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| AB08632 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان جناب جمشید داراب و جناب شاپورجی و جناب فرامرز از طائفه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! O honoured Jamshíd Dáráb, and revered Shápúrjí, and noble Farámarz of the community [3.5s] | INBA17:228 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Hospitality | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10395 | 280 | Persian | Light of the World | آن مظلوم آفاق با جميع خلق در نهايت خضوع و خشوع معامله ميفرمود . اين مدّت مديده | O thou servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated 23 May 1921 was received and its contents were noted. The complaints of the two parties are continuous | NURA#20, MMK4#024 p.024x | LOTW#20 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06101 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی رقیم مشکین آن یار دیرین در نهایت بلاغت و فصاحت و | O thou faithful servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The musk-scented missive of that ancient friend, possessed of consummate eloquence and fluency [3.5s] | PYB#119 p.04 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11347 | 30 | ...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language | COC#0611x | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12090 | 40 | Turkish | سعادتلو افندم حضرتلری عزتلو خلیل بیک شمدی تشریف بیوردیلر یوقارده کی اوتله | The esteemed and noble presence of His Excellency, Khaleel Bey, hath now graciously arrived [4o] | BRL_DAK#0475 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04959 | 160 | Persian | میر فندرسکی میگوید چرخ گردون کین چنین نغز و خوش و زیباستی صورتی در زیر دارد | Mir Findiríski declareth: This celestial sphere, with its exquisite grace and beauteous form, hath an image hidden beneath [3.5s] | MSHR3.061 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04613 | 200 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ارسل الحبیب و انزل علیه الفرقان و اقامه مقام نفسه فی الامکان | Praise be unto God, Who hath sent forth the Beloved One and sent down unto Him the Qur'an, and established Him as His Own Self in the realm of contingent being [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.272b, , BLIB_Or15711.054a, | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07042 | 140 | Persian | خدمت حضرت وزیر اعظم و سفیر افخم اکرم دام اقباله العالی عرض میشود که عریضه ای معروض شده | Most great minister, most mighty and noble ambassador, may your prosperity endure, I wish to mention that a petition was written and that, at the time it was sent | CMB_?, | SVB.399-400 | BSB1:4 p34+44 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | |||||||
| ABU2960 | Words spoken on 1913-09-04 in Ramleh | 60 | Chastity and purity of life are the two divine standards of the spiritual and moral law. | DAS.1913-09-04, SW_v08#02 p.026, ABIE.277, BLO_PN#007 | Chastity and purity; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02211 | 400 | mixed | ذکر کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالهدی و کان من المهتدین فی لوح القدس مسطورا | The Book maketh mention, from the servant unto him who hath believed in the guidance and was numbered among the guided ones in the Sacred Tablet [3.5s] | INBA27:447 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03359 | 200 | mixed | ای بنده حق نام بزرگوارت دلیل بر آن است که بفضل خدا موفق بر عبودیت جمال قدم | O servant of the Truth! Thy noble name is evidence that thou hast, through God's grace, attained unto servitude to the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR5.442-443 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08557 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر ایزد دانا را که تو را بظل سدره منتهی دلالت فرمود و در سایه | O ye servants of the Divine, Praise be to God the All-Knowing that he hath guided and led thee | LMA2.438 | NYR#118 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09662 | 80 | Persian | جناب امین مکتوبی که در رد مفتریات اهل نجف مرقوم شد و ارسال گشت که مضمون در | Jinab-i-Amin, the letter which was penned in refutation of the calumnies of the people of Najaf hath been dispatched, the contents of which [3.5s] | INBA16:175 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09987 | 70 | Persian | ای سلیل غضنفر غضنفرانرا صولتی و هزبران را سطوتی که روبهان فرار نمایند و | O scion of the lion, lions possess a might and warriors a dominion before which foxes take flight [3.5s] | MSHR4.085 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10411 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح | O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s] | INBA85:347a | MMK5#263 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10562 | 60 | Persian | ای گودرز مهرورز گودرز دلیر شیرگیر بود ولی تیغ و شمشیرش چوبین زیرا در تن | O loving Goudarz! Though Goudarz of old was a valiant lion-hunter, his sword and blade were but of wood, for in his body [3.5s] | PYB#268 p.04, YARP2.242 p.215 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10661 | 60 | Persian | ای یار موافق در این بامداد که انوار کوکب صبح اشراق شرق و غرب آفاق را احاطه | O agreeable friend! In this dawn when the rays of the morning star encompass the East and West of the horizons [3.5s] | INBA88:194a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10719 | 60 | Arabic | رب قو عبادک الضعفاء علی حمل الامانه الکبری لئلا یودهم حفظ میثاقک الذی اخذته | O Lord, strengthen Thy feeble servants to bear the Most Great Trust, lest they falter in preserving Thy Covenant which Thou hast taken [3.5s] | INBA21:117d | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12404 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قرار معلوم میرزا حسینعلی جهرمی از بمباای بجهرم میرود اظهار | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! According to what is reported, Mirza Husayn-'Ali of Jahrum is departing from Bombay for Jahrum [3.5s] | INBA85:464a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08869 | 110 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الاسماء الحسنی و الامثال العلیا قد تجلی لاهل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the Most Excellent Names and the Most Exalted Similitudes. He hath manifested Himself unto the people [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.072c, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BHU0073 | 20 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06632 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده باوفای جمال ابهی نامه شما ملاحظه گردید اما قضیه امة الله حکیمه خاتون | O thou faithful servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received. As to the matter of the handmaiden of God, Hakímih Khánum [3.5s] | INBA16:178 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00594 | 1280 | mixed | شهد مقصودنا و محبوبنا و معبودنا انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه هو ظهوره و نفسه و ظاهره | Our Purpose, our Beloved, and our Adored One beareth witness that verily there is no God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is indeed His Manifestation, His very Self, and His revealed Sign [3.5s] | INBA27:496, BLIB_Or15717.236, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; God's love for His own Essence; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04691 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده دیرین جمال مبین روحی لاحبائه الفداء هر نفس نفیس بملکوت تقدیس دل | O thou ancient servant of the Manifest Beauty! My spirit be a sacrifice unto His loved ones. Every precious soul aspireth unto the sanctified realm [3.5s] | MSHR3.366x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02463 | 250 | Persian | یا امه الله نامه تو رسید مرا مقصد چنانست که تو سبب ثبوت و استقامت نفوسی بر | O thou maid servant of God! Thy letter was received. My desire is that thou mayst become the cause of the firmness and steadfastness of the souls... ...Firmness in the covenant contains an odor like unto the fragrance of the musk | YHA1.107 (1.219), NJB_v05#14 p.002 | SW_v08#16 p.219x, BSTW#052r, BSTW#073e, BSTW#192x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12757 | 40 | As I have utmost love for you I awaken you doctor fareed with his mother and his relations are violators of covenant and enemies of cause | BBBD.299-300 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11553 | 20 | ...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation | SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05624 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید احبای الهی باید رحمت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou hadst written was perused. The beloved of God must be [3.5s] | MMK5#254 p.198 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1268 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 250 | Persian | هر وقت دیدید کسی بقدر سر سوزنی از جاده مستقیم امرالله انحراف جست و به عنوان عبادت | Whenever you see anyone who deviates to the extent of a needle's eye from the straight path of the Cause of God... In this Faith there are no hidden mysteries or esoteric allusions. | KNSA.203-204 | MNYA.283 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08369 | 120 | Arabic | قل ان یا احبائی ثم اصفیائی اسمعوا ندآء هذا الحبیب المسجون فی هذا السجن | Say: O My beloved ones and My chosen ones! Hearken unto the call of this Beloved Prisoner in this prison [3.5s] | INBA38:100a | ASAT4.126x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01248 | 350 | Convey this message to each and all the believers in New York: Any person who comes to America | SW_v06#12 p.096, BSTW#073e | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06749 | 150 | mixed | لیس ان یتعرض احد علی من فی هناک یا قوم دعوا الموهوم لیروه اهل الیقین من یتعرض علیه | Let none make accusations against those who dwell therein. O people! Abandon vain imaginings, that they who are possessed of certitude may behold it. Whoso contendeth against him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#133, , BLIB_Or15697.144a, | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Murder; causing physical harm; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01055 | 380 | O thou my dear son! Thy letter, dated July 3, 1913, was received. Its contents... This covenant is the Covenant of His Holiness Baha'o'llah. Now its importance is not known befittingly | SW_v04#14 p.240-241, SW_v06#12 p.096, SW_v08#16 p.214, SW_v08#14 p.186 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01037 | 380 | Persian | الحمد لله در ظل حفظ و عنایت الهیه در نهایت سکون و قرار و اطمینان و استقرار | Praise be to God that under the sheltering care and divine providence we dwell in utmost peace, composure, assurance and tranquility [3.5s] | MMK5#026 p.019, QT108.072 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03598 | 190 | mixed | الله ابهی ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی روحی لاحبائه الفدا مکتوب مفصل بدقت ملاحظه | O thou servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty, may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones! The detailed letter was carefully considered [3.5s] | MKT6.056 | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12027 | 180 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Thou hadst asked about the meaning of the statement “the transgressions of the parents will affect four generations of their descendants | BRL_ATE#086 | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The power of example | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02884 | 310 | Persian | قلم اعلی اهل بها را بفیوضات رحمانیه بشارت میدهد و جمیع را نصیحت میفرماید | The Most Exalted Pen giveth the glad-tidings of the bounties of the All-Merciful unto the people of Bahá, and counselleth all that they may attain | INBA35:172, INBA30:051 | BRL_DA#161, AHM.299, MJMM.305, DWNP_v5#11 p.005-006, GHA.448.01x, DRD.137, AKHA_135BE #10 p.01, MSHR4.310x | JHT_B#014 | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06797 | 120 | Persian | ای سمی عبدالبهاء عباس در لغت عرب بمعنی غضنفر است ولی این اسم را مسمی لازم و | O namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! 'Abbás in the Arabic tongue signifieth "lion," yet this name must needs have its true [3.5s] | MMK6#522 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03980 | 180 | mixed | ای ثابت بر میثاق الیوم ثبوت و رسوخ میزان ملا اعلی و ملکوت ابهی و اما من ثقلت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! In this day, firmness and constancy are the standard whereby the Supreme Concourse and the Abhá Kingdom do measure [3.5s] | INBA84:276b | MMK6#613 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03692 | 310 | Persian | Meetings, Bahá'í | ای خانم محترمه نامه شما رسید ولی چون در سفر بودیم از شهری بشهری فرستاده شد تا | ...O thou revered lady! Thou must raise aloft the banner of Baha’u’llah in London and become so aflame with the fire of the love of God as to rouse and stir every listless soul | BRL_DAK#0117 | BRL_MEET.AB#13x, LBLT.116x, LBLT.119x | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07052 | 120 | Arabic | ایها النجمان البازغان فی افق محبه الله قد حمی الوطیس و فار التنور و تشهق | O ye twin stars gleaming in the horizon of God's love! The furnace hath been heated, the kiln is ablaze, and its heat ascendeth [3.5s] | INBA21:103b, INBA88:175 | MKT2.234b | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00357 | 1860 | mixed | روحی و نفسی لک الفداء از تلویحات کلمات الهیه چنان مفهوم این عبد شده که در ظهور | My spirit and my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee! From the intimations of the divine Words, this servant hath thus understood that in the Manifestation [3.5s] | AYBY.154 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02542 | 350 | mixed | قد حضر بین یدینا ما ارسلته من اثر قلمک فی ذکر الله الی اسمنا المهدی فطوبی لک | There hath appeared before Us that which thou didst send from thy pen in remembrance of God unto Our name the Mahdi. Blessed art thou [3.5s] | INBA51:291, INBA57:061, INBA49:323 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01350 | 630 | mixed | الیوم آنچه لدی العرش محبوب تبلیغ امر الله است و کذلک قضی الامر من لدی المختار | In this day, that which is beloved at the Throne is the teaching of God's Cause, and thus hath the decree gone forth from the Chosen One [3.5s] | INBA81:187 | BRL_DA#602, MAS4.140ax | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11028 | 50 | Persian | جناب منشادی محزون مباش مغموم مگرد راضی بقضا باش العاقبه للمتقین ما در تحت | O Jinab-i-Manshadi, be thou not sorrowful, neither be thou grief-stricken. Be thou content with the decree of God, for the ultimate victory belongeth to the righteous [3.5s] | MMK6#155, ANDA#76 p.50 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02321 | 380 | mixed | ای عبد مقبل این بسی معلوم و واضحست که الطاف الهیه نسبت ببریه کامل بوده و | O thou who hast turned towards God! It is abundantly clear and manifest that divine favors have been complete in relation to all creation, and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.125, , BLIB_Or11096#048, | MSHR4.093x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Presence of; reunion with God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02489 | 360 | Arabic | هذه نفحه من نفحات عنایه ربک قد ارسلناها الیک لتقر بها عینک و عیون الذین | This is a breath from the breezes of thy Lord's grace, which We have sent unto thee, that thine eyes and the eyes of those might be gladdened thereby [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#061, | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10881 | 50 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان دو نامه یکی بتاریخ ۲۳ و دیگری بتاریخ ۲۷ تموز یعنی جولای ۱۹۱۱ رسید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Two letters have been received, one dated the twenty-third and the other the twenty-seventh of Tammúz, that is to say, July 1911 [3.5s] | MSHR1.032x | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01170 | 710 | mixed | الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الابد الفرد المتعالی المهیمن القیوم الذی عرف الکل | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Eternal, the Peerless, the Most Exalted, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, Who hath made all things known [3.5s] | INBA28:513, BLIB_Or15727b.123, , BLIB_Or15732.305, | TISH.495x | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04970 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا امتی فاسمعی ما یدعوک به قلمی فی سجنی و انه یدعوک الا الی الله ربک | O My handmaiden! Hearken unto that which My Pen summoneth thee to from within My prison, for verily it summoneth thee unto none other than God, thy Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.283b, | AQA5#031 p.036 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05961 | 560 | mixed | یا من ایده الله علی الرد علی من رد علی الله نامه مخصوص که بجناب آقا رضا مرقوم | O thou whom God hath aided to refute those who have denied God! A special letter was written to Áqá Riḍá [3.5s] | MMK6#309x, SFI22.018-019 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01890 | 470 | mixed | یا اهل ها و میم طوبی لکم بما فزتم بیوم الله و ظهوره و سمعتم ندآئه و اقبلتم | O people of Ha and Mim! Blessed are ye, inasmuch as ye have attained unto the Day of God and His Manifestation, have hearkened unto His Call, and have turned towards Him [3.5s] | TAH.020a | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00560 | 530 | mixed | نامه های مطبوعه عبدالبهاء که بخط خوش خویش طبع نموده بودید رسید ... احبّآء الهی غافل و یحیائیها شب و روز در فساد بهر حزبی که برسند بهائیان را بحزبی دیگر | The printed letters of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, which thou hadst published in thine own graceful handwriting, have arrived... The beloved of God remain unaware, while the followers of Yahyá, night and day, spread corruption, attributing to every faction they meet the Bahá'ís' allegiance to another [3.5s] | INBA79.069 | MAS5.224x, RMT.314-315x | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03122 | 210 | O thou dear Son: Thy letter dated about one month ago was duly received today…. I have repeatedly written that any Persian - although he be my relative | SW_v06#12 p.095x, BSTW#073c | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03534 | 200 | mixed | ایها الفرع النجیب من الشجره الرحمانیه تحریری که بحضرت اسم الله مرقوم نموده | O noble branch of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful! The letter which thou didst address to his honor Ismu'llah [3.5s] | MMK6#523 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11439 | 30 | ...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out | SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02624 | 240 | Persian | یا من ادخره الله لاقامه الحجه و البرهان نامه آنحضرت وصول یافت و جناب آقا محمد | O thou whom God hath reserved for the establishment of proof and evidence! Thy letter hath arrived, and Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad [3.5s] | MMK5#098 p.081 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05325 | 180 | mixed | ای علی بعضی در بعضی اماکن متمسک بغصنی از اغصان این سدره در ظاهر شده اند که | O Ali! In certain places some have outwardly arisen, clinging to a branch from among the branches of this Sacred Tree [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#261, , BLIB_Or15722.078, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01202 | 360 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Thy letter was received. Its details concerning those two persons | SW_v06#12 p.095-096, BSTW#073c | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07521 | 110 | mixed | ای متمسک بحبل متین خوشا بحال تو که بهیچ حجابی محتجب نگشتی و بهیچ نسبت و | O thou who holdest fast to the mighty cord! Blessed art thou, for thou hast not been veiled by any veil, nor by any tie [3.5s] | MMK5#228 p.178 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01704 | 520 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدن عبد منیب الی الذینهم طاروا فی هواء محبه الرحمن و انقطعوا عن | This is an epistle from a penitent servant unto them that have soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful and have detached themselves from [3.5s] | INBA51:300, INBA49:350, BLIB_Or15725.430, | LHKM3.020 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04201 | 180 | Persian | یا من ثبت علی المیثاق حمد حی قیومرا لائق و شایان که باشراق نیر عهد و پیمان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, befitting and worthy is He, that through the dawning of the Luminary of the Covenant [3.5s] | MSHR3.149 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01943 | 460 | mixed | یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و عنایتی کتاب ایقان حسب الامر بمطابقه و تصحیح آن | O Haydar-'Alí! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The Book of Certitude hath, in accordance with divine command, been made to conform and be corrected [3.5s] | INBA42:231, BLIB_Or15718.082, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07189 | 110 | Persian | ای اسد عرین عهد بیشه میثاق را شیر ژیان باش و نیستان پیمان را غضنفر یزدان روبهان | O Lion of the Covenant's lair! Be thou a fierce lion in the thicket of the Bond, and in the reeds of the Covenant be a divine champion [3.5s] | INBA89:051b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02815 | 230 | Persian | جمیع مکاتیب آنحضرت ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله در جمیع نقاط بتایید ملکوت ابهی موید و | All thy letters were perused. Praise be to God, thou art assisted in all regions through the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom and [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.31x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05037 | 150 | Persian | ای احبای عبدالبهاء شمع روشن است و نور میثاق شاهد انجمن نفحات ریاض احدیت در | O beloved ones of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The candle is lit, and the light of the Covenant beareth witness in the assembly. The fragrances of the gardens of oneness [3.5s] | INBA13:225b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00307 | 680 | mixed | یا اسم الله الیوم میزان کل شیء و مقناطیس تایید عهد و میثاق رب مجید است کل را | O Name of God! In this Day the criterion and balance of all things and the magnet for attracting divine confirmations is the Covenant and Testament | INBA55:444, INBA59:235 | MKT2.126, MILAN.179, AKHA_121BE #10 p.h, DUR1.416, MAS5.098, YHA1.097-098x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.430x | BLO_PT#182x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08846 | 110 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الرحمن بان تحفظ عبادک و امائک عند هبوب اریاح | Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens | INBA23:051b, INBA81:094 | PMP#143, ADM2#006 p.018, NFR.182, AQMJ2.090 | PM#143 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH06114 | 160 | mixed | بنویس بجناب مهدی انا انطقنا النبیل قبل علی فی صغره لیشهدن الناس قدرتی و | Write, O Mahdi! Verily, We caused Nabil-i-'Ali to speak forth in his childhood that men might witness My power and [3.5s]... ...He, verily is but one of My servants... Should he for a moment pass out from under the shadow of the Cause | BRL_DA#105, MAS4.361x, MAS8.040a, ASAT5.100x | WTAB.006x, GPB.251x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | LL#246 | ||||||||
| AB11841 | 240 | mixed | ایها المنجذبون المنبعثون من اجداث الامکان لعمر الله ان هیاکل التوحید و لیوث | O ye who are attracted to the Truth and risen from the graves of contingent existence! By the life of God, verily the temples of divine unity and the lions [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0271 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education and the development of capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00005 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses) | 10300 | mixed | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets) | ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید | O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s] | INBA87:520, INBA52:548b | MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a | A. Haghighi | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | 1 | * | - | MMAH.237 | ||||
| BH03458 | 260 | Arabic | ان یا عبد اسمع ندائی و لاتکن من الذینهم اضطربوا فی الامر و کانوا من الخاسرین اوصیک | O My servant! Hear thou My call, and be not of them that are perturbed in the Cause and are numbered among the lost. I counsel thee [3.5s] | INBA71:026 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00376 | Suriy-i-Fath | 1790 | Arabic | ان یا فتح الاعظم قد اخذت القلم لننزل علیک ما یسرک و یحدث فی قلبک ما یجذبک الی | O Fatḥ al-A`zam! I took firm hold of the Pen that there might be revealed for thee what will gladden thee and generate within thy heart | INBA18:249, BLIB_Or15694.355, , ALIB.folder18p075-081 | ANDA#79 p.45x, OOL.B116a | HURQ.BH35x | Addresses an intimate early follower, expressing His weariness at the inane questions and vain objections of the uninformed, the defection of former believers, and the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá and declaring that He would rather die a thousand deaths than endure the calumny that the latter was spreading. | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | 2c | * | - | LL#301 | ||||
| BH00131 | 3760 | mixed | شکر خدا و ثنایش در رتبه اولی مخصوص جمالش و در رتبه ثانی اولیائش را که در مثل | Praise and thanksgiving belong, in the first degree, unto His Beauty and, in the second degree, unto His chosen ones who, in similitude [3.5s] | INBA15:394, INBA26:398 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01437 | 600 | Arabic | ذکری عبدی لینقطع عن سوآئی و یتقرب الی الله المهیمن القیوم قل یا احباء الله | This is My remembrance unto My servant, that he may detach himself from all else save Me and draw nigh unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O beloved of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.502, | RSR.105x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01766 | 300 | mixed | یا من استبشر ببشارات الله قد تبلج صبح الهدی و لکن العمی لفی احتجاب عظیم قد | O thou who art gladdened by the tidings of God! The dawn of guidance hath indeed broken forth, yet the blind remain wrapped in thick veils [3.5s] | MMK5#123 p.096 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00739 | 460 | mixed | ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد از خدا میخواهم که ترا | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and the contents | MMK5#249 p.194, NJB_v12#14 p.240 | LOG#0603x, SW_v12#14 p.233-234 | Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04547 | 170 | Persian | جناب میرزا جلال تندباد سنه شداد که در الواح الهیه مذکور روز بروز در اشتداد و | O Mirza Jalal! The tempestuous gale of that year of rigours, which is mentioned in the divine Tablets, waxeth day by day in intensity [3.5s] | AADA.131 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07294 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال الله الیوم میزان صدق ثبوت بر پیمان حضرت رحمن است چه که صد | O thou true servant of the Beauty of God! Today the measure of sincerity is steadfastness in the Covenant of the All-Merciful, for verily [3.5s] | MKT8.035a, AKHA_118BE #605 p.h, AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.692, AKHA_104BE #08 p.3 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07379 | 110 | Persian | ای خلیل اگر در سبیل الهی رهبر و دلیلی طلبی جمال مبین و سرالقدیم و کوکب منیر | O Khalil! Shouldst thou seek a guide and leader on the path of the Divine, look unto the Manifest Beauty, the Ancient Mystery, and the Luminous Star [3.5s] | MMK4#146 p.154, CPF.270 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07867 | 100 | Persian | ای اسفندیار خدا یار تو است و حضرت یزدان یاور مهربان تو از فضل و بخشش او دمزن | O Isfandiyar! God is thy helper, and the Lord is thy compassionate protector. Breathe thou of His grace and bounty [3.5s] | YARP2.205 p.195 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08061 | 100 | mixed | ای خیاط جامه که بر اندام هیکل عالم موافق و موزون و برازنده است خلعت میثاق است | O tailor! The garment that is befitting and well-proportioned upon the form of the body of the world is the vesture of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA13:130b, INBA55:431, INBA88:135a | MKT6.123b, ANDA#33 p.13 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08085 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی تا چند اهل نقض در وساوسند و تا چند اهل شقاق مخمور خمر نفاق | O true friend! How long shall the people of violation persist in their delusions, and how long shall the people of dissension remain intoxicated with the wine of discord [3.5s] | INBA87:518b, INBA52:546 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08627 | 90 | Persian | ای تشنه زلال فیض الهی سلسبیل میثاق در نهایت عذوبت و حلاوت است ولی در کام | O thou who thirsteth after the pure waters of Divine bounty! The Salsabíl of the Covenant is possessed of the utmost sweetness and delicacy [3.5s] | AKHA_106BE #02 p.02 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08856 | 90 | mixed | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال شملتک اعین الرحمانیه بلحظات العنایه در جمیع صحائف الهیه | O thou who art yearning for the Countenance of the All-Glorious! The eyes of the All-Merciful, with glances of loving-kindness, have encompassed thee in all the divine scriptures [3.5s] | INBA55:158, INBA84:507a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09472 | 80 | Persian | ای متمسک بمیثاق مطمئن از الطاف حق باش که بمیمنت ثبوت بر میثاق موفق خواهی شد | O thou who clingest to the Covenant! Rest thou assured of the bounties of God, for through thy steadfastness in the Covenant thou shalt attain success [3.5s] | MKT8.132b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07420 | 110 | Persian | ای دوستان حقیقی عبدالبهاء بنیان نقض نسج عنکبوتست و ایوان پیمان بنیان | O true friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The edifice of violation is but a spider's web, while the structure of the Covenant is firmly established [3.5s] | INBA88:219 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03296 | 210 | Arabic | یا من ثبت علی المیثاق احسنت ثم احسنت بما ثبت و نبت و بینت و اوضحت بادله قاطعه | O thou who hast stood firm in the Covenant! Well done, and again well done, for thou hast remained steadfast, hast grown, hast made clear and hast demonstrated with conclusive proofs [3.5s] | INBA59:114 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02455 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye sincere, O ye firm and steadfast in the Testament of God! I have read your letter signed by you, which shows your steadfastness | TAB.350-352 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02012 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is attracted and whose breast is dilated with joy by the Holy Fragrances | TAB.438-440 | 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; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02619 | 240 | Arabic | طوبی لک یا من استبشر ببشارات الله بشری لک یا من استضا بنور یلوح من ملکوت الله | Blessed art thou, O thou who hast rejoiced in the glad-tidings of God! Blessed art thou, O thou who hast been illumined by the light that shineth from the Kingdom of God [3.5s] | INBA59:206b | MJZ.049 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Non-participation in politics; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03190 | 210 | Persian | ای مرد میدان پیمان حضرت پروردگار چون فیض جلیل ارزان فرمود و سیل عظیم | O man of the arena of the Covenant! As the Lord God hath bestowed His glorious grace and the mighty flood [3.5s] | YBN.077 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03235 | 210 | mixed | ای یاران جانی شمس حقیقت در حلل غیب و نقاب بطون مجلل ولی اشراق از کل جهات | O ye cherished companions! Though enshrined in mystic veils and wrapped in the mantle of concealment, the Sun of Truth nevertheless shineth forth from every direction [3.5s] | INBA88:170b | MMK6#384 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09416 | 80 | Persian | ای شیرزاد زاده شیر جوانمردیست که سپاه نقض را چنان قوت قلب بنماید که گروه | O thou lion-born scion! A chivalrous lion art thou, who hath instilled such courage into the hosts of the Covenant-breakers that [3.5s] | MKT6.127a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01318 | 340 | mixed | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق الهی ای روی تو در ملکوت ابهی روشن و ای خوی تو در | O thou steadfast and firm one in God's Covenant and Testament! Thy countenance shineth bright in the Abhá Kingdom, and thy character [3.5s] | MMK4#163 p.179 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04875 | 160 | mixed | ای ناظران بمرکز پیمان سبحان الله بنص قاطع الهی کل من البدو الی الختم بعد از | O ye who gaze toward the Center of the Covenant! Glory be unto God! Through the conclusive Text divine, all, from first to last, after [3.5s] | ABDA.329b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00712 | 470 | mixed | ایها الشهید ابن الشهید الثابت علی عهد الله و میثاقه الذی اخذه فی ذر البقا عمن | O thou martyr, son of the martyr, steadfast in the Covenant and Testament of God, which He established in the realm of eternity, from whence [4o] | INBA88:039 | PYK.232 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01548 | 310 | Persian | ای افنان سدره مبارکه الهیه الان که در ذیل جبل کرمل در کمال بشارت بخدمت آستان | O Afnan of the blessed divine Lote-Tree! Now that thou art beneath Mount Carmel in utmost gladness, serving at His Threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:456, INBA52:473 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06086 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ایام افتتان است و جنود شبهات در انتشار گردباد تزلزل در | O servant of the One True God! These are the days of testing, and the hosts of doubt are spreading, while the whirlwind of confusion is raging [3.5s] | INBA17:048 | MMK6#580 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01107 | 370 | Persian | ای امین درگاه آلهی چند روز پیش مکتوبی مرقوم وارسال گردید وامروز نیزاین مسطور | O trusted servant of the Divine Threshold! A few days ago a letter was penned and dispatched, and today this epistle is likewise set forth [3.5s] | INBA88:094b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01862 | 290 | Persian | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره الرحمانیه چون صبح میثاق اشراق نمود و احداق بپرتو فیض | O wondrous branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! When the morn of the Covenant shed its radiant light, and eyes were illumined by the rays of grace [3.5s] | INBA13:034 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06830 | 120 | mixed | ای عبدالحسین چون کوه آهنین در پیمان جمال مبین رزین و رصین باش و چون غضنفر | O 'Abdu'l-Husayn! Be thou firm and steadfast as a mountain of iron in the Covenant of the Manifest Beauty, and be as a lion [3.5s] | ABDA.102-103 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06160 | 130 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان حضرت بیچون بنور میثاق تجلی بر آفاق نمود و چنان عهدی گرفت | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Through the light of the Covenant did the Incomparable Lord shed His radiance upon all horizons, and took such a pledge [3.5s] | INBA84:291 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09253 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده خدا مکتوب مختصرت معانی مفصل داشت یاران الهی را که در آن سامان ساکنند | O servant of God! Thy brief letter contained detailed meanings for the divine friends who dwell in that region [3.5s] | INBA88:357 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2116 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 130 | It belongs to the lesson of yesterday. Events like these happen because of the connection between the parts of the universe, for every small part has connection | DLA.021-022, BLO_PN#026 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09706 | 80 | mixed | یا من اهتز من نفحات الله نور هویت چون در زجاجه احدیت روشن گشت آفاق و انفس | O thou whom the fragrances of God have caused to quiver! When the light of His Being shone forth within the lamp of oneness, it illumined both the horizons and the souls [3.5s] | INBA85:098b | MMK4#101 p.111 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3163 | Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said | 40 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00107 | 1060 | Persian | یا امه البهاء نامه شما قرائت گردید ولی متحیر ماندم از مضمون آن زیرا میدانی | O handmaiden of Bahá! Your letter was read, but I was astonished at its contents, for you know [3.5s]... ...By God, I am not offended by Mírza Badí‘u’llah, or by the harm he inflicted on Me which caused My renewed incarceration and stirred up mischief against Me | MMK5#224 p.173 | LTDT.242x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00051 | 1450 | mixed | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضرآء هدفا للنبال مطعونا... در خصوص آقا میرزا بدیع‌اللّه مختصری بآنجناب مرقوم گردید | My God, my God! Thou seest me immersed in the depths of tribulation, submerged in seas of hardship and distress, a target for arrows, pierced and wounded [3.5s] | MMK5#027 p.020x, AMK.039-044 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06064 | 160 | Arabic | انا دخلنا السجن و دعونا الکل الی الله رب الارباب و اظهرنا الامر و انزلنا | Verily, We entered the prison and summoned all unto God, the Lord of Lords, and We manifested the Cause and revealed it [3.5s] | INBA19:404 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04011 | 180 | Persian | ای دوستان الهی الحمد لله که نسیم مشکبار و شمیم عنبرنثار از حدائق قدس در انتشار | O divine friends! Praise be unto God that the musk-laden breeze and amber-scented fragrance are wafting from the gardens of holiness [3.5s] | INBA13:297, INBA55:335 | MMK4#119 p.126 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04320 | 220 | Arabic | یا ایها المهاجر فی سبیل الله نشهد باقبالک و توجهک و حضورک امام وجه المظلوم اذ | O thou who hast emigrated in the path of God! We bear witness to thy drawing nigh, thy turning, and thy presence before the face of the Wronged One [3.5s] | INBA84:180c, INBA84:108b, INBA84:048b.11 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1912 | Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa | 150 | Persian | از عکا تا حیفا همه معمور می شود. همه اش باغ و بوستان و بنا خواهد شد. باغهای بسیار خوب می شود | The area between Haifa and Acre will be developed; it will be filled with buildings | ZSM.1915-07-29 | DWN_v3#08 p.074 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02927 | 300 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | الحمد لله الذی انزل من سماء المعانی فواکه البیان و اظهر من سدره التبیان...اعمالیکه منسوب بکتاب الهی است مابین اعمال واضح و هویداست | Praise be to God Who sent down from the heaven of signification the bounties of exposition...I give peace and blessings to the first point that appeared from the Mother Book and the first utterance divulged from the will of our Lord, the Merciful…. These are the days of the Fast | SFI18.285ax, AYI2.048x, AYI2.062x, MMUH#03x | BRL_IOPF#1.15x, LOIR20.183ax, KSHK#20x, JHT_B#012x | Bringing oneself to account each day; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of fasting; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06552 | 150 | Arabic | ذکری من اقبل الی ملکوتی و سمع ندائی و اجاب فضلا من عندی و انا لمجیب قد فاز | My remembrance be upon him who hath turned unto My Kingdom and hearkened unto My Call, responding through a grace bestowed by Me - for verily I am the Answerer - and hath attained [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.007c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.048a, | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06096 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده خداوند صیت ظهور جمال قدم شرق جهان و غرب کیهان را احاطه نموده است و | O servant of God! The fame of the Ancient Beauty's advent hath encompassed the East of the world and the West of the firmament [3.5s] | MMK5#204 p.156 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04762 | 160 | Persian | ای دوست عزیز نامه نهم سبتمبر سنه حالیه وصول یافت مرقوم فرموده بودید که | O dear friend! Thy letter of the ninth of September of this year was received. Thou hadst written [3.5s] | MKT3.456, DAUD.07 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04167 | 180 | Persian | در ایام مبارک مرحوم آقاخان تابع میرزا یحیی بعکا آمد و بنهایت عجز و ابتهال استدعا | During the blessed days, the late Aqa Khan, a follower of Mírza Yaḥyá, came to 'Akká and, with the utmost humility and supplication, earnestly besought [3.5s] | RHQM1.615-616 (750a) (460x), MAS5.018 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00498 | 560 | mixed | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الالهیه الحمد لله که فیوضات ملکوت ابهی از جمیع | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Praise be to God that the outpourings of the Most Glorious Kingdom from all [3.5s]... ...In cycles gone by, though harmony was established, yet, owing to the absence of means, the unity of all mankind could not have been achieved | INBA87:452b, INBA52:468 | MSHR4.220-221x | PDC.024x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02054 | 270 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه جناب آقا علی اکبر رسید و در حاشیه نیز بیان آن یار | O servant of the sacred Threshold! The letter from his honour Ali-Akbar arrived, and in its margin were written the words of that friend [3.5s] | MMK6#560, AKHA_105BE #08 p.10 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08789 | 90 | Persian | ای طبیب ای حبیب اطبای جسمانی چون مرضی را تشخیص دهند معالجه آسان شود و طبیب | O physician, O beloved! When bodily healers diagnose an ailment, its treatment becomes easy, and the physician [3.5s] | INBA13:050 | MKT9.151a, AKHA_106BE #05 p.02 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00354 | Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) | 1870 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa) | ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره | O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation | INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 | GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 | TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 | Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir. | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God | 2c | * | * | ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 | ||
