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Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

I desire that every one of the believers may become an ignited candle... Today the confirmations of the kingdom of Abha are with those who renounce themselves... The master-key to self-mastery is self-forgetfulness

LOG#0390x, BSC.548 #992, SW_v11#01 p.018x

ABU2875

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

SW_v13#05 p.114

Fulfillment of true potential; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2950

The Bahá’í message is a call to religious unity and not an invitation to a new religion, not a new path to immortality.

SW_v15#02 p.028, DWN_v5#02 p.002

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Oneness; unity of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU2962

When I was a little boy in Teheran I was followed and beaten by the boys and the

SW_v09#18 p.201, PTIM.054

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3041

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

ABU3048

At the gate of the garden some stand and look within, but do not care to enter. Others step inside, behold its beauty, but do not penetrate far.

BW_v11p488, VLAB.158

L. Thoresen, J. Lenz [track 11], Ladjamaya [track 10]

Condition of search; Degrees of faith; certitude; Scarcity of receptive souls; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3086

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

ABU3097

Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people

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

ABU3100

Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

Firstly: The elected members must be religious persons, God-fearing, high-minded and followers of the law.

BSC.424 #767.2x, SW_v07#15 p.138-139

ABU3107

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

SW_v12#01 p.013

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3108

Truly I say unto thee, every maidservant who arises in this day in the mystery of sacrifice in the path of God

SW_v07#12 p.115-116

Angels; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU3109

Today the true duty of a powerful king is to establish universal peace: for verily it signifies the freedom of all the people of the world.

SW_v07#15 p.136

Status of kings; future of monarchy; True liberty; freedom; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3110

Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone; inflammable matter jets out from the interior of the earth

SW_v16#04 p.473

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3111

There was a Protestant who rejected the Bahá’í Faith because of the fact that His Holiness the Bab was martyred.

STAB#074

ABU3170

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

ABU3172

Praise be to God! Your hearts are overflowing with the love of God and you have no great attachment to this world.

SW_v14#02 p.061, DJT.072, BLO_PN#027

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

ABU3176

It is not your work but that of the Holy Spirit which you breathe forth through the Word.

SW_v08#12 p.148

Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Work as worship

ABU3179

We know a violator, Abdu'l-Baha says, as we know a donkey when we see him, because violation of the Covenant, he says has a pungent odor

SW_v09#05 p.062

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Mystery of the great reversal; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3180

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

SW_v07#15 p.147

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

ABU3204

We have sat together many times before, and we shall sit together many times again in the Kingdom. We shall laugh together very much in those times

BW_v12p899, VLAB.153

Christ; Christianity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death

ABU3216

If any soul desires to attain to Knowledge, in the moment when that desire had mounted to its apex--a teacher will be sent regardless whether that inquiring one is in a cave in the ground or in any other inaccessible place. The power of divine attraction will bring this Knowledge to that soul.

BSTW#485(p)

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

ABU3240

Baha'u'llah established Christ in the East. He has praised Christ, honored Christ, exalted Him

BSTW#207c

Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3245

The time will come in the near future when humanity will become so much more sensitive than at present

SW_v08#01 p.004-005

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU3246

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

SW_v12#18 p.280

House of Justice

ABU3257

Another characteristic of progress consists in the earnest and sincere development of public education

SW_v07#15 p.137

Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Universal education

ABU3258

Gradually racial prejudices will be dispelled. There will come a day when the German will say to the Frenchman, 'I am a Frenchman'

SW_v14#08 p.242

Predictions and prophecies; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3260

Be thou resolute and steadfast. When the tree is firmly rooted it will bear fruit

SW_v08#19 p.239

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3268

Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

All the believers, both men and women, in the West and in the East, must consider themselves the spreaders

BSC.548 #991

ABU3269

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

SW_v13#06 p.132

Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3330

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

SW_v13#05 p.102

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3340

It is not the body which feels pain or trouble but the soul. If we have a pain in our arm the defect

SW_v08#18 p.230

Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; 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

ABU3341

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

ABU3342

One night I was so hemmed in by My anxieties that I had no other recourse than to recite and repeat

GPB.275-276x, VLAB.029

Business; financial; property matters; Importance of prayer; Power of prayer

ABU3343

Although Abdu'l-Baha considers himself as a drop, yet this drop is connected with the Most Great Sea.

SW_v08#15 p.211

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3344

It was during the closing days of the Blessed Beauty, when I was engaged in gathering together His papers

GPB.310-311x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU3348

In the world of existence there is no power as efficacious and as penetrative as the power of love.

SW_v05#10 p.154

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; War and peace

ABU3349

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

ABU3361

You can best serve your country if you strive, in your capacity as a citizen of the world, to assist in the eventual application of the principle of federalism underlying the government of your own country to the relationships now existing between the peoples and nations of the world

ADJ.088x, WOB.037x, VLAB.100

Means of establishment of future civilization; Nationalism; love of country; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3362

Elections; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

But where thousands are considering these questions, we have more essential questions. The secrets of the whole economic question are divine in nature, and are concerned with the world of the heart and spirit. In the Bahá'í teaching this is most completely explained

BSC.446.12 #812x, SW_v13#09 p.231

ABU3363

I seemed to be standing within a great mosque, in the inmost shrine, facing the Qiblih, in the place of the Imam himself

GPB.310x, PAB.002

Accounts of dreams and visions; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3419

One is to forfeit possessions, to forfeit estates... One is to forsake relatives, station, et cetera, et cetera... Each one of these is a distinct insanity

PN_unsorted p073

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3425

I have trained Zeenat Khanum, and having confidence in her, therefore, I sent her to America

SW_v05#04 p.058

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

ABU3427

riches earned by personal effort with divine assistance, in various trades, agriculture and the arts, and rightly administered

SW_v07#15 p.145

Agriculture; Conduct in finance and business; Promotion of commerce and industry; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Work as worship

ABU3449

A heavy chain was placed about His neck by which He was chained to five other Babis

GPB.072x

Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal ; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3497

Lydia, Lydia, you cannot put up with this one man, and I have to put up with the whole human race.

SUR.236

ABU3525

It is most clear and manifest that national affairs will never revolve around their

SW_v07#15 p.138, SW_v07#15 p.141, SW_v09#07 p.082

Education of children; moral education; Unity of governments; political unity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal education

ABU3534

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit changes the small acorn into an over-shadowing tree

SW_v08#08 p.103

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; 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

ABU3535

Let us pray to God that the breath of the Holy Spirit may again give hope and refreshment to the people, awakening in them a desire to do the Will of God.

SW_v08#08 p.104

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3537

Be not grieved if thy circumstances become exacting, and problems press upon thee from all sides. Verily, thy Lord changeth grief into joy, hardship into comfort, and affliction into absolute ease.

DAL.093

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3546

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

SW_v08#12 p.154

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

ABU3553

Every stone of that building, every stone of the road leading to it [the Shrine of the Báb] I have with infinite tears and at tremendous cost, raised and placed in position

GPB.275x, VLAB.029, COB.224

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3561

The withered and faded are refreshed, the joyless becomes happy, the extinct

SW_v08#08 p.103

ABU3562

Sorrow is like furrows, the deeper they go the more plentiful are the fruits we obtain.

VLAB.128

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3593

Children of unbelievers and infidels who die before the age of responsibility are not punished, because they are under the favor of God.

SW_v09#09 p.101

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God

ABU3594

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

SW_v13#06 p.148

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Resurrection of Christ

ABU3595

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

SW_v13#04 p.090x

ABU3606

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

ABU3607

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

SW_v13#04 p.090x

Outward and inward meanings

ABU3608

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

SW_v13#04 p.090x

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

ABU3614

Be not grieved on account of poverty for true wealth is surging and inundating like unto the ocean.

SW_v08#02 p.020

Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3615

I dreamed a dream and behold, the Blessed Beauty (Baha'u'llah) came and said to Me: `Destroy this room.'

GPB.310x, PAB.003

Accounts of dreams and visions; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes

ABU3624

Truth (the highest truth) is unattainable except through the favor of the Holy Spirit.

SW_v08#08 p.098

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3630

I am a servant and this station I have chosen for myself.

SW_v08#15 p.210

ABU3645

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

ABU3667

450

Today the dynamic energy of the Holy Spirit has poured in such volume through the Messenger of God that even the masses of men have received it… The labour saving machines were given to create leisure for all mankind

SW_v24#04 p.106

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universal education; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU3669

310

During the time that His Holiness the Exalted One lived in Bushihr and was in the trading business, a few merchants bought some Prussian blue dye from His blessed Person

AFNAN.129-130

Business; financial; property matters; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU3673

260

These honored persons have sent a report to the Commission of Inquiry, which has resulted in the Commission’s head moving with a vengeance to eradicate the Cause of God

AFNAN.082-083

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU3674

250

Today, this man [Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí] has done such a deed and written in such wise that Mutisarrif Pasha wanted to use his statement as evidence to uproot Us completely. He has written

AFNAN.215-216

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of inheritance; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3676

230

This pearl rosary and a ruby ring originally belonged to Mírzá Musa Jawahiri, the son of Mírzá Hadi, and were both in that box

AFNAN.213-214

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU3677

220

Recently Siyyid Jamalu’d-Din [al-Afghani] has announced that the Bahá’í Faith intends to destroy the foundation of the world and aims at obliterating all religions

AFNAN.157-158

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3678

220

The religion of God has now been proclaimed in Germany. When the divine seed takes root in the soil, they will automatically spread and other roots appear and extend

ABU3679

210

It had been my earnest wish for you to stay in this region and to see to affairs related to the Holy Land. In particular, now that I am busy with the construction of the Shrine of the Báb

AFNAN.154

Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Manifestation of God as sun; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3681

190

How many of the prophets longed to be here in these days of God. Many Germans left their homeland and settled here on this mountain, where they awaited the arrival of the Promised One

BBBD.367

Mount Carmel; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection of Muhammad; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ABU3683

170

"There are many kinds of martyrdom. How many times have I prayed for it… So Christ never suffered upon the cross

SW_v24#04 p.105

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3684

160

At dawn, with wondrous and melodious voices, they will be engaged in the mention of God. Ships carrying the flag of “Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá!” will anchor at the port [of Haifa] and kings will disembark

RKS.067

Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Shrines and Holy places; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

ABU3690

130

I had a dream and you must interpret it for me…. Last night the Ancient Beauty appeared in my dream and said, ‘I have guests that have never been here before. I want you to receive them most befittingly.’

AFNAN.147

Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3700

100

One day in Baghdad, very early in the morning, Mullá Baqir, one of the Letters of the Living, attained the presence of Bahá’u’lláh. He asked him, “What were you doing last evening?” “I was reading the Ahsanu’l-Qisas,” he replied

AFNAN.130

Letters of the Living; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes

ABU3702

100

Many people come here in a gala journey. They stop at the best hotels. They come here when they have nothing to fear, they travel in a company of friends and are a gay crowd!

SW_v24#04 p.104

Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3705

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

ABU3763

370

Every Manifestation is the Adam of His time... There were one hundred thousand Adams before the Adam of biblical records each being the Manifestation of his own time or cycle.

PN_unsorted p087

Adam; Adam and Eve; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle

BB00616

In the Name of God, the victor of the most victorious, proclaim: God will assist all those who arise to serve Him. No one is able to deprive Him of His majesty, His dominion, His sovereignty, for in the heaven and the earth and in all the realms of God He is the victorious and the conqueror!

SW_v10#01 p.6

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH01673

530

Days of Remembrance

Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having cast in this Day the radiance of all Thy names upon all created things, O Thou Who art the Lord of glory

AMB#15

DOR#15

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02503

360

O people of Baha! Be as the cloud that from you may be showered… Ponder God in your heart… I came not to proclaim that which ye already possess…

BW_v01p042-043

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Justice and wrath of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02727

330

We have verily sent forth a fragrant breath from the holy fragrances of this exalted Paradise that the world may be perfumed in these days when the Temple of Immortality hath been established

LTDT.266-267

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03441

270

It hath been a long time since news of thee hath been received. It seemeth that thou hast secluded thyself from the world and its people, choosing solitude.

LTDT.265-266, LTDT.080-081x

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03590

260

The time of former things is past and a new time has become manifest, and all things are made new by the desire of God.

SW_v14#04 p.110

Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03775

250

Rejoice! Rejoice! O children of Israel, in the graces of the Manifestation of the Glorious Lord

SW_v04#17 p.282

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Jews; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03965

240

O God, my God! Thou seest these wayward servants of Thine lost in the wilderness of error

SW_v14#03 p.082

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04128

230

O thou blessed, luminous leaf! Sing and chant these most lofty words on the branches of the Tree of Baha

DAS.1914-09-12

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God

BH04129

230

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

LTDT.271-272x

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

BH04359

220

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement

Praise be to Thee, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Praise be to Thee

BP1929.vii, SW_v05#03 p.033, SW_v12#01 p.006-007, SW_v15#01 p.009, BSC.183 #263

BH04605

210

It behoveth him that desireth to teach the Cause of his Lord to adorn his head with the crown of detachment… Happy are the righteous that have attained… O friends! The thief and the traitor are lying in wait… In this day, whosoever rendeth not asunder the veil... Words must be followed by deeds... Regard not the Cause of God as child's play...

BW_v01p043

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds

BH04938

200

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

NYR#130x, NYR#165x

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

BH05251

190

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

LTDT.283-284x

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

BH06012

170

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superstition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance…

BSC.157 #147-150x

BH06396

160

Mahd-i-Ulya says, 'Letters written to the Iraqi friends would be better in the Persian tongue.' I say that they are also informed of the melodies of Hijaz

LTDT.282

Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH06897

150

I perused thy letter and heard thy voice. Thy lamentations and groaning are like the lamentation and groaning of the sincere

DAS.1913-10-04

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH06898

150

O Muṣṭafá! There hath come before Us a letter from Jamál — him who hath soared in the atmosphere of the love of thy Lord

MIS.431-432

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06899

150

O Muṣṭafá! Be thou thankful for that thou hast been remembered by this Wronged One, and that there hath been revealed for thee

MIS.434-434

Call to action; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06900

150

Separation from the things of the world is a sun. If it shines forth from the horizon of the heaven of any soul

SW_v14#11 p.321

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH07995

130

What did it profit thee, and such as are like thee, to slay, year after year, so many of the oppressed, and to inflict upon them manifold afflictions

BKOG.212, GPB.160-161x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH07996

130

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind!

BP1929.003, DWN_v5#06 p.001-002, BSC.184 #264

The Bird & The Butterfly, R. Dupras, Nica

BH07997

130

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing

I ask of Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty, and I supplicate Thee by the manifestation of Thy Greatest Majesty

BSC.186 #271, BP1929.029-030

BH07998

130

O My sister! It hath been a long time since thy news hath reached this Prisoner. As Jinab-i-Shaykh Muhammad was in recent days travelling to that region

LTDT.264-265

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08624

120

Take up the exalted Pen, O Servant, move it on the snow-white tablet and call to remembrance Thy sister, Fatimih, that the bounty upon her

LTDT.281-282

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

BH08625

120

Verily, we heard your supplications, and granted them to you

BLO_PT#179

Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH09182

110

O My sister and the leaf of My Tree! Give ear to the call of this Wronged One raised from the direction of His renowned and infamous Prison

LTDT.268

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for women; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09184

110

Praised be God alone, and salutation be upon the One after whom there is no prophet. O Husayn Effendi!

LTDT.322

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters

BH09724

100

Recall to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials... heart was torn with agony...

WOB.174x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09725

100

O my Lord, my Adored One and my Desire! Lowly and suppliant, I implore Thee to shield me

SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v5#01 p.001-002

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09726

100

O peoples, do not spill blood and do not seize the goods of others. By my life, the sword of good character and kindness is sharper than a sword of iron

SW_v01#18 p.005

High station of learning; Murder; causing physical harm; Theft; seizing the properties of others; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH10128

The Book declares. What [does] it declare? It declares that the mystery has come. The shell declares: The ideal Pearl has come.

DAS.1914-09-12

Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH10129

In my Name the Oppressed, from my most great Prison. By my life, and my sorrow, and my affliction, if the Supreme Pen had addressed itself

MSBR.060-061x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

LL#446

BH10131

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

PDC.132x

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

BH10132

Blessed are the people of Baha! God beareth Me witness! They are the solace of the eye of creation.

ADJ.076x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement

BH10134

Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

O our God, we beg of Thee by the King of Names and Maker of heaven and earth, and by the rustling… instant, exact and complete obedience.

SW_v14#06 p.166x, BSC.186 #272, BP1929.033

BH10135

O people of the Qur'an! Verily, the Prophet of God, Muhammad, sheddeth tears at the sight of your cruelty

WOB.179x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Justice and wrath of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders

BH10136

O Mahd, O members of the Household! Tonight, after supper, the portal of bounty was opened and the Wronged One engaged in mentioning you.

LTDT.250

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH10137

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

BH10138

O Lord, deliver us from all temptations, tests and evil suggestions of those who turned their faces from Thee.

BP1929.020

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH10140

Grieve thou not over those that have busied themselves with the things of this world

ADJ.081x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH10505

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers

O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants and reveal to them Thy great purpose.

BPRY.238, BNE.098, SW_v02#04 p.013, SW_v10#05 p.151, BSC.187 #275, BP1929.035-036, PN_1909B p057

Juliet & Adam, The Badasht Project (1), The Badasht Project (2), G.H. Miller, NKAK, D. Gundry, The Descendants, A. Bryan, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, JC, Nabil & Karim, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, O. Master, E. Dozier, A. Youssefi, The Cocker Brothers, O. Devine, Ine, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, E. Hamilton, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH10508

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

GPB.216x

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

BH10509

How long will ye, O concourse of divines, level the spears of hatred at the face of Baha? Rein in your pens

PDC.135x

Fire and light; fire and water; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH10510

O Munirih! He verily fulfilleth what hath been promised in the Book. Let nothing sadden thee. She verily ascended to God

LTDT.323x

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death

BH10511

The Son of Greatness hath said that which is revealed from the heaven of Will in this Supreme Manifestation

SW_v10#05 p.091

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH10512

I swear by the one true God! This is the day of those who have detached themselves from all but Him

ADJ.085ax

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH10513

Vie ye with each other in the service of God and of His Cause. This is indeed what profiteth you

ADJ.083x

Consolation and comfort; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10741

I bear witness that thou hast helped thy Lord, and art one of the helpers. To [the truth of] my testimony

BKOG.323-324, BRHL.053-054

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

LL#202

BH10743

Mahd-i-'Ulya! As divine favour is these days all-embracing and the Afnans, upon them be God's Glory, are under the Sidrih, a robe of honour

LTDT.249-250x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

BH10744

Say: Beware, O people of Baha, lest the strong ones of the earth rob you of your strength

COC#0330x, COC#1526x, COC#1650x, ADJ.082x

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10745

O God! O God! We beg of Thee by all the Names by which Thou art known, to exalt the humiliation of Thy chosen ones by Thy glory

BP1929.034-035

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession

BH10746

Be fair, ye peoples of the world! Is it meet and seemly for you to question

WOB.106-107x

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH10747

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

BH10982

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

COC#0576x

MANA

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

BH10983

...The kings, have recognized that it was not in their interest to acknowledge Me, as have likewise the ministers and the divines

PDC.028x

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

BH10984

O Greater Branch! Upon thee be My Glory and My favour. Praised be God Who hath enabled Mahd and members of the Household to do that which hath been revealed in the Qur'an

LTDT.250x

Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10985

God beareth witness that verily there is no God but Him. He guideth to His straight path whomsoever He willeth

LTDT.324x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH10986

God the true One is My Witness! This is the Day whereon it is incumbent upon everyone that seeth to behold

ADJ.079-080x

K. Key

Call to action; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name

BH11198

O khanum! O maidservant of God! That is, O thou My maidservant!

DAS.1914-09-12, LTDT.114

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11200

I swear by God! So great are the things ordained for the steadfast that were they

ADJ.084x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11201

O my God! Thy nearness is my hope and to commune with Thee, my joy. Thy love is my comfort and Thy Name, my prayer. Thy presence is my peace

BP1929.016-107

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11202

Be patient in misfortunes and contented under all circumstances. In truth be firm and unwavering; be quick in doing good deeds

DWN_v3#01 p.009x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11203

It has been our aim to uplift man, through exalted Words, unto the Supreme Horizon

SW_v06#01 p.001, SW_v10#05 p.091

Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

BH11204

Were mankind to give heed in a befitting manner to no more than one word

WOB.106x

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11357

Know, O ye inhabitants of the earth! My hair is My sword. It kills the lovers

DAS.1914-09-12

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH11358

I declare by the Sun of Truth, which has shone forth from the highest horizon of the world

SW_v10#05 p.092

Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

BH11359

Every single letter proceeding from Our mouth is endowed with such regenerative

COC#1647x, ADJ.080x, WOB.107x

The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11360

Whosoever ariseth to aid our Cause God will render him victorious over ten times ten thousand souls

MBW.101x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH11361

O ye discerning ones! Verily, the words which have descended from the heaven of the Will of God

ADJ.037ax, SW_v01#04 p.021x

Race unity; racial issues; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

BH11362

All the Divine Books and Scriptures have predicted and announced unto men the advent

GPB.100x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH11363

Blessed is he who loved the world simply for the sake of the face of his generous Lord. With perfect compassion and mercy

SW_v10#05 p.092

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11364

Through the blood which they shed the earth hath been impregnated

GPB.080x

Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

BH11365

In this day the tastes of men have changed, and their power of perception hath altered. The contrary winds of the world, and its colors, have provoked a cold

PDC.188x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11367

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

BH11368

Say: O servants! The triumph of this Cause hath depended, and will continue to depend, upon the appearance of holy souls

ADJ.083x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11369

By those words which I have revealed, Myself is not intended, but rather He Who will come after Me. To it is witness God, the All-Knowing. Deal not with Him as ye have dealt with Me

WOB.117x

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

BH11451

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

COC#0363x

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

BH11452

The revelation of which I am the bearer is adapted to humanity's spiritual receptiveness and capacity

WOB.060x

Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God

BH11453

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

BH11454

After a time all the governments on earth will change. Oppression will envelop the world. And following a universal convulsion

PDC.191x

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

BH11455

He that partaketh of the waters of My Revelation will taste all the incorruptible

WOB.107x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11456

O people of the earth! Make not the religion of God a cause of variance among you. Verily of a truth, it was revealed for the unifying of the whole world.

