Partial inventory: all items held at Bahá'í Library Online, details

The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts

BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @words vs deeds

ABU0064

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

1440

I have sent for thee. Others have had to ask for permission. I have thus honored thee.... All the believers in this cycle are in the same station when they accept the Manifestation of God and His Teachings. This is the baptism of water...

SW_v16#05 p.518x, PN_1921 p006

@spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity in diversity, @Word of God and human limitations, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

ABU3059

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

Tests are not sent as punishment, but to reveal the soul to itself. Suffering unfolds both the strength and the weakness.

PN_1921 p012, BLO_PN#060

@self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge of self

ABU3199

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

Take prejudice, how it grows. First a few people say something disparaging about a person, and generally, there is a fragment of the truth in what they say.

PN_1921 p012, BLO_PN#060

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1473

Words to Marie Watson et al around Aug. 1921

220

Retrogression is a possibility also through egotistic importance. Pride is the greatest sin - perhaps the only sin - leading to every other evil

PN_1921 p002x, PN_1921 p004

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @education and the development of capacity, @scarcity of receptive souls, @contention and conflict, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1871

Words to Marie Watson et al around Aug. 1921

160

I plant a seed in your mind; if your heart approves it, it will become a tree and bear fruit... When the brain cells in the 'upper chamber' are active, they respond to celestial vibrations... Discerning, conscious souls who comprehend the reality of the divine teachings are few in every age.

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, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @love and unity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BBU0008

Words to Manuchihr Khan

130

May God requite you for your noble intentions. So lofty a purpose is to Me

DB.213-214

@growth of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @predictions and prophecies, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement

BBU0016

Words to Manuchihr Khan

140

When We departed from Shiraz, cholera raged over the province of Fars, and Husayn Khan escaped with all deliberate speed from the city

GEN.045-046

BBU0017

Words to Manuchihr Khan

In the presence of God, there is no past, present, or future. There is an eternal now

ABU2082

Words to Mahmud Zarqani, spoken on 1914-06-18

130

You have worked very diligently over the compilation of these two volumes. During the first journey to Europe no one was thinking to do this work. Now and then Mirza Baqir Khan

DAS.1914-06-18

@growth of the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3052

Words to Madame Scaramuchi, spoken on 1913-02-20

The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ. For example this room is now lighted, but someone comes in and turns off the light

DAS.1913-02-20

@oneness; unity of religion, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU2935

Words to Madame Laheebe Hashem, spoken on 1913-10-24

Be thou kind to all mankind. Try thy utmost to alleviate their burdens. Enlighten the minds with the light of knowledge.

DAS.1913-10-24

@education of children; moral education, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2927

Words to Madame D'astre, spoken on 1913-01-29

When a person is a light sleeper, one single touch will awake him, if he sleeps heavily, then one must awake him by shaking him... if even this will not awake the sleeper we will then have to use dynamite.

DAS.1913-01-29

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1711

Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15

180

Yes, I know, and the more you think to know the reason the less you can solve the problem... Man erroneously thinks his happiness comes from the world

PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p029

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @suffering and imprisonment, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @human reality created in the image of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU2606

Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15

No, no, one never returns here, for this world is a school where the soul of man learns its first lessons in spirituality

PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180c

@soul; spirit after death, @reincarnation, @the human soul, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3490

Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15

Of course, they can see us and know everything we are doing for that is the world of real sight and sense.

PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, BSTW#180c

@soul; spirit after death, @connection between material and spiritual worlds

ABU0191

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

930

Now have we, the beloved of God, gathered together to partake of material and spiritual food... Strive, Strive always that ye may be united... There are two kinds of love... There is something that I especially wish to make you sure of... If you should receive news in America that I have been thrown into the sea

BSC.450 #821x, SW_v12#16 p.254x, SW_v08#10 p.134x, PN_1905 p010, PN_1904 p088x, PN_1905 p011x, BSTW#320

@unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @love and unity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering and imprisonment, @Nineteen-Day Feast

ABU0671

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

440

There is something especially I wish to make you sure of…. Until real firmness is established among the believers in New York, individually and together, there will be no result.

PN_1905 p015

@consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @Mary Magdalene, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU2656

Words to Mabel MacCoy Irwin, spoken on 1911-09-18

Give to them in America my loving greetings and my wish for their success. Tell them that if they would attain nearness to the Blessed Beauty they must love much, for love is everything.

PN_1911 p025

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @love of God

ABU1018

Words to M.H. in 1912

310

That child is your trust within the charge of God. She was a child when she went... I had a son who was four years old

SW_v09#09 p.102, PN_1912 p134, VLAB.142x

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death

ABU2517

Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-27

I have many wounds, I do not speak of them and bear the pain in silence. You know well that I have to bear the brunt of criticisms and to be ready to escape the pitfalls

TDAB.21

@suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause

ABU1784

Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-07

170

It is really very sad to see how Buddha and Christ are fallen into the hands of the bad people of their respective followers... At the very utmost photographs are for remembrance and not for worship.

DAS.1914-04-07, TDAB.04-05

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @photographs and recordings, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @idolatry, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2269

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

110

No atom can succeed without help and assistance. Everything in this world depends upon the assistance of others.

TDAB.07-08

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness

ABU2310

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

110

You must not look at the quality of the thing served at the table, you must always consider whether yourhost loves you or not. If he loves you and the food served is seasoned with love then there is no better food than that.

TDAB.19

@hospitality, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3050

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

One can worship God everywhere, and if only the Christians would go to Moslem mosques and Jewish Synagogues, similarly if the Mahomedans would go to the church

TDAB.17-18

@oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity

ABU3396

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

Zoroastrians are the real Iranis. Their blood is not spoiled by the admixture of Turkish, Russian and Arab bloods.

TDAB.08-09

ABU3558

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

No, the world will be so trained that no one will harm even his own enemy.

TDAB.09

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

ABU1231

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-15

260

Now that thou art departing for India I desire that thou mayest become like unto a rose garden to perfume the nostrils of al the people.

DAS.1913-11-15

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ABU0390

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-10

630

When thou dost enter a city in India, associate with the people in the beginning as a tourist, as a person interested in India

DAS.1913-11-10

@constitutional revolution in Iran, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU1745

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1912-07-07

170

Persian

جمال مبارک این عهد را برای اطاعت گرفتند نه مخالفت و این را من محض حفظ امر الله و اتحاد احباء می گویم

The Blessed Beauty entered into this Covenant for obedience and not for opposition. I say this merely for the protection of the Cause of God and for the purpose of safeguarding unity among the friends.

BDA1.148.17

MHMD1.160-161

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU1333

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1904-04-27

240

God possesses the attributes of both justice and mercy. Justice demands that bounty be given to all equally

PN_1904 p084

@justice and mercy, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @many are called but few are chosen, @development of capacity and readiness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @differences in human capacity, @Mary Magdalene

ABU1582

Words to Lua Getsinger, Ramleh, 1913-08-21

200

In the election of the members of the House of Spirituality no political tactics should enter. They must be free from self

DAS.1913-08-21, ABIE.216, BLO_PN#007

@non-participation in politics, @consultation, @elections, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love and unity

ABU0299

Words to Lua Getsinger, Dec. 1900

740

As the world follows a circle, so human beings travel in cycles. This illustration represents the cycle of man. All existence is created by the Infinite Essence.

PN_1900 p015, PN_1900 p052, PN_1900 p106, BLO_PN#033, BSTW#272

@Manifestation of God as mirror, @reincarnation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @arcs of ascent and descent, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @station of the Manifestation of God, @return of the Manifestations of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds

ABU3266

Words to Lua Getsinger in June 1912

I appoint you, Lua, the Herald of the Covenant. And I am the Covenant, appointed by Bahá’u’lláh.

DJT.313, BLO_PN#027

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU2605

Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904

The baptism of the Christians as practiced today is not the teachings of Christ.

PN_1904 p093

@symbolism, @John the Baptist, @love of God, @spiritual baptism

ABU2652

Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904

Russia indeed made a great mistake in attacking Japan after Japan had made the first attack for this reason.

PN_1904 p094

@war and peace, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU2885

Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904

How grateful would be a poor man who had met a king- grateful to the one who introduced him.

PN_1904 p093

@human reality created in the image of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0167

Words to Lua Getsinger

1000

Ios was a shepherd boy who tended his flocks in the valleys and on the sloping hills of Persia. He was poor and simple

SW_v13#07 p.182-184, STAB#018, STAB#020, STAB#021

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3447

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-30

The light is of four kinds: First the light of the sun.... Second, the light of the eye

SW_v08#08 p.098, AHV.025, BLO_PN#045

@being a source of light; guidance, @light and darkness, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2479

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15

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, @love and unity, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God

ABU3222

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15

The most important thing is deeds. Good deeds are accepted by all nations and religions. As to presenting the teachings by word, the teacher must be as a skillful physician

AHV.019, BLO_PN#045

@goodly deeds; actions, @methods of teaching the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU3487

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15

I liken you to the pupil of the eye. You are black and it is black, yet it becomes the focus of light.

AHV.017, BLO_PN#045

@light and darkness, @symbolism

ABU2513

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-13

One of the Babis had a vision in which he saw a passage from the Qur'an written in English upon an arch beneath which sat the Shah.

AHV.016, BLO_PN#045

@stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @accounts of dreams and visions, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3045

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12

Yes, it means that the dominion of their laws and ordinances covered such periods. The allotted span of human life does not vary from age to age.

AHV.014, BLO_PN#045

@evolution; human evolution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @the human body

ABU3197

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12

The colored people must attend all the unity meetings. There must be no distinctions. All are equal. If you have any influence to get the races to intermarry, it will be very valuable.

AHV.015, BLO_PN#045

@race unity; racial issues, @laws of marriage and dowry

ABU2395

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11

100

This theory is not true. But in very ancient times Asia led all the continents in civilization. At this time there was a connection between Asia and America which was lost and entirely forgotten.

AHV.013, BLO_PN#045

@mystical themes, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @universality of the Cause, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3388

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11

The best means is to accept this Cause. All differences must fade among believers. In the present antagonism there is great danger to both races. Intermarriage is a good way to efface racial differences.

AHV.012, BLO_PN#045

@race unity; racial issues, @laws of marriage and dowry, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2898

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

There are four classes of people. The first is those who have accepted the teachings and occupy themselves spreading the Glad Tidings. The second is those who are good believers

AHV.009, BLO_PN#045

@growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3354

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

No, some games are innocent, and if pursued for pastime there is no harm. But there is danger that pastime may degenerate

SW_v08#02 p.025-026x, AHV.009, BLO_PN#045

@moderation; frugality; simplicity, @gambling and games of chance, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU3409

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

The best thing for it is to accept these teachings. In this way they will gain the confidence of the whites and differences will fade. The Bahá'í teachings reveal the means of both material and spiritual progress.

AHV.010, BLO_PN#045

@race unity; racial issues, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU0185

Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914

940

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, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @the human soul, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @soul is the essential reality of man, @second birth

ABU0190

Words to Laura Clifford Barney (?) spoken around 1906

930

Science is systemized Truth. The laws of spiritual science are as exact as those of mathematics... There are invisible threads which connect us with every object which makes up our environment.

PN_1906 p013

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity in diversity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @harmony of science and religion, @spiritual transformation, @power of love, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11121

Words to Laura Clifford Barney ?

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

ABU0559

Words to Laura Barney

500

Christ said, "Go into thy chamber and shut the door, and pray to they Father which is in heaven". Why did

SW_v08#04 p.046-047

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @need for an educator, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU1044

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-19

300

One of the things that Dr. Farid has circulated in London is that 'I have grown old and weak...' My power consists of the Bestowals of the Blessed Beauty.

DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#14 p.217-218, PN_1914 p104

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @the power of words; of speech

ABU1323

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18

240

Truly I say I am well satisfied with both of you... There are many heralds in this world. Here is a herald who summons the people to the love and defense of his country

DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v05#14 p.216-217, SW_v08#16 p.217-218, PN_1914 p100

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @call to action

ABU2572

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18

Persian

چقدر اینها مضطربند ابدا سکون ندارند این علامات عدم ایمان است در قران میفرماید

These people who called on us today were in a state of fright. They are expecting daily

KHH1.113 (1.157-158)

KHHE.172-173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v08#19 p.241, PN_1914 p098

@composure; tranquillity; serenity, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @degrees of faith; certitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2818

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18

Persian

از این مکاتب ثمری نیست اطفال در مکاتب الهی هم تحصیل علوم میکنند و هم آداب یاد میگیرند

The children must receive divine and material education at the same time, and be protected from temptations and vices.... In the scheme of human life

KHH1.113 (1.158)

KHHE.173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v09#08 p.089, SW_v07#15 p.137, SW_v07#15 p.144, PN_1914 p099

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @education of children; moral education, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU3237

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken in Oct. 1914

You must be very moderate. Consider the taste of the public. This is the best policy. Moderation, moderation.

SW_v05#14 p.216, VLAB.099

@wisdom [hikmat], @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @Moses, @courtesy; culture [adab]

ABU1404

Words to Latimer, Remey and students, spoken on 1914-10-15

230

Confidence is the cornerstone of all of life's activities. In the early days after our arrival in Acca

DAS.1914-10-15, PN_1914 p084

@conduct in finance and business, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU0720

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-27

410

Convey to the attendants in that Friday evening meeting my love and extend to them my longing. See what has happened to this world.... You must all do your best to increase love among the friends

SW_v10#17 p.315x, PN_1919 p014, PN_1919 p194, LAT.143-145

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @light and darkness, @predictions and prophecies, @John the Baptist, @Christ; Christianity

ABU1694

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-27

180

Your steamer is waiting; it is best that you remain together and go direct to America.... Praise be to God that ye have come and attained this station

PN_1919 p210, LAT.146-147

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @Shrines and Holy places, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God

ABU0428

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26

600

It is mentioned in the Tablets of the Blessed Beauty. It is recorded in the Book of the Covenant and in the explicit texts of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Clearly He says

PN_1919 p189, LAT.138-141

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @contention and conflict, @love and unity, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity

ABU2638

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26

Still there may be souls like Mrs Kirchner, Dr Nutt and Fareed who have personal motives and wish to make a station for themselves. Dr Fareed wishes to acquire money. He has no religion or faith.

PN_1919 p014, PN_1919 p191

@avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU3196

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26

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, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @love of God

ABU0699

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25

420

The method of Bahá'u'lláh will be enforced and the House of Justice will not presume to change it. The purpose of Bahá'u'lláh's arrangement is that man is not to be interfered with in the leaving of his property.

PN_1919 p186, LAT.129-131

@law of inheritance

ABU2010

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25

140

The gathering of the friends is very good. In one month's time it will be very fresh and green here. This wilderness is where Bahá'u'lláh has crossed.

PN_1919 p185, LAT.134-135

@Shrines and Holy places, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam

ABU3407

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25

Yes, if they want to. They must want to and take the initiative. It is not the request of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. These matters are left to the House of Justice which will be established before this century is out.

PN_1919 p188, LAT.136

@House of Justice, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar

ABU0211

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-24

890

Bahá'u'lláh lived in ‘Akká nine years. Two years were passed in the barracks and seven years in a house in the city. There was a mobilization at that time

PN_1919 p178, LAT.118-123

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

ABU0304

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-24

730

It affects the hearts. Conquering is not impressive. Humility makes impression. See what a conqueror David was. He conquered countries

PN_1919 p181, LAT.125-129

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrs and martyrdom, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @non-participation in politics

ABU0210

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-23

890

It will progress to such a degree that anyone can travel with them. The danger will become less and less... Had it not been for steamers, America would not have entered the war.

PN_1919 p032, PN_1919 p173, LAT.112-117

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1235

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-23

260

It is rare, but the moonlight nights are more wonderful. The air is clear, the moon shines so perfectly that one does not care to sleep

PN_1919 p032, PN_1919 p171, LAT.111-112

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0305

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-22

730

This is childish play. They did these things so that the English would not evacuate.... On the way to Akka the rest of us went ashore at Alexandria

PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p155, LAT.097-101

@superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0494

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-22

540

Each state, for instance New York, will have one House of Justice. The cities (of that state) will be under that House of Justice... Each of the friends should try to guide at least one soul

PN_1919 p031, PN_1919 p169, LAT.102-106

@House of Justice, @elections, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering; rejection of Christ

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

ABU0934

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21

330

When I was in Paris, a wealthy man invited me to a restaurant to have dinner. For his sake I went. For each person's meal they charged one pound.

PN_1919 p151, LAT.080-082

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @hospitality, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU2498

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21

If I speak in Persian you do not understand. It matters not whether one speaks Persian or English. Hearts are attracted by the fragrances of God... There are many calls in the world now

PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p153, LAT.086

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2509

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21

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

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @growth of the Cause, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @Christian doctrine and practice

ABU0392

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20

630

A group should come together every nineteen days. It is not optional, it is incumbent on them. In every city they should do this.... these Houses of Justice will not be in every village but only in the large cities

PN_1919 p148, LAT.072-075

@House of Justice, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @elections, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @music and singing

ABU0636

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20

450

In Persia every night there are several meetings in different places, held in the utmost supplication and submissiveness.