| AB00366 | 620 | Bahá'í World Faith | O thou my dear affectionate son! Two letters from thee have arrived. Exercise | BWF.384-385x, SW_v11#15 p.257-258, BSTW#258 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08345 | 100 | Persian | ای یوسف فارسی عزیز مصر میثاق در دست اهل شقاق گرفتار گهی در چاه مفتریات مسجون | O beloved Persian Joseph! The contentious ones have seized thee in the Egypt of the Covenant, and cast thee at times into the well of calumnies [3.5s] | INBA13:031 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2509 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21 | 90 | If the question of violation had not occurred, now the Blessed Tree would have borne fruit. It was near its blossoming, but this delayed it. | PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p154, LAT.087 | Christian doctrine and practice; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04815 | 200 | Arabic | کتاب معلوم من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی اقبل الی الله اذ انار افق الظهور | The Book, made known from God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who turned towards God when the horizon of Revelation shone forth [3.5s] | INBA44:003, BLIB_Or15713.196a, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02215 | 260 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از کنونشن نهایت رضایت اظهار نموده بودی که این | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast expressed satisfaction with the Convention | MNMK#126 p.242, MMK1#187 p.209 | SWAB#187, SW_v10#13 p.246 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03539 | 200 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Verily, I have read your | SW_v08#16 p.216 | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02278 | 260 | Persian | ای یاران الهی نامه شما رسید شکایت فرموده بودید که بجمیع آفاق مکاتبه و مراسله | O divine friends! Your letter arrived wherein you had complained about correspondence to all horizons [3.5s] | INBA84:503b | BRL_DAK#0603, MSHR2.238 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03385 | 200 | mixed | بعضی از مفسّرین ضمیر موته را بحضرت مسیح ارجاع نموده‌اند و گفته‌اند که در مرّه ثانیه چون از آسمان نزول فرماید | Some of the commentators have referred the pronoun "His death" to Christ, and have said that when in His second coming He descendeth from heaven [3.5s] | YMM.340x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10276 | 70 | O thou who art a seeker of reality! Verily I pray God to make thee firm in the love of el-Baha | BSTW#374 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judas | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10672 | 60 | ...Remember thou that Judas Iscariot was the head of the disciples and their example, How then his feet stumbled and fell in the path | BSTW#073gx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judas | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00208 | 800 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای احباء و اماء الرحمن نامه ای از محفل روحانی لازانجلیز رسید دلیل بر آن بود که | O ye friends and maidservants of the Merciful! From the Spiritual Assembly of Los Angeles a letter hath been received... ...In accordance with the explicit text of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Baha'u'llah hath made the Center of the Covenant | MKT3.084, MNMK#124 p.239, MMK1#185 p.204, AKHA_126BE #03p.b, AKHA_117BE #05-06 p.b, HMQ.090 | SWAB#185, GPB.238x, WOB.136x, COC#0223x, SW_v10#14 p.265-267, BSTW#030, BSTW#042, ECN.509, ACOA.058-061 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Judas; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06703 | 120 | mixed | ای ثابت بر میثاق اهل فتور هر چند شرورند و بی شرم و پرغرور ولی ایشانرا تو | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though the people of neglect be steeped in wickedness, shamelessness and pride, yet thou [3.5s] | INBA88:237b | Compassion; kindness; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02218 | 260 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما نمره ۶ بتاریخ ۱۵ شعبان رسید و مضامین سبب بشاشت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter number 6, dated the fifteenth of Sha'ban, was received and its contents brought joy [3.5s] | MMK6#599, YIK.400x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01004 | 830 | Arabic | لله علم السموات و الارض و قد تجلی باسمه العلیم علی کل الاشیا طوبی لمن اقبل | Unto God belongeth the knowledge of the heavens and of the earth, and He hath manifested Himself through His Name, the All-Knowing, upon all things. Blessed is he who hath turned [3.5s] | AQA6#239 p.138, MAS8.026ax | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00946 | 400 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your numerous letters have been received | SW_v10#05 p.095x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Law of Huququ'llah; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05603 | 140 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص صلاه تسع رکعات سوال فرموده اید آن صلاه با کتبی از | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hast inquired concerning the prayer of nine rak'ahs. That prayer, with writings from [3.5s] | AVK4.092.01, GHA.032 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of obligatory prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04890 | 200 | mixed | یا بزرگ الحمد لله بعرف آثار قلم اعلی مکرر فائز شدی حبذا ذاک الشذا حین هبت این | O thou who art great! All praise be unto God that thou hast repeatedly been favoured with the fragrance of the traces of the Most Exalted Pen. How sweet was that fragrance when it wafted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.060a, | AYI2.371x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Living waters; water of life; Love as fire; Moses; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02472 | 250 | mixed | یا من تمسک بحبل المیثاق تالله الحق ان سکان الرفیق الابهی و المتصدرین فی دسوت | O thou who hast held fast to the Cord of the Covenant! By the True One, the dwellers in the Abhá Paradise and they who are seated in the celestial court [3.5s] | INBA59:117b, INBA88:290 | YMM.197x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1391 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 230 | In the universe, all atoms and particles are united by the power of attraction and cohesion... There is a Mohammedan tradition that once a man met Jesus Christ fleeing hastily | PN_1901 p013, NRMM.225-226 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Law of cause and effect; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; One universal law; attractive power of love | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11851 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این وقت که برید تعجیل شدید دارد و این عبد بتحریر مشغول در این | O servant of the True One! At this moment when the courier is in great haste and this servant is occupied with writing [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0291 | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01610 | 310 | Persian | ای یاران حقیقی جمال ابهی خوشا بحال شما که در مقام عبودیت جمال قدم با این عبد | O ye true friends of the Abhá Beauty! Blessed are ye that in the station of servitude to the Ancient Beauty ye are with this servant [3.5s] | INBA72:123 | YBN.035-036 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00024 | Lawh-i-'Ahd va Mithaq (Last Tablet to America) | 2840 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith | Commentary on the Tablet of the Branch and the Covenant | ای یاران الهی عبدالبهاء شب و روز بیاد شما و بذکر شما مشغول زیرا یاران الهی | O ye friends of God! Abdu'l-Baha is day and night thinking of you and mentioning... Consider! The Divine Gardener cuts off the dry or weak branch | BRL_DAK#0951, MKT3.410, AKHA_106BE #03 p.02x, AVK3.092.04x, AVK3.090.06x, AYT.488x, HHA.335x, RHQM1.131 (168x) (099-099x), OOL.C006 | BWF.429-438, GPB.250x, GPB.251x, GPB.309-310x, PDC.024x, BSC.551 #994x, SW_v13#01 p.019-025, ABCC.450-451x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | 3 | * | - | |||||
| AB10729 | 60 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان قطعه‌ئی از جریدهٴ مؤیّد که اوّل روزنامهٴ خطّهٴ مصریست و صاحبش معروف آفاق ارسال میشود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! A passage from the Al-Mu'ayyad journal, which is the foremost newspaper of the Egyptian realm and whose proprietor is renowned throughout all regions, is being sent [3.5s] | NJB_v01#18 p.004x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04985 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا هادی فاشکر الله بما خلصک عن المشرکین و عرفک مظهر نفسه و انقطعک عن | O Hadi! Render thanks unto God for having delivered thee from the ungodly, for having enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation of His Self, and having detached thee from [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.270c, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01659 | 300 | Verily, those who quaffed the cup of the great martyrdom in the path of God, are favored | DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v09#10 p.120 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00656 | 480 | mixed | ای بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا آنچه بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم گردید | O thou who art a near servant at the Threshold of the All-Glorious! That which thou didst write unto Jinab-i-Siyyid Taqi became known [3.5s] | INBA89:253 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and mercy; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0829 | 360 | Persian | عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم که دشمنی در حق دوستان دارد | Two kinds of enmity there are: one is religious enmity, and one is personal enmity of the self that beareth rancor against the friends [3.5s] | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08735 | 90 | mixed | ای دوستان جانان بوی جانی سوی جانها میوزد یعنی از ریاض ملکوت ابهی نفحات قدس | O friends of the Beloved! The fragrance of life wafteth towards the souls, even the holy breathings from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK6#267 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11643 | 380 | mixed | یا من تسلسل بسلاسل و تقید بالکبول فی سبیل الله مراسله که بجناب اسم الله مرقوم | O thou who art bound with chains and fetters in the path of God! The letter thou didst write to Jinab-i-Ismu'llah [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1010, YIA.361-362 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3276 | Words spoken on 1914-11-24 in Abu Sinan | 30 | Persian | اگر ناقضین گذاشته بودند من بعضی از روسای اسلام و مسیحی راجمع میکردم | If the Covenant-breakers had not frustrated my efforts, I would have assembled some of the Muslim and Christian chiefs | KHH1.297 (1.409) | KHHE.429, BSR_v13 p.085 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09060 | 90 | O Amata’l-Bahá! The subject of Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh hath become extraordinarily strange | LTDT.337 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3721 | Words to Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan in 1896-1897 | 60 | Recently, a Commission of Inquiry has arrived from Istanbul. Each day, I go to the government office and they interrogate Me | AFNAN.077 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05990 | 130 | mixed | الحمد لله شما از شدت ثبوت و رسوخ تلافی لغزش و فتور اخوی نمودید اگرچه آن | Praise be to God! Through the intensity of thy steadfastness and firmness thou hast made amends for the wavering and shortcomings of thy brother. Although [3.5s] | ANDA#81 p.44 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02888 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ندایت باستان مقدس حضرت احدیت واصل و آه و فغان از هجران و حرمانت | O servant of God! Thy call hath reached the sacred threshold of the divine Oneness, and thy sighs and lamentations from separation and deprivation [3.5s] | INBA13:239b | MMK5#014 p.009 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02013 | 440 | mixed | لازال در سجن اعظم مذکور بوده و هستی چندی قبل نامه آنمخدره کبری رسید امام وجه | Ever hast thou been remembered, and art remembered still, in the Most Great Prison. Some time ago the letter of that most noble lady arrived before Me [3.5s] | INBA51:313 | KHAF.011ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06841 | 150 | Arabic | یا شمس الحقیقه ارسل تجلیا من تجلیاتک الی من اقبل الیک و اراد ان یتوجه الی | O Sun of Truth! Send forth a ray from Thy manifestations unto him that hath turned towards Thee and seeketh to direct himself unto Thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.105c, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03068 | 290 | Arabic | ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و بالذی ارسله لعبده و | Bear thou witness within thyself that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved, and in Him Who sent forth His servant [3.5s] | INBA36:115b, INBA71:282 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00617 | 1240 | mixed | روحی و نفسی لک الفداء یا روحا بما فاحت نفحه الروح عن جهه قربک و تضوعت رائحه | My spirit and my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee, O Spirit, through Whom the fragrance of the Spirit wafteth from the direction of Thy nearness and sweet perfumes are diffused [3.5s] | INBA28:164 | BRL_DA#112 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01028 | 390 | Persian | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاست که بقدرت کامله و اراده محیطه اعلام امریه | Praise be unto the pure Lord, Who through His consummate power and all-encompassing will hath proclaimed His Cause [3.5s] | CMB_F66f28, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07146 | 140 | Arabic | شهد المظلوم بما شهد الله قبل خلق السموات و الارض انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن | The Wronged One testifieth even as God did testify before the creation of heaven and earth that there is none other God but I, the All-Subduing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.274, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04332 | 220 | mixed | یا بنت اختی کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و طرف عنایت بان ناظر حمد محبوب حقیقی را که باشراق | O daughter of My sister! Thy letter hath come before My presence, and the glance of favor hath been directed towards it. Praise be to the true Beloved Who through His dawning [3.5s] | INBA35:112a, BLIB_Or11096#108, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02580 | 240 | mixed | ای متوجه بملکوت ابهی ندای جمال ابهی از ملکوت غیب جهان پنهان پیاپی بکوش اهل | O thou who art turned towards the Kingdom of Abhá! The call of the Abhá Beauty resoundeth from the hidden Kingdom of the unseen realm: Strive unceasingly, O people [3.5s] | INBA13:191, INBA59:226 | MKT9.169, MMK5#215 p.165, AKHA_105BE #08 p.10, HDQI.286, ANDA#43-44 p.03 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07788 | 110 | Arabic | یا من استنشق رائحه الوفاء قد اعترضت عصبه النقض علی عبدالبهاء انه اطفاء سراج | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness! A band of Covenant-breakers hath risen against 'Abdu'l-Bahá, claiming that He extinguisheth the lamp [3.5s] | INBA88:254a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08473 | 100 | ...The confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha shall descend uninterruptedly upon those souls | SW_v04#14 p.241 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10115 | 70 | mixed | ای ناظر الی الله اگر احزاب امم و جموع ملل مجتمع گردند و کل مقاومت میثاق خواهند | O thou who gazest towards God! Should all the peoples and multitudes of the nations gather together and rise in opposition to the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK6#434 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10265 | 70 | Persian | یا من تمسک بالعره الوثقی بدان عروه وثقی که از اول ابداع در زبر و الواح و صحف | O thou who hast clung to the Most Firm Handle! [3.5s]... ...Know thou that the 'Sure Handle' mentioned from the foundation of the world in the Books, the Tablets and the Scriptures of old is naught else but the Covenant and the Testament | MMK6#050, ASAT4.333 | GPB.238x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10412 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این زمان و عهد اگر شهد طلبی مضمون عهد است اگر قند جوای حلاوت | O servant of Truth! In this day and age, if thou seekest nectar, it is contained within the essence of the Covenant; if thou desirest sweetness, it is found in its fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA84:423a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12515 | 110 | Arabic | یا اباالفضل قد ظهر الفضل علی هیکل المیثاق فتبارک الله احسن الخالقین قد انتصبت میزان | O Abu'l-Fadl! The Grace of God hath been made manifest in the Temple of the Covenant. Blessed be God, the most excellent of creators! The Balance hath been [3.5s] | QALAM.012 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00450 | 1590 | mixed | الحمد لله الفرد الواحد الاحد الذی خلق الانسان و الهمه ما یظهر به صفات الرحمن | Praise be to God, the Single, the One, the Incomparable, Who hath created man and inspired him with that which manifesteth the attributes of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA07:017, INBA28:195, BLIB_Or11097#074, | MAS4.151ax | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03684 | 190 | Persian | ای ثابت راسخ بر پیمان رحمن آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از مضامین | O thou who art steadfast and firm in the Covenant of the All-Merciful! That which thou didst write hath been noted, and from its contents [3.5s] | INBA55:401, INBA79.013 | MMK5#226 p.177 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12082 | 120 | Persian | ای فرج بعد الشده الیوم هیچ شدت و بلائی در عالم وجود اعظم از نقض میثاق موعود | O thou who art the solace after the tribulation! Today in the world of existence there is no affliction or calamity more severe than the violation of the Covenant that was promised [3.5s] | MSBH10.147b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05018 | 150 | mixed | الهی الهی انی بکل تذلل و انکسار و خضوع و خشوع و ابتهال تبتلا الیک متضرعا بین | O my God, my God! With utmost humility and contrition, with submissiveness and reverence, with ardent supplication and entreaty, I turn to Thee, imploring [3.5s] | MMG2#068 p.074-075 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12086 | 150 | mixed | ای دوستان یزدان کوکب پیمان و صبح نورانی میثاق آفاقه پرتونثار اولنجه گوزی | O friends of God! When the Star of the Covenant and the radiant Morn of the Testament shed their light upon the horizons [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0468 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02082 | 420 | Arabic | ان یا اخی و حبیبی اسمع ندآء من احبک و یذکرک لوجه الله لتستقیم علی امر کان فی | O My brother and beloved! Hearken unto the call of Him Who hath loved thee and maketh mention of thee for the sake of God, that thou mayest stand firm in a Cause which hath been [3.5s] | INBA83:254, BLIB_Or15725.544, , ALIB.folder18p334 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00108 | 1040 | mixed | الهی الهی تری و تشهد ذلی و هوانی و قله نصرتی و شده کربتی و عظیم بلائی و شدید | My God, my God! Thou dost witness and behold my lowliness and abasement, my lack of helpers, the intensity of my grief, the magnitude of my tribulation, and my severe affliction [3.5s] | INBA13:332x | MMK6#485, MSHR4.051x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Seal of the Prophets; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01026 | 390 | mixed | ربی ربی انی ادعوک بلسانی و روحی و جنانی ان تفتح ابواب الاسرار علی وجوه | O my Lord, my Lord! With my tongue, my spirit, and my innermost heart do I call upon Thee, beseeching Thee to unlock the portals of mysteries before my face [3.5s] | MSBH8.106-108 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02198 | 260 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس از پیش عنوان شما بغداد سوق المیدان آقا محمد حسین وکیل | O servant of the sacred Threshold, previously addressed at Baghdad, Souq al-Maidan, Agha Muhammad Husayn Wakil [3.5s] | MMK4#023 p.023 | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01372 | 330 | mixed | الهی الهی قد اشتدت زوابع الامتحان و قویت اریاح الافتتان علی جمیع الارجاء و | O my God, O my God! The tempests of trials have fiercely intensified, and the winds of sedition have grown mighty throughout all regions [3.5s] | MMK6#584 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03166 | 210 | mixed | ای سرمست پیمان باده پیمان وقایع آباده البته سبب عبرت غافلان گشته و علت انتباه | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! The events in Abadih have verily become a cause of awakening to the heedless and a source of enlightenment [3.5s] | MMK6#390, VAA.104-104 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Justice and wrath of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06703 | 150 | Arabic | کتاب الانقطاع قد کان من افق العدل بالحق مشهودا و به نصبت رایه الامانه بین | The Book of Detachment hath verily been witnessed from the horizon of justice in truth, and thereby hath the standard of trustworthiness been raised amongst [3.5s] | INBA15:275b, INBA26:276a | PYK.118 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Satan; the Evil One | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04192 | 180 | mixed | یا من استشرق من انوار المیثاق طوبی لک بما وفیت بعهد الله و ادیت امانه الله و | O thou who art illumined by the lights of the Covenant! Blessed art thou, for thou hast been faithful to God's Covenant and discharged His trust [3.5s] | INBA13:108, INBA85:165 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10176 | 80 | Arabic | ان یا رضا فقد رضی الله عنک و قدر لک فی اللوح مقاما کان علی الحق رفیعا ثم | O Riḍá! God hath verily been well-pleased with thee, and hath ordained for thee in the Tablet a station that is, in truth, most exalted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.622a, , ALIB.folder18p499a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01112 | 370 | Persian | ای پاسبان آستان یزدان نامه بلیغ یعنی گلبانگ بلبل گلشن واصل گشت و سبب شادمانی | O Guardian of the Threshold of the Almighty! The eloquent letter—even as the warbling of a nightingale in the rose-garden—hath reached Me and brought gladness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1011, MKT1.441, ALPA.033, YARP2.040 p.089, RMT.198-199a | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04159 | 180 | mixed | ایها المخلصون الموقنون المومنون الممتحنون تالله لقد آثرکم الله علی کثیر من | O ye who are sincere, assured and faithful, ye who have been tested! By God, He hath truly preferred you above many [3.5s] | MMK6#583 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00818 | 1000 | Persian | یا علی چندی قبل مخصوص اولیای ارض تا نازل شد آنچه که بآن عرف عنایت کل | O Ali! Some time ago there was revealed, specially for the loved ones of the earth, that which diffused the fragrance of divine grace [3.5s] | INBA41:422, BLIB_Or15690.055, , BLIB_Or15715.228b, , BLIB_Or15728.070, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04522 | 210 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یعرفون و یهدی الناس الی صراط الله المهیمن القیوم طوبی لمن | A Book sent down in truth for a people who know, and it guideth mankind unto the path of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is he who [3.5s] | INBA18:390, INBA41:309 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05086 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء بعد از عصراست و خسته گی از گرمی هوا و کثرت تحریر اوراق | O servant of Bahá! It is now the afternoon hour, and weariness from the heat of the day and the abundance of writing hath overtaken me [3.5s] | INBA88:369a, INBA89:118b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05878 | 170 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی نبذ الاوهام و اخذ ما نزل فی هذه الایام من لدی | The Book from the Wronged One unto him who hath cast aside vain imaginings and taken that which hath been sent down in these days from His presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.213, , BLIB_Or15713.254, | BRL_DA#603 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06809 | 150 | Arabic | یا امتی و ورقتی اسمعی ندائی من شطر سجنی انه لا اله الا انا المشفق الکریم انک | O My handmaiden and My leaf! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Merciful, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.237a, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for women; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01680 | 520 | mixed | انشاء الله در جمیع احیان و اوان در ظل رحمن مستریح باشید و بخدمت جمال قدم بین | God willing, may you at all times and seasons repose beneath the shelter of the All-Merciful and arise in service to the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA18:055, BLIB_Or03116.118, , BLIB_Or11096#037x, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00154 | 3430 | Arabic | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الباقی الذی به استبقت مظاهر امرک و باسمک | Praised be to Thee, O God, my God! I beg of Thee, by Thy name the Enduring One by which the Manifestations of Thy Cause… This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones observe the Fast | INBA38:287, INBA48:001, INBA33:091x, INBA49:151, INBA92:263, BLIB_Or15739.001, | AVK1.105.16x, TSBT.037x, NFF5.010, ASAT3.262x, ASAT4.162x, ASAT4.297x, ASAT5.169x, ASAT5.349x, ASAT5.364x, OOL.B090.06x, OOL.B090.09x | BRL_IOPF#3.01x, BPRY.259x, ADMS#047 | unknown | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#466, LL#471 | |||||
| AB01874 | 290 | mixed | یا الهی و ملجای و مهربی و مناصی ابتهل الی ملکوت غیبک و جبروت احدیه ذاتک ان | O my God, my Refuge, my Haven, my Shelter! I supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy mystic realm and the Dominion of Thine One Essence, that [3.5s] | MMK5#293 p.218, MSHR5.415x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12362 | 160 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی و کهفی الوافی و ملاذی السامی تری احبائک الثابتین علی المیثاق | O my Lord and my God, my All-Sufficing Shelter and my Most Exalted Haven! Thou dost behold Thy loved ones who stand firm in Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA85:452b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01142 | 370 | mixed | ایها المتوجهون السابقون الی رحمه ربکم الرحمن انتبهوا و استیقظوا من مضاجع | O ye who, with resolute steps, turn toward the mercy of your Lord, the All-Merciful! Be wakeful and arise from your places of repose [3.5s] | INBA59:112b | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02069 | 270 | mixed | ای ثابت بر عهد اریاح امتحانست که از هر جهت در هیجانست و گردباد افتتانست که | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The winds of tests blow turbulently from every direction, and the whirlwind of trials is [3.5s] | MMK5#223 p.172 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07685 | 130 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من باسمک قام القیوم و فک ختم الرحیق المختوم و سرع الیک کل من | Glorified art Thou, O Thou by Whose Name the Self-Subsisting arose, and the seal of the choice Wine was broken, and all hastened unto Thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.348b, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00782 | 450 | mixed | یا من اراه الله فی الرویاء الصادقه ما یثبت قدمیه علی الصراط تالله الحق ان القلب لفی اسف | O thou whom God hath shown in a true vision that which shall sustain thy steps upon the straight path, by the True One, verily the heart is filled with sorrow [3.5s] | INBA21:127b | BRL_DAK#0864 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00837 | 980 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی الی من اشکو ما فعلت بی بقدرتک و سلطانک و الی من اذکر ما | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my God! Unto whom shall I complain of that which Thou hast wrought against me through Thy power and sovereignty, and to whom shall I recount what [3.5s]... ...O My handmaid! Verily, the nations of the earth have arisen to harm me, and supporting them are those who wield power as well as the community of the Bayan | INBA48:090, BLIB_Or15739.168, | AVK3.067.03x, MAS8.038ax | LTDT.284-285x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00058 | 1390 | Arabic | اناجیک یا الهی فی غدوی و آصالی و بهره نهاری و جنح اللیالی و ادعوک بلسانی و جنانی | I commune with Thee, O my God, at daybreak and eventide, in the bright noontide and the dark of night, and I call upon Thee with my tongue and my heart [3.5s] | INBA85:334b | BRL_DAK#0722, MKT1.392, MNMK#008 p.063, ASAT3.046-047x, MAS2.095ax, AADA.142ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00580 | 510 | Persian | ای امین حقیقی مکتوب شما ملاحظه گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد یاران الهی در آن سامان | O true trustee, your letter was examined and its contents were understood. The divine friends in those regions [3.5s] | AVK3.251-254, AMIN.110-113, AMIN.176-179 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01749 | 300 | Arabic | ایها السلیل الجلیل لذلک السید النبیل قد استنشقت رائحه الوفاء من حدیقه معانی | O noble descendant of that distinguished sire! I have inhaled the fragrance of fidelity from the garden of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA21:126 | LMA1.432 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04952 | 190 | Arabic | الهی الهی تری ورقه من اوراقک قصدت سدره امرک و اقبلت الی افقک الاعلی المقام | O my God, O my God! Thou seest a leaf from among Thy leaves who hath turned toward the Lote-Tree of Thy Cause and drawn nigh unto Thy most exalted horizon [3.5s] | PYK.205 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10417 | 80 | Arabic | یا اسمعیل علیک بهاء ربک الجلیل انه ذکرک فی هذا الحین بایات انجذبت بها حقائق | O Isma'il! Upon thee be the glory of thy Lord, the All-Glorious. He hath made mention of thee at this hour through verses whereby all realities have been enraptured [3.5s] | INBA41:099 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00324 | 660 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | ای وحید فرید نامه ۵ محرم ۱۳۲۹ رسید هر چند چند روز پیش نامه مفصلی بشما مرقوم | O peerless and unique one! Your letter of 5 Muharram 1329 arrived, and although a few days ago a detailed letter was written to you [3.5s]... ...As to the Huquq, it is payable on whatever is left over after deducting one's yearly expenses. However, any money or possession which is necessary in producing income for one's subsistence | INBA17:145 | BRL_DAK#0671, BRL_HUQUQP#046x, MMK6#411x, AVK2.239.17x, AVK2.257.16x, AVK4.146.12x, AVK4.451.07x, MAS2.075-078, MSBH6.027-030 | BRL_HUQUQ#046x, COC#1165x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of Huququ'llah; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2592 | Words spoken on 1915-10-19 in Akka | 80 | Persian | مرکز نقض سعی می کند که سبب شهادت من بشود. از برای او چه خواهد شد. این نهایت آمال و آرزوی من است | The Center of Violation striveth to compass my martyrdom. What shall befall him? This is the utmost aim and desire of mine own self [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-19 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2987 | Words to Mirza Munir, spoken on 1912-03-26 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیچاره گمنام شد و در ملک و ملکوت ذلیل گردید چه عزتی داشت ولی چون قدر ندانست | The poor man [Kheiralla] has become nameless and debased both in this world and in the Kingdom. What a high honor he had! | BDA1.011.01 | MHMD1.016 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||
| BH05418 | 180 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی علی سحاب العرفان انه لهو الرحمن قد شهد | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come upon the clouds of divine knowledge, verily He is the All-Merciful Who hath testified [3.5s] | INBA81:058, BLIB_Or15713.194, , BLIB_Or15715.236f, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07233 | 140 | Arabic | کتاب الله ینطق انه لا اله الا انا العلیم الخبیر و یهدی الناس الی صراطه العزیز | The Book of God proclaimeth: "There is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, and He guideth mankind unto His mighty path." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.132b, | AQA5#164 p.222 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03911 | 180 | mixed | ای اسباط حضرت ذبیح و مرحوم حاجی علی خان شکر کنید خدا را که از اسباط این دو | O descendants of His Holiness the Sacrifice and the late Haji Ali Khan, render thanks unto God that ye are of the progeny of these two [3.5s] | VAA.217-217 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02594 | 240 | mixed | ای ورقه مطمئنه حضرت نقطه اولی و جمال اعلی روحی و کینونتی و ذاتی و هویتی له | O assured leaf of the Primal Point and the Most Exalted Beauty, unto Whom my spirit, my essence, my being and my very identity belong [3.5s] | PYB#210 p.05, MUH3.394 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05919 | 140 | Arabic | ایها الوریث الحقیقی لذلک الرجل الرشید قد وصلت نمیقتکم الداله علی الوصول محفوظا | O true heir of that sagacious man! Your missive indicating [your] safe arrival hath been received [3.5s] | NJB_v11#17 p.296 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01990 | 440 | mixed | اگر این عبد بخواهد ذکر احزان وارده نماید ممکن نه و احدی جز حق بر احصای آن | Were this Servant to attempt to recount the sorrows that have befallen Him, it would not be possible, and none save God can enumerate them [3.5s] | INBA38:133 | BRL_DA#106 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00702 | 470 | mixed | Light of the World | ای طالب حقیقت آن عبارتی که مرقوم نمودی از جمال مبارک متمم ایه ایست که | O thou seeker after Truth! The statement of the Blessed Beauty which thou hast quoted doth supplement the verse | NURA#59, MMK4#149 p.159, YMM.332x | LOTW#59 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3682 | 180 | unknown | یک روز میرزا ضیاءالله پیش من آمد، دیدم بانگشتهای رنگین خود نگاه میکند و منتظر است من بپرسم چه شده است؟ | One day, Mírza Diya’u’llah came to see me. I noticed he was looking at his fingers, which were stained with ink, expecting Me to comment on them. I did not say anything | KNSA.052-053 | MNYA.039, AFNAN.077 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00492 | 560 | Persian | Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مورخ یازدهم جولای رسید و دو تلغراف از شما رسید یکی ... این مسائل مثل کف دریا است | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the eleventh of July and two telegrams from thee were received [3.5s]... ...These issues (violations of the Covenant) are like the froth of the sea – they come and then disappear...But if a person does some injury to me, myself, not to the Cause of God, even if he cuts off one of my limbs | MAS2.037-040, YHA1.107-108x, NJB_v05#14 p.004x, KHH1.258-260 (1.361-363)x | KHHE.377-379, BLO_PT#104x, BSTW#052dx | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09292 | 100 | mixed | ای عالم خاک بر سرت چه که در تو امور متغایر مشهود ظالم مظلوم شد مظلوم ظالم | O world! Dust be upon thy head, for in thee are witnessed contradictory affairs: the oppressor hath become the oppressed, and the oppressed the oppressor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.156c, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05331 | 150 | Persian | ای همدم قدیم در خصوص مکنات آنچه خواسته بودید مجری گردید نامه ای در نهایت | O ancient companion! Concerning what thou hadst requested regarding possessions, it hath been carried out. A letter in utmost [3.5s] | YIK.096-096 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06237 | 160 | Arabic | قد شهدت الذرات بقیامی علی الامر اذ اخذ الاضطراب سکان الارض کلها الا من شاء | The atoms themselves have witnessed My rising in the Cause, when trembling seized all the dwellers of the earth save whom He willed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.057a, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00253 | 2500 | mixed | یوم طلاق است و همچنین حین تلاق گاهی وصل ظاهر و هنگامی فصل حقایق موهومه | The Day of separation hath come, and likewise the time of reunion. At times union is made manifest, and at times division appeareth in illusory realities [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.004, | HDQI.036x, TISH.072-080 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00761 | 450 | mixed | ای دو شمع جمع بهائیان نامه مشترک رسید و در هر دو یک مسئله مهمی مرقوم بود و آن | O ye twin luminaries of the assemblage of Bahá'ís! Your joint letter was received, wherein an important matter was detailed, and it concerned [3.5s] | AYBY.378 #060, TRZ1.358, YQAZ.143-144, YQAZ.279-280 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02356 | 380 | mixed | یا افنانی علیک بهائی کتاب مکنون که از قلوب و عیون مستور بود در ایام ظهور ظاهر | O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory! The Hidden Book, which had been concealed from hearts and eyes, hath been made manifest in these days of Revelation [3.5s] | INBA28:321b, BLIB_Or15690.292, , BLIB_Or15699.050, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0946 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 320 | Persian | این شخص بخیال خودش در صدد قلع و قمع شجره مبارکه بر آمده ولی خودش نمیداند که منادی امر الله | This man thinks that he is uprooting the Tree of the Cause and does not see that he is promoting the Divine Faith. The Ancient Beauty has stated, “Whosoever arises to harm us is indeed a teacher of the Cause | KHH1.038-039 (1.054-055) | KHHE.072-073 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02753 | 8330 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لله الحمد امروز حدیقه معانی ظاهر و باوراد ... باره امانت مرقوم داشتند از این خبر فرح لایحصی | Praise be unto God! Today the garden of inner meanings hath become manifest and with blossoms [3.5s]... ...O thou that bearest My Name! God grant that everyone may be graciously aided to honour the Huquq. The Huquq is exclusively assigned unto Him Who is the sovereign Truth… Glorified art Thou, O my compassionate Lord! I entreat Thee by the tumult of the ocean... | BLIB_Or15736.163ax, | BRL_DA#220, BRL_HUQUQP#021x, AMIN.025-026x | BRL_HUQUQ#021x, BPRY.288x, COC#1131x | Chastisement and requital; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH02485 | 360 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بانوار الوجه فی هذا الفجر الذی کان من افق الامر | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the light of the Countenance in this Dawn which hath risen from the horizon of the Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#036, | MUH3.231, ASAT3.016x, ASAT5.252x, OOL.B194 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00335 | 650 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای یاران الهی نامه مفصلی از جناب اسفندیار مهربان رسید حکایت از شرح کشاف | O divine friends! A detailed letter has been received from his honor, the kind Isfandiyar, giving a comprehensive account [3.5s]... ...Concerning “wings” and “the comb” mentioned in the Hidden Words: this means the Covenant of God | BRL_DAK#1051, AVK4.013.04x, MAS2.035-037x, YARP2.110 p.133 | BRL_ATE#204x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00900 | 410 | mixed | ای خاندان آن شخص جلیل سرور این دودمان را هر چند لقب گندم پاک کن بود ولی مقصود | O family of that illustrious personage! Though he who was the glory of this lineage bore the title "Sifter of Wheat," yet the purpose [3.5s] | MSHR3.203-204, NSS.158-159 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12234 | 230 | mixed | حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه تحریر قرائت و مضمون مفهوم شد در خصوص آقا سید میرزا | O thou Afnan of the Sacred Lote-Tree! Thy letter was received and its contents were fully understood. Concerning Áqá Siyyid Mírzá [3.5s] | INBA85:283 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02800 | Lawh-i-Quds 2 | 320 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس نزل من جبروت الامر لمن وجد عرف القمیص من شطر التقدیس و اقبل | This is the Tablet of holiness; it was sent down, from the realm of revelation, unto him who hath discovered the fragrance of the garment wafting from the direction of sanctity | INBA34:199 | AQA1#062, OOL.B068b | ADMS#225 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| AB00382 | 610 | mixed | از حوادث تازه اینکه در مدینه کبیره فسق و فساد و فتنه و نفاق جمال الدین و شیخ | Recent events reveal that in the great city, immorality, corruption, sedition and hypocrisy [emanate from] Jamaluddin and the Shaykh [3.5s] | INBA55:284 | RHQM1.616-617 (751) (460-461x), MAS5.223 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for governments and rulers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09273 | 460 | mixed | ای بنده مقرب جمال مبارک نامه مفصل رسید و بدقت ملاحظه گردید در خصوص جناب حاجی | O thou near servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy detailed letter was received and carefully considered, regarding His Honor Haji [3.5s]... ...O Divine Providence! Perplexing difficulties have arisen and formidable obstacles have appeared | BRL_DAK#0105, BRL_MON#06x, MMK2#010 p.006x | BRL_POAB#06x | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1791 | Words spoken on 1915-04-24 in Haifa | 170 | Now that sacred tent which belonged to the Manifestation of God, the tent under which the Suratu'l-Haykal, the Kitab-i-Aqdas and other glorious Tablets were revealed... is given by the violators of the Covenant to Jamal Pasha | DAS.1915-04-24 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10129 | 90 | 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 | |||||||||||