SW_v10#05 p.091

Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

BH11457

I swear by My life! Nothing save that which profiteth them can befall My loved ones.

ADJ.082x

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11458

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

BH11459

All the saplings of the world have appeared from one Tree, and all the drops from one Ocean, and all beings owe their existence to one Being

PDC.187x

Creation of the world; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH11460

God, singly and alone, abideth in His Own Place, which is holy above space and time, mention and utterance, sign, description and definition, height and depth.

SW_v02#05 p.015

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11461

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

BH11462

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

BH11463

So loud hath been the voice of My lamentation that every mother mourning for her child would be amazed, and would still her weeping and her grief

GPB.118x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH11464

It would be more acceptable in My sight for a person to harm one of My own sons or relatives rather than inflict injury upon any soul

GPB.134x

Murder; causing physical harm; Saddening another soul

BH11538

...This Day is God's Day, and this Cause His Cause. Happy is he who hath renounced this world, and clung to Him Who is the Dayspring of God's Revelation

ADJ.079x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Hands of the Cause; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11539

O Hudhud! We make mention of thee through remembering Our sister, and her days, and how her heart was ablaze with the fire of her Lord's love

LTDT.271x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11540

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

COC#0258x, ADJ.082x

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

BH11541

The days are approaching their end, and yet the peoples of the earth are sunk in grievous heedlessness

ADJ.081x

BH11542

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

BH11543

Were We to make mention of what befell Us, the heavens would be rent asunder and the mountains would crumble

GPB.189-190x

LL#419

BH11544

When the secret nursed in his (Mirza Yahya) bosom was revealed by God he disclaimed such an intention, and imputed it to that same servant (Ustad Muhammad-'Ali)

GPB.166x

BH11545

The divines of Persia ... have perpetrated what the Jews have not perpetrated during the Revelation of Him Who is the Spirit

GPB.231x

BH11547

...what has been revealed [regarding the most great elixir] was set forth for the purpose of imparting proof, so that this earth should not be deprived of visible testimony

BYC_alchemy

Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH11548

The most honored of all governments, the pride, the admiration and the envy of the peoples of the world

BADM.118x

BH11549

Soon shall the blasts of His chastisement beat upon you, and the dust of hell enshroud you.

PDC.004x

BH11550

from Whom God hath caused to proceed the knowledge of all that was and shall be

COF.095ax

BH11551

behave towards the government of the country in which they reside with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness

GPB.219x

BH11574

I swear by the Sun of Truth, which ariseth and appeareth from the horizon of this Most Great Prison, that the beauty of Eternity desireth not strive and contention

MSBR.064

LL#441

BH11575

The object of all that hath been shown forth is that men's ears should be prepared to listen to this lofty Word

MSBR.065

LL#442

BH11576

...the Gulf that hath branched out of this Ocean that hath encompassed all created things

GPB.243x

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11578

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

TDH#158.19x, GPB.098x

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

BH11599

unknown

ROB3.235, LL#425

BH11600

unknown

ROB2.179, LL#002

BH11601

unknown

ROB3.021, LL#396

BH11674

Detachment is as the sun; in whatsoever heart it doth shine it quencheth the fire of covetousness and self. He whose sight is illumined with the light of understanding will assuredly detach himself from the world and the vanities thereof…

BW_v01p042

K. Key

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Manifestation of God as sun; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11675

I came not to proclaim that which ye already possess. Verily, verily, this day is a new day; He that hath come is the Wondrous, and His bidding the wonder of all that is in heaven and on earth

BW_v01p042

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH11676

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

Verily, I say, fasting is the supreme remedy and the most great healing for the disease of self and passion

BRL_IOPF#1.17x

Rosalynd & Pascal

BH11804

140

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

Glory be to the Lord of the world; and thanks be to the Hands of His Cause; and praise be to the Trustees of His House of Justice

BRL_ATBH#32

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; House of Justice; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Praise and encouragement

BH11831

120

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

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

BRL_IOPF#1.09x

BH11837

110

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Knowledge; recognition of God; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

All praise be to the one true God Who hath assisted His loved ones to observe the Fast and hath aided them to fulfill that which hath been decreed in the Book

BRL_IOPF#1.18x

BH11856

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of

...We beseech God to assist His people that they may observe the most great and exalted Fast, which is to protect one’s eye from beholding whatever is forbidden

BRL_IOPF#1.12x

BH11861

...There is but one reality and one essence that is expounded in the worlds of outer form, and, at each of its stages, is described by a specific name ... in accordance with the degrees of its particular manifestations on the plane of this limited world

JBS#2.3x

Alchemy; the elixir; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH11862

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of fasting; Law of obligatory prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution

All praise be unto God, Who hath revealed the law of obligatory prayer as a reminder to His servants, and enjoined on them the Fast that those possessed of means may become apprised of the woes and sufferings of the destitute

BRL_IOPF#1.02x

BH11863

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

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

BRL_IOPF#1.05x

BH11877

350

...The honored Afnáns, upon them rest all My glory, the Most Glorious, arrived in Beirut and, afterwards, by Our leave, gradually and individually arrived here

GEN.313x

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

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

BH11908

The other matter is that, at thy previous request, three verses were revealed and sent specially for the gravestone of the illustrious exalted leaf, upon her rest the Most Glorious of the Glorious

AFNAN.117x

Wisdom [hikmat]

BH11911

This honor and benevolence hath been bestowed upon the ukht [sister] and her descendants, from her Lord, the Merciful. He is the Munificent and the Compassionate, and He is the Generous and the Bounteous

AFNAN.172

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11916

100

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

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

BRL_ATBH#68x

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

BH11917

120

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

O thou who art the manifestation of My truth! If thou art slumbering upon thy couch, lift up thy head; and if thou art seated, by the power of My name, arise

BRL_ATBH#78x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world

BHU0007

330

Had you, in turn, followed My counsels... that flame that hath been kindled... Command the governers... These creatures are the same creatures... Bid them recite... By God besides Whom... Now, praise be to God... The Ottoman Sultan... it is better to be killed... Had this cause been revealed

BKOG.122x, GPB.007x, GPB.105x3x, GPB.119x2x, GPB.126x, GPB.195-196x, GPB.196x, GPB.198x, GPB.253x

BHU0009

260

Zillu's-Sultan wrote Me a letter which was in his own handwriting, and gave it to Haji Sayyah to bring. He requested Me to aid him with the Babis to destroy his Shah-Baba.

BKOG.409-410, AFNAN.030-031

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0012

220

No prisoner has ever been accorded the treatment which I received at the hands of the acting governor of Amul

DB.375

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0013

220

The world of today is not like unto the world of former times. The many wonderful arts and inventions

DAS.1914-01-01

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Life and death; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

BHU0014

210

Do you see this Garden? Do you see all these stones? All will be destroyed. But the time will come when these will be renewed.

SUR.281-282, PN_1901 p029, PN_1901 p041

Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BHU0017

180

We were all gathered in the village of Niyala and were resting at the foot of a mountain, when, at the hour of dawn, we were suddenly awakened by the stones

BKOG.046-047, DB.299

Quddus; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]

BHU0018

160

The Amir-Nizam asked Us one day to see him. He received Us cordially, and revealed the purpose

DB.591

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0019

140

Nasiri'd-Din Shah and Abdu'l-'Aziz both transgressed against Us... but the tyranny of 'Abdu'l-'Aziz was by far the more severe

BKOG.412-413, AFNAN.035

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0020

140

Tell the king that this territory will pass out of his hands... It would have been meet for His Majesty the Sultan to have gathered an assembly

BKOG.261

Petitions to authorities; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0021

140

Tell him, no one in this world can claim any relationship... This brother of Mine, this Mirza Musa, who is from the same

COC#0769x, GPB.133x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions

BHU0028

These creatures are the same creatures who for three thousand years have worshipped idols, and bowed down before the Golden Calf.

BKOG.114, GPB.119x

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0029

Prior to Our departure from Baghdád, We entered the Najíbíyyih Garden and tarried there for twelve days

STOB.093-094 #124, AFNAN.044

Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0030

At stated periods souls are sent to earth by the Mighty God with what we call the Power of the Great Ether. And they who possess this power can do anything

EBTB.081-082, CHH.133, SW_v08#15 p.205, DJT.309, FDA.030

Christ; Christianity; Power of the Manifestation of God

BHU0032

O My Leaf and My Handmaiden, verily We chose thee and accepted thee to serve My Most Great Branch

BKOG.348

Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BHU0034

There is only one Master—the others have names. The Master is none other than the Most Great Branch, He around Whom all names revolve.... Everything the Master says is just the same as if I said it. He is Me, and I am He.

STOB.092 #123, PN_1901 p028, PN_1901 p035, AFNAN.042, RKS.025x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BHU0035

O My companions I entrust to your keeping this city of Baghdad, in the state ye now behold it, when from the eyes of friends and strangers alike

GPB.149x

BHU0036

They [the friends] should establish beyond a shadow of doubt that by “Unity of God” is meant that the Manifestations of God Who inaugurate each Dispensation are to be regarded as one soul

STOB.079 #109

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Imam 'Ali; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BHU0037

By the truth of God, from the horizon of My visage a Sun hath dawned, on which the Supreme Pen

BKOG.237x

BHU0040

Mulla Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Zanjani, soon after he had delivered that Tablet to Haji Mirza Aqasi, came and visited me.

DB.323

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BHU0041

It is more manifest than the sun.... Refer to the farman of the government which is in your possession..... My name is Baha'u'llah, and My country is Nur. Be ye apprized of it.

GPB.190x3x

BHU0042

He may well succeed in reproducing outwardly the exact counterpart of this low-roofed room

GPB.134-135x

BHU0043

Had the Amir-Nizam been aware of My true position

GPB.082x

BHU0044

We have through this all-satisfying, all-embracing message which We sent, revealed and vindicated the miracles of all the Prophets

GPB.144x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BHU0045

God is My witness! Were it not contrary to the Law of God, I would have kissed the hand of My would-be murderer, and would cause him to inherit My earthly goods

ADJ.027x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

BHU0046

This journey will be unlike any of the previous journeys

GPB.182x

Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BHU0047

Sultan Abdu'l-'Aziz banished Us to this country in the greatest abasement, and since his object was to destroy Us and humble Us

GPB.195x

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BHU0048

Hear Me, My son. By God, the True One! This Cause will assuredly be made manifest. Heed thou not the idle talk of the people of the Bayan

GPB.116x

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0049

There are four qualities which I love to see manifested in people: first, enthusiasm and courage; second, a face wreathed in smiles and a radiant countenance; third, that they see all things with their own eyes and not through the eyes of others; fourth, the ability to carry a task, once begun, through to its end.

STOB.051 #060

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Personal instructions; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BHU0050

man is not infallible [but] God is the All-Forgiving. In the same way that God is the “Concealer”, so should the believers be forgiving

STOB.056 #068

BHU0051

We did not associate with officials and the people while dwelling in the Most Great Prison but left this difficult task for the Master.

STOB.062 #086

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Personal instructions; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0053

Whatever action the ministers of the Sultan took against Us, after having become acquainted with its contents, cannot be regarded as unjustifiable. The acts they committed before its perusal, however, can have no justification

GPB.160x

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0054

Siyyid Isma'il was possessed of such power and might that were he to be confronted

GPB.136x

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0055

God is My witness that I have never seen the book you refer to. I regard, however, through the power of God, ... whatever you wish me to do as easy of accomplishment

GPB.122x

Power of faith; power of the spirit

BHU0056

These tents may be likened to the trappings of this world, which no sooner are they spread out than the time cometh for them to be rolled up

GPB.147x

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BHU0057

The traditions (hadith) which are passed down in Islam have been the cause of ruin for many homes, sources of disunity and division, and of suffering and calamities.

STOB.051 #059

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

BHU0058

Let your acts be a guide unto all mankind, that from your behaviour and conduct they may be enabled to recognize the signs and commandments of God.

STOB.056 #067

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Goodly deeds; actions; The power of example; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0059

If one of your soldiers were to commit a reprehensible act, would you be held responsible, and be punished in his place?

GPB.190x

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BHU0060

In the Book of God it is recorded that should a person embrace this Faith, his father and mother shall also receive forgiveness.

STOB.058 #072

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Parents and children; youth; families

BHU0061

We have, for a while, tarried amongst this people, and failed to discern the slightest response on their part

GPB.119x

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

BHU0062

No blood has, till now, been poured upon the earth as pure as the blood he shed

GPB.136-137x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BHU0063

Extend thy consideration to Our loved ones and deal with them with kindness

GPB.150x

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

BHU0067

280

Islam was a good religion, but they destroyed it. Differences arose from the beginning of the Dispensation and, after the ascension of the Prophet, the foundation of Islam was shattered

AFNAN.033-034

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0068

190

With the aid of Nasiri’d-Din Sháh and [Sultan] `Abdu’l-`Aziz, Shaykh `Abdu’l-Husayn tried hard to extinguish the light of God’s Cause… Another day in Baghdad, a learned divine came to see Us. He had a tall, heavy frame and thick beard

AFNAN.044-045

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humor; jokes; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BHU0069

170

Consider how unfair and truly void of faith they [the Azalis] are. Because of the Mu`tamu’d-Dawlih’s supplications in Isfahán… One day, several of the clergy came to visit Us. One of them asked, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘We are from `Amá,’ We responded… The day We left Baghdad, We moved to the Garden of Najíb Pasha and stayed there for 12 days

AFNAN.042-043

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BHU0070

170

When Mullá `Alí was led to the place of his martyrdom, he instructed the executioner to open one of his veins. When a bit of his throat was cut, with his own sacred blood, he dyed his white beard red

AFNAN.045-046

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom

BHU0071

140

O flowers of the rose-garden of the honored Afnán! You are welcome; you are welcome. Your departure from Shiraz was very difficult and tiring

AFNAN.028-029

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

BHU0073

Should one of Our Aghsán ever for a moment pass out from the shadow of the Cause, he will cease to be of any consequence

AFNAN.041

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU0186

Address at New York Peace Society reception, spoken on 1912-05-13

940

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Although I felt indisposed this afternoon, yet because I attach great importance to this assembly

BWF.231-235, PUP#048 (p.123-126), FWU.020, SW_v03#08 p.014-015

Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0702

Address at Nineteen-day Feast, home of Mrs Robinson in London, 1912-12-29

820

These delegates who have gathered in the Peace Conference are like merchants. Each strives to compete for victory with his rival…. The Nineteen Day Feast was inaugurated by the Báb and ratified by Bahá'u'lláh, in His holy Book, the Akdas

BDA2.049n

COC#0934, DAS.1912-12-30n, BNEW#33 pp.1-2 Jul 1929, BSTW#032x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0045

Address at Theosophical Society on 1912-10-11

1610

Many investigators of truth hold the opinion that of the seven rays of the Sun of Reality six have emanated and have passed away

ECN.310+770

Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0388

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

630

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

PN_1912 p023, BSTW#335

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

ABU0046

Address at weekly meeting, 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-02-14

1600

Whenever the Holy Manifestations of God appear in this world they establish their validity with certain proofs. One of their proofs is the prophecies

DAS.1913-02-14, BSTW#147

Miracles and their interpretation; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0088

Address given at the Hotel Iroquois, Buffalo, 1912-09-10

1300

Power of faith; power of the spirit; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

MHMD1.253

ABU0900

Address to a group of Bahá'í women at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02

340

Education and the development of capacity; Evolution; human evolution; Manifestation of God as sun; Need for an educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

When we look upon the kingdoms of creation below man, we find three forms or planes of existence

PUP#033 (p.077-078), SW_v03#04 p.014-015, PN_1912 p084

ABU0146

Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02

1050

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities

BDA1.065n

LOG#0488x, LOG#2077x, LOG#2086x, PUP#032 (p.074-077), BSC.308 #629, SW_v03#04 p.012-014, DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x, PN_1912 p081

Equality of men and women; Manifestation of God as sun; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity in diversity; Universal education

MHMD1.073

ABU0058

Address to L'Alliance Spiritualiste on 1913-02-21

1500

We observe that every movement which establishes unity and amity brings in its train life

DAS.1913-02-21, ADP.175-184

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU0573

Address to NAACP convention, Handel Hall in Chicago, 1912-04-30

490

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

According to the words of the Old Testament God has said, "Let us make man in our image

BDA1.062n

PUP#029 (p.069-070), SW_v03#04 p.010-011

Human reality created in the image of God; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Race unity; racial issues

MHMD1.071

ABU2365

Address to Outlook Tower society on 8 Jan. 1913

100

I have pleasure in presenting myself to this gathering, so that I may explain to you certain of the principles of Bahá'u'lláh. Nearly sixty years ago

ABCC.364-365x

Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0554

Address to the Baha'is at 1901 18th St. NW in Washington, 1912-11-10

500

PUP#127 (p.428-430), SW_v06#13 p.103-104

I am greatly pleased with the friends in Washington and experience real happiness in meeting them

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0818

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12

370

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

You are all exceedingly welcome. Do you realize how much you should thank God for His blessings?

PUP#067 (p.187-189), SW_v03#10 p.015

ABU1897

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-11-16

160

High station of the true believer; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

Wherever the mention of Baha'u'llah rises up, that is the paradise of Abha.

PUP#129 (p.437), BSTW#088

ABU0268

Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30

790

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee.

BDA1.063n

BPRY.026x, PUP#027 (p.065-067), BSC.327 #650, SW_v03#04 p.007-008, SW_v05#16 p.248-250, SW_v06#17 p.144-145, SW_v12#06 p.123, PN_1912 p075, BW_v01p060x

A. Rae

Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MHMD1.071

ABU0588

Address to the Baha'is at banquet, Great Northern Hotel in New York, 1912-11-23

480

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause

Throughout the world there are innumerable meetings and assemblages, more or less important

PUP#132 (p.447-448)

ABU0701

Address to the Baha'is at Dyer home in Washington, 1912-04-24

420

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

A meeting such as this seems like a beautiful cluster of precious jewels -- pearls, rubies, diamonds, sapphires

BDA1.048n

PUP#023 (p.056-057), SW_v03#03 p.021-022, SW_v19#03 p.089

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.057

ABU0066

Address to the Baha'is at home of Corinne True in Chicago, 1912-11-01

1430

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

I am well pleased with every person here this evening and most happy in meeting the friends

PUP#116 (p.383-387), SW_v05#15 p.230-231+234, SW_v08#17 p.223+ 227

The Friends in Chicago

ABU0412

Address to the Baha'is at Hotel Plaza in Chicago, 1912-10-31

610

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Christian doctrine and practice; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

In Los Angeles and San Francisco great interest was manifested in the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh.... After His Holiness Christ, there were many who appeared who were instrumental

PUP#115 (p.381-383), SW_v08#14 p.188-189, SW_v09#13 p.147-148, BSTW#052mx

ABU0970

Address to the Baha'is at Kinney home in New York, 1912-04-11

320

Promulgation of Universal Peace (book)

How are you? You are welcome. After arriving today, although tired, still I had the utmost longing and yearning to see you

PUP#001 (p.003-004), SW_v03#10 p.004-005

R. Yazhari

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

First chapter of the book "The Promulgation of Universal Peace", a collection of 140 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 1912 visit to the United States and Canada.

ABU1122

Address to the Baha'is at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-02

280

Being a source of light; guidance; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

These are the days of my farewell to you, for I am sailing on the fifth of the month… let each one of you be as a lamp shining forth with the light of the virtues

BRL_DAK#1240

PUP#134 (p.452-453), SW_v05#01 p.007+010, PN_1912 p019

The Joburg Baha'i Choir

ABU0579

Address to the Baha'is at Krug home in New York, 1912-07-15

480

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Study; deepening; Thankfulness; gratitude; Words vs deeds

I am greatly pleased to see you. Your hearts are illumined by the lights of Baha

PUP#083 (p.236-237), SW_v04#06 p.103+106, PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351d

ABU0259

Address to the Baha'is at MacNutt home in New York, 1912-06-16

800

Astrology and numerology; Development of capacity and readiness; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

This is a splendid gathering, a meeting of the maidservants of the Merciful and the beloved of God

LOG#1377x, PUP#070 (p.194-197), SW_v03#10 p.017-019

ABU0961

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22

320

You are all welcome. I am very glad to see you all... For six thousand years misunderstandings have kept humanity divided.

BSTW#336a

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ABU0342

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-23

690

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

Today I have been speaking from dawn until now, yet because of love, fellowship and desire to be with you

BDA1.046n

PUP#019 (p.046-048), SW_v03#03 p.015-016, SW_v08#02 p.026, SW_v08#18 p.243

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Wisdom [hikmat]

MHMD1.055

ABU0394

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-24

630

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

You are welcome this afternoon, most welcome. I am ever happy to see you. I ask God that meeting me... O Thou merciful God! O Thou Who art mighty and powerful!

BPRY.087-088x, PUP#022 (p.054-056), SW_v03#03 p.020-021

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0233

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-25

860

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

In the world of existence the greatest bestowals of God are His teachings. The other bounties of God

BDA1.051n

PUP#026 (p.061-064), SW_v03#05 p.007-008, BSTW#336c

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The mind's power of discovery; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.059

ABU0336

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-11-07

700

PUP#119 (p.397-399), SW_v06#02 p.017-018

Consider events in the Balkans today where a great conflagration of war is furiously raging

Martyrdom of the Bab; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU0094

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-11-09

1260

PUP#122 (p.411-415), SW_v06#02 p.011-013+016

The address delivered last evening in the Jewish synagogue evidently disturbed some

Christ; Christianity; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU0260

Address to the Baha'is at Rauscher's Hall in Washington, 1912-11-09

800

PUP#124 (p.418-421), SW_v06#13 p.097-099

I feel a keen sense of joy in being present at this banquet this evening, for -- praise be to God!