PN_1919 p145, LAT.076-079, STAB#063

@growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rejection of Muhammad, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2723

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20

I remember the meetings, gatherings and churches which we attended in America... The condition of man is pure at two stages of his life

PN_1919 p151, LAT.079-080

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the power of words; of speech, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU0768

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

390

For the present it is better to keep all the documents in the safety deposit vault... We will see what God wants. If America becomes illumined, its illumination like a magnet, will draw me there... The Turks are fond of eating.

SW_v10#17 p.315x, PN_1919 p028, PN_1919 p140, LAT.066-068, STAB#159

@bribery and corruption, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU0913

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

330

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

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

@sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @martyrdom of the Bab, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @non-participation in politics, @universal peace; world unity, @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU0071

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-18

1400

The Blessed Beauty has gathered the East and West together. For this reason we are very happy. It is not in fun, but is a serious matter. It is beyond comprehension.

PN_1919 p026, PN_1919 p196, LAT.056-065

@predictions and prophecies, @suffering and imprisonment, @East and West; communication between East and West, @martyrs and martyrdom, @universal peace; world unity, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ABU0622

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-18

460

If a delegation of Baha'is should go to Japan they will do splendid work, because the Japanese think their own religion is out of date. Even the Mikado

PN_1919 p025, PN_1919 p133, LAT.053-055

@power of the mind over nature, @one universal law; attractive power of love, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @the human soul

ABU0950

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17

320

We had at one time very great sufferings and persecutions. We were greatly harassed at Acca. Praise be to God that you came here in the utmost joy and happiness... A Turk came here and one of the inhabitants told him

PN_1919 p023, PN_1919 p115, LAT.038-043, STAB#141

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @universal language, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @music and singing

ABU1216

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17

260

I remember the time we were in America. There were several of us traveling. Those were good days. They were all full of the commemoration of God... Nothing but the religion of God can solve the economic problems.

PN_1919 p023, PN_1919 p121, LAT.043-051, STAB#091

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @maintainance of degrees in society, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1815

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17

160

Actual despotic government is undesirable. A republican form of government is good, but a constitutional monarchy is better

PN_1919 p021, PN_1919 p110, LAT.033-037

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @relationship between government and people, @excellence; distinction, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU0155

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-16

1030

Here is the Holy Land. It is a very good place. From all parts of the world people desire to come here... When I associate with pure and sanctified souls, my fatigue passes away

PN_1919 p018, PN_1919 p097, LAT.018-024

@words vs deeds, @war and peace, @education of children; moral education, @predictions and prophecies, @universality of the Cause, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU0807

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-16

370

East and West are gathered here. Very good! Whatever gathering establishes love and union among human kind is Heavenly Bounty... Sixty years ago they introduced the potato into Persia

PN_1919 p019, PN_1919 p102, LAT.027-030

@unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2001

Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-14

140

The best method is to bury the body. Just as systematically as the body has grown into its present form, it has to be disintegrated.

DAS.1914-10-14, PN_1914 p079

@law of burial and cremation, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @law of transformation and change, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2073

Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-10

130

On your return to America speak with some of the firm Baha'is about the violators

PN_1914 p055

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU1042

Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-09

300

Moderation, moderation. You must speak in such a manner that not a single soul will be offended. Bashir came into our household when he was a small child... The heavenly music is heart ravishing.

PN_1914 p050

@music and singing, @eulogies; reminiscences, @saddening another soul, @call to action, @Christian doctrine and practice, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2076

Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-08

130

How do you find the landscape and view from here? The scene is beautiful. It is permeated with spirituality

PN_1914 p044

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Shrines and Holy places, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Mount Carmel

ABU3598

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-10

When I pray I turn my thoughts and face to the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1909 p017, PN_1909 p052

@Manifestation of God as mediator, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ABU0381

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-09

640

Music is one of the important arts. It has a great effect upon the human spirit. Musical melodies are a certain something which prove to be accidental... Music is an important means to the education

COC#1421, LOG#1361x, LOG#1370x, SW_v15#04 p.130x, PN_1909 p015, PN_1909 p047, PN_1909C p063, PN_1909F p034, DJT.080-082, BLO_PN#027, STAB#143

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU2897

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-08

Although our assembly tonight at this table numbers only ten outwardly... Praise be to God, your hearts are overflowing with the Love of God... Rest assured in the fact that the breath of the Holy Spirit will aid you, - provided no doubts obtain in your hearts. Know this for a certainty.

SW_v08#08 p.103x, SW_v07#10 p.099x, PN_1909 p014, PN_1909 p046, PN_1909F p031, DJT.072-073, BLO_PN#027

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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

@differences in human capacity, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2084

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-07

130

My love for you is like an ocean and your love is like a drop. The distress and calamities which I have endured for your sake

PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p041, PN_1909B p021, PN_1909C p091, PN_1909F p040, DJT.062-063, BLO_PN#027

ABU2401

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-06

100

Afflictions and troubles are due to the state of not being content with what God has ordained for you. If one submits himself to God he is happy

SW_v07#18 p.187, PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p022, PN_1909 p039, PN_1909B p020, PN_1909C p089, PN_unsorted p046, DJT.059-060, BLO_PN#027, STAB#127

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @free will and predestination; fate, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3264

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-06

The spiritual food is the principal food, ... the effect of the spiritual food is eternal

SW_v08#08 p.103, PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p040, PN_1909B p021, PN_1909C p090, DJT.061, BLO_PN#027

@material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1331

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05

240

There are two kinds of changes and alterations. One causes descent and one ascent. The one which causes descent is not good

PN_1909 p010, PN_1909 p036, PN_1909C p088, DJT.053-054, BLO_PN#027

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @differences in human capacity, @spiritual transformation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU2511

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05

We ought to pray for Miss C., that she may become just as God wishes her to be.... Once a Pharisee and a Publican entered the Temple to pray.

PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p038, PN_1909B p019, DJT.056, BLO_PN#027, STAB#125

@stories; anecdotes, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

ABU1570

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-04

200

Yes, it is a good day in America, the day of your physical freedom. But today you celebrated your spiritual freedom…. The world is in prison and bondage, through the heads of religion who have captivated the spirit.

PN_1909 p008-009, PN_1909 p034, PN_1909B p015, PN_1909C p082, DJT.045-046, BLO_PN#027

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @true liberty; freedom, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @blind imitation [taqlid], @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

ABU1861

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-04

160

We cannot in this world realize the bounty of God, nor can we appreciate His Love, but in the next world we can do so.

PN_1909 p008, PN_1909 p032, PN_1909B p014, PN_1909C p069, DJT.041-042, BLO_PN#027

@spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @soul; spirit after death, @law of pilgrimage, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2921

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-04

In this prayer we have just read, Bahá'u'lláh meant Abdul-Hamid, the Turkish Sultan who has lately been dethroned.

PN_1909 p031, PN_1909B p013

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1092

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-03

290

I want to tell you that most of the nations and the majority of the people are in perfect ignorance. They are trying night and day

PN_1909 p006, PN_1909 p028, PN_1909B p012, PN_1909B p067, PN_1909C p076, DJT.034-036, BLO_PN#027

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @call to action

ABU1096

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-03

290

Jesus Christ said: 'Freely have ye received; freely must ye give.' That is to say: Man has received the bounty of the Kingdom for nothing

PN_1909 p007, PN_1909 p029, PN_1909B p012, PN_1909C p077, DJT.036-037, BLO_PN#027

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU1510

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-03

210

All animals and birds sleep early. This is the creative law of God. The birds sleep early. The rule is to sleep very early

PN_1909 p007, PN_1909 p030, PN_1909C p079, DJT.038-039, BLO_PN#027

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause

ABU1085

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-02

290

In this world the people are not of one kind. Their comprehension differs; their thoughts vary... For example, in the members of the body there exist differences; the eye is not the ear

PN_1909 p005, PN_1909 p076, PN_1909C p074

@unity in diversity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1504

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-02

210

Man is first like a pupil. He becomes learned. Then he becomes a teacher. First he is a patient... The life of man will at last end in this world. We must all take out of this life some fruit.

SW_v07#16 p.150-151x, PN_1909 p006, PN_1909 p026, PN_1909 p076, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p087, DJT.024-025, DJT.033, BLO_PN#027

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @spiritual transformation

ABU1655

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-02

190

I hope a great love may be established among you and that day by day this love will increase. I have gathered you all together here

PN_1909 p005, PN_1909 p026, PN_1909B p011, PN_1909C p086, PN_1909F p039, DJT.032-033, BLO_PN#027

@love of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @bringing forth results; fruit, @spiritual transformation

ABU2920

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-02

Our real happiness is in the Kingdom. Here we seek no happiness, because in this world happiness does not exist. If you consider, you will see that people are in trouble.

PN_1909 p004, PN_1909 p077, PN_1909B p008

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @love of God

ABU1802

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-01

170

I desire each one of you to become so great that each may guide a country. The friends must now endeavor to attain to such a station... There exist in man two powers.

SW_v14#01 p.009-010, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p073

@self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2353

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-01

100

Thank God that He has gathered us all together here. Before this Cause was established the East and the West never met

PN_1909 p003, PN_1909 p075, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p072

@predictions and prophecies, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1770

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-06-30

170

The most important thing is that which comes through the Spirit - the breath of the Holy Spirit... Without firmness there will be no result. Trees must be firm in the ground to give fruit.

SW_v08#08 p.100x, PN_1909 p003, PN_1909 p074, PN_1909B p006, PN_1909C p071, DJT.020-021x, BLO_PN#027x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

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

@disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @goodly deeds; actions, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU0369

Words to Kathryn Frankland spoken at house of the Master in Haifa, 1920-11-22

650

Praise be to God you have been here a month and have attained to the privilege of visiting the Holy Tombs

PN_1920 p073, PN_1920_heh p026, PN_1920_heh_haifa p083

@growth of the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @The Holy Spirit

ABU3182

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-11-12

With those who are against the Center of the Covenant you must not associate at all.... You will see a dimness on the faces, like the letting down of a veil.

DJT.366, BLO_PN#027

@avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @light and darkness

ABU3380

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-07-18

I wish you to teach constantly. Therein lies your happiness, and My happiness... I wish you to be detached from the entire world of existence, to turn to the Kingdom of Abha with a pure heart

SW_v07#10 p.097x, DJT.350, BLO_PN#027

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2362

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-07-10

100

But he who possesses truthfulness possesses all the virtues. There was once a disciple of Muhammad who asked of another disciple

DJT.332-333, BLO_PN#027

@stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @Imam 'Ali, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3454

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-06-15

That was not what I said. I said that the spiritual man and the materialist were two different beings. The spirit is in the flesh.

DJT.311, FDA.031, BLO_PN#027

@relationship of the soul to the body, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU3588

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1911-08-25

Yes. If not in this world, then in the next, as a sleeper wakens.

AIF.1911-08-25, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027

@call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2364

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-08-15

100

As Christ said, the Word is like seed. Some seed falls upon barren ground and withers; some upon stony ground.

DJT.119, BLO_PN#027

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God

ABU2372

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-07-07

100

Say to her: I have two arts: one physical, the other spiritual. The physical one is that I draw the images of men.

PN_1909B p021, DJT.062, BLO_PN#027

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual transformation

ABU2922

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1911-08-27

Others are passing from an immortal to a mortal kingdom, but the Bahá'ís are journeying, in the Ark of the Covenant, from a mortal to an immortal world.

AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p034, DJT.186, BLO_PN#027

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @spiritual transformation, @attaining the life of the spirit, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU0247

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-11

830

In the days of the former Manifestations of God no addresses were given for the kings and no clear warnings were given.

PN_1909 p019, PN_1909 p053, PN_1909C p100, DJT.099-103, BLO_PN#027

@predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU1052

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-10

300

At the time of prayer one must hold in one's mind some object. Then he must turn his face and direct his mind to this picture.

PN_1909 p017, PN_1909 p051, PN_1909C p097, DJT.090-091, BLO_PN#027, STAB#059, STAB#070

@Mary Magdalene, @resurrection of Christ, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @idolatry, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

ABU2270

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-09

110

Consider what the power of the Covenant has done! It was an impossibility for a Zoroastrian to unite with a Sid and a mulla with a Jew.

SW_v08#17 p.226x, PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p049, PN_1909C p096, DJT.084, BLO_PN#027

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @unity in diversity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU3514

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08

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

ABU3638

Words to Juliet Thompson

The daughters of the Kingdom should not have a desire.

SW_v07#10 p.097

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0107

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

1200

These Supreme Holy Souls are Godlike in their attributes. The garments in which they appear are different, but the attributes are the same.

TDLA.031-037, BLO_PN#104

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @twin Manifestations, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0321

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

710

Do everything in your power to help the poor and needy. Serve God in this way... Souls differ in their capacity to receive and manifest the Light of the Spirit.

TDLA.041-044, BLO_PN#104

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @differences in human capacity, @war and peace, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

ABU0433

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

590

Today we will speak about Obedience! The Manifestation of God is a perfect example... Real obedience and real sacrifice are identical - absolute readiness to follow and

SW_v08#05 p.060x, SW_v08#17 p.221-222x, TDLA.048-051, BLO_PN#104

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

ABU0466

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

560

In the Book of the Zend-Avesta the Zoroastrians are awaiting the Coming of two Manifestations.... Moses said that after him should come Joshua. The Christ said, addressing Peter... My assistance is the assistance of the Blessed Perfection.

SW_v08#17 p.221x, SW_v08#15 p.211-212x, TDLA.061-063, BLO_PN#104, BSTW#484x

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @twin Manifestations, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ

ABU0468

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

560

Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God

BSC.503 #968x, SW_v07#19 p.195x, TDLA.029-031, BLO_PN#104

@oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @blind imitation [taqlid], @literal interpretation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0537

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

510

Women in Persia were treated badly in former times by the Muhammadans.... Qurratu'l-'Ayn was one of the greatest and most heroic women

TDLA.052-054, BLO_PN#104

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @martyrs and martyrdom, @role and station of women

ABU0744

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

400

Soul is the human will to live temporally. Spirit is the Divine Will to live forever. Salvation is the quickening of soul into Spirit.

PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.022-024, BLO_PN#104

@soul; spirit after death, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @reincarnation, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation, @free will and predestination; fate, @the human soul, @differences in human capacity

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, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @goodly deeds; actions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @second birth

ABU1142

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

280

The House of Justice must be obeyed in all things because it has been established by the Blessed Perfection. The Council of Constantine decided many things wisely

TDLA.025-026, BLO_PN#104

@House of Justice, @war and peace, @justice and mercy, @means of establishment of future civilization, @spiritual transformation

ABU1183

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

270

God has favored us by bringing us together again at His Table. May His Mercy and Bounty make night as day and make the Day everlasting!

TDLA.077-078, BLO_PN#104

@many are called but few are chosen, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

ABU1273

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

250

Soon it will be the time of Spring. Already the signs of the flowers may be seen upon the mountains and in the valleys. When Spring comes, there is a Divine Wisdom in its appearance.

TDLA.057-058, BLO_PN#104

@spiritual transformation, @spiritual springtime, @fulfillment of true potential

ABU1278

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

250

Christ said that nothing could ascend into Heaven except that which came down from Heaven. He also said, 'I came from Heaven and will return to Heaven,'

TDLA.027-028, BLO_PN#104

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1346

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

240

A certain king had a subject who having by a heroic action rescued the king from a great peril

SW_v09#18 p.208-209, TDLA.103, BLO_PN#104

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1469

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

220

Speech is necessary and good between soul and soul. Nothing of this world is eternal. The highest longing and ambition of some people is to be a king or queen

TDLA.017-018, BLO_PN#104

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1627

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

190

May we all live in the Sea of Reality and be filled with the Love of God. Thank God we are in the Ark of the Covenant.

TDLA.046-047, BLO_PN#104

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @development of capacity and readiness, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU1629

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

190

I will pray God to assist you. It has often happened that one who is not able to teach would be sent forth, and when the time came, that one would be found powerful and eloquent.

TDLA.016-017, BLO_PN#104

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU1696

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

180

God is like the calm and limitless sea. His Bounty is overflowing and illimitable. In our physical selves we are like the animals... The true pleasure and happiness depend upon the spiritual perception and enjoyment.

SW_v07#19 p.196x, TDLA.038-039, VLAB.125x, BLO_PN#104

@love of God, @nearness to God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1699

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

180

The history of Mount Carmel is holy history. A spiritual atmosphere surrounds this 'Mountain of God.' Elijah and Jesus spent part of their precious lives upon it.

TDLA.055-056, BLO_PN#104

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Shrines and Holy places, @universal education, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU1773

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

170

In the Book of Íqán we can read the Word of God concerning the true Reincarnation, which is the Return of the Spiritual Qualities in the Servants of God.

TDLA.045, BLO_PN#104

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @return of the Manifestations of God, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @reincarnation, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @John the Baptist

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation

ABU1867

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

160

In America you have only received a taste of the spiritual food... Concentrate the soul upon God so that it may become as a fountain pouring out the Water

SW_v08#06 p.065x, TDLA.013-014, BLO_PN#104, STAB#030

@stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @growth of the Cause, @pure intentions in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU1872

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

160

We must love all humanity as the children of God. Even if they kill us we must die with love for them.