| AB00312 | 670 | mixed | ای متمسک بذیل کبریاء نفحه که از حدیقه قلب آن موقن بالله برخواسته بود بمشام | O thou who hast clung to the hem of grandeur! The fragrance which arose from the garden of the heart of that steadfast believer in God hath reached Our presence [3.5s] | INBA55:200, INBA72:127 | MMK5#235 p.184 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03157 | 290 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی الافق الاعلی و المتمسک بحبل عطاء مولی الوری اسمع الندآء من | O thou who gazest upon the Most Exalted Horizon and cleavest to the cord of bounty of the Lord of all beings, hearken unto the Call [3.5s] | INBA41:321, BLIB_Or15724.151, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01868 | 470 | mixed | انا مظهر المعانی قد قبلناک علی جمیع المعانی و اعطیناک جمیع المعانی فی حب | I am the Manifestation of inner meanings. I have accepted thee above all meanings, and bestowed upon thee all meanings in love [3.5s] | INBA15:309, INBA26:312 | PYK.200 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02672 | 330 | Arabic | ان یا حسین اسمع ندآء الحسین حین الذی بقی فریدا بین العباد و سجن مره بعد مره بما | O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of Husayn, Who remaineth solitary among the servants and hath been imprisoned time after time through [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.557, , ALIB.folder18p432 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06151 | 160 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن باالفرد الخبیر و اقبل الی قلب العالم و اعترف بما نطق | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath believed in the One, the All-Informed, and hath turned towards the Heart of the World and acknowledged that which was spoken [3.5s] | INBA41:450b, BLIB_Or15695.045a, | MAS8.132b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00275 | 710 | mixed | ای سلیل دخیل جلیل نامه ات ملاحظه گردید معانیش فرح و مسرت بخشید زیرا ذکر یاران | O scion of a noble lineage! Thy letter was perused, and its contents brought joy and gladness, for it made mention of the friends [3.5s] | INBA59:294b, INBA88:281, INBA89:003 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11046 | 50 | mixed | ربّ و رجائی ترانی ... ای یار روحانی نامهٴ نورانی منظوماً و منثوراً ارسال نموده بودی بنهایت روح و ریحان | O my Lord and my Hope! Thou seest me... O spiritual friend! Thou didst send a luminous letter, both in verse and in prose, with utmost joy and fragrance [3.5s] | ASAT5.258x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0446 | Words spoken on 1913-06-06 in Paris | 610 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بواسطهٴ میرزا محیط خواست در کمال خفا نصف شب بحضور مبارک مشرّف شود چون این استدعای شاهزاده | He [Kayvan Mirza] wished to attain the presence of Baha'u'llah at midnight, through the intermediation of Mirza Muhit and in the utmost secrecy | BDA2.335-337 | MHMD2.445-447 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB12172 | 300 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی تنظر و تری النقع المثار الی عنان السماء والدخان الذی غشی الوری و الضباب | O Lord, my God! Thou seest and beholdest the dust that hath risen to the zenith of heaven, and the smoke that hath enveloped humanity, and the mist [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1070 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02782 | 320 | Arabic | قد جاء الامر عن غیب الهویه جهه الایمن من قلبی بان اذکر یا جمال القدم عبدک | The Command hath come from the unseen realm of divine Identity, from the right side of My heart, bidding: O Ancient Beauty, mention Thy servant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.462, , ALIB.folder18p430 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05074 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت در این ایام که فساد | O servant of God, thy letter was received and its contents were noted. In these days when corruption [3.5s] | MMK5#100 p.081 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12460 | 120 | O servant of God! I have the greatest trust in you. I wish for you heavenly exaltation. The book with the translations of the talks in Paris has been received | BBBD.308-309 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12353 | 160 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب مرحوم منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to the late Jinab-i-Manshadi was perused [3.5s] | BSHI.083 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11995 | 80 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که در مدافعه بر مفتریات اهل نجف اشرف مرقوم شده البته | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which was penned in refutation of the calumnies of the people of most holy Najaf hath surely [3.5s] | INBA79.063 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04195 | 180 | Persian | یا من ایدک الله بجنود من الملا الاعلی دستخط شریف و مضامین لطیف روح و ریحان | O thou whom God hath reinforced with hosts from the Supreme Concourse! Thy noble letter and its delicate themes were as soul and fragrance [3.5s] | MAS9.013 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02081 | 270 | Persian | ای دختر محترمه من نامه شما رسید مضمون در نهایت روح و ریحان بود در خصوص تحریر | O esteemed daughter! Your letter was received, and its contents were in the utmost spirit and fragrance. As to the writing [3.5s] | HHA.232 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10599 | 350 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان نامه رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید نفوس مهمه را مانند حضرت | O Herald of the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. The important souls, like His Holiness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0155, MSBH7.432-433x, YIA.269-270 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00836 | 430 | Persian | ای یاران الهی نامه شما رسید همت شما بلند و مقاصد شما ارجمند است زیرا بعضی نشریات | O divine friends, your letter arrived, and your aspirations are lofty and your intentions noble, for some publications [4o] | MKT3.281 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11706 | 643 | mixed | مکتوب آن ورقه رضوان رسید و زیارت شد اگرچه در این ایام حزن بشانی احاطه نموده | The letter from that leaf of Paradise was received and perused. Though in these days sorrow hath encompassed in such wise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.449 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09228 | 270 | Arabic | سبحان الذی انزل الایات بالحق و اظهر ما اراد انه لهو الحق ... ان الذی افتی علی الحرف الثالث المؤمن بمن یظهره الله | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made manifest whatsoever He desired. He, verily, is the Truth... As to him who pronounced judgment against the Third Letter, who had believed in Him Whom God shall make manifest [3.5s] | BRL_DA#344, TZH4.161x, TZH4.168x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06132 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مدتیست که اثر کلک آنجناب ملاحظه نگردید چنان قحط سالی بشد در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! For some time now, no trace of thy pen hath been observed. Such a drought hath come to pass [3.5s] | MSHR3.078 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0422 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 600 | Persian | من حالم خوبست مرضی در کار نیست فقط اعصاب است ... امیدوارم خاتمه حیاتم چون مشک معطر | Of what use is good health to me? I want to wholly sacrifice myself... I wish the end of my life to be musk-laden. That is, I wish to drink from the chalice of martyrdom | KHH1.206-208 (1.289-291) | KHHE.302-305, DAS.1915-04-08, BSR_v13 p.097 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06016 | 160 | mixed | اسمت نزد مظلوم مذکور ندایت مسموع و باین لوح مبارک جواب عنایت شد از حق میطلبیم | Thy name hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, thy call hath been heard, and in response this blessed Tablet hath been vouchsafed. We beseech God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.085, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01400 | 330 | Persian | ای دوستان مهربان نامه های مفصل که از طهران رسیده چون منادی اختلافست ملاحظه | O kind friends! The detailed letters that have arrived from Tihran are, as they are harbingers of discord, to be noted [3.5s] | INBA16:053 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Elections; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00890 | 920 | mixed | نامه ات بین یدی الوجه فایز و آنچه در او مسطور مشاهده شد لله الحمد فی کل | Thy letter hath reached before the Face of the Presence, and whatsoever was inscribed therein was observed. Praise be to God in all things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.042c, , BN_suppl.1754.144-147 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05863 | 170 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیقربهم الیه انه هو العزیز الکریم هذا یوم | The Book hath been sent down by the All-Merciful unto them that dwell in the realm of existence, that He may draw them nigh unto Him. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Bountiful. This is the Day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.222b, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00655 | 480 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی حقا که وفاپروری و جانفشان و در جانفشانی پر روح و ریحان | O thou faithful servant of the Abha Beauty! Verily, thou art loyal and self-sacrificing, and in thy sacrifice thou art filled with spirit and sweet fragrance [3.5s] | MMK5#170 p.131 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03293 | 210 | mixed | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله انی اخاطبک من هذه العدوه القصوی و مکان قصی البقعه | O thou who art enraptured by the fragrances of God! I address thee from this furthermost shore, from a place remote indeed [3.5s] | INBA59:131 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05423 | 150 | Persian | مهدی یعنی مظهر هدایت و مطلع عنایت و مشرق هویت الحمد لله از فضل | O Mahdi, who art the Manifestation of guidance, the Dayspring of grace, and the Orient of identity, praise be to God for His bounty [3.5s] | MSBH4.085 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01082 | 380 | mixed | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب محمود محمود نهایت ستایش از شما نموده که | O ye beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Mahmúd Mahmúd hath praised you most highly [3.5s] | MMK6#007 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01428 | 330 | Persian | ای یاران الهی و ای دوستان حقیقی صبح میثاق چون اشراق بر آفاق نمود روحانیان | O divine friends and true companions! When the morn of the Covenant cast its radiant light across the horizons, the spiritual ones [3.5s] | INBA13:334, INBA88:252 | AKHA_106BE #05 p.02, ALPA.076b, YARP2.089 p.119, RMT.046-047 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04575 | 170 | mixed | یا علی این نام بمعنی بلند و مشتق از سمو و علو است لهذا بهمین نام خطاب نمودم | O Ali, this name signifieth loftiness and is derived from height and exaltation; therefore have I addressed thee by this name [3.5s] | INBA13:137, INBA72:115 | MJT.015 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03200 | 280 | mixed | ای عبدالله در قول انصاری ملاحظه کن که گفته الهی اگر یکبار بگوئی بنده من از | O servant of God! Consider the words of Ansari, who said: "O my Lord! If but once Thou shouldst call me Thy servant" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.116, , BLIB_Or11096#075, | AVK3.463.05x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02099 | 270 | O thou propagator of the Religion of God! A few days ago an epistle was written... Now the believers must engage their time in teaching the Cause... O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! Inform all the believers that a number of calumnious articles will be written in those parts | DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#09 p.138, SW_v09#14 p.161x, BSTW#175, BSTW#461 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04364 | 170 | mixed | ای دو بنده درگاه الهی هر چند بجسم در محضر روحانیان حاضر نیستید و در محفل | O ye two servants of the divine Threshold! Though in body ye are not present in the gathering of the spiritually-minded [3.5s] | INBA13:275b | MKT8.082a, MUH3.394-395 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08428 | 100 | Arabic | یا من استسقی من معین الحیات ان قافله الملکوت قد ظعنت فی بیداء الجبروت فارسلت | O thou who hast drunk from the fountain of life: Verily, the caravan of the Kingdom set out | INBA13:304a, INBA59:142b | MNMK#076 p.147, AHB.133BE #09-10 p.95, RHQM2.1212 (687) (425), MAS5.294, KNSA.051 (75) | MNYA.057 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3742 | Words directed at Mirza Muhammad 'Ali | 30 | unknown | نه تو آن عمر هستی که امر باین عظمت را بلند کنی و نه من آن علی هستم که از دست تو در نخلستان گریه کنم | Inform my brother that I am not `Alí, nor is he `Umar. I am much greater than `Alí and he is much lesser than `Umar. | KNSA.134 (235) | MNYA.180, AFNAN.083, RKS.038 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01499 | 320 | Persian | ای متمسک بعروه وثقی اگر بدانی که بچه لحاظ عنایتی ملحوظی و بچه الطافی مخصوص | O thou who holdest fast to the Cord Unbreakable! If thou didst but know with what loving regard thou art watched over, and with what bounties thou art specially favored [3.5s] | INBA13:233, INBA55:360 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3179 | 40 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03444 | 200 | Persian | ای سرهنگ با فرهنگ آهنگ ملکوت ابهی الیوم هنیئا للثابتین است و بشری للفائزین و | O cultured Colonel! The melody of the Abhá Kingdom is, in this day, a joy to them that are steadfast and glad-tidings to them that have attained [3.5s] | RAHA.279 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01054 | 380 | mixed | ای پروردگار در این کور عظیم بسلطان مبین تجلی فرمودی و در حشر اکبر بجمال انور | O Lord! In this mighty Dispensation Thou didst manifest Thyself through the evident Sovereign, and in the Great Resurrection through the luminous Beauty [3.5s] | INBA55:314, INBA72:038, INBA88:062, INBA75:013 | BRL_DAK#0614, MKT1.467, ADH2_1#41 p.060, MMG2#097 p.109, NJB_v05#14 p.001 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02546 | 350 | Arabic | کتاب انزله مالک الملکوت و سلطان الجبروت لمن اقبل الی الافق الاعلی اذ ارتعدت | The Book hath been revealed by the Sovereign of the Kingdom and the Lord of Omnipotent Dominion unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon when it trembled [3.5s] | INBA18:508 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06711 | 120 | mixed | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید طوبی لک | O thou who art firm and steadfast in the Divine Covenant and Testament! What thou didst write was noted. Blessed art thou [3.5s] | MKT5.017a | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02085 | 420 | Arabic | ان یا لسان القدم ذکر الذی هاجر الی الله الی ان دخل بقعه البقا مقر الذی استشرقت | O Tongue of Eternity! Make mention of him who journeyed unto God until he entered the Precinct of Immortality, the Spot whence shone forth [3.5s] | INBA23:027b, BLIB_Or15694.455, , ALIB.folder18p359 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00877 | 420 | Persian | تلغراف وصول به نیویورک رسید بسیار مسرور شدیم که الحمد لله سالما رسیدید و امید | Telegraph of your arrival in New York was received and we were immensely gladdened | YHA1.194, KHH1.256 (1.357) | KHHE.374-376 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00783 | 450 | mixed | یا من تشمر عن الذیل فی خدمه امر الله قد رتلت ایات الشکر للملا الاعلی بما اید | O thou who dost gird up thy loins in service to the Cause of God! The verses of thanksgiving have been chanted in the Concourse on High for the support thou hast rendered [3.5s] | INBA89:192 | MKT6.097, MSHR2.111x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02194 | 400 | mixed | ان یا اسمنا الاصدق قد شربت رحیق اللقاء اذ کان مالک الاسماء فی الزورآء و مره | O Our Name, the Most Truthful! Thou didst quaff the choice wine of reunion when the Lord of Names was in Zawrá [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.025b, | MJAN.048, MAS4.362, AKHA_121BE #10 p.a, PYK.029 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB3.253, ROB3.258, LL#127 | ||||||||
| BH04243 | 220 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یاخذ و یعطی و هو الاخذ الباذل المقتدر القدیر یا | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He taketh and giveth, and He is the Taker, the Bestower, the Almighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.170, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07422 | 140 | Arabic | یا محمد یذکرک الفرد الواحد الاحد من مقامه المحمود و یشهد کما شهد من قبل انه | O Muhammad! The One, the Single, the Alone remembereth thee from His glorious station and testifieth, even as He testified aforetime, that He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.075f, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08668 | 110 | Arabic | ان نقطه البیان بشر من فی الامکان بظهور الرحمن فی کل صحف و زبر و کتاب فلما | The Primal Point of the Bayán heralded unto all who dwell in the realm of possibility the advent of the All-Merciful in every scripture, psalm and book [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.039e, , BLIB_Or15734.2.131a, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00861 | 950 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یذکر اهل الوفاء اذ کان فی سجن الاعدآء و یتوجه الی من اقبل الیه من هذا | Glorified be He Who remembereth the people of faithfulness whilst confined in the prison of His enemies, and turneth towards whosoever hath advanced unto Him from this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.116, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03194 | 280 | Arabic | ان یا قلم الاعلی الیوم یومک تحرک باسمی الابهی علی اوراق الانشاء ثم اذکر من | O Most Exalted Pen! This day is Thy day. Move, by Mine All-Glorious Name, upon the pages of creation, and make mention of them that [3.5s] | INBA15:249b, INBA26:249d | PYK.215 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11796 | 150 | Arabic | لو ترانی لاتعرفنی بما ورد علی فی سبیل ربک العزیز المختار لااشکو بما ورد علی | Shouldst thou behold Me, thou wouldst not recognize Me by reason of what hath befallen Me in the path of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. I do not complain of what hath come upon Me [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.036 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04499 | 210 | Arabic | قل یا قوم تالله ماجئنا لنفسد فی الارض بل لاصلاحها و اظهار ما کنز فیها | Say: O people! By God, We have not come to spread corruption in the earth, but rather to reform it and to reveal what lieth treasured within it [3.5s] | INBA73:079, NLAI_BH1.482, NLAI_BH2.229 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02395 | 250 | mixed | ای طبیب روحانی امراض جسمانی هر چند شدید است ولی صعوبت در معالجات امراض | O Divine Physician! Though bodily ailments be severe, yet the difficulty lies in treating the diseases [3.5s] | TZH8.0390, YQAZ.566-567x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0069 | Words spoken to Miss N. on 27 Jan 1910 | 1420 | Ich könnte Dir, meine Schwester, mit den Worten unseres Herrn Jesu Christi -- gesegnet sei Seine Weisheit -- antworten | SDW v11#01 p.007-010 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00129 | 960 | mixed | الهی الهی تری حالی و ضری و بلائی و ذلی و ابتلائی و توجعی و تفجعی و تزعزعی | My God, My God! Thou seest my state, my distress, my tribulation, my abasement, my affliction, my anguish, my grief and my dismay [3.5s] | INBA16:048, INBA84:543 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04807 | 200 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الحکیم من سماء الامر لمن آمن بالفرد الخبیر انک اذا شربت من کاس | The Book which the All-Wise hath sent down from the heaven of Command unto him that hath believed in the One, the All-Informed. When thou didst drink from the cup [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.026, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03607 | 250 | Arabic | ان فی ابتلاء مالک الامکان فی کل الاحیان لایات لمن فی الاکوان قد قبل الشده | In the tribulations ordained by the Lord of all creation at every moment lie signs for all who dwell in the realms of being, having embraced adversity [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#304, | BRL_DA#104, LHKM1.075, MAS4.251 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02755 | 320 | mixed | تعالی القدیم ذو الفضل العظیم تعالی القدیر ذو النور المنیر تعالی الکریم ذو | Exalted is the Ancient One, Possessor of Great Bounty! Exalted is the All-Powerful, Possessor of Radiant Light! Exalted is the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | INBA51:508 | LHKM3.318 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01455 | 330 | ...The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle of the Testament has illumined all horizons | SW_v08#16 p.214-215 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00631 | 490 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان شمع میثاق رغما لاهل النفاق پرتو عبودیتش آفاقرا منور نموده و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle | MMK6#360 | SW_v12#14 p.235-236, CUPAB.012-013x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09027 | 90 | Persian | جناب اسد خدا چند نامه از شما رسید و این نامه ثانیست که ارسال میگردد عدم وقت و | O Jinab-i-Asadu'llah! Several letters from thee have been received, and this is the second letter being sent in reply. Owing to lack of time [3.5s] | INBA17:217 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03373 | 200 | mixed | ای ثابت بر امرالله الیوم آنچه تکلیف عموم و دلیل بر ثبوت و رسوخ بر عهد و پیمان | O thou who art steadfast in the Cause of God! Today, that which is incumbent upon all, and is proof of firmness and constancy in the Covenant and Testament [3.5s] | INBA17:264 | MKT8.047 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07185 | 110 | Persian | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن از الطاف حضرت بهاء الله شما را ثبوت و رسوخ بر | O ye believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! From the Graces | BRL_DAK#0341, ZSM.1914-10 | DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#13 p.201, SW_v05#14 p.217, SW_v08#16 p.215, PN_1914 p107 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01634 | 310 | Persian | دوست عزیز من بعد از خبر وفات والده مرحومه محترمه دیگر از شما نامه ای نرسید | Dear friend, after receiving news of the passing of your honoured mother, no further letters have reached me from you [3.5s] | MMK5#162 p.126 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05939 | 140 | Know this of a certainty: Verily, the Bounty of God will pour upon ye (all the friends) and the confirmations of Heaven will encircle ye from all sides | BSTW#052rx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03037 | 220 | Persian | خداوند مهربانا ستایش ترا که سمندر را وفاپرور نمودی و از پیمانه پیمان سرمست | O kind Lord! Praise be unto Thee, Who hast made the salamander faithful and intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant [3.5s] | AYBY.364 #047a, KHSH09.007, MJMJ2.004x, MMG2#167 p.191x, MSBH7.053x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00470 | 570 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان ورق مسطور منظور گشت و رق منشور ملحوظ گردید مضامین و معانی رحمانی | O ye who stand fast in the Covenant! The written page was received and the unfolded scroll was perused, with its divine themes and spiritual meanings [3.5s] | INBA84:454 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01476 | 320 | Persian | ای بهرام سپهر عرفان هر چند مکاتبه مستمر نه و مخابره متواصل نیست ولی حمد خدا | O Bahram, luminary in the heaven of divine knowledge! Though our correspondence hath not been continuous, nor our communication unceasing, yet praised be God [3.5s] | INBA59:246 | ALPA.031, BSHN.140.379, BSHN.144.374, MHT1b.228, YBN.036-037, YARP2.039 p.087, RMT.196-197 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Effort; striving; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07915 | 100 | Persian | ای یزدان مهربان یارانت بی سر و سامانند و دوستانت اسیر در دست عوانان از هر طرف تیر و سنانی | O Merciful Lord! Thy loved ones are homeless and scattered, and Thy friends are captive in the hands of the oppressors, from every side assailed by arrow and spear [3.5s] | HDQI.168ax, ANDA#02 p.04x, MJMJ3.109x, MMG2#405 p.451x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00387 | 610 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از شدت بلایا و محن و مصائب شدیده در نهایت ضعف بدن مختصر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From the intensity of tribulations, trials and grievous afflictions, the body is in utmost weakness [3.5s] | MMK5#023 p.016 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02481 | 360 | mixed | هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی طار فی هواء القرب و سمع نغمه الله و کان فی علی | This is a Book from God unto him who hath soared in the atmosphere of nearness, who hath hearkened unto the melody of God, and who was in the heights [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.254b, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00159 | 900 | Persian | ای یار مهربان آوارگان نامه نامى که اثر کلک عنبرین بود | O thou affectionate friend of the wanderers! A letter hath arrived, a missive traced by a musk-scented pen [3.5s] | MKT2.186 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00150 | 920 | mixed | ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور | O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA88:214, INBA89:036 | MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01655 | 300 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک المبتهل الیک المتضرع بباب احدیتک الثابت الراسخ علی | O my God! This is Thy servant who doth beseech Thee and supplicate at the gate of Thy oneness, standing firm and steadfast [3.5s] | INBA88:168b | MKT6.037, MJMJ3.003, MMG2#226 p.253 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00179 | 3120 | mixed | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الی الذی احبه الله و شرفه بلقائه و اسمعه نغماته و | This is an epistle from this servant unto him whom God hath loved and honored with His presence, and caused him to hear His melodies [3.5s] | INBA74:023 | YIK.461-470 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06490 | 150 | Arabic | بحر العرفان ینطق فی قطب الامکان و یدع الکل بالروح و الریحان الی الرحمن ولکن | The Ocean of Divine Knowledge speaks forth from the Pole of Contingent Being, summoning all with spirit and fragrance unto the All-Merciful, yet [3.5s] | INBA51:091, KB_620:084-085 | LHKM2.148 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01555 | 560 | mixed | قد بدلنا النار بالحبر و اظهرنا به ما کان مکنونا فی العلم و مسطورا من القلم | We have transformed the fire into ink, and through it made manifest that which lay hidden in knowledge and was inscribed by the Pen [3.5s]... ...Reference is made to those who for twelve hundred years did say: ”There is no God but Him!” But with a word they slipped away from the Straight Path | LHKM1.141 | NYR#158 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03763 | 250 | mixed | یا محمد قبل باقر اسمع الندآء من شطر عکاء انه یهدیک الی صراط الله رب العالمین | O Muhammad-Qibl-i-Báqir! Hearken unto the call from the region of 'Akká, for verily it guideth thee unto the path of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.188, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01820 | 490 | mixed | نامه آنجناب بر مکمن حزن وارد و بر مطلع بلایا واصل فجزاک الله جزآء حسنا | Your letter hath reached this Abode of Grief and arrived at this Dawning-Place of tribulations. May God reward thee with a goodly reward [3.5s] | INBA38:121, INBA57:049 | RSR.119x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Manifestation of God as mediator; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11639 | 400 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان نامه ای که در خصوص دو نفس محترم و خلاصی آنان مرقوم نموده | O herald of the Covenant, your letter concerning those two respected souls and their deliverance has been received [3.5s] | INBA85:394 | BRL_DAK#0200, YIA.268-269 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01110 | 370 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه که بتاریخ ۵ رجب سنه ۱۳۲۵ مورخ بود رسید بسیار از مضمونش | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Rajab 1325 was received, and from its contents [3.5s] | MMK6#562, MAS9.155 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01977 | 450 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله و کان من الموحدین فی الالواح | This is a Book from Him Who is imprisoned unto him who hath believed in God and was numbered among the faithful in the Tablets [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.164, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00549 | 1350 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالامر و تفرد بالحکم تشهد الذرات انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل | Praise be to God, Who is one in His Command and peerless in His decree. The atoms themselves bear witness that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ever been [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.097, , BLIB_Or15711.023, | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00621 | 500 | mixed | ایها الشهید ابن الشهید علیک بهاء الله علیک ثناء الله لعمر الله ان قلب | O thou martyr, son of the martyr! Upon thee be the Glory of God, upon thee be the praise of God! By the life of God, verily the heart [3.5s] | PYK.273 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2056 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 130 | Persian | زیارت در وجود خود انسان است تا چقدر فیض ببرد و استفاده کند اگر بکمال توجه و تضرع زیارت نمود | Pilgrimage has to do with one's soul and, depending on one's approach, one benefits accordingly. If one was to approach pilgrimage with the utmost devotion and consecration | KHH1.020 (1.028-029) | KHHE.042-043 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00154 | 920 | mixed | یا الهی الحنون ترانی من ملکوت تقدیسک و جبروت توحیدک بین یدی عصبه ذاب کاسره | O my Compassionate God! From Thy Kingdom of holiness and the Realm of Thy oneness Thou beholdest me before a fierce and predatory band [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0781, MKT1.267, DUR3.076, YHA1.377x, MSBR.160-164x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02495 | 360 | mixed | یا اسم جود علیک سلام الله و عنایته نامه جناب حاجی شیخ علیه سلام الله در حضور | O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be the peace of God and His loving-kindness. The letter of the honoured Hájí Shaykh—upon him be God's peace—was presented before [3.5s] | AYBY.120, SAM.434, SAM.436 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00858 | 420 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مرسول واصل گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد حمد خدا را که در | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that [3.5s] | PYK.275 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08760 | 340 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید جلیل دو نامه از پاریس از شما رسید اول در اوراق غرق شد با وجود | O scion of the glorious martyr! Two letters from Paris arrived from you. The first was lost among papers, despite [3.5s] | INBA85:534 | MSHR3.354x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Veiling [hijab]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05170 | 190 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن و هدی و صعد فی عرفان ربه الی ملکوت الاقدس | This is the Book of the Primal Point unto him who hath believed and been guided, and who hath ascended in the knowledge of his Lord unto the Most Holy Kingdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.330, | RAHA.284 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Twin Manifestations; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00129 | Li-Akhiri’l-Mu’min | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد خلقت کل شیء بامری و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون اننی قد کنت ازلاً قدیماً من قبل و من بعد | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have created all things by My command, and whatsoever is other than Me is My creation. Say: O My creation! Worship Me alone. Indeed, I have been from all eternity the Ancient of Days, before and after [3.5s] | TZH2.389-393 | Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | AHDA.462.03z? | ||||||||
| BH01184 | 700 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | انا نحب ان نری کل واحد منکم مبدء کل خیر... ان یا مقصود ان استمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من هذا المقام | ...It is Our wish and desire that every one of you may become a source of all goodness unto men, and an example of uprightness to mankind | BLIB_Or15715.152cx, | GWBP#146 p.202bx, LHKM2.277x | GWB#146x | E. Mahony | Creation of the world; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#452 | |||||
| BH11459 | 30 | 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] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH02010 | 440 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی له ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکلشیء علیما و له یسجد کل من | Glorified be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, for verily He hath knowledge of all things, and before Him boweth down in adoration all [3.5s] | INBA51:564, INBA36:099b, INBA71:264 | LHKM3.043 | Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12841 | 190 | Arabic | حمدا لمن خلق مبدء الوجود بفیض مشهود و جعله مرکز المقام محمود و بث من ذلک | Praise be unto Him Who, through His effulgent grace, created the Primal Origin of existence and made It the centre of the seat of glory....O Lord! Grant that this marriage may be blessed and happy. Send down Thy mercy upon them both in order that from them may issue forth noble children | BRL_SWOP#009x, BRL_SWOP#104x | BRL_SWO#009x, BRL_SWO#104x | Creation of the world; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Prayer for married couples | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05275 | 150 | mixed | ای مشتعل بنار موقده ربانیه در فجر ابداع کلمه جامعه اختراع در هیکل انسانی تحقق | O thou who art set ablaze by the divine fire kindled at the dawning of creation, the comprehensive Word manifested in human form [3.5s] | MKT8.140 | Creation of the world; Evolution; human evolution; Imagery in the Qur'an; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0591 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09 | 470 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس | Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God | AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002 | DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009 | Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00951 | 860 | mixed | احرف حمد حقایق و دقایق حمد مخصوص ساحت قدس قرب حضرت سلطانیست که از لطایف | The letters of praise and the subtleties of glorification belong unto the holy and intimate sanctuary of that Sovereign Lord Who, through His grace [3.5s]... ...My God, My Master, My Desire! …Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might | INBA65:268, INBA36:329c, NLAI_BH1.278 | HDQI.060, TZH4.117-120x, MAS8.049bx, FBAH.099x, OOL.B155, UVM.083.02x | BKOG.104x, GPB.109x | Creation of the world; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.217, LL#407 | |||||||
| BH04621 | 1720 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنیر فضله فی عالم الاحدیه اذا ظهرت النقطه الاولیه و اظهرها | Praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself through the light of His grace in the realm of unity, when the Primal Point appeared and was made manifest [3.5s] | RSR.120x, TISH.218-223, ANDA#75 p.72x, YMM.421x | Creation of the world; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00253 | Du’a’ath-Thalith fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I fath-‘Ali | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا فردا حیا قیوما | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God. Thine are creation and command, both in times past and times to come. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.085a06-089a01 | Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00622 | 50 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هو الله الاکبر الارفع الله اکبر هو الامنع الاقدس الاعلی. قل الله رب و کل له عابدون قل الله حق و کل له قانتون ذلکم الله ربکم و الیه انتم تنقلبون ا فی الله شک حلقکم و کل شیء و انک رب العالمین | Say, God is the Lord and all are worshippers unto Him. Say, God is the True One and all pay homage unto Him. | SWBP#12 (p.108) | SWB#12 (p.153-153) | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08950 | 110 | Arabic | قل الهی الهی اشهد انک خلقت الخلق اظهارا لفضلک و عطائک و ابرازا لجودک و رحمتک | Say: O my God, my God! I bear witness that Thou hast created all created things as a manifestation of Thy grace and bounty, and as an expression of Thy generosity and mercy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.167a, , BLIB_Or15728.049b, | Creation of the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3051 | Words spoken in a private home in Chelsea, Sep. 1911 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2791 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22 | 70 | Horticulture is one of the most fascinating arts. I love it and watch the growth of the trees and flowers as one watches the growth of the babes. | DAS.1915-04-22 | Agriculture; Creativity in art; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Perfection; imperfection of nature | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08650 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه تو رسید مضمون بسیار شیرین و دلنشین بود زیرا از برای خود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, and its contents were most sweet and delightful, for [3.5s] | YARP2.498 p.365 | Creativity in art; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11727 | 150 | Persian | ای امه الله المنجذبه نامه بلیغ با اشعار فصیح بدیع در نهایت دقت ملاحظه گردید منظوم | O enraptured maidservant of God! Thy most eloquent letter, with its sublime and brilliant verses, was attentively perused [3.5s] | FRH.172 | Creativity in art; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09608 | 100 | Arabic | یا اسمعیل ان الخلیل من شطر منظره الاکبر یدعوک الی الله مالک القدر الذی اتی | O Isma'il! The Friend, from the direction of His Most Great Scene, summoneth thee unto God, the Lord of Power, Who hath come [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.012.09, | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00166 | 880 | Persian | ای یادگار ابوالفضائل چند ماه پیش جواب نامه مفصل قدیم مرقوم گردید و ارسال شد | O thou cherished remembrance of Abul-Fadl! Some months ago a detailed reply to thy previous letter was written and dispatched [3.5s] | MKT3.277, AVK2.165.02x | Criticism and its limits; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Newspapers and the media; publications; Rational arguments; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2485 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14 | 90 | It is evident that the five books which are generally attributed to Moses were written by Ezra the high priest. Only the Tablets and the commandments belong to Moses. | DAS.1913-03-14 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Christian doctrine and practice; Criticism and its limits; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0824 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 360 | Persian | بعد از اینها خوب میشود من از یک چیز متاثر شدم که یکوقت نوشته بودند | After these occurrences, it will be better.... Tolstoy is a deeply learned man. I wanted him to embrace the blessed Cause | KHH1.053-054 (1.074-076) | KHHE.092-094, STAB#112 | Criticism and its limits; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3193 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 40 | When Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned in the barrack of Acca, he could see the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire under the despotic and fanatical rule of the Sultans | DAS.1913-04-26 | Critique of Eastern values; culture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3322 | Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بدرجهئ‌یکه جمیع بهائیان شرق بجهت ترویج صلح جان میدهند بیست هزار نفر خود را فدای امر صلح | To the extent that all the Baha'is of the East are ready to give up their lives in their efforts to promote peace. Twenty thousand souls have sacrificed themselves | BDA2.079 | MHMD2.095 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2743 | Words spoken on 1913-03-16 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عثمانیها هنوز نمیدانند چه باید کرد با آنکه حال بخوبی میتوانند مخالفین خود را در حالت | The Ottomans still do not know what must be done, despite their full knowledge that their present position affords them | BDA2.183 | MHMD2.233 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3752 | Words spoken on 1913-02-24 in Paris | 20 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حکمت و نتیجهٴ اقامت در پاریس برای تذکّر مشرقیان و آگاهی ایرانیان بیش از اهالی خود پاریس است | The wisdom of my sojourn here in Paris, as well as the results it will yield, consist in the admonitions I have imparted to the people of the East | BDA2.157 | MHMD2.197 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||