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1241

Address to the Baha'is at Sanatorium of Dr. Swingle in Cleveland, 1912-05-06

260

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a beautiful city; the climate is pleasant; the views are charming. All the cities of America... Now this American nation is a revered nation, and presents great and deserved

BDA1.074n

PUP#043 (p.104), SW_v03#06 p.005-006, SW_v13#12 p.343

Development of capacity and readiness; Praise of Western values; culture; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

MHMD1.082

ABU0373

Address to the Baha'is at Studio Hall in Washington, 1912-04-21

650

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

I have come here to visit you. With the greatest longing I have wished to see you. Realizing it was only with a great deal of trouble... In this cycle there shall be such progress along the lines of civilization

PUP#015 (p.037-039), SW_v03#03 p.009-010, BSTW#337

ABU0652

Address to the Baha'is at table at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22

450

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

See how good Baha'u'llah is to us, how great the power of His Word! From what distant parts of the world.... When the Mohammedans came and conquered Persia

BDA1.046n

PUP#017 (p.043-044), SW_v03#03 p.012-014, SW_v09#18 p.206, SW_v19#03 p.089, STAB#054

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Stories; anecdotes

MHMD1.054

ABU1153

Address to the Baha'is at Temple site in Chicago, 1912-05-01

280

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

The power which has gathered you here today notwithstanding the cold and windy weather

BDA1.063n

PUP#030 (p.071-072), SW_v03#04 p.008-009, SW_v06#17 p.145-146, PN_1912 p079

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

MHMD1.072

ABU0038

Address to the Baha'is at Thompson home in New York, 1912-11-15

1760

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

I have spoken in the various Christian churches and in the synagogues, and in no assemblage

PUP#128 (p.431-437), SW_v08#03 p.029-031+039-040, DJT.368-369x, BLO_PN#027x

ABU0093

Address to the Baha'is at True home in Chicago, 1912-09-16

1260

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Allah-u-Abha! Praise be to God! I have spent a number of days among you, associating with you in love

LOG#0629x, PUP#104 (p.320-324), BSC.279 #577x, SW_v03#15 p.007+008-010, BSTW#052ox

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU0410

Address to the Baha'is at Unity Feast in West Englewood, 1912-06-29

610

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

This is a delightful gathering; you have come here with sincere intentions, and the purpose

NJB_v14#05 p.158n

PUP#076 (p.213-215)

ABU0631

Address to the friends at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1913-05-30

450

This is a blessed night because Consul Schwarz and his respected wife have come from Germany with the greatest of longing so that they may associate with you.

DAS.1913-05-30

East and West; communication between East and West; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ABU2189

Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-04

120

You are most welcome. I have been sick for the last few days but I am always pleased to meet the friends. I beg from the favors of God to illumine each one

DAS.1913-03-04

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition

ABU1788

Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-05

170

You are very welcomed. I am always glad to meet you and associate with you. But the weather of Paris did not agree with me and caused me this illness.

DAS.1913-03-05

Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1630

Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-07

190

You are welcome! I constantly pray for you and beg for each the divine Confirmations, so that the eye of your insight may be opened to see those objects

DAS.1913-03-07

Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Realms of being; three realms; five realms

ABU1028

Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-09

300

O God! This [city of] Paris is a lamp in the utmost transparency but it is in need of the light. It is a body in the greatest of comeliness but it is in need of the spirit.

DAS.1913-03-09

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1037

Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-17

300

My general health is well but my nerves are weak. My physical body is not afflicted with any ailment, but having lived forty years in the prison of Acca

DAS.1913-03-17

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0726

Address to Women's Freedom League, Essex Hall in London, 1913-01-02

410

Humanity is like a bird with its two wings -- the one is male, the other female.... According to the spirit of this age, women must advance... "You can kill me as son as you like but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

COMP_WOMENP#086x

BRL_WOMEN#086x, COC#2177x, DWN_v5#05 p.008-009x, BNE.147-149

Equality of men and women; Martyrs and martyrdom; Role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]

ABU0483

Address to women's gathering at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-19

550

Undoubtedly you must be happy; if you are not happy, then who should be happy?... In all the former dispensations, men were considered superior to women.

BSTW#108

Call to action; Equality of men and women; Prophecy and fulfillment; Role and station of women; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3556

Answer to Mrs Brittingham, New York, Jul 1912

They existed before coming to this world, but not as we know personality upon this planet.

PN_unsorted p035, PN_unsorted p089, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Relationship of the soul to the body

ABU0786

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

380

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

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

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Law of fasting; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0491

Beauty and Harmony in Diversity: Words spoken on 1911-10-28 in Paris

550

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

The Creator of all is One God. From this same God all creation sprang into existence

PT#15 p.043

ABU2087

Closing prayer of public address, spoken on 1913-04-23

130

O Thou King of existence! O Thou king beloved! The members of this meeting are the lovers of Thy face. They seek after Thee and long to converse with Thee.

DAS.1913-04-23

Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2184

Closing prayer of weekly meeting, spoken on 1913-02-14

120

I beg of Thee, O my God! My Lord! My Hope! And my utmost Desire! Verily Thou knowest my humility, my contrition, my poverty, my indigence, my agitation

DAS.1913-02-14

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BB00655

Commentary on the Qur'an I

SRC.088

BB00656

Commentary on the Qur'an II

SRC.088

ABU0976

Conversation with "Mr. F", Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-11

320

Now that you have seen many parts of the world, I hope you will also make a voyage to the country of Baha.

DAS.1913-04-11

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Universal language

ABU0672

Conversation with Shaykh Muhammad at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-02-27

440

Didst thou not hear that I went to America? France in comparison to America is very near...

DAS.1915-02-27

Accounts of dreams and visions; Humor; jokes; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1287

Conversation with the English Consul, ca. Feb. 1901

250

It was a very long time since the coming of a Prophet, and they needed a new one to give them a fresh start!

PN_1901 p012, NRMM.224

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

BB00648

Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 4 (lost)

MMAH.028, SRC.083

BH11602

Eulogy for Ashraf

unknown

STOB.116, LL#196

ABU2403

Evil: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

100

Adam; Adam and Eve; Education of children; moral education; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

Evil is imperfection. Sin is the state of man in the world of the baser nature

PT#56 p.190

AB12530

Extract from a letter to Hooper Harris in Dec. 1906

110

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

BBBD.031bx

Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2623

Farewell words to the friends, spoken on 1913-06-08

I love the believers of Paris, not the walls and the houses. The walls do not protect one from his ego. One must become the embodiment of divine love.

DAS.1913-06-08

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11580

First Tablet to Ali Pasha

unknown

ROB2.058, LL#216

BH11581

First Tablet to Faris, in honor of Nabil

unknown

ROB3.007

ABU0899

God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing: Words spoken on 1911-10-19 in Paris

340

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

All true healing comes from God! There are two causes for sickness, one is material, the other spiritual... If the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed

LOG#0966x, PT#03 p.005, SW_v02#16 p.004, SW_v02#19 p.008, SW_v08#18 p.229, PN_1911 p017

BB00645

In reply to a question from an unknown correspondent

INBA_5019C:279-284,

BB00638

In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:170-171,

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU0715

Instructions to Mrs. Thornburg Cropper ca. 1900

410

All prophets are messengers from God and all ways lead to Him and all have borne fruit. The great gift is unselfishness, and the loving wish to help others will guide us.

PN_1900 p007, BSTW#142

ABU0237

Interview for al-Ahram newspaper, Ramleh, 1913-10-15

850

We were thrown into the barrack, and no permission was given to have intercourse with the outside world...

DAS.1913-10-15

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Race unity; racial issues; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace

ABU0089

Interview with a prominent Rabbi, New York, ca. Apr. 1912

1300

Interview Between a Prominent Rabbi and 'Abdu'l-Bahá

You are most welcome Rabbi. [Rabbi:] "I have long desired to meet you."

SW_v03#06 p.006-008

Christ; Christianity; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Human reality created in the image of God; Idolatry; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity in diversity

Interview with a prominent rabbi. Trans: SW_v03#06 p.006-008.

ABU0382

Interview with F. R. Hinkle of the Sacramento Union, 1912-10-25

640

We have come here to this city to be your guests. We are Bahá’ís. We have come as travelers to see the various places in this country.

ECN.903

Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal education; Universal language

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

ABU2627

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

The objective aims are: The oneness of the world of humanity

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p006

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2943

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

The true, liberal, religious spirit is more in evidence in America…. The Baha'is are a community of cooperative servants, they have no leader. Their only leader is God.

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.013-014, PN_1914 p005

Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3057

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

They teach that the internal, spiritual idea is the same in all the religions; that a unique general plan underlies the foundation of the past faiths

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Priestcraft; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU3229

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

They believe that mankind must love mankind, that universal amity must be practiced; that dead dogmas must be thrown away

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005

Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3416

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

Trust in God. Be kind to thy fellow-men, fill the world with the spirit of love.

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3521

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh are the breaths of the Holy Spirit which create man anew. Personal purity, both in private and public, is emphasized and insisted upon.

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v08#08 p.103x, SW_v12#01 p.014, SW_v13#10 p.260x, PN_1914 p005, PTF.137x, IHP.062x, BLO_PN#046x

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0125

Interview with Hudson Maxim, New York, 1912-04-15

1100

Welcome! Welcome! Very welcome! [Hudson Maxim.] "I am glad to hear you speak English."

SW_v03#07 p.005+010-011

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU0477

Interview with Mrs. Jo Goudsmit at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-02 ca.

560

He answered me that his father had not really founded a new religion, but a Bahaiuistic Organization. This derives its name from the prophet Bahaula, his father. For six thousand years, he continued

BSR_v17 p.172-174

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language

ABU0325

Interview with president of Alliance Spiritualiste, Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-26

710

You must sow the seed of love. They destroy, you construct. They take life, you confer life.

DAS.1913-02-26

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace

ABU0878

Interview with reporter from "Die Leit", Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-22

350

We are Bahá'ís but on certain questions we find ourselves in agreement with the Theosophists....

DAS.1913-04-22

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Praise of Western values; culture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0026

Interview with Rev. J. T. Bixby at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-13

1930

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

The origin of man is one; the consummate intention of all human existence must likewise be one.... The solution of economic questions... Consider the kingdom of the animals; there is no strife among them on account

BSC.446 #813x, SW_v03#08 p.005-008, SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v12#05 p.107-108

ABU0940

Interview with Sir William Crookes, 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-18

330

People are running after dogmas... The teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are the spirit of this age; for although material civilization has advanced

DAS.1913-01-18

Blind imitation [taqlid]; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace

ABU0979

Interview with Stanwood Cobb, Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-23

320

Hope is made possible through turning one's face toward God. If all the benefits of the world are made possible for man and he has no hope, he will not enjoy them.

DAS.1913-03-23

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

ABU3639

Interview with W. A. Lawson of the Sacramento Bee given on 1912-10-26

Being a Bahá’í, my affiliation is with all religions.

ECN.409+526

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Oneness; unity of religion

ABU0365

Interview with W. A. Lawson of the Sacramento Bee, 1912-10-26

660

The papers write that up themselves. I do not claim to be a prophet at all… He is founding the basis of all the religions by declaring that the fundamental basis of divine religions are one and the same. It is not a new religion in that sense at all.

ECN.913, ECN.409+526x

Critique of Western values; culture; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause

ABU0363

Interview with W. H. Short at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15

660

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; War and peace

You are very welcome; am most happy to greet you. I have looked forward with much pleasure to this meeting

BDA1.035n

SW_v03#07 p.004-005

MHMD1.044

ABU3080

Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18

This question will only be solved through the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh... From the association of the white friends with the colored friends the others, people outside the Cause, will learn the meaning.

PN_1919 p017x, BSTW#319

Race unity; racial issues

ABU3239

Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18

Don't forget this, that this is a Universal Temple--advertise it so; announce that this is for all and every religion

PN_1919 p016

Elections; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Universality of the Cause

ABU3631

Last recorded words

You wish me to take some food, and I am going?

GPB.311x, PAB.007, ABCC.462, VLAB.141

BH11579

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

unknown

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

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

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

BH11582

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Majid

unknown

ROB4.084, LL#033

BH11583

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Rahim

unknown

ROB3.060, LL#035

BH11584

Lawh-i-Afnan-i-Yazd va Shiraz

unknown

STOB.099, LL#037

BH11585

Lawh-i-Ahbab-i-Isfahan

unknown

STOB.112-113, LL#039

BH11586

Lawh-i-Band-i-Man

unknown

STOB.107-108, LL#074

BH11588

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

unknown

ROB3.425, LL#099

BH11589

Lawh-i-Haji Akhund (II)

unknown

ROB3.427, LL#100

BH11590

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir I

unknown

ROB2.276, STOB.020, LL#108

BH11591

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir II

unknown

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

BH11592

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Baqir III

unknown

STOB.021b, LL#110

BH11593

Lawh-i-Haji Muhammad Ibrahim

unknown

LL#111

BH11594

Lawh-i-Salat

unknown

ROB4.299, LL#229

BH11595

Lawh-i-Shaykh Abdu'l-Husayn

unknown

LEID.Or4970 item 9,

LL#239

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.

BB00683

Letter to the wife of the Bab, in Maku

Do not expect any assistance from thy brothers. They will not help; it is enough that they refrain from insults. Overlook their faults. Even Our enemies have not caused the like of what resulted from the acts of Siyyid 118 in Isfahan

EBTB.216-217, AFNAN.116

ABU1140

Message to the Baha'is of New York from Thonon-les-Bains, 1911-08-26

280

In this Cause, hundreds of families have sacrificed themselves. There have been more than twenty thousand martyrs.

AIF.1911-08-26, PN_1909B p032, DJT.181-183, BLO_PN#027

Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1703

Message to Theosophists in London, Sep. 1911

180

Give my most friendly greetings to all the Theosophists. You have risen to help humanity because you are freeing yourselves from superstition

CHH.173-174, BLO_PN#022

Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Theosophy; Unity; oneness of humanity

BB00640

On istifah (asking the explanation of texts)

INBA_5019C:264-269,

SDW v01#01 p.007-010, SDW v01#02 p.025-027, SDW v18#06-07 p.179-185

ABU0017

On the creation of the world: words to Miss St. and others in summer of 1910

2200

Wir haben wohl alle heute etwas Zeit, über dieses ebenso schwierige wie wichtige Thema zu reden und der Ort

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Evolution; human evolution; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00637

On the imams, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:163-166,

Contention and conflict; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity in diversity

ABU0169

Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900

990

Let no seditious rumors prevent you from coming into the kingdom of God and receiving the spirit of confirmation.

PN_1900 p073

ABU0696

Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900

420

Disagreement among the believers is likened unto the clouds... You are a small army and very few in number in comparison with those around you.

PN_1900 p072

Contention and conflict; Growth of the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of thought and belief

BB00639

Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar

INBA_5019C:216-218,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

AB11094

Prayer for the departed.

Bahá'í Prayers

O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!

BPRY.041

Y. Mesbah, The Humming Birds, D. Gundry, K. Bartlett, Hailey & Milton, The Hummingbirds, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, N. Bahraini, W. Heath

ABU3070

Prayer spoken at children's dinner, Cannongate School in Edinburgh, ca. 1913-01-09

O Thou Kind God! These beloved children are created by Thy Mighty Hand. They are the signs of Thy Omnipotence.

DAS.1913-02-27

Education of children; moral education; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for children and youth; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BBU0012

Public address at Vakil Mosque

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

ABU0126

Public address given on 1912-04-12

1100

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient

BDA1.030n

PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x

Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.039

ABU0300

Public address given on 1912-04-17

740

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

During my visit to London and Paris last year I had many talks with the materialistic philosophers of Europe

BWF.251-254, PUP#009 (p.020-022), FWU.045, SW_v03#10 p.010-011, SW_v15#01 p.003-004

Importance of authoritative interpretation; Intuition; inspiration; Limits of the intellect; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0145

Public address given on 1912-04-19

1050

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

If we look with a perceiving eye upon the world of creation, we find that all existing things may be classified

BDA1.038n

BWF.242-245, PUP#012 (p.029-032), FWU.049, SW_v03#08 p.008-010

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

MHMD1.047-048

ABU0157

Public address given on 1912-04-23

1020

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

As I stand here tonight and look upon this assembly, I am reminded curiously of a beautiful bouquet of violets

BDA1.048n

PUP#020 (p.049-052), FWU.060, SW_v03#03 p.016-018

High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Race unity; racial issues; True liberty; freedom; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.056

ABU0528

Public address given on 1912-04-24

520

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

What a wonderful meeting this is! These are the children of the Kingdom. The song we have just listened to... The art of music is divine and effective

BDA1.048n

LOG#1362x, PUP#021 (p.052-054), SW_v03#03 p.019-020, SW_v08#02 p.027-028, SW_v09#08 p.093-094

MANA

Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Fulfillment of true potential; Music and singing; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

MHMD1.056-057

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

ABU1584

Public address given on 1912-04-25

200

Language and the structure of reality; Means of establishment of future civilization; Unity of thought and belief; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the existing misunderstandings

LOG#1138x, PUP#025 (p.060-061), SW_v03#03 p.023-024, SW_v11#18 p.304

ABU0627

Public address given on 1912-04-30

460

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

When we view the world of creation, we find that all living things may be classified under two aspects

BDA1.062n

PUP#028 (p.067-069), SW_v03#04 p.009-010

TaliaSafa, New Creation

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Love of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

MHMD1.070

ABU0122

Public address given on 1912-05-02

1120

PUP#035 (p.079-083), SW_v03#04 p.015-017

When we carefully investigate the kingdoms of existence and observe the phenomena of the universe

ABB.062

Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs for the existence of God; Things are known by their opposites

ABU0293

Public address given on 1912-05-03

750

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

According to the statement of philosophers the difference in degree of humankind from lowest

BWF.248-251, PUP#037 (p.084-087), FWU.055, SW_v03#04 p.018-019

Christ; Christianity; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU0901

Public address given on 1912-05-03

340

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

I was in the Orient, and from the Orient to this part of the world is a long distance

BDA1.067n

PUP#036 (p.083-084), SW_v03#04 p.017-018, PN_1912 p085, BSTW#311x

Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MHMD1.075

ABU0070

Public address given on 1912-05-04

1410

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

I am very happy in being present at this meeting. Praise be to God! I see before me the faces... O Thou kind Lord! These are Thy servants who have gathered in this meeting

BDA1.067n

BPRY.088-089x, BWF.263-267, LOG#0788x, PUP#038 (p.087-091), BSC.383 #717, SW_v03#04 p.019-022

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

MHMD1.076

ABU0137

Public address given on 1912-05-05

1070

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

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

ABU0174

Public address given on 1912-05-05

980

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

I offer thanks to God for the privilege of being present in an assemblage which is commemorating Him

BDA1.068n

BWF.254-257, PUP#040 (p.093-096), FWU.011, SW_v03#04 p.022-024

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

MHMD1.077

ABU0192

Public address given on 1912-05-06

930

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a very joyous evening, an evidence in itself of the possibility of uniting the East and the West

BDA1.074n

PUP#042 (p.101-103), SW_v03#04 p.029+031-032, SW_v13#12 p.324

East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace; Wealth inequality and its moderation

MHMD1.082

ABU0051

Public address given on 1912-05-07

1580

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

I have come from the Orient to visit your country. Surely this continent is praiseworthy

BDA1.075n

LOG#0710x, LOG#2101x, PUP#044 (p.105-110), SW_v03#06 p.002-004+08, SW_v15#01 p.038

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Wealth inequality and its moderation

MHMD1.083

ABU3406

Public address given on 1912-05-14

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

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

VLAB.060-061x

MHMD1.101

ABU0152

Public address given on 1912-05-19

1040

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual

PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU0178

Public address given on 1912-05-19

970

PUP#049 (p.126-129), SW_v03#09 p.010-012

Religions are many, but the reality of religion is one. The days are many, but the sun is one

Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0098

Public address given on 1912-05-20

1240

Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; The animal kingdom; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions peculiar to this radiant century

LOG#2080x, LOG#2082x, LOG#2099x, LOG#2103x, LOG#2104x, PUP#051 (p.133-137), SW_v03#08 p.018-020, STAB#129, STAB#130

ABU0188

Public address given on 1912-05-25

930

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

I am going away from your city, but I leave my heart with you. My spirit will be here... O my God! O my God! Verily, these servants are turning to Thee

BPRY.089-090x, BWF.228-231, LOG#0731x, PUP#054 (p.143-146), FWU.018

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ABU0149

Public address given on 1912-05-28

1040

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

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

ABU0385

Public address given on 1912-05-29

630

PUP#057 (p.154-156), SW_v03#10 p.013-014

The divine Manifestations have been iconoclastic in Their teachings, uprooting error

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

ABU0187

Public address given on 1912-05-31

930

PUP#059 (p.161-163), SW_v05#11 p.169-170

The material world is subject to change and transformation. The Cause of the Kingdom is eternal

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

ABU1450

Public address given on 1912-06-08

220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body... The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love

PUP#061 (p.171), BSC.445 #812, SW_v03#10 p.014, SW_v08#10 p.122, SW_v13#09 p.231-232, SW_v07#15 p.148, DWN_v6#05 p.001

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Harmony of science and religion; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Power of prayer

ABU0294

Public address given on 1912-06-11

740

PUP#065 (p.183-186), SW_v04#06 p.099-100

We have just returned from a visit to Philadelphia, spending two nights there and speaking

Man's distinction from the animal; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0749

Public address given on 1912-06-11

400

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Work as worship

Man must be lofty in endeavor. He must seek to become heavenly and spiritual

LOG#2113x, PUP#066 (p.186-187), SW_v04#06 p.101

ABU0027

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1900

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

This is a goodly temple and congregation, for -- praise be to God! -- this is a house of worship

PUP#071 (p.197-203), BSC.330 #651, SW_v03#10 p.019-023

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Literal interpretation; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0129

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1090

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children

BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032

William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony

Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0790

Public address given on 1912-06-17

380

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help

LOG#0937x, PUP#072 (p.204-205), SW_v04#06 p.101-102, VLAB.038-039x

ABU0204

Public address given on 1912-06-20

900

PUP#074 (p.206-209), SW_v03#10 p.023-024

I am about to leave the city for a few days rest at Montclair. When I

Composition and decomposition; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Unity in diversity

ABU0147

Public address given on 1912-06-23

1050

Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment

You are always smiling. [Mr. Osborne:] Surely our faces should reflect happiness in this presence.