SW_v15#05 p.153x, TDLA.020-021, BLO_PN#104

@four; five pathways of love, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love of God, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU2095

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

130

Let them alone. What would they do if a former king had reigned and a new king was now seated upon the throne? They must acknowledge the new king

TDLA.040, VLAB.105, BLO_PN#104

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

ABU2267

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

110

Everlasting Life is the Bounty of God. It is like the Sea of Reality. The believers are the waves of that Sea, one great Sea and a thousand waves as one.

TDLA.008, BLO_PN#104

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @symbolism of color and light, @unity in diversity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2368

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

100

The Revelation of Bahá‘u'lláh contains all the great laws and principles of social government. The basis of God's perfect laws is love for humanity and help for human needs.

TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2396

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

100

At the time of Muhammad, He sanctioned war for the preservation of the lives of His followers. The laws of individual justice were confused and preliminary in the souls of men.

TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104

@holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @Muhammad; Islam, @symbolism, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU2510

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The mountain is large, but it has no intelligence. The diamond is small, but it is filled with light. The elephant produces no melody

TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @stories; anecdotes, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God

ABU2642

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

In the East there are many peoples who never use a knife or fork. To eat with their fingers is custom among them

TDLA.011-012, BLO_PN#104

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @personal instructions, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2646

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

True Religion has nothing to do with human imagination. God's Will is independent of human opinion. Personal ideas and mere human prejudice are the great obstacles to spiritual growth.

TDLA.009-010, BLO_PN#104

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @unity in diversity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @Word of God is its own standard, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU2683

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

A master had a slave who was completely devoted to him. One day he gave the slave a melon

SW_v09#18 p.208, TDLA.103, VLAB.147, BLO_PN#104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2877

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Know and realize the greatness of the Cause into which you have entered. Look not at the present. The day will come when there will not be a house which does not contain a believer in this Revelation.

TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @growth of the Cause, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

ABU2880

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

If all the world should combine to overthrow the Covenant, it could not succeed. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá loves all no matter how they turn away from Him.

SW_v08#16 p.216-217x, TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity

ABU2905

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Be firm in the West! Let the foundation principles of this Truth become deep-rooted. Hold fast until the fullness of Reality comes to you.

TDLA.005-006, BLO_PN#104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2911

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

See how the enemies of Christ persecuted and crucified Him, yet He loved them all. Man is like a tree. The tree lives to produce fruit. The fruit of man is love.

TDLA.020, BLO_PN#104

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @love of God, @bringing forth results; fruit, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ

ABU2916

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The Blessed Perfection has revealed a Tablet called 'Tablet of the Spiritual World.' All who read it are filled with an anxious desire to leave this world

TDLA.007-008, BLO_PN#104

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2917

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

You are near to God, and day by day you will progress by the knowledge of God toward spiritual joy. Then you will be a source of guidance to others.

TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104

@spiritual transformation, @nearness to God, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU3026

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

It will not be possible in the future for men to amass great fortunes by the labor of others. The rich will willingly divide.

SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v13#12 p.341, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.007, BLO_PN#104

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @predictions and prophecies, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU3054

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

ABU3082

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

I once lived in a cave on Mount Carmel. One day I went to the Carmelite Monastery and asked to see someone, saying I had a message to deliver. They refused to see me or hear my message.

TDLA.008, BLO_PN#104

@suffering and imprisonment, @Mount Carmel, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU3090

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

A sincere worker in the Cause of God is always assisted by the Divine Spirit when such questions arise. The Truth will flow through you

TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104

@being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @education and the development of capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU3181

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Jesus was a dyer by trade. He also lived in Egypt. 'Out of Egypt have I called My Son' was spoken of Jesus. The fifth Gospel which is considered non-canonical gave other history of Jesus

TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Christian doctrine and practice

ABU3184

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The Prophets of the Word could not sin. They possess the power and will to violate the Will of God, but the desire to do so is never present in them.

TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104

@free will and predestination; fate, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

ABU3202

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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, @oneness; unity of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @limits of language, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3203

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Miracles are constantly being performed in the material world about us, yet they make but little impression. Every Prophet has His own particular Mission and function.

@miracles and their interpretation, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU3215

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

When we give the Message, we develop ourselves. Our own heart is opened when we teach the heart of the listener. The more we give, the more we get.

TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU3225

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Spirit is the highest and supreme development of the soul. Soul is the material or outer self—the Mind. Mind is the action of the Soul's powers.

SW_v14#01 p.009, TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

@soul; spirit after death, @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]

ABU3261

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten.

COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU3262

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Spirit is universal. Man is created spirit in a potential degree. Growth is from a mental into a spiritual station

SW_v14#01 p.009, TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104

@spiritual transformation, @free will and predestination; fate, @the human soul, @love of God, @love and unity

ABU3334

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Spirituality is the possession of a good, pure heart. When the heart is pure

SW_v07#18 p.177, TDLA.018, BLO_PN#104

@purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @the human soul, @knowledge of self, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3335

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The disciples of Jesus, passing along the road and seeing a dead dog, remarked how offensive and disgusting

SW_v09#18 p.211, TDLA.103, TOR.170, BLO_PN#104

@exhortations and counsels, @stories; anecdotes, @apostles; early disciples of Christ

ABU3364

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Know this—that the Revelation of Bahá‘u'lláh is the Word of God. There will not be a home which does not contain a believer.

TDLA.007, BLO_PN#104

@entry by troops, @growth of the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3369

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Every drop of blood shed in the Cause of God will raise up one hundred believers. Martyrdom is the supreme test of belief.

@martyrs and martyrdom, @growth of the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @predictions and prophecies

ABU3372

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

There is no appointed length of life for man. Lengthen your life by living according to God's spiritual laws. Then you will live forever.

TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

@attaining the life of the spirit, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

ABU3384

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Sow the seeds of love in the heart... By our actions we reveal what is growing in the heart. Actions are mirrors of the soul.

SW_v08#05 p.058 , PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.012, BLO_PN#104

@goodly deeds; actions, @exhortations and counsels, @love and unity

ABU3404

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

There are two kinds of suffering, one subtle, the other gross. The subtle suffering is hatred, anger, fear, and torment

TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom, @justice and wrath of God

ABU3486

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The Prophets and Holy Men always went into the wilderness to pray. Many of them walked upon Mount Carmel and communed with God.

TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

@meditation, @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @Mount Carmel

ABU3499

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Everything in life ministers to our development. Our lesson is to study and learn. Money and difficulties are alike advantages to us.

TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU3500

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The right hand is the hand of honor. In the East, wearing it upon this hand attracts attention and causes comment. But the real place to wear the Greatest Name is in the heart.

TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104

@personal instructions

ABU3509

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Guidance to God. What is dearer to man than life? So, therefore, leading a soul to Eternal Life is the greatest blessing and benefit you can bestow upon that soul.

TDLA.014-015, BLO_PN#104

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation

ABU3528

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Prayer is both attitude and word, it depends upon the soul-condition. It is like a song

SW_v08#04 p.043, TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104

@importance of prayer, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @music and singing

ABU3529

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Moral life consists in the government of one's self. Immortality is government of a human soul by the Divine Will.

SW_v14#01 p.009, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU3538

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

We should not be occupied with our failings and weaknesses, hut concern ourselves with the will of God so that it may flow through us, thereby healing these human infirmities.

SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

ABU3548

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

No, they are a distinct Revelation of God and will form a Book larger than our Bible.

TDLA.006-007, BLO_PN#104

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3576

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

ABU3596

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

It rests with the mercy of God and through the eternal bounty it will not be deprived of that mercy.

SW_v09#09 p.101, TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104

@soul; spirit after death, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3597

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Faith is not so much what we believe as what we carry out.

SW_v08#05 p.058 , PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104

@goodly deeds; actions

ABU3601

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Our Actions reveal what we are, no matter what the tongue speaks.

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU3609

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The soul is the Sanctuary of God; Reason is His Throne.

@mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @soul is the essential reality of man, @the human soul

ABU3610

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Yes, there must be a standard of perfection for human example.

TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104

@infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

ABU3617

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

His spiritual attributes. No one can destroy his spiritual qualities; they are from God.

SW_v07#16 p.153, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3618

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The miracles of Christ were spiritual teachings, not literal.

TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

@literal interpretation, @miracles and their interpretation, @outward and inward meanings, @symbolism

ABU3644

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Tests are like fire which purifies.

TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3764

Words to John D. Barry

Society is like the army. There must be degrees. There must be officers and there must be soldiers.

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @agriculture, @maintainance of degrees in society, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

ABU3765

Words to John D. Barry

390

Our movement goes back to the young leader who called himself The Gate or The Door, in our language, The Báb… The two never met. But at the age of thirty-two Bahá’u’lláh received a tablet from Báb… The first thing he did was to write an epistle to all the kings of the earth and to the pope and to your President

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @universal peace; world unity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @growth of the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1328

Words to Jinab-i-Sina, spoken on 1913-10-23

240

I have written the Tablets for all the persons thou hast asked. But thou art a manifest book. Like unto a speaking book thou must return.

DAS.1913-10-23

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation

ABU0358

Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-17

660

Persian

الحمد لله در این سنوات جنگ احباء در هر کجا بودند محفوظ ماندند

Praise be unto God that throughout these years of war the friends, wheresoever they dwelt, remained preserved and protected [3.5s]

MUH3.225-226

@contention and conflict, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU0630

Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken on 1913-09-10

450

Persian

امروز خیلی گرم بود حضرت رسول فرموده است اللهم اجعل صیفنا صیف و شتائنا شتا

Today was exceedingly warm. The Apostle of God - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "O God! Make our summer a summer indeed, and our winter a winter." [3.5s]

MUH3.224

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @education of children; moral education, @oneness; unity of religion, @station of the Manifestation of God, @stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU0053

Words to Jinab-i-Hizari et al, spoken in Sept. 1913

1530

Persian

اول تابستان بود میرزا آقاخان استدعا کرد که جمال مبارک به افجه تشریف ببرند

It was the beginning of summer when Mirza Aqa Khan beseeched the Blessed Beauty to grace Afjeh with His presence [3.5s]

MUH3.220-223

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3096

Words to Jinab-i-Fadil spoken in 1921

Do you think that this material food has any effect upon my body? This food has no effect. Only good news from the believers

SW_v14#06 p.180

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @personal instructions, @growth of the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1804

Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913

170

I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031

@station of the Manifestation of God, @outward and inward meanings, @symbolism, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @literal interpretation

ABU2504

Words to Isabel Fraser, spoken on 1913-09-28

I desire that thou mayst be filled with Bahá'u'lláh. Thou must concentrate all thy ideas and thoughts around the promotion

DAS.1913-09-28, ABIE.365, BLO_PN#007

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1652

Words to Isabel Fraser, spoken on 1913-09-24

190

We must not be attached to anything in the world. It is not worth one thought. We must not

SW_v08#06 p.063-064

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3591

Words to Inez Cook spoken in Apr. 1920

Until the sun rises in the West, the door of repentance will remain open.

PN_1920 p113

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @predictions and prophecies, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @symbolism

ABU0911

Words to Indian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-28

330

Today whosoever arises to promote the Word of God the powers of the world of existence will assist him from all directions. Teaching the Cause is the Magnet which attracts unto man Divine Confirmations

DAS.1914-05-28

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love as fire, @Imam Husayn

ABU1401

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12

230

The word Angel referred to in any of the Holy books does not refer to physical bodies descending from Heaven. Angel has two meanings...

FRGA.030

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @angels, @symbolism

ABU1701

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12

180

We should seek the Heavenly Kingdom. The earthly Presidency returns to dust, but the Heavenly Sovereignty is everlasting. On the material plane even a goat may become a leader

FRGA.033

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power of love

ABU2085

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12

130

Be not grieved or sorrowful that no great wealth or property has been bestowed upon you. Look at the birds!

SW_v08#02 p.027, FRGA.029

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@differences in human capacity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @Moses

ABU1767

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-11

170

How are the Believers? Are they enkindled? Are they brilliant stars in the Assembly? Do they serve the Cause of God in Love and Harmony? In the meetings of Believers is there a real quickening, or is it cold?

FRGA.020

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU0838

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10

360

For every great cause which is to appear, God will prepare some means. For instance, when the season of Spring is at hand, before that season appears there will be snow storms, rain, thunder and a great many things will happen.

FRGA.017

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU1395

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10

230

Whoever does the least service for this Cause at this time will never be forgotten in the Kingdom. Nothing is lasting in the material world. Why should we want a kingdom of this earth?

FRGA.015

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Mary Magdalene, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1769

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10

170

We are having a very good meeting, very sweet and full of the Spirit. Thanks be to God that the love of Baha'o'llah has gathered us. Our countries are different

FRGA.016

@apostles; early disciples of Christ, @unity in diversity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @many are called but few are chosen, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1319

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-08

240

You are not accustomed to Persian food. America and Europe are like unto the dawn of the sun of reality, just at the beginning of the morning.

FRGA.010

@bringing forth results; fruit, @growth of the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @high station of learning

ABU2369

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-08

100

In former cycles people used to relate by tradition the things which happened during the time of the Prophets

FRGA.011

@prophecy and fulfillment, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

ABU2936

Words to Ibn-i-Asdaq, spoken on 1913-11-27

Tell me how is the condition of Teaching? Do the believers Teach? This is that which the Blessed Perfection has required

DAS.1913-11-27

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @universality of the Cause, @priority over other activities in teaching the Cause

ABU1461

Words to I. D. Brittingham spoken in Apr. 1909

220

It is very evident that the ten plagues of Egypt cannot be meant or understood literally.

PN_1909 p025, PN_1909F p050, BSTW#134

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @symbolism, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU2281

Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913

110

According to the record of three Gospels, His Holiness Jesus Christ went into the Temple

SW_v04#01 p.018

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU2289

Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913

110

In my talks with the reverend doctors of religion and men of the peace societies

SW_v04#01 p.018

@love and unity, @war and peace, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @differences in human capacity

ABU0721

Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1912-04-15

410

A great steamship has been lost at sea. Today newspaper accounts of the Titanic

SW_v04#12 p.210

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0886

Words to Horace Holley, spoken on 1913-05-11

340

Persian

در آئینهٴ ثانی انوار فضائل و کمالات عالم انسانی جلوه نماید و چنانکه در عالم طبیعت

In the spiritual mirror, the virtues of the world of humanity are visible. Just as the intellectual law unravels the mysteries of phenomena

BDA2.295-296

DAS.1913-05-11x, MHMD2.389-390

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @transcending the material condition, @soul; spirit after death, @Word of God sanctified from time and place, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU3075

Words to Horace Holley, spoken on 1913-05-11

I was thinking that during the days of Christ not one word was written about him. We have at the present time four Gospels, two of these were written 60 years after Christ

DAS.1913-05-11

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @review of publications, @rational arguments, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU3540

Words to Henry Randall

The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.

VLAB.121

@limits of the intellect, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2090

Words to Helen Goodall and Woodson Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10

130

Nothing makes a man so happy as love…. There will come a day when you will see how the nightingales of Persia will sing their songs

MAB.047, ECN.473

@predictions and prophecies, @East and West; communication between East and West, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU2608

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken on 1908-01-11

That is very good, that is right for that brings harmony into the meeting. ...the Hidden Words should be read, and often the Tajalleyat

PN_1908 p013

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0848

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

360

The great Sacrifice is to forget one's self entirely--to sacrifice everything, as did Christ.

SW_v08#06 p.065x, DLA.017, BLO_PN#026

@suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ

ABU1344

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

240

A great king walking in his garden one day noticed a man, about ninety years old

SW_v09#18 p.207-208, DLA.038-039, BLO_PN#026, STAB#001

@stories; anecdotes, @wisdom [hikmat], @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1589

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

200

God's creation is perfect. Every part of the universe has its connection with every other part, according to a Divine system.

DLA.020-021, BLO_PN#026

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @law of cause and effect

ABU1727

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

180

This power is neither heavenly nor spiritual; neither is it an influence from disembodied spirits. It is the human spirit-magnetism

LOG#1753x, DLA.037-038, BLO_PN#026

@power of imagination; thought; right intention, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena

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

@demons and evil spirits, @angels, @composition and decomposition, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1895

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

160

The love shown by animals is instinctive and not dependent upon their own will--that is, they are endowed with their qualities and use them in a natural way

DLA.032-033, BLO_PN#026

@kindness to and rights of animals, @chastisement and requital, @free will and predestination; fate, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @the human soul

ABU2034

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

140

No, it is not the Spirit of God, but it is the Bounty of God. It is not a part of God, for it is His creation. To illustrate: Take a lamp

DLA.031, BLO_PN#026

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @soul; spirit after death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @The Holy Spirit

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, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @law of cause and effect, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

ABU2202

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

120

No, for the word generation has a different meaning in different places. Christ referred to the Christ Dispensation, or cycle

LOG#1717x, DLA.045-046, BLO_PN#026

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @chastisement and requital, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2283

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

110

To the Beloved of God, Tell them I love them with all My Heart, that I always think of them and never forget them

DLA.068, BLO_PN#026

@love and unity

ABU2298

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

110

There are two kinds of death. One is preordained, and the other is dependent upon may things. For example, a lamp is filled with oil

DLA.031-032, BLO_PN#026

@free will and predestination; fate, @life and death

ABU2400

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

100

No, this was on account of all the parts of the universe having a connection and being dependent upon one another. To study the universe, take the body of man

DLA.024-025, BLO_PN#026

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

ABU2417

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

100

It was both a physical and spiritual. They journeyed to the Promised Land, and geography and history both prove that this was a physical journey.