| AB00141 | 940 | Arabic | یا من تحمل کل مشقة فى سبیل الله حضرت اسم اعظم | O thou who bearest every hardship in the path of God, O thou bearer of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA13:286 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06409 | 150 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی علمنا کلمه التوحید و عرفنا حکم التفرید و هدانا سوآء الصراط و | Praise be unto God, Who hath taught us the Word of Unity, and made known unto us the decree of Divine Oneness, and guided us unto the straight path [3.5s] | MSHR5.102x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Exhortations and counsels; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2136 | Words spoken on 1914-06-15 in Tiberias | 120 | The Cause appeared in Persia. The blood of so many martyrs was shed in Persia that, unquestionably, signs will appear. | DAS.1914-06-14, SW_v09#10 p.116 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02523 | 240 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای تشنه حقیقت ایران ویرانست و جمیع احزاب فی الحقیقه تیشه بدست گرفته بریشه این | O ye who thirst for the truth! Iran is in ruins; indeed, all parties have taken an axe in hand | BRL_DAK#0078, PYB#086 p.04 | BRL_ATE#065 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00803 | 440 | Persian | ای مدیر محترم معارف پرور و خیرخواه عموم بشر ایران وقتی بهشت برین بود و | O thou noble editor, cherisher of knowledge and the well-wisher of the world of humanity! Persia at one time was the delectable paradise | MMK4#187 p.231, PYB#086 p.03 | DAS.1914-10-13 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00607 | 500 | Persian | ای دوست عزیز آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه چنانست که گفتی ایران در | O dearly cherished friend! That which thou hast written hath been observed. In truth, as thou hast stated, Iran is [3.5s] | MSHR4.282-283 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Nationalism; love of country; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04021 | 180 | mixed | ای سرگشته و سودائی حق و مشهور بشیداای دلبر آفاق اهل ایران بخواب غفلت گرفتار | O thou bewildered and impassioned seeker after Truth, known as the enraptured one! O thou beloved throughout all regions! The people of Iran lie captive in the slumber of heedlessness [3.5s] | MKT5.183, MKT3.215 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Praise of Western values; culture; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12244 | 220 | Persian | ای بشیر من آنچه به جناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید رکاب همایون | O my herald! I have considered what thou didst write to Jinab-i-Manshadi in the presence of [3.5s] | BSHI.052-053 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10374 | 60 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای امین عبدالبهاء باز آمدیم باز آمدیم از راه فرنگستان آمدیم بنده آستان آمدیم | O trusted one [Amín] of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá! I have returned, I have returned! By way of Europe have I come back, a servant at the threshold, returning from flowering rose-gardens | INBA16:153 | MMK5#076 p.063 | MHMD2s.333b | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1604 | 190 | Persian | حجاب نسوان مانع از تعلیم و تعلم است فقهاء درینخصوص مبالغه نمودند که حتی صوت نساء | The veiling of women preventeth learning and instruction. The divines have, in this matter, gone to such extremes that even the voice of women [is forbidden] [3.5s] | AVK3.341.18x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Role and station of women; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2111 | Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias | 130 | Praise be to God that you have come into this desert and exalted the name of God | DAS.1914-05-17, SW_v08#02 p.021 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1517 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-25 | 210 | The Arabs we met today were deprived of civilization, and yet they think they are not in need of civilization or knowledge. | PN_1909F p066, PN_1909F p125, AKL.010 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04718 | 160 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما بدون تاریخ واصل و دال بر وصول نامه های مخصوص که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter, bearing no date, hath been received, and attesteth to the arrival of special letters which [3.5s] | MUH3.299-300 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Western values; culture; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02464 | 250 | Persian | یا امه الله نامه رسید و از پیش طلب غفران شد حال بلسان فارسی تاکید میشود تا | O handmaiden of God! Your letter was received, and previously forgiveness was sought. Now in the Persian tongue, emphasis is placed, so that [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write about the believers' daughters who attend the schools of other faiths. It is true that, while these children do learn a little in such schools | BRL_DAK#0390, AMK.052-053, AVK3.339.01x, MAS5.063x | COC#0636x | Critique of Western values; culture; Education of children; moral education; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02122 | 270 | Persian | ای یار دیرین و همدم قدیم زندان عکا ایوان کسری بود و جنت علیا زیرا آن سجن و | O ancient friend and companion of old! The Prison of 'Akká was as the palace of Chosroes and a sublime paradise, for that prison [3.5s] | INBA85:178b | MSHR4.207 | Critique of Western values; culture; Growth of the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2975 | Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اهالی پاریس را مثل زنبور و موری می‌بینم که فوج فوج میآیند و میروند و مانند موج در حرکت | I regard the people of Paris even as bees or ants, coming and going in clusters, surging to and fro like a wave | BDA2.183 | MHMD2.232 | Critique of Western values; culture; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3069 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 50 | I see the people ... like bees or ants, coming and going by troops, surging past like waves, continually engrossed in their business. | BW_v13p1187 | Critique of Western values; culture; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3235 | Words to some Persian friends, spoken on 1913-03-18 | 40 | Paris is like a very large, clean stable where many millions of horses are well-fed, well-kept and well-trained; but you do not expect to find spirituality. | DAS.1913-03-18 | Critique of Western values; culture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1927 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-11 | 150 | Praise be to God you had a spiritual time in Germany... Paris is the jungle of nature... The German people are religious. | DAS.1914-10-11, PN_1914 p060 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3000 | Words spoken on 1913-02-03 in Paris | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیروز بدیدن اطفال فقرا رفتیم جای بسیار محقری داشتند ولی چون مراجعت میکردیم | We went to visit the children of some poor souls yesterday and saw their pitiful living conditions. As we were returning | BDA2.120 | MHMD2.149-150 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3074 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-06 | 50 | I do not feel happy in Paris. I do not know whether it is its depressing atmosphere or the effect of the indifference of the people to spiritual things. | DAS.1913-05-06 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2385 | Words to two Persians, spoken on 1913-05-18 | 100 | The dawning-point of these lights have been always in the East.... There is an ineffable something in the atmosphere of the Orient that causes the increase of spiritual susceptibilities. | DAS.1913-05-18 | Critique of Western values; culture; Human reality created in the image of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Purpose; goal of creation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3367 | Words to Mr. Wilkins, spoken on 1913-03-06 | 30 | If such is the case the future of the French Republic is fraught with great danger. It cannot stand on such atheistic foundation. | DAS.1913-03-06 | Critique of Western values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1894 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 160 | Der Engländer hat ein unerschutterliches Staatsbewußtsein, welches mit seinem Geschäftssinn ganz verwachsen ist; deswegen ist er der geborene Eroberer und Kolonisator | SDW v14#01 p.008 | Critique of Western values; culture; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1246 | Words spoken to Bishop Burg at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15 | 250 | Persian | الحمد لله ترقیات مادیه در این بلاد حاصل است ولکن مدنیت مادیه تنها کفایت نکند | Praise be unto God that material progress hath been achieved in these lands; yet material civilization alone sufficeth not [3.5s] | AMK.292-293, KHTB2.025, NJB_v04#10 p.001 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2138 | Public address given on 1912-10-05 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این ممالک در مادیات کمال ترقی حاصل نموده مانند هیکلی است که در نهایت صباحت و ملاحت است | These countries have reached the apex of material progress. They are like bodies in the utmost health... The people of America have a great capacity for the acquisition of spiritual qualities but they are immersed in material affairs | BDA1.288.11 | MHMD1.306 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12246 | 220 | Arabic | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد قرئت تحریرک الاخیر و اطلعت بما نطقت عند ملاقات | O thou who art attracted by the sweet-scented breezes of God! I have read thy recent letter and learned of that which thou didst utter during the meeting [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0947 | Critique of Western values; culture; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3192 | Words to Mrs Sanderson, spoken on 1913-01-28 | 40 | Paris is like unto a green meadow, the people are like unto sheep, they are grazing in this meadow, they drink of the flowing streams. The materialists, cow-like, graze also with the rest. | DAS.1913-01-28 | Critique of Western values; culture; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2453 | Words to Miss Fraser, spoken on 1912-12-16 | 90 | You have written excellent articles in the papers in regard to the Cause, I will never forget | DAS.1912-12-16, SW_v03#19 p.003 | Critique of Western values; culture; Newspapers and the media; publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2251 | Words spoken on 1914-04-06 | 110 | Although the Western nations have perfected the machinery of natural civilization, yet they are left behind in divine civilization. My object in taking that long journey | DAS.1914-04-06 | Critique of Western values; culture; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0548 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 500 | Persian | حضرات مسافرین رفتند اگر راه ها کلاً و کاملاً باز شود مسافرتها آسان میگردد انسان در مدت قلیلی وارد ایران میشود | The honored wayfarers have departed. Should the pathways be wholly and completely opened, journeys shall become easy, such that man may enter Persia in but a brief span [3.5s] | KHMT.078-079 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Critique of Western values; culture; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2299 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | I find England awake; there is spiritual life here. But your poor are so very poor! This should not be. | LOG#0729x, AIL.091 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2574 | Words spoken on 1913-02-09 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چنانچه طیور و وحوش از صبح بفکر دانه و طعمه‌أند همین طور این مردم متصل در خیال | Just as the birds and other beasts think, from the break of day, only of seeds and prey, so too is it with these people | BDA2.127 | MHMD2.158 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Critique of Western values; culture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2733 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 70 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00566 | 520 | mixed | ای صحرانورد سبیل الهی عبدالبهاء شما را گهی بطی صحرا و بیابان اندازد و گهی در | O wayfarer in the divine path! 'Abdu'l-Bahá doth at times cast thee into the desert and wilderness, and at times [3.5s] | AYBY.449 #187, MSHR5.022x | Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; True liberty; freedom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07667 | 110 | Persian | ای یادگار سه نفس مقدس شهید حمد خدا را که در ظل الطاف حضرت احدیت مدت الحیات | O cherished remnant of the three sacred martyred souls! Praise be to God that throughout thy life thou hast dwelt beneath the sheltering grace of His Divine Unity [3.5s] | MKT8.209 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00100 | Some Answered Questions #030 Adam and Eve | 1110 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | در تورات مذکور که خداوند آدم را در جنت عدن نهاد تا عامل و حافظ باشد و فرمود | It is recorded in the Torah that God placed Adam in the garden of Eden to work and tend it, and said to Him | MFD#30, OOL.C022.30 | SAQ#30 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Original sin; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0619 | We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers: Words spoken on 1911-11-25 in Paris | 460 | Persian | Paris Talks | وقتیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شد در اورشلیم ظهور | When Christ appeared He manifested Himself at Jerusalem. He called men to the Kingdom of God, He invited them to Eternal Life and He told them to acquire human perfections. | KHAB.199 (209), KHTB1.207 | PT#38 p.118 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB01528 | Some Answered Questions #028 The Pre-existence of Christ | 320 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | قدم بر دو قسم است قدم ذاتیست که مسبوق بعلت نباشد بلکه وجودش بذاته | Pre-existence is of two kinds. One is essential pre-existence, which is not preceded by a cause | MFD#28, OOL.C022.28 | SAQ#28 | Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Manifestation of God as mediator; Word of God sanctified from time and place | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1874 | Words to Siyyid Asadollah around March 1912 | 160 | When Jesus Christ was on earth He taught for three years and was then crucified. As he hung on the cross, during those dark hours | PN_1913 p015 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Martyrdom of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1889 | Words spoken on 1913-08-23 in Ramleh | 160 | The stories of the prophets recorded in the Koran are not for the sake of recording history. They are as warnings to future generations after Mohammed | DAS.1913-08-23, ABIE.225, BLO_PN#007 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2092 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02 | 130 | When His holiness Christ appeared the Jews said the same thing. They thought that after Moses no other divine man must appear in the world | DAS.1914-09-02 | Christian doctrine and practice; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection of Muhammad; Seal of the Prophets | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1479 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 220 | Der Erlösertod Christi wird schon seit Jahrhunderten mißverstanden. Gehe zu den Mönchen des Eliasklosters und sie werden Dir folgendes sagen | SDW v13#11 p.112 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00791 | 1010 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا للذاکرین انه لطراز الفضل لمن فی العالمین به ینبت من القلوب ریحان | A remembrance from Our presence unto them that remember. Verily, it is the ornament of grace unto all who dwell in the worlds. Through it there springeth forth from hearts sweet basil [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made to be the crown of all names and by which heaven and earth have been illumined | BLIB_Or11095#011, | ADM1#064 p.115x | JHT_S#136x | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1363 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-22 | 230 | The physical body has also a share. When I was in America a number of Christians came to me and asked a most subtle and difficult question. | DAS.1915-05-22 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Martyrs and martyrdom; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1911 | Words to a troop of actors, spoken on 1912-12-21 | 160 | All these people thought they were waiting for Christ and that they were His intimate friends | LBLT.132-133 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3665 | Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said | 550 | Persian | در زمانیکه حکومت مستبد ناقضین مانع اشکالات داخلی و خارجی حاضر در بحبوحه | At a time when the government ruled with tyranny, the Covenant-breakers were a hindrance, and problems both internal and external were present—it was in the midst of all this turmoil that I built the Shrine of the Bab | BRL_DAK#0772 | ADMS#256 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; The Christian clergy; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01122 | 370 | mixed | ای دوستان الهی و منجذبان ملکوت رحمانی از عادات الهی و حکمتهای بالغه صمدانی | O divine friends and ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of the All-Merciful! Among the divine ways and consummate wisdoms of the Eternal Lord [3.5s] | INBA55:257, INBA88:352 | BRL_DAK#1015, MKT1.447, AKHA_118BE #03-04 p.d, AKHA_128BE #01 p.b, AKHA_121BE #01 p.b, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.253, YHA1.369 (2.740) | Bringing forth results; fruit; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02481 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively | TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x | Call to action; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00769 | 450 | Persian | ای منجذبه ملکوت الله نامه که در عید ایستر مرقوم نموده بودی رسید از مضمون | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! The letter written at Easter | BRL_DAK#0131 | LBLT.203-205x, SW_v14#11 p.342, ABCC.512-513 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Consolation and comfort; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03121 | 210 | Persian | ای پروانه شمع آسمانی چون کور وجود و دور شهود در جمیع مراتب و شئون عروج و صعود | O moth of the celestial Candle! As cycle succeedeth cycle and vision yieldeth to vision, through every degree and condition of ascent and exaltation [3.5s] | MMK3#098 p.064, PYK.303 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Manifestation of God as sun; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05793 | 170 | mixed | عالم کتابیست مبین در هر حین بر زوال خود گواهی داده و میدهد بلکه مینماید از | The world is a manifest Book that, in every moment, hath borne and continueth to bear witness unto its own decline [3.5s] | INBA51:379a | LHKM3.351, HDQI.123, ANDA#27 p.03, MSHR2.309 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11678 | 230 | Persian | ای مقرب درگاه کبریاء نامه شما در وسط محیط دریا قرائت گردید با وجود امواج جواب | O thou who art near to the Threshold of the Almighty! Thy letter was read in the midst of the ocean, and despite the waves, I pen this reply [3.5s] | YFY.050-051 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3202 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 40 | Allusion cannot convey what Reality teaches. Christ said, 'What has happened in the past will happen again in the future.' The reason of this is that all things are under the operation of Divine Law | TDLA.012, BLO_PN#104 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Limits of language; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03759 | 190 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان جهان را غفلت مستولی بود و امکان را ظلمت محیط و متوالی و کیهان | O Herald of the Covenant! The world was overcome with heedlessness, and creation was enveloped in encompassing and successive darkness [3.5s] | MMK2#239 p.172 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02156 | 270 | mixed | رب رب ان هولاء عباد مکرمون مخلصون لک فی جمیع الشئون قد ثبتت اقدامهم و استضائت | O Lord, O Lord! These are Thy honored servants, sincere unto Thee in all affairs. Their steps have been made firm, and they have been illumined [3.5s] | MKT8.211b, AKHA_105BE #05 p.02 | Consolation and comfort; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11663 | 290 | mixed | ای شاه عارفان مدتی است که با تو گفتگوای نکرده ایم زیرا ابواب مسدود بود و راه | O Shah [king] of the mystics! It has been some time since we have conversed with you, for the gates were closed and the path [3.5s] | FRH.204-205 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2228 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم روحانی نیز چنین است که چون بهار الهی منتهی و فیض رحمانی منقطع شود | As there are four seasons in this material world, so it is in the spiritual world. When the divine spring is over and the heavenly bounty ceases | BDA1.285.15 | MHMD1.303 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00953 | 400 | Persian | ای طالبان حقیقت الحمد لله نور هدایت در شبستان دل و جان درخشید و بدرقه عنایت | O ye seekers after truth! Praise be to God that the light of guidance hath shone forth in the night-chamber of heart and soul, and the protecting grace of God hath been vouchsafed [3.5s] | PYB#186 p.03 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01873 | 290 | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals | BSTW#188 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01589 | 310 | mixed | ای صراف نقود قلوب در بازار جوهریان خداوند در قرآن مجید میفرماید و تری الارض | O thou who exchangest the currency of hearts in the market-place of the jewelers! God in His glorious Qur'an proclaims: "And thou seest the earth..." [3.5s] | INBA13:105 | MMK6#325, AHB.107BE #07 p.136, AHB.136BE #05-06 p.000?, MAS5.122 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00373 | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الابیر الابیر. قل تعززت بالله الواحد القهار | Say: I have been strengthened through God, the One, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | PR03.150v04-151r06 | Da'iras and haykals; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02537 | 240 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید ولی ابدا فرصت نیست با وجود این مرقوم میگردد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and though there is absolutely no time, nevertheless I pen these lines [3.5s] | INBA17:008 | MKT9.088, YMM.267x | Day of rest; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06381 | 160 | Arabic | یا محمد یذکرک الفرد الاحد من هذا المقام المحمود و انزل لک ما یقربک الیه فی کل الاحوال | O Muhammad! The One, the Single, maketh mention of thee from this praiseworthy station, and hath revealed unto thee that which shall draw thee nigh unto Him in every condition [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.300b, | Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09082 | 90 | Arabic | یا من تعلق باهداب رداء الکبریاء سبح و قدس و هلل باسم ربک الحی القدیم و قل | O thou who clingest to the hem of the robe of Glory! Glorify, sanctify, and praise in the name of thy Lord, the Ever-Living, the Ancient, and say [3.5s] | INBA87:175b, INBA52:175b | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07016 | 140 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من لدن قادر مقتدر قدیرا و تبشر الناس بیوم الجمع و | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty, powerful and omnipotent, giving glad tidings unto mankind of the Day of Gathering [3.5s] | INBA36:156a, INBA71:327a | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00827 | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions) | 990 | mixed | Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر | All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace. | BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068 | BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040 | TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119 | almunajat.com [item 29] | Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the problem of conflicting religious claims, declaring that His religion is ‘the religion of forbearance’ and that it ‘embraceth all faiths and all religions’, and affirming ‘the reality of Paradise and Hell, for reward and punishment require their existence’. | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 3b | * | * | ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257 | |
| BB00506 | Answer to Mirza Ahmad Azghandi | 9200 | unknown | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له قانتون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth. Say: all are prostrate before Him. And praise be unto God, Whom all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth do glorify; say: all are humbly obedient unto Him [3.5s]... ...As the Persian children say, the root principles of religion are five and its derivatives six. This indeed is thy Temple | Berlin3655.136r-155r | GOH.357x, GOH.371x | Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB09824 | 70 | mixed | ای باغ عرفانک نهال بیهمالی رستخیز روح انگیزدر قیامت پرکرامت در ترک قریب اولور | O peerless sapling in the garden of divine knowledge! The spirit-quickening resurrection on that Day of abundant grace is drawing nigh [3.5s] | INBA88:354a | MJT.048 | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00324 | Letter in reply to four questions | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الامر فی الکتاب للذین اتبعوا امرالله بالحق فان اولئک هم الصادقون و بعد قد نزل کتابک فی ارض الصاد و اطلعت بخطابک فاعلم فیما سئلت من معنی یوم القیامه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Command in the Book unto them that follow the Cause of God in truth, for these are the sincere ones. Thy letter hath reached the Land of Ṣád and I have understood thy message. Know thou, then, concerning that which thou didst inquire about the meaning of the Day of Resurrection [3.5s] | INBA53:398-400, PR02.200v04-201r04, Berlin3655.122v-124r | Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BH01506 | 570 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعظمه و تفرد بالکلمة التی اذا ظهرت ظهرت الحاقة | Praise be unto Him Who standeth alone in His grandeur and is unique through His Word, whereupon its revelation hath manifested the Ultimate Truth [3.5s] | INBA81:148, BLIB_Or15719.139b, | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#227 | |||||||||
| AB02699 | 230 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت نامه هاای که خواستی مرقوم گردید و ارسال خواهد شد اگر چه مجال | O steadfast and firm one! The letters thou didst request have been penned and will be dispatched, although time be limited [3.5s] | INBA89:211 | MKT6.121b | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0642 | Words spoken on 1916-01-10 | 450 | Persian | وقتی که جمال مبارک را میخواستند از بغداد حرکت دهند نامق پاشا صورت امر | At the time when they purposed to remove the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Namiq Pasha drafted a missive [3.5s] | RHQM2.0634-636 (014) (010-011) | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04787 | 160 | Persian | ای شیران بیشه توحید خورشید آسمان رب مجید و نور وحید از افق عالم بپرتوی جهان | O lions of the thicket of Divine Unity! The Sun of the heaven of the Glorious Lord and the Single Light hath shed its radiance upon the horizons of the world [3.5s] | MKT8.117b, PYB#127 p.03 | Chastisement and requital; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1012 | Words to Mr Chant, Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-26 | 310 | Do you like Haifa by this time?... Look at the spiritual side of Haifa, not the material side... The title of 'Bahá'u'lláh' was given by Himself. | PN_1919 p046 | 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; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Prophecy and fulfillment; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05462 | 180 | Arabic | قد فاحت نفحه البیان فی الامکان طوبی لمن وجدها و عرف من اتی بسلطان مبین یا ملاء الارض | The fragrance of divine utterance hath been wafted throughout all creation. Blessed is he who hath inhaled it and recognized Him Who hath come with manifest sovereignty. O peoples of the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.101b, | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02421 | 250 | Persian | ای یار دیرین و آئین دینار در لغت تازی زر خالص را گویند تو نیزالحمد لله دینار | O ancient and faithful friend! In the Arabic tongue, 'dinar' signifieth pure gold. Praise be to God, thou too art indeed a dinar [3.5s] | YBN.043-044, YARP2.382 p.299 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0351 | Words spoken on 1916-04-29 | 670 | Persian | این نهم عید رضوانست عید جمال قدم است عید طلوع شمس حقیقت است عید بسیار بزرگ | This is the ninth Ridván, the Festival of the Ancient Beauty, the Festival of the dawning of the Sun of Truth, the Most Great Festival [3.5s] | AHB.102BE #06 p.02-03, AYT.328-331 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00605 | Tablet revealed in the year '60 | 80 | The spirit of prayer which animates My soul is the direct consequence of a dream | DB.253 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Imam Husayn; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0346 | Address to the Baha'is at Breed home in Cambridge, 1912-05-23 | 680 | mixed | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | ای احبای الهی امروز من بدارالفنون کلارک رفتم در شهر ووستر در آنجا خیلی جمعیت | Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer… This is 23 May, the anniversary of the message and Declaration of the Bab | BRL_DAK#0954, AYT.117x, KHTB2.083, NJB_v03#06-08 p.006, NJB_v04#05 p.001, BDA1.103n | PUP#052 (p.138-139) | MANA (1), MANA (2) | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Harmony of science and religion; Martyrdom of the Bab; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | MHMD1.110 | |||||
| BH02162 | 410 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | لوح من لدنا الی لیله فیها لاحت السموات و الارض من نیر به انار من فی العالمین | This is a Tablet We have addressed unto that night wherein the heavens and the earth were illumined by a Light that cast its radiance over the entire creation | INBA08:619, INBA35:001, BLIB_Or15706.117, , BLIB_Or15714.003, | AYT.012, GHA.388, NSR_1993.093, ABMK.038, DLH3.392, AMB#40 | DOR#40 | NIKNAK, B. Rezaei | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#169 | |||||
| AB00644 | 490 | mixed | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | پاک یزدانا بیناای و شنوا مقتدری و توانا صیت نبا عظیم در جمیع اقالیم منتشر و | O Thou Pure God! Thou art the Seer and the Hearer! Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty! The fame of Thy Most Great Cause… O ye true friends! Day and night ‘Abdu’l‑Baha calleth his loved ones to mind, and with every breath | INBA75:087 | BRL_DAK#0065, MKT2.136, MILAN.200, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, BCH.005, ADH2_1#53 p.081, MJMJ1.081, MMG2#047 p.047, MJH.031, YHA1.016x | BRL_ATE#092x, TAB.574-576 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for peace and unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB12798 | 240 | mixed | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء بشرویه بیشه آن غضنفر الهی هزبر سامی بود حضرت باب | O loving friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Bushruyih was the land of that divine lion, that exalted champion, the Báb [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1123 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3546 | 20 | ...(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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00596 | 510 | mixed | یا من ینادی بالمیثاق فی الافاق نامه مفصل مفید و مشبع و مقنع که بانشخص جلیل | O thou who proclaimeth the Covenant throughout all regions, thy detailed and useful letter, comprehensive and convincing, which that illustrious person [3.5s] | PYK.264 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05283 | 150 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | امیدم چنان است که در تألیف این کتاب موفّق شوی ولی باید عبارت بسیار ملایم و مدارا باشد و در نهایت ادب بنگاری | O thou harbinger of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received…. It is my hope that thou mayest succeed in writing thy book | COMP_DEFENCEP#19x | BRL_ATE#194x, COMP_DEFENCE#19x, COC#2218x, SW_v12#10 p.168 | Criticism and its limits; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09142 | 80 | Arabic | الهی انت الذی سبقت رحمتک و سبغت نعمتک و تمت حجتک و کمل برهانک و ظهر سلطانک و | O my God! Thou art He Whose mercy hath preceded all things, Whose grace hath been all-encompassing, Whose proof hath been perfected, Whose evidence hath been made complete, and Whose sovereignty hath become manifest [3.5s] | INBA88:273a | MKT6.040a, MJMJ3.040, MMG2#094 p.106 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BHU0044 | 40 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05033 | 150 | Arabic | اننی رجل من بلاد الفرس قد سمعت بوفاة مرحوم ضیا افندی صهری منذ مدة فترکت | I am a man from the land of Persia who, some time ago, learned of the passing of my brother-in-law, the late Ḍíyá Effendi, whereupon I left [3.5s] | AYBY.361 #041 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11108 | 50 | O ye beloved of God! Highway robbers are many and hypocrites are innumerable. | SW_v06#12 p.093, BSTW#073a | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1023 | 300 | Persian | امر مبارک الهی است ولی از هر جهت آفات آنرا احاطه کرده است جمیع ملل | The blessed Cause is divine, yet from every direction calamities have encompassed it and all peoples [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.003 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1648 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-10 | 190 | These objections are always raised against the truth but the truth will march toward its ultimate goal of triumph. When we were exiled from Teheran to Bagdad | DAS.1913-03-10 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3421 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 30 | Whosoever desires to know the history of this cause and its tenets must come to us and not go to those who are prejudiced and biased | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Independent investigation of truth; reality | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00089 | Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s] | INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v | ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||||
| AB11204 | 60 | mixed | ای یار روحانی از وقوعات مولمه میدانم که بینهایت متالم و متاثر هستی اگر سرشک | O spiritual friend! From the grievous happenings I know that thou art infinitely saddened and affected [3.5s] | MSHR1.089x, NSS.229x | Consolation and comfort; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12278 | 200 | Persian | والله یحب المحسنین حقا که محسنی و متحصن در حصن حصین لهذا محفوظ و مصونی | Verily, God cherisheth the doers of good, for they, like unto a fortified and steadfast citadel, are ever shielded and preserved [4o] | INBA85:311 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11686 | 210 | mixed | یا من ایده الله علی اعلاء کلمته فی الاقطار قد استحلیت مضمون الکتاب المرسول و | O thou whom God hath aided to exalt His Word throughout all regions! The contents of thy letter that was sent brought joy and delight [3.5s] | NSS.233 | Call to action; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00461 | 1560 | mixed | یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الطائر فی هوآئی اسمع ندائی قد ارتفع فی هذا الحین و | O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and soareth in Mine atmosphere! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised at this moment [3.5s] | INBA42:143, BLIB_Or15690.033, , BLIB_Or15718.063, , BLIB_Or15728.178, | KHMT.018-019x, YMM.304x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04989 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Abhar | 2700 | mixed | یا من قام علی خدمه المیثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou who hast arisen to serve the Covenant! That which thou didst write hath been perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0139, MMK6#330x, YIA.363-371, YMM.299x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Education of children; moral education; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02772 | 320 | Arabic | ذکر من لدی المظلوم لمن سمع و رای و اجاب مولی الوری اذ ارتفع الندآء بین الارض | A remembrance from the Wronged One unto him who hath heard and seen, and who hath answered the Lord of all men when the Call was raised betwixt the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.113b, | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11720 | 160 | Persian | یا من استقام علی امر الله و خدم کلمه الله کتبی که به واسطه جناب آقا سیف الله | O thou who hast arisen to serve the Cause of God and hath rendered service to the Word of God! The letters which, through Jinab-i-Aqa Sayfullah [3.5s] | NSS.231 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02955 | 220 | O thou faithful maidservant of the Blessed Beauty! The article thou hadst | SW_v11#03 p.054 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00718 | Lawh-i-'Ali | 1090 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-'Ali (Tablet to 'Ali) | یا علی از یومی که لوح معهود که به صیحه و ساعه و صور نامیده شده ارسال گشت مشرکین | O Ali! From the day when that promised Tablet - which hath been designated as the Cry, the Hour and the Trumpet - was dispatched, the ungodly [3.5s]... ...The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding out of the throne of God, declareth: O ye My loved ones! Suffer not the hem of My sacred vesture | BLIB_Or11096#260, , BLIB_Or15698.290, , BLIB_Or15710.051, , BLIB_Or15720.286x, , BLIB_Or15740.222x, , Majlis934.273-281 | BRL_DA#136, GWBP#100 p.132x, AVK3.473.02x, IQT.290, ASAT4.264x, OOL.B164 | GWB#100x, LOG#0419x, ADJ.025x2x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.059x, MBW.117x, WOB.163x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship | - | - | LL#045 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0693 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21 | 420 | In one of the American cities I was invited by the Jews to speak. As they had strong enmity, it was now the time to prove the validity of Christ. | PN_1919 p162, LAT.083-085 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07567 | 450 | Persian | ای منادی میثاق دو نامه یکدفعه وارد و مشروحات بدقت ملاحظه گردید با وجود کثرت | O Herald of the Covenant! Two letters arrived together and their contents were carefully studied. Despite [3.5s] | INBA85:396 | BRL_DAK#0159, AVK4.306x, YIA.308-309 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Education of children; moral education; House of Justice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00567 | Letter to Mirza Asadu'llah Dayyan | 130 | Arabic | الله ادین بسم الدین ذی الدیانین …. قد نظرت الی الواح ابد بما قد طرز من انوار تجلی افقه جل و عز فلله الحمد کما هو اهله و مستحقه | God is the Most Great Judge! In the name of God, the judgment, master of all judges. In the name of God, the judgement, master of all who judge. You have looked at the tablets of abad [seven in abjad?], which has been ornamented with the lights | PR03.081r21-081r27, PR13.071r-071v, BYC_tablets.054.12-055.01 | QISM.010 | KSHK.BWB | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||||
| BH02386 | 370 | mixed | اینکه در الواح نصایح مشفقه در اتحاد و غیره نازل میشود مقصود جمیع بریه بوده و | Know that whatever loving counsels have been revealed in the Tablets concerning unity and other matters were intended for all created beings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#255, , BLIB_Or15710.047b, | ASAT4.073x | Consolation and comfort; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3277 | Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 | 30 | If a soul is not severed, if he is not pure and holy, if he is not thoughtful of others.. No one can say he is a Bahá'í. | DAS.1913-12-03 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3416 | Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 | 30 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07457 | 390 | Persian | ای شخص محترم نامه شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گردید سوال از عقیده عبدالبهاء | O honorable person! Your letter has arrived and I have read it. You ask about the creed of 'Abdu'l-Baha. My creed is the unity of all human beings | BBBD.459, RAHA.264bx | BBBD.460 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; 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; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11555 | 20 | Bahá'í World Faith | ...Thou hast asked whether to enlist in the Socialist party. The Bahá'ís must be in the Bahá'í Cause which comprehends all the degrees and is perfect from every standpoint. | BWF.375-375bx | Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Non-participation in politics; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3639 | Interview with W. A. Lawson of the Sacramento Bee given on 1912-10-26 | 10 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11436 | 30 | Praise be to God that the Sun of Universal Religion hath dawned. From all parts of the world host after host enter under its Radiance. Erelong it will become world-wide. | DAS.1913-03-29x | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2303 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | You must not dissociate yourself from it. Know this; the Kingdom of God is not in any Society | AIL.097 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3506 | Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary | 20 | 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. | BW_v13p1187 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Goodly deeds; actions; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08680 | 90 | mixed | گويند که ما شاء الله کان ، يعنی هر چه خدا خواهد واقع خواهد شد در آيه قرآن ميفرمايد يا ايّتها النّفس المطمئنّة | They say "What God willeth shall come to pass," meaning that whatsoever God desireth will verily transpire. In the verse of the Qur'án He saith: "O thou soul that art at rest..." [3.5s] | MMK3#135 p.094x | Degrees of faith; certitude; Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04958 | Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat | 160 | Persian | Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát) | Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat) | مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم | ...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.” | MAS9.100-101x, YMM.319bx, VUJUD.142x | BLO_PT#167x, VUJUDE.126x | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fire and light; fire and water; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| BH01539 | 560 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل النعمه و انها مائده نزلت من سماء فضله و هی تعبر بکل لسان | Praise be to God, Who hath sent down His bounty, which is a feast descended from the heaven of His grace and speaketh with every tongue [3.5s] | MJAN.188, AYBY.269 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Degrees of faith; certitude; Law of pilgrimage; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06350 | 130 | mixed | ای مهتدی بنور هدی در ملکوت ابهی مقامیست که منتهی آمال مقربین و غایت آرزوی | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! In the Abhá Kingdom there is a station that is the ultimate aspiration of them that are nigh and the highest goal of those who are near [3.5s] | MMK6#208, AADA.155 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05995 | 130 | Arabic | اللهم یا محیی العالم و مربی الامم اسئلک بالاسم الاعظم ان تلقی السکینه فی قلب | O Lord, Life-Giver of the world and Educator of the nations! I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, to cast serenity into the heart [3.5s] | YMM.319a | Degrees of faith; certitude; Imagery in the Qur'an; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02155 | 270 | mixed | دوستانا یارانا نفوس و اشخاص بر سه قسم منقسم گشته اند قسمی ظالم علی نفسه یعنی | Friends and companions! Souls and individuals are divided into three categories. The first category consisteth of those who are unjust unto themselves, meaning [3.5s] | INBA13:261b | MMK3#179 p.125 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Degrees of faith; certitude; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02504 | 350 | mixed | اسم اگرچه مدل بموسومست ولکن این در رتبه خلق مشهود و اما حق مقدس از اسم و رسم | Though the Name is signified by symbols, yet this pertaineth to the station of creation; verily God is sanctified above all names and attributes [3.5s]... ...The hour is approaching when the most great convulsion will have appeared.