PUP#075 (p.210-213)

ABU0437

Public address given on 1912-07-01

590

Differences in human capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Law of Huququ'llah; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

What could be better before God than thinking of the poor? For the poor are beloved

PUP#077 (p.216-217), FWU.036, SW_v04#06 p.102-103

ABU0403

Public address given on 1912-07-05

620

PUP#079 (p.218-220), SW_v04#05 p.087+089-090

The Divine Sovereignty is an ancient sovereignty; not an accidental sovereignty.

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

ABU0023

Public address given on 1912-07-14

2030

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

Today I wish to speak to you upon the subject of the oneness of humanity, for in this great century... O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee… O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts

BPRY.238-239x, COC#0858x, LOG#0732x, PUP#082 (p.228-235), BSC.345 #672, SW_v03#11 p.013-016

A. Youssefi, N. Zabihi, P. Weber

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Satan; the Evil One; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; War and peace

ABU0689

Public address given on 1912-07-23

420

Love of God; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wealth inequality and its moderation

The Baha'is must not engage in political movements which lead to sedition. They must interest themselves in movements which conduce to law and order… Strive, therefore, to create love in the hearts

PUP#084 (p.238-239), SW_v04#07 p.122, SW_v07#15 p.148

A. Youssefi

ABU0096

Public address given on 1912-07-24

1250

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

In the world of existence there is nothing so important as spirit, nothing so essential as the spirit of man

PUP#085 (p.239-243), BSC.362 #690, SW_v04#07 p.115-117, SW_v08#08 p.085-088

Man's distinction from the animal; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body

ABU1360

Public address given on 1912-07-25

230

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

I am very happy to greet you here today. This is the second time the breeze of God has wafted

PUP#086 (p.244), SW_v07#12 p.116

ABU0316

Public address given on 1912-08-05

710

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The people of Christianity have clung to literal interpretation of the statement in the Gospel.... You have asked concerning approval of Christian Science treatment and healing. Spirit has influence

PUP#087 (p.245-247), BSC.379 #710, SW_v03#18 p.004-006, SW_v08#04 p.045-046

Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0086

Public address given on 1912-08-06

1310

Christ; Christianity; Conference of Badasht; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Veiling [hijab]

Today we are enjoying temperate weather. As there are many strangers present, we will answer questions.

PUP#088 (p.247-252), SW_v03#18 p.006-007+10, SW_v19#09 p.258, SW_v08#08 p.098-099, PN_1912_heh p028, STAB#110

ABU0004

Public address given on 1912-08-16

2530

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Every subject presented to a thoughtful audience must be supported by rational proofs.... We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena

PUP#089 (p.253-261), BSC.353 #683, FWU.086, SW_v03#16 p.005-009, SW_v08#10 p.124-125, PN_1916 p003x

Development of capacity and readiness; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Love of God; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; 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

ABU0043

Public address given on 1912-08-17

1660

PUP#092 (p.264-270), SW_v08#07 p.076-080

Are you all well and happy? This is a delightful spot; the scenery is beautiful

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0572

Public address given on 1912-08-17

490

Human reality created in the image of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

The physical beauty of this place is very wonderful. We hope that a spiritual charm

PUP#090 (p.261-263)

ABU0825

Public address given on 1912-08-17

360

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power of the mind over nature; Relationship of the soul to the body; Suffering and imprisonment; The mind's power of discovery; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

Although the body was weak and not fitted to undergo the vicissitudes of crossing the Atlantic

PUP#091 (p.263-264)

ABU0049

Public address given on 1912-08-18

1590

PUP#093 (p.270-275), SW_v03#15 p.004-007

The worlds of God are in perfect harmony and correspondence one with another. Each world

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for peace and unity

ABU0079

Public address given on 1912-08-25

1360

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

O Thou kind God! In the utmost state of humility and submission do we entreat and supplicate

PUP#094 (p.276-280), BSC.367 #696, SW_v04#07 p.117-119+122, SW_v08#08 p.099-100, BSTW#485kx

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Continual renewal of creation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Need for an educator; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0153

Public address given on 1912-08-26

1030

Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Unity in diversity

Among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the principle of equality of man and woman

LOG#2091x, LOG#2100x, PUP#095 (p.280-284)

ABU0024

Public address given on 1912-08-27

2000

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Harmony of science and religion; Heat and motion; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Second birth; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Universal peace; world unity

Upon the faces of those present I behold the expression of thoughtfulness and wisdom

PUP#096 (p.284-289), FWU.057

ABU0019

Public address given on 1912-08-29

2160

Blind imitation [taqlid]; East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Literal interpretation; Need for an educator; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity in diversity

In the Books of the Prophets certain glad tidings are recorded which are absolutely true and free from doubt

WOB.075x, LOG#1733x, PUP#097 (p.289-296), FWU.072

ABU0100

Public address given on 1912-09-02

1230

Man's distinction from the animal; Second birth; 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; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

I am exceedingly happy to meet you. Praise be to God! I see before me souls who have unusual capability

PUP#099 (p.302-306), ABIC.001-003

ABU0241

Public address given on 1912-09-02

840

The subject of immortality has been suggested. Life is the expression of composition; and death, the expression of decomposition. In the world or kingdom

PUP#100 (p.306-308), ABIC.006-008

ABU0042

Public address given on 1912-09-03

1700

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

It seems as though all creatures can exist singly and alone. For example, a tree

PUP#102, FWU.038, SW_v07#17 p.171-172x, SW_v08#01 p.013x, SW_v13#09 p.227-230, ABIC.010-013, ECN.689x + 946x, STAB#047

ABU0012

Public address given on 1912-09-05

2260

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Power of prayer; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

Praise be to God! It is with a deep realization of happiness that I am present here this evening... O my Lord! Thou Who art ever-forgiving! Verily, this assembly hath turned its face

PUP#103 (p.312-319), SW_v13#11 p.292-293x, ABIC.014-017

ABU0021

Public address given on 1912-09-14

2100

Address to the Theosophical Society, An; Mahmúd's Diary

I have the utmost of happiness this afternoon to be present at this revered meeting

BLO_PT#007

Equality of men and women; Maintainance of degrees in society; Oneness; unity of religion; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

MHMD1.263

ABU0109

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1190

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

The materialists hold to the opinion that the world of nature is complete. The divine philosophers declare

LOG#1000x, PUP#106 (p.329-333)

ABU0150

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1040

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Proofs for the existence of God; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

Praise be to God! This is a beautiful and radiant assemblage. It is a merciful gathering

PUP#105 (p.325-328)

ABU0158

Public address given on 1912-09-24

1010

PUP#107 (p.334-337), SW_v04#13 p.219-220+226

I have come from distant lands of the East to visit you, crossing the great ocean

Knowledge; recognition of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0057

Public address given on 1912-09-25

1500

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

In the Orient I was informed of the lofty purposes and wonderful attainments of the American people. When I arrived in this country

PUP#108 (p.337-342)

ABU0035

Public address given on 1912-10-06

1800

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

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

MHMD1.308

ABU0040

Public address given on 1912-10-25

1730

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrdom of the Bab; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

When Christ appeared, certain blessed souls followed His example. They were with their Master

LOG#2092x, PUP#113 (p.370-376), MAB.086x, ECN.359

ABU0119

Public address given on 1912-10-26

1140

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

I have visited your Capitol and its gardens. No other Capitol has such beautiful surroundings.

PUP#114 (p.376-380), DAS.1914-09-05x, SW_v05#17 p.259-262, MAB.087-088x, ECN.368+503x+912x

ABU0788

Public address given on 1912-11-05

380

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Parliaments; constitutional government; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

As we are in Cincinnati, the home of President Taft, who has rendered such noble service

PUP#117 (p.388-389), SW_v06#11 p.081-082, SW_v13#12 p.324

ABU0280

Public address given on 1912-11-07

770

Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

In the world of nature we behold the living organisms in a ceaseless struggle for existence

PUP#120 (p.400-402), SW_v06#03 p.019-021, SW_v17#11 p.333

ABU0002

Public address given on 1912-11-08

2660

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

God is one, the effulgence of God is one, and humanity constitutes the servants of that one God

ABB.054, BDA1.361n

PUP#121 (p.402-410), FWU.092, SW_v06#01 p.003-005+006-010, PN_1912 p041x

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Human reality created in the image of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.380

ABU0138

Public address given on 1912-11-09

1070

PUP#123 (p.415-418), SW_v05#19 p.291-293

Every composition is necessarily subject to destruction or disintegration. For instance

Composition and decomposition; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; 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

ABU0102

Public address given on 1912-11-10

1210

Call to action; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Things are known by their opposites; Transcendence; unknowability of God

What is the reality of Divinity, or what do we understand by God? When we consider the world of existence

PUP#125 (p.421-425), SW_v06#03 p.021-024, SAS.108x

ABU0256

Public address given on 1912-11-10

800

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Race unity; racial issues; Stories; anecdotes; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

This is a beautiful assembly. I am very happy that white and black are together

PUP#126 (p.425-428), SW_v06#13 p.099+102-103, SW_v12#05 p.108, STAB#005x

ABU0101

Public address given on 1912-11-17

1210

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

This is a blessed meeting, for these revered souls have come together in complete unity

PUP#130 (p.437-442), FWU.009

ABU0139

Public address given on 1912-11-29

1060

PUP#133 (p.449-452), SW_v07#12 p.109-111+115

This evening I wish to speak to you concerning the mystery of sacrifice. There are two kinds of sacrifice

Justice and mercy; Original sin; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0523

Public address given on 1912-12-03

520

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; Study; deepening; Suffering; rejection of Christ

I have been informed that the purpose of your class meeting is to study the significances

PUP#137 (p.458-460)

ABU0163

Public address given on 1913-01-24

1000

Welcome! Welcome! I have come again to Paris so that I may see if the seed I have sown last year has sprung up. Praise be to God, I can see that they have taken root

DAS.1913-01-24

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU1393

Public address given on 1913-01-28

230

Now praise be to God that his holiness Bahá'u'lláh hath appeared. He has upraised the flag of divine civilization, He has opened the doors of the Kingdom of God

DAS.1913-01-28

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2276

Public address given on 1913-01-28

110

There are certain trees which grow and develop quickly, other trees may take a long time before they put forth leaves and blossoms. It is evident that Paris is one of those trees which may take a long time to grow.

DAS.1913-01-28

Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU2616

Public address given on 1913-02-17

This is the work. All else save this has no result. Humanity must become illumined with the light of the Kingdom, otherwise all our efforts will remain fruitless.

DAS.1913-02-17

Attaining the life of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0292

Public address given on 1913-04-03

750

I came from a distant land. I have travelled twenty thousand miles until I came to you in Stuttgart.... In this age every face must turn to God!

DAS.1913-04-03x, SW_v04#04 p.067-069, SW_v15#01 p.037, ABCC.381-382x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU0212

Public address given on 1913-04-06

890

Many meetings are organized and established in all parts of the world; societies and organizations for the extension of general intercourse

SW_v04#09 p.156-157

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Equality of men and women; Fanaticism and hatred; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ABU2174

Public address given on 1913-04-12

120

O Thou compassionate Lord! Illumine these hearts with the light of the Most Great Guidance! Confer life upon these spirits through thy divine glad tidings!

BBBD.206, DAS.1913-04-12

Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

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

ABU0238

Reaction to pilgrims prostrating at 'Abdu'l-Baha's feet, spoken on 1914-02-17

850

No, it is unlawful.... All the people of the world will become believers.... The friends of Yezd suffered great calamities

SW_v09#03 p.031-032+034-045

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BB00636

Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman

INBA_5019C:159-163,

Accounts of dreams and visions; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Imam Husayn; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

BB00605

Tablet revealed in the year '60

The spirit of prayer which animates My soul is the direct consequence of a dream

DB.253

ABU0936

The Benefits of God to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

330

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

God alone ordereth all things and is all-powerful. Why then does He send trials to His servants?

LOG#2041x, PT#14 p.041

ABU0653

The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners: Words spoken on 1911-10-16 in Paris

450

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Words vs deeds

Paris Talks (book)

When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers…. Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone...

PT#01 p.001, AIF.1911-10-16, SW_v02#19 p.004x, SW_v08#11 p.137

T. Ellis, Nabil and Karim, R. Lea, Alda, Mea, Onni, Nader & Pedram, MANA, Naim & Friends

First chapter of the book "Paris Talks", a collection of 59 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit toParis in 1911 and 1912.

ABU0626

The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul: Words spoken on 1911-11-03 in Paris

460

Evolution; human evolution; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

Paris is becoming very cold, so cold that I shall soon be obliged to go away

PT#20 p.060

ABU0651

The Four Kinds of Love: Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-04

450

Four; five pathways of love; God's love for His own Essence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.... There are four kinds of love

PT#58 p.192, DAS.1913-01-04x

Baha'i Youth of Japan, S. & C. Zein

ABU1062

The Imprisonment of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Words spoken on 1911-10-25 in Paris

300

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment

I regret much that I have kept you waiting this morning, but I have so much to do in a short time

PT#10 p.030, SW_v02#16 p.006, PN_1911 p019

ABU0845

The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West: Words spoken on 1911-10-23 in Paris

360

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy

PT#08 p.023, SW_v02#16 p.005-006, PN_1911 p018

ABU0937

The Need for Union between the Peoples of the East and West: Words spoken on 1911-10-20 in Paris

330

East and West; communication between East and West; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity

In the past, as in the present, the Spiritual Sun of Truth has always shone from the horizon of the East

PT#04 p.008

ABU1414

The Power and Value of True Thought Depend upon Its Manifestation in Action: Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

230

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Goodly deeds; actions; Knowledge of self; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; The mind's power of discovery; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners.

PT#02 p.004, SW_v02#16 p.003-004, SW_v02#19 p.004-005, PN_1911 p016

ABU1482

The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

220

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

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering.

PT#57 p.191

ABU1959

The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men: Words spoken on 1911-11-15 in Paris

150

Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

ABU0625

The Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-22 in Paris

460

Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

It is a lovely day, the sun shines brightly upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures

PT#07 p.020

ABU0473

The True Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Christ: Words spoken on 1911-10-30 in Paris

560

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

In the Bible there are prophecies of the coming of Christ. The Jews still await

PT#16 p.047, SW_v13#05 p.115x

ABU0281

The Universal Love: Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris

770

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

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

BB00641

To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?]

INBA_5019C:269-270,

BB00644

To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari

INBA_5019C:275-279,

BB00643

To Mulla Hasan Bajastani

INBA_5019C:271-275,

BAPT.006x

BB00642

To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i

INBA_5019C:270-271,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1575

Words at a wedding, spoken on 1920-11-18

200

This is a very happy evening, one of joy. In one respect it is a wedding night

PN_1920 p082, PN_1920_heh p023

ABU1013

Words compiled by Isabella Brittingham, spoken in 1903

310

To live the life. To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit... To be silent concerning the faults of others

TOR.168-170, ABTM.072-073, BNE.083x, BSTW#036, BSTW#390

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2778

Words following address to theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-10

Our hearts like unto pure mirrors receive the impressions and these spiritual images are reflected from one mirror upon another without the medium of language.

DAS.1913-04-10

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Limits of language; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

AB11313

Words incribed in a church book for Rev. Fraser

O Thou Kind Almighty, confirm Thou this servant of Thine, Mr. Fraser, in the service of Thy Kingdom. Make him illumined; make him heavenly; make him spiritual; make him divine! Thou art the Generous, the King!

SW_v03#17 p.005

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10779

Words inscribed in Mr. Campbell's guest book

O God! O Thou worshipped one! Confirm these souls so that they may raise the call of Thy Kingdom and suffer humanity to be delivered from the dark priciples of the world of nature

DAS.1913-01-18

Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

ABU3670

Words of Abdu'l-Baha in 1919

310

Verily it is so. They are now in Paradise. The German friends are pure, their hearts are overflowing with love, their whole beings are filled with the Cause of God

BBBD.473-474

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3501

Words recorded by Miss Boylan spoken around 1911-08-25

Tell them a Bahá'í is a person who is free from all prejudices - racial prejudice, religious prejudices... A Bahá'í is one in whom the human perfections are active.

PN_1912 p071

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3455

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

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.

Seal of the Prophets; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3516

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The atoms composing an ocean are in appearance the ocean, but the identity of the atoms remains. So it is with our individuality in the ocean of life, it remains.

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Soul; spirit after death; Unity in diversity

ABU3541

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The sun that would come down and enter everything would not remain the sun. Its identity would be scattered.

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3627

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The Christians have exaggerated the birth of Jesus.

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

ABU0881

Words spoken at 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-03-21

340

I am extremely glad to see you on this Nau Rooz occasion. This day is the anniversary of many historical events

LOG#1025x, SW_v05#01 p.004-005, ADP.074-076, BSTW#343

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0284

Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-07

760

I have been walking in the garden. There are many parks and gardens here…. When I was in the barracks of Acca, than which there is no worse place

ECN.110+493x+1005

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2305

Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10

110

You are all welcome, exceedingly welcome. I have journeyed a great distance to visit you, having longed to see you, for Bahá’u’lláh has created a marvelous love in the hearts

ECN.120+471+476+599+606

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2698

Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10

It was in the path of God, therefore it was not suffering, not trouble. You must strive in order that you may acquire the blessings of the Holy Spirit.

ECN.471+599+606-608

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

ABU3043

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12

One of the special laws of Bahá'u'lláh is the one prohibiting cursing and defamation, and that all should seek forgiveness from their enemies

SW_v19#07 p.220

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2013

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-19

140

This time I want to send you with a new spirit, a new strength, to enlighten California

PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351e

Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1800

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26

170

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth

LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x

Leona and Larry

Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship

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

ABU1716

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

180

Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls

LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

ABU0160

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23

1010

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place

BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3536

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911

That is well. Very well. A day's work done in the spirit of service is in itself an act of worship. Such work is a prayer unto God.

CHH.152, BLO_PN#022

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Work as worship

ABU1029

Words spoken at a wedding on 1914-06-18

300

It is more than one month and a half that I have not had the pleasure of being present in the meetings of the believers. Now the means have been brought about

DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118-119

Fulfillment of true potential; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0236

Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

850

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center

BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955

ABU2442

Words spoken at Bahji, 1913-12-18

I have seen many meadows in Europe and America, but seldom have I seen a place more spiritual, more divine, more inspirational.

DAS.1913-12-18

Shrines and Holy places

ABU1637

Words spoken at Bahji, 1914-01-03

190

A fair and impartial observer perceives the signs of the power and intelligence of God in all the atoms of existence. Before leaving Haifa, I felt very ill... Then I reached Stuttgart. There I found wonderful Baha'is.

DAS.1914-01-03

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3493

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-06

Before you teach others, teach yourself. Man must first test his knowledge in himself to see whether it is workable or theoretical.

DAS.1913-05-06

Knowledge of self; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU3402

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-08

I am always thinking how to carry the loads of others and not to put my own load on their shoulders. The Blessed Perfection has taught me this. We must prove this through deed and not by mere word.

DAS.1913-05-08, ABCC.391x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds

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

ABU1949

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

150

There are three paths through which man attains spiritual happiness. The first path is the path of ordeals, trials and difficulties.

DAS.1913-05-11

Attaining the life of the spirit; Attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2384

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

100

Different things are considered by us as of absolute importance, while in reality they have a relative importance at various stages of our development

DAS.1913-05-11

Martyrs and martyrdom; Relativity of religious truth

ABU2664

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

Bahá'u'lláh in one of his Tablets says: "Therefore I will explain for your benefit certain luminous and shining mysteries, whereby you will become so attracted

DAS.1913-05-11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1005

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-16

310

Whosoever schemes in this Cause will come to no good end. Above all other things we must be honest to our consciences and not dissimulate. We must not speak against each other

DAS.1913-05-16

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech

ABU2757

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-22

There are three kinds of light. The light of the sun has only one function and that is to make things manifest.... The second light is the light of the eye... The third light is the light of the intellect.

DAS.1913-05-22

Ether; the phenomenon of light; Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3208

Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18

This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means.

DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3040

Words spoken at Cedar Club in London, 1913-01-02

I am very glad to be among you, who are blessed in God's name with children.

SW_v03#18 p.009-010

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0067

Words spoken at Century Club in San Francisco, 1912-10-13

1430

I am delighted to speak before this gathering of revered ladies who have met for the purpose of investigating the realities of life.

ECN.349+497n

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Role and station of women

ABU0083

Words spoken at Clifton Guest House in Bristol, 1913-01-15

1330

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended

BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287

ABU0341

Words spoken at Dodge home in New York, 1912-04-16

690

In those places where they have no Mashrak-el-Azkar they rent a house and call it by that name

SW_v03#10 p.007-009

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Differences in human capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1202

Words spoken at E.J. Rosenberg's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-08

270

Call to action; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as educator; Moses; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

Praise be to God, that such a meeting of purity and steadfastness is being held in London.