LOG#1678x, DLA.045, BLO_PN#026

@outward and inward meanings, @stories; anecdotes, @literal interpretation

ABU2523

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

In the olden time, it was not possible for women to sit at table in equality with the men, but in this Day it is different

PN_1908 p007, DLA.016, BLO_PN#026

@equality of men and women, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU2684

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

To have it (the Mashrak-el-Azkar) built is most important. Some material things have spiritual effect

SW_v06#07 p.053, SW_v06#17 p.134, SW_v07#07 p.058+060, BW_v01p060-061, DLA.014, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026

@connection between material and spiritual worlds, @importance of community building, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU2814

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

There is a Persian story of a thief who, in order to rob a certain house, went to work to undermine the foundation

SW_v09#18 p.208, DLA.034, BLO_PN#026, STAB#102

@humor; jokes, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech

ABU2868

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

In this Cause, he who is active and who makes an effort will always meet with success. In worldly matters how often we see

PN_unsorted p021, DLA.039-040, BLO_PN#026

@effort; striving, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @bringing forth results; fruit, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2946

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

They come from other minds: they are reflected. One should not become a mirror for them--to reflect them, neither should one try to control them

LOG#1730x, DLA.035, BLO_PN#026

@power of imagination; thought; right intention, @spiritual transformation, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU3032

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

The form of the cross is made by two lines crossing each other at right angles. It is to be found in everything--even in this piece of cloth. It is the symbol of spiritual sacrifice.

DLA.063, BLO_PN#026

@symbolism, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3035

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

They had philosophers and great men, but while their civilization was full of beauty and was superior to that of the Romans, it was material--neither moral nor spiritual.

DLA.046-047, BLO_PN#026

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

ABU3101

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

There are no earth-bound souls. When the souls that are not good die

LOG#0687x, DLA.035-036, BLO_PN#026

@soul; spirit after death, @demons and evil spirits, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU3102

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Yes, it will be necessarily so, for the Kingdom requires it. The King appoints one to be his prime minister, another to be his greatest general

PN_unsorted p021, DLA.040, BLO_PN#026

@maintainance of degrees in society, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence

ABU3167

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Maybe, but if this is so, it will be known in the future. There are prophecies in the old Persian books that were taken to India long ago by Zoroastrians

DLA.062, BLO_PN#026

@Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @predictions and prophecies

ABU3263

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Any movement that is for the benefit of mankind should be joined by the Bahá'ís. If they are not asked to help, they should offer their services

DLA.065, BLO_PN#026

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @universality of the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU3336

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

In the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar services will be held every morning. There will be no organ in the Temple. In buildings nearby

DLA.014x, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026x

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @music and singing, @harmony of science and religion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3398

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Think not of yourselves, but think of the bounty of God. This will always make you happy. [The peacock] is contented because he never looks at his feet--which are ugly--but always at his plumage which is very beautiful.

DLA.064, BLO_PN#026

@humor; jokes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3428

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Some material things have a spiritual effect. The spoken words cause a vibration

DLA.013, BLO_PN#026

@connection between material and spiritual worlds, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech

ABU3511

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Yes, prayer might prevent the strong wind from blowing out the light of the lamp--but it could never change the amount of oil in the lamp--that is preordained.

DLA.032, BLO_PN#026

@theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @free will and predestination; fate, @power of prayer

ABU3612

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

No, the ablution is only for the obligatory daily prayer which should be said three times a day.

DLA.064, BLO_PN#026

@Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer

ABU3619

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

These are the words of Bahá'u'lláh referring to His persecutions and those of His Martyrs.

DLA.062-063, BLO_PN#026

@martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3620

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Whatever is done in love is never any trouble, and---there is always time.

PTF.052, DLA.042, VLAB.090, BLO_PN#026

E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2)

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU3637

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Bahá'u'lláh was a descendent of Abraham.

DLA.066, BLO_PN#026

@Baha'u'llah

ABU3643

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Yes, though not so great as Buddha.

DLA.062, BLO_PN#026

@Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East

ABU2611

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01

All the people of the world are sowing their seeds in brackish ground and they write on the surface of the water. Therefore you must consider that all their efforts are fruitless.

PN_1912_heh p023, PN_1912 p009

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @high station of the true believer, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU2688

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01

O God! Assist me with the hosts of the Supreme Concourse and make me firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament

SW_v03#14 p.005, SW_v08#17 p.228, SW_v10#14 p.272, PN_1912 p010, BSTW#074c

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant

ABU0266

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31

790

Anyone whom I send to a place is confirmed; anyone. One of them is Miss Alma Knobloch... Answer the questioner: What is the use of your creation? What benefit have you given to the world?

COC#0422x, SW_v03#11 p.004-005, PN_1912 p007, PN_1912 p156

@purpose; goal of creation, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU0527

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31

520

The Bahá'í must first be informed of the Principles and Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, then go forth

SW_v03#11 p.005-006, PN_1912_heh p006, PN_1912 p005, STAB#036

@stories; anecdotes, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation

ABU2657

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31

It is because you do not finish with them. They have their old superstitions and their hearts are attached to them; after a while they become cool again.

PN_1912 p006

@methods of teaching the Cause, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @spiritual transformation, @second birth

ABU2035

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-30

140

In returning, I will certainly go to Europe.... See how much we have moved from one place to another. How far New York is from here

SW_v03#11 p.004

@humor; jokes, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @symbolism

ABU2785

Words to Haji Mirza Haydar Ali, spoken on 1914-04-15

This Mirza Ahmad has become the 'recorder of my deeds'. As soon as I open my mouth he takes out his notebook. If I make a joke, it will be spread all over Europe.

DAS.1914-04-15

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes

ABU3381

Words to Haji Amin and Daniel Jenkyn, spoken on 1912-12-29

The language of the heart is more eloquent than the physical tongue. When two hearts are united astonishing results will be realized. But a perfect union is necessary.

DAS.1912-12-29

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom

ABU0423

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-13

600

Persian

من میخواستم یک سری بشما بگویم در خانه ممکن نشد لهذا اینجا میگویم و آن اینست که من اینروزها در خطر عظیم هستم

I have wanted to share a secret with you but was unable to do so [earlier] at My home and, therefore, I disclose it now: These days, I am in the utmost danger. Perhaps I will be martyred.

KHH1.237-239 (1.332-334)

KHHE.350-353

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2429

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-13

Persian

انسان که خود متذکر و متاثر بود در حجر و مدر تأثیر میکند شق القمر مینماید هدهد که بسبا رفت

When a person is consecrated and devout, his influence will even penetrate stones and hard rocks, causing great miracles.... Whenever I go to the Cave of Elijah, a new vivacity is wafted over Me. This is because the life-generating spirit of Elijah envelops that Cave

KHH1.240 (1.336)

KHHE.354

@Shrines and Holy places, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0801

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08

370

Persian

فی الحقیقه شما امسال در ابوسنان خیلی زحمت کشیدید هیچ مقصودی جز رضای الهی نداشتید

You truly worked hard in Abú-Sínan this year. You had no other purpose save the good-pleasure of God

KHH1.230-231 (1.321-323)

KHHE.338-339, DAS.1915-05-08

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU0855

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08

350

Persian

این سفر شما بسیار سفر مبارکی است چراکه سالهای سال در این صفحات در اراضی مقدسه بوده اید

Your journey is indeed a blessed one because, for many years, you were in Holy Land and its vicinity

KHH1.231-232 (1.323-325)

KHHE.340-342, DAS.1915-05-08

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @monasticism; asceticism, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0277

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-06

770

Persian

مسائل الهیه مطابقت تام با عقل و علم دارد ولی مسئله در بیان شیئی است مبین لازم دارد همان مسئله را میشود بچندین

Spiritual teachings are completely consistent with rational thought and science, but it is a question of how they are presented. An interpreter is needed. The same issue can be presented in multiple ways.

KHH1.224-227 (1.312-317)

KHHE.327-329, STAB#052, STAB#108

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @methods of teaching the Cause, @maintainance of degrees in society, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1125

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907

280

Persian

تمامش مسکن و ماوای انبیاء است تمامش موطی اقدام انبیاءاست انبیاء الهی شبها تا صبح بمناجات

All of these were the dwelling-places of the Prophets of old. All of them were blessed by the footsteps of the Divine Manifestations

KHH1.014 (1.019)

KHHE.031

@Shrines and Holy places, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land

ABU2211

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907

110

Persian

این اراضی مقدسه است تمامش باثر اقدام انبیای الهی متبرک و مشرف شده هر وجبش مقدس است

All of this land is Holy Land, and it bears traces of the footsteps of the Divine Prophets. Therefore, every grain of it is sacred and sanctified.

KHH1.015 (1.021)

KHHE.033

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0692

Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-05

420

The other day we touched upon the subject concerning the object of the appearance of the Prophets. For what purpose did God send Moses?

DAS.1913-11-05

@Moses, @Manifestation of God as educator, @spiritual transformation, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @power of the Manifestation of God, @limits of the intellect

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, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @education of children; moral education, @need for an educator

ABU1535

Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01

200

Persian

بسیار خوش آمدید ماندن ما در اینجا مانند عبادت است امید وارم که نتائج عظیمه حاصل نماید جمیع نفوس خوابند

You must feel very happy because you are here with me and we are associating together with the utmost kindness.

NJB_v04#14 p.002

DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p007

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @many are called but few are chosen, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU2508

Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01

It is well. For example when we enter a rose-garden we think how through the heat and the rays of the material sun such wonderful

DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p009

@Manifestation of God as sun, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as educator

ABU0866

Words to H.E. Warmeke, spoken on 1913-05-01

350

The American people are not satisfied with their present day civilization. It is true that they have built a marvellous civilization of their own through giant-like forces

DAS.1913-05-01

@praise of Western values; culture, @man's distinction from the animal, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU1622

Words to Goodall, Wise and Cooper, spoken on 1912-07-20

190

I have come to these parts and I find out that certain people have attributed to me certain statements of which I am innocent… Any one quoting me must have authority written either with my own hand, or Tablets signed with my seal.

SW_v11#14 p.243x, PN_1912 p018, PN_1912 p028, BSTW#129, BSTW#172

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU0557

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10

500

Christ himself said that whatever happened in the cycle of Moses would occur again in His time. Therefore these occurrences were repeated.

PN_1904 p014, PN_1904 p053, TTAW.019-022, BLO_PN#102

@Christ; Christianity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU1325

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10

240

There is an attractive power in everything in the world, which is called the possibility of receiving the power of progress.... By being severed from the world I do not mean holding in contempt the things of the world

SW_v08#06 p.063x, PN_1904 p017, PN_1904 p051, PN_1907 p077, TTAW.023, BLO_PN#102

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @development of capacity and readiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation

ABU0459

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-09

570

Every nation is looking for a Promised One, or indeed, for two Manifestations. Zoroastrians expect two. The Jews expect Elias and Christ.

PN_1904 p012, PN_1904 p048, TTAW.015-019, BLO_PN#102

@prophecy and fulfillment, @outward and inward meanings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0667

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

440

All things were created for man, and man for God. Man is distinguished from all other creations. This is a special problem. There are three general classes of creations

SW_v07#18 p.180-181x, PN_1904 p008, PN_1904 p042, TTAW.010-013, BLO_PN#102

@man's distinction from the animal, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @the mind's power of discovery, @second birth

ABU0712

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

410

Divine favor, like the sun, appears from different dawning places. In the early days, the prophets were the dawning places of the divine benedictions.

PN_1904 p010, PN_1904 p045, TTAW.013-015, BLO_PN#102

@literal interpretation, @oneness; unity of religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1284

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

250

There is no real pleasure in the world and no real happiness.... I wish for the happiness and prosperity of the believers even in this material world,

SW_v08#06 p.065x, PN_1904 p006, PN_1904 p040, TTAW.009-010, BLO_PN#102

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU0809

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07

370

The first entrance into light and into belief is extremely difficult. The spiritual birth is troublesome and painful in the same degree as the physical birth.

PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p037, TTAW.006-008, BLO_PN#102

ABU3060

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07

Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone

PN_1904 p007, PN_1904 p039, TTAW.010, BLO_PN#102

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU1318

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06

240

Whatever there is in the world of contingency is a symbol of the spiritual world; whatever there is on the earth is a symbol of heavenly things.

PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p034, TTAW.004-005, BLO_PN#102

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @empty learning; false spirituality, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1866

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06

160

The existent world needs a uniting power to connect nations. There are various uniting powers in the world. One is patriotism

PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p033, TTAW.003-004, BLO_PN#102

@unity in diversity, @power of love, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

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, @study; deepening, @knowledge of self, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2361

Words to George Latimer spoken around 1920

100

Very good, but all should direct attention to the teachings. They should not mention in such and such a place, such things were happening, and teachers have gone there. These affairs must be kept private

PN_1919 p003

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @exhortations and counsels, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2481

Words to George Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-29

Our aim is not to rest but to become assisted to serve the Cause no matter where we are. Our purpose is to become enabled to render service at the Divine Threshold. If this is realized it will be very good, otherwise life itself is meaningless.

PN_1912_heh p012, PN_1912 p003

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @symbolism, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB07148

Words to George Latimer

120

Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land answers questions of Dr. Edward C. Getsinger in 1915

...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs

BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @limits of the intellect, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

ABU0849

Words to George Latimer

360

other/unknown lang

Huqúqu'lláh

بعد از آنکه شخص کلیۀ مخارج ضروریّه را پرداخت نمود، نوزده درصد از آنچه باقی مانده را اخذ

After one has paid all his necessary expenses 19% of what is left is then taken by him and given as Huquq.

BRL_HUQUQP#049

BRL_HUQUQ#049, COC#1176, BSTW#007

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @law of Huququ'llah, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2124

Words to Genevieve Coy spoken in Sept. 1920

130

Mr. Vail is a good man… Some people are ready for education. They are like the fertile ground....

SW_v12#11 p.182-183, BLO_PN#111

@the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @differences in human capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2792

Words to Genevieve Coy et al, spoken on 1920-09-08

it is not the length of time that one spends here that is important. Some people stay a short time, and then go and do great service. Other people are here a long time, and they learn nothing.

IHP.142, BLO_PN#046, BLO_PN#111

@humor; jokes, @personal instructions, @development of capacity and readiness

ABU0092

Words to Gabrielle Enthoven, spoken on 1913-01-16

1270

The Herald of the Kingdom stands before the people. Wonderful music swells from an unseen orchestra

DAS.1913-01-16, ABCC.497-502

@literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @prophecy and fulfillment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @mystical themes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @soul; spirit after death

ABU2672

Words to Fugeta, two Druze Sheikhs, et al, spoken on 1919-12-31

See what his holiness Bahá'u'lláh has done, that he has gathered us all and has made us all one!

PN_1919 p056

@Ottoman commissions of investigation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0362

Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-07

660

First of all, the Blessed Beauty made this Covenant so that there should remain no differences... His Holiness Christ wished his followers to understand that whatever Peter said was correct.

PN_1919 p073

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Christ; Christianity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU1054

Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-06

300

Erelong- during this century. I treat myself always by diet. Yesterday I treated myself with this butter... One day at Adrianople I was with the Governor and we went to a garden where pears were growing.

PN_1919 p072

@stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU0816

Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-05

370

She had passed her thirtieth year and after five years she was martyred... When this girl (bride of Mirza Mahmud) was quite young, her father was martyred

PN_1919 p069

@early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @suffering and imprisonment, @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0261

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-31

800

In the world of existence it is possible that the truth should not become known? No, e.g., if we were not faithful towards the government they certainly would find out.

PN_1919 p056

@connection between material and spiritual worlds, @free will and predestination; fate, @justice and wrath of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0460

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-30

570

There was a family at Jaziratu'l-Arab. The Sheikh had a nephew who desired to marry the daughter of the Sheikh.

PN_1919 p054

@stories; anecdotes, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1516

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-30

210

They have asked if it is possible for a person to reach the station of Christ - whoever suffers or prays, can he reach this station?... Any person progresses in his own degree.

PN_1919 p053

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @station of the Manifestation of God, @differences in human capacity, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God

ABU3518

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-30

Sometimes joking is necessary. Otherwise we would get depressed. The Blessed Beauty said, 'In every twenty-four hours, two hours must be spent in a way that will cause happiness.'