… I swear by God! The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads | INBA81:146 | AVK1.105.11x, AVK4.461ax, RAHA.153x, YMM.170x | ADJ.081x, TDH#058.4x, PDC.004x | Degrees of faith; certitude; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08241 | 100 | mixed | Translation List | ای مهتدی بنور هدی جناب آقا محمد حسن فی الحقیقه حیات معنوی و زندگانی ابدی | O thou who art led aright by the light of guidance! Jinab-i-Áqa Muḥammad-Ḥasan truly conferred spiritual existence and eternal life | INBA87:376a, INBA52:385a | YMM.318 | ADMS#095 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3048 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05120 | 190 | mixed | کتاب انزله الرحمن للتی سمعت و اجابت و فازت بایام ربها المهیمن القیوم ای ورقه | The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto her who hath hearkened and responded, and who hath attained unto the days of her Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. O Leaf [3.5s] | INBA23:077b, BLIB_Or15715.351c, | Degrees of faith; certitude; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1000 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 310 | Faith outwardly means to believe in the message a Manifestation brings to the world... But, in reality, Faith embodies three degrees | SW_v08#05 p.058x, TDLA.059-060, BLO_PN#104 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Goodly deeds; actions; Second birth; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06440 | 130 | mixed | ایتها الورقه المطمئنه نفوس بسیارند ولی نفس مطمئنه قلیل و کمیاب زیرا اطمینان | O thou confident leaf! Though souls be many, those possessing true confidence are few and rare, for assurance [3.5s] | MMK2#171 p.126 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08707 | 110 | mixed | انشاء الله در این یوم عزیز بدیع بنفحات قمیص الهی فائز شوی و نفحات او در | God willing, mayest thou on this glorious and wondrous Day be graced with the sweet-scented fragrances of the Divine Vesture, and its perfumes [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.357b, | Degrees of faith; certitude; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1662 | Words spoken on 1915-08-10 in Haifa | 180 | Persian | ایمان مثل شمع روشن می ماند و قلب انسان مثل زجاجه و جسم انسان مثل مشکوة. آن مصباح و این زجاجه | Faith is even as a resplendent lamp, the human heart as a crystal, and man's body as a niche. This lamp and this crystal… [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-10 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0179 | Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris | 960 | Persian | من باروپا بپاریس آمدم ملاحظه کردم اروپا در مادیات نهایت ترقی را کرده ولکن | When I arrived in Paris from Europe, I observed that while Europe had achieved the utmost progress in material civilization, yet [3.5s] | AMK.243-246, BSHN.140.521x, BSHN.144.509x, MHT1a.164x, MHT1b.122x, KHF.160, KHAB.115 (125), KHTB1.100, KHTP.074 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Critique of Western values; culture; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Human reality created in the image of God; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00613 | 60 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation | مراتب سبعة کلیة‌الاولی رتبة‌الجماد فاذا استعرج رتبة الحدودیة عن مقام المعدنیة هنالک یتصل الی مقام النبات | There are seven general stages. The first is the stage of the inorganic being. From the mineral kingdom, it ascendeth to the stage of the plant | ASAT4.121 | BLO_PT#079.1.5, KSHK.BWB | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Evolution; human evolution; Presence of; reunion with God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0085 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, 1913-02-13 | 1320 | mixed | چون بنظر حقیقت در جمیع کائنات نظر میکنیم هر کائنی فی الحقیقه حیات دارد سابق | According to science, all forms of creation are endowed with life; this element of life and energy depending on environment and adaptations... Spirit in the human world is the discoverer.... The world of humanity has ever been in a state of anticipation of the coming of the divine Manifestations... We observe that today the means of unity are brought about. This in itself is an evidence | AVK1.113x, KHF.139, KHAB.413 (416), KHTB3.057 | DAS.1913-02-13, SW_v09#01 p.007x, SW_v11#17 p.291x, SW_v14#01 p.011x, DWN_v3#01 p.003x, ADP.165-174 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The mind's power of discovery; Unity in diversity; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| AB00266 | Some Answered Questions #036 The Five Divisions of Spirit | 720 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدانکه کلیه ارواح پنج قسم است اول روح نباتی و آن قوه‌ئیست که از ترکیب عناصر | Know that in general there are five divisions of spirit. First is the vegetable spirit | MFD#36, DWNP_v2#01 p.001-003, OOL.C022.36 | SAQ#36 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Power of the mind over nature; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual springtime; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| AB00709 | 470 | Arabic | ایتها المحترمه قد وصل تحریرک البدیع المعانی اللطیف المبانی دال علی فرط محبتک | O esteemed one! Thy graceful letter, resplendent with exquisite meanings and refined expressions, hath reached me, betokening thy boundless love [3.5s] | MKT1.217, MKT3.182, MNMK#026 p.107 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0185 | Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914 | 940 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible | DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; 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; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00460 | 580 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الزائر لمطاف الارواح المخلص فی دین الله طوبی لام ولدتک و طوبی لثدی رضعت لبنه | O visitant to the Resort of spirits (who are) sincere in the Religion of God! Blessed is the mother who bore thee | UMich962.120-122, UMich991.061-065 | MKT1.127, MNMK#020 p.097, ASAT3.233, AVK2.175.05x | TAB.114-118, BWF.370-371x, BSC.447 #815-816x, BSTW#273a, BSTW#276f | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; John the Baptist; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The cross and the trinity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01382 | 330 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ات ملاحظه گردید … وجود بر دو قسم است یکی وجود حق که مقدس از ادراک خلق است | O thou faithful servant of God! Thy letter was perused. Thou hadst written that 'I am striving to cause the friends of Spokane | MNMK#160 p.295x, MMK1#030 p.058x, MMK3#017 p.009x, RAHA.230x, YMM.450x | SWAB#030x, LOG#1697x, SW_v11#10 p.159 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06311 | 130 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله در عالم وجود مراتب علویه و مراتب سفلیه موجود و مقامات علیین و درکات | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! In the world of existence there are degrees sublime and degrees base, stations most exalted and depths of abasement [3.5s] | YBN.069 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01497 | 580 | Arabic | یا ایها السائل البارع السارع فاصدع الی معارج الحکم الربانیه ثم ادخل فی | O thou sagacious and swift enquirer! Arise thou unto the heights of divine wisdom, then enter thou therein [3.5s] | NLAI_BH3.093 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The animal kingdom; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0605 | Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-03 | 470 | Today I am going to speak to you on the object of the appearance of the prophets. It is evident that the world of humanity is in need of educators. | DAS.1913-11-03 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Need for an educator; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11846 | 230 | mixed | ای احبای حقیقی رحمانی در آن صبحدم که شمس حقیقت از افق عالم بر هیاکل امم | O true and merciful friends! At that dawning hour when the Sun of Truth rose above the horizon of creation upon the temples of the nations [3.5s] | TISH.543-544 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| AB10441 | 60 | Persian | ای بهرام بانگ سروش است که از جهان بالا میزند و آهنگ پرخروش است که بگوش | O Bahram! It is the Call of the Herald ringing from the realms above, and a stirring melody that reacheth the ear [3.5s] | INBA88:343c | YARP2.222 p.204 | Demons and evil spirits | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1809 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 170 | This is a deep and lengthy subject, but briefly, there is, as we know, a power that composes and a power that decomposes | LOG#0688x, DLA.043-044, BLO_PN#026 | Angels; Composition and decomposition; Demons and evil spirits; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02401 | 250 | Persian | ای کنیز مقرب الهی نامه تو رسید و معانی معلوم گردید دلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت بر | O thou near handmaid of God! Thy letter was received and its meaning understood. It gave proof of thy steadfastness and constancy [3.5s] | MMK6#511 | Angels; Demons and evil spirits; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2999 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در ممالک امریکا تخمی افشانده شد نفوس خیلی بحرکت و هیجان آمدند دیگر تا خدا چه خواهد | A seed has been planted in the states of America. Many people have become stirred and roused to excitement. | BDA2.011 | MHMD2.013 | Detachment in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB11477 | 550 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Light of the World | ای بنده بهاء مکاتیب مفصله آنجناب متتابعا وارد با وجود عدم فرصت دقیقه از اوقات | O servant of Baha! Thy detailed letters have been successively received, and despite the lack of a single free moment, they have all been read with the utmost attention... The Ancient Beauty—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—did not to outward seeming meet His Holiness, the Exalted One | BRL_DAK#0183, NURA#07, MMK4#020 p.022x | BRL_ATE#050x, LOTW#07 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consultation; Detachment in teaching the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07232 | 110 | Persian | ای بلبل خوش آهنگ بانکی از جان و دل بر آر تا صاحبان فرهنگ را حیران کنی و از | O melodious nightingale, raise a cry from heart and soul, that thou mayest astonish the possessors of culture and learning [3.5s] | BSHN.140.523, BSHN.144.511, MHT1b.203 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08555 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب امین خواهش نگارش این نامه نمودند و از شما اظهار رضا و سرور | O servant of God! Jinab-i-Amin hath requested the writing of this letter and hath expressed satisfaction and joy concerning thee [3.5s] | ABDA.318-319 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09873 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق شکر خداوند یگانه را که هدایت کرد و موهبت بخشید پرده اوهام بسوخت و | O servant of the Truth, render thanks unto the one Lord, Who hath guided and bestowed His bounty, and burned away the veil of vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA16:101 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10009 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! Praise be to God! the essence of severance is manifest from this world and the star of love of God is shining | TAB.623 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10078 | 70 | Persian | ای مشتاق صبح امید مروارید وقتی قدر و قیمتش پدید گردد که از قعر دریا بدراید | O thou seeker of the morn of hope! The pearl's true worth and value are revealed only when it ascendeth from the depths of the sea [3.5s] | YARP2.283 p.238 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10559 | 60 | Persian | ای کیخسرو هم نام تو جهان پستی را فراموش نمود و بجهان راستی دل بست اختر نیستی | O Kaykhusraw! Thy namesake forgot the world of baseness and set his heart upon the realm of truth [3.5s] | INBA88:341b | YARP2.167.2 p.175 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10680 | 60 | O thou who art gazing at the Kingdom of God! Verily I supplicate to God to illuminate thy face, by the light of Knowledge | BSTW#001 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10910 | 50 | Arabic | ای رب ایدنی علی التقی و احفظنی من الهوی و خلصنی من الشقی و ثبتنی علی الوفاء و | O Lord! Aid me to be God-fearing, preserve me from base desire, deliver me from wretchedness, and make me steadfast in faithfulness [3.5s] | AHB.126BE #01-02 p.13, TSHA3.441, MMG2#388 p.435 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10945 | 50 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou beloved Maidservant of God! I hope thou wilt detach thyself day by day from this mound of earth and become nearer and nearer | BLO_PT#028a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11276 | 40 | ...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side. | DAS.1913-08-01, SW_v07#10 p.099, ABIE.141, BLO_PN#007 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11358 | 160 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه تو رسید البته دختر روحانی بپدر رحمانی تعلق تام | O dearly cherished daughter of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter has been received. Verily, a spiritual daughter has perfect attachment to her heavenly father [3.5s]... ...My dear daughter Mrs. May Maxwell is in truth spiritually illumined. She hath no thought, and uttereth no word | BRL_DAK#0608 | MAX.364bx | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09456 | 100 | Arabic | قد ارتفع حفیف السدره و هدیر حمامه الاحدیه بین البریه ولکن القوم هم لایسمعون | The rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree and the cooing of the Dove of Oneness have been raised amidst creation, yet the people hear not [3.5s] | INBA23:017b, BLIB_Or15696.055d, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11434 | 30 | Arabic | یا الف قبل سین اسمع ندآء الله الاعلی انه ارتفع من شطر عکاء و ذکر الذین نبذوا | O Alif that precedeth Sín! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Most Exalted. Verily it hath been raised from the precincts of 'Akká, making mention of them that cast aside [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.253, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3638 | Words to Juliet Thompson | 10 | The daughters of the Kingdom should not have a desire. | SW_v07#10 p.097 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11121 | Words to Laura Clifford Barney ? | 50 | If our ruling desire binds us to God we shall receive what is God-like. 'I link myself to God and not to dust.' | SW_v14#06 p.167, PN_1906 p013 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06363 | 130 | Persian | Translation List | ای ناطق بثنای الهی اگر بگوای از راز و نیاز او گوی و اگر بجوای جمال بی انباز او | O thou who utterest the praise of God! If thou shouldst speak, speak of communion with Him. If thou shouldst seek, seek His peerless Beauty | HDQI.206, ANDA#13 p.04, YQAZ.536b, YQAZ.560-561 | ADMS#274 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08157 | 120 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و تنطق بالحق فی ملکوت الامر و | These are the verses of the Spirit, sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the Powerful One, and they speak with truth in the Kingdom of Command [3.5s] | INBA36:140b, INBA71:310a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06657 | 150 | Arabic | قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المسجون و نزل لک هذا الکتاب البدیع لیجعلک متذکرا فی امره و | The mention of thy remembrance hath reached the Prisoner, and this wondrous Book hath been revealed unto thee, that thou mayest be mindful of His Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#112, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08419 | 120 | Persian | کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار وجه فائز انشاء الله در جمیع احوال بذکرالله | Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne and been illumined by the light of His Countenance. God willing, thou shalt in all circumstances remain engaged in the remembrance of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.133d, | Attaining good pleasure of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0739 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 400 | Persian | همیشه انبیای الهی در صدمات و بلیات بوده اند این صدمات و بلایا در سبیل | Ever have the Prophets of God been encompassed by tribulations and calamities. These afflictions and trials were in the path [3.5s] | KHH2.251-253 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2412 | 100 | Bahá'u'lláh departed to Sarkalu alone. Nobody knew just where he was, even we | SW_v08#13 p.166 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05979 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God Lua! Depart for India with the intention of teaching the Cause of God and spreading the Fragrances of God. | DAS.1913-11-15 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06077 | 160 | mixed | اوهامات قبل عباد را از منزل آیات و مطلع اسما و صفات محروم نموده قسم بافتاب | By the Sun! The vain imaginings of bygone peoples have debarred them from the station of divine verses and the Dawning-Place of Names and Attributes [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.359a, | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03526 | 260 | Arabic | قل یا اهل البهاء انتم مطالع النصر فی ملکوت الانشاء ان استقیموا علی امر ربکم | Say: O people of Bahá! Ye are the dawning-places of triumph in the kingdom of creation. Stand ye firm in the Cause of your Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#269, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09395 | 100 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بانوار وجهک و ظهورات سلطنتک و شئونات عظمتک و اقتدارک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the splendors of Thy Countenance, the manifestations of Thy sovereignty, the evidences of Thy grandeur and Thy might [3.5s] | INBA92:393a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07524 | 130 | Arabic | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه و ننزل له ما یبقی به اسمه بدوام الملک و الملکوت ان | We make mention of him who hath turned to the Countenance, and We send down unto him that whereby his name shall endure throughout the dominion and the Kingdom [3.5s] | LHKM3.201 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05598 | 180 | mixed | یا عزیه انشاء الله لازال بما اراده الله متمسک باشی و بذیل اقدسش متشبث | O 'Azíyyih! God willing, mayest thou ever hold fast unto that which God hath ordained and cling unto His most sacred hem [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.115a, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04893 | 160 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای یاران الهی وقت فرح و شادمانیست و هنگام اکتساب اخلاق رحمانی | O Friends of God! Now is the time for joy and gladness, for acquiring the characteristics of the All-Merciful. This transitory world is passing | BRL_DAK#0416, BSHN.140.422, BSHN.144.416, MHT1a.070, MHT1b.028 | BRL_ATE#133 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1209 | Words to Mr Remey and Mr Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-15 | 260 | Persian | ای را بدانید که هر کسی در آمریکا به اسم من بخواهد پول جمع کند ابدا تعلقی به ما ندارد | When you return to America say to all the believers in my behalf that whenever a person comes to that country | KHH1.112 (1.157) | KHHE.171-172fn, DAS.1914-10-15, SW_v07#13 p.122, PN_1914 p085 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08773 | 110 | Persian | حق جل جلاله اهل عالم را بحیات دائمه میخواند ولکن عباد او را بظنون و اوهام | The Truth, exalted be His glory, calleth the peoples of the world unto life everlasting, while His servants remain enslaved by vain imaginings and idle fancies [3.5s] | INBA23:152, BLIB_Or15730.127c, | BRL_DA#013, SFI12.021 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11022 | 50 | mixed | ای دوستان از بوستان نفس و هوی برآئید و برضوان حب بهائی بخرامید از وهم بیرون | O friends! Arise ye from the garden of self and desire, and betake yourselves unto the paradise of Bahá'í love. Step forth from fancy's realm [3.5s] | INBA36:085c, INBA71:247d | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05099 | 190 | Arabic | قد ارسلنا علیا من قبل لیبشر البشر بهذا المنظر الاکبر و انه کان منادیا فی | We sent forth 'Alí aforetime to give unto mankind the glad-tidings of this Most Great Vision, and verily he was a herald [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#337, | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05569 | 180 | mixed | یا الف علیک سلامی و بهائی یا فا علیک رحمتی و فضلی کن مطمئنا بعنایه الله و | O Alif! Upon thee be My salutation and My glory! O Fá! Upon thee be My mercy and My grace! Rest thou assured in the loving-kindness of God [3.5s] | INBA51:491 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01923 | 280 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و سبب سرور و حبور گردید از بلایای وارده بر شما | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived and brought joy and gladness. Concerning the tribulations that have befallen thee [3.5s] | AKHA_122BE #11-12 p.h | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06012 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance… | BSC.157 #147-150x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superstition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10178 | 80 | Arabic | ان یا علی ان ترید ان تدخل فی مجلس العارفین تهذب نفسک عن کل ما یکرهه النفوس و | O 'Alí! If thou desirest to enter the assemblage of them that are endued with mystic knowledge, thou must needs purify thy soul from whatsoever the hearts of men do abhor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.128b, | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Wisdom [hikmat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02370 | 370 | mixed | الحمد لله بالطاف و مواهب بیمنتهای حق فائز شدی چه که قصد مقصود حقیقی نمودی و | Praise be unto God that thou hast attained unto His boundless favors and bounties, inasmuch as thou hast set thy heart upon the true and ultimate Goal [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.192a, | ADM3#091 p.104x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06366 | 130 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای پروردگار در این ملک وجود و عرصه شهود نفوسی بمقامات قدسیه نائل و | O thou who speakest the praise of thy Lord in this realm of existence and arena of manifestation, souls have attained unto holy stations [3.5s] | PYK.238 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09904 | 90 | Arabic | طوبی لک یا مهدی بما شربت رحیق المعانی و اقبلت الی الله رب العالمین سوف یظهر | Blessed art thou, O Mahdi, inasmuch as thou hast quaffed the nectar of inner meanings and turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Soon shall it be made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.001d, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05611 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding the visit of the beloved maidservant of God | TAB.590-591 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05918 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou confident soul who art content and patient! Verily, I read thy welcome letter and was informed of its contents | TAB.650-651 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03857 | 190 | mixed | مکتوب شما که دلالت بر توجه الی الله و توسل بحبل عنایت و تشبث بر ذیل رحمت | Your letter, which betokeneth your turning unto God, your taking hold of the cord of His grace, and your clinging to the hem of His mercy [3.5s] | MMK6#120 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07220 | 140 | Arabic | قل سبحانک یا اله الوجود و سلطان الغیب و الشهود اسئلک بالاسم الذی به اطمئنت | Say: Glorified art Thou, O God of existence and Sovereign of the unseen and the seen! I beseech Thee by the Name whereby tranquility was bestowed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.043c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2867 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07018 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art anticipating the descent of the Gift of God! The sweetness of the expressions contained in thy words | TAB.249 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1073 | Words spoken on 1913-03-18 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اگر چه حال پاریس مخمود است ولی عاقبت باهتزاز آید زیرا شبهای بسیاری در اینجا من طلب تأیید | Though Paris is today sunk in apathy, its soul will soon be stirred, for I have spent many a night here praying | BDA2.187 | MHMD2.238 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Exhortations and counsels; Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| AB09638 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose tongue is uttering the Name of God! Turn wholly unto the Lord of Hosts, “Glorious Station” the Manifest | TAB.410-411 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09550 | 80 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان عرفان در پناه حقی و صون حمایت حافظ مطلق از خلق امید مدار و | O sapling of the garden of divine knowledge! Thou art in God's protection and under the shelter of the Absolute Preserver's safeguarding grace. Place not thy hope in mortal beings [3.5s] | HUV2.037 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08327 | 120 | Arabic | قد تقدم الجمال من فی ملکوت الاجلال ولو تاخر فی الظهور انه لهو الباقی القدیم | The Beauty hath indeed advanced from within the Kingdom of Glory, and though He tarried in His manifestation, verily He is the Ancient, the Everlasting One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.073d, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06416 | 150 | Arabic | الهی الهی یشهد لسانی بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و عزک و سلطانک و قدرتک و اقتدارک و | O my God, my God! My tongue beareth witness to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and to Thy might and Thy sovereignty, and to Thy power and Thy dominion [3.5s] | INBA19:139, INBA32:128a | Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Love of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02635 | 230 | Arabic | اللهم یا موید المخلصین علی اعلاء کلمه الله بین العالمین و القیام علی خدمه | O Lord, Who dost sustain the sincere ones in exalting the Word of God amongst the peoples and in arising to serve [3.5s] | AMK.093-093, TSS.178 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2742 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | سی و شش نفر بر تخت خلافت نشستند و همه مقید بنام و نشان و از هیچ کدام نام و نشانی نمانده ولی بهلول | Six and thirty souls ascended unto the throne of dominion, and though each was bound to name and sign, of none remaineth now a name or trace save Bahlúl [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05162 | 150 | Persian | ای حرم محترمه شهید همواره مشمول نظر عنایت جمال مبارک روحی لتربته الفداء هستی | O revered consort of the martyr! Thou art ever the object of the Blessed Beauty's gracious regard - may my spirit be sacrificed for His sacred dust [3.5s] | LMA2.419, MLK.105, TAN.150-151, NYMG.190 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11425 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou faithful one! One of the requirements of faithfulness is that thou mayest sacrifice | TAB.552, BBBD.031a, BSC.461 #854 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3419 | 30 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH01025 | 810 | Arabic | ان یا عبد کیف اذکر لک ما ورد علی فی هذالسجن من الذینهم کانوا ان یفتخروا | O servant! How can I recount unto thee what hath befallen Me in this Prison from those who were wont to pride themselves [3.5s] | INBA33:024, BLIB_Or15725.008, | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power of prayer; Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03566 | 260 | Arabic | یا افنانی لعمری قد صعدت الاحزان الی ان بلغت اذیال ردآء رحمه ربک الغفور | O My Afnán! By My life! Sorrows have mounted until they have reached the hem of the robe of thy Lord's mercy, the All-Forgiving [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.141, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08257 | 120 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تسمع ضجیج المشتاقین فی البعد و الفراق و تشهد | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, my Master! Thou hearest the sighing of those who, though they long to behold Thy face | INBA48:187, INBA49:222, BLIB_Or15739.323, | PMP#064 | PM#064 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||||
| AB05709 | 140 | mixed | ای سلیل عندلیب جلیل ناله و فغان از فراق بکوش این مشتاق رسید و تاثیر شدید نمود | O thou descendant of the illustrious Nightingale! The cry and lamentation of separation hath reached this yearning one and exerted a profound effect [3.5s] | INBA87:589a, INBA52:626 | MKT5.217b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03359 | 270 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری و مقامی و تشهد اضطرابی و اضطراری و ضری و | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate and the habitation wherein I dwell | INBA48:139, INBA49:024, INBA92:174, BLIB_Or15739.255, | PMP#120, AQMJ1.083 | PM#120 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH07868 | 130 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سمی بعبدالله لیکون متذکرا بذکر الرحمن و یهدی اهل | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been named 'Abdu'llah, that he may be mindful of the remembrance of the All-Merciful and guide the people [3.5s] | LHKM2.187 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09311 | 80 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق حمد کن خدا را که ثابت عهدى و راسخ پیمان | O thou who art firm in the Covenant, praise God that thou art steadfast in thy pledge and firm in thy covenant [3.5s] | INBA13:301b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02538 | 240 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مشکین آن یار نازنین وصول یافت مضامین مانند شهد و انگبین | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The musk-scented letter from that cherished friend hath arrived, its contents sweet as nectar and honey [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1132, MKT3.455, DAUD.09 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0522 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around June 1914 | 520 | Persian | میدانی چرا حضرت اعلی شهید شد میدانی چرا جمال مبارک اینهمه بلاها را تحمل کرد | Do you know why His Holiness the Exalted One [the Bab] was martyred and the Blessed Beauty sustained such life-long hardships and sufferings?... Is it rational for us to aid him? If a thief wants to enter a house and rob it, should we help him? | KHH1.072-074 (1.100-103) | KHHE.116-117 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05503 | 180 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا لمن اراد ان یتوجه الی وجه ربه و یعرف مولیه القدیم نشهد ان توقفک | The Book from Our presence unto him who desireth to turn toward the face of his Lord and recognize his Ancient Master. We bear witness that thy pause [3.5s] | INBA18:076, BLIB_Or15715.123a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09396 | 100 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بسراجک الذی به اضاء الممکنات و بسلطانک الذی احاط | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Lamp through which all contingent things were illumined, and by Thy sovereignty which hath encompassed [3.5s] | INBA92:390 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08855 | 110 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی و اله کلشیء و بهائی و بهاء کل شیء و رجائی و رجاء کلشیء و | Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things, my Glory and the Glory of all things | PMP#042, NFR.213, ABDA.114 | PM#042, BPRY.077, BSC.432 #784 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Nearness and remoteness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08585 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم در این انجمن رحمانی مذکور و مشهوری و در محفل روحانی مظهر | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thou art mentioned and renowned in this heavenly gathering, and manifest in the spiritual assembly [3.5s] | MMK2#077 p.062 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02906 | 310 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی العبد الی الذی هاجر الی الله و ورد بقعه الفردوس و کان من | This is an epistle from the servant unto him who hath emigrated unto God, attained unto the precincts of Paradise, and was among them that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.445b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10061 | 90 | mixed | یا بابا خان انا دعونا الکل الی الافق الاعلی و هدیناهم الی صراطی المستقیم چون | O Baba Khan! Verily, We have summoned all unto the Most Exalted Horizon and guided them unto My Straight Path [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.132b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11736 | 325 | mixed | ان یا مهدی فاشهد بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل خلقوا بامره و کل له | O Mihdi! Bear thou witness that verily there is no God but Him. His is all creation and command, and all were created by His bidding, and all are His [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.326 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05711 | 170 | mixed | بگو ای ناعقین این یوم یوم الله است در او دیده نمیشود جز حق و آثارش امروز | Say: O ye that croak! This is the Day of God; naught is seen therein save His Truth and His signs this day [3.5s]... ...This is the Day which past ages and centuries can never rival. Know this, and be not of the ignorant | INBA23:023 | ADJ.079x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05949 | 140 | Arabic | Translation List | یا حبیبی العزیز توکل علی فضل مولاک و لاتحزن من شیء و کن فی جمیع الامور صبورا | O my dear friend! Rely on the grace of thy Lord and let nothing sadden thee. In all thine affairs, be thou patient and dignified | MNMK#064 p.142 | ADMS#117 | S. Jaberi | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH10937 | 60 | Persian | یا عبد الکریم قلم اعلی جمیع را بذروه علیا دعوت فرموده و در کل حین میفرماید | O 'Abdu'l-Karím! The Most Exalted Pen hath summoned all to the loftiest heights and doth at every moment proclaim [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.098g, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05337 | 180 | mixed | آنچه لدی الله محبوبست عرفان او و استقامت بر امر او است هر نفسی بان فائز شد | That which is beloved in the sight of God is His recognition and steadfastness in His Cause. Whosoever hath attained thereunto [3.5s] | INBA15:186a, INBA26:186, BLIB_Or15715.350b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08162 | 120 | mixed | جمیع امم را در کتب قبل باین یوم مبارک بشارت دادیم و کل هم منتظر مع ذلک چون شمس | Unto all peoples have We given, in the Sacred Books of old, the glad-tidings of this blessed Day, and all were waiting; yet when the Sun [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.110b, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12028 | 180 | mixed | Social Action | ای بنده الهی عبدالبهاء را خانه و کاشانه بی سر و سامانیست و لانه و آشیانه زندان | O servant of God! To ‘Abdu’l-Baha, homelessness is home and the gloomy prison his nest | BRL_DAK#0799 | BRL_SOCIAL#173 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03388 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که در نهایت عجز و انکسار مرقوم نموده بودی واصل باین | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou hadst penned in utmost humility and lowliness hath reached us [3.5s] | INBA87:169, INBA52:168 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03655 | 190 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! | SW_v11#07 p.112-113, BSTW#254 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11383 | 30 | Persian | ای یاران فاران جبلی است که نور حقیقت از آن طلوع نمود ...حال از لسان قدم این نام مبارک بآن بلد عنایت شده تا این فاران جلوه‌گاه آن فاران گردد | O friends! Paran is that mountain from which the Light of Truth dawned... Now hath this blessed name been bestowed upon that land by the Tongue of the Ancient One, that this Paran might become the manifestation of that Paran [3.5s] | MUH2.1114x, FRH.113 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09124 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Praise God that He guided thee to the Path of His Kingdom | TAB.128-129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06429 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art kindled as a lamp with the Fire of the Love of God! Be thou a fountain flowing with the waters of the mercy of God | TAB.424 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01828 | 290 | mixed | ای شکوه روحانی چه شکوه نماای از شرایط شکوه اینست که تیر صدمه و بلا را سینه | O spiritual glory, how glorious art thou! Among the conditions of glory is that one should offer one's breast to the darts of tribulation and calamity [3.5s] | ANDA#78 p.15 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00314 | 670 | mixed | Fire and Light; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یزدان مهربان از افق انقطاع نفوسی را مشرق و لائح فرمودی که مانند مه تابان | O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast manifested souls that, even as the shining moon... You must so hoist the banner of nothingness | MMK2#378 p.269, NANU_AB#04x | BRL_FIRE_AB#04x, BPRY.251-252x, PN_1906 p093x | Miles, Denzil & Ephrim | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH06996 | 140 | mixed | ای مهدی هادی میفرماید الیوم کل مامورند که ببصر خود مشاهده نمایند بشنیدن و دیدن | O Mahdi! The Guide declareth: In this Day all are commanded to behold with their own eyes, to hear and to see [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.154b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01763 | 500 | mixed | حمد مالک قدم را که بمفتاح اسم اعظم ابواب مستعده افئده امم را گشود و تصرف نمود | Praise be unto the Lord of Eternity Who, with the Key of His Most Great Name, hath opened and taken possession of the prepared hearts of all peoples [3.5s] | INBA15:233, INBA26:235, BLIB_Or15724.214, | PYK.207 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06232 | 160 | mixed | قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک الذی یحکی عن توجهک الی الله و انقطاعک عما سواه نسئل | Thy letter hath reached Him Who hath been wronged, which telleth of thy turning unto God and thy detachment from all else save Him. We beseech [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.098c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10217 | 80 | Persian | ای محمدیار حق یارت بوده که بعرفان یار حقیقی فائز شدی و از اغیار آزاد گشتی | O Muhammad-Yár! God hath been thy friend, inasmuch as thou hast attained unto the recognition of the True Friend and hast been freed from all else [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.007c, | AQA5#095 p.111, AKHA_137BE #04 p.048 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06571 | 150 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من امائک بلغها الی ما قدرت لها فی ایامک و اشهد | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens - enable her to attain that which Thou hast ordained for her in Thy days, and I bear witness [3.5s] | INBA48:165, INBA49:203, INBA92:147, BLIB_Or15739.293, | AQMJ1.127 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07200 | 140 | Arabic | قد فاحت نفحه الرحمن فی الامکان و المخلصون فی وله مبین قد تضوعت رائحه القمیص | The fragrances of the All-Merciful have been wafted throughout all contingent being, and they that are sincere are in manifest ecstasy, as the fragrance of His garment hath been diffused [3.5s] | INBA51:364b, BLIB_Or15730.023e, | LHKM3.175 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0450 | Words to the friends, spoken around 1915-01-30 | 580 | Mullah Jami writes in his book: 'When I completed my education in the University of Bokhara and gained mastery over the various branches of philosophy | DAS.1915-01-31 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Law of pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08669 | 110 | Arabic | ان یا امتی اسمعی ندائی عن شطر السجن ثم اذکری ربک فی العشی و الاشراق دعی ما | O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the direction of the Prison, then remember thy Lord at eventide and at dawn. Leave thou what [3.5s] | AQA5#030 p.035 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10495 | 60 | mixed | ای خلیل خلت نهایت درجه حب است و چون این شعله نورانیه در هویت دل برافروزد حجاب | O friend! True friendship is the utmost degree of love, and when this luminous flame is enkindled in the innermost reality of the heart, the veils [3.5s] | AADA.148 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04066 | 230 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء الفضل لقوم یفقهون انه ما من اله الا هو به انارت | The Book that hath been sent down in truth from the heaven of grace unto a people who comprehend. Verily, there is no God but Him, through Whom hath shone forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#216, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10213 | 80 | mixed | ای کنیز حق از عالم خلق صعود نما و بعالم تقدیس و تنزیه ربانی وارد شو تا دنیا و | O handmaiden of God! Ascend thou from the realm of creation and enter into the sanctified and transcendent dominion of thy Lord, that the world and [3.5s] | INBA35:025a, BLIB_Or03116.103r.02, , BLIB_Or11096#192, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02795 | 320 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الذی فدی نفسه فی سبیل الله الملک المهیمن العزیز | This is a Book from the Youth Who hath sacrificed His soul in the path of God, the Sovereign, the All-Compelling, the Mighty [3.5s] | INBA92:213x, BLIB_Or15725.452, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03699 | 190 | Persian | ای دو دربدر جهان شکر کنید خدا را که در این سبیل بیسر و سامانید و پراکنده و | O ye two wanderers of the world! Give thanks unto God that ye are unsettled and dispersed upon this path [3.5s] | TAH.250b, YQAZ.234 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09053 | 110 | Arabic | هذا کتاب الحسین الی الذی سمی بهذا الاسم و استقر فی جوار رحمه ربه اشهرا | This is the Epistle of Ḥusayn unto him who beareth this name and who hath sojourned for months in the vicinity of his Lord's mercy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.389b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06902 | 140 | mixed | از حین مراجعت تا حال بر حسب ظاهر از شما خبری نرسید تا در این وقت که محمد قبل | From the time of thy return until now, outwardly no tidings have been received from thee, until this moment when Muhammad-Qabl- [3.5s] | INBA23:247, BLIB_Or15719.074a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03811 | 240 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق طوبی لنفس استجذبت من نفحاتها و انها مره تظهر علی | These are the verses of God which have been sent down in truth. Blessed is the soul that hath been drawn to their sweet-scented breezes, and verily they appear upon [3.5s] | INBA42:257, BLIB_Or15725.349c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10274 | 80 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا اله السماء زین راس البهاء بتاج الشهاده فی سبیلک کما زینت هیکله | Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head with the crown of martyrdom | INBA92:383a | PMP#017, AQMJ2.047b | PM#017 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness and remoteness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3196 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26 | 40 | Severance from the world is the first sign of the Love of God. As long as man is much attached to this world he will be unaware of the Kingdom of God. | PN_1919 p203, LAT.141-142 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10124 | 90 | Arabic | یشهد المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم لم یزل کان غنیا فی ذاته و الذی | This Wronged One testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He hath ever been veiled in the ancient eternity of His Essence | BRL_DA#607, LHKM1.070a, VUJUD.117-118 | VUJUDE.168 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11994 | 80 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب آنجناب رسید و تصاویر انعکاسیه حضرت پیک رحمن جناب بدیع | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letters were received, as were the photographic prints of that herald of divine mercy, Jinab-i-Badi' [3.5s] | INBA79.036 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01584 | 310 | mixed | ای سلاله نفوس قدسیه مستشهده در سبیل الهی آن جواهر نفوس چون زواهر نجوم از | O scion of sanctified souls martyred in the path of God, those jewels of being who, like unto luminous stars [3.5s] | LMA1.429 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04345 | 220 | Arabic | یا قاسم ان استمع ندآء المظلوم انه ینادیک و یذکرک لتقوم علی خدمة امر ربک | O Qasim! Hearken thou unto the call of the Wronged One, for verily He summoneth thee and maketh mention of thee, that thou mayest arise to serve the Cause of thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA41:396, BLIB_Or15713.183, , BLIB_Or15715.243b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1996 | Words to someone who asked for money, spoken on 1913-05-31 | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ولی وِل خرجی مکن زیرا اسراف همیشه انسان را ملول و سرگردان نماید من اگر می‌بینید بعضی تعارفات | Never be a spendthrift. Do not be extravagant in thy expenses. An extravagant person comes always to a sad end and feels the pinch of want and misery. | BDA2.324 | DAS.1913-05-30, MHMD2.430 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2081 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-08 | 130 | Most of these girls come from Europe and dedicate their lives entirely to prayer and worship. They are known as the brides of Christ. | DAS.1914-02-08 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00721 | 1080 | Persian | رقیمه آنجناب رسید از نفحات آن کمال بهجت و سرور دست داد انشاء الله در کل احیان... قل قد حرم علیکم الزینا و اللواط | The letter of that honored personage hath been received. From its gentle breeze, utmost joy and felicity were vouchsafed. God willing, in all seasons... ...Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Avoid them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions | INBA22:155, NLAI_BH4.088-095 | AvK3.513.12x, GHA.338x, ASAT1.077x | COC#0148x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Muhammad; Islam; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unchastity and adultery | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09674 | 100 | mixed | یا علی اکبر امروز اهل منظر اکبر نفوسی هستند که حجبات بشر ایشانرا از توجه | O 'Alí-Akbar! On this day, they who dwell in the Most Great Vista are those souls whom the veils of human limitations have not prevented from turning [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.106a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07901 | 100 | Persian | ای باز هوای محبت الله وقت پرواز است و کشف راز است و هنگام عجز و نیاز است تا | O thou falcon of the love of God! The time for soaring hath come, and for the unveiling of mysteries, and the hour of utter need and supplication [3.5s] | MMK2#250 p.180, AKHA_131BE #02 p.a, AHB.125BE #02-03 p.302 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08923 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بمنظر اعلی در این چند روزه حیات دنیا خود را بالایش و آرزوی آسایش | O thou who gazest upon the Most Exalted Horizon! In these few days of earthly life, burden not thyself with cares and longings for comfort [3.5s] | INBA17:079 | MMK2#109 p.085, AKHA_133BE #16 p.a, AKHA_131BE #15 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08530 | 120 | Arabic | یا ایها المتوجه الی الوجه قد سمعنا ضجیجک و صریخک و اعترافک بخطیئاتک ان ربک | O thou who hast turned thy face towards the Divine Countenance! We have heard thy clamour and thy cry, and thy confession of sins. Verily thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA15:371, INBA26:375a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11129 | 50 | Arabic | و نذکر اخاک لیفرح بذکر ربه و یکون من الذین نبذوا ما عند القوم و اخذوا ما امروا | We make mention of thy brother, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of his Lord and be numbered among those who have cast away that which the people possess and taken that which they were commanded [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.014.10, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08059 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا حسین اسمع ندآء هذا المسافر الغریب الذی هاجر الی الله ثم انقطع علی | O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of this Wayfaring Stranger, Who hath journeyed unto God and hath severed Himself from all else [3.5s] | INBA71:016a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01027 | Lawh-i-Tabib | 810 | mixed | اینکه در باره انقلاب و اختلاف ایران مذکور نموده بودید هذا ما وعدنا به فی | That which thou didst mention concerning the upheaval and dissension in Persia - this is what We had promised in [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#257, , BLIB_Or15698.318, , BLIB_Or15720.311, , BLIB_Or15740.242, , NLI.32p135v | BRL_DA#135, AVK4.438x, AVK4.477dx, IQT.318, SFI03.157.19x, MAS4.034x, ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.051x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB3.200, ROB3.201, ROB3.351-2, LL#371 | |||||||