AIL.044

ABU0116

Words spoken at East Putney in London, 1912-12-29

1160

Are you all well? Are you all happy? Are you all joyous? You must be exceedingly joyous

DAS.1912-12-29x

Critique of Western values; culture; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ABU0025

Words spoken at El Grosse Bldg. in Los Angeles, 1912-10-19

2000

This is a good gathering, a good meeting. This assemblage is the assemblage of God…. Do not look at your small number. Plurality of numbers is not of importance.

SW_v07#04 p.033-034x, ECN.137+166

Call to action; Fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0105

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-03

1200

I am going to say "welcome," to you, instead of your welcoming me. I am most happy to be here with you.

SW_v04#11 p.190-191+194, MAB.038-039, ECN.081+929

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2779

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

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]

ABU3590

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

To enter in the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most important duty.

DAS.1913-04-23

The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU3760

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

The thirsty one must run after the water; the fountain will not run after those who are thirsty

DAS.1913-04-23

Condition of search; Effort; striving; Living waters; water of life; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0475

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-23

560

Here is the place of health, but the place of spiritual health. Whoever is weak and comes here will become strong.

PN_1920 p057, PN_1920_heh_haifa p027

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

ABU1792

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25

170

When love enters the heart the bitter water becomes sweet... When I was in Baghdad, a thorn seller invited us. His dwelling was twenty miles from Baghdad

PN_1920 p036

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Hospitality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2021

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-26

140

All the people are negligent, they are not thinking of pleasing God and spreading the word of God.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p057

Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge

ABU0314

Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1920-10-27

720

Yes, I eat it in order that I may be your partner. In the same way, in the world of the Kingdom

PN_1920_heh_haifa p059

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of obligatory prayer; Manifestation of God as educator; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution

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

ABU0408

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-29

610

Some souls appeared among the Jews, the people of Moses, who concealed their real motives

PN_1920 p033, PN_1920_heh p005, PN_1920_heh_haifa p064

Education of children; moral education; Idolatry; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0939

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-02

330

I wanted to come from breakfast this morning but could not... One must either be a serpent or a servant, he must chose.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p063

Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU0680

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-04

430

Yesterday was very pleasant with Arthur... Jerusalem is Jerusalem, but the real Jerusalem is spiritual

PN_1920_heh_haifa p065

Critique of Western values; culture; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1813

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-05

170

I speak in Persian and you do not understand... The tongue of the soul is the tongueless tongue... People drink wine and say it is useful. It is not the wine, but the juice of the grape which is useful.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p069

Language and the structure of reality; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU0539

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

510

Last night I visited the Mufti, the spiritual head of the Muslims... When I speak it is in such a manner that no one can object... It is written that Socrates went to other lands; they do not say that he did not leave Greece

PN_1920 p070, PN_1920_heh p015

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Oneness; unity of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1067

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

300

We are speaking in Persian and you have to listen…. Man has two ears and one tongue, so he should hear twice and speak once…. I have walked far and am very tired

PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p020

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1945

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

150

I have been for a walk. Motion is the sign of life. If there be no wind, no motion, the air become impure... our sun with all its planets are moving around a central sun like the moon moves round the earth.

PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p019, PN_1920_heh_haifa p070

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Personal instructions

ABU1400

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-08

230

I have been with visitors all the morning... Here one must always be with visitors... I am caught among different nations and all refer their cases to me

PN_1920_heh_haifa p074, PN_1920 p042

Diversity of thought and belief; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU0570

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-13

490

You got very tired in Jerusalem... A Rabbi told me that they expected a Christ that would come and be successful, that he would conquer the world

PN_1920_heh p021, PN_1920_heh_haifa p075

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1111

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-15

290

The remaining eight should elect one... The Blessed Beauty says that if two persons have differences both are wrong.

PN_1920 p043, PN_1920 p096, PN_1920 p110, PN_1920_heh_haifa p077

Elections; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1004

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-16

310

The Baha'is should sacrifice life in the path of each other... It must be so that each one of the friends should prefer others to himself.

PN_1920 p044, PN_1920_heh_haifa p079

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

ABU0972

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-21

320

It would be better if they were educated in the same schools, because it would bring love among them... I am in favor of the marriage of the black and white races

PN_1920 p033, PN_1920 p045, PN_1920 p047, PN_1920_heh_haifa p081

Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

ABU0022

Words spoken at High school auditorium in Berkeley, 1912-10-09

2050

Inasmuch as those who are present are especially interested in that which constitutes truth, I shall take truth for my subject this evening.

ECN.287+1053

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU3346

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

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

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

AIL.040, BSTW#207c

ABU1337

Words spoken at home of Aqa Siyyid Ali Afnan in Akka, 1914-04-22

240

In the neighborhood of Baghdad there lived a man and a Bahá'í by the name of Mohamad, the 'thorn-picker'. He lived about 21 miles away from the city.

DAS.1914-04-22

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1068

Words spoken at home of Lady Blomfield, 1911-09-08

300

I have journeyed by sea and land for the pleasure of seeing you all. I needed a change

SW_v02#12 p.003-004

Goodly deeds; actions; Nationalism; love of country; Praise of Western values; culture; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3350

Words spoken at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-18

Assuredly, give to the poor. If you give them only words, when they put their hands into their pockets after you have gone, they will find themselves none the richer for you!

DJT.266, BLO_PN#027

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds

ABU2177

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04

120

I hope that each one of you may become a divine farmer and each one may cultivate a large blessed farm. The real Bahá'í farming is through deeds.

DAS.1913-04-04

Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3289

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04

I was most happy to see the believers of Germany so holy, so pure and so united

DAS.1913-04-04, SW_v04#09 p.162

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

ABU2118

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-11

130

My work is done. The tree of my life has yielded its fruits. I have set a fire in the world

DAS.1913-12-11, SW_v05#01 p.010

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3395

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-12

I have been crying at the top of my voice all these years. Now I prefer to choose silence and listen to the melodies of the nightingales of the Paradise of Abha

DAS.1913-12-12

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0377

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-13

640

How I longed for the re-appearance of these divine nights!... There is a place in America called Green Acre. It is customary during the months of summer

DAS.1913-12-13, SW_v08#05 p.050x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Freedom of thought and action; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1389

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-14

230

In reality the German Baha'is are the embodiment of attraction and enthusiasm. They are Baha'is by deeds and actions.

DAS.1913-12-14

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1708

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-04-01

180

I praise Thee, O God! For Thou hast made the prison a throne in Thy earth, a heaven in Thy heavens, and Orient amongst Thy Orients

BSTW#052w

Prayer for protection; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0620

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01

460

When we were in Baghdad several believers including myself started with a large caravan for Kazemayn. Each one of us was riding on a fine horse.

DAS.1914-12-01

Humor; jokes; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1876

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01

160

Those persons who are firm in the Faith during these days shine like unto the brilliant sun and are the cause of the tranquility of the hearts; but those whose hearts are not set aglow

DAS.1914-12-01

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0932

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-08

330

Once upon a time there was a merchant in the city of Balsora

DAS.1914-12-08, SW_v13#06 p.152x, STAB#007

Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0509

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-01-04

530

These childish demonstrations are most shallow in their motives, because they are based on the conquest of the earth which in itself is not permanent.

DAS.1915-01-04

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0978

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12

320

The air here at Mount Carmel is fragrant and the earth is sweet... Syria is a most wonderful country. It is a world in miniature.

DAS.1914-02-12, SW_v14#05 p.148

Mount Carmel

ABU1232

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12

260

The Bible and the Holy Books of other religions must always be studied and be read in the Bahá'í meetings. Their study will widen the circle of one's information

DAS.1914-02-12

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Methods of teaching the Cause; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1549

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23

200

For the time being the proposed delegates to such a Conference must lay aside the discussion of dogmas and Apostles Creeds... If the churches are anxious to win the souls back to Christ they must interpret these 'seven great mysteries' of Christianity according to science and reason

DAS.1914-07-23

Christian doctrine and practice; Harmony of science and religion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Unity in diversity

ABU1864

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23

160

Having then realized how these holy, spiritual, luminous Manifestations sacrificed their lives, teaching us with deeds and not words... then if we have one grain of loyalty how can we stand by idle

DAS.1914-07-23

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0637

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-04

450

In the books of Divine Philosophy, the term light is frequently mentioned. Some religious leaders still teach today that by light is meant the accidental phenomenal radiation from the sun

PN_1919 p005

Idolatry; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0063

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-06

560

When the mujtahids and Nasiri'd-Din Shah sent Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn to 'Iraq, and he began agitating against the Blessed Perfection

BKOG.143-144x, STAB#078

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0011

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

2260

BKOG.057-059x

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

ABU2679

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

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

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

Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0511

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-11-04

530

Not one among the former religions, such as the Jews, spoke a word of praise concerning His Holiness Christ or concerning His Holiness Muhammad.

PN_1920_heh p010, PN_1920_heh_haifa p067

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Newspapers and the media; publications; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU3166

Words spoken at Jenner home in East Sheen, ca. Sep. 1911

Blessed are the children, of whom His Holiness Christ said: 'Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven.' Children have no worldly ambitions. Their hearts are pure. We must become like children, crowning our heads with the crown of severance;; purifying our hearts, that we may see God in His Great Manifestations, and obey the laws brought to us by those, His Messengers.

CHH.166, BLO_PN#022

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU2273

Words spoken at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-01

110

I desire to go to the Orient... Know this for a certainty that today, the penetrative power in the arteries of the world of humanity, is the power of the Covenant.

SW_v06#14 p.111x, SW_v11#08 p.121x, PN_1912 p025, BSTW#052s

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2074

Words spoken at Krug home in New York, 1912-07-10

130

It is a blessed evening; you are blessed. Blessed souls are gathered here. In reality, this house is illumined... It has become necessary to depart for the Orient... All your efforts must be expended in two ways

PN_1912 p110, BSTW#351b

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1600

Words spoken at Mrs Jack's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-22

190

East and West; communication between East and West; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise of Western values; culture; Unity; oneness of humanity

Although the day is cold for me to go out, yet I have come to see you

KHAB.063 (072)

AIL.048, SW_v02#12 p.005-006

ABU3259

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

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

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

Humor; jokes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The mind's power of discovery

ABU0540

Words spoken at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-02

510

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Consultation; Parliaments; constitutional government; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity in diversity

In this Cause consultation is of vital importance, but spiritual conference and not the mere voicing

PUP#031 (p.072-073), SW_v03#04 p.011-012, STAB#060

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

ABU2765

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-06

It is very strange how the possession of a few spans of earth blinds men to justice and fairness. He become neglectful and heedless

DAS.1914-05-06

Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]

ABU1001

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07

310

Although some of the simple folks believe that these ancient monuments of civilization are built by Solomon yet there is no foundation for it.

DAS.1914-05-07

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Predictions and prophecies; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2371

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07 ca.

100

If a friend dies and leaves behind some debt, the believers must do their utmost to pay it off to the very last cent.

DAS.1914-05-08

Business; financial; property matters; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU2394

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07 ca.

100

Man is liable to forget things very quickly, but the animals remember longer. If you have been kind to a dog once in your lifetime

DAS.1914-05-08

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Kindness to and rights of animals; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0998

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-08

310

During the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh the inhabitants of the village, Mokeiss, were most anxious that I may buy half of their real estate

DAS.1914-05-08

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions

ABU2515

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-09

He was caught sleeping by our enemies and they deceived him. He thought after writing and publishing this book all the Persians will honor and respect him

DAS.1914-05-09

Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU1560

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

200

God hath made all the phenomena for the sake of man and created man for Himself. We consider that the sun is shining, the clouds are pouring down rain

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Human reality created in the image of God; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Purpose; goal of creation

ABU1700

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

180

Praise be to God that thou art wealthy through the treasury of the Kingdom. True wealth is the wealth of the Kingdom of God. The heart of man must be rich.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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.

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

ABU2268

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

110

This is self-evident and is in no need of proof. For example the hand corresponds with another hand. No sooner thou takest hold of the hand of thy beloved than a world of feelings and emotions are conveyed

Need for an educator; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU2908

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

Vanity is a form of egotism, an excessive desire for notice of approval of one's personal appearance or deeds. It is self-conceit and self-hypnotization.

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Satan; the Evil One

ABU3056

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

Consider with what knowledge His holiness Bahá'u'lláh hath favored the Bahá'ís, that if they are given the whole world they will not deny Christ. They love Christ better than their own lives.

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU3383

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

The best man is that person who cheers and gladdens the broken-hearted ones and the worst man is that soul who causes suffering and pain to one's heart.

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Consolation and comfort; Saddening another soul; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1102

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14

290

In the world of humanity, every person is stimulated by a certain objective-point

DAS.1914-05-14, SW_v05#08 p.117-118

Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1562

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14

200

I hope that whosoever hears your words, sees your deeds and beholds your manners and behaviors may declare that these people are real Bahá'ís

DAS.1914-05-14, SW_v05#08 p.118

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God

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

ABU2801

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14

Material affairs are of two kinds. The first kind are those concerns which have no direct

DAS.1914-05-14, SW_v05#08 p.118, SW_v08#02 p.017

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2790

Words spoken at railway station in Akka, 1915-03-06

In all my daily works and movements I rely on the confirmations of the Blessed Perfection. Whenever I feel weak I turn my face to Him and He strengthens me.

DAS.1915-03-06

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0307

Words spoken at reading room and library for the blind in San Francisco, 1912-10-13

730

This revered lady, Mrs. Rowan, is indeed doing the world of humanity a great and useful service, for she assists those who are blind

ECN.345+495x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU0896

Words spoken at Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-13

340

If the speaker's intention be pure, if his heart be transparent, no matter through how many translators the words may go, the audience will be touched.

DAS.1913-04-13

Empty learning; false spirituality; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

ABU2086

Words spoken at Riverside Park in New York, 1912-07-10

130

In every moment you must thank God a hundred thousand times. Consider how today all the worldly people are deprived

PN_1912 p111, BSTW#351c

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0424

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-21

600

I pray that this Fete [Naw-Ruz] be blessed to all the friends in America! May each one of them become a mighty teacher... When I was in Bagdad I had a coat

DAS.1913-03-21

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2586

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-27

Fifty years ago Bahá'u'lláh prophesied: 'Adrianople shall go out of the hand of the Sultan' and today that prophecy is fulfilled.... It is evident that negligence from God brings a nation to this path; lack of sound administration

DAS.1913-03-27

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU2489

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-28

There are two relations between man and wife, one real, the other unreal. The real relation which is based upon spiritual love... When there exists incompatibility of temper

DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093d

Law of divorce; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

ABU2998

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-28

The science of aviation will make great progress in the immediate future and people will travel at ease from one city to another

DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093d

Predictions and prophecies; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU2552

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-05-30

One must eat in moderation. Man is not created for food. He must not indulge in eating too much. Overeating is the cause of many diseases.

DAS.1913-05-30

Education and the development of capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU2332

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-06-11

100

Bahá'u'lláh says, when the soul has travelled through many valleys, it reaches to the city of Love. That city contains four pillars. And whenever I find a hearing ear I shall explain what are these four pillars. During the life of Bahá'u'lláh no one asked the explanation of this matter

DAS.1913-06-11

Four pillars; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0655

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris , 1913-01-30

450

One of the ladies present has asked me to speak on the subject of soul, mind and spirit.

SW_v04#02 p.037-038, BSTW#092

Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; 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

ABU0287

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-23

750

The artist has drawn very beautiful pictures for she has painted allegorical figures on this canvas - each figure carries a lantern

DAS.1913-01-23

Differences in human capacity; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0827

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-25

360

In the world of genesis every power or energy has a focal center. For example the center of intelligence is the brain. The center of vision is the eye.

DAS.1913-01-25

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Manifestation of God as sun; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1392

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-28

230

Man cannot comprehend the essence of God. He is the limited and God's essence is the unlimited. All the attributes referable to God, such as omnipotent, Omniscient, merciful are only qualifying attributes

DAS.1913-01-28

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1787

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29

170

Be free from every tie. Do not attach thy heart to anything. Open thy wings and soar toward the infinite space of God. A bird whose wings are tied cannot fly.

DAS.1913-01-29

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Study; deepening; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2381

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29

100

We have come to Paris striking the first note. But we find Paris is very cold. I was anticipating that in this trip I shall behold in this city the luminous torch of the love of God. Now having arrived I find that the inhabitants are steeped deeper in the darkness of materialism.

DAS.1913-01-29

Critique of Western values; culture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

ABU0206

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-07

900

Last night a Hindu professor of music came to see me. He brought with him a musical instrument called the vina

DAS.1913-02-07, ADP.076-078x, PN_1913 p002

Manifestation of God as sun; Music and singing; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3071

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-07

Nineteen days are according to 19 Letters of the Living which is composed of the Báb and 18 disciples. The aim of this feast

DAS.1913-02-07

Letters of the Living; Nineteen-Day Feast; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3084

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-07

It is the beholding of the beauty of this perfection in the reality of His own identity. It is from the entity of God to His Own Entity.

DAS.1913-02-07

Creation of the world; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU2614

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-09

How pitiful it is that man is satisfied with material things and so regulates his life as to gain more and more!

DAS.1913-02-09

Human reality created in the image of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

ABU2776

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-11

Our pathway is supplication and invocation, severance from all else save Him and communion with the Source of all benediction.

DAS.1913-02-11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of prayer; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2382

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-12

100

When I was very young, I was present in a meeting in which people discussed astronomy according to the theories of the old school of Ptolemy.

DAS.1913-02-12

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1551

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-13

200

When Bahá'u'lláh returned from His pilgrimage to Karbila, the brother of the Grand Vizir Abbas Quli Khan

DAS.1913-02-13

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 ; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2438

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14

The people of Paris are of two kinds. First, the followers of a dogmatic religion; second, the free-thinkers. The former follow blindly the priests; the latter does not like to hear the word of religion mentioned.

DAS.1913-02-14

Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2659

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14

When I was very young I was travelling with Bahá'u'lláh and my family. We reached the city of Kermanshahan. Here we took quarters in a Caravanserai.

DAS.1913-02-14

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU2615

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-16

How large is the creation of God! How stupendous His machinery! How infinite His dominion!... Were it possible to construct an aeroplane and establish communication between the various planets many marvellous discoveries would have been achieved!

DAS.1913-02-16

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ABU2383

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-18

100

Man cannot attain to the highest summit of human progress without the assistance of the Breaths of the Holy Spirit. A man intellectually may become enabled

DAS.1913-02-18

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1553

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-19

200

Once upon a time I was invited to a garden party outside of the fortress of Akka. There were about seventy guests including the governor

DAS.1913-02-19

Exhortations and counsels; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1875

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-19

160

It so happened that while in Baghdad, during the season that the pilgrims arrived from all over the Islamic world to visit the Holy Shrines

DAS.1913-02-19

Humor; jokes; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1673

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20

180

Now Europe in reality is in the utmost beauty and adornment. Material civilization has advanced greatly. It is a body in the utmost of comeliness, but regrettable it is that it is not animated by the spirit.

DAS.1913-02-20

Call to action; Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

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

ABU2733

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20

How dead to all spiritual emotions are the people of Paris! The inhabitants of this city are engrossed in the whirlpool of pleasure and self-gratification.

DAS.1913-02-20

Critique of Western values; culture; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2699

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-21

Pride and haughtiness are the worst qualities. If a person becomes the possessor of the whole world he must not become proud.

DAS.1913-02-21

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0254

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-22

810

At the time that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh was in the mountains of Suleymanieh one of the young rugged, illiterate Kurds living in the valley came to see Him... His name was Mullah Ali Mardan.

DAS.1913-02-22

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0956

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24

320

In this Bahá’í Dispensation the question of deeds is most important. Confession and acknowledgement do not mean faith. Faith means deeds and deeds mean faith.

DAS.1913-02-24

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Goodly deeds; actions; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

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

ABU1675

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24

180

There were three persons who started to journey together. One was from the province of Tabriz, the other from the province of Isfahan and the third from the province of Kashan.

DAS.1913-02-24

Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2131

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24

120

When a person desires to destroy his house to build a new one on its site, first of all he must make the plan ready, then the bricks

DAS.1913-02-24

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1775

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-25

170

When His Holiness the Báb arrived in Isfahan, Manuchehr Khan who had been converted from Christianity to [the] Muhammadan religion was the governor of the city.

DAS.1913-02-25

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2619

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-15

There are three ancient Bibles. 1st the Jewish Bible. 2nd the Sanhedrin Bible which was translated by the seventy wisest Rabbis into Greek at the time of Ptolemy. 3rd the Samaritan Bible.

DAS.1913-03-15

Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU0989

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-16

310

The test of existence is motion. An object which has in itself the power of motion lives. If motion is withheld growth ceases.

DAS.1913-03-16x, ADP.124-126

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Education and the development of capacity; Heat and motion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2201

Words spoken at Sacy home in Paris, 1911-10-29

120

I am from a far away country and here in Paris, at your table, I find in union, love and happiness, Persians, Arabs, Turks and French

SW_v02#14 p.015

Oneness; unity of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; War and peace

ABU0656

Words spoken at Salvation Army Shelter in London, 1912-12-25

450

I feel tonight great joy and happiness to be in this place, because my meetings and callings

SW_v03#18 p.008-009

Consolation and comfort; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Suffering and imprisonment; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU1954

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

150

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

SW_v13#09 p.220-221

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies

ABU0724

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05

410

Do you like it here? Do you like the view here? ... This truth is that this place has a spiritual atmosphere... His Holiness Elijah was once in a cave near here.

