of Bahá'u'lláh have enlightened the East. They have laid waste to the foundation of prejudices. | DAS.1914-03-09 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02734 | 320 | mixed | المعروض من هذا الخادم الفانی الی حضرتکم العالی ولو انی ماتشرفت بخدمتکم فی | The humble submission of this evanescent servant unto your exalted presence, though I have not been honored to serve in your presence [3.5s] | INBA19:396, INBA32:338 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0776 | Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-11 | 380 | The ideals of Peace must be nurtured and spread amongst the inhabitants of the world, they must be instructed in the school of Peace | DAS.1914-05-11, SW_v05#08 p.116-117, SW_v07#06 p.043+048, SW_v15#02 p.037, PN_1914 p013 | Nationalism; love of country; Supreme tribunal; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07753 | 110 | mixed | حضرت افنان سدره ربانیه حسب الاراده المطلقه آنکه چون جناب ابراهیم افندی از | The illustrious Afnan of the divine Lote-Tree! In accordance with the unconditioned will: since the honored Ibrahim Effendi is among those who have newly entered the religion of God | INBA87:269a, INBA52:272b | AFNAN.145-146 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02292 | 390 | mixed | نامه نامی آنحضرت که سبب نمو قواهای نامیه عالم است رسید نمو حاصل فرح مشهود | The illustrious letter of His Holiness, which causeth the growth of the life-giving forces of the world, hath arrived. Growth was attained and joy became manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.526, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07063 | 120 | Persian | جناب عندلیب حدیقه معانی پیک امین رحمن حضرت شیخ سلمان علیه نفحات ربه المنان | The illustrious Nightingale of the Garden of Meanings, the trusted messenger of the All-Merciful, His Eminence Shaykh Salman—upon him be the fragrances of his Lord, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | INBA87:625a, INBA52:668 | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11132 | 50 | Persian | ورقای بقا بر سدره منتهی در هر صبح و شام باین کلمه احلی مغرد است ای مجذوبان | The Immortal Dove, upon the Divine Lote-Tree, doth at every morn and eve warble forth this most sweet utterance: "O ye who are enraptured..." [3.5s] | INBA38:073e | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02190 | 400 | mixed | القضاء المثبت ما استاثر بمشیه الله و امره دفتر عالم حاکی از قضاء مبرم قصر | The immutable decree encompasseth that which God, in His inscrutable wisdom, hath chosen to ordain, and the book of the world beareth witness to His binding and irrevocable decree [3.5s] | SFI01.098 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01381 | 620 | mixed | بدایات کلام و غایات ختام ذکر سلطان عما و ملیک بهاست جل عنایته و عظم احسانه | The inception of utterance and the consummation thereof is the mention of the Sovereign of transcendence and the King of Glory, exalted be His grace and magnified be His bounty [3.5s] | INBA36:326, BLIB_Or15722.207, | BRL_DA#254, TZH4.130-131x, ASAT5.309x | Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05020 | 190 | Persian | حضرت بیچون از چند و چون مقدس و مبریست دوئی وصف یکی نداند و از عهده ذکر برنیاید | The Incomparable Lord is sanctified and exalted beyond all manner and description. Duality knoweth not how to describe His oneness, nor can utterance fulfill His remembrance [3.5s] | INBA51:145a, KB_620:138-138 | LHKM2.170 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2349 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-02 | 100 | The individuals of the world of humanity are in different degrees. They are like unto candlesticks.... Similarly there are some enkindled souls whose very presence in a meeting changes its atmosphere | DAS.1915-05-02 | Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1195 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26 | 270 | The influence of the Word of God is all-penetrative. One must simply arise and engage in the service of the Cause... The armies of the Supreme Concourse are drawn in battle-array on the plain of the Kingdom... The Zoroastrians must be very enkindled | DAS.1914-04-26 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1340 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 240 | The inhabitants of one of the provinces of Persia desired to get rid of the burden of military conscription laid upon them by the minister of war. | DAS.1913-02-24 | Humor; jokes; Petitions to authorities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2318 | Words spoken on 1913-07-01 in Port Said | 100 | The inhabitants of Persia are yet asleep, although God has demonstrated to them His Cause in so many ways. | DAS.1913-07-01 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2317 | Words spoken on 1913-04-05 in Stuttgart | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اهل استتکارت و اسلنگن خیلی گرمند بسیار صادق و منجذبند و از سایر | The inhabitants of Stuttgart and Esslingen are very warm-hearted; they are sincerely devoted and wholly filled with the Teachings of God | BDA2.220 | BBBD.201x, MHMD2.284 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1507 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-15 | 210 | The inhabitants of the world will not become mindful and aware of the bounties and favors of the glorious God; nay rather when these bestowals pour upon them uninterruptedly, their negligence increases in equal ratio. | DAS.1915-03-15 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1101 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-24 | 290 | The inner, spiritual life of man is like unto this well. He must allay the thirst of the travellers on the path of Truth with the water of significances... I hope thou wilt become the boiling, gushing, flowing well of the Love of Bahá'u'lláh, irrigating the parched ground of the hearts | DAS.1915-04-24 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06723 | 150 | Arabic | کتاب مسطور یشهد له المهیمن القیوم و انه رقم من اصبع القدره فی هذا المقام | The inscribed Book beareth witness unto it, and the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, doth testify that verily it hath been traced by the Finger of Power in this station [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.067a, | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09003 | 110 | Arabic | کتاب مسطور قد انزله الله مالک الظهور ولکن الناس اکثرهم من الغافلین تالله قد | The inscribed Book hath been sent down by God, the Lord of the Manifestation, yet most of mankind remain heedless. By God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.275b, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05500 | 180 | Arabic | کتاب مسطور یشهد له المهیمن القیوم قد نزل بالحق فی هذا المقام المحمود لاینکره | The inscribed Book, to which beareth witness the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, hath verily been sent down in truth in this glorious station which none can deny [3.5s] | INBA18:075, BLIB_Or15697.271b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09565 | 100 | Arabic | لوح مسطور رقم من اصبع القدره طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه رشح من بحر البیان یشهد | The inscribed Tablet hath been traced by the Finger of Power. Blessed be they who recognize that it is a dewdrop from the Ocean of Utterance and bear witness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.041c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.134b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3645 | 10 | The insistent self. | BW_v13p1187x, VLAB.010x | Satan; the Evil One; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3540 | Words to Henry Randall | 20 | The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail. | VLAB.121 | Limits of the intellect; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00245 | Commentary on a verse from Sa'di | 2530 | mixed | Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Unrestrained as the wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi) | آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و | The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself | BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047 | BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x | GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133 | B. Grover, MANA | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457 | |||
| AB10156 | 70 | mixed | مقصود از ولد بکر ارشد اولاد ذکور باقی است شمول بأرشد اناث ندارد ولو اکبر اناث باشد | The intention of "first-born son" referreth to the eldest surviving male offspring; it embraceth not the eldest female, even should she be the senior among the children [3.5s] | AVK4.218.10x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of inheritance; Rights of the eldest son; primogeniture | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10302 | 70 | The invincible Hosts of divine Confirmations are standing in battle-array upon the plain of the Kingdom of Abha, ready to rush to the assistance of any soul | DAS.1913-03-18 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual warfare; struggle | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH08937 | 110 | Arabic | قد لان الحدید و ذابت الصخره من حنین القلوب ولکن الظالمین فی غرور عجاب یدعون | The iron hath been softened and the rock hath melted from the yearning of hearts, yet the wrongdoers persist in wondrous delusion [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.022c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.085b, | Chastisement and requital; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BHU0066 | 340 | The Jaláluʾd-Dawlih has done what has caused the eyes of the denizens of the Supreme Concourse to shed tears of blood. Do you perceive the reason for his doings? | GEN.162, AFNAN.031x | Past, present and future of Iran; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0760 | Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 | 390 | The Jews for a thousand and five hundred years were awaiting the coming, and their utmost desire was to live in the day of the Messiah | PN_1909 p087 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1558 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-28 | 200 | The Jews were expecting the appearance of His Holiness Christ, but they were expecting him to come with certain signs. | PN_1920_heh_haifa p061 | Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11264 | 40 | Persian | سلطان عادل را سمع مترصد تا ندای ستمدیدگان بشنود و چشم منتظر تا شرح | The just sovereign's ear is ever attentive, that He may hearken unto the cry of the oppressed, and His eye watchful, that He may behold [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.085g, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0507 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 530 | The justice of God is a difficult subject and requires much reflection upon our Lord's Words... Paraclete means the Holy Spirit... Regarding the use of beads | PN_1900_heh p040, BSTW#305x | Chastisement and requital; Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Justice and mercy; Maintainance of degrees in society; Many are called but few are chosen | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07834 | 130 | Persian | کوثر بیان مقصود عالمیان است کل را بان زنده نموده و مینماید عباد را صدید از | The Kawthar of Utterance is the Purpose of the worlds, quickening and ever quickening all beings thereby, whilst the servants [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.154a, | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03464 | 200 | Persian | ملکوت الهی بقوّهء کلمة اللّه و تأييد روح القدس در عالم وجود تأسيس شد و انوار صلح و سلام از شمس حقيقت | The Kingdom of God hath been established in the world of existence through the power of the Word of God and the confirmations of the Holy Spirit, and the lights of peace and tranquillity have shone forth from the Sun of Reality [3.5s] | MMK3#115 p.078x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3053 | Words spoken on 1914-02-27 in Haifa | 50 | The Kingdom of God is like into this garden. It contains many kind of trees. In due season the trees must not only produce leaves and blossoms | DAS.1914-02-27 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1555 | Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-21 | 200 | The Kingdom of God is likened unto a garden and the gardener is a blessed Manifestation. The gardener comes and finds the trees unfruitful and the garden in disorder. | PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3569 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-03 | 10 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | سلطنت الهی قدیم است و مادام خالق بوده خلق هم داشته | The Kingdom of God is pre-existent and, since He is the Creator; without doubt He has always had a creation. | BDA1.144.16 | MHMD1.155-156 | Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Infinity and eternity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH08537 | 200 | mixed | ملکوت حمد و شکر و جبروت ذکر و ثنا اولیای مالک اسما و فاطر سما … یا حاجی در بیت الهی که الیوم مطاف عالم است تفکر نما در اول ایام | The Kingdom of praise and thanksgiving, and the Realm of remembrance and glorification, belong to the chosen ones of the Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven... O pilgrim! Reflect thou upon the House of God, which in this Day is the Point of Adoration for all the world, in the beginning of days [3.5s] | ASAT2.108x, YIA.120ax | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01594 | 550 | Persian | ملکوت حمد و جبروت ان بارگاه حزب قدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که محض | The Kingdom of praise and the Dominion of that sanctified Court beseem the holy hosts of the Desired One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.129, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00557 | 1330 | mixed | ملکوت حمد و جبروت ثنا سلطان مقتدری را لایق و سزا که سطوت عالم و شوکت | The Kingdom of praise and the Realm of glorification beseemeth and befitteth that omnipotent Sovereign, Whose dominion and majesty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.356, | BRL_DA#493 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04071 | 230 | Persian | ملکوت بیان در بحبوحه احزان بذکر دوستان مشغول که شاید مفتریات مفترین و ضوضاء | The Kingdom of Utterance, amidst the intensity of sorrows, is occupied with the remembrance of the friends, that perchance the calumnies of the calumniators and the clamor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.045b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3041 | 50 | the kings and rulers of the world are not yet ready to acknowledge that universal peace is conducive to the life of the world of humanity. | SW_v07#15 p.136-137 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH09910 | 90 | mixed | فارسان مضمار معانی و بیان الیوم باید بخدمت امر محبوب عالمیان مشغول باشند براستی | The knights of the arena of inner meanings and utterance must in truth be occupied this day with service to the Cause of the Best-Beloved of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA23:144a, BLIB_Or15719.153e, | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03274 | Some Answered Questions #035 Free Will and Foreknowledge | 210 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | علم بشیء سبب حصول شیء نیست زیرا علم ذاتی حق محیط بر حقائق اشیاء قبل وجود اشیاء | The knowledge of a thing is not the cause of its occurrence; for the essential knowledge of God encompasses the realities | MFD#35, OOL.C022.35 | SAQ#35 | Free will and predestination; fate; God's knowledge; Predictions and prophecies; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB08191 | 100 | Persian | زحمات آنجناب در این سفر بی حدّ و پایان و مشکلات عظیمه ظاهر و نمایان | The labours of your honour in this journey were boundless and infinite, and mighty were the tribulations, manifest and evident [3.5s] | AVK1.000.20x, MSBH7.101x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11729 | 360 | Arabic | حنین الله قد ارتفع بالحق من مظهر نفسه الذی وقع تحت مخالیب البغضا و لم یکن | The lamentation of God hath verily been raised in truth from the Manifestation of His Self, Who hath fallen beneath the claws of hatred and was not [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p381 | Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08380 | 100 | Persian | بهمنا گریه ابر بهمن را خنده گلزار و چمن در پی و سبزی و خرمی و شکوفه و گل و ریاحین | The lamentation of the winter cloud precedes the laughter of the garden and meadow, followed by verdure, freshness, blossoms, flowers, and sweet-scented herbs [3.5s] | YARP2.371 p.294, PPAR.111, QUM.243c | Spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06044 | 160 | Arabic | ان السراج قدام الوجه ینوح کنوح الثکلی لاولیائی و یقول یا اسم الله لم ادر فی | The Lamp before the Countenance lamenteth with the lamentation of the bereaved for My loved ones, and saith: "O Name of God, I know not..." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.045a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08041 | 120 | Arabic | ان السراج ینادی بین الامم و یقول تالله قد ظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علم الله و | The Lamp crieth out amidst the nations, proclaiming: "By God! That which lay hidden in the knowledge of God hath been made manifest." [3.5s] | INBA27:436a | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03519 | 260 | Arabic | قد لاح المصباح و فاح عرف الله فیما سواه طوبی لمن وجد و قال لک الحمد یا اله | The Lamp hath appeared and the fragrance of God hath been wafted throughout all else beside Him. Blessed is he who hath found and hath exclaimed: "Praise be unto Thee, O God!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#096, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04557 | 170 | mixed | شمع روشن است و انجمن روحانیان گلزار و گلشن نفحات قدس منتشر است و نسائم حدآئق | The lamp is ablaze, and the assembly of the spiritual ones is a rose garden in full bloom. The holy fragrances are diffused, and the breezes of paradise waft [3.5s] | INBA13:402, INBA55:234, INBA59:151, INBA88:053 | MMK2#050 p.039, AHB.120BE #07 p.000, SFI17.016 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08864 | 110 | Arabic | سراج الله ینادی بینکم و یقول الی الی یا شعبی و عبادی لعمری قد اظهرت نفسی لکم | The Lamp of God calleth aloud among you, saying: "Unto Me, unto Me, O My people and My servants! By My life, I have manifested Myself unto you." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.152a, , BLIB_Or15730.065a, , NLAI_22848:368, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190v, , MKI4522.368, | AQA2#050 p.205b | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04493 | 210 | Arabic | قد ناحت ارض السر و استبشرت ارض السجن تلک تنوح لفراق المحبوب و هذه تفتخر علی | The land of mystery hath lamented, while the prison-land rejoiceth; the former weepeth at its separation from the Beloved, while the latter exulteth in pride [3.5s] | INBA34:280a | AQA1#143 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3381 | Words to Haji Amin and Daniel Jenkyn, spoken on 1912-12-29 | 30 | The language of the heart is more eloquent than the physical tongue. When two hearts are united astonishing results will be realized. But a perfect union is necessary. | DAS.1912-12-29 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1977 | Words spoken on 1913-02-09 in Paris | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جبران مرحوم در امر الله مؤمن خالص بود و یک رسالهٴ استدلالیه در اثبات امر الله نوشت | The late Gabriel [Sacy] was a pure believer in the Cause of God, and he composed a treatise to logically prove its truth | BDA2.127-128 | MHMD2.159 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0367 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 650 | Persian | شریعت الله بر دو قسم است یک قسم اساس دین الله و آن تعلق بروحانیات دارد | The Law of God is of two kinds: One kind is the foundation of the Religion of God and pertaineth unto spiritual things [3.5s] | KHH2.262-265 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0324 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-23 | 710 | The law of Jihad has ever been a veritable firebrand with which the Ulamas of Islam have threatened the world from time to time. In former ages its moral influence | DAS.1914-11-23 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1322 | Words spoken on 1913-11-03 in Ramleh | 240 | The law of Peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of Peace. The Angels of Peace are hovering above our heads. | DAS.1913-11-03, PN_1913-14_heh p013 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1416 | 230 | The law of peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of peace. We are daily advancing in the path of peace. | SW_v13#11 p.293-294 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of governments; political unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3016 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-18 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مسائل و احکام دین الله بر دو قسم است قسمی اساس اصلی احکام روحانیه و اصول سعادت بشریه و تحسین اخلاق | The laws and commandments of God are of two kinds: one set is composed of those essential spiritual principles which are the basis for human prosperity | BDA1.255.03 | MHMD1.273 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1959 | The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men: Words spoken on 1911-11-15 in Paris | 150 | Paris Talks | The Laws of God are not imposition of will, or of power, or pleasure, but the resolutions of truth, reason and justice.' All men are equal before the law, which must reign absolutely | PT#47 p.160 | Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1170 | Words spoken on 1916-08-17 in Haifa | 270 | Persian | قوانین طبیعت در مجرائی جاری است، هیچ کائنی نیست که بتواند ذره تجاوز از قانون طبیعی نماید. [انسان] به قانون طبیعت | The laws of nature flow in their ordained course, and no created thing can transgress by even an atom's weight from the natural law [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-17 | Man's distinction from the animal; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2312 | Words to Mr And Mrs Holbach, spoken on 1914-01-19 | 100 | The leaders of religion must be the means of binding the hearts together, establishing good-fellowship between the members of the human family | DAS.1914-01-19 | Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09235 | 100 | Arabic | ان الورقه تنادی علی السدره انه لا اله الا هو العلیم الحکیم طوبی لورقه تمسکت بها علی | The Leaf calleth out unto the Lote-Tree that, verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed be the leaf that hath clung fast unto it [3.5s] | INBA44:103b | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05558 | 180 | Persian | ورقه مشهود گشت و هرچه مسطور بود منظور شد معلوم است که کم نفسی یافت میشود که | The leaf hath become manifest, and whatsoever was inscribed therein hath come into view. It is well known that scarce can be found a soul that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15722.241, | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07633 | 130 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه القدس عبده علیا لیشکر الله بارئه و یرتقب یوم الذی یاتی الله فی ظلل | The Leaf of Holiness maketh mention of His servant, 'Alí, that he may render thanksgiving unto God, his Creator, and await the Day whereon God shall come in the shadows of the clouds [3.5s] | INBA36:140a, INBA71:309b | YMM.228 | Literal interpretation; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07885 | 130 | mixed | ورقه آن امه بساحت امنع اقدس فائز ولکن بذکریکه باصغاء محبوب فائز شود مزین نه | The leaf of that handmaiden hath attained unto the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court, yet is not adorned with such mention as would gain the ear of the Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.267a, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09599 | 100 | mixed | ورقه حاضر و از مظلوم ذکرت را طلب نمود ذکرناک بهذا اللوح المبین ذکر حق جل | The leaf presented itself and sought from the Wronged One mention of thee. Thus have We made mention of thee in this perspicuous Tablet - a mention of God, exalted be He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.194, , BLIB_Or15726.129a, | Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08485 | 120 | Persian | ورقه بنت آن مخدره قصد مقصد اقصی و افق اعلی نمود لله الحمد عنایت الهی اعانت | The Leaf, daughter of that honored Lady, hath turned toward the Most Great Goal and the Supreme Horizon. Praise be to God, divine favors have assisted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.193a, | Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11413 | 30 | Arabic | عالم من یمنعه علمه عن کل ما یکرهه رضائی و رضائه و البالغ من بلغ الی مطلع | The learned one is he whose knowledge withholdeth him from whatsoever is repugnant unto My good-pleasure and his good-pleasure, and he who hath attained unto the Dawning-Place [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.158b, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09274 | 100 | mixed | اوراق سدره مبارکه باید بکمال ایقان و اطمینان باصل شجره متمسک باشند تا از هبوب | The leaves of the sacred Lote-Tree must, with perfect certitude and assurance, hold fast unto the root of the Tree, lest the blowing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.054b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06076 | 160 | mixed | اوراق عالم در لیالی و ایام بذکر سدره ناطق و لقایش را آمل ملکات عالم هر یوم در | The leaves of the world, throughout the nights and days, resound with the mention of the Divine Lote-Tree, and all the kingdoms of existence yearn with each passing day for its presence [3.5s] | AYBY.109a | Call to action; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09688 | 80 | The letter adorned with the True One’s mention hath been received. Praised be God that under divine favours ye are the recipients of the greatest of all bounties | LTDT.325 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06760 | 150 | mixed | نامه و دستخط آنمحبوب فواد چون نفحات حب مولی الوری از آن متضوع عالم امکانرا | The letter and handwriting of that Beloved of hearts, like unto the fragrances of the love of the Lord of all beings, hath perfumed the realm of contingent existence [3.5s] | MSHR5.385ax | Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11302 | 40 | Persian | نامه الیوم پنجشنبه رسید از فضل الهی امور شما جمع و محکم بوده و | The letter arrived on this Thursday. Through divine bounty, thine affairs are well-ordered and firmly established [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.162a, , BLIB_Or15738.144a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11844 | 103 | mixed | نامه آن امه الله رسید در حینیکه از احزان وارده نفحات الهیه مقطوع و قلم از حرکت | The letter from that handmaiden of God arrived at a time when, owing to the sorrows that had descended, the divine fragrances were cut off and the pen was stilled from motion [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.453b | Role and station of women; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11706 | 643 | mixed | مکتوب آن ورقه رضوان رسید و زیارت شد اگرچه در این ایام حزن بشانی احاطه نموده | The letter from that leaf of Paradise was received and perused. Though in these days sorrow hath encompassed in such wise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.449 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07747 | 110 | Persian | جناب آقا سید اسدالله نامه شما ملاحظه گردید بجناب قائممقامی نامه ای مرقوم شد | The letter from the esteemed Aqa Siyyid Asadullah hath been perused. A letter hath been dispatched unto the respected Qaim-Maqami [3.5s] | INBA17:214 | Naming of children; of individuals; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03023 | 300 | Persian | نامه امتی خدیجه که بعبد حاضر نوشته بود تلقاء وجه ذکر شد نسئل الله تعالی ان یؤیدها علی الأمر | The letter from the handmaiden Khadijih, which she had written to this servant in His presence, was mentioned before His Countenance. We beseech God, exalted be He, to strengthen her in His Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.049.05, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04536 | 210 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب ملاحظه شد قد حزنا بما فیه ولکن حق جل و عز شاهد و گواه است که | The letter from your honored self was perused, and We were indeed grieved by its contents. God, glorified and exalted be He, is verily the Witness and Testimony that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#178, , BLIB_Or15722.021b, | AVK3.180.07x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02480 | 360 | Persian | نامه رسید الحمد لله سلامتی وجود نعمتیست بزرگ و فضلیست عظیم نشکره فی | The letter hath arrived. Praise be unto God! Health of being is a mighty bounty and a great favor, for which We render thanks [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.100, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07144 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The letter no.17 was read. Thou hast written concerning the universal peace, that before long the congress of The Hague | TAB.595-596x, BSTW#154 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11658 | 320 | mixed | نامه ۲۹ ذی الحجه رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر ارتفاع امرالله و انجذاب قلوب | The letter of 29 Dhi'l-Hijjah arrived. Praise be to God, it indicates the exaltation of the Cause of God and the attraction of hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0204, YIA.345-346 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Growth of the Cause; Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07748 | 110 | Persian | جناب آقا سید یحیی نامه قرائت گردید جمیع گمان میکنند که شما روشیلدید یا قارون | The letter of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Yahya was read. All suppose you to be a Rothschild or a Qarun [3.5s] | MSHR4.361 | Business; financial; property matters; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10223 | 70 | Persian | جناب میرزا عنایت نامه ملاحظه گردید شکوه از تاخیر ظهور آثار عنایت در حق عنایت | The letter of Jinab-i-Mirza 'Inayat was perused. It contained a complaint regarding the delay in the manifestation of divine favors [3.5s] | DUR4.410 | Naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03024 | 300 | mixed | نامه ملا محمد باقر علیه بهاءالله که به آن جناب نوشته ملاحظه شد انا نذکره بما | The letter of Mulla Muhammad-Baqir - upon him be Bahá'u'lláh - which was addressed to that noble person hath been perused. We make mention of him through that which [3.5s] | TABN.244bx | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00472 | Lawh-i-Ittihad | 1530 | mixed | Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity) | قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا | The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving | BLIB_Or15738.055, | BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a | LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147 | Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of deeds, unity in rank and station, unity of souls, and unity in material possessions. | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat] | 3b | * | - | ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129 | ||
| BH11303 | 40 | Persian | نامه سمندر مشاهده شد فاسئل الله ان یحفظه من شر کل متکبر جبار | The letter of Samandar hath been seen. Beseech thou God that He may protect him from the evil of every haughty oppressor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.220.11, | AYBY.309a | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01621 | 540 | mixed | نامه آن محبوب رسید وقتیکه فرصت بمثابه عنقا غیر موجود جناب آقا سید تقی علیه | The letter of that beloved one arrived at a time when leisure, like unto the Phoenix, was non-existent, O honored Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.053, | AYI2.093x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00721 | 1080 | Persian | رقیمه آنجناب رسید از نفحات آن کمال بهجت و سرور دست داد انشاء الله در کل احیان... قل قد حرم علیکم الزینا و اللواط | The letter of that honored personage hath been received. From its gentle breeze, utmost joy and felicity were vouchsafed. God willing, in all seasons... ...Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Avoid them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions | INBA22:155, NLAI_BH4.088-095 | AvK3.513.12x, GHA.338x, ASAT1.077x | COC#0148x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Muhammad; Islam; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unchastity and adultery | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11161 | 40 | Persian | مکتوب یاران غرب باحبّای شرق ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون معانی گوناگون بود | The letter of the friends of the West addressed to the beloved ones of the East was perused, and its contents were replete with diverse meanings [3.5s] | NJB_v01#19a p.008x | East and West; communication between East and West; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05899 | 170 | mixed | مکتوب جناب ناظر بلحاظ و اصغا فائز در اینصورت توقف آنجناب در آن بلد جایز نه در | The letter of the honored Náẓir hath attained unto Our notice and consideration. Under such circumstances, thy tarrying in that city is not permissible [3.5s] | INBA19:143a, INBA32:131 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07089 | 120 | Persian | نامه ۹ ذی القعده ۳۷ رسید مضمون معلوم گردید حضرت امین چند سال است نهایت ستایش | The letter of the ninth of Dhi'l-Qa'dah 37 was received and its contents were noted. For several years His Honour Amín hath been deserving of the highest praise [3.5s] | YIK.485 | Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01932 | 460 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب باین عبد واصل بعد از معروض داشتن باین کلمات دریات لسان (...) | The letter of your eminence reached this servant, and after being presented, these words flowed forth from the tongue (...) [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#280, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01640 | 310 | Persian | نامه آنجناب رسید و بر تفاصیل آگاهی حاصل شد فی الحقیقه چنین است که مرقوم | The letter of your esteemed self arrived, and its details were noted. Indeed, it is as stated [3.5s] | INBA89:229 | BRL_DAK#0735 | Past, present and future of Iran; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05425 | 150 | mixed | نامه آنحضرت مورخ به ۲۲ ربیع الاول سنه ۳۲۵ واصل گردید و بر اوراق مرسله در طی | The letter of Your Holiness, dated the 22nd of Rabi'u'l-Avval 325, hath been received, and upon the pages enclosed therein [3.5s] | MSHR1.038x, MSHR1.083x, MSHR1.099x, MSHR4.149x | Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02306 | 260 | mixed | مکتوبی که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم فرموده بودید ملاحظه شد حمد حضرت حقیقی | The letter that ye addressed to his honor Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah hath been perused. Praise be unto the True One [3.5s] | INBA88:270 | TISH.210 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01933 | 460 | Persian | مکتوبیکه باین مظلوم ارسال داشتی در سجن اعظم وارد و مشاهده شد | The letter thou didst send unto this Wronged One hath reached the Most Great Prison and been perused [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.004b, | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Meditation; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02536 | 240 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; To Set the World in Order | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید در خصوص ایام تابستان مرقوم | The letter was received and its contents became evident. Thou hast written regarding the days of summer, that thou hast vacation for three months | BRL_SWOP#007x | BRL_SWO#007x, TAB.473-474 | Grammar and orthography; Growth of the Cause; Law of burial and cremation; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02899 | 310 | Persian | نامه که جناب آقا خلیل علیه بهاء الله بشما نوشته بودند بتمامه در لیل بیست و پنجم | The letter which his honor Áqá Khalíl, upon him be the glory of God, had written unto you, was received in its entirety on the twenty-fifth night [3.5s] | INBA41:373, BLIB_Or15704.364b, | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00925 | 410 | The letter which thou hadst written on December 16, 1918, was received | SW_v10#07 p.137-138 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01956 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The letter which thou hast written was received and its perusal brought me joy, for it indicated that you are extremely pleased | TAB.663-664 | Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05940 | 190 | mixed | مکتوبی که مرقوم نموده بودید واصل در کمال اختصار معانی مفصل داشت... ياران فاران را مژده به موهبت کبری ده که نظر عنايت آن مهر تابان | The letter which you had written hath been received, and though most brief, it contained detailed meanings... Give thou the glad-tidings of this supreme bounty unto the friends of Faran, for the glance of providence from that radiant Sun [3.5s] | MMK4#134 p.136x, FRH.208 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01662 | 530 | Persian | مکتوبیکه بعبد حاضر لدی العرش نوشنه بودید تلقاء وجه مذکور شد و اثار حزن | The letter which you had written to this servant, who standeth before the Throne, was mentioned in His presence, and signs of sorrow [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.026c, | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02014 | 440 | mixed | نامه آنجناب که بجناب ناظر علیه بهائی ارسال نمودند بلحاظ مظلوم فائز دیدیم و | The letter which your honour addressed to Jinab-i-Nazir - upon him be the glory of God - reached the gaze of this Wronged One and We perused it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.122, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04287 | 220 | mixed | نامه و عکس و قصیده کل در ساحت اقدس حاضر و بمشاهده و اصغاء فائز انشاء الله | The letter, photograph and ode were all presented at the Most Holy Court and were blessed with being both witnessed and heard, God willing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.045a, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00951 | 860 | mixed | احرف حمد حقایق و دقایق حمد مخصوص ساحت قدس قرب حضرت سلطانیست که از لطایف | The letters of praise and the subtleties of glorification belong unto the holy and intimate sanctuary of that Sovereign Lord Who, through His grace [3.5s]... ...My God, My Master, My Desire! …Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might | INBA65:268, INBA36:329c, NLAI_BH1.278 | HDQI.060, TZH4.117-120x, MAS8.049bx, FBAH.099x, OOL.B155, UVM.083.02x | BKOG.104x, GPB.109x | Creation of the world; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.217, LL#407 | |||||||