| BH04738 | 200 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و انه کان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth! There is no God but Him. His is the creation and the command, and He hath ever been [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.602b, , ALIB.folder18p472 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06616 | 150 | Arabic | طوبی لمن انصف فی امر الله و نطق بالحق اذ اتی المقصود بسلطان غلب من فی | Blessed is he who hath been equitable in the Cause of God and hath spoken forth the truth when the Desired One came with sovereignty over all who dwell on earth [3.5s] | INBA51:098b, BLIB_Or15734.2.008a, , KB_620:091-092 | AVK3.203.05x, LHKM2.149 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10267 | 80 | Arabic | سبحان الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات اذ کان الناس فی وهم عظیم قد خرقنا | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs whilst the people were wrapt in grievous delusion. We have rent it asunder [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.015b, | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04204 | 220 | Arabic | ذکر الله عبده لیفرح فی نفسه و ینقطع عن الاکوان قل ان بذکره یشربون الموحدون | God maketh mention of His servant that he may rejoice within his soul and be detached from all created things. Say: Through His remembrance do they who affirm His unity drink deep [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.331, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09511 | 100 | Arabic | قل سبحانک یا مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بالورقه التی نبت من سدره علمک و | Say: Glorified art Thou, O Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven! I beseech Thee by the Leaf that hath sprung forth from the Lote-Tree of Thy knowledge and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.039a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02516 | 350 | Arabic | ان یا فتح الاعظم کن بکینونتک و حقیقتک و ذاتک سمعا لتسمع ما ینطق ربک العلی | O Greatest Victory! Be thou with thine essence, thy reality and thy very being, an ear, that thou mayest hearken unto that which thy Lord, the Most Exalted, doth speak [3.5s]... ...The Mount dwellers have assuredly swooned away on the Elevated Mount. The denizens of the heavenly Kingdom | INBA23:030, INBA83:242, BLIB_Or03114.080rx, , BLIB_Or15725.532, , ALIB.folder18p376 | SHHB.134-135x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#086 | ||||||||
| BH09537 | 100 | Arabic | کتاب انزله منزل قدیم الذی بایاته تزعزع کل بنیان مرصوص انه اتی بالحق و ینطق | The Book hath been sent down by the Ancient Revealer, by Whose verses every mighty edifice hath been shaken. Verily, He hath come with the truth and speaketh [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.011c, | AQA7#396 p.167 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06892 | 150 | Arabic | یذکر الله عباده الذین اقبلوا الیه و توجهوا الی افقه الاعلی اذ اتی مالک الاسماء | God maketh mention of His servants who have turned unto Him and directed themselves toward His most exalted horizon when the Lord of Names appeared [3.5s] | INBA15:281a, INBA26:282b | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02347 | 380 | mixed | نور انزله الرحمن و بعثه علی هیئه اللوح و جعله بشاره من عنده الی من فی | The light which the All-Merciful hath sent down and revealed in the form of a Tablet, ordaining it as glad-tidings from His presence unto those who dwell [3.5s] | INBA23:147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05029 | 190 | Arabic | ذکر الله عبده رحمه الله لیکون بعنایات ربه بین العالمین مذکورا و یاخذه نفحات | This is a remembrance from God unto His servant, whom God hath shown mercy, that through the favours of his Lord he may be remembered amongst all peoples and receive the divine fragrances [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.257a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03249 | 280 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قد اخذ المیثاق حین الاشراق من الذین آمنوا ان لا یعبدوا الا الله و لایفسدوا | He verily hath taken the Covenant at the hour of dawning from them that have believed, that they should worship none but God and should not corrupt [3.5s]... ...I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment. Neither do I grieve over My abasement, or the tribulation I suffer at the hands of Mine enemies | INBA34:204 | BRL_DA#072, GWBP#046 p.071bx, AQA1#066 | GWB#046x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.032x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#444 | ||||||
| BH01002 | 830 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من الأفق الأعلی انه هو مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری و مالک الآخرة و الأولی من تمسک به انه تمسک بحبل الله المتین و من تشبث | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come from the Most Sublime Horizon is verily the Lord of all beings, the Master of the Throne and of earth, the Sovereign of the world to come and of this world. Whoso holdeth fast unto Him hath truly clung to the mighty Cord of God, and whoso cleaveth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.116cx, , BLIB_Or15726.124, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02052 | 430 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزلها کیف یشاء بامر من عنده و انه قد کان علی | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send them down as He willeth by His command, and verily He hath ever been mighty [3.5s] | INBA83:168, BLIB_Or15702.181, , ALIB.folder18p365 | MAS4.139cx | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03080 | 290 | mixed | ای کنیز خدا سمع ودیعه رحمانست او را از کلمات و اشارات من علی الارض پاک و طاهر | O handmaiden of God! Hearing is a trust from the All-Merciful; keep it pure and sanctified from the words and intimations of them that are on earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.084r, , BLIB_Or11096.181, | AYI2.347x, AKHA_118BE #11-12 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04755 | 160 | Persian | ای دو کوکب ساطع مطلع محبت الله جناب یوسفخان نهایت ستایش را از خلوص و حسن | O ye twin shining stars in the dayspring of the love of God! O Joseph Khan! The utmost praise hath been bestowed upon the sincerity and excellence [3.5s] | MKT5.053 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04933 | 200 | mixed | یا ورقتی علیک بهائی لازال در ساحت مظلوم مذکور بوده و هستی لحاظ عنایت بتو | O My leaf! Upon thee be My glory! Thou hast ever been, and art still, remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and the glance of His loving-kindness is directed towards thee [3.5s] | ABDA.325-326 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01398 | 610 | mixed | ان الخادم یحب ان یزین راس کتابه بما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان و یجعله سجیه | Verily, the servant in attendance desireth to adorn the head of his book with that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án, and to make it his practice [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.450, | MSHR3.315x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11897 | 160 | Persian | یا من انجذب بنفحات القدس اگر چه چندی است که ورقه ای مسطور نگشت | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! Although for some time no letter hath been written [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0930, TISH.091 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05917 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of God! Verily I have read thy excellent letter and was gladdened by its wonderful meaning. | TAB.332 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07424 | 140 | mixed | یا مسعود مظلوم عالم از مقام محمود بتو توجه نموده و ترا ذکر مینماید چه که | O Mas'úd! The Wronged One of the world hath turned towards thee from His glorious station and maketh mention of thee, inasmuch as [3.5s] | INBA51:562 | LHKM3.362 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10531 | 70 | mixed | الیوم نور و نار هر دو مشهود و ندای رحمن و شیطان هر دو مرتفع چه بلند است مقام | In this day both Light and Fire are manifest, and both the call of the All-Merciful and of Satan are raised aloft. How exalted is this station [3.5s] | INBA84:125a, INBA84:063a, INBA84:006a.02, BLIB_Or15730.019c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00608 | 1250 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی باسمه الاعظم علی العالم اذا ارتعدت فرائص المشرکین ... یا حسین قد انزلنا لک لوحا | All praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself through His Most Great Name unto the world, whereat the limbs of the ungodly trembled... O Ḥusayn, We have sent down unto thee a Tablet [3.5s] | INBA18:240, BLIB_Or15716.035.17, , OSAI_TC 33r-33vx, | AHT.005ax, AHT.006bx | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11784 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده معشوق حقیقی آن جمال نورانی ابهی جناب محمود نهایت ستایش را از آن وجود | O thou servant of the true Beloved, that luminous Beauty of Abhá, most honoured Mahmúd! Boundless praise be unto that being [3.5s] | FRH.089b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11627 | 240 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قبل رحیم ان استمع ندآء الرحیم من هذا المنظر الکریم انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر العزیز الحکیم | O servant 'Abdu'r-Rahim! Hearken unto the Call of the All-Merciful from this glorious Scene. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Wise [3.5s] | FRH.022-023 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05720 | 170 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق و فیه یذکر کل امر حکیم و فیه ما یقرب الذینهم آمنوا | These are the verses of holiness sent down in truth, wherein every wise decree is inscribed and wherein is that which draweth nigh those who have believed [3.5s] | INBA71:027b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09021 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Bounty of El-ABHA! Verily, I have read thine excellent message, which announced thy praise to thy Supreme Lord | TAB.188-189 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02001 | 440 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا احبائی الذین اقروا بالله و اعترفوا بسلطانه و توجهوا الی الوجه اذ | A remembrance from Us unto Our loved ones who have acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and have turned their faces unto the Countenance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.046a, | AYBY.039b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01129 | 370 | Persian | ای نجوم بازغه افق محبت الله الحمد لله از پرتو شمس حقیقت در خاور و باختر | O radiant stars of the horizon of the love of God! Praise be to God that from the rays of the Sun of Truth both East and West are illumined [3.5s] | MMK2#253 p.182, HDQI.185, HDQI.235, ANDA#11 p.06, ANDA#23 p.04 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02419 | 370 | Arabic | هذه ورقه من لدنا الی التی ایقنت بالله و سمعت ندآئه و عرفت نفسه و اقبلت الیه و | This is a Leaf from Our presence unto her who hath believed in God, hearkened unto His call, recognized His Self, and turned her face towards Him [3.5s]... ...thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and the glance of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, hath been turned thereto. | INBA51:255, BLIB_Or11095#197, , KB_620:248-250 | LHKM3.105 | LTDT.056x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08734 | 110 | mixed | ای فاطمه عریضه ات رسید و باصغاء مالک قدم فائز گشت طوبی لک و لابیک الذی توجه | O Fatimah! Thy petition was received and attained unto the hearing of the Ancient Lord. Blessed art thou and blessed be thy father who hath turned [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.232a, , BLIB_Or15715.056c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04941 | 190 | mixed | اسمت لدی العرش مذکور لذا قلم اعلی باسمت جاری و ساری هذا فضل کبیر ان اعرف قدره | Thy name hath been mentioned before the Divine Throne; wherefore the Most Exalted Pen floweth and moveth in thy name. This is a great bounty, shouldst thou recognize its worth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#076, , BLIB_Or15710.116a, | AYI2.031x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01897 | 460 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انعم علینا بجوده و فضله نعمه العرفان و انزل من سحاب کرمه | Praise be to God Who, through His generosity and grace, hath bestowed upon us the gift of divine recognition and hath sent down from the clouds of His bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.139, | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10692 | 60 | Arabic | ایها الفرع البدیع من الشجره المبارکه علیک بالتوکل علی ربک و التوسل بذیل | O wondrous Branch of the Blessed Tree! Place thy trust in thy Lord and cling to the hem [3.5s] | INBA21:137a, INBA87:325b, INBA52:331 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11485 | 20 | Persian | ای خداوند این گمکشتگان کوی خویش را عاشقان فارغ از بیگانه و خویش فرما توای | O God! Suffer these wanderers around thy abode to become they passionate lovers, freed from the known and the unknown. Verily Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty. | YARP2.493 p.364 | DAS.1914-03-28 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07683 | 130 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا مالک القدم و خالق الامم و مصور الرمم اسئلک باسمک الذی به نادیت | Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker of nations, and the Fashioner of every moldering bone! | PMP#037 | PM#037, BPRY.067 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06675 | 120 | Persian | Translation List | ای پروردگار تو بزرگواری و آمرزگار با فضل و بخششی و مبدع جهان آفرینش پس آن | O divine Providence! Thou art the great Lord, the Pardoner. Gracious and generous art Thou, the Fashioner of the world of creation. | ADMS#061 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08497 | 90 | Arabic | الهی تری ان اسراء سبیلک عطاشا ظماء لسلسبیل عنایتک فقراء باب احدیتک جیاعا | O my God! Thou seest that the captives upon Thy path are thirsting for the flowing stream of Thy grace, and the poor at the gate of Thy oneness are hungering [3.5s] | INBA87:203b, INBA52:205a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08576 | 120 | Arabic | یا غفار اذا فزت بلوح ربک المختار قم و قل الهی الهی اشهد انک ظهرت و اظهرت ما | O Ghaffar! When thou hast attained unto the Tablet of thy Chosen Lord, arise and say: "My God, my God! I bear witness that Thou hast manifested Thyself and revealed that which..." [3.5s] | INBA15:372a, INBA26:375b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08490 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God, my God! I am a servant attracted to Thee, humbly coming to the door of Thy Oneness and addressing the kingdom of Thy mercy. | TAB.181, BSC.429 #778, DWN_v5#06 p.002 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07835 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy letter | TAB.246-247 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04744 | 200 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی مقبلا الیک و متوجها الی شطر فضلک و الطافک اسئلک | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how I have turned myself toward Thee, and set my face in the direction of Thy grace | PMP#163, NFR.068 | PM#163 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07709 | 110 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایتها المقبله الی مشرق الانوار ابسطی کفی الدعاء الی العتبه المقدسه النوراء | O thou who art advancing to the Dawning-point of Lights! Extend the hands of communion… O my God! O my God! Glory be unto Thee for that Thou hast confirmed me… O Lord, help me to be meek and lowly… O God! Sanctify me from all else save Thee | BRL_DAK#0412 | BPRY.175-176, TAB.051-052, BSTW#057 | The Badasht Project, A Family Affair | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||
| BH08377 | 120 | Arabic | قل یا الهی و اله الخلق و محبوبی و محبوب من فی السموات و الارض اسئلک باغصانک | Say: O my God and God of creation, my Beloved and Beloved of all who dwell in the heavens and the earth! I beseech Thee by Thy Branches [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15706.208, , BLIB_Or15715.086c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08104 | 100 | mixed | ای روشن دل نور الله وجهک بانوار متلئلا من الملکوت الابهی در سبیل الهی هادی | O illumined heart! May the light of God illumine thy countenance with the resplendent rays of the Abhá Kingdom, guiding thee in His path [3.5s] | INBA84:305a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06253 | 160 | Arabic | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبدک و ابن عبدک و قد خرجت من وطنی حبا لجمالک و | Say: Glorified be Thou, O my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, and I have departed from my homeland out of love for Thy Beauty [3.5s] | INBA48:161b, INBA49:053, INBA92:197, BLIB_Or15739.288, | AQMJ1.047 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08240 | 120 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اشتعلت قلوب المخلصین و ذابت افئده... ربّ اسألک بذکرک الّذی به بعثت الممکنات | Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name whereby the souls of such as are wholly devoted unto Thee are set ablaze | INBA48:185, INBA49:212, BLIB_Or15739.322, | ADM3#042 p.054 | JHT_S#048 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07453 | 130 | Arabic | اشهد یا الهی بانک ظهرت فی البلاد و اظهرت سلطانک للعباد و اشهد ان عرف قمیصک | I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast manifested Thyself throughout the land and revealed Thy sovereignty unto Thy servants, and I bear witness that the fragrance of Thy raiment [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.060d, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09453 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy likeness (photograph) was received through Mrs. . . . . . . . . and was seen. The light of faith shone in thy brow | TAB.052 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06275 | 160 | mixed | کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل الی افق اراده ربه العزیز الوهاب لتجذبه آیات الله الی | The Book sent down from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of his Lord's Will, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful, that the verses of God may draw him unto [3.5s] | INBA84:121b, INBA84:060, INBA84:003a, BLIB_Or15697.115b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03038 | 220 | Arabic | رب و رجائی ادعوک فی غدوی و آصالی و اذکرک فی صباحی و مساای و اتضرع الیک فی | O Lord and my Hope! I beseech Thee in my mornings and evenings, and remember Thee at daybreak and nightfall, and I humbly supplicate unto Thee in [3.5s] | MKT3.266 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05439 | 180 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یفقهون و انها لتنزیل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم قل | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto a people who understand! Verily this is a revelation from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA71:053a | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11878 | 338 | mixed | ان یا ایها السالک فی صراط المحبه و الشارب عن کاس المرحمه فاعلم قد وصل الینا | O thou who treadest the path of love and drinkest from the chalice of mercy! Know thou that it hath reached Us [3.5s] | BRL_DA#628 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Presence of; reunion with God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02749 | 320 | mixed | ای حسن حمد کن محبوبرا که در سنین متوالیه تلقاء عرش رحمن حاضر بودی و در کل | O Hasan! Render praise unto the Beloved, that throughout successive years thou didst stand before the throne of the All-Merciful, and in all [3.5s] | INBA38:127b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04686 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء جمیع سروران هوس بزرگی کنند و ماخولیای بلندپروازی تا | O servant of the All-Glorious Lord! All sovereigns cherish the desire for grandeur and are possessed of the madness of lofty ambitions [3.5s] | INBA72:103 | AVK3.097.12x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02084 | 420 | Arabic | ان یا درویش اسمع ندآء هذا الدرویش لعل تهتزک نفحات الحب التی یهب عن شطر | O dervish! Hearken unto the call of this Dervish, that perchance the breezes of love wafting from this direction may stir thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.439, | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06645 | 150 | Arabic | قد انزلنا الکتاب و اظهرنا البرهان و انطقنا الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو الفرد | We have sent down the Book, and made manifest the proof, and caused all things to speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the Single One [3.5s] | INBA84:138, INBA84:073a, INBA84:015a.01, BLIB_Or15716.044.11, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07103 | 140 | Arabic | سبحان من ظهر و اظهر ما کان مستورا فی کتب القبل انه لهو الموفی بالحق لا اله الا هو | Glorified be He Who hath manifested and revealed that which lay hidden in the Books of old. Verily, He is the Fulfiller of Truth; there is no God but Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.292a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03536 | 260 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا للذین فازوا بایام الله و اقروا اذ سمعوا انه لا اله الا انا | The Book from Our presence unto those who have attained unto the Days of God and who, when they heard, acknowledged that there is no God but Me [3.5s] | INBA19:166, INBA32:151, BLIB_Or11095#272, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02799 | 320 | Arabic | هذا لوح اشرقناه من افق الفضل لقوم یفقهون به نسقی الموحدین کوثر البقاء و | This is a Tablet We have caused to shine forth from the horizon of grace unto a people who comprehend, whereby We give to drink unto them that are single-minded the Kawthar of immortality [3.5s] | INBA51:496, BLIB_Or11095#086, | MUH3.253-254 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03449 | 260 | Arabic | ان استمع الندآء من السدره المنتهی فی البقعه الاحدیه النورآء انه لا اله الا | Hearken unto the Call from the Divine Lote-Tree in the luminous and hallowed Spot: Verily, there is no God but [3.5s] | INBA34:218 | AQA1#079 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06317 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یعرفون انه ما من اله الا هو و کل الیه راجعون قد قدرنا | This is a Book sent down in truth unto a people who recognize that verily there is no God but Him, and that all shall return unto Him. We have ordained [3.5s] | INBA34:322b, BLIB_Or15707.185, , BLIB_Or15735.332, | AQA1#199, HYK.332 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05002 | 190 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II | ای محمد قبل علی طوبی لک بما زینت قلبک بطراز حب ربک العزیز الحمید هر نفسیکه | O Muhammad-'Ali! Great is the blessedness awaiting thee, inasmuch as thou hast adorned thine heart with the ornament of the love of thy Lord | BLIB_Or03116.086r.12, , BLIB_Or11096#127, , BLIB_Or15710.212a, | GWBP#140 p.196 | GWB#140 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#187 | |||||
| BH09383 | 100 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا الذی انقطعت عن کل شیء و توجهت الی بوارق انوار وجهک و | Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance | INBA48:210a, INBA49:224, INBA92:158b, BLIB_Or15739.353, | PMP#022, AQMJ2.061 | PM#022 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH09508 | 100 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل سبحانک یا الهی لک الحمد بما عرفتنی مطلع رحمتک و مشرق فضلک و مصدر امرک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy mercy | PMP#137, NFR.200 | PM#137, BPRY.048 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08998 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning unto God! Thy letter was an inheritance of joy and happiness unto me, for its significance was a supplication | TAB.084-085 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11006 | 50 | Arabic | ان یا امه الله اسمعی ندآء هذا الغلام الذی ابتلی فی سجن الحسد و قتل فیکل حین بسیف | O handmaid of God! Hearken unto the call of this Youth Who hath been sore-tried in the prison of envy and is, at every moment, slain by the sword [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.622b, , ALIB.folder18p499b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3166 | Words spoken at Jenner home in East Sheen, ca. Sep. 1911 | 40 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02840 | 310 | mixed | ای امه الله ذکرت همیشه در منظر اکبر بوده و اسمت در الواح مذکور لذا سزاوار است | O handmaid of God! Thy remembrance hath ever been before the Most Great Horizon, and thy name hath been inscribed in the Tablets. Therefore it behoveth thee [3.5s] | SFI03.026.23 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04084 | 230 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من لدی المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن بالحق و اتبع الهدی فی ایام | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in the Truth and followed guidance in these days [3.5s] | INBA34:259 | AQA1#120 | Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02694 | 330 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه لمطلع الوحی و مظهر الامر و مشرق | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come is verily the Dawning-Place of Revelation, the Manifestation of the Cause, and the Day-Spring [3.5s] | INBA23:020 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10443 | 80 | Arabic | یا حسن افرح بما اقبل الیک مظلوم الآفاق الذی سجن بما دعا الکل الی یوم المیثاق | O Hasan! Rejoice in that which hath come unto thee from the Wronged One of the horizons, Who hath been imprisoned for summoning all unto the Day of the Covenant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15728.219a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.120c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00429 | 1640 | mixed | حمد مقتدریرا لایق و سزا که مع اعراض ملوک و مملوک و اغماض علما و فقها و عرفا | Praise be unto the Almighty, Who is worthy and deserving of all glorification, Who, despite the turning away of kings and subjects alike, and the heedlessness of the divines, the jurists and the mystics [3.5s] | LHKM1.078 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09435 | 100 | mixed | ظل ظلیل آن ظلی است که نفوس را از نار نفس و هوی نجات میدهد و راحت میبخشد | The sheltering shade is that shadow which delivereth souls from the fire of self and desire and bestoweth rest [3.5s] | GHA.020.07x, MAS8.019ax | ADMS#199n93x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11722 | 420 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته لیستقیم علی الامر و ینقطع | This is an Epistle from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His signs, that he may stand firm in the Cause and be detached [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p380 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02526 | 350 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم را که در بحبوحه احزان بذکر دوستان مشغول لازال اینمظلوم تحت خطر | Praise be to the Desired One of the world, Who, in the midst of sorrows, remaineth occupied with the remembrance of His friends. Ever hath this Wronged One been under threat [3.5s] | AQA5#062 p.077 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07359 | 140 | Arabic | یا ایها المظلوم ان اذکر من شرب کوثر البیان فی ایام الرحمن و اقبل الی کعبه | O Thou Who art wronged! Call to mind them that have drunk of the Kawthar of utterance in the days of the All-Merciful and turned toward the Kaaba [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.016b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.069b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01937 | 460 | Arabic | هذا کتاب قد نزل بالحق لیستضی ء به فی قلوب الذینهم آمنوا انوار الله المهیمن | This is a Book that hath been sent down in truth, that by it the lights of God, the All-Subduing, may illumine the hearts of them that have believed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.012, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07682 | 130 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی وفق عبادک و امائک علی ذکرک و الاستقامه علی حبک کم من اوراق | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Aid Thou by Thy strengthening grace Thy servants and Thy handmaidens | PMP#054 | PM#054 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1021 | Words spoken on 1914-06-26 | 300 | Most of the Persian ulama (clergymen) became the cause of destruction and the casting of Persia to the winds. | DAS.1914-06-25, SW_v09#11 p.123-125 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00520 | 1420 | mixed | حق ناطق و آیات مشرق سبیل واضح دلیل مشهود ولکن اهل ارض باوهام مشغول و از | Truth speaketh, and the verses shine forth; the path is manifest, and the proof evident; yet the people of the earth remain occupied with vain imaginings and are [3.5s] | INBA23:269 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02462 | 360 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری ضعف احبائک و قدره اعدآئک و ذله اصفیائک و عزه الذین جحدوا | Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest both the helplessness of Thy dear ones and the ascendancy of Thy foes | INBA51:506, INBA92:346 | PMP#111, LHKM3.112 | PM#111 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| BH03011 | 300 | mixed | کتاب من لدنا لمن حضر کتابه لدی العرش و فاز بمنظر ربه العزیز العلیم لیوقن انه یذکر من نطق | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whose scripture hath appeared before the Throne and who hath attained the presence of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, that he may be assured that He Who speaketh doth make mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#064, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06265 | 160 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الرحمن و فیه یبشر من فی الامکان الی هذا الظهور الذی کان موعودا | A Book revealed by the All-Merciful, wherein He beareth glad tidings unto all who dwell within the realm of contingent being of this Manifestation that was promised [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.314a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09973 | 70 | Persian | ای رستم یزدان الحمد لله در میدان جانفشانی تفوق بتهمتن زابلستانی نمودی و بر | O Rustam of the Almighty! Praise be to God, for in the arena of self-sacrifice thou hast surpassed the prowess of the mighty hero of Zabulistan [3.5s] | MMK2#163 p.122, PPAR.193 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3054 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 50 | Giving up everything in the Cause of God and following His Will no matter where it leads. We must not have desire for anything else but God. | TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08054 | 120 | Arabic | ان یا امتی لاتحزنی عما ورد علی جمالی من طغاه خلقی و عصاه بریتی تالله | O My handmaiden! Grieve not over what hath befallen My Beauty at the hands of the oppressors among My creation and the rebellious ones among My creatures. By God [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.059 | AQA5#023 p.027 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08538 | 90 | Persian | ای بر همه عالم مشهور بشیدائی الحمد لله درسبیل محبت الله در خانه بسوختن | O thou who art renowned throughout the world for thy passionate devotion! Praise be to God that in the pathway of divine love thou hast set thy home ablaze [3.5s] | INBA89:009b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05296 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا حسین اسمع ندآء هذا الحسین مره اخری ثم اعلم بانه انفق روحه و جسده و | O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of this Husayn once again, and know thou that verily He hath sacrificed His spirit and His body [3.5s] | INBA18:052 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3358 | Words spoken on 1914-08-17 | 30 | I cannot understand why people insist on the fact that one cannot give up a thing | DAS.1914-08-17, SW_v08#02 p.021 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10643 | 60 | Persian | ای ورقه مطمئنه چون منجذب بملکوت ابهائی فخر نساای و متوجه بملا اعلاای سرحلقه | O serene leaf! As thou art enraptured by the Kingdom of Abhá, thou art the pride of womankind and art turned towards the Supreme Concourse, the foremost among them [3.5s] | INBA84:535a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09747 | 80 | ...His Holiness Baha'u'llah has even said that occupation and labor are devotion. All humanity must obtain | SW_v14#06 p.167-168 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH03514 | 260 | Arabic | قد اتی الوعد و ظهر ما کان مذکورا فی کتب الله مالک یوم الدین (...) انه فاز بکل | The Promise hath come to pass, and that which was recorded in the Books of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment, hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Thou seest me turning unto Thee, holding fast the lights of Thy countenance, and cleaving unto the ocean of Thy munificence | INBA51:573c, BLIB_Or15716.164b, | ADM1#027 p.065x | JHT_S#111x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05105 | 190 | Arabic | قد حضر بین یدینا اخوک و فاز بلقاء الغلام و انه لیجزی عباده المریدین الذین | Thy brother hath appeared before Us and attained the presence of the Youth. Verily, He rewardeth His devoted servants who desire [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.342, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2612 | Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13 | 80 | I am only a servant of God. The station of servitude is very great. It is very difficult for any one to live in accord with the requirements of servitude | DAS.1913-01-13 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03331 | 270 | mixed | Translation List | بلسان پارسی بیانات الهی ذکر میشود اگرچه لسان عربی احسن است ولکن گفتار | The utterances of God are being spoken in Persian. Though the Arabic language be richer, yet is the Persian tongue more sweet | BLIB_Or15715.373b, | MAS8.110bx | ADMS#217 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Scarcity of receptive souls; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||
| AB06531 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art afflicted by a visitation by which thine eyes are overflowing with tears! | TAB.139-140 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0889 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-20 | 340 | A teacher must never ask for money for any of his personal needs but the believers must by themselves in a voluntary spirit provide him with his travelling expenses | DAS.1914-03-20 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spirit and form in the administration; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1062 | The Imprisonment of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Words spoken on 1911-10-25 in Paris | 300 | Paris Talks | 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 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2671 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-26 | 80 | The sandy desert along the beach is full of mystic stillness... If a person could disclose and bring into the light of day the real and secret qualities of the hearts, he would observe that although these people are human in outward form and shape | DAS.1915-05-26 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08131 | 120 | mixed | ای کنیز حق انشاء الله بکمال شوق و اشتیاق بذکر نیر آفاق مشغول باشی و بکمال | O handmaid of God! God willing, mayest thou, with utmost yearning and longing, be occupied with the remembrance of the Luminary of the horizons, with perfect [3.5s] | INBA35:024b, BLIB_Or03116.103.08, , BLIB_Or11096#191, | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11785 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان غزل بلیغ فصیح ملاحظه گردید اشعار مانند آب روان بود و ابیات فائق | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy sublime and eloquent ode was received. The verses flowed like running water, and the lines were surpassing [3.5s] | FRH.263a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Music and singing; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04024 | 230 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن ذکر لدی العرش لتحرکه نفحات الذکر الی مقام یطیر باجنحه الاشتیاق | A remembrance from Us unto him who hath been mentioned before the Throne, that the breezes of remembrance may stir him to soar upon the wings of yearning [3.5s] | INBA41:160 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07930 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بها مکتوبی که از مراغه مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و نفحه جدیده وزید | O servant of the Threshold of Bahá! The letter thou didst pen from Maragheh was received, and a fresh fragrance was wafted [3.5s] | INBA72:164 | MKT8.016b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01086 | 380 | O thou who art rejoiced at the Glad Tidings of God! I have received thy recent letter, and I am, thereby, informed of thy pleasure in the Good Pleasure | BSTW#003 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH04067 | 230 | mixed | کتابت در منظر اکبر حاضر و بصر الله بان ناظر طوبی از برای نفوسی که بحجبات | Thy letter hath appeared at the Most Great Horizon and the Eye of God gazeth upon it. Blessed are the souls who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.090r, , BLIB_Or11096#071, , BLIB_Or15710.029, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05334 | 180 | Persian | این مظلوم وصیت مینماید دوستان الهی را بر اعمالیکه سبب علو و علت سمو امرالله | This Wronged One counselleth the friends of God to such deeds as will conduce to the exaltation and elevation of the Cause of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.360c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02651 | 340 | Persian | یا ستاره امروز روز فرح اکبر است بحر وصال مواج و سماء ظهور مرتفع قلب از برای معرفت | O Sitarih! This is the Day of supreme joy, the Ocean of reunion surgeth, and the heaven of manifestation is upraised. Let the heart be prepared for recognition [3.5s] | KNJ.043, YQAZ.481x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00698 | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib | 1110 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند | Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence | INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 | BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 | TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 | Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda | Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | 3b | * | * | ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 | |