PN_1919 p055

@humor; jokes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU0177

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-29

970

No, but some souls, by their good morals and deeds do. For instance, a son by his good deeds may be the cause of the redemption of his father if he does good deeds.... There is a kind of mathematics where they take the name of a person according to 'Abjad'

PN_1919 p048

@Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @astrology and numerology, @differences in human capacity, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ABU0379

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-29

640

I have mentioned and spoken about this subject of mathematics in the meetings in America. Now also tonight I want to say a little about it... there is a power which is very strong which will become apparent in future, such as the power of dynamite... Two-thirds of the people will perish.

PN_1919 p051

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @predictions and prophecies, @power of the mind over nature, @astrology and numerology, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU1339

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-28

240

The hair of these men has been made white in the Cause of God both during the days of the Blessed Beauty and afterwards.

PN_1919 p048

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2026

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-28

140

The water which was salty was changed. During the time of the Blessed Beauty, the cholera came up to the gates of Akka, but it did not enter Akka.

PN_1919 p047

ABU0290

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-21

750

From Bandar-i-Jaz, Jamal-i-Mubarak went to Nur and there he taught... He entered the village and most of the inhabitants became believers.

PN_1919 p044

@suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0489

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-20

550

Mirza Taqi, Governor of Amul, with 700 riflemen, surrounded the room of Jamal-i-Mubarak... They looted everything that was there.

PN_1919 p042

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0497

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-19

540

The time of the Blessed Beauty was spent in the manner described until the appearance of the Báb

PN_1919 p041

@conference of Badasht, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah

ABU3488

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-19

No. In the presence of some of the more intimate friends who used to visit her, she would unveil but not in public.

PN_1919 p042

@veiling [hijab], @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]

ABU1407

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-18

230

If one searches into the truth about Christianity one finds that all these rules are from the Council, who borrowed from the ancient nations.

PN_1919 p040

@priestcraft, @Christian doctrine and practice

ABU2190

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-18

120

If he is God, whatever he does is right. If he is false, whatever he does is also false - even though he may not marry.

PN_1919 p039

@Christian doctrine and practice, @laws of marriage and dowry, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

ABU1579

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-10

200

In Paris one of the notable representatives of France invited me to attend an evening party and I went. We saw that they had prepared a big banquet with sweets and cakes of many kinds.

PN_1919 p080

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @music and singing

ABU0402

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-09

620

Amongst the proofs of the Blessed Beauty is this: That what he revealed in tablets about fifty years ago is accomplished today.

PN_1919 p078

@prophecy and fulfillment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1274

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-07

250

I will tell you heavenly glad-tidings -- the glad-tidings of God are of two kinds

PN_1920 p016, PN_1919 p075, PN_1920 p029

@power of the Manifestation of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU0628

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-06

460

I like this name but the Blessed Beauty has given other names also. Among them I like this name, but if a person calls me 'The Greatest Branch' I cannot object.

PN_1919 p070, PN_1920 p016, PN_1920 p028

@growth of the Cause, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3489

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-05

Whatever anyone thinks, he says, but do not trust what is said unless I have written with my own hand, that is correct.

PN_1919 p068, PN_1920 p015, PN_1920 p027

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU0267

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04

790

When one is quiet the thing is forgotten. When discussion is forbidden the matter will be dropped... You cannot go according to an individual's conscience... It is the explicitly text that no one should disagree... The purpose of this is that no one may say that the House of Justice has made a mistake.

PN_1919 p064, PN_1920 p014, PN_1920 p024

@contention and conflict, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consultation, @House of Justice

ABU0815

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04

370

Yes! He came several times because the people of Galilee were very much against him... Haifa is ancient. It is one of the Phoenician towns

PN_1919 p066

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2639

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04

For three hundred years after Christ's death no one search for his grave. Rubbish was deposited there. The mother of Emperor Constantine came to Jerusalem and made careful enquiries

PN_1919 p068

@Shrines and Holy places, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0649

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-03

450

In every center where Baha'is are sufficiently numerous, a spiritual assembly should be established... The main duties of the Spiritual Assemblies are as follows

PN_1920 p005

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @elections, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0846

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-03

360

The object is that all affairs ought to be referred to the Convention... The essential thing now is teaching.

PN_1919 p063, PN_1920 p005, PN_1920 p013, PN_1920 p023

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @contention and conflict, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation

ABU0685

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

430

No. That gives the wrong idea. In the Cause of Baha'u'llah there is the House of Justice. Political affairs are not explicitly settled in the Tablets

SW_v13#12 p.325x, PN_1919 p060, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012x, PN_1920 p022

@House of Justice, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @law of obligatory prayer

ABU0697

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

420

Here we do not have much talking, but there [in America) they speak so much that nobody can follow what they say.

PN_1919 p062

@laws of marriage and dowry, @law of divorce, @critique of Western values; culture, @marriage as means of spiritual progress

ABU2941

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

That is passed now. An arrow that has been shot does not return to the bow... That rests with the delegates to the Convention, delegates only - not strangers. The Convention is like a parliament.

PN_1919 p059, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012, PN_1920 p021

@consultation, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @business; financial; property matters, @House of Justice, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU3081

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

That is all talk. The Text of the Blessed Book cannot be changed. No one can interfere with it.

PN_1919 p060, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012, PN_1920 p021

@spirit and form in the administration, @House of Justice, @elections

ABU1759

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1919-12-15

170

It was infinite, unlimited. This is clear. Can a limited power raise such a cause?... Baha'u'llah's last illness lasted twenty-one days.

PN_1919 p036

@special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @humor; jokes, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU1350

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1919-12-07

240

It is the same Beit-ul-Adl... It is like parliament... They [women] will become members of the Beit-ul-Adl in the future. The time will come when women will reach the degree of men

PN_1919 p035

@House of Justice, @equality of men and women, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3339

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken around 1920-12-15

The Holy Spirit was always with Christ... It was hidden from others, but manifest to him. The story about the dove is simply a metaphor... From childhood it was apparent to him

LOG#1642x, SW_v14#09 p.274, PN_1919 p037

@The Holy Spirit, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @John the Baptist, @literal interpretation, @symbolism

ABU2798

Words to Fugeta, Dr. C. et al, spoken on 1919-12-18

This is not a correct translation. I wrote that his highness the Supreme (Báb) was the forerunner like John the Baptist, like the dawn. The Blessed Beauty is the sun and I am ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and no one should go beyond that.

PN_1919 p038

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @twin Manifestations, @John the Baptist

ABU0717

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-12

410

The owner of this house was a native of Beirut. He himself used to live here. When the government gave permission for us to leave the barracks we wanted to rent a house.

PN_1919 p081

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU2500

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-11

In the days of the Blessed Perfection this was a place of recreation. He used to sit there

PN_1919 p081, PN_unsorted p108

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU1508

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-10

210

We are in a sweet place where our food is also sweet... Among the proofs of the teachings of the Blessed Perfection

PN_1919 p080, PN_1920 p011, PN_1920 p019

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @interconnectedness of the teachings, @suffering and imprisonment, @universality of the Cause

ABU2499

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-08

God willing you will go the day after tomorrow... We have lately received wonderful news -- more wonderful than you can imagine or suppose, but now is not the time to make it fully known.

PN_1919 p077, PN_1920 p011, PN_1920 p019

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Shrines and Holy places, @growth of the Cause, @call to action

ABU0513

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-07

530

Amongst the proofs of the Blessed Beauty was the fact that two bloodthirsty monarchs opposed his cause.

PN_1919 p075

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @growth of the Cause, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

ABU1881

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-01

160

The reality of spirit, because it is not corporeal, cannot be in bodily form. We cannot say it is like the fire, or like water.

PN_1919 p058

@immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @the mind's power of discovery, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation

ABU2940

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-01

They mean the same. It is one reality. The names are different. We must consider it according to its use.

PN_1919 p059

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @soul is the essential reality of man, @the human soul

ABU1712

Words to Frau and Frauline Consul, spoken on 1913-04-29

180

Complete physical health is enjoyed by the animals. Consider when the animal possesses perfect health, it brays, it rolls on the grass

DAS.1913-04-29

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1356

Words to Frank Carroll Giffen, spoken on 1912-10-07

240

Are you well?... I have come here with the greatest longing. Whenever I became tired on the way, I thought of your promised faces, and the fatigue passed away.

ECN.822+999

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2123

Words to Frank Carroll Giffen, spoken on 1912-10-07

130

There is no doubt that music has therapeutic effect over the body. The ancient physicians healed many sicknesses through music.

ECN.824+1001

@relationship of the soul to the body, @music and singing, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU2490

Words to four ladies from London, spoken on 1913-03-29

Any soul entering the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh will enjoy an eternal communion with God. It is my hope that each one of you may enter this Kingdom!

DAS.1913-03-29

@purpose; goal of creation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU1112

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

290

In this case, the fact that one had the desire and the intention of helping is enough for him. For 'God judges men's deeds according to the intention which actuated them.'

PN_1906 p036, SUR.233, BLO_PN#001

@goodly deeds; actions, @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

ABU1474

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

220

This is the exposition of one of the great questions of Divine Wisdom which Christ has couched in this brief and simple utterance. That great question is this:

PN_1906 p033, SUR.231-232, BLO_PN#001

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @effort; striving, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion

ABU1525

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

210

Whatever good deeds man performs in this world have been originally inculcated by the Prophets and Manifestations of God. Were it not for the Prophets' teachings

PN_1906 p035, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @station of the Manifestation of God, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1147

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

280

If by punishing is meant striking, no, this is very bad for the child. Children should be trained through love. But if parents show them the utmost love without requiring of them good behavior

PN_1906 p083, SUR.238, BLO_PN#001

@spiritual transformation, @parents and children; youth; families, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @education of children; moral education

ABU1326

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

240

Children are of two kinds: Those capable of distinguishing and those incapable of distinguishing (right and wrong). Now, this child is too young to have the power of distinguishing

PN_1906 p085, SUR.238-239, BLO_PN#001

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @education of children; moral education, @parents and children; youth; families

ABU2502

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

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

ABU2307

Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906

110

Consider the mole beneath the ground. He constructs galleries and tunnels there… Again look at the spider.

SUR.241

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3093

Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906

…the turning toward God in thought, and a prayer-like appeal from the heart, is prayer, and is heard of God. Words are not necessary, the heart is enough.

SUR.241

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer

ABU0930

Words to Florence Johnson, spoken on 1912-08-25

330

You are very welcome. The weather is delightful. This is a lovely suburb, perfectly charming... All of these ailments will pass away and you will receive perfect physical and spiritual health… Laugh and talk, don't lament and talk.

SW_v13#04 p.102x, PN_1912 p011, BSTW#345

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @Mary Magdalene, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU1276

Words to family and friends, spoken on 1920-11-25

250

The friends who departed recently, that is, the friends from America, Mrs. Goodall, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Ralston, Mrs. Frankland, and from France, Mr. And Mrs. Dreyfus

PN_1920_heh p029, MAB.097-098

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the concourse on high

ABU2170

Words to Ethel Rosenberg, spoken on 1904-04-30

120

this was not rightly expressed. It is not meant that after physical death those who are dead spiritually will cease to exist... We need not understand in their literal sense the descriptions of hell fire

PN_1904 p026

@soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0499

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken on 1904-08-30

540

The guidance of God is that which will always guide people in the right way. All human beings are earthly

COC#0795x, LOG#1485x, SW_v08#06 p.067-068, BSTW#370

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @bringing oneself to account each day, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for protection, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @effort; striving

ABU2873

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in Oct. 1904

The healing that is by the power of the Holy Spirit needs no special concentration or contact. It is through the wish or desire and the prayer of the holy person.

COC#1051x, BNE.109

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power of prayer, @station of the Manifestation of God, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1291

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in June 1904

250

Abdu'l-Baha said that through the mercy of God, not through His justice, the condition of those who have died in sin and unbelief can be changed.

SW_v09#19 p.222-223, SW_v11#19 p.318-319, PN_1904 p025

@soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU0297

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken around July 1904

740

As I said before, you must be sure whether the gardener is the True Gardener or not - if he is a true gardener what he does is right.... A wise schoolmaster should send his scholars out to play or to practice gymnastics

LOG#0491x, SW_v09#08 p.091x, PN_1900 p033

@obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU0322

Words to Ethel Rosenberg and Laura Clifford Barney, spoken on 1904-05-23

710

Abdu'l-Bahá said we should speak in the language of heaven -- for there is a language of the spirit… When we pray to God a feeling fills our hearts

COC#1754x, SW_v08#04 p.042x, PN_1900 p036, BNE.089x

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @language and the structure of reality, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1447

Words to Ethel Fraser, spoken on 1913-05-06

220

Persian

من بصحت جسمانی اهمیت نمیدهم همین قدر باشد که انسان در بستر نخوابد

I do not give any importance to physical health. The real health is spiritual and that is eternal. The spirit of man must become reinforced.

BDA2.287

DAS.1913-05-06, MHMD2.378

@the human soul, @the mind's power of discovery, @relationship of the soul to the body, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1772

Words to Esmael, spoken on 1914-12-09

170

Let me tell you a story about a Mohammadan Judge in Tiberias. This judge had two rooms which communicated to each other by the means of a ladder

DAS.1914-12-09

@stories; anecdotes

ABU2789

Words to Esmael, spoken on 1914-12-09

It is generally understood that the seat of thought, consciousness and volition is the brain, it is the organ of intellection and understanding. The heart also displays a part through the central nervous system.

DAS.1914-12-09, SW_v13#06 p.152x

@the mind's power of discovery, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions

ABU3368

Words to Esmael, spoken on 1914-12-09

The age of those ancient prophets as recorded in the Old Testament is symbolic. It has a spiritual interpretation.

DAS.1914-12-09, SW_v13#06 p.152x

@transcending the material condition, @literal interpretation, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

ABU2788

Words to Esmael, spoken on 1914-12-07

Now tell me, Esmael, art thou sure that the Messiah will appear in two years?

DAS.1914-12-07, SW_v13#06 p.150-151x

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1717

Words to Eric Julihn, spoken on 1913-01-22

180

We were in San Francisco less than a month.... The friends of God must sacrifice their lives for the sake of each other.

DAS.1913-01-22

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2486

Words to Entezam-es-Saltaneh, spoken on 1913-03-17

There was a Mirza Fazlollah who was looking for a government appointment. He came one day to the Blessed Perfection

DAS.1913-03-17

@stories; anecdotes, @past, present and future of Iran

ABU0967

Words to English and American tourists, spoken on 1914-02-23

320

We must be just: The American college at Beirut is carrying on a sacred mission of education and enlightenment... Years ago I went to Beirut and visited the college in its infancy

DAS.1914-02-23

@oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU3437

Words to Emogene Hoagg spoken in 1914

This is the day of happiness. In no time of any manifestation was there the cause for happiness as now.

SW_v13#05 p.102, PN_1914 p009

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0609

Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24

470

When I look at the flag in the distance, it reminds me of the King of France. He killed many of the Christians.

PN_1920 p084, PN_1920_heh_haifa p033, PN_1920_heh_haifa p053

@early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0683

Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24

170

I have suffered so much here, if you suffer a little there will be no harm, for then we will be partners…. There are many collective forces in the world of existence

PN_1920_heh_haifa p036

@suffering and imprisonment, @love of God

ABU2094

Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24

130

Yes he passed away. Haji Mirza Haydar Ali was one of the souls who was immersed in the World of R[eality]

PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p062, PN_1920_heh p003, PN_1920_heh_haifa p042, PN_1920_heh_haifa p056

@eulogies; reminiscences, @outward and inward meanings, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3212

Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1914-01-01

What is known is that a piece of ground was bought specially for the Tomb of Jesus and that is known as Golgotha. When St. Helena went to Jerusalem she tried to have this place discovered. The Jews showed her the place that is now pointed out. They got a good sum for their guidance.

PN_1913-14_heh p118

@Shrines and Holy places, @exhortations and counsels

ABU2018

Words to Edward Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-11

140

When we were in Bagdad, Constantinople and Adrianople, we were bothered to death by these insects--fleas, mosquitoes and bed-bugs.

DAS.1913-11-11

@stories; anecdotes

ABU2388

Words to Edward Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-10

100

Greater love has no man for another than I have demonstrated toward thee. I have sent for thee and am sending both of you to India

DAS.1913-11-10

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @disregarding bodily comfort, @personal instructions, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0180

Words to Edward Getsinger et al, spoken around 1915-01-26

960

No obstacle should be placed before any soul which might prevent it from finding the truth.... The ones in real authority are known by their humility... In this day every one must be tested

LOG#0120x, LOG#0235x, LOG#0322x, SW_v06#06 p.043-045, SW_v08#17 p.223, SW_v08#18 p.234, PN_1915 p002, PN_1915 p006

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spirit and form in the administration, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2195

Words to editors of Star of the West, spoken on 1912-05-01

120

Your services are acceptable. You have labored much. These labors are productive

SW_v08#14 p.193

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @newspapers and the media; publications, @compassion; kindness, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @non-participation in politics

ABU1417

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901

230

When we arrived in Acca it was found there were not enough rooms in the barracks to

SW_v08#13 p.172

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @suffering and imprisonment, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2199

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901

120

We must be guided entirely by the intelligence and development of the child, as to how

SW_v07#15 p.142-143, SW_v09#08 p.090, PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212-213

@education of children; moral education, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @differences in human capacity, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU2291

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901

110

It was in all probability the second month of the summer when one early morning

SW_v08#13 p.171

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0044

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

1620

Verses 1 to 11. This story needs no explanation. The meaning of it is plainly to be understood. Verse 11. 'Neither do I condemn thee...'