| BH00959 | 860 | mixed | نامهای آنجناب هر یک بلحاظ مظلوم فائز و عرف توجه و خلوص و استقامت از هر حرفی | The letters of that honored one, each attained unto the presence of the Wronged One, and from every letter thereof wafted the fragrance of devotion, sincerity and steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA15:423, INBA26:426 | YIA.101-102x | Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Review of publications; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.321, LL#102, LL#194 | ||||||||
| BH03267 | 280 | mixed | نامه های آنحبیب روحانی مکرر رسید الحمد لله کلماتش در حدیقه معانی از آب محبت | The letters of that spiritual beloved have repeatedly arrived. Praise be to God, its words, in the garden of inner meanings, flow with the water of love [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.055, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for prosperity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08451 | 120 | Persian | نامه های قبل شما مطلع حزن بوده چه که از کدورت شما حاکی بود دنیا را شانی و | The letters previously received from thee were fraught with sorrow, inasmuch as they reflected thy despondency. Know thou that this world hath its own station [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.101b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3689 | 150 | The letters that come from the German believers bring me the greatest joy, for the suffocating air of the violation of God's Covenant has not entered their land. | BBBD.361-362 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04593 | 170 | mixed | رسائلی که در جواب نفوس ناقضه ميثاق تا به حال احبّای الهی مرقوم نمودند محض اينکه شايد ناقضين منتبه میشوند | The letters which the loved ones of God have until now addressed in reply to the violators of the Covenant were solely that perchance these violators might become awakened [3.5s] | MMK6#238x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1098 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken around Nov. 1914 | 290 | The life of a judge in the Turkish Empire is the subject of constant satire and the ineffectiveness of Turkish laws and their inadequacy the source of much amusement and diversion. | DAS.1914-11-04 | Civil courts; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1605 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 190 | Persian | حیات اشیاء بآب است بجهت این آیات الهی و فیوضات ربانی بآب تشبیه شده "و انزلنا من السماء ماء وصارت اودیة | The life of all things dependeth upon water, and for this reason have the divine verses and heavenly bounties been likened unto water, "And We sent down from heaven water, and the valleys flowed..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Differences in human capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1210 | Words to some Persians living in Paris, spoken on 1913-05-05 | 260 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حیات انسان خیلی عزیز است انسان باید این حیات عزیز را در امری عظیم صرف نماید | The life of man is very precious; so he must spend it in a precious cause. To study the sciences of commerce, agriculture and medicine is very praiseworthy but to concentrate all our time on such things is not good. | BDA2.285 | DAS.1913-05-05, MHMD2.375-376 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3469 | 20 | Arabic | حیاة الانسان لازم یحصل منها نتیجة الاهمیة لیست بطول العمر ام بقصره | The life of man must needs yield forth a fruit of consequence; its significance lieth not in the length or brevity of its duration [3.5s] | YIK.298, ZIAB2.130 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1106 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-05 | 290 | The life of the Arabs in the interior is most simple. Their principal food consists of | DAS.1914-05-05, SW_v08#02 p.018-019 | Critique of Western values; culture; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09480 | 100 | Arabic | قد ظهر النور من افق الطور و السیناء ینادی لک الحمد یا محبوب العالمین بما وجدت | The Light hath appeared from the horizon of the Mount, and Sinai calleth out: "Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the worlds!" [3.5s] | INBA34:339b, BLIB_Or15707.217, , BLIB_Or15735.358a, | AQA1#229 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01340 | 640 | Arabic | قد طلع النور عن افق الظهور و اشرق الجمال عن مشرق الجلال اذا نادت الاشیاء فی سر | The light hath risen from the horizon of manifestation, and Beauty hath shone forth from the dayspring of majesty, whereupon all things cried out in their inmost essence [3.5s] | INBA83:179, BLIB_Or03114.092, , BLIB_Or15702.209, , ALIB.folder18p278 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3447 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-30 | 30 | The light is of four kinds: First the light of the sun.... Second, the light of the eye | SW_v08#08 p.098, AHV.025, BLO_PN#045 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08269 | 120 | Arabic | نور العرفان من افق یراعه الرحمن قد کان بالحق مشهودا قد قرت عین من | The light of divine knowledge hath, verily, shone forth from the horizon of the All-Merciful's Pen, and hath been manifest in truth. Blessed are the eyes that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.150a, , NLAI_22848:363b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p188r, , MKI4522.363b, | AQA2#044 p.202a | Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09420 | 80 | mixed | نور هدايت از افق اعلی ساطع شد و کوکب عزّت ابديّه از مطلع امکان طالع گرديد | The light of guidance shone forth from the supreme horizon, and the star of eternal glory dawned from the dayspring of contingent being [3.5s] | MMK6#531x | Being a source of light; guidance; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06765 | 150 | Arabic | نور البرهان قد کان من لدی الرحمن بالحق مشهودا انه قد اشرق من افق الانسان | The Light of Proof hath, verily, from the presence of the All-Merciful been made manifest in truth, and hath indeed dawned from the horizon of man [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.135b, | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11405 | 30 | Persian | Translation List | نور محبت الله از پرتو شمس روشن تر است هر رخی که به ان نور روشمن رشک آفتاب است و غبطه | The light of the love of God is brighter than the rays of the sun. Every face illumined with that light shall rouse the jealousy of the sun and the envy of the shining moon | HUV2.052 | ADMS#114 | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02260 | 390 | Arabic | النور المشرق من افق سماء العطاء و التجلی الظاهر الساطع من اراده الله فاطر السماء | The Light that dawneth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, and the manifest effulgence shining forth from the Will of God, Creator of the heavens [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.107, , Majlis210461.088-090 | QMSI2.815, ANB.317 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02347 | 380 | mixed | نور انزله الرحمن و بعثه علی هیئه اللوح و جعله بشاره من عنده الی من فی | The light which the All-Merciful hath sent down and revealed in the form of a Tablet, ordaining it as glad-tidings from His presence unto those who dwell [3.5s] | INBA23:147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03866 | 240 | Arabic | قد اشرقت الانوار و ظهرت الاسرار و نزلت الایات ولکن الناس فی حجاب مبین قد طلع الکنز | The lights have shone forth, the mysteries have been unveiled, and the verses have descended; yet the people remain behind a manifest veil. The Treasure hath appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.144, | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04828 | 160 | Persian | Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances | ای مشتاق ملکوت ابهی انوار حق رخشان شده دریای حق جوشان شده وجه هدی تابان شده | The lights of God glisten. The sea of God surges. His guidance shines brightly. | INBA13:410, INBA55:132, INBA88:313a | BLO_PT#064 | Ahdieh | Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| BH02590 | 340 | mixed | انوار ظهور عالم را احاطه نموده و مکلم طور باعلی الندآء خلق را بافق اعلی دعوت | The lights of revelation have encompassed the world, and the Speaker of Sinai doth summon all peoples, with the Most Great Call, unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...In this day, the world is redolent with the fragrances of the robe of the Revelation of the Ancient King ... and yet, they [divines] have gathered together | BLIB_Or15715.342a, | PDC.144x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11508 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #15 | 20 | Arabic | قد اشرقت انوار الوجه عن مشرق البقاء لا اله الا هو البهی الابهی | The lights of the countenance have shown forth from the dawning-place of eternity. No god is there but Him. Verily, He is the glorious, the most glorious. | INBA51:308b | LHKM3.063a, KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB04558 | 170 | Arabic | قد لاحت انوار المیثاق ساطعه الفجر شدیده الاشراق سبحان العاقد و العاهد و الموکد | The lights of the Covenant have dawned resplendent, brilliant as the morn in their effulgence. Glorified be He Who maketh the Covenant, Who fulfilleth it, and Who confirmeth it [3.5s] | INBA59:225 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0189 | Words spoken on 1911-01-21 | 930 | Persian | مثل ایران مثل حاصل سبز و خرم خوبی است که گرفتار برودت شده و برف فراوان بروی آن فرود آمده باشد... وقتی که کاروان مکه وارد بریه الشام | The likeness of Iran is as a verdant and fertile field that hath been seized by bitter cold, and upon which abundant snow hath descended [3.5s]... ...Once a trading caravan from Mecca was passing through Syrian lands. The Egyptian king ordered that the leader of the expedition | NJB_v02#06-07 p.008-009, YFY.266-267 | STAB#065 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04482 | 210 | Arabic | قد افتر ثغر البیان و ینطق اللسان بین الامکان لعل ینتبهن الذین رقدوا و یسمعن | The lips of utterance have parted in a smile, and the tongue speaketh amidst all contingent beings, that perchance they who slumber may awaken and hear [3.5s] | INBA19:411, BLIB_Or07852.114, , BLIB_Or11095#280, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Study; deepening; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03137 | 290 | mixed | کوثر حیوان از قلم رحمن در کل احیان جاری و ساری است و او است سبب بقای ابدی و | The living waters flow forth and stream at all times from the Pen of the All-Merciful, and these are the cause of everlasting life [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.148b, , BLIB_Or15719.027, | SFI07.016a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11500 | 20 | Persian | طبع عالی حاتم طائی علت سمو و علو و انتشار همت و بخشش اوشد لا غیر | The lofty nature of Hatim-i-Ta'i became the cause of the ascendancy, exaltation and widespread renown of his magnanimity and munificence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.179b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03556 | 200 | Persian | نامه مفصل آن بنت ملکوت ملاحظه گردید و بدقت تمام مطالعه شد | The long letter of that daughter of the Kingdom was perused and given great attention... Whenever any soul explains any matter, he must have authority from the verses of God, and the words of the Supreme | YMM.415x | BSTW#052gx, BSTW#189x, BSTW#416x, BSTW#443x | Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11355 | 40 | Arabic | یشهد مالک الوری فی هذا السجن الاعظم بما شهد قبل خلق السموات و الارض انه | The Lord of all creation beareth witness, in this Most Great Prison, unto that which He testified ere the creation of the heavens and of the earth, that verily He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.092a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02153 | Address to the readers of The Christian Commonwealth, Jan. 1913 | 270 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خداوند عالمیان عالم انسانی را جنت عدن خلق فرموده اگر صلح و سلام و محبت و وفا | The Lord of all mankind hath fashioned this human realm to be a Garden of Eden, an earthly paradise. | MKT4.150, MNMK#119 p.229, MMK1#220 p.265, AKHA_126BE #01 p.b, HHA.234, MJDF.088, NJB_v03#18 p.003, BDA2.098 | SWAB#220, BBBD.195-197, SW_v04#01 p.003, MHMD2.119-120 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Contention and conflict; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| BH07593 | 130 | mixed | حضرت باری میفرماید در جمیع احیان عباد را بما یقربهم و ینفعهم آگاه نمودیم | The Lord of Glory saith: At all times We have apprised Our servants of that which shall draw them nigh unto Us and shall profit them [3.5s] | INBA51:049, KB_620:042-043 | LHKM2.124 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08942 | 110 | Arabic | قد نطق مولی الامم فی السجن الاعظم انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم فیکل | The Lord of nations hath proclaimed in the Most Great Prison: Verily, there is none other God but He, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA18:554 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10502 | 80 | Arabic | یذکرک مولی العالم فی السجن الاعظم ان احمد الله بهذا الفضل العظیم طوبی لمن شرب | The Lord of the World remembereth thee from the Most Great Prison. Render thanksgiving unto God for this mighty bounty. Blessed is he who hath drunk [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.117c, | AQA5#127 p.164b | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05425 | 180 | Arabic | شهد مولی العالم لنفسه الظاهره بالاسم الاعظم انه هو انا و انا هو و هو الحاکم | The Lord of the worlds hath borne witness unto His own Self, made manifest through the Most Great Name, that verily He is I and I am He, and He is the Ruler [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.223, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00365 | 1840 | mixed | شهدت سدره المنتهی لمن ظهر فی ملکوت الانشاء بانه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا | The Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing beareth witness unto Him Who hath appeared in the Kingdom of creation that, verily, there is none other God beside Him, Who hath ever been sanctified [3.5s] | INBA84:232x, BLIB_Or15719.181c, , BLIB_Or15729.125, , NLAI_22848:304, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p156v, , MKI4522.304, | AQA2#009 p.160, ADH1.062x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11461 | 30 | The Lote-Tree beyond Which there is no passing crieth out, by reason of the cruelty of the divines. It shouteth aloud, and bewaileth itself. | PDC.141x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH09927 | 90 | Arabic | قد تنادی السدره المنتهی فی ملکوت الانشاء انه لا اله الا هو العلیم الحکیم ما | The Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing hath called out in the Kingdom of Creation: Verily, there is none other God but He, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s] | LHKM3.196a | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2871 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 60 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The love and effort put into Esperanto will not be lost, but no one person can construct a Universal Language. | AIL.094 | Grammar and orthography; Predictions and prophecies; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2855 | Words spoken on 1913-03-05 in Paris | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من باحبای آلمان آنقدر محبت دارم که اگر شعله ئی از این محبت بانها خور | The love I cherish for the German friends is so intense that were a flame of this love to touch them, they would be set ablaze completely | BDA2.169 | MHMD2.213 | Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2889 | Words to Alma Knobloch and others, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 60 | The love of Bahá'u'lláh is the essence of happiness. Any heart which will become the depository of this love is always happy. | DAS.1913-04-25 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0005 | Words to children and other visitors, spoken on 1913-04-27 in Stuttgart | 400 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید محبت اطفال چه قدر خالص است قلوبشان چگونه پاک است | The love of the children is pure, therefore you can see it in their faces. All of us must have love, especially this love, because it is the Love of God. Our hearts must be like the hearts of the children | BDA2.264-266 | DAS.1913-04-27x, MHMD2.345-347 | Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1895 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 160 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | The love shown by animals is instinctive and not dependent upon their own will--that is, they are endowed with their qualities and use them in a natural way | DLA.032-033, BLO_PN#026 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Free will and predestination; fate; Kindness to and rights of animals; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06745 | 150 | mixed | لازال اولیای الهی تحت لحاظ فضل بوده اند هر یک از عباد و اماء که بافق اعلی | The loved ones of God have ever been beneath the glance of divine grace - each and every servant, both men and women, who turn unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.094d, , BLIB_Or15724.025a, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07769 | 760 | mixed | قد خلقت یا الهی حقیقه الانسان و انشئت یا محبوبی ذاتیه الاکوان لظهور آثار | The loved ones of God must, in accordance with the Divine Texts, show forth the utmost obedience and submission unto government [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon every one not to take any step without consulting the Spiritual Assembly | BRL_DAK#1236, AVK3.270.12x | GPB.332x, BADM.021bx | Justice and wrath of God; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Review of publications; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03550 | 200 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List | عاشقان خلعت هستی از بر افکنند و قبای سرخی از خون شهادت در بر کنند عارفان ردای | The lovers cast off the garment of existence and don the crimson robe dyed in the blood of martyrdom... O my friend! The undying Fire which the Lord of the Kingdom hath kindled in the midst of the holy Tree is burning fiercely in the midmost heart of the world. | SFI11.024-025, MUH1.0175x, YQAZ.227-228x | TAB.405-406x, BWF.354-354x, WOB.111-112x, BSC.491 #943x, BSTW#070x, ADMS#323 | Call to action; Effort; striving; Growth of the Cause; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01411 | 610 | mixed | قد تشرف الخادم الفانی بکتاب حضرتک الذی کان قدح الاشتیاق للعشاق و کنت اشرب منه | The lowly servant hath been honored to receive Thy letter, which was as a chalice of yearning for the lovers, and from which I drank [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.215, , BLIB_Or15711.282, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11756 | 250 | mixed | قد اشرق نیر البشاره بما اتصلت الافنان بالسدره المبارکه و فی ذکر الشجره | The Luminary of glad-tidings hath verily dawned, inasmuch as the branches have been united with the blessed Lote-Tree, and in remembrance of the Tree [3.5s] | TISH.023-024 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03594 | 190 | Arabic | الاشعة الساطعة من الرفرف الاعلی و الانوار اللامعة من ملکوت الابهی تغشی ارضا سفک فیها ثارک | The luminous rays streaming from the all-highest Realm and the resplendent lights emanating from the Abha Kingdom envelop the land where Thy blood was shed [3.5s] | ABDA.269-270 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11466 | 20 | Arabic | السلام الظاهر الساطع اللامع من الله جل جلاله علیک یا غصن الاکبر و رحمته و برکاته | The luminous, resplendent Peace that shineth forth from God - glorified be His majesty - rest upon thee, O Greater Branch, and His mercy and His blessings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.097c, | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1590 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London | 200 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The magnet of your love brought me to this country. My hope is that the Divine Light | AIL.054, SW_v02#19 p.006 | East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02000 | Halih Halih ya Bisharat | 440 | Persian | Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát) | Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings) | حور بقا از فردوس اعلی آمد هله هله هله یا بشارت با چنگ و نوا هم با کاسه حمرا | The maid of eternity came from the Most Exalted Paradise: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah O glad tidings! | INBA36:456 | BRL_DA#253, HDQI.160, GSH.033, ANDA#18 p.03, OOL.B008 | BLO_PT#111, HURQ.BH17 | Ahdieh | Ecstatic poem celebrating the descent of the Maid of Heaven, who brings both life and death to her lovers. | Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | 1b | * | - | ROB1.219, MMAH.143, LL#017 | |