SW_v11#16 p.269-270, PN_1920 p030, PN_1920 p054, PN_1920 p090, PN_1920_heh p012, PN_1920_heh_haifa p013, STAB#053

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Shrines and Holy places; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1654

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05

190

It is well to worship in any place where the thought is turned to God. Whether the place is home, church, or mosque

SW_v11#16 p.268-269, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p091

Christ; Christianity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0470

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-10-24

560

There are many collective forces in the world of existence which bring together the scattered ..., which unite different ideals

PN_1920 p061, PN_1920_heh p002, PN_1920_heh_haifa p038

Episodes from the early history of Islam; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity

ABU2538

Words spoken at table on 1914-10-30

Consider how the people bear testimony to the fact that this Religion is universal and its principles are conducive to the welfare of humanity

DAS.1914-10-30

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause; Universal peace; world unity

BBU0014

Words spoken at the Báb's martyrdom

Had you believed in Me, O wayward generation, every one of you would have followed

DB.514

E. Crofts, MANA

BBU0004

Words spoken at the examination in Tabriz

210

I am, I am, I am the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked

GPB.021-022x, DB.315-319

L. Slott, Kiya & Parya, Harvin et al, C. Brehmer, Bass Adjustment, MANA, D. Bowen

Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Proclamation to the people of the world; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

ABU0395

Words spoken at The Friends' Meeting House in London, 1913-01-12

630

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

About one thousand years ago a Society was formed in Persia called the Society of the Friends, who gathered together for silent communion

PT#54 p.185, BSC.322 #642, BSTW#091

Contemplation; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Intuition; inspiration; Meditation; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU0429

Words spoken at the house of Consul A. in Haifa, July 1909

600

Mein Freund, darauf könnte man mit Ja und Nein antworten, nämlich: die gesegnete Schönheit (Bahá'u'lláh) hat wohl die elementaren Moralgesetze des heiligen Propheten Musa (Moses)

SDW v12#03 p.027-028

Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Unity in diversity

ABU0374

Words spoken at the sea shore in June 1910

650

Ja und nein, nämlich: jede Manifestation hat ihre prophetische Aufgabe und ihren prophetischen Charakter, aber nicht jeder Prophet ist zugleich eine Manifestation

SDW v12#02 p.014-015

Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Manifestation of God as mirror; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0452

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab in Aug 1909

580

Das Wort "auserwahlt ("chosen" in Englisch) wird leicht als gleichbedeutend mit "bevorzugt", "verwöhnt", "auserlesen", "vor andern" angesehen. Gerade das Volk Israel hat es kaum je in seiner ganzen Bedeutung erfaßt

SDW v11#06 p.064-065

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0453

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab in Mar 1910

580

O my daughter, you ask so many things, that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh could instruct you for many days and weeks!... The Lord God pleased to give the human being three great mysteries

MSBH10.188-190

SDW v13#02 p.017-018, BLO_PN#047

Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul is the essential reality of man

ABU0111

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab on 4 May 1910

1180

Meine Gäste kennen wohl die ruhmreiche Geschichte der göttlichen Geduld und der sehnsüchtigen Todesfreudigkeit seiner Heiligkeit des Propheten Báb

SDW v11#03 p.030-032, BLO_PN#048x

House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Shrines and Holy places; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0302

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Liverpool, 1912-12-14

730

When I was in America, I had many opportunities of addressing the Theosophical Society there. In every city I spoke once to them

DAS.1912-12-14x, SW_v03#17 p.003-004

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Unity in diversity

ABU0091

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, Nov. 1911

1280

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Non-participation in politics; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

Since my arrival in Paris, I have been told of the Theosophical Society, and I know that it is composed of

LOG#1076x, PT#40 p.129

ABU1421

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11

230

Before we begin the process of purification we ought to know in what the impurity of man consists. We should know what defiles the spirit of man.

ECN.326+804

Perfection; imperfection of nature; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1593

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11

200

The question of reincarnation is a very important one. It is in need of elucidation and elaboration. It cannot be briefly answered. When we study phenomena

ECN.321+796

Composition and decomposition; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation

ABU2120

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11

130

Human spirits are manifested in physical molds or bodies. One spirit may be imperfect; that is to say, it may be imbued with qualities

ECN.323+798

Chastisement and requital; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; 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

ABU2422

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11

100

In the human being there is conceived a perfect reality which according to varoius terminologies has received different names.

ECN.325+802

Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Soul is the essential reality of man; 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

ABU2676

Words spoken at Thornburgh-Cropper home, 1911-09-06

You are all one family; you have grown out of one root. Each of you is like a branch, a flower, a fruit.

SW_v02#12 p.003

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0036

Words spoken at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, 1912-12-20

1800

Scientists tell us that the world of matter is made up of constellation of molecules which hold it in its various forms; each molecule consists

SW_v03#17 p.006-009, SW_v08#10 p.121-122, SW_v12#06 p.122-123

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Supreme tribunal; Universal education; War and peace

ABU0320

Words spoken ca. 1900

710

God has created all things in such a manner that they have always two conditions -- the condition of perfection and the condition of imperfection.

PN_1900_heh p061

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mediator; Need for an educator; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0333

Words spoken ca. 1900

700

It is recorded in the Book of Genesis - "let us create man after our own image"

PN_1900_heh p051, PN_1900 p097

Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU0370

Words spoken ca. 1900

650

Hell signifies punishment and the Kingdom signifies reward.... Heaven and Hell have been misunderstood until the Blessed Perfection explained the true meaning

PN_1900_heh p043, PN_1900 p047, PN_1900 p111

Chastisement and requital; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

ABU0525

Words spoken ca. 1900

520

We had these flower last year and today we see the same. We are in the habit of saying these flowers are the return

PN_1900_heh p059

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0584

Words spoken ca. 1900

480

This lesson is to explain, if it be possible for either a believer or an unbeliever to advance in the next world. The believer attains to eternal life in this world.

PN_1900_heh p046, PN_1900 p113

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death

ABU0650

Words spoken ca. 1900

450

The second proof of the Truth of the Revelation of the Blessed Perfection is contained in the enunciations or prophecies

PN_1900_heh p025

Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

ABU0709

Words spoken ca. 1900

410

In the Koran the following verse is revealed by God: 'Oh Mahomet no power save that of God...' There are two kinds of love...

PN_1900_heh p072

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; One universal law; attractive power of love; Proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU0785

Words spoken ca. 1900

380

It is recorded in one of the Books of the Mussulman that one day Jesus Christ was seen fleeing to the mountains

PN_1900_heh p054

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Miracles and their interpretation; Moses; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0835

Words spoken ca. 1900

360

Live so as to be in peace with all your environment... The more obstacles one has to overcome, the more difficulties one meets successfully... Certainly one may belong to a church... Prayer is communion, aspiration, soul contact with God.

PN_1900 p009, PN_1906 p012, PN_1909 p023

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1010

Words spoken ca. 1900

310

(Third proof of this Revelation) - This is that the most learned men in Persian believed in the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1900_heh p027, PN_1900 p046

Martyrs and martyrdom; Quddus; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1055

Words spoken ca. 1900

300

I answered all the questions of the people the other evening, both those on their lips and those in their hearts. One among them was [a] Jew

PN_1900_heh p030

Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1151

Words spoken ca. 1900

280

One other proof which tends to convince people of this Truth is the uprightness and steadfastness of the First Point.

PN_1900_heh p029, PN_1900 p096

Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1225

Words spoken ca. 1900

260

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

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

ABU1236

Words spoken ca. 1900

260

We must look at the realities and not the appearances. The end is the only wise thing to consider. Wait patiently!

PN_1900_heh p039

Purpose; goal of creation; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual springtime; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The power of words; of speech

ABU1238

Words spoken ca. 1900

260

Angels; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls.

BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145

ABU1341

Words spoken ca. 1900

240

Jesus Christ's identity was denied by the people, but the Disciples established His Word. Butterflies are always flying round and round the lamp

PN_1900_heh p032

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1419

Words spoken ca. 1900

230

Regarding the birth of Jesus Christ, there is no doubt that Mary was the wife of Joseph; but the marriage had not yet taken place

PN_1900_heh p069

Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity

ABU1624

Words spoken ca. 1900

190

Real love is a spiritual thing. It is an emotion of the soul. From the emotion of the soul an effect is also produced upon the body.

PN_1900_heh p074

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU1656

Words spoken ca. 1900

190

Man's distinction from the animal; Outward and inward meanings; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah

BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144

ABU1760

Words spoken ca. 1900

170

The reality and essence of Jesus Christ was like the mirror, and the reality and essence of God is likened unto the Sun.

PN_1900_heh p068

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; The cross and the trinity; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1961

Words spoken ca. 1900

150

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake.

BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146

ABU2080

Words spoken ca. 1900

130

God is pure essence and cannot be said to be anywhere or in any place... But as man must form and express a conception of God in some way, he calls God 'love' or 'truth'

AELT.114, PN_1900 p010

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2100

Words spoken ca. 1900

130

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps.

BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147

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

ABU2476

Words spoken ca. 1900

In animal types it is known that the stomach must be sound and healthy, and when it is so what is taken with the tongue will be safe and good for the body.

PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2648

Words spoken ca. 1900

Personal identity of the devil is not true. God could not have created evil. Timothy 1 was written by bishops.

PN_1900_heh p049

Free will and predestination; fate; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Satan; the Evil One; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

ABU2913

Words spoken ca. 1900

It does not mean that Christ shall stand in person and speak with kings and princes.

PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3083

Words spoken ca. 1900

Adam is the symbol of the childhood of the race of man. Childhood has not a great capacity, therefore when he put out his hand to take the apple, he had not the capacity to receive such great knowledge as the apple symbolizes.

PN_1900_heh p066

Adam; Adam and Eve; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0375

Words spoken ca. 1909-1910

650

Seine Heiligkeit Bahá'u'lláh hat ausdrücklich im gesegneten "Kitab i aqdas" erlaubt: "lhr (die Bahá'í) mögt alles tun, was nicht dem gesunden Menschenverstand widerstreitet"

SDW v11#05 p.052-054

House of Justice; Justice and mercy; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of obligatory prayer; Reward and punishment; Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0200

Words spoken ca. 1910

910

Die "Heilige Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh" hat in den Tagen ihrer Leiblichkeit (d. h. bei seinen Lebzeiten) verordnet, daß das Heilige Buch des Rechtes und des Gesetzes

SDW v11#02 p.018-020

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of obligatory prayer; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ABU3067

Words spoken ca. 1911

You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness

SW_v14#02 p.038, PN_1911 p002, PN_1911 p007, BSTW#043a

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU1355

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

240

Love, that potent magnet, will surely reunite all those whom physical death has parted…. The mineral kingdom is distinct in its conditions from the vegetable

SAS.104-105

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Higher encompasses the lower; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU2421

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

100

Yes, when the complaint is mental in its cause and source. Many diseases springing from inside the body have a mental origin.

SAS.096

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature

ABU2537

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

We have grown up step by step, always to a state in advance of the last. God's processes are never retrogressive.

SAS.103-104

Education and the development of capacity; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Reincarnation; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death

ABU2697

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

Yes, yes, of course I do. In all questions which concern the welfare of a nation, is not the woman's view as important as the man's

SAS.097-098

Equality of men and women; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]

ABU2810

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

To know the Truth, to have attained knowledge, is good, but it is only the first step, it is not enough. The only thing that avails for the soul's growth, is to live the truth.

SAS.093

Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds

ABU2811

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

Sixty years ago Bahá’u’lláh taught the perfect equality of the sexes, essential difference in sphere, in point of view and service to their joint humanity, but each like two pillars supporting the arch of life

SAS.096-097

Role and station of women; Unity in diversity

ABU2951

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

No nation ever advances beyond the point of progress to which its women have attained; the two legs belong to the one body.

SAS.097

Role and station of women

ABU3091

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

It might be so if we were not in the Hands of the great Father who is perfect love and endless mercy.

SAS.105

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3249

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

They see all as it affects the spirit. A great joy, a great sorrow, a sin, or a good deed: as these things darken or cloud the soul

SAS.105-106

Angels; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU3444

Words spoken ca. 1911 in London

We should give our bodies a healthy, simple diet, just enough to keep them for good service--no more; to think too much of what we shall or shall not eat is making too much of the material.

SAS.096

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding bodily comfort

ABU3379

Words spoken ca. 1912 in the United States

What does it matter if the skin of a man is black, white, yellow, pink, or green? In this respect the animals show more intelligence than man.

DJT.284, BLO_PN#027

Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1868

Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington

160

In the world of existence there are three stages, the mineral, the vegetable, and the animal.

BSTW#336c

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU3190

Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington

All nations must become socialistic in spirit. People must not be forced by circumstances to help the poor. They must give aid willingly.

BSTW#336b

Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

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

ABU3492

Words spoken ca. 1912-10-08 in the United States

We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon referred to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a spark will set aflame the whole of Europe.

SW_v10#03 p.033, SW_v13#09 p.252-253, SAS.107-108, BSTW#022

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies

ABU1475

Words spoken ca. 1912-10-20 in Los Angeles

220

The believers must not expect anything from one another... I have traveled and come as far as here... Look at the people of the world

BSTW#357

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU0108

Words spoken ca. 1913

1200

This is my second visit to Paris and I meet you with great joy. On a third visit to Europe I hope to see a brilliant flame

COC#2138x, ADP.079-086

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0873

Words spoken ca. 1913-03-29 in Paris

350

Paris is a city of adornment. I hope that, as this century is a radiant century and this age a merciful age

ADP.185-188

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Harmony of science and religion; Literal interpretation; Praise of Western values; culture; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2925

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

It has been revealed in the Teachings that work is worship, but this does not mean that worship and the prescribed mentionings of God should be abandoned

Importance of prayer; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Work as worship

ABU2926

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

In the world of man love is the brightness of the beauty of God. If there be no love, this is the animal's kingdom

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Man's distinction from the animal

ABU3069

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

I see the people ... like bees or ants, coming and going by troops, surging past like waves, continually engrossed in their business.

Critique of Western values; culture; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3183

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

Look at the plains, look at the hills: they are defeated armies, they are hosts that fell in heaps and were leveled with the ground

BW_v13p1188

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3371

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

Man's duty is to persevere and struggle, and to hope for God's help. Not for him to sit idly by, proud and unconcerned.

Effort; striving; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3410

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

Severance is not poverty but freedom of the heart ... When a man's heart is free, and on fire with the love of God

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3506

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

Up to now, to believe was to acknowledge, to make a confession of faith, but in this greatest of all Causes, believing means to have praiseworthy qualities and to perform praiseworthy acts.

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Goodly deeds; actions; Words vs deeds

ABU2674

Words spoken ca. 1914-02-22

Tell me what is the voice that is calling loud in Kerman (Persia)? Is it the voice of the darvishes

SW_v09#09 p.105

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0391

Words spoken ca. 1914-11 in Abu Sinan

630

There was an important man in Acca who had many cases pending in the court; but the judge postponed the settlement of his affairs from day to day.

DAS.1914-11-05

Bribery and corruption; Humor; jokes

ABU0813

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

370

One day, whilst at Kazimayn, through which He passed on his first journey to Karbila and Baghdad, Jamal-i-Mubarak was appealed to by a young man, 'Abdu'l-Vahhab

CHH.196-197, BLO_PN#022, STAB#035

Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0869

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

350

All this trouble is because humanity has wandered far from the true teaching of God. Nations are divided through superstition and tradition.

CHH.193-194, BLO_PN#022

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; High station of learning; Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU1090

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

290

There was a woman who was one of the disciples of His Holiness the Bab; she had seven sons; six of them had been martyred. She dreamed a dream

CHH.195-196, BLO_PN#022

Accounts of dreams and visions; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2475

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid wished to strike terror into my heart; he sent to tell me that I should be imprisoned forever, or executed, or sent to a far-off penal colony. I answered his threats by a message

CHH.192, BLO_PN#022

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU2883

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

There are two equinoxes, the vernal (Aries) and the autumnal (Libra). Before this vernal season, the earth, mountains, and gardens are as dead; this season brings life.

CHH.193, BLO_PN#022

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Spiritual springtime

ABU3230

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

There is spiritual healing and there is also material healing. Unless these two work together a cure is impossible.

CHH.192, BLO_PN#022

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU3451

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

A few hundred years ago, Darzi, a tailor, came from Persia to Syria, where he established the Druze cult. 'Druze' is a corruption of the word 'Darzi.

CHH.195, BLO_PN#022

ABU2374

Words spoken ca. 1916

100

Ridvaniyyih, there is a Garden of God. Human beings are trees growing therein. The Gardener is Our Father. When He sees a little tree in a place too small

CHH.216, BLO_PN#022

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3058

Words spoken ca. 1916

If you have a bed of lilies-of-the-valley that you love and tenderly care for, they cannot see you, nor can they understand your care

CHH.215, BLO_PN#022

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Soul; spirit after death

ABU0198

Words spoken ca. 1916 in Abu Sinan

910

One day in Baghdad He called all His friends together and spoke to them of God. Then He departed from them alone. Nobody knew just where He was.

CHH.256-260, BLO_PN#022

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1411

Words spoken ca. 1917

230

The believers must arise in perfect unity in teaching the Cause of God and grasping each other's hands

SW_v10#04 p.072

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0817

Words spoken ca. 1917-02-03

370

Come, my son, take it. I have corrected it. The importance of this Tablet will be revealed in the future.

SW_v10#06 p.103+111

Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

ABU2813

Words spoken ca. 1918-12-17

O Omnipotent God! Verily, the pavilion of Justice has been raised in the Holy Land

SW_v09#17 p.196

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Relationship between government and people

ABU1901

Words spoken ca. 1919

160

God treats these people with His mercy, not with His justice, since God is against war.

SW_v10#18 p.336

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; War and peace

ABU0612

Words spoken ca. 1919-07-17

470

Fifty years ago, Baha'o'llah wrote that there must be a league of nations to establish universal peace

SW_v10#09 p.195-196

Equality of men and women; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Means of establishment of future civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; Words vs deeds

ABU1471

Words spoken ca. 1919-11-18 in Haifa

220

For the black and white in America to associate together in a social way is good. The Government has no objections on political grounds for granting equality

PN_1919 p004, PN_1919 p015, BSTW#319

Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1069

Words spoken ca. April 1910

300

Was weiß Herr Goethe über die Ewigkeit? Was ist Ewigkeit? Wie definiert und erklärt Euer Dichter den Begriff der Ewigkeit ?

SDW v11#11 p.122-123

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Infinity and eternity; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3430

Words spoken ca. Aug. 1912 in Dublin, NH

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]

ABU1410

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911

230

In order to bring about a state of peace and unity three things are necessary:

SW_v02#19 p.005-006

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace; Words vs deeds

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

ABU2032

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911

140

The world is wrong, just because people talk too much and do not carry out their ideals

SW_v02#19 p.007, SW_v14#02 p.060-061

Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Words vs deeds

ABU1590

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London

200

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

The magnet of your love brought me to this country. My hope is that the Divine Light

AIL.054, SW_v02#19 p.006

ABU2075

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London

130

Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language

The Universal Races Congress was good, for it was intended for the furtherance and progress of unity

AIL.059, SW_v02#19 p.006-007, STAB#024

ABU2530

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Miracles and their interpretation; Power of prayer; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

Disease is of two kinds: (a) Material (b) Spiritual. For instance, a cut of the hand; if you pray for the cut to be healed

LOG#0949x, AIL.065, SW_v02#19 p.007-008, SW_v08#18 p.230

ABU3527

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London

Hypocrisy; Universal peace; world unity

It resembles many drunkards gathered together to protest against the drinking of alcohol. They say drink is horrible and they straightaway go out from the house to drink again.

AIL.061

ABU3360

Words spoken ca. June. 1921

I ever pray on her behalf and beg from God His divine remedy and healing. As in this Dispensation consultation with expert doctors

COC#1043x, SW_v12#07 p.134

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU2514

Words spoken ca. May 1912 in New York

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

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

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3085

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris

All true art is a gift of the Holy Spirit... It is the Sun of Truth, O artist... The Sun of Truth is everywhere. It is shining on the whole world.

CHH.182, BLO_PN#022

High station of the arts and sciences; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3526

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris

Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet?

CHH.181, BLO_PN#022

Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Reincarnation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death

ABU2294

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1912 in the United States

110

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

SW_v03#10 p.016

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

ABU0789

Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911

380

I met a man this morning who belongs to the sect of Buddhists and I said to him, "What is your message?"

SW_v02#14 p.005-006, SW_v08#10 p.134-135

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Power of the mind over nature; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0904

Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911

340

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

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

ABU1239

Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911

260

Each one has in his environment a treasure. Let him seek that treasure eagerly, search for it with patience

SW_v02#14 p.007+014-015

Development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1805

Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911

170

There has been another battle today and much blood has been shed. The poor have given their lives

SW_v02#14 p.005

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU1931

Words spoken en route in carriage in Akka, 1915-04-17

150

Doest thou see the farmers furrowing the fields for the sowing of new seeds? Are they not working with tireless exertion?

DAS.1915-04-17

Effort; striving; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

ABU2002

Words spoken en route in carriage in Budapest, 1913-04-13

140

For nine years He [Bahá'u'lláh] did not see a green leaf. He loved nature. His sensibilities and powers of observation were miraculous. The tips of His fingers were the most sensitive parts of His holy temple.

DAS.1913-04-13

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU2636

Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-18

We are living and moving in a Cause the likeness of which is like unto this ocean. We must immerse ourselves in this sea and reach its depths, so that we may gather the unseen, brilliant pearls of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God

DAS.1915-04-18

Call to action; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1709

Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-25

180

These warring, Christian nations call themselves the followers of the Nazarene but do not live in accord with his teachings... Do we Bahá'ís live according to the principles of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh? We must be just.

DAS.1915-04-25

Criticism and its limits; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

ABU3446

Words spoken in 'Akka to Aqa Muhammad Rahim

One day the Blesed Beauty observed: 'At this very moment the Tablet to the Czar of Russia is being read

STOB.049 #056

Predictions and prophecies

ABU0313

Words spoken in 1900

720

The mystery of sacrifice: There are many meanings for these words. Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one of the station of mankind and the other of spirituality.