SW_v08#11 p.144x, SW_v08#19 p.241x, PN_unsorted p066, BSTW#135, STAB#043x

@stories; anecdotes, @love of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @the cloud ['ama], @Manifestation of God as sun, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @degrees of faith; certitude, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0378

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

640

the Blessed Perfection had revealed secretly in a Tablet some words about Universal Peace... Two of the signs of the Manifestation of the Cause of God are the preaching and acceptance of the Religion of God

PN_1901 p011, NRMM.220-221

@Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @growth of the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU0484

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

550

In this story of our Lord Jesus the Sea of Tiberias represents the Ocean of Creation - the two shores represent earthly truth and spiritual truth.

SW_v08#09 p.114-115x, PN_1901 p005, NRMM.209

@limits of the intellect, @symbolism, @literal interpretation, @four methods of acquiring knowledge, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU1043

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

300

The word 'Devil' or Satan is used in St. John 8 - 'Ye are of your father the devil.' This means that the Pharisees were not the true children of Abraham

PN_1901 p009, NRMM.217-218

@Satan; the Evil One, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU1136

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

280

Jesus Christ had two bodies - one spiritual and one material. The material body is of no importance. It changes and changes always.

PN_1901 p003, PN_unsorted p065, NRMM.206

@resurrection of Christ, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @reincarnation, @Mary Magdalene

ABU1314

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

240

In the Koran there is a verse which speaks of the 'lowest point of the low' as being the station of man. If we represent creation by a circle, at the top of it is God the creator

PN_1901 p015, NRMM.228-229

@arcs of ascent and descent, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual transformation, @man's distinction from the animal

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, @love of God, @law of cause and effect, @one universal law; attractive power of love, @light and darkness

ABU1457

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

220

Buddha was a very good man -- a divine philosopher, but not a great Prophet. Many of his moral teachings greatly resemble those of Jesus.... The doctrine of reincarnation, as taught by the Buddhists and some ancient philosophers, is not true

PN_1901 p008, PN_1901 p016, NRMM.216, BSTW#043ax

@Theosophy, @reincarnation, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @spiritual transformation, @return of the Manifestations of God, @development of capacity and readiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1460

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

220

the Prophets and Suns of God possess two states or conditions. First, the spiritual, second, the material. In their spiritual estate or condition they reflect entirely the perfect bounties of God

PN_1901 p004, NRMM.208

@suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1695

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

180

it [is] quite true that all the great Prophets - the Suns of God - are without sin: though the word 'prophet' is used in more senses than one by the Jews.

PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215-216

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village)

ABU1768

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

170

The word virgin means those who are free from ties of this world unspotted by the world and empty... The first necessity for us is to increase this capacity for light.

PN_1901 p003, NRMM.205

@symbolism, @differences in human capacity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1858

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

160

All things in creation are composed either of simple atoms or of compound particles. In the mineral kingdom, many substances such as gold are composed of simple atoms... In the case of Prophets, some have the power to sway and subdue one country only

PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227

@passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1928

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

150

In the first days of every Prophet, He was the source of the bounties of God to the people, but after a time, the true spirit of his Teachings waned... Our Lord says that in these early days of the faith, it is of the first importance that all believers should have the right qualities

PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227-228

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual springtime, @high station of the true believer, @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

@differences in human capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

ABU2366

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

100

No, gradually, for a plant that grows too quickly lasts only a short time.

PN_1901 p002, NRMM.204

@wisdom [hikmat], @stories; anecdotes, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2603

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

this means that the death of the body is of no importance and not in the least to be feared... It is said of Mary Magdalen that out of her went seven devils.

PN_1901 p002, NRMM.205

@martyrs and martyrdom, @soul; spirit after death, @Mary Magdalene, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2604

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

There are two forms of prayer in this religion, that is the obligatory prayers... There is also the form of prayer to which the name 'supplication' has been given

PN_1901 p007, NRMM.213

@law of obligatory prayer, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated

ABU2649

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

Always, from the earliest ages, the conception of the Trinity has been present. In the time of Moses

PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212

@Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @symbolism, @the cross and the trinity, @Mosaic imagery, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @The Holy Spirit

ABU2650

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

There are many references in the Bible to Mahomet. In Revelations 12, the women clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet

PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215

@prophecy and fulfillment, @rejection of Muhammad, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @the Imamate; the Caliphate

ABU2766

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

In reality wine or spirits taken even in moderate quantities does no permanent good. It is like urging a horse to full speed by whipping him... they must on no account allow their children to drink wine or alcoholic drinks

SW_v07#15 p.143x, SW_v09#08 p.090x, PN_1901 p007, NRMM.214

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @symbolism

ABU3087

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

By the Justice and judgment of God those who commit evil suffer and are punished for it... But mercy is by far the greatest of the divine attributes and owing to this great mercy of God those who die in their sins are not left without the possibility of attaining to Life.

PN_1901 p010, NRMM.219

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @justice and mercy, @soul; spirit after death

ABU3187

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

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

ABU3507

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

the Muhammadans [are] accustomed to think Mahomet the greater because of his title 'Seal of the Prophets', but in the time of Jesus spirituality and the spiritual life was far greater.

PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215

@Seal of the Prophets, @Christ; Christianity, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @Muhammad; Islam, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0252

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-05

820

Revelation 22, verse 1: The river of water is the Truth, new, pure and clear teachings

PN_1900 p043

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @the human soul, @predictions and prophecies, @symbolism, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @station of the Manifestation of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction

ABU0718

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-04

410

All the Prophets have failed to ever say 'The Day has come' but said, 'The Day will come.' They all describe this Day of God.

PN_1900 p042

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @predictions and prophecies, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

ABU0747

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-03

400

Revelation 6: 'Measure of wheat for a penny.' May be fulfilled about 1335 A.H. or 1917

PN_1900 p041

@soul; spirit after death, @prophecy and fulfillment, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @recompense; reward for belief; right action

ABU1009

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-02

310

In the Gospel it is said 'I am the Vine, the Father, the Husbandman.' Mohammad said that God is as a tree.

PN_1900 p041

@return of the Manifestations of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @John the Baptist, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

ABU1188

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-01

270

Isaiah 34: Refers to the prophecy of the degradation of Palestine and Edom until the end of days

PN_1900 p040

@prophecy and fulfillment, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

ABU1641

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-09-29

190

Enoch prophesied of the coming of Bahá'u'lláh in Jude Chapter 1, Verse 14.

PN_1900 p040

@prophecy and fulfillment, @symbolism, @Baha'u'llah

ABU0060

Words to Drs. W. and W. Allen and Dr. J. Catton, spoken on 1912-10-21

1460

Diseases are of two kinds. There are some which are due to material cause, and such diseases should be treated according to material methods.

MAB.069-075, ECN.545

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teleology; goal-directed motion, @power of prayer, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Greatest Name

ABU2309

Words to Dr. Zia Bagdadi, spoken on 1920-04-06

110

Yes, this is the truth. If the races do not come to an agreement, there can be no question or doubt of bloodshed…. I foretell things before they happen…

SW_v12#05 p.120-121

@race unity; racial issues, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2881

Words to Dr. Woodson Allen spoken in Oct. 1912

Dr. Allen, you understand healing. You understand healing. You understand healing! You know that many diseases can be cured through simple medicines

MAB.075-076

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU0589

Words to Dr. Woodsen Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10

480

Man must not imagine disease but must ever trust God. Anyway, a man's life here in this world is temporary…. There was a man, a grandee among the Turks

MAB.048, ECN.467+474+523x+595

@trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @soul; spirit after death

ABU1950

Words to Dr. Woodsen Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10

150

Because whatsoever a man soweth here he reapeth there. This world is like a school. He must learn lessons here

MAB.048-049, ECN.468

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @soul; spirit after death

ABU3602

Words to Dr. O. F. Fischer spoken around Apr. 1909

A Manifestation of God is a tangible part of the Great Concord.

PN_1909F p044

@station of the Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1198

Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24

270

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca

Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble

DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @work as worship, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @conduct in finance and business

ABU1454

Words to Dr. Fallscheer in the house of 'Abdu'l-Baha on 6 Aug 1910, spoken on 1910-08-06

220

Well, my daughter how do you like Shoghi Effendi, my future Elisha?... My grandson does not have the eyes of a pioneer

PPRP.018

SDW v10#10 p.139-142, PPRL.011-013, SEIO.065-067x

@Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3382

Words to Dr. Coles, spoken on 1914-04-18

religion must ever become the cause of amity and love, otherwise irreligion is better; and science at the same time must be the means of human progress and enlightenment. If science creates deadly weapons for human slaughter and destruction it is worse than ignorance.

DAS.1914-04-18

@harmony of science and religion, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @religion as source of love and unity

ABU3412

Words to Dr. Coles and Archdeacon Dowling, spoken on 1914-01-01

Imagine a little lamb surrounded by a hundred thousand wolves, threatening to tear it to pieces at every moment. Were it not for the eternal vigilance of the Divine Powers, man could not live for one second.

DAS.1914-01-01

@angels, @the concourse on high, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3483

Words to Dr Henderson, spoken on 1912-07-31

Persian

هر چیز ممدوحی زود نشر میشود ولی اطفال را باید اول تعلیم دین نمود تا صادق و امین شوند

Everything praiseworthy spreads rapidly. But the children must first be taught religion so that they may be sincere and trustworthy.

BDA1.173.12

SW_v19#10 p.310, MHMD1.188

@education of children; moral education, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU2491

Words to Dr Faber, spoken on 1913-04-26

One of the kings of Persia once got sick. This king was very proud and despotic. All the people at the court feared him and cowered before him.

DAS.1913-04-26

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1399

Words to Doctor Finkelstein, spoken on 1915-05-03

230

Buy a piece of land on the top of the mountain and build for yourself a lovely summer house. Then marry a strong, vigorous, athletic girl like thyself.

DAS.1915-05-03

@parents and children; youth; families, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @laws of marriage and dowry

ABU2794

Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24

the Master said religion was one truth which the sectarians had divided; however, the Light can be found everywhere... As to mystical experiences: most assuredly the saints and mystics had real experiences. The proof of the reality of the experience was its fruit. If the result was spiritual, we might know the experience was of God.

AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, DJT.165, BLO_PN#027

@oneness; unity of religion, @bringing forth results; fruit, @mystical themes, @unity; oneness of humanity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU3626

Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24

Such people are doing the work of true religion.

AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, PN_unsorted p075, DJT.165-166, BLO_PN#027

@purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @love of God

ABU1793

Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1915-04-26

170

Intoxicated with the wine of the love of God and the service of man, you must go forth with intensified faith and focalized attraction. Each one of you must become a storm center of spiritual influence and a whirling vortex of divine stimuli.

DAS.1915-04-26

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power of love, @love of God, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2040

Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-09

130

May you be ever under the protection of the Merciful One!... After His Holiness Christ, His Apostles did not rest for one moment.

DAS.1914-06-08

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1639

Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-04-28

190

In this century the voices of peace must drown the clamors for battle, and the principle of arbitration must gain sway

DAS.1914-04-28

@call to action, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @war and peace, @education of children; moral education, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU0249

Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-03-13

820

Praise be to God that you have attained... The believers of God must ever be ready to sacrifice their lives in the path of each other. This is one of the conditions of faith.

DAS.1914-03-13

@consolation and comfort, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU1771

Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-20

170

Do ye not weep! The Lord is your comfort. The glory of the King of Kings shall rest upon you. Abide eternally in the realm of joy

DAS.1914-01-20

@unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity in diversity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort

ABU1564

Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906

200

Ye came and visited the Holy Place and associated with the Beloved of God. It is hoped ye will carry with you the effect and result

PN_1906 p082, SUR.266-267, BLO_PN#001

@spiritual transformation, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @non-participation in politics

ABU2918

Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906

Though I had not time to answer all the letters you brought from your cities, you are the true letters that I send unto them as answer. For there are two kinds of letters

PN_1906 p073, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

@outward and inward meanings

ABU1468

Words to departing Indian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-29

220

I shall expect to receive the results of your appearance on the soil of India, to see what services you are rendering, what fragrances shall waft those regions.

DAS.1914-05-29

@being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @creativity in art, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU3286

Words to Counsel Schwartz, spoken on 1913-04-04

There will be a general war between the European powers and Germany of course will take a prominent part. Bahá'u'lláh has predicted a war between Germany and France and this will be fulfilled!

DAS.1913-04-04

@predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @prophecy and fulfillment, @war and peace

ABU2947

Words to Corinne True spoken in 1907

we must look upon every human being we saw as a letter from the Beloved to us.... No matter how blotted, blurred, torn or soiled that letter appears to be

SW_v13#10 p.284

@forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU3191

Words to Corinne True spoken around 1912-06-17

They must be souls well-known as Bahá'ís, firm and steadfast in the Covenant. The greatest requirement is to be firm and steadfast in the Covenant.

PN_1912 p069, PN_1912 p087

@elections, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1930

Words to Corinne and Arna True spoken in Feb. 1907

150

The Master said there were four kinds of light; the light from the lamp was one; but because the face of a man does not give out light

TTCT.31-32

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU2929

Words to Consul Schwartz and Dr Faber, spoken on 1913-04-29

The greatest need of Europe is the organization of a European congress in which the delegates of various powers may discuss seriously the possibility of immediate, concurrent disarmament

DAS.1913-04-29

@petitions to authorities, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @parliaments; constitutional government, @true liberty; freedom

ABU1088

Words to Consul and Madame Schwarz, spoken on 1913-06-03

170

other/unknown lang

حضرت مسیح فرمود از شرق و غرب نفوس آمده داخل ملکوت اللّٰه میشوند ولی ابناء ملکوت خارج میگردند

Jesus Christ Proclaimed: 'People shall come from the East and the West and enter the Kingdom of God…'… Through her [Mary Magdalene's] faith and service to the Cause of Jesus Christ, she has become the pride of all men

BDA2.331

BBBD.221-223, DAS.1913-06-03, MHMD2.439-440

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Mary Magdalene, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU0005

Words to children and other visitors, spoken on 1913-04-27 in Stuttgart

400

Persian

ببینید محبت اطفال چه قدر خالص است قلوبشان چگونه پاک است

The love of the children is pure, therefore you can see it in their faces. All of us must have love, especially this love, because it is the Love of God. Our hearts must be like the hearts of the children

BDA2.264-266

DAS.1913-04-27x, MHMD2.345-347

@education of children; moral education, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @love of God, @nearness and remoteness

ABU3542

Words to Charlotte Bingham, spoken on 1907-10-14

Yes; not through Isaac nor Ishmael, but through one of his other sons, of whom he had six.

PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023

@Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @Baha'u'llah

ABU0669

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

440

At the table you must remember the American friends and be thoughtful of them for they are in a state of utmost longing.

AHF.025-027

@harmony of science and religion, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @importance of community building

ABU0803

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

370

I wished to see you early this morning but so many things engaged Me... Now give Me news from America.

AHF.007-009

@universal peace; world unity, @critique of Western values; culture, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0957

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

320

The unity and harmony of the beloved of God constitute the most important affair. Unity and Harmony represent the magnet

AHF.012-013

@unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @growth of the Cause

ABU0958

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

320

That which is most delicious in the world of existence is love. The air of itself is not delicious

SW_v08#10 p.127+134, AHF.030-031

@transcending the material condition, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1041

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

300

Some of the souls are not aware of the importance of the Mashrak-el-Azkar. They think and say: The other nations

SW_v06#17 p.136x, AHF.023-024

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @suffering; rejection of Christ, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities

ABU1137

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

280

Conveying the Message is accomplished today by the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, and not by any fund of knowledge or by the possession of facts.

AHF.028-029

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @The Holy Spirit, @methods of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1270

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

250

In Europe and America many colleges and universities were founded; many plays, as comedies, have been written for the purpose of improving morality

AHF.021-022

@religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @critique of Western values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @war and peace

ABU1330

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

240

We have been writing this morning... You can offer services in English, and in America you can offer a better service in English.

AHF.014-015

@universal language, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1556

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

200

You had a meeting today with the Hebrews from Hamadan! These good people have suffered a great deal for the Cause, they have suffered exceedingly.

AHF.032-033

@stories; anecdotes, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU1623

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

190

There is no freedom yet in Persia. It is not possible now to promulgate freely the Teachings of this Cause.

AHF.010-011

@unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1646

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

190

A certain journalist called upon Me this morning representing one of the well known Arabian newspapers. He asked Me these questions.