| AB02590 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | In whatsoever matter man wisheth to engage, he must first acquire some capability, and make provisions and preparations therefor | TAB.358-359, BSC.454 #833 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Review of publications; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2424 | 100 | Once the rats and mice held an important conference the subject of which was how to make peace with the cat | PTF.196, STAB#025 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3007 | 50 | Persian | قرة العین که معروف آفاق است وقتی که مؤمن بخدا شد منجذب بنفحات الهی گشت | The Point of the Eye, who became renowned throughout all regions, when she believed in God, was drawn unto the divine fragrances [3.5s] | ASAT4.496a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04849 | 200 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات و عرفت ربها | This is the Book from Him Who is imprisoned unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was among the devout, and who hath recognized her Lord [3.5s]... ...Drink ye, O handmaidens of God the Mystic Wine from the cup of My words. Cast away, then, from you that which your minds abhor, for it hath been forbidden unto you in His Tablets and His Scriptures | BLIB_Or15725.274, | AVK3.041.10x, GHA.429b.03-06x, AKHA_123BE #03 p.a | COC#1787x, ADJ.033x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11265 | Tablet of the Hair 10 | 40 | Arabic | Tablets of the Hair | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | شعری سمندری لذا استقر علی نار خدی و یرعی فی ریاض وجهی و هذا مقام الذی خلع ابن | My hair is My Phoenix. Therefore hath it set itself upon the blazing fire of My Face and receiveth sustenance | BLIB_Or11098.029h | LHKM3.075c, MUH3.275c, OOL.B191.10 | BLO_PT#202 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | LL#400 | ||||
| BH09609 | 100 | mixed | Translation List | یا اسمعیل انشاء الله بعنایت حق فائز باشی و در جوانی بنار محبت الهی مشتعل | O Ismá‘íl! God willing, thou hast attained His bounty and art ablaze, in thy youth, with the fire of divine love. This is the day of supreme profit | BLIB_Or15715.244a, | AQA5#131 p.167 | ADMS#288 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2257 | Words to Mrs Noel, spoken on 1913-05-19 | 110 | First we must make ourselves receptive, then the bounties of God descend upon us. The mirror must become clear from rust first, then the sun with all its glory will be reflected therein. | DAS.1913-05-19 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11798 | 150 | Arabic | یا عباد الرحمن قدسوا قلوبکم عن الظنون و الاوهام لتجدوا لذه سلسبیل البیان انه جری | O servants of the All-Merciful! Sanctify your hearts from fancies and vain imaginings, that ye may taste the sweetness of the celestial stream of utterance, which floweth [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07976 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پاک جانی و پاک دل زیرا از جهان آب و گل بیزار شدی و بجهان دیگر | O servant of the pure God! Thou art pure in heart and soul, for thou hast become detached from this world of water and clay and hast turned to another realm [3.5s] | ALPA.017, YARP2.020 p.076 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09637 | 80 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المومنه بوحدانیه الله اعلمی انه لاینفع الانسان الا حب الرحمن و لاینور | O thou believer in the oneness of God! Know thou that nothing profiteth a soul save the love of the All-Merciful, nothing lighteth up a heart | MKT2.333a, MNMK#077 p.148, MMK1#151 p.174 | SWAB#151, TAB.053 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07611 | 110 | mixed | ای ناظر بشطر رحمت رب عزت تقوی و صلاح درع متین و حصن حصین الهیست و تا این جوهر | O thou who gazest toward the direction of thy Lord's mercy! Piety and righteousness are a mighty armor and the impregnable fortress of God, and until this essence [3.5s] | MMK2#176 p.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3695 | Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23 | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در ملکوت بهآء اللّٰه داخل شوید تا از هر جهت مؤیّد گردید در ایران نسآئی هستند | Enter into the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah, that you may be aided in every respect. In Persia, there are women who are entirely bereft of wealth | BDA2.253 | DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.329 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB08160 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام بها غلام باصطلاح لسان فارسی بمعنی بنده است بنده گی حق آزاده گی از دو | O servant of Bahá! The word 'servant' in the Persian tongue signifieth bondsman, and servitude unto God is freedom from duality [3.5s] | AYBY.430 #147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08697 | 90 | mixed | ای خلیل نبیل در سبیل توکل و توسل و تبتل چنان خالص و مخلص شو که اگر جبریل عظمی | O noble Khalil! In the path of trust, supplication and devotion, become thou so pure and sincere that shouldst the Most Great Gabriel [3.5s] | MKT9.121a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01785 | 290 | mixed | اوراق آنجناب ملاحظه شد جمیع اذکار منبعث از محبت و خلوص بود و تفاصیل موجود و | The missives of that honored one were perused. All the expressions therein emanated from love and sincerity, and the details were present [3.5s] | INBA85:368 | MKT8.247, AKHA_127BE #05 p.a, YMM.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09200 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی بنفس رحمانی زنده شو و بنفثات روح القدس تر و تازه گرد تا از عالم | O servant of God! Be thou quickened by the divine breath of the All-Merciful, and be thou refreshed and revived through the outpourings of the Holy Spirit, that from the realm [3.5s] | MMK2#178 p.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06631 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید مضمون مورث سرور بود و دلیل موفور بر روحانیت | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. Its contents brought joy and gave abundant proof of spirituality [3.5s] | TAH.367b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04013 | 230 | Persian | در این ساعت که عروس حب از پرده برآمد و آتش فراق از دل و جان شعله برآورد صبر | In this hour when the Bride of Love hath emerged from behind the veil, and the fire of separation hath blazed forth from heart and soul, patience [3.5s] | ANDA#78 p.03 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08924 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظهر بمنظر انور هر نفسی را درعالم وجود توجهی و مقصودی | O thou who gazest upon the most luminous vision! Every soul in the realm of existence hath an orientation and a purpose [3.5s] | INBA84:466 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11249 | 40 | Persian | به دنیا و آنچه در اوست مسرور نباشید | Be not gladdened by the world and whatsoever is therein [3.5s] | UAB.047cx | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2450 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در امر بهآءالله بر هر نفسی اشتغال بصنعت و کسبی فرض است مثلاً منه حصیر بافی میدانم و شما صنعت دیگر | In the Cause of Baha'u'llah it is obligatory for the individual to engage in a trade or profession. For instance, I know mat weaving and you know another trade... I have already spoken about this matter | BDA1.121.02 | COC#0016x, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| BH11567 | 10 | Arabic | لو لا الفاقة ما اشرق نیر الانقطاع فی الابداع | Were it not for poverty, the luminary of detachment would not shine forth in creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.180b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10517 | 70 | Arabic | اس د قد فاز کتابک باصغاء مالک الاسماء فی هذا المقام الاعلی و اجبناک فضلا من | Your letter attained unto the hearing of the Lord of Names in this most exalted place, and We have answered thee as a token of grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.015a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01643 | 530 | mixed | این ایام ظهورات فضل الهی و تجلیا?? نور نیر رحمانی از هر جهتی ظاهر و هویدا هر | In these days the manifestations of divine grace and the effulgences of the Light of the All-Merciful Sun are manifest and visible from every direction [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.536, | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for prosperity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06695 | 150 | Arabic | قل یا ملاء البیان اسمعوا ندائی حین الذی قد صعد طیر الاحدیه الی هوآء قدس منیر ثم انقطع | Say: O people of the Bayán! Hearken unto My call at the time when the Bird of Oneness winged its flight unto the luminous atmosphere of sanctity and was cut off [3.5s] | INBA71:033 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Nearness and remoteness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01980 | 450 | mixed | ورقه نورانیه که بطراز محبت رحمانیه مزین گشته بود و از کلمات علیه عالیه آن عرف | A luminous leaf that was adorned with the ornament of divine love, from whose sublime and exalted words the fragrance [3.5s] | INBA27:415 | PYK.045 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04196 | 220 | mixed | حمد مالک ملکوت بیانرا که در هر آن لئالی برهان بمثابه امطار از سحاب فضلش نازل | Praise be to the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Utterance, Who sendeth down, at every moment, the pearls of proof like rain from the clouds of His bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15703.020, | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04131 | 220 | Arabic | اسمع ما تلقیک حمامه الفراق حین الذی یسافر عن شطر العراق و هذا من سنه الله | Hearken to what the departing Dove revealeth unto thee, as He prepareth to leave the realm of 'Iráq -- such are the methods of God decreed for His Messengers | INBA51:321, INBA71:042 | LHKM3.005b | EBTB.222, JHT_B#003 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07298 | 140 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی احباء الله لمهیمن العزیز القدیر و فیه یذکر ما | This is an epistle from Him Who is imprisoned unto the loved ones of God, the All-Dominating, the Mighty, the Powerful, wherein He mentioneth that which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.276a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03353 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بشارت روح و ریحان احبا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! What thou didst write was noted. It brought glad-tidings of spiritual delight to the beloved ones [3.5s] | MKT6.114 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01284 | 660 | mixed | تبارک الذی انزل الایات و جعلها آیه من عنده و حجه من لدنه و برهانا من جانبه | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made them a sign from His presence, a proof from His court, and an evidence from His side [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.086, , BLIB_Or15728.169, | BRL_DA#187, YIA.062-063 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07303 | 140 | Arabic | هذا لوح من لدنا الی الذی آمن بالله العلی العظیم لیاخذه جذب الایات و یجعله | This is a Tablet from Us unto him who hath believed in God, the Most High, the Most Great, that he may be seized by the rapture of the verses and be [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#137, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05870 | 170 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الوهاب فی الماب للذین آمنوا بالله المهیمن القیوم یا ملا الارض | This is the Book which the All-Bountiful hath sent down in the return unto them that have believed in God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. O concourse of the earth [3.5s] | INBA51:379b | LHKM3.176 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03551 | 260 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بانوار الایمان فی ایام ربه الرحمن انا نذکر فی | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights of faith in the days of his Lord, the All-Merciful. We make mention therein [3.5s] | INBA34:249 | AQA1#110, ASAT4.051x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08692 | 110 | Arabic | انا ذکرنا فی اللیالی و الایام اصفیاء الله و اولیائه الذین مامنعهم کتاب و | We make mention, throughout the nights and days, of God's chosen ones and His loved ones whom no book hath deterred [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.053b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02798 | 320 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من ملکوت ربک الرحمن خذه بید القدره و الاطمینان کذلک امرک القلم | This is a Book that hath descended from the Kingdom of thy Lord, the Most Merciful. Take hold of it with the hand of might and assurance. Thus doth the Pen command thee [3.5s] | INBA34:192 | AQA1#056 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06911 | 140 | mixed | الحمد لله آفتاب کرم مشرق و بحر علم مواج و آسمان فضل مرتفع ولکن کل غافل | Praise be to God! The Sun of bounty hath dawned, the Ocean of knowledge surgeth, and the Heaven of grace is exalted, yet all remain heedless [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.278a, | BRL_DA#360 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02014 | 440 | mixed | نامه آنجناب که بجناب ناظر علیه بهائی ارسال نمودند بلحاظ مظلوم فائز دیدیم و | The letter which your honour addressed to Jinab-i-Nazir - upon him be the glory of God - reached the gaze of this Wronged One and We perused it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.122, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05142 | 190 | mixed | لله عملک یا من فزت بذکر قبل لدی المظلوم فی سجنه العظیم و وجد منه عرف حبک لله | Blessed be thy deed, O thou who hast attained mention before the Wronged One in His mighty imprisonment, and from Whom was perceived the fragrance of thy love for God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.258, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03646 | 250 | Arabic | ذکر الله عبده لیفرح فی نفسه و ان هذا لفضل عظیما ان ابتغ فضل مولاک فی کل | God maketh mention of His servant that he may rejoice within himself, and this, verily, is a bounty most great. Seek thou the grace of thy Lord in all things [3.5s] | INBA28:227b, BLIB_Or15725.340, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04045 | 230 | Arabic | قد جری کوثر الحیوان من قلم الرحمن ولکن القوم اعرضوا عنه بما اتبعوا کل غافل | The Fountain of Life hath verily gushed forth through the Pen of the All-Merciful, yet the people have turned away therefrom, following every heedless one [3.5s] | INBA15:322a, INBA35:088, INBA26:325 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05430 | 180 | Arabic | طوبی لمن استمع الالحان من شطر الرحمن فی المقام الذی طاب هوآئه بما فاحت فیه | Blessed is he who hath hearkened unto the melodies from the precincts of the All-Merciful, in that station whose very air hath been perfumed [3.5s] | INBA34:309b, BLIB_Or15707.159, , BLIB_Or15735.310, | AQA1#180, HYK.310 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04036 | 230 | mixed | شمس اراده مالک اسماء از افق قلم اعلی مشرق و مجلی تا جمیع من فی الانشاء | The Sun of Will, the Lord of Names, hath risen from the horizon of the Most Exalted Pen, shining forth and illumining all who dwell within creation [3.5s] | INBA35:134b, BLIB_Or15719.034b, | AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Study; deepening; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03558 | 200 | mixed | ای یاران رحمان سراج نورانی امر اللّه در قطب اکوان مشتعل و ساطع و لامع و بر آفاق نشر انوار مینماید | O friends of the All-Merciful! The luminous lamp of God's Cause is enkindled and radiant and resplendent at the pivot of creation, shedding its light upon all horizons [3.5s] | NANU_AB#38x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02294 | 390 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هر منصفی شهادت داده و میدهد که اینمظلوم از اول ظهور کل را بافق اعلی دعوت | Every unbiased observer will readily admit that, ever since the dawn of His Revelation, this wronged One hath invited all mankind to turn their faces towards the Dayspring of Glory | BLIB_Or15715.328b, | BRL_DA#795, GWBP#059 p.081bx, SFI16.045-046x | GWB#059x, ADJ.032x, GPB.194x4x, GPB.196x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#375 | ||||||
| BH04646 | 200 | Arabic | ان یا عبد ان استمع ندا ربک العلی الاعلی من شطر الذی فیه استقر عرش ربک العلی | O servant! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Highest, from that court wherein is established the throne of thy Lord, the Most High [3.5s] | INBA44:008, INBA34:288 | AQA1#153, ASAT4.329x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Presence of; reunion with God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04022 | 230 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن بالله فی یوم فیه ظهر الفزع الاکبر و اتی مالک القدر | A Remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God on the Day whereon the supreme Terror was made manifest and the Lord of Destiny appeared [3.5s] | INBA19:127b, INBA32:118a, BLIB_Or15696.011c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.058, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ROB4.053, LL#004 | |||||||||
| BH07218 | 140 | Arabic | قل باسم الله و بالله و خذ قدح البیان باسم ربک الرحمن ثم اشرب منه تاره باسمی و | Say: In the name of God and by God! Take thou the chalice of utterance in the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, then drink therefrom in My Name [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.119a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11700 | 780 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها حجه من عنده علی العالمین و بها نزل من | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a testimony from His presence unto the peoples of all the worlds, and through them hath descended [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p235 | Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06311 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی الذی سلک مسالک الهدی و عرف مظهر نفس الله العلی | This is an epistle from before the Youth unto him who hath traversed the paths of guidance and recognized the Manifestation of God's exalted Self [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.345a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00696 | 1110 | Arabic | ان یا قلم الاعلی تحرک علی اللوح بامری و سلطانی و لاتشهد الممکنات الا کاجساد | O Pen of the Most High! Move upon the Tablet by My command and My sovereignty, and behold not created things save as lifeless frames [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.497, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03917 | 240 | Arabic | هذا کتاب الی عبد الله الذی سمی بعلی فی ملکوتنا الاعظم العظیم و حضر تلقاء | This is a missive unto Abdullah, who hath been named Ali in Our Most Great and Glorious Kingdom, and who hath attained unto Our presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.292, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06705 | 150 | mixed | کتاب الهی باعلی الندآء مابین عباد و اماء ندا مینماید و کل را بافق اعلی راه | The Divine Book calleth out with most exalted voice amidst the servants and handmaidens, guiding all to the supreme horizon [3.5s] | PYB#245 p.04 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00470 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 2 (to Haji Mirza Aqasi?) | 270 | Persian | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسمه تبارک و تعالی. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بحکمه سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون الله یعلم خداوند شاهد است بر حال من و کفی به شهیدا که ذنبی متحمل نشده ام که باعث چنین حکمی شده باشد | Praise be to God Who bestoweth wisdom upon whomsoever He willeth, and glorified be He above all that they ascribe unto Him. God knoweth, and the Lord beareth witness - and sufficient is He as witness - that I have committed no transgression warranting such a decree [3.5s] | ASAT2.189x, HNU.220-221, TZH2.139-140, AHDA.262, OOL.A023.2 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, SRC.064, SRC.193 | |||||||
| BH07180 | 140 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قد حضر بین یدینا ما انشات و انشدت فی ذکر الله ربک و رب العالمین طوبی لک... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی لک الحمد بما عرّفتنی مظهر نفسک | That which thou hast written and composed in remembrance of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, hath come before Our presence. Blessed art thou [3.5s]... ...Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for having enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of Thyself | INBA48:181, BLIB_Or15739.316, | BRL_DA#778, PMP#067x, AQMJ2.069b | PM#067x, BPRY.139x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH06520 | 150 | mixed | در این مدت سبب تاخیر بعضی از امور ظهور این امر بود چنانچه در الواح قبل ذکر شد | During this period, the cause for the delay of certain matters was the emergence of this Cause, as mentioned in previous Tablets [3.5s] | INBA71:041 | AKHA_124BE #01 p.v | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00456 | 1580 | mixed | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء مشیه الله رب العالمین فلما ظهر ظهرت اسرار الکتب | This Book hath been sent down in truth from the heaven of God's Will, the Lord of the worlds, and when it appeared, the mysteries of the Sacred Books were made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.190b, | ASAT1.069x, ASAT3.240x, ASAT4.133x, YBN.165x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04052 | 230 | Arabic | قل ان یا اهل الارض اف لکم و بما اکتسبت ایدیکم فی هذه الایام التی کان الروح | Say: O peoples of the earth! Fie upon you and upon that which your hands have wrought in these days wherein the Spirit [3.5s] | INBA51:587b, INBA71:065b | LHKM3.052 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12251 | 210 | O thou servant of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents understood. Souls who are the servants of His Holiness Baha'u'llah and are sincere in His Cause | BBBD.532 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12262 | 210 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و تضرع شدید و ابتهال عظیم سبب شد که بدرگاه رب قدیم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and thy fervent entreaty and supplication caused me to turn toward the threshold of the Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:478 | BRL_DAK#1048 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05251 | 150 | ...The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Ahmad Sohrab was perused. The Board of Consultation is radiant and spiritual | DAS.1914-03-26 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0876 | Words to Corinne and Edna True, spoken on 1919-11-12 | 350 | My message to them is that they must be united, must remain firm and steadfast | SW_v10#17 p.306 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01856 | 290 | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The letter which ye had written to the Central | SW_v11#10 p.161-162 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07132 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Consider not thy capacity and merit | TAB.608-609, SW_v07#10 p.099x, VTRM.022-023 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03021 | 300 | mixed | مکتوب شما در سجن اعظم بنظر مظلوم آفاق رسید و آنچه در او مسطور معلوم گشت اینکه | Your letter reached the Wronged One of the horizons in the Most Great Prison, and that which was inscribed therein became known [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.362b, | NSS.108bx | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06704 | 120 | mixed | Trustworthiness; Social Action | ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه بمرحوم جمال افندی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! I have perused that which thou didst write to the late Jamal Effendi [3.5s]... ...Commerce, agriculture and industry should not, in truth, be a bar to service of the one true God. Indeed, such occupations are most potent instruments and clear proofs | COMP_TRUSTP#52x, MSHR4.079x | BRL_SOCIAL#205x, BRL_TRUST#51x, COC#2063x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03397 | 270 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی الذی آمن بالله و انقطع عن المشرکین و صعد الی سماء | This is a Book from before the Youth unto him who hath believed in God, severed himself from the ungodly, and hath ascended unto heaven [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.162, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11817 | 131 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی وجد عرف قمیص اسمنا الرحمن و به بلغ الی رضوان | This is a Book from Us unto him who hath inhaled the fragrance of the garment of Our Name, the Most Merciful, and thereby hath attained unto paradise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.048a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02707 | 330 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی آمن بربه و اهتدی بهدی الروح و کان من المهتدین فی | This is a Book from God unto him who hath believed in his Lord, who hath been guided by the Spirit's guidance, and hath been numbered among the rightly guided [3.5s] | INBA51:082, KB_620:075-076 | LHKM2.140 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08460 | 100 | ...As to thy inquiry about traveling to nearby towns out of Chicago for the promulgation | SW_v10#06 p.108-109x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2220 | Words to a Baha'í from Holland, spoken on 1913-02-10 | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بناپارت در عالم ملک یکی از نفوس عظیمه بود ولی فتوحاتش محدود بود منتهی شد | [Napoleon] Bonaparte was a powerful person in this earthly dominion. His conquests, however, were limited. | BDA2.129 | DAS.1913-02-10, MHMD2.160-161 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB09904 | 70 | Persian | ای پروردگار این گنهکار شرمسار است و گرفتار هواجس این خاکدان تاریک و تار ای | O Lord! This sinner stands abashed and is captive to the vain imaginings of this dark and dusty realm [3.5s] | MMG2#005 p.005 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04540 | 210 | mixed | ندای آنجناب شنیده شد و نفحات محبت مقصود عالمیان از نامه مرسوله استشمام گشت | The call of that noble one was heard, and from the missive sent were inhaled the sweet fragrances of love for the Desired One of the worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.163a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00579 | 510 | Persian | ای اسیر سبیل الهی شکر کن حضرت حی قدیر را که در این کور عظیم مومن بنور مبین | O thou who art captive in the path of God! Give thanks to the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, that in this Most Great Dispensation thou art a believer in the manifest Light [3.5s] | MSHR4.335-336 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02904 | 310 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی آمن بالله و اقبل الی وجهه و ذاق فی حبه کاس | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, turned his face towards Him, and tasted the cup of His love [3.5s] | INBA34:203 | AQA1#065, ASAT5.179x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08423 | 120 | Arabic | کلما یزداد البلاء یزداد اشتیاقی الی الله و به یمیز الله بین الموقن و المریب | The more tribulation increaseth, the more intense groweth My longing for God, whereby He distinguisheth between the steadfast and the doubter [3.5s] | INBA73:081a, NLAI_BH1.484, NLAI_BH2.230b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1615 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 190 | Persian | مقصد از اصحاب کهف نفوسی بودند که از احوال دنیا گذشتند آن اشخاصی که از شدت انجذب بنفحات الهی استغال بحق | The purpose of the Companions of the Cave were they who had detached themselves from worldly conditions, those souls who, through their intense attraction to the divine fragrances, became occupied with the True One [3.5s] | KHH2.290 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07280 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق جغدان سیه دل بر بازان سفید ستم نمایند و دست تطاول گشایند که چرا | O servant of God! The dark-hearted owls assail the white falcons with tyranny and stretch forth the hand of oppression [3.5s] | MNMK#141 p.254, MSBH3.247, DKHD.285 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0136 | Words spoken on 1915-04-30 in Haifa | 1070 | His life [Khalil's] was an example of honesty and activity... This man [Abdullah] lives in Baghdad and was notorious for his evil deeds... This man [Isma'il] was the well-known architect of Farrokh Khan in Tihran... | DAS.1915-04-30 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Hospitality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04363 | 170 | mixed | ای دو بنده حق مکتوب عمومی باحبای الهی در اسکندریه مرقوم شد و در مسوده اسم | O two servants of Truth! A general letter hath been written to the loved ones of God in Alexandria, and in the draft the name [3.5s] | MKT6.028 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0677 | Words spoken at hotel in Denver, 1912-09-25 | 430 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | دیدید چه آتشی بقلوب زدم انسان باید اول خود مسرور و منجذب باشد تا تواند | Did you see what a fire was set aglow in the hearts?... I have come to your city and found tall buildings and advancement in material civilization... Man must take flight from the cage of the body... The Persian friends travel mostly on foot. | BDA1.270.01 | MHMD1.288-290, STAB#032 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| BH08574 | 120 | mixed | یا علی ندای مظلوم را بشنو و بیقین بدان این آن ندائیست که کلیم در طور عرفان | O Ali! Hearken unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and know thou of a certainty that this is the Call which the Interlocutor heard upon the Mount of mystic knowledge [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.028a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10079 | 90 | Arabic | یا رحیم فاعلم بان قلمی لم یر الراحه و السکون فی کل الاحیان ارتفع صریره و دعا | O Rahim! Know thou that My Pen hath found no rest or tranquility at any time; its cry hath been raised aloft [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.108b, | AQA7#493 p.329a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2066 | Words spoken on 1913-05-07 in Paris | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نفوس خاکی در قید قصرند اما دوستان الهی در خیال قبر خداوند برای شماها قصری ابدی ساخته | The people who are attached to this earth are bound by palaces, but the friends of God have their thoughts fixed on the grave | BDA2.288 | MHMD2.380 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH07229 | 140 | mixed | قلم اعلی مع آنکه در سجن اعظم ساکنست در کل احیان دوستان را بافق وحی الهی و مشرق | The Supreme Pen, though dwelling in the Most Great Prison, doth at all times summon the friends unto the horizon of Divine Revelation and the Dayspring [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.159c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01627 | 540 | mixed | یا علی علیک بهائی مکتوب جناب سمندر علیه بهائی که بشما نوشته عبد حاضر لدی | O Ali, upon thee be My glory! The letter from the honoured Samandar, upon him be My glory, which he addressed unto thee, hath reached this Servant [3.5s] | MJAN.153, AYBY.251 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07755 | 130 | Arabic | قد ظهر الامر و نزلت الایات و المقصود استوی علی عرش اسمه الحکیم قد اتی الیوم | The Cause hath been manifest, the verses have been sent down, and the Desired One hath ascended the throne of His name, the All-Wise. The Day is come [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.082a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.074b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05722 | 170 | mixed | جمیع اشیا شهادت داده اند بر عظمت ظهور الله ولکن عباد از ظهور غافل و باصنام | All things have testified to the grandeur of God's Manifestation, yet His servants remain heedless of His Revelation and are devoted to idols [3.5s] | INBA18:555 | AQA7#410 p.194 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03721 | 250 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی استهدی بهدایه ربه و کان من المحسنین عند | This is an epistle from Him Who is imprisoned unto him who hath been guided by the guidance of his Lord and was among the beneficent [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.255, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for protection; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11336 | 40 | mixed | یا صادق بگو ای دوستان اگر از کوثریکه در کلمه مبارکه انه محمود فی فعله و مطاع | O Sadiq! Say: O friends! If ye partake of the Kawthar that floweth from the blessed word "Verily He is praiseworthy in His deeds and is to be obeyed" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.116a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07861 | 130 | mixed | هذا کتاب کریم تنزیل من لدی الله العلی العظیم و انه من سلطان و انه بسم الله | This is a glorious Book, sent down from God, the Most High, the Most Great. Verily it proceedeth from the Sovereign, and verily it beginneth with the name of God [3.5s] | INBA36:161a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2483 | Words to Mrs. Henlay, spoken on 1913-02-18 | 90 | By attaching no importance to material things. According to the laws which bind us to this planet, everyone is tied to the gratification of self... Even the theatrical world would not prevent you from becoming what I desire you to become. | DAS.1913-02-18 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Excellence; distinction; Transcending the material condition; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09080 | 90 | Arabic | یا من انقطع عن الوجوه الا وجه الله دع الوری و تمسک بالعروه الوثقی التی | O thou who hast severed thyself from all faces save the Face of God, abandon the multitudes and hold fast unto the Most Firm Handle [3.5s] | INBA21:195b (245b) | MMK6#237 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10694 | 70 | Arabic | یا حبذا هذه الذله الکبری التی مستنی فی حب الله مره اخری تالله انها لا حب عندی | O how glorious is this supreme abasement which hath touched me once again in the love of God! By God, it is the most beloved unto me [3.5s] | INBA73:337d, NLAI_BH2.217.19 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10379 | 80 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یهدی الناس الی الله العزیز الحمید یا رضا انا نوصیک | A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which guideth mankind unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. O Riḍá, We counsel thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.273a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.113c, | LHKM1.081a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2759 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-10-29 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | هر خوابگاهی را یکدالر دادن نقلی نیست لکن ما میخواهیم تقیدی براحت تن نداشته باشیم | It is not a matter of our reluctance to pay one dollar but of our unwillingness to be dependent on bodily comfort. We must be equal to the hardships of traveling | BDA1.339.10 | MHMD1.357 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding bodily comfort; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| BH06047 | 160 | Arabic | ان یا اخی اسمع ما یوصیک به ربک من قلم اخیک بما اوحی الله من ساذج وحیه المقدس | O My brother! Hearken unto that which thy Lord counseleth thee through the pen of thy brother, according to that which God hath revealed from the pure essence of His holy Revelation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.598, , ALIB.folder18p482b | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Generosity [kirama]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05126 | 150 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که بجناب اسمعیل آقا مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ گردید سبب | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to Jináb-i-Ismá'íl Áqá was noted [3.5s] | INBA72:163 | TISH.496-497 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05034 | 190 | Arabic | ذکر لمن اراد ان یاخذ کوب العرفان باسم ربه الرحمن و یشرب منه بین ملا الاکوان | A remembrance unto him who desireth to take up the chalice of divine knowledge in the name of his Lord, the All-Merciful, and to drink therefrom amidst the concourse of all created things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.305a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; The power of words; of speech; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01007 | Az Bagh-i-Ilahi | 820 | mixed | Translation List | Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí (From the Divine Garden) | از باغ الهی با سدره ناری آن تازه غلام آمد های های هذا جذب اللهی هذا خلع | Hailing from the godly garden, Invested with the Burning Bush, That fresh and novel Youth is come! | INBA19:037, INBA32:036, INBA36:457, NLI.32p158r | BRL_DA#281, MAS8.023x, OOL.B003 | ADMS#115 | Poem hailing the revelation of the Báb and the advent of the approaching Day of God, coming with the trumpet blast of the words ‘I am God!’, and shattering the idols of the past. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | 1b | * | - | ROB1.218, MMAH.118, GSH.066, LL#010 | ||
| BH02405 | 370 | Arabic | سبحان الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره و یظهره مره علی هیئه روح ثم علی هیکل جسد ثم | Glorified be He Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth through His command and manifesteth it at one time in the form of spirit and at another in the temple of flesh [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.460, , ALIB.folder18p399 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08787 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Divine Light! Whosoever is freed from self and illusion, released from the claws of passion and lust | DAS.1914-05-26 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10696 | 60 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ...Know thou that before maturity man liveth from day to day and comprehendeth only such matters | BRL_ATE#037x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11814 | 135 | Arabic | یا ایها المشتعل بنار حبی و الناظر الی وجهی و السایر فی البلاد لقربی و لقائی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of My love, who gazeth upon My countenance and traverseth the lands for My nearness and reunion with Me [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.058 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06971 | 140 | mixed | انشاء الله از باده روحانی که معرفت جمال رحمانیست بنوشی و بنوشانی این رحیق | God willing, mayest thou partake of that spiritual wine which is the recognition of the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and give others to drink of this divine nectar [3.5s] | LHKM3.366b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Role and station of women; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05009 | 190 | mixed | براستی میگویم هر نفسی در اقبال بافق اعلی باید سمع را از قصص کاذبه که مابین | In truth I say: every soul that turneth in devotion unto the Most Exalted Horizon must needs purge its hearing from false tales that circulate [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.020, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2017 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 140 | The believers of Persia made the greatest self-sacrifice and the trip was made possible. They made large and small contributions | DAS.1913-04-25 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08896 | 90 | Persian | ای مهربان گویند که کیقباد در عاقبت عمر بنیان تنزیه و تقدیس نهاد و از عالمیان | O Compassionate One! It is recounted that Kayqubad, in the closing days of his life, laid the foundation of purity and sanctification, and withdrew from all mankind [3.5s] | PYB#268 p.04, YARP2.543 p.386 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2474 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21 | 90 | The realization of these two opposite attitudes in a single individual is very rare. In the Bahá'í Cause it is taught... I went out to return the morning call of the German officer. | DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.270 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10471 | 80 | Persian | یا علی عالم بنفاق ظاهر الا من شاء الله بعضی از نفوس را از نیر آفاق منع نموده | O Ali! The world is manifest with hypocrisy, save those whom God willeth. Certain souls have been debarred from the Luminary of the horizons [3.5s] | TABN.128 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09216 | 100 | mixed | امروز روزیست که فرح ظهور اسم اعظم عالم را احاطه نموده ولکن اکثری از عباد | This is the day when the joy of the manifestation of the Most Great Name hath encompassed the world, yet most of the servants [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.172a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1565 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 200 | It is just as sure that a camel cannot enter the eye of a needle as that a rich man cannot enter the Kingdom | AHF.017-018 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01839 | 290 | Persian | ای ناظر و متوجه بملکوت ابهی مکاتیب متعدده آنجناب قرائت شد و مضامین مفهوم و | O thou who gazest upon and turnest thy face towards the Abha Kingdom! Thy numerous letters have been read and their contents understood [3.5s] | MMK3#082 p.055x, MSHR5.430 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06719 | 120 | mixed | ای جمال ابهانن بنده شرمنده سی وادی ایمن سراسر گلشن توحید اولوب چونکه روشن ایلدی | O Beauty of Abha! This humble servant stands abashed. The Vale of Sinai, wholly a garden of Divine Unity, hath been illumined [3.5s] | INBA21:099a | MJT.087 | Development of capacity and readiness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09201 | 100 | mixed | الحمد لله بعنایت ربانی و فضل رحمانی ندای الهی را شنیدی و بایمان باو فائز گشتی | Praise be to God that, through divine providence and heavenly bounty, thou didst hearken unto the Call of God and attain unto faith in Him [3.5s] | INBA18:218b, BLIB_Or15719.043a, | PYB#208 p.03 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2476 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10988 | 50 | mixed | ای ورقه موقنه نظر عنایت متوجه اماء رحمن است و سایه رحمت افکنده بر فرق کنیزان | O assured leaf! The gaze of divine favor is directed towards the handmaidens of the All-Merciful, and the shadow of His mercy is cast over the heads of His maidservants [3.5s] | MKT7.176a | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10060 | 70 | Persian | ای متوجه بملکوت ابهی فیض نامتناهی الهی چون فیضان ابر نیسانی و ریزش سحاب آذاری | O thou who art turned towards the Abhá Kingdom! Divine and infinite bounty poureth down even as the showers of April clouds and the spring rains [3.5s] | MKT5.102a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05718 | 140 | Persian | ای شعله افروخته بنور محبت الله نفوسی بمثابه شجره سراج و عود قطران و درخت چراغ | O flame enkindled by the light of the love of God! There are souls that are even as the lamp-bearing tree, the resinous wood, and the luminous plant [3.5s] | INBA16:068 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3205 | Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 | 40 | Forty years ago there was no rain at Cairo. Thoughtful scientific men planted trees in that region. Now the country is refreshed by rain. Capacity attracts. | PN_1904 p086 | Development of capacity and readiness; Education and the development of capacity; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0561 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 490 | Persian | خیلی مطول بود و چهار سال طول کشید. هم چنین بیان اینکه کشتی ها و راه آهن و تراموای مسافرت را آسان کرده | Most prolonged was it, extending over a span of four years. Similarly did the advent of vessels, railways and tramways render travel with facility [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; The power of words; of speech; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01262 | 350 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye esteemed maidservants of God, and ye revered beloved ones (or men believers) of the Merciful! Your letter was received | TAB.443-444 | Consolation and comfort; Development of capacity and readiness; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2702 | Words to Ali-Kuli Khan in 'Akka prior to 1902 | 80 | A wise man when looking at an egg, sees in it the whole form of a bird; he sees the beak | SW_v07#01 p.004 | Development of capacity and readiness; Evolution; human evolution; Law of cause and effect; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06653 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق کردی ای عطار بر عالم نثار نافه اسرار هر دم صد هزار سبحان الله در | O servant of Truth! O 'Attar! Thou hast scattered upon the world the fragrant musk of mysteries. At every moment a hundred thousand "Glory be to God!" doth resound [3.5s] | INBA21:195c (245c) | MMK2#210 p.149, KNJ.023c | Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12264 | 210 | O you, who are captivated by the truth! Your letter has been received. It indicates that you have heard the voice of the Kingdom of God and are drawn to the divine breath | BBBD.586 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2689 | Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 | 80 | Bahá'u'lláh said the children are of two kinds - the mature and the immature. The | SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090 | Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05694 | 170 | mixed | ای شیخ ذکر شما مره بعد مره نزد مظلوم آفاق مذکور آمد الحمد لله باین ایام | O Shaykh! Time and again hath thy mention reached this Wronged One of all horizons. Praise be to God for these days [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.299a, | Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3436 | Words spoken on 1914-06-12 in Tiberias | 30 | Should a black stone be placed facing the light of the sun, the signs of brilliancy would not appear | SW_v09#10 p.111-112 | Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3514 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08 | 20 | Capacity attracts. The greater your capacity, the more you will be filled. When the child is hungry and cries for milk, the milk of the mother begins to flow rapidly. | DJT.075, BLO_PN#027 | Development of capacity and readiness; Law of cause and effect | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06182 | 130 | mixed | ای دو بنده آستان الهی الطاف نامتناهی شامل گشت تا حامل امانت عظمای الهی گردیدید | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Infinite favors have encompassed you, that ye might become the bearers of God's supreme trust [3.5s] | INBA87:390c, INBA52:401b | MMK2#121 p.093, RAHA.279-280 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1019 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13 | 310 | ‘Abdu'l-Bahá has written a Tablet specially for the purpose, that should anyone ask about his station, it is ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and no more | TTAG.016-017, BLO_PN#101 | Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2996 | Words spoken on 1913-05-14 in Paris | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در این محل جمیع اشیا در منتها درجهٴ نمایش و لطافت که نتیجه و کمال خلقت آنهاست مشهودند | All things in this place can be seen in their utmost degree of beauty and elegance, and it is evident that they have fulfilled the purpose of their creation | BDA2.300 | MHMD2.396 | Development of capacity and readiness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose; goal of creation | - | - | |||||||