| ABU0606 | Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 | 470 | The managers of these steamship companies must in a degree look after the comfort and well-being of these men [the coal-carriers] | DAS.1913-12-03 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05499 | 180 | mixed | کتاب مبین در این یوم مبین مابین ادیان ندا مینماید و کل را بنبا عظیم دعوت | The Manifest Book, on this clear Day, calleth out amidst the religions and summoneth all to the Great Announcement [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.174a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01718 | 510 | Arabic | آیات بینات لا ریب انها نزلت من لدن علیم حکیم من ارتاب انه من ابعد الخلق کذلک | The manifest verses have, beyond any doubt, been sent down from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise. Whoso doubteth is verily among the most remote of creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#025, | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2105 | Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 | 130 | The Manifestation (Baha'o'llah) had all the qualities of the sun of Truth manifested | SW_v09#01 p.006 | Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1406 | 230 | The Manifestation of the Essence of God is like unto the sun, which has different risings. The dawning-places are different, but the sun is always the same. | BSTW#322, BSTW#323 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11054 | 50 | Arabic | قد انقطعت الظهورات الی الظهور الاعظم و الرمز المنمنم و نور القدم و مالک الامم | The Manifestations have been cut off [culminated] in this Most Great Manifestation, the hidden Symbol, the Ancient Light, and the Lord of Nations [3.5s] | INBA59:122b | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00381 | Some Answered Questions #022 The Miracles of Christ | 620 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | مظاهر مقدسهء الهیه مصدر معجزاتند و مظهر آثار عجیبه هر امر مشکلی و غیر ممکنی | The Manifestations of God are sources of miraculous deeds and marvellous signs. | MFD#22, OOL.C022.22 | SAQ#22, PN_1905 p007, BAVA.017-019x, BLO_PN#021x | Life and death; Miracles and their interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||
| BH00524 | 1420 | mixed | لازال مظاهر الهیه بحجتهای محکمه متقنه و براهین واضحه لائحه ظاهر شده اند و | The Manifestations of God have ever appeared with compelling and conclusive proofs and with clear and manifest evidences [3.5s] | INBA92:203bx | HDQI.016, PYB#175 p.03x, AKHA_122BE #06 p.ax, ANDA#09 p.03 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11081 | 50 | Persian | طلعات عرش قدسی و وجهات عماء فردوسی و حوریات سرادق عصمت و قاصرات فسطات عفت در | The Manifestations of the Holy Throne, the Countenances from the Paradise of Divine Unity, the Maidens of the Pavilion of Sanctity, and the Chaste Ones beneath the Tabernacles of Virtue [3.5s] | INBA38:061a, INBA36:315a | Music and singing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01935 | 460 | Persian | نقاط منشعبه از نقطه معکوسه که خود را در مقام نقطه و ظهور میدانند داعی مقام موسویت | The manifold points emanating from the inverted point, who consider themselves to be in the station of the Primal Point and Manifestation, lay claim to the station of Moses [3.5s] | SAM.319 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3477 | 20 | Persian | کیفیة شهادة قرة العین هو انهم اخبروها ان زوجةالصدر الاعظم تحب ان تلاقیها فی البستان | The manner of the martyrdom of Qurratu'l-Ayn was that they informed her that the wife of the Grand Vizier desired to meet with her in the garden [3.5s] | ASAT4.496b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02881 | 310 | Arabic | قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر اجبناک بهذا اللوح المبین الذی | The manuscript hath reached the Wronged One, and the servant in attendance before Him hath laid it before Him. We have answered thee with this perspicuous Tablet which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.110, | BRL_DA#428 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1642 | Words to A.M.Boylan, spoken on 1912-06-07 | 190 | The marriage bond is important. Very, very important. Marriage must be strict and pure. You must all be very careful about this. Women and men must not embrace each other when not married... Do not distress them by saying that they should not have done this or that. They will see for themselves. | LOG#1438x, PN_1912 p026, PN_1912 p119, BSTW#148, BSTW#431 | Chastity and purity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3005 | 50 | Persian | عرس العرب فی البادیة بسیط جداًالعرس یقف علی حجرٍ والعروس تقف علی حجراٍ | The marriage of the Bedouin in the desert is exceedingly simple: the bridegroom standeth upon one stone and the bride upon another [3.5s] | ASAT4.071 | Equality of men and women; Moderation; frugality; simplicity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1581 | Words spoken in 1912 | 200 | The Mashrak-el-Azkar will be like a beautiful bouquet. The central lofty edifice will have nine sides | SW_v05#05 p.067 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2854 | Words to some engineers, spoken on 1912-11-03 | 60 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مشرق الاذکار مدور و دائره شکل است ٩ خیابان ٩ باغچه ٩ حوض با فواره های آب و ٩ دروازه در اطراف دارد | The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar is circular in shape. It has nine paths, nine gardens, nine pools with fountains and nine gates. | BDA1.352.03 | MHMD1.370-371 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3337 | Words to Remey and Struven in 1910 | 30 | The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar must have nine sides, doors, fountains, paths, gateways, columns and gardens | SW_v02#01 p.002, BW_v01p060x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| BHU0072 | 100 | The Master is Our shield and the shield of everyone else. All live at ease, all know utmost comfort and tranquility. Associating with men such as these is very, very difficult | AFNAN.039-040 | Consolation and comfort; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2794 | Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24 | 70 | the Master said religion was one truth which the sectarians had divided; however, the Light can be found everywhere... As to mystical experiences: most assuredly the saints and mystics had real experiences. The proof of the reality of the experience was its fruit. If the result was spiritual, we might know the experience was of God. | AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, DJT.165, BLO_PN#027 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Mystical themes; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1930 | Words to Corinne and Arna True spoken in Feb. 1907 | 150 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca | The Master said there were four kinds of light; the light from the lamp was one; but because the face of a man does not give out light | TTCT.31-32 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2187 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 120 | The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup | BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2567 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ترقیات مادیه اروپا بحد یقف می رسد هر امریکه بحد یقف رسید لابد تدنی نماید | The material progress of Europe is approaching its zenith. Everything that reaches its zenith undoubtedly begins to decline. | BDA1.133.01 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.142-143 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0187 | Public address given on 1912-05-31 | 930 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The material world is subject to change and transformation. The Cause of the Kingdom is eternal | PUP#059 (p.161-163), SW_v05#11 p.169-170 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0109 | Public address given on 1912-09-20 | 1190 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The materialists hold to the opinion that the world of nature is complete. The divine philosophers declare | LOG#1000x, PUP#106 (p.329-333) | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Education and the development of capacity; Man's distinction from the animal; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of the Manifestation of God; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00415 | Lawh-i-Sirr al-Tankis | 1690 | mixed | مطالب مذکوره در ساحت اقدس معروض افتاد هذا ما نزل من سمآء الأمر قد سمعنا ما نادیت به الله بما علمک من قبل... و اما در فقرهٴ عباراتی که منسوب بجناب شیخ احمد احسائی | The matters mentioned were presented to the Most Holy Court, and this is what hath been sent down from the heaven of Command: We have heard that which thou didst call upon God concerning what He taught thee aforetime... And as for the phrases attributed to Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#253x, , BLIB_Or15722.035, , NLI.32p144rx | ADM2#095 p.176x, MAS1.012x, MAS4.276x, ASAT4.088x, ASAT5.065x, NSS.098x | ADMS#199n77x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Personal instructions; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | LL#243 | ||||||
| ABU1921 | Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa | 150 | Persian | مسائل تاریخی تورات از حضرت موسی نیست، از عزراء است. احکامش از موسی است و برهان بر | The matters of history in the Torah are not from Moses, but from Ezra. Its laws are from Moses, and the proof lieth in [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-12 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3430 | Words spoken ca. Aug. 1912 in Dublin, NH | 30 | The mature wisdom requires this. I must go everywhere and raise the call of the Kingdom. | SW_v03#15 p.004 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05412 | The Meaning of Speaking in Tongues | 150 | Persian | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | جواب مقصد حضرات حواریون بلسان ملکوتی تبلیغ مینمودند و آن لسان مطابق جمیع لسانها است | The meaning is that the Apostles taught in a spiritual tongue, a tongue that embraces all tongues. | BRL_TTTP#03, MAS9.021-022x | BRL_TTT#03, TTCT.05-06 | Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3455 | Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 | 30 | The meaning is this -- For instance, take this teapot. It, in its beauty, is of itself in appearance. It is the last of its kind. | PN_1912 p015 | Seal of the Prophets; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12036 | 140 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | The meaning is this: Although those ill-mannered ones offered thee insults and taunts, cursed and reviled thee | BRL_ATE#114 | Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3606 | 10 | The meaning of the dream I dreamt is now clear and evident. Please God this dynamite will not explode | GPB.271x, VLAB.138 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05486 | Some Answered Questions #065 Faith and Works | 140 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | از این آیهء مبارکه مقصد اینست که اساس فوز و فلاح عرفان حق است | The meaning of this blessed verse is that the foundation of success and salvation is the recognition of God | MFD#65, OOL.C022.65 | SAQ#65 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | |||||||
| BH01879 | 470 | Arabic | قد طار المعانی الف سنه لیصل الی مقام هذا اللفظ الذی تفوه به لسان الله | The meanings have soared for a thousand years to attain unto the station of this utterance which hath been spoken by the Tongue of God [3.5s] | INBA28:251 | ASAT4.038x, ASAT4.501x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08001 | 120 | Persian | اسباب را ارسال نمودید مشاهده شد خدا اجر عطا فرماید گیرنده | The means which thou didst dispatch were observed. May God bestow His gracious reward [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.134h, | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02457 | 250 | The meeting thou hast called at Mr. Bowen's and hast lectured therein was a spiritual gathering | BSTW#364 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH05809 | 170 | Arabic | قد ارتفعت نغمات الله فی هذا الفردوس الذی کان باسمه معروفا قل ان الفردوس قد | The melodies of God have been raised in this Paradise which hath been known by His Name. Say: Verily, Paradise hath [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.299, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06764 | 150 | mixed | نغمات و تغنیات و تغردات طیور عرفان آنجناب که بر افنان سدره دانش مرتفع بود | The melodies, songs and warbling notes of the birds of mystic knowledge, which were raised upon the branches of the Tree of Knowledge [3.5s] | INBA51:406, BLIB_Or15697.231, | LHKM3.353 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06634 | 150 | Arabic | قد ارتفعت نغمه الله من هذا الشطر الذی فیه نادی الروح لبیک لبیک یا مقصود | The melody of God hath been raised from these precincts wherein the Spirit hath called out: "Here am I! Here am I, O Thou Who art the Object of desire!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#208, | Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07857 | 130 | Persian | نغمه قلبی بلحن پارسی بر طلعت عراقی وارد و ناله های سری از آن شنیده شد بلی گوش | The melody of the heart, in Persian strain, descended upon the Countenance of the Iraqi One, and mystical lamentations were heard therefrom. Yea, the ear [3.5s] | INBA38:052a, NLAI_BH1.294 | BRL_DA#625, AHB_121BE #10 p.324 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06553 | 150 | mixed | رجال و ابطال عالم الیوم از حق غافل مشاهده میشوند مع آنکه از برای این یوم خلق | The men and heroes of the world are witnessed today to be heedless of the Truth, notwithstanding that they were created for this Day [3.5s] | AYI2.355, AKHA_120BE #05 p.a | Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06547 | 150 | mixed | ذکر و بیان مقصود عالمیان بمقامی رسیده که عالم و عالمیان را احاطه نموده ولکن | The mention and utterance of the Desire of all worlds hath reached such station as to encompass both the universe and all them that dwell therein; yet [3.5s]... ...O people of Baha! That there is none to rival you is a sign | INBA23:069a | BRL_DA#439 | ADJ.084x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02331 | 380 | mixed | ذکره من لدی المظلوم لمن فی العالم لیقربهم الی الله اذ اتی بسلطان مبین و اظهر | The mention from the Wronged One unto all who are in the world is to draw them nigh unto God, inasmuch as He hath come with manifest sovereignty and hath appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.291, , BLIB_Or15699.049c, | Consolation and comfort; Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07613 | 130 | Arabic | ذکر بهاء الله عبده لیشکر ربه بلسان کان عن ذکر ما سواه مقدسا ان یا غلام اسمع | The mention of Bahá'u'lláh unto His servant, that he may render thanksgiving unto his Lord with a tongue sanctified from mention of aught else. O youth! Hearken [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.608a, , ALIB.folder18p483 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11258 | 40 | Arabic | ذکر غلامرضا خان طوبی له انه عمل فی سبیل الله ما نطق به الملاءالاعلی یا غلام رضا | The mention of Ghulamrida Khan - blessed be he! Verily, he performed in the path of God that which caused the Concourse on High to speak forth: "O Ghulamrida!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.177c, | BRL_DA#800 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01810 | 490 | Arabic | ذکر الله من سدره الامر علی البقعه النورآء قد کان بالحق مرفوعا و یسمع منه کل حزب | The mention of God from the Divine Lote-Tree of Command upon the luminous Spot hath verily been raised up, and every company hearkeneth unto it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.150, | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07051 | 140 | Arabic | ذکر الله من سدره الانسان قد ارتفع بالحق طوبی لمن اقبل الیه و سمع ما نطق به | The mention of God from the Lote-Tree of man hath, in truth, been raised up. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him and hearkened unto that which He uttered [3.5s] | INBA34:327, BLIB_Or15707.195, , BLIB_Or15735.339, | AQA1#206, HYK.339 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03096 | 290 | Arabic | ذکر الله عن شجره الفردوس قد کان علی هیکل الغلام مشهودا و انه لینطق فی کل شیء | The mention of God from the Tree of Paradise was indeed witnessed upon the Temple of the Youth, and verily He speaketh in all things [3.5s] | INBA38:132b, BLIB_Or15694.617b, , ALIB.folder18p414 | RSR.098-099x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01915 | 460 | Arabic | ذکر الله فی شجره القدس بقعه التی بارکها الله علی بقاع الارض الله لا اله الا | The mention of God hath arisen from the Sacred Tree in that spot which God hath blessed above all the regions of earth - there is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA36:049, INBA71:208, BLIB_Or07852.113, | RSBB.001, ASAT4.263x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06526 | 150 | Arabic | ذکر الله ورقه من اوراقه و ان ذکره سبق العالمین و لو لا ذکره ماعرفه احد | The mention of God is as a leaf among His leaves, and verily His remembrance hath preceded all created things; were it not for His remembrance, none would have known Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.301a, | Consolation and comfort; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08182 | 120 | Arabic | ذکر الله احدا من احبائه لیستقیم علی امر ربه و یطیر بجناحین الانقطاع الی هوآء | The mention of God to one among His loved ones, that he may stand firm in the Cause of his Lord and soar upon the wings of detachment unto the heights of His heaven [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.396b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08185 | 120 | mixed | ذکر حق جل جلاله و آیات و بیناتش امام وجوه اهل عالم ظاهر و مشهود ولکن شبهات | The mention of God, glorified be His majesty, and His verses and clear proofs, stand manifest and visible before the faces of the people of the world, yet doubts [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.012, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02974 | 300 | Arabic | ذکر الله علی هیئه النار فی هذا النور قد کان فی هذا الظهور عن افق العز مشهودا | The mention of God, in the form of fire within this light, hath in this Revelation been witnessed from the horizon of glory [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.215, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11257 | 40 | mixed | ذکر حضرت مبلغ و جناب افنان علیهم بهاء الله و رحمته در ساحت امنع اقدس عرض شد | The mention of His Holiness the Teacher and the noble Afnán, upon them be the glory of God and His mercy, was presented at the Most Holy and Most Exalted Threshold [3.5s] | INBA27:485a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07614 | 130 | Persian | ذکر جناب نبیل در نامه آنجناب بوده طوبى لک بما ذکرته نشهد انه فاز بما نزل فی کتب الله و نشهد | The mention of Nabíl in your letter hath been noted. Blessed art thou for having mentioned him. We bear witness that he hath attained unto that which was revealed in the Books of God, and We testify [3.5s] | KHSH07.040, MAS8.053ax, RHQM2.0000 (353) (219x) | Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03863 | 240 | Arabic | قد ارتفع ذکر الرحمن من سدره الانسان فی هذا الرضوان الذی کان فی قطب الاکوان | The mention of the All-Merciful hath been raised from the divine Lote-Tree of man in this Ridván, which standeth at the pole of existence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.305b, , NLAI_BH2.036 | Chastisement and requital; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06532 | 150 | Arabic | ذکر کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله و کان فی صحف البقا من المقربین مسطورا | The mention of the Book from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and was inscribed among those near unto Him in the Scrolls of eternity [3.5s] | INBA51:619c | LHKM3.060 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11791 | 158 | Arabic | ذکر کتاب من العبد الی التی آمنت بالله و کانت من القانتات فی صحف القدس مسطورا | The mention of the Book, from the servant to her who hath believed in God and was numbered among the devout ones in the sacred scrolls, inscribed [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.349b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06533 | 150 | Arabic | ذکر کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالهدی و کان بالعروه الوثقی فی تلک الایام | The mention of the Book, from the servant unto him who hath believed in guidance and who hath held fast unto the Sure Handle in these days [3.5s] | INBA71:115 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0990 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-10 | 310 | The mention of the Cause makes the faith of men firm and strong. Those souls who accept this revelation and then do not engage in teaching and conveying it to others will remain stationary | DAS.1915-03-10 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Music and singing; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03864 | 240 | Arabic | قد ارتفع ذکر المختار من سدره النار عند مطلع الانوار انه لا اله الا انا | The mention of the Chosen One hath been raised from the Lote-Tree of Fire at the Dawning-Place of Lights - verily, there is no God but Me [3.5s] | INBA51:590 | LHKM3.155 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11755 | 250 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه الهویة فی شاطی القدس علی اغصان سدرة الفردوس ان یا اهل العرش فاسمعون | The mention of the Divine Leaf upon the holy shore, amidst the branches of the Celestial Lote-Tree. O ye dwellers of the Throne, hearken ye [3.5s] | BRL_DA#172 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03229 | 280 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه البقا فی شجر الفردوس ان یا ملا الاعلی فاسمعون و هذا من ذکر یهب کل | The mention of the eternal leaf upon the Tree of Paradise: O Concourse on High, hearken ye unto Me! This is from a remembrance that bestoweth upon all [3.5s] | INBA51:607b | LHKM3.054 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05382 | 180 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه الامر انه کان من قلم الله مکتوبا و فیه ستر نغمه الله علی لحن قدس | The mention of the Leaf of the Command was inscribed by the Pen of God, and therein is concealed the melody of God upon a sacred strain [3.5s] | INBA19:010a, INBA32:010b | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05032 | 190 | mixed | ذکر دوست یکتا فی الحقیقه نفحه حیاتست از برای اجساد عالم و چشمه زندگانیست از | The mention of the One True Friend is, in truth, the breath of life unto the bodies of the world and a fountain of life [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.086a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07080 | 140 | Arabic | ذکر نقطه الاولی عبده الذی آمن بالله و سمی باسم من اسمائنا الذی کان رحیما ان | The mention of the Primal Point, His servant who hath believed in God and hath been named with one of Our names, He Who was the All-Merciful. Verily [3.5s] | INBA51:290b, INBA49:336, BLIB_Or15694.644a, , ALIB.folder18p489a | LHKM3.058 | Consolation and comfort; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06234 | 160 | Arabic | قد ذکر ذکرک لدی الوجه و توجه الیک طرف الله المهیمن القیوم انه یذکرک اذ یمشی | The mention of thee hath been made before the Countenance, and toward thee hath turned the glance of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He remembereth thee as He walketh [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#289, | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10265 | 80 | mixed | ذکرت در ساحت سجن مذکور آمد لله الحمد بعنایت کبری و فضل اعظم که عرفان حق و | The mention of thee reached the precincts of the Prison. Praise be to God that, through His Most Great Bounty and Supreme Grace, thou hast attained unto the recognition of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15706.206, , BLIB_Or15715.086a, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00569 | Suriy-i-Zuhur nazzala li-'Abdu'r-Rahim | 1320 | Arabic | ذکر رحمه ربک عبده لیستقره علی الامر بشان لن یضطربه ندآء کل مشرک بعیدا فطوبی | The mention of thy Lord's mercy upon His servant is such that it establisheth him firmly in the Cause in such wise that the clamorous call of every remote polytheist shall not disquiet him. Blessed indeed is he [3.5s] | INBA83:266, BLIB_Or15725.557, , BLIB_Or15737.182, , ALIB.folder18p176 | AQA4a.099 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06233 | 160 | Arabic | قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المظلوم و نزل لک هذا اللوح المبین الذی یشهد کل حرف منه قد اتی الیوم | The mention of thy name hath been made before the Wronged One, and for thee hath been revealed this perspicuous Tablet, every letter of which beareth witness that the Day is come [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.250, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Study; deepening | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10345 | 80 | Arabic | قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المظلوم و انه یذکرک بهذا الذکر المبین لیفرح به قلبک و ینشرح به صدرک | The mention of thy name hath been made before the Wronged One, and He remembereth thee with this clear remembrance, that thy heart may rejoice thereby and thy breast be dilated therewith [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.050c, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06658 | 150 | Arabic | قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المظلوم و انزل لک ما شهد بفضله و عنایته التی سبقت کل الاشیاء و | The mention of thy remembrance hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and there hath been revealed for thee that which beareth witness to His grace and loving-kindness, which have preceded all things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.202a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06657 | 150 | Arabic | قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المسجون و نزل لک هذا الکتاب البدیع لیجعلک متذکرا فی امره و | The mention of thy remembrance hath reached the Prisoner, and this wondrous Book hath been revealed unto thee, that thou mayest be mindful of His Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#112, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08199 | 120 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن سرع بقلبه الی قبله العالم و شهد بما شهد الله قبل خلق السموات و | The mention proceeding from Us is for him who hastened with his heart unto the Qiblih of the world and bore witness to that whereunto God Himself had testified ere the creation of the heavens [3.5s] | INBA19:067b, INBA32:063a | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10317 | 80 | Arabic | شهد المذکور لمن اتی بالحق انه لهو الله لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد اتی بالحق | The Mentioned One beareth witness unto Him Who hath come with the Truth, that verily He is God; there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Indeed, He hath come with the Truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.117a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03176 | 290 | Arabic | یذکر المذکور من ذکر ربه اذ ظهر باسمه الذی به طویت السماء و اظلمت الشمس و | The Mentioned One maketh mention of His Lord's remembrance, when He appeared through His Name, whereby the heaven was rolled up and the sun was darkened [3.5s] | INBA44:014 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01520 | 570 | Arabic | رحمه الله من لدن نقطه الاولی قد کانت علی هیکل الکلمات علی الحق فی الالواح منزولا | The mercy of God, from the presence of the Primal Point, hath verily been revealed in truth upon the Temple of Words in the Tablets [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.531, , ALIB.folder18p307 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10574 | 70 | Arabic | رحمة الرحمن علی کل امة امنت بالرحمن | The mercy of the All-Merciful be upon every nation that hath believed in the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA35:058a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02977 | 300 | Arabic | رحمه التی ظهرت و لاحت من افق فضل مالک الایجاد علیک یا هادی الانام و هادم | The mercy that hath shone forth and become manifest from the horizon of the bounty of the Lord of Creation be upon thee, O Guide of humanity and Destroyer [3.5s] | INBA33:029, NLAI_BH1.009 | LDR.188 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0281 | The Universal Love: Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris | 770 | Paris Talks | The Message of Krishna is the message of love. All God's prophets have brought the message of love.... The power of the Holy Spirit enlightening man's intelligence has enabled him to discover | PT#09 p.025, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SAS.108x, CHH.153x | E. Mahony, E. Mahony, Shay & Camila, S. Peyman | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0699 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25 | 420 | The method of Bahá'u'lláh will be enforced and the House of Justice will not presume to change it. The purpose of Bahá'u'lláh's arrangement is that man is not to be interfered with in the leaving of his property. | PN_1919 p186, LAT.129-131 | Law of inheritance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08631 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان ترتیبی که در تعلیم قرار دادید که از بدایت اثبات الوهیت و | The method of instruction which ye have established, beginning with proofs of the existence of God and the oneness of God, the mission of the Prophets and Messengers and Their teachings | INBA84:401 | AKHA_103BE #07 p.04, TRBB.059, MJTB.107 | COC#0390x, COC#0625x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Methods of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05139 | 190 | mixed | کلمات محکمه که بذکر رب الارباب مزین بود مشاهده شد و نسمات فردوس از آن | The mighty words, adorned with the mention of the Lord of Lords, were beheld, and from them wafted the breezes of Paradise [3.5s] | RSBB.150 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1482 | The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London | 220 | Paris Talks | The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. | PT#57 p.191 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3618 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 10 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | The miracles of Christ were spiritual teachings, not literal. | TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104 | Literal interpretation; Miracles and their interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04830 | 200 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب که باسم الله مهدی ارسال داشتید مشاهده شد و اینکه ذکر نموده | The missive addressed to that esteemed one, which thou didst dispatch under the name of God, the Mahdi, hath been perused [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.205, , BLIB_Or15719.049a, , BLIB_Or15722.148, | AVK3.458.19x | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06139 | 160 | mixed | دستخط آنمحبوب رسید نعمت جدیدی بود که در ایام صوم عطا شد هر جزئی را رزقی لایق | The missive from that Beloved One arrived, a fresh bounty bestowed in the days of fasting, each element receiving its befitting portion [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.276a, , BLIB_Or15711.106, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01622 | 540 | Persian | نوشته از آنجناب بین یدی عبد حاضر شد مشعر بود بر جزع و فزع زیاده از حد و آنچه | The missive from your excellency was laid before this Servant, betokening excessive grief and lamentation, and that which [3.5s] | INBA36:372, INBA76:182, NLAI_BH1.332 | AVK3.385.02x | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03265 | 280 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب که بطراز ذکر محبوب مزین بود باین عبد مرهوب واصل و نفحات عطریه | The missive from your honor, which was adorned with the mention of the Beloved, reached this awe-struck servant, and its fragrant breaths [3.5s] | INBA19:441 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03545 | 260 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب وارد ملاحظه شد و معروض گشت و هذا ما صدر من مصدر الخطاب | The missive from your honored presence was received and laid before Him, and this is what hath streamed forth from the Source of Utterance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.005, | Consultation; Personal instructions; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03674 | 250 | Persian | عرض میشود نامه آنجناب رسید فرح جدید بخشید و افق محبت را بروشنائی بدیع مزین | The missive from your honored self was received, imparting newfound joy and adorning the horizon of love with a wondrous radiance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.026, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04537 | 210 | mixed | مکتوب تلقاء عرش حاضر و فائز شد و آنچه باخوین شهیدین نوشته بودید بلحظات عنایت | The missive hath attained unto the Divine Throne and been accepted, and that which thou didst write concerning the two martyrs hath been considered with glances of favor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.096, , BLIB_Or11096#122, , BLIB_Or15710.007a, , BLIB_Or15722.018, | ASAT3.108x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05449 | 180 | Arabic | قد ارسلت المکتوب و تشرف بالساحة الاقدس و اشرقت فی افق العنایة شمس الرحمة قال و قوله الحق انا ذکرنا اسم العین | The missive hath been dispatched and hath attained unto the Most Holy Court, and from the horizon of loving-kindness there hath shone forth the Sun of Mercy. He - and His word is the truth - hath said: "We have made mention of the name of 'Ayn." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.204, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02550 | 350 | mixed | نامه دوستی بر مخزن نیستی وارد شد و معانی روحانی آن مسرت تازه و فرح بی اندازه | The missive of friendship descended unto the treasury of nothingness, and its spiritual meanings brought fresh joy and boundless delight [3.5s] | INBA38:030 | HDQI.066, SFI15.008-009, MUH3.378-379, MSHR5.038x, OOL.B211 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01934 | 460 | mixed | نامه آن دوست باوفا رسید چون مشعر بر صحت و سلامتی آنجناب بود مسرت حاصل گشت از | The missive of that faithful friend hath been received, and inasmuch as it testified to thy health and well-being, great joy was attained thereby [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.129a, | UAB.047bx, MAS8.076x | Destruction of books; Justice and mercy; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Review of publications; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10875 | 60 | Persian | نامه آن حبیب روحانی رسید از عرفش اهتزاز سدره محبت ظاهر قلم مترجمیست تمام | The missive of that spiritual friend hath arrived, from whose fragrance the divine Lote-Tree of love was stirred into motion. The pen translateth all [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.176e, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06300 | 160 | mixed | نامه جناب عطار بن عطار علیهما سلام الله و عنایته و فضله بحضور فائز خود | The missive of the honored 'Attár, son of 'Attár - upon them both be God's peace, His loving-kindness and His grace - hath attained unto Our presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.220.13, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01412 | 610 | mixed | کتاب آنجناب لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار ملکوت مشاهده و بیان فائز حمد محبوب | The missive of thy eminence reached the Throne, was illumined by the lights of the Kingdom and attained unto the honor of utterance. Praise be unto the Beloved [3.5s] | INBA73:051, BLIB_Or15722.121, | BRL_DA#110, AVK2.258.12x, AVK3.420.01x, MAS1.014.2x, MAS8.124x, RHQM1.560-561 (685) (420-421x), NSS.099-100x | ADMS#199n77x | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09569 | 100 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب بمقر عرش وارد شد و آنچه از عربی و فارسی معروض داشتید اصغا گشت | The missive of your esteemed self hath reached the Court of the Divine Throne, and whatsoever thou didst set forth in Arabic and Persian hath been heard [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.146b, | AQA5#103 p.118 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01936 | 460 | mixed | نوشته آنجناب رسید حمد خدا را که در ظل عنایت محشوریم و بثمره مکرمت متنعم و | The missive of your honor hath been received. Praise be to God that we are gathered beneath the shade of His grace and are sustained by the fruits of His bounty [3.5s] | AYBY.004b | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06295 | 160 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب رسید و عرف محبت از او متضوع و منتشر انشاء الله از انوار آفتاب | The missive of your honor was received, and the sweet fragrance of love was wafted and diffused therefrom. God willing, from the rays of the Sun [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.081a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11256 | 40 | mixed | دستخط حضرت محبوبی جناب عندلیب علیه بهآء الله الأبهی که از سجن مرقوم فرموده بودند رسید | The missive penned by the Beloved Lord, addressed to His honor 'Andalíb - upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious - which was inscribed from the prison, hath arrived [3.5s] | ASAT4.397x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09978 | 90 | Persian | کاغذ بلحن حجازی نوشته شد و ارسال گشت و این نوشته بزبان پارسی القا میشود تا | The missive was penned in the melody of Hijaz and dispatched, and this epistle is being set forth in the Persian tongue that [3.5s] | INBA38:055a | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00088 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih) | 4710 | mixed | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A | Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary) | کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید | The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world | INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164 | MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2 | BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06 | A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the legendary figure of Mary the Prophetess, describing the various stages in the creation of the elixir, and warning that the rediscovery of its knowledge by the scientists of the day will herald both the maturity of the world and the threat of a desolating affliction. | Alchemy; the elixir; Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of cause and effect; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | - | - | LL#391 | ||