PN_1900 p002, PN_1900 p057, PN_unsorted p143

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1628

Words spoken in 1900

190

Every material thing we see around us, represents some spiritual idea. As there is an outward, material reality, so there is also an inward, spiritual reality.

PTIM.062, BSTW#201

Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Need for an educator

ABU1730

Words spoken in 1900

180

Abdu'l-Baha said that he had seen the faces of the American believers and he was very glad

SW_v08#16 p.215, PTIM.034

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

ABU2406

Words spoken in 1900

100

A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix

SW_v14#01 p.010

Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU1091

Words spoken in 1901

450

O people! The Doors of the Kingdom are opened--the Sun of Truth is shining upon the world... These great days are swiftly passing and once gone can never be recalled

SW_v03#14 p.012, SW_v04#15 p.258, SW_v05#01 p.001, SW_v06#14 p.106, SW_v06#15 p.113, SW_v06#15 p.116, SW_v08#14 p.189x, SW_v12#15 p.245x, PN_1901 p086, AHV.032, BLO_PN#045, BSTW#504bx

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to Christians; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

ABU2690

Words spoken in 1909

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

SW_v12#05 p.108

Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2800

Words spoken in 1910

Mrs. C. when you go back to New York talk to people about the love of God. People in the world do not talk enough about God. Their conversation is filled with trivialities

TOR.212-213, VLAB.143

Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3438

Words spoken in 1910

The (Holy) Spirit is encompassing and surrounding all. It is holy. It is sanctified from attachment to a special place. It is present everywhere and at every time. It exists in all places, yet is placeless.

SW_v08#08 p.098

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3543

Words spoken in 1910

I cannot tell you, but in all those upon whom I look, I see only my Father's face.

TOR.006, VLAB.085

ABU3586

Words spoken in 1910

Characterize thyself with the characteristics of God, and thou shalt know the spiritual life!

TOR.211, VLAB.117

Attaining the life of the spirit; Human reality created in the image of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU0411

Words spoken in 1911

610

In this monajotte that we have just listened to... Strive day and night and do whatever is possible that perchance you may wake

SW_v08#02 p.028, ADP.055-058

Call to action; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1638

Words spoken in 1911 in London

190

East and West; communication between East and West; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity

These are wonderful days! We see an Eastern guest received with love and courtesy in the West.

AIL.058, SW_v02#19 p.003-004

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

ABU1952

Words spoken in 1912

150

Consider the times of the past: Regard for instance the days of His Holiness Christ and days subsequent thereto.

SW_v03#13 p.016

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2525

Words spoken in 1912

The sword has been working over six thousand years and has become dull. We must look about us for another sword

SW_v03#16 p.009

Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; War and peace

ABU2959

Words spoken in 1912 in London

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

No, it will come about gradually. A plant that grows too quickly lasts but a short time.

COC#1607x, AIL.106

ABU2952

Words spoken in 1912 in Paris

For this is the Radiant Century, the time when deeds must take the place of words. Blessed is that soul which does not attach itself to transient conditions

SAS.108-109

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

ABU0435

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

590

All who stand up in the cause of God will be persecuted and misunderstood

COC#0308x, SW_v04#05 p.088-089

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1058

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

300

I wish to train you until you have no other thought, no other motive, no other wish than service

SW_v04#06 p.104, STAB#107

Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1059

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

300

You must become impervious to criticism, unconscious of attack and abuse, nay, rather welcoming persecution

SW_v04#06 p.104-105, STAB#105

Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1956

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

150

If a child is left to its own natural proclivities, without education, it will embody all human defects

SW_v04#06 p.105-106, SW_v15#10 p.289.1, SW_v09#07 p.086

Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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

ABU2804

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

Material scientists endeavor to show the evolution of the species man from the monkey

SW_v04#06 p.105.2

Evolution; human evolution; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU2865

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

The real materialist is the animal. Compared to the animal, man is but a tyro and novice in materialism

SW_v04#06 p.105.3, SW_v25#11 p.239

Limits of the intellect; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU3325

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

In future a manufacturer will not be allowed to leave all his property to his own family. A law will be made something like this

SW_v08#01 p.011

Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Law of inheritance; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU0723

Words spoken in 1917

410

Why didst thou not tell me about these wonderful things when we were travelling in America?

SW_v10#10 p.202-203

Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3592

Words spoken in 1921

I am so fatigued the hour is come when I must leave everything and take My flight. I am too weary to walk

GPB.310x, PAB.004

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3051

Words spoken in a private home in Chelsea, Sep. 1911

All art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet

CHH.167-168, BLO_PN#022

Creativity in art; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Music and singing; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1576

Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26

200

There are three baptisms spoken of by the prophets. The baptisms of water, of Spirit, and of fire.

PN_1899 p009, NRMM.169

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2957

Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26

There are three kinds of visions or dreams. First, those that arise from over-excited nerves, or disordered stomach

SW_v14#07 p.211, PN_1899 p009, NRMM.170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions

ABU1806

Words spoken in Apr. 1913 in Stuttgart

170

They are ready to fight for their fatherland. How barbarous it seems to send men, who do not even know each other

DAS.1913-05-23, SW_v04#04 p.072, SW_v07#16 p.157

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The power of words; of speech; War and peace

ABU2534

Words spoken in Aug. 1912 in Green Acre

Every one is giving an account of his religion and statements of his religion, the history of his religion. But there is no investigation of the realities.

SW_v16#04 p.486-487

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2531

Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh

Sacrifice of life is of two kinds. To be killed for the cause is not so difficult as to live for it in absolute obedience to the commands of God.

SW_v08#06 p.065, SW_v07#12 p.116

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3434

Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh

When in America I repeatedly said that no one must believe one word said by another regarding any commands

SW_v11#14 p.243

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0334

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

700

Existence contains two worlds, one of matter and the other of spirit. There are two stations for man

PN_1900_heh p016, PN_1900 p088

Manifestation of God as sun; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Seal of the Prophets; Suffering; rejection of Christ

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

ABU0960

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

320

I will explain the station of mankind. When we say man, we mean one endowed with all the attributes... Man has three powers... The Holy Spirit (in its completeness) is given only to the prophets; the people can possess but the rays of the Holy Spirit.

SW_v08#08 p.098x, PN_1900 p092-093

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Development of capacity and readiness; Man's distinction from the animal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1184

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

270

Husseyn, son of Fatima, is expected with twelve Imams. Moses is expected by the Jews to return as the Messiah.

PN_1900 p104

Adam; Adam and Eve; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Reincarnation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1464

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

220

Redemption has many meanings. V.14: Serpent means the religion of God. Moses lifted up this in the wilderness

PN_1900 p100

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU1762

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

170

Nicodemus was a learned man; nevertheless he was one of those to whom Jesus referred when He said, 'Because seeing, they see not

PN_1900 p098

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Word of God and human limitations

ABU2375

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

100

Elijah and Enoch were believed to have come from human source, but ascended bodily into heaven. Jesus said this could not be.

PN_1900 p100

Christian doctrine and practice; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1192

Words spoken in Dec. 1911

270

There is suffering everywhere. The world is a huge hospital, and souls are crying in the dark... There is no such thing as self-development.

BSTW#083

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU0335

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in London

700

God, the Almighty, is the Creator. His Highness, the Divine God, has certain attributes. In thinking of God, one presupposes certain virtues

SFQ.228-231

God's attributes require the existence of objects; Literal interpretation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1345

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in London

240

In the first chapter of the Gospel of St. John the opening words are as follows… Christ is the Word. Now what may this mean?

SFQ.227-228

Christ; Christianity; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God

ABU2945

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in London

This world is a theatre. It is not an eternal world: it is a stage where every kind of play is enacted.

SFQ.231

The ephemeral and the eternal; Things are known by their opposites; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3557

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in New York

All through America I have encouraged the Bahais to study Esperanto and to the extent of my ability I will strive in its spread and promotion.

SW_v11#17 p.286

Call to action; Universal language

ABU3224

Words spoken in Dec. 1913

Then do something that will keep you from dying; that will instead, day by day make you more alive

BW_v13p1187, VLAB.048

Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Stories; anecdotes; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2666

Words spoken in Dec. 1913 in Akka

During the Dispensation of Muhammad, there lived two poets in Mecca. One composed a great eulogy praising Muhammad

DAS.1913-12-21

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humor; jokes; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2260

Words spoken in early Sept. 1911 in Vevey

110

Bahá'u'lláh says that in this world there is nothing more absurd than divorce. If one has accepted another

PN_1909B p037, DJT.191, BLO_PN#027

House of Justice; Law of divorce

ABU2354

Words spoken in Feb. 1910

100

You must be very thankful to God for He brought you to this Holy Land to visit the Blessed Tomb... The Essence of Divinity holds the station of the sun

PN_1910 p002

Differences in human capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Many are called but few are chosen; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3066

Words spoken in Feb. 1910

Both are one. Sometimes it is called heart and sometimes mind: but mind is of two kinds; one is a worldly mind which seeks the livelihood

PN_1910 p002

Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ABU3088

Words spoken in Feb. 1910

The Bounty of God is within the heart; it receives the Light... The bounty is dormant or latent in the hearts. Belief and faith make it appear

PN_1910 p002

Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition

ABU1885

Words spoken in Feb. 1911

160

Fasting is a symbol. Fasting signifies abstinence from lust. Physical fasting is a symbol

SW_v08#06 p.061, BLO_PN#002

Development of capacity and readiness; Law of fasting; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU0644

Words spoken in Feb. 1918

450

BSC.505 #971x, SW_v10#06 p.111-112+098

Praise be to God, that the dark ages have passed away and the century of light has come.... The past age was an age of wondrous achievements... Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! That the Sun of Reality hath shone forth! Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings!

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1774

Words spoken in Jan. 1913

170

Reincarnation is a very abstruse question. If one desires to give a satisfactory explanation, one must write a book

DAS.1913-01-02n

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation

ABU3242

Words spoken in Jul. 1912 in the United States

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

ABU3355

Words spoken in Jul. 1912 in the United States

The point to which all eyes should turn is One. All eyes must turn their attention

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

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

ABU2402

Words spoken in Jul. 1914

100

There are two general and principal classes of divine teachings. One is spiritual

SW_v07#17 p.173

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU0719

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

410

See how Mirza Muhammad Ali has said that 'Aqa [‘Abdu'l-Bahá] has abolished and effaced the Cause of God!' By the life of God

PN_1906 p042, SUR.246-247, BLO_PN#001

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2799

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

Today the world's gaze is extended to the lives of the Bahá'ís: when they find a believer committing an evil deed, they may imagine such to be the deed of all the Bahá'ís

PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Words vs deeds

ABU2906

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

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]

ABU3394

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

Man should be intoxicated with the wine of Knowledge and drink from the Chalice of Wisdom. For this joy and exhilaration continues to Eternity.

PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1409

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

230

Unity is love. It cannot be established without love. Therefore try, as far as possible, to be filled with love.

SW_v08#10 p.121, BLO_PN#002

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1481

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

220

If one friend feels love for another he will wish to say so. Though he knows that the friend is aware… If there be no love, if there be no pleasure or spiritual enjoyment in prayer, do not pray

COC#1755x, SW_v08#04 p.042, BNE.094x, BLO_PN#002

Importance of prayer; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ABU2806

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

Asceticism is not necessary. A soul grows by the exercise of human virtues and the observance of human morals

SW_v08#05 p.060, BLO_PN#002

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0495

Words spoken in late Aug./early Sept. 1911 in Vevey

540

Christ and all the Prophets have taught in their Holy Books the immortality of the soul. Jesus during His life had so many afflictions

AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p035, DJT.188-190, BLO_PN#027

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Purpose; goal of creation; Second birth; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU2186

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

120

"Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition

SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p003

Differences in human capacity; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU3200

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort

SW_v14#02 p.037-038, PN_1911 p005

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Soul; spirit after death

ABU3233

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Yes, a planet can lose the bounty of God and be destroyed. As man depends on his elements and the brain in particular, so the 'sent Prophets and Manifestations' are like the brain of a planet

PN_1911 p008

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU3385

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Those Prophets who are Manifestations of God, sent by God (Avatars) are of the Essence (logos) and quite untouched by the faith of disciples

PN_1911 p007

Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others

ABU3555

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

No, man should develop all his qualities for each quality has its own use and function.

SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p004

Education and the development of capacity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Soul; spirit after death

ABU3106

Words spoken in May1921

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

SW_v12#06 p.115

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Race unity; racial issues

ABU1113

Words spoken in Oct. 1911 in London to Mrs. Enthoven

290

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Praise of Western values; culture; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Abdu'l-Bahá sent his greetings to all, begging all to go on acquiring strength in their belief and courage… Let the light of truth and honesty shine in your faces

AIL.124, SW_v08#02 p.026x

ABU3532

Words spoken in Oct. 1912 in New York

Between 1860 and 1865 you did a wonderful thing; you knocked the shackles from chattel slavery; but today you must do a much more wonderful thing: you must destroy industrial slavery.

SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v06#04 p.033, SW_v08#01 p.006

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Race unity; racial issues; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

ABU0769

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

390

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

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

AIL.068

ABU0975

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

320

Angels; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey.... Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours

AIL.096, SW_v04#19 p.321x, PN_1911 p002x, PN_1911 p011x, VLAB.132x, BSTW#043a

ABU1105

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

290

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Empty learning; false spirituality; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

To most men who have not heard the message of this teaching, religion seems an outward form, a pretence

AIL.056

ABU1243

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

260

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Soul; spirit after death

this would depend upon the respective stations of the two. If both had the same degree of development, they would be reunited immediately after death.

AIL.074

ABU1244

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

260

Empty learning; false spirituality; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds

I know of your work. I think a great deal of it. I know your desire is to serve mankind, and to draw together Humanity

AIL.108

ABU1413

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

230

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

There was once a Governor in Ancient Syria, who had a beautiful and clever wife.

AIL.103-104

ABU1480

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

220

It is well with a country when the magistrates are as fathers to the people. There is a great spiritual light in London... A certain Pasha, having most unjustly and cruelly beaten one of his servants

BW_v04p383, CHH.164, BLO_PN#022

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Praise of Western values; culture

ABU1522

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

210

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Stories; anecdotes; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

The real teaching of Buddha is the same as the teaching of Jesus Christ

AIL.063, STAB#055

ABU1891

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

160

Human reality created in the image of God; Nationalism; love of country; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Race unity; racial issues

God has created the world as one -- the boundaries are marked out by man. God has not divided the lands

AIL.055

ABU2033

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

140

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace

During the last six thousand years nations have hated one another, it is now time to stop.

AIL.061

ABU2102

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

130

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Power of the mind over nature; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

Luxuries cut off the freedom of communication. One who is imprisoned by desires is always unhappy

AIL.087-088

ABU2108

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

130

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

Yes, and yet not in Essence. A Divine Manifestation is as a mirror reflecting the light of the Sun.

AIL.066

ABU2115

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

130

Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity

Compare the present time and the feeling towards the coloured people now, with the state of feeling two or three hundred years ago

AIL.068

ABU2117

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

130

Empty learning; false spirituality; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

superstitions were of two kinds; those that were harmful and dangerous, and those that were harmless and produced certain good effects

AIL.073

ABU2200

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

120

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fulfillment of true potential; Mary Magdalene; Power of the Manifestation of God; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

The bounty and power of God is limitless for each human soul. Consider what was the quickening power

AIL.088

ABU2205

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

120

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

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

AIL.071

ABU2285

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Christ; Christianity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

Praise be to God, this century is a glorious century; may love increase every day

AIL.107

ABU2287

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Degrees of faith; certitude; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds

You must strive. A child does not know, in learning he obtains knowledge. Search for Truth. There are three kinds of Faith

AIL.064, SW_v20#10 p.293x, SAS.093-094

ABU2288

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Equality of men and women; Intuition; inspiration; Mary Magdalene; Resurrection of Christ

Taken in general, women today have a stronger sense of religion than men. The woman's intuition is more correct

AIL.104

ABU2297

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity of thought and belief

I have enjoyed London very much and the bright faces of the friends have delighted my heart... There are living nations and dead nations

AIL.079

ABU2299

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Critique of Western values; culture; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

I find England awake; there is spiritual life here. But your poor are so very poor! This should not be.

LOG#0729x, AIL.091

ABU2303

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

110

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Universality of the Cause

You must not dissociate yourself from it. Know this; the Kingdom of God is not in any Society

AIL.097

ABU2418

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

100

Christ; Christianity; Monasticism; asceticism; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

The teachings are the same. It is the same foundation and the same temple. Truth is one, and without division.

AIL.092

ABU2480

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

It depends on how intensely you, each and every one of you, serve day and night. Ye are all torches that I have lighted with mine own hands.

CHH.172-173, BLO_PN#022

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2524

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God

The Reality of all is One. Truth is one. Religions are like the branches of one Tree.

AIL.062, SAS.094-095

ABU2700

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Equality of men and women; Role and station of women

The woman is indeed of the greater importance to the race. She has the greater burden and the greater work.

COC#2178, LOG#2093x, AIL.102

ABU2809

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Goodly deeds; actions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

By deeds. This way is open to all, and deeds are understood by all.

AIL.098

ABU2871

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Grammar and orthography; Predictions and prophecies; Universal language

The love and effort put into Esperanto will not be lost, but no one person can construct a Universal Language.

AIL.094

ABU2958

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Growth of the Cause; Need for an educator; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ

Mankind needs a universal motive power to quicken it. The inspired messenger who is directly assisted

AIL.089

ABU3033

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

It makes no difference whether you have ever heard of Baha'u'llah or not. The man who lives the life according to the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh is already a Bahá'í.

AIL.106, BNE.072x

ABU3036

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Wealth inequality and its moderation

Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results.

AIL.092

ABU3042

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

Yes all societies, all organizations, working for the betterment of the human race are good, very good.

AIL.065

ABU3094

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Limits of the intellect; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God

To man, the Essence of God is incomprehensible, so also are the worlds beyond this, and their condition

AIL.066

ABU3168

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

You wear the cross for remembrance, it concentrates your thoughts; it has no magical power

AIL.093

ABU3178

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

I know it; I think a great deal of it. I know that their desire is to serve mankind. I thank this noble Society

AIL.061

ABU3207

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

It is nearly two thousand years since His holiness the Lord Christ taught this prayer to His people: "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven

CHH.172, BLO_PN#022

Christ; Christianity; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU3219

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

When a thought of war enters your mind, suppress it, and plant in its stead a positive thought of peace.

CHH.168, BLO_PN#022

Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace

ABU3228

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Miracles have frequently obscured the Teachings which the Divine Messenger has brought. The Message is the real miracle.

CHH.170, BLO_PN#022

Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3248

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Predictions and prophecies; Race unity; racial issues; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

It is just like a miracle, our being here together. There is no racial, political or patriotic tie.

AIL.105

ABU3265

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

...these rappings, etc., were all material things, and of the body. What is needed is to rise above the material

AIL.072

ABU3323

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Things are known by their opposites; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

By putting the teaching into practice power will be given. You know which path to follow

AIL.064

ABU3345

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

There is but one power which heals -- that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes

AIL.095, SW_v08#18 p.233

ABU3405

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

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

ABU3420

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Freedom of thought and action; Justice and mercy; Praise of Western values; culture

Every man walking in the street is free as if he were in his own kingdom. There is a great spiritual light in London.

AIL.109

ABU3422

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women

The girl's education is of more importance today than the boy's, for she is the mother of the future race.

AIL.091

ABU3531

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature

All that we see around us is the work of mind. It is mind in the herb and in the mineral that acts on the human body, and changes its condition.

AIL.095

ABU3551

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; High station of the arts and sciences; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Stories; anecdotes; Work as worship

Art is worship.... The drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past

AIL.093

ABU3599

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

I received a letter from Tolstoy, and in it he said that he wished to write a book upon Baha'u'llah.

AIL.094

ABU3603

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.

AIL.107

ABU1040

Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh

300

when the heart is confident, man knows that all is well. At one time in Acca, thirteen Bahais lived in one room

ABIE.384, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Excellence; distinction; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1110

Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh

290

are they happy? If they are not happy, then, in this wide world, who could claim happiness? Happiness is the most natural possession and immanent attribute of every Bahá'í.

ABIE.383, BLO_PN#007

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0193

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha ca. 1909-1910

920

O Tochter des Abendlandes, Wir schätzen deine Offenheit, Wir kennen deine Bedenken, Wir klären dich, du Sucherin der Wahrheit, gerne auf.

SDW v11#08 p.087-089

Christian doctrine and practice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause; Word of God and human limitations

ABU0218

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha ca. 1909-1910

880

Im ganzen Morgenlande ist die Auffassung über die Natur eines Propheten dieselbe, gleichviel, ob es sidı um die Religion des Islams

SDW v11#07 p.076-077

Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0226

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Feb 1910

870

Al-Aschari (873--935) war Arzt, Naturforscher und Religionsphilosoph. Ursprünglich selbst Mutazilite, wie sein berühmter Zeitgenosse und Kollege Razi

SDW v12#05 p.052-054

Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; Matter; essence; substance and form; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0415

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Feb 1910

610

Mein Bruder, du frägst viel auf einmal! Zweck und Ziel des menschlichen Leidens ist mannigfaltig, und wenn wir bis in die sinkende Nach

SDW v13#09 p.095-096

Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0500

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Feb 1910

540

Zufall heißt, bedeutet Sinnlosigkeit. Suchst du, mein Sohn, im Weltenbau, im persönlichen Dasein keinen Sinn

SDW v13#10 p.101-102

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Exhortations and counsels; Free will and predestination; fate; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

ABU0148

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Jan 1910

1050

The Blessed Beauty Bahá'u'lláh has set down in His Writings the oriental natural philosophy that we share with the Persian Súfís

SDW v12#04 p.040-042, BLO_PN#050

Evolution; human evolution; Heat and motion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU0529

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Spring 1910

520

Du frägst viel und Wichtiges, o meine Tochter, Gott möge uns allen Weisheit und Erkenntnis schenken, darüber klar zu sehen!