| AB04609 | Words to Miss Buckton | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. | BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3273 | Words spoken on 1913-01-29 in Paris | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از جمیع جهات ابواب مسدود است و راه نجات مقطوع مگر بقوهٴ معنویه و تأییدات غیبیه | The doors are closed on every side, and the way to salvation is barred, unless one is aided with spiritual power | BDA2.111 | MHMD2.136-137 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH06922 | 140 | mixed | امروز روزیست که حقیقت کتاب الهی بر هیکل ظهور ظاهر و ناطق جمیع من علی الارض را در کل | This is the day wherein the Reality of the Divine Book hath been made manifest upon the Temple of Revelation, and calleth unto all who dwell upon the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15706.165, , BLIB_Or15715.064a, | SFI21.014a | Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08550 | 120 | mixed | یا رحیم ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور لذا ذکرت نمودیم جهد نما شاید بصرت فائز شود | O Rahim! Thy mention hath been remembered before the Wronged One; therefore have We made mention of thee. Strive thou, that perchance thine insight may be quickened [3.5s] | INBA19:461b | Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05033 | 190 | Arabic | ذکر ذکره المظلوم من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم لمن سمع الندآء و اقبل اذ کان | The Wronged One maketh mention of His remembrance from the presence of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath hearkened unto the Call and turned towards it when it arose [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.179b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07116 | 140 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فامطر من سحاب فیض فضلک ما تطهر به افئده عبادک عما | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Rain down, I beseech Thee, from the clouds of Thine overflowing grace | INBA48:173, INBA49:202, BLIB_Or15739.304, | PMP#095 | PM#095 | Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06611 | 120 | Persian | ای بشیر چون شیر بشیر مصری حامل قمیص یوسف کنعان بود اما تو حامل پیرهن عزیز مصر | O Bashir! Like unto Bashir of Egypt who bore the garment of Joseph of Canaan, thou art the bearer of the vesture of Egypt's Beloved [3.5s] | INBA88:161a | MKT2.236, MMK2#234 p.169, QT105.2.348, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.02-04, BSHI.042-043, MSHR2.207, MUH3.382 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06846 | 150 | Persian | یا عبدالله جمیع کتب و صحف الهی عباد ارض را باین یوم مقدس مبارک | O servant of God! All divine Books and Scriptures have guided the peoples of the earth unto this hallowed and blessed Day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.299a, | FRH.071 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06157 | 130 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت سحاب رحمت سایه بر سر افکنده و انوار فیض اعظم بر شرق و غرب تابیده | O thou who art steadfast and firmly rooted! The cloud of mercy hath cast its shadow overhead, and the rays of the Most Great Bounty have shone forth upon both East and West [3.5s] | INBA55:348 | MMK5#253 p.197 | Development of capacity and readiness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07773 | 130 | Arabic | قدر یا اله الاسما لاحبتک فی ملکوتک ما ینبغی لکرمک یا فاطر الارض و السما یا | Do Thou ordain, O God of all names, for Thy loved ones who dwell in Thy Kingdom that which is befitting of Thy munificence, O Fashioner of heaven and earth | INBA49:310 | AQA6#176 p.002, ADM2#033 p.055 | JHT_S#170 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09861 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی عبودیت عظیم است عظیم امانت الهی و رحمت ربانیست و آسمان و | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Servitude is indeed a mighty thing - a divine trust and heavenly grace - and heaven [3.5s] | MKT6.115a, MMK3#178 p.124, ANDA#05 p.07 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2882 | Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London | 60 | The Cause of God is like unto a rose-garden. As long as man is far from it, he cannot see how many kinds of flowers are planted therein | DAS.1912-12-23 | Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0710 | Words spoken on 1914-07-11 | 410 | I greatly hope the students are enjoying their vacation on the slope of Mount Carmel. The surrounding country is most entrancing, the sweeping panorama of land and sea | DAS.1914-07-11 | Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1221 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 260 | All things have qualities which are created with them—which are innate in them. The brilliance of the stars, the beauty of the trees | AELT.201-203 | Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11696 | 190 | Persian | ای سرمست صهبای پیمان جاهلان از سر مکنون و رمز مصون چه خبر دارند و زاغان گلخن | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! What can the ignorant know of the hidden mysteries and guarded secrets? What can the ravens of the refuse-heap know [3.5s] | FRH.099a | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0920 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-10-28 | 330 | Persian | زیارت باید در نهایت تضرع و ابتهال باشد والا زیارت نیست تماشا است اینهمه نفوس | The pilgrimage to the Holy Tomb must be done with spiritual concentration, attention and humility; it must not be like the automaton pilgrimage of Mohamedans or Christians | KHH1.122-123 (1.171-172) | KHHE.185-186, DAS.1914-10-28 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2363 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken around 1909-02-22 | 100 | To remove any source of differentiation, the believers must know that the Blessed Bab was giving the glad tidings of the coming of the Blessed Perfection | PN_unsorted p152, AKL.002 | Development of capacity and readiness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05387 | 180 | Arabic | سبحان الذی انزل الایات و اظهر ما کان مستورا فی کتب الله رب العالمین | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and hath revealed that which lay hidden in the Books of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.108e, | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2176 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken around 1904-02-06 | 120 | All teaching and knowledge are enclosed in the soul of man, because his soul encompasses everything. To study means to try to bring them to light. | PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p036, TTAW.006, BLO_PN#102 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge of self; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03121 | 290 | Arabic | قد انزلنا کتاب الاسماء من سماء مشیه الله فاطر السماء و فیه بشرنا العالم بهذا | We have sent down the Book of Names from the heaven of God's Will, the Creator of the heavens, and therein have We given unto the world these glad-tidings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.067c, | ASAT1.127x | Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0095 | Public address given on 1912-05-26 | 1250 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت | As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom | DWNP_v6#11 p.001x, KHF.059, KHAB.285 (295), KHTB2.091, NJB_v04#06 p.001 | BPRY.090-092x, PUP#055 (p.147-150), SW_v03#08 p.020-022, DWN_v6#10 p.002x | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH02228 | 400 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | کتاب کریم من لدن رب العالمین الی الذین آمنوا بهذا النبا العظیم انه تذکره لمن | This is the Noble Book from before the Lord of the worlds to those who have believed in this great announcement | INBA34:175, BLIB_Or15707.143, , BLIB_Or15735.296, | AQA1#043, HYK.296 | DWN_v1#02 p.001x, BSC.067 #036 | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB03207 | 210 | Persian | ای نفوس مبارکه در عالم وجود هیچ موهبتی باقی و برقرار نه و هیچ نعمتی پایدار | O ye blessed souls! In the world of existence no bounty remains eternal and permanent and no gift continues to be immutable save the Bestowal of 'Divine Guidance'! | NJB_v04#12 p.004 | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.210, BLO_PN#007 | Development of capacity and readiness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06164 | 130 | Persian | ای جذوه نار محبت الله فضل و رحمتی در وجود است که مسئولست و این اغلب بحسب | O flame of the fire of the love of God! There exists in creation a bounty and a mercy for which thou art responsible, and this is mostly according to [3.5s] | PYB#184 p.04, PYK.247 | Development of capacity and readiness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2839 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 60 | Persian | جمیع عالم استعداد دارد فقط مبلغ لازم دارد اگر عالم استعداد نداشت نفس ظهور نمیشد | The whole world possesseth capacity; it doth but require teachers. Were the world devoid of capacity, the Manifestation would not have appeared [3.5s] | KHH2.285-286 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07585 | 130 | Persian | جمیع عالم مخصوص عرفان مالک قدم خلق شده و شکی نیست که عرفان او حاصل | The entirety of the world hath been created for the recognition of the Ancient Lord, and there is no doubt that such recognition is attainable [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.151b, | Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1234 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-04-30 | 260 | I am leaving tomorrow for Tiberias. I am leaving because you have persisted so much... In the Cause we must give up all pleasures and recreation for the sake of service | DAS.1914-04-30 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12050 | 40 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Striving meaneth this, that ye should live and move according to the divine counsels and admonitions and be filled with zeal and fervour | BRL_ATE#075 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Effort; striving; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08387 | 100 | Persian | جناب آقا سید اسدالله در پناه جمال مبارک محفوظ و مصون باش از وقتیکه رفته اید | O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah! May you remain sheltered and protected beneath the wings of the Blessed Beauty. From the time you departed [3.5s] | INBA17:202 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2428 | Words to Mr Lee and Miss Hodgson, spoken on 1913-05-09 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان اول باید خود را تبلیغ نماید خود منجذب و منقطع باشد تا نفس او در دیگران تأثیر کند | Every soul must first teach himself; he must be severed, attracted, enkindled; he must be living the life -- then his words will have effect... This Cause has cost us very dear. We have not received it cheaply. | BDA2.293 | DAS.1913-05-09, MHMD2.386 | Development of capacity and readiness; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH00011 | 11650 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است | Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those | INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021 | AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x | SWB#72 (p.215-216x) | Chastisement and requital; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1396 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 230 | Each Manifestation was alike great in himself, each spoke with the same authority, each alike breathed the spirit of God. | AELT.131-133 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2479 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15 | 90 | The Word is a book. The believers are the letters. The letters of the alphabet taken separately have no meaning. But in combination they form words | AHV.018, BLO_PN#045 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as mirror; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2108 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Yes, and yet not in Essence. A Divine Manifestation is as a mirror reflecting the light of the Sun. | AIL.066 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2524 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 90 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The Reality of all is One. Truth is one. Religions are like the branches of one Tree. | AIL.062, SAS.094-095 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3083 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00940 | 400 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای بهمن از خدا بخواه که چون ابر بهمن گوهرفشان گردی و چون صحن چمن گلشن یزدان | O Bahman! Supplicate to God that thou mayest become as the clouds of winter, showering precious gems, and as a verdant garden, flowering in the paradise of the Lord [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked regarding the names of the Prophets. “What is the wisdom”, thou hast inquired, “that despite the multitude of Prophets… | INBA72:009, INBA59:286, INBA75:126 | BRL_DAK#0994, MKT2.072, MILAN.044, AVK2.069.11x, YARP2.313 p.265 | BLO_sazedj#26 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||
| AB07562 | 110 | Persian | ای مقبل الی الله دریای بخشایش پرجوش گشت و بخروش آمد موجی بر سواحل وجود زد | O thou who turnest thy face towards God! The ocean of forgiveness hath surged and risen in tumult, casting its waves upon the shores of existence [3.5s] | MMK3#136 p.095 | Differences in human capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07782 | 110 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا صغیره السن و کبیره العقل کم من طفل صغیر و هو بالغ رشید و کم من کهل جاهل و | O thou whose years are few, yet whose mental gifts are many! How many a child, though young in years, is yet mature | MNMK#075 p.147, MMK1#121 p.138, DRM.005b | SWAB#121, TAB.181, BSC.481 #920x, LABC.007 | Differences in human capacity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12671 | 70 | Persian | ای دو بنده جمال قدم سراج بهاج الطاف در زجاج قلوب اشراق نمود انوار هدایت کبری | O two servants of the Ancient Beauty! The lamp of divine favors hath shed its radiance through the glass of the hearts, and the lights of supreme guidance have shone forth [3.5s] | INBA85:058a | KASH.241a | Differences in human capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1511 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-11 | 210 | In the world of existence one must look in everything to the capacity and ability.... In the work of the Kingdom of God one should not consider capacity or ability | SW_v08#08 p.104x, FRGA.021 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Differences in human capacity; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Moses; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2502 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 90 | Parents must find out as to that calling or profession for the acquisition of which their children show the most aptitude and natural desire | PN_1906 p083, SUR.237-238, BLO_PN#001 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH07761 | 130 | mixed | قد فزت بکوثر الذکر مره بعد مره و این از فضلهای بزرگ الهی است امروز شان دوستان | Thou hast attained, time and again, unto the Kawthar of remembrance, and this is among God's great bounties bestowed upon His friends this day [3.5s] | INBA41:287, BLIB_Or15715.273e, | LHKM1.116 | Differences in human capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3375 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 30 | They see from their own standpoint. But these people are pure in heart and simple in spirit; therefore, though not intellectually advanced, they are capable of grasping their portion of truth, for truth is for all. | AELT.140 | Differences in human capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Limits of the intellect; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3504 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 20 | All believers have attained the Heavenly Gift, but each in a different degree. All have arrived at this Great Rolling Ocean, but each one has taken that which will quench his thirst. | PN_1901 p025, PN_1901 p037 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00117 | Some Answered Questions #057 The Causes of the Differences in Human Character | 990 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | اخلاق فطری و اخلاق ارثی و اخلاق اکتسابی که بتربیت حاصل گردد | There is the innate character, the inherited character, and the acquired character, which is gained through education. | MFD#57, OOL.C022.57 | SAQ#57, BWF.318-321 | Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Lying and deceit; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1016 | 310 | There is a point on which the philosophers and the prophets differ. The philosophers make education the test of knowledge | ADP.108-110 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Fulfillment of true potential; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH02623 | 340 | mixed | قاصدان کعبه رحمن را امر بتبلیغ نمودیم و سبل تبلیغ را هم در الواح متعدده | We have enjoined upon the seekers of the Ka'bah of the All-Merciful to teach, and have set forth the ways of teaching in manifold Tablets [3.5s] | INBA35:155, BLIB_Or15719.053c, , BLIB_Or15722.203, | MAS8.123x | Differences in human capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3576 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 10 | They are limited only by the capacity of souls to whom They reveal the Word. | TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 | Differences in human capacity; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06980 | 140 | mixed | ای امه الله حمد کن محبوب عالم را که از آنچه جمیع علما و عرفای ارض محروم | O handmaid of God! Praise thou the Beloved of the worlds, for that from which all the learned ones and mystics of the earth are deprived [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.285, , BLIB_Or15710.228a, | AQA5#085 p.101 | Call to action; Differences in human capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04404 | 170 | Persian | ای شاعر ماهر هر چند طفلی ولی راشد و بالغ زیرا بلوغ و رشد بایمان و ایقان و | O thou skilled poet! Though yet a child, thou art indeed mature and of full stature, for true maturity and development are attained through faith and certitude [3.5s] | KHMT.028-029, KASH.312 | Differences in human capacity; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3464 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند | What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.' | BDA1.124.05 | SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Differences in human capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04982 | 160 | Persian | یا من انجذب من نفحات القدس در این عالم کون و ایجاد نفوس انسانی مختلف و متنوع | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances, in this world of existence human souls are diverse and manifold [3.5s] | MMK2#126 p.097, PYK.265 | Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2000 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 140 | Good people are of two kinds - those who are so by natural goodness of heart, and those who attain to it by an after gift of the Spirit. | PN_1901 p007, NRMM.213-214 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Differences in human capacity; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1563 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-07 | 200 | Since the day you arrived you have daily progressed and you have almost changed. Some souls come here and return unaltered. | PN_1909 p012, PN_1909 p043, PN_1909C p092, PN_1909E p002, PN_1909F p036, DJT.064-065, BLO_PN#027 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1764 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 170 | The people who come here are divided into two classes. One comes here as dead and returns alive | AHF.005-006 | Differences in human capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01512 | 320 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء و بندگان جمال ابهی شمس حقیقت در منطقه البروج دور زد تا در | O ye companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and servants of the Beauty of Abhá! The Sun of Truth hath traversed the zodiacal sphere until [3.5s] | MMK6#612, SFI09.013b, ANDA#65 p.05 | Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3270 | Words to a friend of Mrs. Struven, spoken on | 40 | When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá writes tablets, he is calling the souls to a station which they are potentially able to attain. I does not mean that they have attained that station at the time of the writing. | SW_v09#05 p.062 | Differences in human capacity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09852 | 90 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری ابتلائی فی کل الایام قد حبستنی مع سبعین انفس من | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest my tribulations throughout all days, as I am imprisoned together with seventy souls [3.5s] | INBA19:045b, INBA32:043a, INBA73:369, INBA49:073a, INBA92:311a, NLAI_BH1.518, NLAI_BH2.255a | SFI04.007a | Differences in human capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2913 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 60 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1854 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 160 | These are precious and wonderful days in ‘Akká. Each day is as a year. Your visit cannot be measured merely by the length of time you have been here. | TDLA.012-013, BLO_PN#104 | Differences in human capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05835 | 140 | mixed | ای ناظر بمنظر اکبر تجلیات رحمانیه رب بشر افق عالم را بفیض نامتناهی منور و | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! The effulgent rays of the All-Merciful Lord of humanity have illumined the horizon of the world with infinite bounty [3.5s] | MMK6#388 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08113 | 100 | Persian | ای سرگشته کوی او اسم اعظم و جمال قدم تجلی بر آفاق امم فرمود و از این اشراق | O thou who wanderest in His path! The Most Great Name and the Ancient Beauty hath shed His effulgence upon the horizons of all peoples, and from this dawning light [3.5s] | INBA17:248 | MKT8.102b | Differences in human capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2100 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3077 | Words spoken on 1914-03-06 in Haifa | 50 | Formerly I was so accustomed that I slept in Acca in the same small room with 13 other souls, but now if there sleeps another person in my room I lie awake all night. | DAS.1914-03-06 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding bodily comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3444 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 30 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3475 | Answer to questions, New York, 1912-05-30 | 20 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | صحت و مسرت من در پیشرفت امر الله است امور سائره قابل توجه نه این سرور سرور ابدیست و این حیات حیات سرمدی | My health and happiness depend on the progress of the Cause of God. Nothing else merits attention. This happiness is eternal, and this life is life everlasting. | BDA1.110.11 | SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.117 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Disregarding bodily comfort; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| AB12000 | 80 | Persian | تکلیف حضرت ادیب انست که مداومت در محفل روحانی فرماید و چون رکن متین است باید | The duty of his honor Adib is to maintain constant attendance at the Spiritual Assembly, and as he is a mighty pillar, he must [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0307 | Disregarding bodily comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07160 | 110 | mixed | اللهم یا منور الخافقین و رب المشرقین ادرک عبدک حسین بفضلک و جودک الکاملین و | O Lord, Illuminator of the horizons and Lord of the two Easts, aid Thy servant Ḥusayn through Thy perfect grace and bounty [3.5s] | HUV2.045x | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01046 | 380 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء دو مکتوب از شما رسید و مضامین معلوم گردید حمد خدا را که | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two letters from you were received and their contents became known. Praise be to God that [3.5s] | INBA16:159 | Business; financial; property matters; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Personal instructions; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00666 | 480 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | فيوضات ملکوت ابهی مشروط به استعداد و قابليّت نيست نفس فيض عين قابليّت گردد چنانکه نفس فعل چون از فاعل | O herald of the Kingdom! Thy long letter has been carefully read and the contents understood. It proved that thou art not reposing in heart... ...Know that the blessings of the Kingdom of Abha are not dependent upon the capacity and the worthiness of any one; the blessings themselves are the worthiness. | MMK3#137 p.095x | BSC.496 #957x, BSTW#444 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3206 | Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907 | 40 | One must not look at one's self, for the more one does this, the more he sees his faults | PN_1907 p063 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2015 | Words to Kathryn Rogers(?) spoken in 1900 | 140 | Every element in the creation of God exemplifies the beauty and harmony of living, not for ourselves, but for others... It was not given to every star in the heavens to be the first magnitude | PN_unsorted p057 | Being a source of light; guidance; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03029 | 220 | Persian | ایها المتوجه الی الله خطابت مسموع و ندایت اصغا گردید از مضمون معنی مطبوع | O thou who art directed towards God! Thy letter was heard and thy call was hearkened unto, from whose contents wafted a pleasing meaning [3.5s] | MKT8.172 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3687 | Words to Marie Watson et al | 150 | You must be like these swift-moving, luminous clouds. They move, nothing hinders them. I shall pray for you that you will be like these clouds. | BLO_PN#060 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03338 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الیوم جهان فانی میدان تزلزل و اضطرابست و عرصه نقض میثاق اریاح | O servant of God! Today the transient world is an arena of turbulence and agitation, and the domain of the violation of the Covenant is tempestuous [3.5s] | MKT5.010, AKHA_125BE #2 p.j | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06567 | 120 | I supplicate God to perfume thy nostrils with the fragrances of holiness wafting from this Paradise of Abha! | BSTW#452 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH04701 | 200 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول مولی العالم را لایق و سزاست که باسم اعظم علم شرک را | Sanctified praise, transcending mind and understanding, befitteth the Lord of all worlds, Who through His Most Great Name hath cast down the standard of polytheism [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.140, | Development of capacity and readiness; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00407 | Letter to Mulla Javad Baraghani: Risala fi'l-Rububiyyah | 370 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السائل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک فاستمع لما ذا القی الیک باذن الله ثم انصف اولاً بحکم ربک | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His sincere servants. O thou who asketh! I have indeed heard all that thou didst write unto me in thy letter. Hearken, then, unto that which I cast unto thee by God's leave, and be thou first just in accordance with thy Lord's command [3.5s] | INBA91:192.03-194.10x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Free will and predestination; fate; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08140 | 100 | Persian | ای ضیغم آجام رحمانی نفوس بمنزله طیورند یک پرنده عقاب اوج عزتست و یک طیر باز | O Lion of the thickets of the All-Merciful! Souls are like unto birds—one is an eagle soaring to the heights of glory, and another a falcon [3.5s] | MKT8.118b | Call to action; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11570 | 20 | ...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose | ADJ.038x | Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Purpose; goal of creation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3731 | Words spoken on 1913-05-22 in Paris | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از هر قبیل هستند نفوسی بهآئی خالصند که مؤمن بجمیع ادیان و موقن بحقیقت اسلامند کسانی هستند | They [the American Baha'is] are people of every stripe. There are those pure Baha'is who believe in all the divine religions and subscribe to the truth of Islam | BDA2.312 | MHMD2.413 | Diversity of thought and belief; Muhammad; Islam | - | - | |||||||
| AB03149 | 210 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوت نامه شما رسید و قرائت گردید مرا بامریکا دعوت نموده بودی که در | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and read. Thou hadst extended an invitation to Me to come to America, that [3.5s] | NJB_v02#05 p.006 | Diversity of thought and belief; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3387 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 | 30 | ...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony | PN_1909F p062, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009 | Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Diversity of thought and belief; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10136 | 70 | Persian | ای نوشکوفه در گلزار معرفت ایت تجلی جمال مبین در حقیقت کلشیء مودوع و مستور و | O budding blossom in the garden of knowledge! Thou art the manifestation of the evident Beauty in the reality of all things concealed and hidden [3.5s] | INBA17:062 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04463 | 170 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای الهی صبح است و انوار ساطعه از ملکوت غیب هویت بر مشارق و مغارب | O thou who speaketh in praise of God! It is dawn, and effulgent rays from the invisible Kingdom of the Divine Essence are shining upon the East and the West [3.5s] | INBA84:306 | Call to action; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1290 | 250 | My fatigue does not matter -- as long as I find loving souls like yourselves, my heart is happy. | ADP.138-139 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3187 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 40 | As we can only see different objects by the light of the sun, one might in one sense and with truth say the sun is in everything. | PN_1901 p002 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01569 | 310 | Persian | ای ثابتان ای صادقان نامهای مبارک شما در نامه حضرت سمی معنوی عبدالبهاء مرقوم و | O ye steadfast ones, O ye sincere ones! Your blessed names were written in the letter of his holiness, the spiritual namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK4#085 p.101 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0830 | Words spoken on 1916-08-16 in Bahji | 360 | Persian | فیض الهی عام است فیوضات رحمانیه متتابعاً بر جمیع کائنات نازل می شود ولی هر کائنی به حسب قابلیت و استعداد | Divine bounty is universal; the outpourings of divine mercy descend successively upon all created things, yet each creature receiveth according to its capacity and worthiness [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-16 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Education and the development of capacity; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Maintainance of degrees in society; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10241 | 80 | mixed | حبذا زین شرف کبری و مفخرت عظمی که جمیع ذرات ممکناترا از اعلی ذروه علی الی | How glorious is this supreme honor and magnificent glory, which exalteth all atoms of contingent beings unto the loftiest heights [3.5s] | INBA38:058b, INBA36:314c | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00199 | Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک حینئذ یوم الجمعه ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| ABU0766 | 390 | I have been asked to speak of that which is eternal and that which is contingent. Is creation a manifestation or an emanation of God? | ADP.106-108 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Emanation vs. manifestation; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Rational arguments; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10970 | 50 | Persian | ای مومن بالله اشراق شمس حقیقت از افق احدیت بجهت روشناای آفاق جهان انسانی بود | O believer in God! The dawning Sun of Truth hath risen from the horizon of oneness to illumine the regions of the human world [3.5s] | MKT9.196b | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09486 | 80 | Persian | ای مروارید باران نیسان بارید و کوه و دشت و دریا فیض جدید بدید باران رحمت جمیع | O Pearl of the April showers! The rain of springtime hath poured forth, and mountain, plain and sea have beheld a fresh bounty [3.5s] | YARP2.623 p.430 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04026 | 180 | mixed | ای سمی حضرت یزدان آن یار مهربان جلوه بامکان نمود و آفاقرا بفیض ابدی منور کرد | O namesake of the Lord God! That loving Friend hath manifested His glory unto the contingent world and illumined the horizons with His eternal bounty [3.5s] | YBN.054-055 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05335 | 150 | mixed | ای ورقه متحرکه مهتزه از نفحات الله اصابع از کثرت تحریر از کار و حرکت افتاده | O thou vibrant and quivering leaf, stirred by the breezes of God! My fingers, from excessive writing, have ceased their motion and work [3.5s] | MKT5.042a, AHB.130BE #11-12 p.18 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05878 | 140 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی هر چند کوشکک بلدی صغیر است ولی از خدا خواهم که نفوس مبارکه ای | O spiritual friends! Though Kushk is but a small town, yet I beseech God that blessed souls [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0113, MMK6#140 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06651 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق عون و عنایت حضرت احدیت چون شامل گردد هر نقصی کامل شود و هر شخصی | O servant of Truth! When the assistance and bounties of the Lord of Oneness encompass all, every imperfection is made perfect and every soul attaineth completion [3.5s] | INBA87:264, INBA52:268 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07607 | 110 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای الهی جناب اخوی اگرچه مدتیست علیل و مریض و ضعیف و نحیف است جسمش | O thou who extollest the divine praises! Though for some time now thy body hath been sickly, weak and infirm [3.5s] | MSHR3.189 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07894 | 100 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه های متعدد شما وصول یافت و با وجود قلت فرصت بنهایت وقت | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy numerous letters were received and, despite the paucity of time, with utmost care [3.5s] | INBA16:155 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07956 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از ابوی شکایت نموده بودید انشاء الله حکایت است چون پدر است آنچه | O servant of the Truth! Thou didst complain about thy father. God willing, this is but a tale, for he is thy father [3.5s] | MMK2#339 p.245, ANDA#32 p.65 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08474 | 100 | O ye daughters of the Kingdom! Your congratulation on the Feast has been received. Its perusal imparted joy and happiness. Through the Bounties of the Supreme Lord | JWTA.038 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09600 | 80 | Persian | ای یار عبدالبهاء چشمه خورشید عنایت پرجوش است چشمت روشن باد و از این فیض رحمت | O friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The fountain of the Sun of bounty surgeth forth; may thine eyes be illumined, and mayest thou partake of this grace [3.5s] | BSHN.140.343, BSHN.144.341, MHT1b.207a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10756 | 60 | Arabic | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا من انجذب من مغناطیس الملکوت ان ربک اظهر مغناطیس الارواح و القلوب فی قطب | O thou who hast been attracted by the Magnet of the Kingdom! Note that thy lord hath manifested the Magnet of the souls and hearts | INBA59:198a, UMich962.116a, UMich991.055 | MJZ.017 | TAB.328-329, BWF.366-366x, PN_unsorted p074 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||
| AB10949 | 50 | mixed | ای گوش شنوا چه بسیار نفوس که سالهای بیشمار در معابد ناله و فغان نمودند و | O attentive ear! How many the souls who, through countless years, raised their lamentations and cries in the temples [3.5s] | CPF.264b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11509 | 20 | Persian | جناب مشهدی حیدر از فضل الهی باید امیدوار باشند که تایید تایید او و توفیق توفیق اوست | Jinab-i-Mashhadi Haydar must remain hopeful through God's bounty, for His confirmations are true confirmations, and His aid is true aid [3.5s] | INBA84:484a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03822 | 240 | mixed | در اول یوم ظهور دیباج کتاب وجود بکلمه مبارکه لا انساب بینکم مزین در آن یوم | Upon the first Day of the Manifestation, the brocaded pages of the Book of Being were adorned with the blessed words "No ties of kinship shall remain between you" on that Day [3.5s] | INBA15:291, INBA26:293, BLIB_Or15699.043a, | HDQI.152, PYK.219, ANDA#41-42 p.05 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09334 | 100 | Persian | در این فجر روحانی و صبح نورانی حین صرف چائی غصن اکبر حاضر و ذکر شما مذکور | In this spiritual dawn and luminous morn, at the hour of taking tea, the Greater Branch was present and mention was made of thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.143, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11465 | Cablegram dated 1914-11-09 | 20 | Eng | A tree without root shall not last. Be ye confident. I supplicate for you the Bestowals of the Almighty. | DAS.1914-11-09 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11466 | Cablegram dated 1914-11-28 | 20 | Eng | Bernard enjoys Eternal Life. He will not die... My health is perfect. I supplicate Confirmation for all. | DAS.1914-11-27 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2161 | Words spoken on 1913-02-07 in Paris | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | شخص عامل و قوهٴ فاعله لازمست و امروز تأئید و مدد الهی واجب والا قول و گفتگو | A person of action and an active force are needed, and in this day the confirmations and assistance of God are likewise essential | BDA2.125 | MHMD2.156 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02495 | 240 | Persian | ای ابناء خلیل الهی آن جان پاک اکلیلی از ذهب ملکوتی و جواهر زواهر دریای الهی | O ye offspring of the Friend of God! That pure soul is a diadem of celestial gold and gleaming jewels from the divine ocean [3.5s] | QT108.087-088 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08827 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! The letter that thou hast written in Persian was highly appreciated. I have read it from beginning to end. | TAB.210-211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - |
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