| BH02015 | 440 | mixed | نامه آنجناب که بسمندر علیه عنایتی و رحمتی ارسال داشتند بساحت اقدس ارسال نمود | The missive which that honored one sent unto Samandar - upon him be My loving-kindness and mercy - hath reached the Most Holy Court [3.5s] | AYBY.122 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Outward and inward meanings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01314 | 650 | mixed | نامه آنجناب که بعبد طائف حول عرش ارسال داشتید از مدینه کبیر بین یدی فرستاد و | The missive which your eminence dispatched to this servant who circleth round the Throne was forwarded from the Great City unto Our presence [3.5s] | AYBY.019 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01785 | 290 | mixed | اوراق آنجناب ملاحظه شد جمیع اذکار منبعث از محبت و خلوص بود و تفاصیل موجود و | The missives of that honored one were perused. All the expressions therein emanated from love and sincerity, and the details were present [3.5s] | INBA85:368 | MKT8.247, AKHA_127BE #05 p.a, YMM.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03348 | 270 | Arabic | زم ان استمع الندا من حول الضریح الله لا اله الا هو العلیم الحکیم ان لاتحزن فی | The moment hath arrived to hearken unto the call from around the Shrine: "He is God; there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Grieve thou not..." [3.5s] | INBA34:224 | AQA1#085, AQA6#210 p.041 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Predictions and prophecies; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00352 | 480 | Arabic | اسماء کل شیء. شهر بها اله واحد احد حابی قادم باهی جالل عارز جامل | The month of Bahá (?), the One, the Unique, the Singular, resplendent in its glory, manifest in its grandeur, adorned with the beauty of its attributes [4o] | MANU.045-047 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08342 | 120 | Arabic | قد شهد القمر و شهدت الشمس انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و اعترف النجم | The moon hath borne witness, and the sun hath testified, that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting; and the star hath acknowledged [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.048c, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3318 | Public address given on 1912-08-08 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | هر چه تربیت ظاهری بیشتر شود مسابقهٴ در تعدیات زیادتر می شود اما تربیت روحانی سبب مسابقهٴ در اعمال خیریه و کمالات انسانیه است امیدواریم که ازین تعدیات کاسته و روز بروز بر کمالات روحانیه افزوده شود | The more material education advances, the more competitive is the race in aggression and injustice. But spiritual education is the cause of competition in praiseworthy actions | BDA1.183.06 | SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Goodly deeds; actions; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2107 | Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al around Aug. 1909 | 130 | The more one falls into difficulties the more he finds help so that he will find those difficulties very easy tasks. | PN_1909C p120 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2588 | Words to Mr and Mrs Austin, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | کاتولیکها هر قدر تعصب نمودند ذلیل تر گشتند تا حال که بترتیب جدید راضی شدند و الا این اشخاص متعصب ترین مذاهب عالمند | The more the Catholics showed prejudice, the more they were debased. Only now have they shown willingness | BDA1.018.17 | MHMD1.025 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2781 | Words to a lawyer, spoken on 1913-12-01 | 70 | The more the rays of the sun of education are diffused, the less will be the darkness of crime and brutality | DAS.1913-12-01 | Call to action; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08423 | 120 | Arabic | کلما یزداد البلاء یزداد اشتیاقی الی الله و به یمیز الله بین الموقن و المریب | The more tribulation increaseth, the more intense groweth My longing for God, whereby He distinguisheth between the steadfast and the doubter [3.5s] | INBA73:081a, NLAI_BH1.484, NLAI_BH2.230b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0603 | Words to some Zoroastrian Bahá’ís, spoken on 1914-05-06 | 470 | The more union and agreement appear amongst the believers of God the greater will be the divine Confirmations, the more uninterrupted will be the descent ... The cause of God is like unto a college. The believers are like unto the students. | COC#0424x, DAS.1914-05-06, SW_v07#18 p.178-179x, BSTW#052X | Bringing forth results; fruit; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1948 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-04 | 150 | The more we thank Bahá'u'lláh for these bounties with which He has encircled us, the more numerous will they become. When Bahá'u'lláh in the early history of the Caused desired to test any one | DAS.1913-03-04 | Conference of Badasht; Goodly deeds; actions; Scarcity of receptive souls; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1225 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good. | BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Second birth; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07752 | 130 | Arabic | قد طلع الفجر و لاح القمر و الشمس تنادی الی الی یا ملا الارض تالله قد ظهر ما لا ظهر | The morn hath dawned, and the moon hath shone forth, and the sun proclaimeth: "Unto Me, unto Me, O peoples of the earth! By God, there hath appeared that which hath never appeared before." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.026a, | Belief and denial; Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05789 | 170 | mixed | صبح صباح احدیت از مشرق جان طالع گشت و انوار سناء سینای صمدیت از مطلع امکان | The Morn of Divine Unity hath dawned from the horizon of the soul, and the lights of the splendour of the Sinai of Divine Singleness have shone forth from the Dayspring of contingent being [3.5s] | INBA38:044, INBA36:376a | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03859 | 240 | mixed | فانیان بحر الهی را لازم که در کل احیان عباد را بشطر رحمن بخوانند چه که هر | The mortals of the divine ocean must, at all times, summon the servants unto the shores of the All-Merciful, for every [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.079r.01, , BLIB_Or11096#121, , BLIB_Or15710.017, | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3341 | 30 | The most advisable thing, therefore, is to ... discuss "Pure and sanctified Living" | SW_v14#02 p.060 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2462 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مبارکترین اوقات وقتی است که با احبای الهی ملاقات مینمایم این بهترین اوقاتست | The most blessed moments of my life are those which I spend in the company of the friends of God. These are the best times. | BDA1.372.11 | MHMD1.391 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| BH10410 | 80 | Persian | ورقه علیا مهد علیا انشاءالله بصحت فائز شود و بنور عنایت و الطاف حق مزین | The Most Exalted Leaf, the Most Exalted Cradle, may she, God willing, attain unto health and be adorned with the light of divine favor and bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.131a, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06256 | 160 | mixed | قلم اعلی در کل احیان شهادت میدهد بر اینکه اوست یکتا خداوند بیمانند لم یزل و لایزال | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness at all times that He is the One God, the Peerless, the Ever-Abiding and Everlasting [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.173, | DVB5.035-036x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11080 | 50 | Arabic | شهد قلمی الاعلی فی هذا المقام الاسنی بما لا یقدر احد ان یسمعه و لا اقدر ان | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness in this most glorious station unto that which none hath the power to hear, nor have I the power to [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.106e, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08970 | 110 | mixed | قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد باینکه در کل احیان از جانب مالک ادیان دوستان را ذکر | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that at all times mention is made of the friends from the presence of the Lord of Religions [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.277b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10320 | 80 | Arabic | شهد قلمی الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو یحیی و یمیت یمیت و یحیی و هو الفرد الواحد | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that there is no God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, causeth death and giveth life, and He, verily, is the One, the Single [3.5s] | INBA84:186b, INBA84:114a, INBA84:054b.15 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10599 | 70 | Arabic | شهد القلم الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو له الملک و الملکوت و العظمه و الجبروت یاخذ و یعطی | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the dominion and the kingdom, the majesty and the might. He taketh and He giveth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15706.174a, , BLIB_Or15715.065d, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04236 | 220 | Arabic | شهد القلم الاعلی بانک اعترفت بسلطانی و اغترفت من بحر عرفانی و حضرت تلقاء عرشی | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that thou hast acknowledged My sovereignty, hast drawn from the ocean of My knowledge, and hast attained unto My presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.175a, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03696 | 250 | mixed | قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بر توجه و اقبال و حضور و اصغاء و مشاهده و مکاشفه لله | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to the attentiveness, the acceptance, the presence, the hearkening, the beholding and the revelation, for the sake of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.068b, | BRL_DA#426, AQA7#390 p.105 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04261 | 220 | mixed | قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بغربت و کربت و بلایای تو فی سبیل الله رب العالمین و این | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thine estrangement and grief and the afflictions thou hast suffered in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.072a, , ALIB.folder18p501c | KHSH13.007 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04795 | 200 | mixed | قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بر اقبال و توجه آنجناب الحمد لله باین شهادت کبری که | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy devotion and attentiveness. Praise be unto God for this supreme testimony which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.088b, | Exhortations and counsels; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09521 | 100 | mixed | قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد باقبال و توجه و حضور اگر در این فضل اکبر تفکر نمائی | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy devotion, attentiveness and presence, shouldst thou but ponder upon this supreme bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.107b, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08971 | 110 | mixed | قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بر ایمان و توجه و اقبال و خضوع و خشوع تو لوجه الله رب | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy faith, thy devotion, thy turning unto God, and thy humility and submissiveness before the face of God, thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA84:161, INBA84:092a, INBA84:032a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10609 | 70 | Arabic | شهد قلمی الاعلی باقبالک و توجهک و قیامک علی خدمه الامر اذ اعرض عنه الذین کانوا | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy recognition, thy turning unto God, and thy rising to serve His Cause when they that once were turned away [3.5s] | INBA19:118a, INBA32:108, BLIB_Or15696.087b, | KHSH05.007 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08272 | 120 | Arabic | شهد القلم الاعلی بتوجهک و اقبالک الی الله مولی الوری هذه شهاده تمشی | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy turning and devoted orientation towards God, the Lord of all mankind. This is a testimony that endureth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.302c, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11076 | 50 | Arabic | شهد القلم الاعلی لمن اقبل الی الله مولی الوری و شرب رحیق الاستقامه بین ایادی | The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all mankind, and hath quaffed the choice wine of steadfastness within His presence [3.5s] | AQA5#159 p.218a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05247 | 190 | Arabic | ینادی القلم الاعلی من فی الانشاء و یبشرهم بما یقربهم الی الله المهیمن القیوم | The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who are in creation and beareth unto them glad tidings of that which shall draw them nigh unto God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | LHKM3.198 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01850 | Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani | 480 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání) | قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن | The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him | BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036 | BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080 | GWB#160x | Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God. | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 3a | * | - | GSH.177, LL#240 | ||
| BH02660 | 340 | Arabic | ینادی قلم الاعلی من فی الارض و السما ان لاتعبدوا الا الله المقتدر العلی | The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell on earth and in heaven: Worship none save God, the Almighty, the Most High [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.234, | Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10635 | 70 | mixed | قلم اعلی کل را بمقام تقدیس و تنزیه و اعمال خالصه و اخلاق مرضیه امر میفرماید | The Most Exalted Pen commandeth all to attain unto the station of sanctification and detachment, unto pure deeds and praiseworthy conduct [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.068e, | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04500 | 210 | mixed | قلم اعلی شکایت مینماید از نفوسیکه در بادیه های ضلالت و هوی سایرند و خود را از | The Most Exalted Pen complaineth of those souls who wander in the wilderness of error and desire [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.077c, | AYBY.038b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05853 | 170 | Persian | قلم اعلی اهل بها را تکبیر میرساند و میفرماید امروز یوم الله است و در او ذکر لحدی جایز نه | The Most Exalted Pen conveyeth Its greetings unto the people of Bahá and declareth: This Day is the Day of God, wherein mention of aught else is not permitted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.111c, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02107 | 420 | mixed | Translation List | قلم اعلی میفرماید کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و نفحات حب محبوب عالمیان از قمیص بیان | The Most Exalted Pen declareth: Thy letter hath attained unto Our presence, and the sweet fragrances of love for the Beloved of the worlds waft from the garment of utterance [3.5s]... ...That which is now existent and manifest will soon disappear, yet whatever deed hath been performed by any soul to assist God, though it be but a single breath drawn for the love of Him, shall remain and endure forever | INBA51:597, BLIB_Or03116.099r, , BLIB_Or11096.184, | LHKM3.269 | ADMS#338x | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | |||||||