AHF.019-020

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @symbolism, @soul; spirit after death

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, @spiritual transformation, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU1856

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

160

In Yazd an ordeal transpired unparalleled in history. After the enemies had besieged he quarter inhabited by the believers, they assaulted them

AHF.033-034

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU2284

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

110

Looking after one's health is done with two intentions. Man may take good care of his body... Remember that the essential health is spiritual health

SW_v08#18 p.231, AHF.011, VLAB.126x

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @work as worship, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2653

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

My gardens are the hearts and souls. The hearts are everlasting rose gardens. Its flowers will never wither

AHF.015

@spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU3173

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

The prayerful attitude is attained by two means. Just as a man who is going to deliver a lecture prepares therefor

SW_v08#04 p.043, AHF.019

@order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU3226

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

As long as you are on the shore--or as long as the sands of your sins are on the shore--the waves of the sea will wash them

AHF.016

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @symbolism

ABU3241

Words to Carl F. Smith, spoken on 1912-04-12

It is so good to come into your home!... Now this is as it should be. Here am I a Persian, and you an American.... My beloved Mount Carmel!

SW_v14#04 p.117-119

@unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @love and unity

ABU2192

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken on 1901-09-05

120

We should remember these meetings when we return to our homes. When we go to Paris

SW_v07#17 p.172, PN_1901 p024, PN_1907 p075

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0075

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

1400

The differences between this Revelation and that of Jesus Christ are, that in this cycle all the inhabitants of the world will be gathered in one nation

SW_v11#17 p.286x, PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p040

@universal peace; world unity, @Christ; Christianity, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0872

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

350

Number nine is the last number and it is the greatest number. Number ten is simply the continuation of the number one

PN_1901 p025

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @symbolism, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU1180

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

270

Two or three years ago He wrote to some of the believers in America and also to Dr. Kheiralla, stating these events

PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p043

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcending the material condition, @suffering and imprisonment, @predictions and prophecies, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1271

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

250

God selects a few souls and bestows upon them His Special Gifts, for it says, 'Many are called but few are chosen.'

PN_1901 p025

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @justice and mercy, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rejection of Muhammad, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @many are called but few are chosen, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1316

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

240

Once it was said that the plant had a spirit and the spirit of the plant is the name which was given to it... They are simply the results of the combination of the elements, and when they die nothing remains of them.

PN_1901 p023

@power of the mind over nature, @man's distinction from the animal, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @the human soul

ABU1559

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

200

This parable was revealed on behalf of Peter and Paul, because at first Paul was one of the adversaries of the Revelation... The 'fatted calf' is the Heavenly Table of Knowledge

PN_1901 p024

@Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @Judas, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU1794

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

170

People must live for one another and not live in seclusion as the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. Light is of no value in an empty room... Man must work and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good

PN_1901 p024

@need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @importance of community building, @work as worship, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1942

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

150

This 'letter' means a person. As the Word came forth from the mouth... 'The seas moved' - the seas of existence; the seas of life

PN_1901 p021

@symbolism, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @procession; appearance of the Word from God

ABU1999

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

140

Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths.

BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @education and the development of capacity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @transcending the material condition, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2172

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

120

From this time, for the sake of the Blessed Perfection, you will endure many hardships; you will be persecuted severely; people will say bad things about you

PN_1901 p022

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort

ABU2173

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

120

There is a spiritual language and that is one language. It is a language by which the hearts speak to one another.

PN_1901 p022

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @love of God, @poems and quotation from poetry

ABU2521

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light.

BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021

@nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @being a source of light; guidance, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @light and darkness

ABU2535

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

Prayer and Devotional Life

Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh

BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2767

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

this meant the River of those who went before; that is to say, the religious laws of each preceding prophet are annulled... In the time of Christ the commands of Moses were as dry bones

PN_1901 p023

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @symbolism, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU2914

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

The abomination of desolation is the one who appears and tries to destroy the Truth and who makes some changes in the teachings of God.

PN_1901 p023

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3504

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

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

@differences in human capacity, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness

ABU3508

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

We are told in the Bible of the Baptism of Water and of the Spirit, and also of the Baptism of Spirit and of Fire, and these are the Three Baptisms.

PN_1901 p025

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @spiritual baptism

ABU2128

Words to black Baha'is and others, spoken on 1912-09-13

120

Persian

اگر انسانی صورت و مثال رحمانی داشته باشد سیاه یا سفید نزد خدا مقرب است بعضی بمن اعتراض نموده اند

If a man has spiritual characteristics, be he white or black, he is near to God. Some have protested to me, asking why I seek to cultivate love between the whites and the blacks.

BDA1.243.17

MHMD1.261

@kindness to and rights of animals, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @blind imitation [taqlid]

ABU1353

Words to Bishop Birch, spoken on 1912-04-17

240

Praise be to God, that stupendous material developments are obtained in this country

DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v07#17 p.175-176, ABIE.067, BLO_PN#007

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @East and West; communication between East and West, @harmony of science and religion, @praise of Western values; culture, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1066

Words to Baroness Bertha Von Suttner, spoken on 1913-04-23

300

One of the greatest teachings of Bahá'u'lláh is in regard to international peace. We must not lose our hope and courage. The beginning of a downpour of rain is only a few drops.

DAS.1913-04-23

@nationalism; love of country, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity

AB05004

Words to Baha'is of Stuttgart (via Lady Blomfield)

160

Rejoice! Rejoice! Because of the Glad-tidings! You have attained to the light of the Kingdom. The glory of the Sun of Truth

BBBD.138-139, SW_v02#17 p.008

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0309

Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-10-14

720

mixed

این دفعه دوم است که در مجمع احبای پاریس آمدیم الحمد لله می بینم رویهای احبای

This is the second time that we have come into the gathering of the beloved friends in Paris. Praise be to God, I behold the faces of the loved ones [3.5s]... ...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah the West will have replaced the East

KHAB.076 (086), KHTB1.046, NJB_v02#14-16 p.016

COF.030bx2x, GPB.253x, GPB.253-254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x

@stories; anecdotes, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @growth of the Cause

ABU1049

Words to Baha'is from Seattle, Portland, and Spokane, spoken on 1912-10-17

300

You are all welcome, very welcome. The friends from Seattle and Portland have labored very much to have come such a long distance

MAB.057-058

@Manifestation of God as educator, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0670

Words to Baha'is from Seattle and Portland, spoken on 1912-10-17

440

I am exceedingly happy to see you. Your faith is as the faith of Peter when His Holiness Christ addressed him thus

MAB.061-063, ECN.736

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @hospitality, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1877

Words to Baha'is from Portland, spoken on 1912-10-16

160

Alláh-u-Abhá! You are very welcome.... Because I longed to see you, I have shortened my visit to the country, and here am I.

MAB.053-054, ECN.844

@praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU1633

Words to Baha'is from Esslingen, spoken on 1913-04-06

190

You are welcome. You must thank God and I must thank God that a meeting like unto this is being held; for this meeting cannot be compared with other meetings.

DAS.1913-04-06

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU3175

Words to Badi Bushru'i and other students, Ramleh, 1913-09-19

...translate at least one page every day, either from English into Persian, or from Persian into English, thus they might acquire efficiency in this line of work. He recommended for the future that when the means are provided, a committee of translators be organized from both nationalities, who would know the two languages well, in addition to Arabic. Then the Tablets would be properly translated.

DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.331, BLO_PN#007

@language and the structure of reality, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ABU2681

Words to Azizollah Bahadur spoken around April 1915

On your return, write to the beloved friends everywhere and give them my heartiest love. Tell them that my health

SW_v06#06 p.046

@consolation and comfort, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2389

Words to assembled guests, spoken on 1913-12-10

100

Yes, I know every one of you, and I love all of you. I have lived forty years in this city, and so you all are my children.

DAS.1913-12-10

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU1635

Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907

190

I am very happy that they have the nineteen day Feasts; they should become more and more spiritual... It is better to hold these Feasts in the homes

PN_1907 p071

@Nineteen-Day Feast, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing

ABU2770

Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907

Man is dependent. God is independent. Man is weak. God is strong... So, God is, and although He expresses Himself through man, still if He had not created man, He would BE just the same.

PN_1907 p064

@Manifestation of God as sun, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3206

Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907

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

ABU3582

Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907

Part is what you are and part is what I hope you will be.

PN_1907 p063

@personal instructions

ABU1904

Words to Asadullah Qumi spoken around Sept. 1910

160

Do you realize the meaning of my statement... Tell the friends, how, under severe circumstances of bodily weakness, I have accepted... A clipping from the newspaper of Moaid...

SW_v01#15 p.002

@travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2478

Words to Arthur Agnew spoken in May 1907

It is a symbol of the Real Light. The word 'Baha' appears upon the stone four times

PN_1907 p054

@ringstone symbol, @four pillars, @symbolism

ABU1632

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-16

190

Concerning the Temple, the Mashrak el Azkar, it is a very important matter. The most important thing now in America is the building of the Temple.

SW_v01#12 p.006x, PN_1907 p053, TTAG.022-023, BLO_PN#101

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @importance of community building

ABU1011

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-15

310

Not only in remembrance of the Council Board but also of all the believers. And when you go to visit the Holy Tomb you must remember all the believers.

TTAG.019-020, BLO_PN#101

@unity in diversity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU1456

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-15

220

It is a good gathering. Thank God that belivers are gathered around this table from every part, with utmost sincerity, unity and friendship.

TTAG.020-022, BLO_PN#101

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU1857

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-14

160

This kind of food is not Persian. It is European... There is no grape in the Kingdom. This is a symbol or sign of the Word of God. The intoxication of this wine is such that it will be seen.

PN_1907 p076, TTAG.018, BLO_PN#101

@wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0506

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13

530

This is a prison and in prison one cannot find rest. Whatever it may be, this is a prison

TTAG.013-016, BLO_PN#101

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @effort; striving, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

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, @unity of thought and belief, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0966

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-12

320

It must be so. Twelve thousand now must be as one. Everything will be obtained by unity and harmony... Today I met some people who were very difficult to meet

PN_1907 p074, PN_1907 p078, TTAG.011-013, BLO_PN#101

@composition and decomposition, @unity in diversity, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU1321

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-11

240

In the Persian language they call America the new world. This is a very good name. This new Revelation will be the cause of America becoming a new world.

TTAG.007-008, BLO_PN#101

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Manifestation of God as sun, @growth of the Cause

ABU0602

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-10

470

These dishes are Persian dishes. Although the Persian dishes are simple, I hope the spiritual dishes may be powerful... Between material things a spiritual things there is a connection. The more healthful his body the greater

SW_v08#18 p.229-230x, TTAG.004-007, BLO_PN#101

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1190

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-10

270

I have been wishing that such a day might come. Thank God that such a day has come in which we see each other.

TTAG.003-004, BLO_PN#101

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity of thought and belief, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU0526

Words to Archie Bell spoken in June 1914

520

I am pleased, very pleased to meet one from far away America… Baha'ism is simply a message, its prophecies are readily explained by all religions… I find gems of truth in what Mrs. [Mary Baker] Eddy said and these things I include and accept. But there are many exaggerations...

DAS.1914-10-30x, SHL.307-317

@oneness; unity of religion, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @miracles and their interpretation, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU1467

Words to Arab villagers from Adasiyyah, spoken on 1914-05-07

220

Consider that Abdu'r-Rahman Pasha receives one forth of the entire crop and produce from the farmers in his village

DAS.1914-05-07

@agriculture, @education of children; moral education, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @work as worship, @thankfulness; gratitude, @excellence; distinction

ABU3271

Words to Aqay-i-Taqizadeh spoken around Dec. 1911

In principle, we prefer freedom as it is one of the divine blessings and pleases God. However, this is not because freedom helps with the diffusion and propagation of our Cause, as it is the opposite — namely, our Cause grows better in a repressive environment.

BLO_PN#005

@true liberty; freedom, @growth of the Cause

ABU0050

Words to Anton Haddad ca. 1900

1590

To live in peace, love, union and agreement, and to overlook the faults and defects of others...

BSTW#037

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity in diversity, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @methods of teaching the Cause, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @religion as source of love and unity

ABU3063

Words to Anna Watson spoken around 1904-10-18

I will see what I can do. Finding one, I told him to stay until I brought others to him

BSTW#130, BSTW#173

@accounts of dreams and visions, @unity; oneness of humanity, @music and singing

ABU2028

Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-29

140

You have been here three days. They are equal to three years. In the Bible in the days of the Lord

SW_v13#06 p.144

@praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0326

Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-28

710

They have bright faces... Science does not know; but the Manifestation makes discoveries... There will always be some. Only a special number will have this attainment.... Everything must be done moderately.

SW_v13#06 p.142-144, VLAB.028x, VLAB.099x

@rational arguments, @love and unity, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @educational curricula, @soul; spirit after death

ABU1810

Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-27

170

I was very glad to hear of your coming. When all the people are negligent you have been chosen by God.... In their heavenly books the prophets have spoken of the Day of the Lord

SW_v13#06 p.142-142

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering and imprisonment, @Mount Carmel

AB04630

Words to Anise Rideout

160

other/unknown lang

اولین قدم ایجاد طلب ورحانیت در قلب است و بعد دارا شدن حیات بهائی حیات بهائی حیات بهائی

The first thing to do is to acquire a thirst for Spirituality, then live the life! Live the life! Live the life!

RRT.099-100, QIRT.22-23

COC#0425x, SW_v19#03 p.069

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the power of example, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1631

Words to an Indian scholar, spoken on 1914-03-25

190

They appear and disappear. They have no importance whatsoever in the religious world... The course of this stupendous creation is not changed through their blind, dogmatic assertions.

DAS.1914-03-25

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Manifestation of God as educator, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @need for an educator

ABU1176

Words to an Indian scholar, spoken on 1914-03-19

270

Just as you are a servant of God I am also the servant of God. I am the absolute servant of the Almighty without implication or interpretation.

DAS.1914-03-19

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @oneness; unity of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2327

Words to an Indian scholar, spoken on 1914-03-19

100

It is self-evident that God is the source of confirmation. Were it not for His confirmation man could accomplish nothing. Help must come from Him.

DAS.1914-03-19

@law of cause and effect, @justice and mercy, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2359

Words to an Indian Muslim prince, spoken on 1914-01-18

100

India needs these principles of tolerance and liberalism more than nay other country.... The cohorts of the Kingdom of Abha are engaged in uninterrupted conquest

DAS.1914-01-18, SW_v05#02 p.019

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity in diversity, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated

ABU2272

Words to an English-speaking enquirer spoken in April 1914

110

In this world there are two things which are the cause of man's elevation and progress: one is knowledge and the other is religion.

TDAB.17

@unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @religion as source of love and unity

ABU3502

Words to an English friend, spoken on 1913-03-31

Whosoever with a contrite heart prays and begs from Bahá'u'lláh help and assistance will be aided, even if he is not a Bahá'í, only that he is sincere and whole-hearted in his prayers.

DAS.1913-03-31

@power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BBU0013

Words to an attendant

120

Honey of a superior quality could no doubt have been purchased at a lower price

DB.303

@conduct in finance and business, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @the power of example

ABU0600

Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12

470

Today in the world of humanity the most important matter is the question of Universal Peace. The realization of this principle is the crying need...

COC#1604x, LOG#1419x, DAS.1914-05-12, SW_v05#08 p.115-117, SW_v07#06 p.041-042, DWN_v1#12 p.007bx, PN_1914 p011

@means of establishment of future civilization, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @relationship between government and people, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1275

Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12

250

The editors of the Newspapers are the guardians of the rights of man. They are the champions of the poor and the protectors of the Wronged ones.

DAS.1914-05-12

@newspapers and the media; publications, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0566

Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-11

490

By a general agreement all the governments of the world must disarm simultaneously. It will

DAS.1914-05-11, SW_v05#08 p.116, SW_v07#06 p.042-043, SW_v08#12 p.155-156, PN_1914 p012, STAB#151

@stories; anecdotes, @call to action, @war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace

ABU0776

Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-11

380

The ideals of Peace must be nurtured and spread amongst the inhabitants of the world, they must be instructed in the school of Peace

DAS.1914-05-11, SW_v05#08 p.116-117, SW_v07#06 p.043+048, SW_v15#02 p.037, PN_1914 p013

@nationalism; love of country, @supreme tribunal, @universal peace; world unity, @war and peace, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

ABU1969

Words to an American, spoken on 1912-03-27

140

Persian

این امر مصدق جمیع کتب و مظاهر الهیه است و تعالیم آسمانی دارای دو قسم از احکامست

This Cause acknowledges the truth of all the Books and all the Manifestations of God. The heavenly teachings are composed of two kinds of commandments.... It [reincarnation] is not as people have understood. What is intended is the return of pre-existent attributes and perfections in new forms.

BDA1.013.08

MHMD1.019

@oneness; unity of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @reincarnation

ABU1594

Words to an American spoken in 1900, relayed by Ali-Kuli Khan

200

There was once an Arab traveler who had lost his way in the desert. He was dying of thirst and, humbly, he begged God for water…. Believing that God is present in nature has never been enough.

SUR.142

@nature and God's will, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @stories; anecdotes, @limits of the intellect, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @living waters; water of life

ABU3635

Words to American pilgrims spoken around April 1907

Through prayer, supplication, purification of the heart and good wishes.