SDW v12#01 p.002-003

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0003

Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 1

700

In a Tablet which We yesterday revealed, We have explained the meaning of the words, 'Turn your eyes away'

DB.459-462

Conference of Badasht; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Veiling [hijab]

BHU0002

Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 2

1100

Praise be to God that whatever is essential for the believers in this Revelation to be told has been revealed... Be thankful to God for having enabled you to recognise His Cause.

BKOG.060x, BKOG.116x, BSTW#403x, DB.582-586

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1484

Words spoken on 11 Jun 1910

220

O meine Tochter, du meinst, die Einheit der Religion sei nicht als Notwendigkeit zu beweisen und zu verlangen, im Gegenteil, ihr Abendländer sagt

SDW v13#05 p.056-057

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU2477

Words spoken on 1900-10-07

There is no such thing as 'vicarious atonement' as held and taught by theologians and churches.

BSTW#276j

Christian doctrine and practice; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Goodly deeds; actions; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2188

Words spoken on 1900-11-29

120

There are two kinds of punishment - punishment of love and displeasure. The king punishes his own children because of His love

PN_1900_heh p004

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1107

Words spoken on 1904-04-18

290

The people have not understood the meaning of baptism. In one place in the Gospels

SW_v09#09 p.103

John the Baptist; Literal interpretation; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Spiritual baptism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3583

Words spoken on 1905-03-26

Today, the most important affair is firmness in the Covenant

SW_v05#15 p.227, SW_v04#14 p.237

Role of the Covenant in preserving unity

ABU3397

Words spoken on 1907-04-15

What the people believe regarding the other side and that they receive messages from that place is not quite so, they only feel something within themselves, but they do not perceive; there is a great difference between feeling and perception.

BSTW#211a

Occult sciences; psychic phenomena

ABU3510

Words spoken on 1907-04-15

Hell denotes the heedlessness of people from God. The meaning of 'skin' is doubts

BSTW#211b

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3641

Words spoken on 1907-04-15

This is but the imagination of mankind.

BSTW#211a

Demons and evil spirits; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0965

Words spoken on 1908-11-07

320

First of all, you should not argue with them or oppose them, or they will deny even the things which they see with their own eyes.

FRGA.003

Composition and decomposition; Methods of teaching the Cause; Proofs for the existence of God

ABU2954

Words spoken on 1909-02-22

This material food was very simple, just enough for life, but that the spiritual food was varied and abundant

AKL.012

Christian doctrine and practice; Condition of search; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU1387

Words spoken on 1909-09-02

230

This is a good meeting because we are gathered together from the East and West... The original or essential thing is the Word.

PN_1909D p015

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3098

Words spoken on 1910-01-01

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

ABU3227

Words spoken on 1910-02-19

If anyone comes to you and endeavors to belittle the station of another in your presence or speaks in any terms against another, you must not listen

PN_unsorted p074

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

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

ABU1197

Words spoken on 1910-05-13

270

Among the human race, the bonds of and means for love are numerous, for man cannot live without it

SW_v01#08 p.005-006, SW_v08#10 p.127

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity in diversity

ABU1063

Words spoken on 1910-05-15

300

There are different gatherings and various meetings held in the world which apparently are in the utmost degree of arrangement and order

SW_v01#08 p.006-007

Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1879

Words spoken on 1910-05-18

160

In fact, you have shown forth a wonderful devotion; you left the West and came to the furthermost part of Asia

SW_v01#08 p.008

Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2060

Words spoken on 1911-09-04 in London

130

East and West; communication between East and West; Stories; anecdotes; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

Heaven has blessed this day. It was said that London should be a place

KHAB.048 (056)

AIL.053, SW_v02#19 p.004

ABU3174

Words spoken on 1911-09-09 in London

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Wealth inequality and its moderation

I love you all, you are the children of the Kingdom, and you are accepted of God.

AIL.085

ABU1446

Words spoken on 1911-09-23 in London

220

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Race unity; racial issues; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

You are very welcome. I have come far to see you. I praise God that after forty years of waiting I am permitted at last to come and bring my message.

KHAB.065 (074)

AIL.082

ABU3028

Words spoken on 1911-09-23 in London

Equality of men and women; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

This is the age of woman. She should receive the same education as her brother and enjoy the same privilege

AIL.081

ABU0977

Words spoken on 1911-09-27 in London

320

These people are very spiritual, with hearts looking towards God

SW_v02#12 p.008

Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Second birth; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2673

Words spoken on 1911-09-28 in London

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Compassion; kindness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

all of you here are sisters. Bodily relationships may pass; even two sisters may be inimical to each other, but the spiritual relationship is eternal

AIL.075

ABU1896

Words spoken on 1911-10-17 in Paris

160

I wish you to study the works of the Blessed Beauty and to live according to His teaching.

SW_v02#16 p.003-004, PN_1911 p016

Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ABU2379

Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

100

Travelling is a very good thing. It opens the eyes and broadens the horizon. In the East one may behold vast and desert places where once lay peopled towns

PN_1911 p017

Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3496

Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

Yes, he will hear of it in his next life, but through the mercy of God, not through his own ability.

PN_1911 p016

Soul; spirit after death

ABU3604

Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

In a state of potentiality, possessing no consciousness as we understand it.

PN_1911 p017

Development of capacity and readiness; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation

ABU1203

Words spoken on 1911-10-20 in Paris

270

The sun shines upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures. The Sun of Truth also shines

SW_v02#16 p.004-005, PN_1911 p018

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

ABU2404

Words spoken on 1911-11-06 in Paris

100

I. Pity and good-will towards all mankind. II. The rendering of service to humanity.

SW_v02#19 p.003

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2110

Words spoken on 1911-11-26 in Paris

130

Call to action; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Love of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

Good news! Good news! The doors of the Kingdom of God are open!... Be Happy! Be Happy! Be full of Joy!

AIL.126, SW_v16#05 p.524, VLAB.113x

J. Lenz

ABU1027

Words spoken on 1911-12-01 in Paris

300

Compassion; kindness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

I bid a loving farewell to the people of France and England. I am very

AIL.122, SW_v02#16 p.006

ABU3029

Words spoken on 1912-04-20 in Washington

It is true in this country in particular growth in all directions has progressed too rapidly. Moderation should be practiced in all things. Be temperate, even in the size of the ships you build and in their speed; in your railroads and the schedules you expect your trains to maintain.

SW_v19#03 p.087

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

ABU1415

Words spoken on 1912-05-10 in Washington

230

Whosoever read the Book of H'ykl can observe the tremendous and colossal power of Baha'o'llah

SW_v08#13 p.170-171

Justice and wrath of God; Predictions and prophecies; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3099

Words spoken on 1912-05-10 in Washington

And now you, if you act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'o'llah, may rest assured that you will be aided and confirmed.

COC#0309x, COC#1684x, SW_v08#08 p.103

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3034

Words spoken on 1912-05-12

Today the real king is the soul who serves all, and dear is he who exhibits humility toward all humanity.

SW_v07#18 p.188

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3424

Words spoken on 1912-05-15 in Lake Mohonk

It is very easy to come here, camp near this beautiful lake, on these charming hills, far away from everybody and deliver speeches on Universal Peace. These ideals should be spread and put in action over there, (Europe) not here in the world's most peaceful corner.

SW_v19#06 p.181

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3253

Words spoken on 1912-06-12 in New York

To pray is not to read Psalms. To pray is to trust in God, and to be submissive in all things to Him... Strong ships are not conquered by the sea,--they ride the waves.

SW_v08#03 p.038, DJT.305, FDA.028, ABCC.214, VLAB.115-116, BLO_PN#027

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0124

Words spoken on 1912-07-09 in New York

1100

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

PN_1912 p109x, BSTW#351ax

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

ABU2355

Words spoken on 1912-07-17 in New York

100

You must always be happy. God is kind. He is more kind than a father. Whenever we experience unhappiness, we must turn our faces to God

PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351d

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU1514

Words spoken on 1912-07-19 in New York

210

There is a spiritual understanding or communication. You are always associating or affiliating with Me.

PN_1912 p113, BSTW#351e

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1869

Words spoken on 1912-07-21 in New York

160

I feel a zephyr blowing from the Supreme Kingdom towards America. It will continue to blow. I hope it brings the utmost strength to the Covenant.

PN_1912 p018, PN_1912 p113, BSTW#351e

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity

ABU2380

Words spoken on 1912-07-29 in Dublin

100

Stagnation is the cause of retrogression. Man must always advance. As soon as man remains stationary in a certain cause he will go backward.

PN_1912 p004

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0162

Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre

1000

...When a man is thirsty he drinks water. When he is hungry he eats food. But if a man be not thirsty

SW_v07#16 p.155+161x

Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1527

Words spoken on 1912-09-03 in Montreal

210

Although the body-politic is one family, yet because of the lack of symmetry some members

SW_v08#10 p.122

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU2874

Words spoken on 1912-09-04 in Montreal

No brotherhood appears in the world as lasting save that of the spiritual type

SW_v08#11 p.141

Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU2101

Words spoken on 1912-09-06 in Montreal

130

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

SW_v13#11 p.292

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU0214

Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco

890

All phenomena excepting man, whether major or minor, are possessed of one aspect. For example, consider the vegetable kingdom.

ECN.087+935

Arcs of ascent and descent; Fulfillment of true potential; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU0748

Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco

400

Praise be to God: The United States has in reality made extraordinary progress... It will lead other nations spiritually, for its illumination is far-reaching ... but the greatness of every country

COF.035x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x, SW_v05#11 p.166-167, SW_v05#11 p.161, SW_v13#12 p.343x

Predictions and prophecies

ABU2953

Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco

Nature is worshipped by scientists because of the wonderful laws found there, but did you ever realize that Nature is very imperfect, is almost chaotic, until man inspired of the Spirit comes to direct her.

ECN.754

Need for an educator; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of the mind over nature

ABU0574

Words spoken on 1912-10-05 in San Francisco

490

We have been driving in your lovely park. I found it so charming that I alighted from the automobile and walked along the pathways.

ECN.092

Critique of Western values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Education and the development of capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

ABU1731

Words spoken on 1912-10-05 in San Francisco

180

You are all welcome, most welcome. We have come here to be your guests. Do you accept a guest?

ECN.095+952

One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0097

Words spoken on 1912-10-06 in Oakland

1250

Last year I went to Europe. After a few months I returned to Alexandria. When I was ready to start for America

ECN.103+964

Composition and decomposition; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humor; jokes; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Proofs for the existence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0590

Words spoken on 1912-10-10 in San Francisco

480

Since the beginning of the world various philosophical thoughts and theories have been advanced. When we glance at history we find no end to these concepts.

ECN.117

Limits of the intellect; Names and attributes of God; Rational arguments; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0657

Words spoken on 1912-10-10 in San Francisco

450

I have received a letter from the friends in Persia, who send greetings to you. They long to see you, and their greatest desire is for the day to come

ECN.114

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Limits of the intellect; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace

ABU1245

Words spoken on 1912-10-11 in San Francisco

260

Praise be to God we are in receipt of good news from the Orient. The Orient is exhilarated. The fire of the love of God is ignited everywhere.

ECN.121

Growth of the Cause; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1906

Words spoken on 1912-10-11 in San Francisco

160

We went for a short drive and walked through the Sutro Gardens, which are very beautiful. San Francisco has capacity - capacity for many things

ECN.125

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU0454

Words spoken on 1912-10-12 in Oakland

580

This morning we spoke in the Temple Emanu-El at the invitation of Dr. Meyer, who is a most broadminded man. In Persia there are a great many Jews who have become followers of Bahá’u’lláh.

ECN.130

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0792

Words spoken on 1912-10-13 in San Francisco

380

This afternoon we drove out to the sea-shore. We looked upon the beautiful sea with its high waves, and pondered over the time when the Sea of Love will be set in motion.

ECN.134+496x

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Music and singing; Oneness; unity of religion; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0980

Words spoken on 1912-10-14 in San Francisco

320

I want to tell you a remarkable story--the strangest of the strange--so that you may see the great power of the cause of God. When we were exiled from Persia

ECN.148+506

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 ; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU1732

Words spoken on 1912-10-14 in San Francisco

180

Welcome, very welcome! Praise be to God that he confirmed me to come here to see you, for I had the greatest longing to see the friends in America

ECN.136

Call to action; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU0942

Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco

330

I have been out for a walk. After speaking all morning and afternoon I was in need of fresh air. I walked for nearly an hour. Motion is very good.

ECN.157+498x

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1293

Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco

250

Are you well? Are you all well? If you are not happy, who can be happy? Look at the people of the world

ECN.155

Bringing forth results; fruit; Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0659

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

440

The Blessed Beauty appeared in Persia, in Teheran. He was in the utmost of ease

SW_v07#04 p.032

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal ; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0905

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

340

You are most welcome. Are you well? Very happy? Are you attracted to the Kingdom? I came especially to see you, that I might know how you are, that I might inquire about your health and your faith

ECN.162

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1288

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

250

This revered personage was the first Bahai in America. He served the Cause

SW_v03#13 p.014-015, SW_v04#11 p.186+189, ABCC.066x

Bringing forth results; fruit; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1485

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

220

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

ECN.164

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

ABU1614

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

190

Mr. Chase was of the blessed souls. The best time of his life was spent in the path of God

SW_v03#13 p.015, SW_v04#11 p.190, MAB.022-023, ECN.160

Eulogies; reminiscences; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1818

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

160

O my God! O my God! Verily, this is a servant of Thine, who did believe on Thee and in Thy signs

SW_v03#13 p.015, SW_v04#11 p.189-190, MAB.022, ECN.159

Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1907

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

160

Welcome! Welcome! Are you all well? Are you all happy? I am very happy to see you all. I have come from a far distant point to see you

ECN.161

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2337

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

100

That which has come forth from the Center of the Covenant you must take fast hold of.

SW_v11#14 p.243

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2341

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

100

I came from San Francisco to see you and to visit Mr. Chase's grave.

SW_v04#13 p.225, PN_1912 p016

Eulogies; reminiscences; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death

ABU0327

Words spoken on 1912-10-21 in San Francisco

710

His Holiness the Báb -- may my spirit be a sacrifice to him! - appeared in Shiraz. Soon after his declaration he wrote his first book

ECN.186

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Martyrdom of the Bab; Prophecy and fulfillment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU1908

Words spoken on 1912-10-21 in San Francisco

160

This morning we were speaking of the fact that God never leaves anything unexplained. He will make everything manifest, even though it may remain hidden for a long time.

ECN.184

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mary Magdalene; Resurrection of Christ; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0047

Words spoken on 1912-10-22 in Oakland

1600

Praise be to God, this is a good meeting… This evening I shall relate to you the story of the sojourn of Bahá’u’lláh during the two years of his solitude on the mountain of Sarkalu.

ECN.191+485

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; House of Justice; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU1014

Words spoken on 1912-10-22 in San Francisco

310

God will assist you. One of the great prophets of the Orient, one of the worthies of the East.... When man dedicates his life to a cause he must dedicate himself entirely

SW_v04#12 p.205, SW_v08#06 p.064-065x

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Words vs deeds

ABU0219

Words spoken on 1912-10-23 in Oakland

880

I am very grateful that this meeting has been made possible, for it is extraordinary that after forty years' imprisonment, and the consequent infirmity

ECN.207+499x

Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise of Western values; culture; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU0820

Words spoken on 1912-10-24 in San Francisco

370

In Persia we have a unique custom. When we write to a friend most dear we place at the end of the letter a seal that is perfumed with musk

ECN.215+500x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education and the development of capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1294

Words spoken on 1912-10-24 in San Francisco

250

We have been for a drive in the Park as far as the lake - a most beautiful spot, with lawns about it

ECN.213+500x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0751

Words spoken on 1912-10-25 in Sacramento

400

Sacramento is a good city. It is a well-built city. You must strive to make it a center of radiance and mercy. America is a marvellous country

ECN.222

Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU1020

Words spoken on 1912-10-25 in Sacramento

310

How negligent people are! What insignificant things they consider necessary for their happiness! How negligent they are! Like unto animals

ECN.220

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Man's distinction from the animal; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0607

Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool

470

Tonight I am exceedingly happy to find myself in an assembly, the members of which are a recognized factor in philanthropy

SW_v03#17 p.004-005

Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU3356

Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool

Water flowing from one spring has more force and energy than if the same water is divided between

DAS.1912-12-15, SW_v08#02 p.021

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0728

Words spoken on 1912-12-17 in London

410

God willing! If I go to America another time I will go differently; but it is very difficult

DAS.1912-12-17, SW_v03#19 p.003-004

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Praise of Western values; culture; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2037

Words spoken on 1912-12-22 in London

140

We also have a theatre... Our theatre is built in a country where there is eternal springtime. The streets of that city

DAS.1912-12-22, SW_v14#06 p.177

Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2882

Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London

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

ABU2912

Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London

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

ABU3104

Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London

There are two kinds of music, divine and earthly music. Divine music exhilarates the spirit

DAS.1912-12-23, SW_v14#06 p.177

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Music and singing

ABU3415

Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London

Every object in this world has the power of combustion. The objects by themselves and in themselves will not be ignited. A flame is necessary. I hope you will become that flame to enkindle the hearts.

DAS.1912-12-23

Being a source of light; guidance; Fire and light; fire and water; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3431

Words spoken on 1912-12-24 in London

Hands which have labored in the cause of education are ever blessed. I am pleased with your hands.

DAS.1912-12-24, SW_v09#08 p.089

Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2275

Words spoken on 1913-01-01 in London

110

Civilization is like unto a moving hill of sands: Today it is here, tomorrow it is many thousand miles away. It is subject to constant transferences.

DAS.1913-01-01

Means of establishment of future civilization; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU2964

Words spoken on 1913-01-19 in London

The object of all the prophets has been the purification of the souls... Today we are standing before the illimitable sea; let us not deprive ourselves.

DAS.1913-01-19, SW_v09#14 p.162x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0234

Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris

850

There are two schools which believe in the rebirth of the soul - the reincarnation and metempsychosis. The first school believes that the spirit of man

DAS.1913-01-22

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; John the Baptist; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God

ABU2204

Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris

120

Faithfulness is a good attribute. There is nothing better than faithfulness. Although the faithfulness of the dog is natural

DAS.1913-01-22

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Free will and predestination; fate; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2613

Words spoken on 1913-01-23 in Paris

The Parisian people are submerged in a sea of materialism. They are intoxicated with the wine of desire and selfish appetites. They think these material objects are permanent.

DAS.1913-01-23

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2091

Words spoken on 1913-02-16 in Paris

130

The race problem in America is very intense. Its non-solution will end in danger and war. The colored people in the United States have advanced much intellectually.

DAS.1913-02-16

Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1022

Words spoken on 1913-03-28 in Paris

300

Although outwardly cataclysms are hard to understand and to endure, yet there lies a great wisdom behind them which appears later.

DAS.1913-03-28, ADP.116-116x, BSTW#093

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1152

Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart

280

Praise be to God! that I have come to Stuttgart, that I could meet with you. Praise be to God!

SW_v04#04 p.067

Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3162

Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart

This is the best thing; we will arrive in Stuttgart.... How attracted and enkindled are the German Bahais!

SW_v04#09 p.162

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement

ABU3694

Words spoken on 1913-04-05 in Stuttgart

120

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

There is no monasticism in this Cause, but a person who wishes to devote his time exclusively to teaching the Cause of God

BDA2.219

MHMD2.283

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

ABU3209

Words spoken on 1913-06-24 in Port Said

Perfection is impossible without humility; humility is unattainable without the love of God

PN_1909 p024, PN_1913 p004

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU1465

Words spoken on 1913-06-30 in Port Said

220

The Bahá'í Cause is like unto the great ocean, or rather the great ocean is a symbol of the Cause of God. Its mountainous waves are within itself and by itself.

DAS.1913-06-30

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Imagery in the Qur'an; Rejection, opposition and persecution

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

ABU2752

Words spoken on 1913-07-01 in Port Said

I have great love for the believers of Baghdad. They are ever in My heart. Be not sad owing to the present ruin of the House.

DAS.1913-07-01

Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places

ABU1958

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

150

It is not my duty to command particular persons to arise and teach the Cause

DAS.1913-07-02, SW_v04#15 p.251, ABIE.009, BLO_PN#007

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3163

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

With the appearance of the Truth the point of opposition raises its head. The former gains signal victory; the other goes into crushing defeat.

DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.011, BLO_PN#007

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Things are known by their opposites; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU3524

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

The believers must cultivate a beautiful voice so that they may sing the Bahá'í songs or chant

DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.010, BLO_PN#007

Music and singing; Power of prayer

ABU1242

Words spoken on 1913-07-03 in Port Said

260

The soul of man must be happy, no matter where he is. One must attain to that condition of inward beatitude and peace

DAS.1913-07-03, SW_v07#16 p.161-162, ABIE.014, PN_1914 p009x, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Study; deepening; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU2308

Words spoken on 1913-07-04 in Port Said

110

It is related that an aged and decrepit man became the guest of his holiness Abraham

DAS.1913-07-04, SW_v08#12 p.143, ABIE.025, BLO_PN#007, STAB#051

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1803

Words spoken on 1913-07-05 in Port Said

170

Whether we live in the East or in the West, the invisible Power of Baha'o'llah

DAS.1913-07-05, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.026, BLO_PN#007

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity

ABU2098

Words spoken on 1913-07-06 in Port Said

130

we must ever think of the education of the public and try our utmost to improve the conditions of the submerged classes

DAS.1913-07-06, ABIE.030, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education

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

ABU2949

Words spoken on 1913-07-08 in Port Said