| BH09974 | 90 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید کتابت بطراز عرش مزین و بمحضر اقدس فائز گشت نیکو است حال | The Most Exalted Pen declareth: Thy letter hath been adorned with the ornament of the Divine Throne and hath attained unto the Most Holy Presence. Blessed is thy state [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.179b, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07225 | 140 | mixed | قلم اعلی امروز جمیع اصفیای حق را بما ینبغی لهم فیهذا الیوم امر میفرماید | The Most Exalted Pen doth on this Day enjoin upon all the chosen ones of God that which beseemeth them in this Day [3.5s] | AYI2.364 | Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09972 | 90 | Persian | قلم اعلی در کل احیان محض فضل و کرم جمیع عباد را بافق ابهی دعوت مینماید و هر | The Most Exalted Pen doth, at all times, out of pure grace and bounty, summon all servants unto the Most Glorious Horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.051b, | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Exhortations and counsels; Study; deepening; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02884 | 310 | Persian | قلم اعلی اهل بها را بفیوضات رحمانیه بشارت میدهد و جمیع را نصیحت میفرماید | The Most Exalted Pen giveth the glad-tidings of the bounties of the All-Merciful unto the people of Bahá, and counselleth all that they may attain | INBA35:172, INBA30:051 | BRL_DA#161, AHM.299, MJMM.305, DWNP_v5#11 p.005-006, GHA.448.01x, DRD.137, AKHA_135BE #10 p.01, MSHR4.310x | JHT_B#014 | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09461 | 100 | Arabic | قد تکدر قلمی الاعلی من الذین ارتکبوا ما نهوا عنه فی الکتاب انا نهینا الکل عن | The Most Exalted Pen hath been grieved by those who have committed that which was forbidden them in the Book. We have forbidden all from [3.5s] | INBA41:144 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04056 | 230 | mixed | قلم اعلی از قبل و بعد ترا ذکر نموده ان اذکر اذ کنت لدی العرش و سمعت ندآء | The Most Exalted Pen hath made mention of thee from time immemorial and thereafter. Call thou to mind when thou wert in the presence of the Throne and didst hearken unto the call [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.010b, | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04796 | 200 | mixed | قلم اعلی عباد و اماء خود را ذکر نموده و مینماید و جمیع را در این یوم نورانی | The Most Exalted Pen hath made mention, and continueth to make mention, of His servants and handmaidens, and remembereth them all in this luminous Day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.037a, | YFY.264x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10860 | 60 | mixed | قلم اعلی متتابعا مترادفا علی مرفوع را ذکر نموده طوبی له بما سمع و اقبل و بلغ | The Most Exalted Pen hath made mention, time and again, of him that is elevated. Blessed is he who hath hearkened, turned, and attained [3.5s] | INBA23:175a, BLIB_Or15710.262b, , BLIB_Or15730.027e, | AQA6#285 p.277a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06633 | 150 | Arabic | قد ارتفع صریر القلم الاعلی فی ذکر الله مالک الاسماء و یشهد بما شهد لسان القدم | The Most Exalted Pen hath raised its cry in praise of God, the Lord of Names, and beareth witness unto that which the Tongue of Eternity hath testified [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.094ax, | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00026 | 7800 | Arabic | قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی | The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one | BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120, | BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x | GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#374 | |||||||
| BH03690 | 250 | Arabic | قد شهد القلم الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو و انه لهو الذی تجلی علی الاشیاء باسمائه | The Most Exalted Pen hath testified that there is no God but Him, and that He, verily, is the One Who hath manifested Himself unto all things through His names [3.5s] | INBA84:177b, INBA84:105b, INBA84:046.03 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08344 | 120 | Arabic | قد شهد قلمی الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو و شهد اللسان فی مقامه الابهی قد ظهر | The Most Exalted Pen hath testified that there is none other God but Him, and the Tongue, in its most glorious station, hath borne witness that He hath been made manifest [3.5s] | INBA44:160a, BLIB_Or15713.314b, , BLIB_Or15715.263d, | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06698 | 150 | mixed | قلم اعلی در جمیع احیان کل را بمحبت و وداد و مودت و اتحاد و حکمت و بیان امر | The Most Exalted Pen hath, at all times, enjoined upon all to show forth love, fellowship, affection and unity, and to manifest wisdom and utterance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.263c, , BLIB_Or15726.034a, | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03886 | 240 | Persian | قلم اعلی در کل احیان من فی الامکان را بحق دعوت نموده و لکن بعضی غافل | The Most Exalted Pen hath, at all times, summoned all who dwell within the realm of contingent being unto truth, yet some remain heedless [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.067, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07792 | 130 | mixed | قلم اعلی در اکثر الواح عباد و اماء را باستقامت کبری امر فرموده مع ذلک مشاهده | The Most Exalted Pen hath, in most Tablets, enjoined upon both servants and handmaidens supreme steadfastness; yet it is observed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.010c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.054b, | LHKM1.145 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01881 | 470 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قلم اعلی در سجن عکا باحبای ارض خا توجه نموده یعنی نفوسیکه بطراز جدید مزین | The Most Exalted Pen hath, in the Prison of 'Akká, turned toward the loved ones in the land of Khá, namely, those souls who are adorned with the new raiment [3.5s]... ...The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have all been fulfilled | BLIB_Or15719.171c, , BLIB_Or15722.191, | BRL_DA#538, GWBP#010 p.016bx, MJMM.267, DLS.065, ASAT1.250x, ASAT3.238x, YMM.408x, YMM.430x | GWB#010x, PDC.124x2x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | LL#376, LL#426 | ||||||
| BH07793 | 130 | mixed | قلم اعلی در لیالی و ایام بمواعظ و نصایح مشغول و امر فرموده آنچه را که بر شان | The Most Exalted Pen hath, throughout the nights and days, occupied itself with counsels and exhortations, and hath ordained that which befitteth their station [3.5s] | INBA23:055 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02224 | 400 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | قلم اعلی این ایام بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید تا طایران هوای عرفان بیان رحمن را | The Most Exalted Pen in these days speaketh in the Persian tongue, that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God | INBA15:312, INBA35:170b, INBA26:316, BLIB_Or07852.092, , BLIB_Or15719.149c, , BN_suppl.1753.100-102 | BRL_DA#662, GWBP#137 p.190x, LHKM3.372, UAB.047ex, MAS8.007bx, HYB.020 | GWB#137x, COC#2041x, ADJ.023-024x, TRBP.003-004, ADMS#066x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; Theft; seizing the properties of others | - | - | LL#358 | ||||||
| BH02544 | 350 | mixed | قلم اعلی متحیر که چه ذکر نماید هر حزبی از احزاب طلب حق مینمایند و در صوامع و | The Most Exalted Pen is bewildered as to what it should recount, for every party among the parties claimeth to seek after truth, whilst dwelling in cloisters and sanctuaries [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.172, | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09518 | 100 | Persian | قلم اعلی بذکر دوستان مشغولست و میفرماید ای احباء بحر معانی از من جاری | The Most Exalted Pen is occupied with the remembrance of the friends and uttereth: O beloved ones! The ocean of inner meanings floweth forth from Me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.195h, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06696 | 150 | mixed | قلم اعلی بذکر دوستان الهی مشغول آنی توقف ننموده و نمینماید طوبی لمن شرب منه | The Most Exalted Pen is occupied with the remembrance of the friends of God; it hath not paused, nor shall it ever pause. Blessed is he who drinketh thereof [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.173b, , BLIB_Or15719.148a, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09520 | 100 | mixed | قلم اعلی در جمیع احیان بذکر و ثنای محبوب عالمیان مشغول ولکن خلق بخود مشغول و | The Most Exalted Pen is, at all times, occupied with the mention and praise of the Beloved of all worlds, whilst the people remain preoccupied with themselves [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.048b, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00681 | 1130 | mixed | قلم اعلی دوستان خود را ذکر مینماید و جمیع را براه راست هدایت میفرماید امروز | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of His friends and guideth all unto the straight path on this Day [3.5s] | TSAY.188-192 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02412 | 370 | Persian | قلم اعلى دوستان خود را بکمال عنایت و شفقت ذکر میفرماید | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of His friends with utmost grace and loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA45:205 | Goodly deeds; actions; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02106 | 420 | Persian | قلم اعلی دوستان خود را بکمال عنایت و شفقت ذکر میفرماید و وصیت مینماید | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of Its friends with utmost loving-kindness and compassion, and counseleth them [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.033, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10762 | 60 | Arabic | ان قلمی الاعلی یذکر افنانی الذی وجد عرف عنایتی و اقبل الی افقی و تمسک بحبل | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of Mine Afnán who hath inhaled the fragrance of My loving-kindness, hath turned unto Mine horizon and clung fast unto the cord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.086a, | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08383 | 120 | mixed | قلم اعلی یکی از اماء را ذکر مینماید تا بسرور اکبر و فرح اعظم بحمد مالک قدم | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of one of the handmaidens, that she may, with supreme joy and utmost gladness, praise the Lord of Pre-existence [3.5s] | INBA51:105a, KB_620:098-089 | LHKM2.150 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09973 | 90 | mixed | قلم اعلی ذکر رضا میفرماید و او را بما یحب و یرضی امر مینماید انشاء الله رحیق | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of Riḍá and biddeth him unto that which He loveth and which is well-pleasing unto Him. May the choice wine [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.273d, | LHKM1.127 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07227 | 140 | Persian | قلم اعلی دوستان الهی را ذکر مینماید و بدریای رحمت و آفتاب بخشش او بشارت | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of the friends of God and giveth them glad tidings of the ocean of His mercy and the sun of His bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.115d, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07224 | 140 | mixed | قلم اعلی اماء الله را ذکر مینماید و بتقدیس و تنزیه وصیت میفرماید یا امتی و | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of the handmaidens of God and counselleth them unto sanctification and detachment: O My handmaiden and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.227a, , BLIB_Or15715.059a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Role and station of women; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07226 | 140 | mixed | قلم اعلی اهل آن بیت را ذکر مینماید لعمری مرحوم مبرور الذی سمی بمحمد قبل علی | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of the people of that House. By My life! The departed and blessed one who was named Muhammad-'Alí [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.068, | AYBY.151a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02885 | 310 | Persian | قلم اعلی در افق ابهی میفرماید ای اهل زا انشاء الله بنفحات عنایات مالک ایام | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth from the All-Glorious Horizon: O people of Zá! Through the breezes of the bounties of the Lord of Days [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.010, | Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08380 | 120 | mixed | قلم اعلی در کلمات مکنونه میفرماید اهل دانش و بینش سالها کوشیدند و بوصال ذی | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth in the Hidden Words: The people of knowledge and insight strove for years to attain unto the presence of the Divine [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.061b, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05854 | 170 | mixed | قلم اعلی بلسان پارسی میفرماید گوینده همانست که در شجره طور نطق فرمود اگر لذت | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth in the Persian tongue: The Speaker is He Who uttered forth His call from the Burning Bush [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.080b, | AQA5#072 p.088 | Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03527 | 260 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید جمیع عالم لاجل عرفان مالک قدم خلق شده اند و از عدم بوجود | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: All the world hath been created for the knowledge of the Ancient Lord, and hath been called forth from nothingness into being [3.5s] | INBA35:176, INBA23:156, BLIB_Or15719.062a, | AVK3.108.03x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05857 | 170 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید یا علی شکر کن محبوب عالمیان را چه که بنفحات ایام الهی فائز | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O 'Alí, render thanks unto the Beloved of all worlds, inasmuch as thou hast attained unto the sweet fragrances of the divine days [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.124a, | AVK3.056.06x, PYB#179 p.03 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Saddening another soul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02157 | 410 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای دوستان حق مقصود از حمل این رزایای متواتره و بلایای | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O friends of Truth! The purpose of bearing these successive tribulations and calamities [3.5s] | INBA81:161 | DWNP_v6#02 p.004, QALAM.012 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10369 | 80 | Persian | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای دوستان تمسک نمائید بچیزیکه سبب علو و سمو و علت | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O friends! Hold ye fast unto that which leadeth to loftiness and exaltation and is the cause of [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.289a, | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07795 | 130 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای کنیز من و دختر کنیز من حمد کن مقصود عالمرا که از بحر اعظم | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Render thou praise unto Him Who is the Object of all the world, Who from the Most Great Ocean [3.5s] | INBA35:024a, INBA23:074b, BLIB_Or03116.103.01, , BLIB_Or11096#190, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10998 | 50 | Arabic | ان القلم الاعلی ینطق انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم ان اشهد بما شهد الله | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: There is none other God but Me, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Bear thou witness unto that which God Himself hath testified [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.026d, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05472 | 180 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید الیوم یوم اصغا است بشنوید ندای رحمن را که در قطب اکوان | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: This is the Day of hearkening. Hearken ye unto the Voice of the All-Merciful that calleth from the Axis of creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#116, , BLIB_Or15710.107b, | LHKM2.301 | High station of the true believer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08382 | 120 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید توجهت بکعبه مقصود مقبول افتاد و اجر لقا در نامه ات ثبت شد | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: Thy turning unto the Kaaba of divine purpose hath found acceptance, and the reward of attainment unto His presence hath been inscribed in thy missive [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.168b, , BLIB_Or15719.041a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08381 | 120 | mixed | قلم اعلی میفرماید آنچه در جمیع کتب الهی در ظهور ربانی مسطور و مستور بود در | The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: Whatsoever was inscribed and concealed in all the divine Books concerning the Divine Manifestation hath [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.250b, , BLIB_Or15715.119e, | ZYN.288, ANDA#55 p.03 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09519 | 100 | mixed | قلم اعلی بلسان پارسی تکلم مینماید تا کل بمراد الله فائز شوند و باو عمل | The Most Exalted Pen speaketh in the Persian tongue, that all may attain unto the good-pleasure of God and act in accordance therewith [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.276a, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04055 | 230 | Persian | قلم اعلی از اول ایام تا حین ناس را بما یقربهم الی الله دعوت نموده | The Most Exalted Pen, from the first days until this time, hath summoned the people unto that which draweth them nigh unto God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.095, | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03374 | 270 | mixed | قلم اعلی در سجن اعظم احبای خود را ذکر میفرماید تا جمیع با کمال تقدیس و تنزیه | The Most Exalted Pen, from within the Most Great Prison, maketh mention of His loved ones, that all may attain unto supreme sanctity and detachment [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.164, , BLIB_Or15719.039a, | AYI2.070x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11113 | 50 | Persian | قلم اعلی در حبس اعظم بذکر الله ناطق و مشغول است انشاء الله باید نفوسی که از | The Most Exalted Pen, in the Most Great Prison, is occupied with the remembrance of God. Verily, such souls as [3.5s] | INBA41:446a, BLIB_Or15710.295c, | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06697 | 150 | mixed | قلم اعلی بلسان پارسی احلی اهل انشا را بافق اعلی هدایت میفرماید طوبی از برای | The Most Exalted Pen, in the sweet Persian tongue, guideth them that are possessed of utterance unto the Most Sublime Horizon. Blessed be they who [3.5s] | INBA51:026b, BLIB_Or15715.358a, , KB_620:019-020 | LHKM2.107 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09483 | 100 | Arabic | قد ظهرت الکلمه العلیا و بها هدرت الورقاء علی السدره المنتهی انه هو هو توجهوا | The Most Exalted Word hath been made manifest, and by it the Dove hath warbled upon the Divine Lote-Tree. Verily, He is He. Turn ye unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.156a, , NLAI_22848:377, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195va, , MKI4522.377, | AQA2#062 p.212 | Belief and denial; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03257 | 280 | mixed | قلم ابهی در کل احیان اهل امکان را بافق اعلی دعوت مینماید تا از فضل ایام الله | The Most Glorious Pen summoneth at all times the peoples of the contingent realm unto the Most Exalted Horizon, that they may partake of the bounties of the Days of God [3.5s] | INBA35:153, BLIB_Or15719.077b, | LHKM3.367 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11467 | 20 | Arabic | الکتاب الاعظم ینادی الامم و یقول تالله قد ظهر ام الکتاب من لدی الله العزیز الوهاب | The Most Great Book calleth aloud unto the nations, proclaiming: By God! The Mother Book hath verily appeared from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.195g, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00489 | 1500 | Arabic | کتاب الله الاعظم ینطق و یقول یا ملا الارض اتقوا الله و لا تتبعوا اوهام الذین انکروا | The Most Great Book proclaimeth and saith: O concourse of earth! Fear ye God, and follow not the vain imaginings of them that have denied Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.135, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04058 | 230 | mixed | کتاب اعظم میفرماید عالم از انفاس نفوس ظالمه مکدر بوده و هست حق موعود ظاهر | The Most Great Book proclaimeth: The world hath been and is yet darkened by the corrupt breaths of the oppressors. The Promised Truth is made manifest [3.5s]... ...The source and origin of tyranny, have been the divines. Through the sentences pronounced by these haughty and wayward souls | BLIB_Or15715.101a, | BRL_DA#268 | GPB.231x, PDC.131x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06257 | 160 | mixed | کتاب اعظم میفرماید یوم یوم الله است و فیوضات لایتناهی الهی از ابر رحمت جاری و | The Most Great Book proclaimeth: This Day is the Day of God, and infinite bounties flow forth from the cloud of mercy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.011b, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07232 | 140 | Persian | کتاب اعظم در لیالی و ایام امم را بافق اعلی و زروه علیا دعوت مینماید و لکن | The Most Great Book, in the nights and days, summoneth all peoples to the Most Exalted Horizon and the Supreme Summit, yet [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.191b, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06702 | 150 | mixed | کتاب اعظم که لازال در کنز علم الهی مکنون بود ظاهر شد و باعلی الندآء کل را | The Most Great Book, which had from time immemorial lain concealed within the treasury of divine knowledge, hath appeared and with the most exalted call summoneth all [3.5s] | INBA84:182, INBA84:110a, INBA84:050.07 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06218 | 160 | mixed | غصن اعظم معروض داشت اراده بیروت دارید میرزا جعفر میگوید اراده مزرعه در سر است | The Most Great Branch hath represented: "Thou desirest to proceed to Beirut." Mírzá Ja'far saith that the intention is towards the farm [3.5s] | MSHR4.372 | Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05094 | 190 | mixed | قد اتی الفرح الاعظم و الناس هم عنه معرضون الا من شاء الله المهیمن القیوم یا | The Most Great Joy hath come, yet the people turn away therefrom, save whom God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, hath willed. O [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.362a, | Call to action; Martyrdom of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00970 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) | 850 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne) | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع | The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! | INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x | BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx | GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x | Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joyous and beaming with light’. | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 2b | * | - | ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147 | Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915. | |
| BH07696 | 130 | Arabic | شهد الاسم الاعظم بین الامم انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر المهیمن العزیز المتعال قد ظهر بالحق | The Most Great Name beareth witness amidst the nations that there is none other God but Him, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the Most Exalted, Who hath appeared in truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.048e, | Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10628 | 70 | Arabic | قد شهد الاسم الاعظم بانک اقبلت و آمنت بالله مالک القدم فی یوم فیه اعرض الامم | The Most Great Name beareth witness that thou didst turn unto, and believe in, God, the Lord of Eternity, on a Day whereon the nations turned away [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.116c, BLIB_Or15715.116e, BLIB_Or15734.1.124a, BLIB_Or15734.1.123e, BLIB_Or15734.1.258 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02826 | 310 | Arabic | ان البحر الاعظم اراد ان یرسل الیک بحر العرفان لتری اللئالی المکنونه فیه و تکون من | The Most Great Ocean hath desired to send unto thee the ocean of divine knowledge, that thou mayest behold the hidden pearls therein and become of [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.175, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2722 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 70 | Persian | بحر الاعظم جمال مبارک است یعنی جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آوردند | The Most Great Ocean is the Blessed Beauty, meaning that the Blessed Beauty did graciously arrive upon these shores [3.5s] | KHH2.297 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08457 | 120 | Arabic | ذکری الأعظم ینادی من فی الامکان الی اللّه مالک الأدیان انّا بعثناه علی هیکل الانسان تعالی الرّحمن | The Most Great Remembrance calleth all who dwell in the realm of creation unto God, the Lord of Religions. Verily, We have raised Him up in human form. Exalted be the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.150b, , NLAI_22848:364, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p188v, , MKI4522.364, | AQA2#045 p.202b | Call to action; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08217 | 120 | Arabic | ذکری الاعظم ینادی من فی الامکان الی الله مالک الادیان انا بعثناه علی هیکل | The Most Great Remembrance calleth aloud unto all who dwell within the realm of creation, summoning them unto God, the Lord of Religions. We have raised Him up in bodily temple [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.150c, , NLAI_22848:364, MKI4522.364, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10256 | 80 | mixed | ذکر اعظم میفرماید ای اماء من کلمه الهیه را باذان جان استماع نمائید و نصایح مشفقانه | The Most Great Remembrance proclaimeth: O My handmaidens! Hearken ye with the ears of your souls unto the divine Word and the loving counsels [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#204, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04220 | 220 | mixed | روح اعظم که احیای جمیع اموات معلق بنفحات اوست کلمه الهی بوده و خواهد بود اوست | The Most Great Spirit, upon Whose quickening breaths depends the resurrection of all created things, hath been and shall ever remain the Word of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.091c, | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07195 | 140 | Arabic | قد ظهر الطلسم الاعظم بهذا المربع الذی جعله الله مبدء الخلق و مرجعه و به فتح | The Most Great Talisman hath appeared in this Square which God hath made the origin and return of creation, and through which He hath opened [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.128a, | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09479 | 100 | Arabic | قد ظهر الفزع الاکبر بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین قد ناحت الاشیاء بما ناح الرسول | The Most Great Terror hath appeared through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. All things lament by reason of that which caused the Messenger to lament [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.012a, | AQA7#419 p.212b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02161 | 410 | mixed | لوح امنع اقدس بلغت فصحی نازل حال اراده آنکه بلغت نوراء تکلم نمائیم و از حق جل | The Most Great, Most Holy Tablet was revealed in eloquent Arabic. Now We desire to speak in the luminous tongue, and from the Truth, glorified be He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.007, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09192 | 100 | mixed | از قبل لوح امنع اقدس از سماء اراده ربانی نازل و ارسال شد و هذه مره اخری لتشکر ربک | The Most Great, Most Holy Tablet was sent down aforetime from the heaven of the Divine Will, and this is once again revealed that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.030c, | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11872 | 2377 | mixed | غیب منیع جل جلاله و جلت عظمته اراده ظهور فرموده و بکلمه کن نطق اذا ظهرت | The Most Hidden One, magnified be His glory and exalted be His grandeur, hath willed manifestation and through the Word "Be" hath spoken, whereupon it appeared [3.5s] | BRL_DA#680 | Business; financial; property matters; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11548 | 20 | The most honored of all governments, the pride, the admiration and the envy of the peoples of the world | BADM.118x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU1503 | Words to the friends over lunch, spoken on 1913-01-10 | 210 | The most important food is spiritual food. This material food must be eaten three times a day, but whosoever eats of the spiritual food shall never hunger. | DAS.1913-01-10 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0035 | Public address given on 1912-10-06 | 1800 | Mahmúd's Diary | The most important issue confronting humanity today is one religious in character. Religion should be the cause of fellowship and unity among mankind | ECN.248+976 | Christ; Christianity; Oneness; unity of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.308 | |||||||||
| ABU2593 | Words to a Unitarian woman, spoken on 1912-03-26 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مژده مژده که علم ملکوت بلند شد مژده مژده بهار الهی ظاهر گردید مژده مژده ابر رحمت ببارید | The most important of all intentions is to spread the love of God.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, the Sun of love has dawned | BDA1.011.12 | DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v14#05 p.129, MHMD1.016-017, ABIE.066, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3170 | 40 | The most important of all matters in question, and that with which it is most specially necessary to deal effectively, is the promotion of education. | SW_v07#15 p.137, SW_v07#15 p.141-142 | Education of children; moral education; Fanaticism and hatred; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3222 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15 | 40 | The most important thing is deeds. Good deeds are accepted by all nations and religions. As to presenting the teachings by word, the teacher must be as a skillful physician | AHV.019, BLO_PN#045 | Being a source of light; guidance; Goodly deeds; actions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1770 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-06-30 | 170 | The most important thing is that which comes through the Spirit - the breath of the Holy Spirit... Without firmness there will be no result. Trees must be firm in the ground to give fruit. | SW_v08#08 p.100x, PN_1909 p003, PN_1909 p074, PN_1909B p006, PN_1909C p071, DJT.020-021x, BLO_PN#027x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01131 | 370 | mixed | ای یاران الهی بشارت کبری اینکه هیکل مطهر منور مقدس حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء | The most joyful tidings is this, that the holy, the luminous body of the Bab ... after having for sixty years been transferred from place to place | INBA16:229 | BRL_DAK#1075, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.40, ASAT5.028x, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.11, AHB.110BE #17-18 p.346, AYT.225, HHA.105, DUR3.117, RHQM1.085-086 (114) (066-067), YHA1.126x (1.256), MLK.065, QT108.044-045 | GPB.276x, ABCC.126 | Growth of the Cause; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05118 | 190 | mixed | قلم ابهی ناظران افق اعلی را ذکر مینماید و میفرماید ای دوستان باید الیوم کل بعنایت | The Most Luminous Pen maketh mention of them that gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon, and saith: O friends! On this day must all, through His grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.153d, | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10376 | 80 | Persian | کتاب مبین بامر رب العالمین ظاهر و هویداست هر نفسی بان فائز شد و بقوت الهیه | The Most Manifest Book, by the command of the Lord of all worlds, is made evident and clear. Every soul that hath attained thereunto and through divine power [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.158a, | AQA7#369 p.058 | Praise and encouragement; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03972 | 230 | Persian | ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب میفرماید یا قوم ندای الهی را بشنوید یا اصحاب الکنیسة | The Mother Book before the faces of all peoples proclaimeth: O people! Hearken unto the Divine Call, O dwellers of the synagogue [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.149, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06032 | 160 | Arabic | ام الکتاب من افق سماء السجن ینادی و یقول یا ملا الارض اتقوا الرحمن و لاتتبعوا | The Mother Book crieth out from the horizon of the prison-heaven and proclaimeth: O peoples of the earth! Fear ye the All-Merciful, and follow not [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.230b, | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06240 | 160 | Arabic | قد ظهر ام الکتاب و دعا الکل الی العزیز الوهاب یا ملا ارض اسمعوا ندآء الله مالک | The Mother Book hath appeared and summoned all unto the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O concourse of the earth! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.193, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05273 | 180 | Persian | ام الکتاب آمد در یوم ماب آمد رغم دل احزاب آمد قل ما نزل من قبل محتجبان را دردی | The Mother Book hath appeared on the Day of Return; grievous to the hearts of the factions hath it come. Say: That which was revealed aforetime hath caused anguish to them that are veiled [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.220b, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10352 | 80 | Arabic | قد نطق ام الکتاب فی الماب امام وجوه العباد تا الله اتی مالک الایجاد الملک لله رب | The Mother Book hath indeed spoken at the Point of Return before the faces of the servants: "By God, the Lord of Creation hath come! The sovereignty is God's, the Lord!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.184a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05654 | 170 | mixed | ام الکتاب در ملکوت بیان دوستان الهی را ذکر مینماید لیجذبهم الذکر و البیان | The Mother Book in the Kingdom of the Bayán maketh mention of the friends of God, that through remembrance and utterance they may be drawn nigh [3.5s] | INBA51:245b, KB_620:238-239 | ADM1#047 p.092x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03062 | Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves) | 290 | mixed | Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj) | Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves) | امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام | The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him | PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076 | BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024 | BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69 | Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the light of unity over the whole earth, being clothed in the garment of trustworthiness, establishing the transcendence of God, and casting away the causes of abasement and embracing that which leads to exaltation. | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | 3b | * | - | GSH.186, LL#049 | ||
| BH10757 | 60 | Arabic | ام الکتاب یمشی و یقول سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سبحانک اللهم یا معبودی و محبوبی | The Mother Book moveth and saith: "Glorified art Thou, O my God, and glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my Object of Worship and my Beloved!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.088f, | AQA5#111 p.138a | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02132 | 410 | mixed | ام الکتاب در یوم ماب میفرماید یا احبار قدر یوم را بدانید این است آن یومیکه | The Mother Book on the Day of Return proclaimeth: O ye divines, know ye the measure of this Day, for this is that Day wherein [3.5s] | INBA28:257, BLIB_Or15690.103, , BLIB_Or15726.099, , BLIB_Or15728.100b, | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11468 | 20 | Arabic | ام الکتاب یذکر حروفاته و السدرة افنانه و الشمس انواره طوبی لمن فاز ویل للغافلین | The Mother Book proclaimeth its letters, and the Lote Tree its branches, and the Sun its lights. Blessed is he who hath attained, and woe unto the heedless [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.195f, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08021 | 120 | mixed | ام الکتاب میفرماید امروز جمیع اشیا بفرحی ظاهر که اقلام از ذکرش عاجز و قاصر | The Mother Book proclaimeth: On this Day all things are manifest with such joy that pens are powerless and unable to describe it [3.5s] | INBA15:294a, INBA26:296 | PYK.222 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04373 | 210 | Arabic | ام الکتاب ینطق قد اتی الوهاب بسلطان خضعت له الرقاب فاعتبروا یا اولی الالباب | The Mother Book proclaimeth: The All-Bountiful hath indeed come with a sovereignty before which all necks have bowed low. Take heed, O ye who are endowed with understanding [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.043, , BLIB_Or15713.180, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06033 | 160 | Arabic | ام الکتاب ینطق انه لا اله الا انا المقتدر علی ما اشاء باسمی المهیمن علی ما | The Mother Book proclaimeth: There is none other God but I, the All-Powerful over whatsoever I will, through My Name, the All-Dominant over all [3.5s] | INBA84:129, INBA84:066a, INBA84:008b.10 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for service; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06916 | 140 | mixed | ام البیان از افق سماء معانی ندا میفرماید و ام الکتاب از افق فم اراده ربانی | The Mother of Utterance calleth aloud from the horizon of the heaven of meanings, and the Mother Book proclaimeth from the horizon of the divine Will [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.090a, | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01947 | 450 | mixed | ام البیان ینطق و یقول قد اتی المالک الملک لله المهیمن القیوم ام الفرقان ینادی | The Mother of Utterance proclaimeth and saith: "The Sovereign hath come - dominion belongeth unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting!" The Mother of the Qur'an calleth aloud [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.268, | AQA6#287 p.279 | Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2510 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 90 | Ten Days in the Light of Akka | The mountain is large, but it has no intelligence. The diamond is small, but it is filled with light. The elephant produces no melody | TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06672 | 150 | Arabic | قد مرت الجبال من آیات الله الغنی المتعال و قام من فی القبور بندآء مکلم الطور و وضع | The mountains have passed away at the signs of God, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, and they that lay in their graves have arisen at the call of Him Who conversed upon the Mount [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15703.156, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3507 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 20 | the Muhammadans [are] accustomed to think Mahomet the greater because of his title 'Seal of the Prophets', but in the time of Jesus spirituality and the spiritual life was far greater. | PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215 | Christ; Christianity; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Muhammad; Islam; Seal of the Prophets; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08935 | 110 | Arabic | قد فاح مسک المعانی و لم یجده الا من تمسک بالحق معرضا عن کل باطل بعید تالله قد | The musk of inner meanings hath been diffused, yet none shall find it save those who have clung to the truth, turning away from all that is vain and remote. By God [3.5s] | INBA97:121a, BLIB_Or15696.153b, | Imam Husayn; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11680 | 230 | mixed | نامه مشکین که بپدر مهربان مرقوم نموده بودید بنهایت روح و ریحان حرفا بحرف | The musk-laden message which you had written to your kind father was read, word for word | SFI18.273 | LOIR20.168-169 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - |
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