SW_v08#04 p.045

@spiritual transformation

ABU1706

Words to Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-09

180

Are you happy? Have the people of Germany the capacity to receive?... The Kingdom of God is like a tailor, and nations and sects are like pieces of cloth or materials; each nation or sect is a special material

FRGA.014

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity of thought and belief, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU2077

Words to Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-07

130

A good foundation is laid in Germany. The believers must be firmly grounded n the principles of morality and honesty. First--Truthfulness…

SW_v07#18 p.183x, FRGA.002

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @exhortations and counsels, @being a source of light; guidance, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @compassion; kindness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU2889

Words to Alma Knobloch and others, spoken on 1913-04-25

The love of Bahá'u'lláh is the essence of happiness. Any heart which will become the depository of this love is always happy.

DAS.1913-04-25

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @love of God

ABU0272

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-02

780

Truly God has created all the beings, but has created them that they may be educated. And every existing being is endowed with two perfections - creative and educative.

PN_1900 p027, PN_1900 p050, BSTW#169h

@universal education, @Muhammad; Islam, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @Moses, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @education and the development of capacity, @light and darkness, @need for an educator, @man's distinction from the animal

ABU0810

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-01

370

A Manifestation of God is first proven by the characteristics of the Divine Essence shining forth from Him... the Bab and the Blessed Perfection said before the appearance of the first Adam, an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know of the Adam who came 5,000 years ago.

PN_1900 p026, BSTW#169g

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @names and attributes of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU0251

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-30

820

All the nations of the world who believe in God are divided into two classes: the agnostics and the true believers... The agnostics are divided into two classes

PN_1900_heh p011, PN_1900 p024, BSTW#169f

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @limits of the intellect, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection of Muhammad, @knowledge; recognition of God, @four methods of acquiring knowledge

ABU1226

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-28

260

other/unknown lang

انسان در متعالی ترین شکل نیایش خود فقط به منظور ابراز عشق و محبت به حضرت

Man becomes like a stone unless he continually supplicates to God. The heart of man is like a mirror... There are many subjects which are difficult for man to solve... In the highest prayer... When a man falls in love with a human being

COMP_PDLP#28x

BRL_PDL#28x, COC#1756x, LOG#1512x, SW_v08#04 p.042-043x, SW_v14#06 p.167x, AELT.216-217x, PN_1900 p023, PN_1900 p053, PN_1900 p124, PN_1900_heh p009, BNE.095x, BSTW#169e, BSTW#326x

MANA

@importance of prayer, @love of God, @power of prayer, @spiritual transformation, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU1146

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-27

280

The essence of prophethood is one, just as the effect of one or more lights is that of one. If you want to see the light

PN_1900_heh p008, PN_1900 p022, PN_1900 p049, BSTW#169e

@prophecy and fulfillment, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @rejection of Muhammad, @Manifestation of God as sun, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0356

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-26

670

Praise be to God! You have attained the visit of the Holy Tomb... The worldly grades of every Manifestation are so different

PN_1900 p020, BSTW#169c

@the cross and the trinity, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @Manifestation of God does not act of own volition

ABU0808

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-24

370

In this morning's lesson we explained redemption. The self-sacrifice of Jesus cause those who believed in Him to have eternal life.... The mystery of it is explained in four ways.

PN_1900 p019, PN_1900 p102, PN_1900 p120, BSTW#169b

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @return of the Manifestations of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU0694

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-23

420

In any sort of business, both spiritual and material, the success thereof depends upon the capacity of those attending to it.

PN_1900 p018, PN_1900 p119, BSTW#169b

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @differences in human capacity, @education and the development of capacity, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2644

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-22

Look at the great and glorious favors of the Blessed Perfection in bringing together these people...

PN_1900 p018, PN_1900 p101, PN_1900 p118, BSTW#169a

@unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0895

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-21

340

Jesus spoke everything in parables because the ideal sense is, in this way, revealed and understood.

PN_1900 p017, PN_1900 p103, BSTW#169a

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @symbolism

ABU3386

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-16

Had ye believed in Moses, ye would also believe in me'... If a king send many different rulers to govern a city

PN_1907 p019, PN_unsorted p023

@obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU3550

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-16

Yes, if he deals unjustly and tyrannically with his people he forfeits the right to govern them.

PN_1907 p019

@justice and mercy, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @relationship between government and people, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU3505

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-15

Yes, in Persia to the Shah, in Turkey to the Sultan, though in reality He was not subject to any

@suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2607

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

It is as difficult for the human mind to understand the Essence of God as for the watch to understand its maker... The only test of its truth lies in the influence this conception has upon our lives

SW_v08#10 p.136x, PN_1907 p016

@Manifestation of God as mediator, @bringing forth results; fruit, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love and unity, @love of God, @goodly deeds; actions

ABU2909

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

The spirit results from the union of body and soul; this spirit becomes immortal, always remaining with the soul and forming for it, after death, a sort of ethereal body. There is a human spirit and a divine spirit

SW_v14#01 p.009x, PN_1907 p016

@relationship of the soul to the body, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]

ABU3408

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

Yes. As in the vegetable world the best results are obtained when one kind of fruit is grafted on another, so in the human family, the best and strongest children are obtained by intermarriage between different races.

@race unity; racial issues, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @unity in diversity

ABU3491

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

It is not impossible that He should have been, though it is not necessary that all Manifestations should come in that way.

@birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3549

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

Yes, but they do not do it through mediums nor in material ways, but in spiritual ways.

PN_1907 p017

@occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU3577

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

Their punishment will be a deprivation of God... No, for God's Mercy is never wearied.

PN_1907 p016

@chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3578

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

No. A soul, once freed from its body, never again takes shape in this world.

PN_1907 p017

@reincarnation

ABU3579

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

No. It will be placed in different conditions by God's Mercy, and will eventually progress.

@existence; immortality of the human soul, @soul; spirit after death, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3584

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

No! Not to me, but to the Glory of God (Bahá'u'lláh) whose Light I reflect

PN_1907 p016

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3585

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

God has made all mankind of one family; no race is superior to another.

PN_1907 p017

@race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3611

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

Yes: every soul has a beginning, but, once created is immortal.

PN_1907 p016

@existence; immortality of the human soul, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation

ABU3616

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

No man can be happy without God, though he may not know why he is miserable

SW_v07#16 p.161, PN_1907 p017

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcending the material condition, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3625

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

No, the dead retain both interest in and remembrance of those they love.

SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1907 p017

@soul; spirit after death

ABU1951

Words to Alice Beede et al, spoken on 1911-10-15

150

I am very glad to be here with you. I am very glad to see you all here.

SW_v02#18 p.006-007+12

@high station of teachers of the Cause, @education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement

ABU1910

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

160

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

SUR.141

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @Imam 'Ali, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2423

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

100

While suffering death on the pathway of God is the highest attainment, still, that dying which continues on throughout life, giving lift to other souls, is the station of 'living martyrdom'.

SUR.134

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2864

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

The Blessed Perfection, Bahá’u’lláh, has promised to raise up souls who would hasten to the service of the Covenant… Go, and eat this candy. Rest assured, the Blessed Perfection will enable you to translate

SUR.109

@translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @review of publications, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause

ABU3092

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

There was once a blacksmith in Iran, and to keep his fire going and get the iron red hot

SUR.127

@stories; anecdotes, @work as worship

ABU3628

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

Sometimes material food confers spiritual sustenance and strength.

SUR.136

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet

ABU2702

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan in 'Akka prior to 1902

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, @wisdom [hikmat], @law of cause and effect

ABU3188

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-12

In the end, all will be well and happy times will come. 'Once again a time will come as sweet as sugar.' The time will come when the procession of pilgrims of all lands will be densely extended

PN_1906 p032, SUR.228, BLO_PN#001

@unity in diversity, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1521

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-11

210

We have wished it to be such. For many reasons, this incarceration is useful for me. One is that this is conducive to protection; for our enemies

PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p030, SUR.227, BLO_PN#001

@suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU2367

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10

100

Paul and Peter, the Apostles, once went into one of the cities of the Greeks and engaged in teaching the Truth. In that city, there was a temple

PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p029, SUR.230, BLO_PN#001

@Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3055

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-09

If a man is not happy in his life, death is better than such a life. True joy comes from the tranquility of [the] heart, and this state comes from faith!

PN_1906 p019, PN_1906 p026, SUR.229-230, BLO_PN#001

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0134

Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906

1080

This is one of the conditions of the teachers of the Truth; he must possess pure severance, so that his words may produce such an effect on the hearers

PN_1906 p055, SUR.250-253, BLO_PN#001

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1334

Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906

240

Infallibility is of two kinds; 1) Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility, 2) conferred, extrinsic or mediate Infallibility. Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility means that of God

PN_1906 p046, SUR.248, BLO_PN#001

@infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @House of Justice

ABU1289

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Zia Bagdadi, spoken on 1912-06-20

250

Mirza Hadi Javaheri, a very wealthy Persian Bahá'í died in Baghdad leaving a son, three daughter and a great fortune.

SW_v19#08 p.255

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @business; financial; property matters, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @personal instructions

ABU0971

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

320

Intuition (or inner perception) is a power or a light by which man comprehends and perceives the realities of things without the mediumship of the outward senses.

PN_1906 p038, SUR.234, BLO_PN#001

@intuition; inspiration, @limits of the intellect, @four methods of acquiring knowledge, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1568

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

200

Sagacity is a power which enables one to become cognizant of the existence of a thing by means of the outward senses, or to feel the presence of a thing through certain outward signs.

PN_1906 p037, SUR.233, BLO_PN#001

@the mind's power of discovery, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @limits of the intellect

ABU1728

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10

180

Virtue and excellence consist in true faith in God, not in having a small or a large appetite for food, or in similar matters. Jinab-i-Tahirih had a good appetite.

PN_1906 p020, PN_1906 p028, SUR.229, BLO_PN#001

@love of God, @stories; anecdotes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU0467

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

560

That which is always the cause of inharmony and delays the progress of the Cause of God is love for leadership and self-interest. Those who cherish such tendencies

PN_1906 p052, SUR.249-250, BLO_PN#001

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @stories; anecdotes, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0777

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

380

When man has faith, even the mountains of the world can not oppose him, nay, he bears every trial and calamity

PN_1906 p061, SUR.254-255, BLO_PN#001

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU2872

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

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

SW_v04#15 p.251

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2255

Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-23

110

If people ask you about your conduct (as a Bahá'í teacher), say: ‘We do not oppose the religion of any one and we act in accordance with the Gospel.

LAT.105-108

@the power of words; of speech, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @methods of teaching the Cause, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2637

Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-23

Each one of the friends should try to guide one soul--those who are worthy--not the persons who enter the Cause and bring degradation to it; not like Fareed.

PN_1919 p013, BSTW#206

@methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1634

Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-19

190

The City you deem most advisable is preferred by Me... Never associate with Mrs Kirchner... Be kind to them at first. Do not be severe at first. If you find they cannot be changed, leave them to themselves.

PN_1919 p013

@avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @personal instructions

ABU3267

Words to Albert Vail

We do not oppose the religion of anyone. We act in accordance with the Gospel. But we must also act

SW_v13#09 p.218

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @Christ; Christianity, @oneness; unity of religion, @exhortations and counsels

ABU2686

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1918-10-19

I hope that the war may soon come to an end, so that I may again look in the faces

SW_v09#16 p.179, PN_1918 p002

@parliaments; constitutional government, @justice and mercy, @universal peace; world unity, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

ABU1799

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1917-01-17

170

I am like a man who has lost the most priceless jewel. He is seeking here and searching

SW_v09#13 p.143

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU1766

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-06-23

170

I have repeated on various occasions that the foundation of the progress of the Bahá'í Cause consists in the spread of the message... This is the time for laying the foundation and raising the walls. This is not the time to think of the interior decoration and furniture.

DAS.1915-06-23

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1233

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-19

260

All the Bahá'í books are being preserved in boxes and in these days I have no inclination of opening them. In former years month after month I worked from sunrise till midnight

DAS.1915-05-19

@martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0562

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-18

490

I have sent for thee this morning to speak to thee on a confidential matter. The covenant-breakers have again concocted another device, whereby they may terminate my life

DAS.1915-05-18

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God

ABU0624

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-15

460

The Cause of God is in need of many active, efficient workers and the time is soon coming... As thou knowest it is very easy for us to teach and spread the Cause in this country but the government will rise immediately against us and the Blessed Tombs of Baha'u'llah and the Bab will be demolished by the hands of a fanatical mob

DAS.1915-05-15

@future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU0396

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-09

620

Persian

این چاه را بسته اند که مبادا سایرین از آبش استعمال کنند سبحان الله از مضرت بدیگران چه نتیجه

Many years ago this was a public well and the native women every morning and evening drew water. After a while the Germans made up their minds to take possession of it.

KHH1.233-234 (1.327)x

KHHE.344x, DAS.1915-05-09

@stories; anecdotes, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU2670

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-03

Whosoever I send to America must at first gain the regenerative power of the second birth, be baptized with the water of universal ideals and be a living torch of the Fire of the Love of God

DAS.1915-05-03

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the power of words; of speech, @words vs deeds, @love as fire, @the state of enkindlement in teaching

ABU1101

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-24

290

The inner, spiritual life of man is like unto this well. He must allay the thirst of the travellers on the path of Truth with the water of significances... I hope thou wilt become the boiling, gushing, flowing well of the Love of Bahá'u'lláh, irrigating the parched ground of the hearts

DAS.1915-04-24

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2265

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-22

110

Wait till the end of this war. The new ideals of peace which I have nurtured in my mind will be promoted. God willing we shall take another journey

DAS.1915-04-22

@means of establishment of future civilization, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1165

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-15

270

While surrounded with all these innumerable sufferings and calamities my mind and spirit have been working day and night gathering brilliant pearls of new Ideals... If it is in accord with the Will of God we shall take another journey into the outside world

DAS.1915-04-15

@universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @mystical themes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @East and West; communication between East and West, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1315

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-19

240

Ah! Thou art carrying in thy hand a rosary! With the Mohamadans it has become a habit to play with the rosary all the time.

DAS.1915-03-19

@empty learning; false spirituality, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @independent investigation of truth; reality, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated

ABU0615

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-07

460

During the last two years the world has gone through a terrific earthquake. Bloodthirstiness and ferocity have become widespread.

DAS.1915-03-07

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1944

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-02-15

150

When I go to bed I lie awake for one or two hours, then I sleep well for four hours. The sleep before twilight is also very invigorating. Taki Menshadi often spoke during the hours of sleep.

DAS.1915-02-15

@stories; anecdotes, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @contemplation

ABU2633

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-01-30

This is the first German house built in Haifa by the leader of the colony, called Hirtik, who came here in 1870 with about 500 people

DAS.1915-01-30

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU0779

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-29

380

The friends must be the wise physicians of the world of humanity but they must be graduated from the university of the Manifestations of God. They must first master the science of the spiritual materia-medica

DAS.1914-12-29

@The Holy Spirit, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @spiritual foundations of true knowledge

ABU0995

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-19

310

His Holiness Christ on account of the avocation of His disciples called them the fisher of men but the Blessed Perfection designated

DAS.1914-12-19, SW_v13#07 p.172-173

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @symbolism, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1099

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-11

290

Only in America such brilliant ideas are born. This will be a most effective token of America's attitude in the matter of brotherhood... The axis around which the consolation of the hearts revolves is Faith in God.

DAS.1914-12-11

@nationalism; love of country, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @praise of Western values; culture, @consolation and comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0772

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-19

380

Art thou happy with me? In thee I place my utmost trust. Because all my correspondence passes through thy hand and all my letters are read and transcribed and translated by thee, thou art the custodian of my secrets.

DAS.1914-11-19

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3393

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-16

What art thou writing now? Art thou not satisfied with all that thou hast written? What dost thou do with them? No matter what I say thou art ready to make a note of it. Who has ordered thee to do this?

DAS.1914-11-16

@stories; anecdotes, @personal instructions

ABU0487

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-08

550

The tempest in the Atlantic ocean is very spectacular. It is a world of water.... When I was a very young child in Tihran, there was a man by the name of Abbas Quli Khan

DAS.1914-11-08

@stories; anecdotes, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1515

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-10-23

210

America is the home of the ideals of Peace; its people are peace-loving and its democratic leaders the spreaders of the seeds of Peace.

DAS.1914-10-23, SW_v13#11 p.293

@praise of Western values; culture, @call to action, @parliaments; constitutional government, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity

ABU3560

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-10-19

You are writing a book. I have been reading all morning these letters. They are interesting.

DAS.1914-10-19

@review of publications

ABU1103

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-05-02

290

How cool is thy areesheh! Is this not better than the palace of the kings?... All the companions of our trips in different parts of the world have departed and only you and I are left!

DAS.1914-05-02

@growth of the Cause, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2392

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-15

100

The spiritual life postulates simplicity and contemplation combined with usefulness and well-guided activity. When we were living in Baghdad according to the custom of that country we slept on the roof

DAS.1914-03-15, SW_v07#18 p.177-178x, SW_v08#13 p.167x

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @contemplation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2492

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-15

I am not saying anything, but every week I receive great news about the progress of the Cause in Persia... The Spirit of God is using these instruments in all parts of the world to create a mighty synthesis of all that which is best in the past religions

DAS.1914-03-15

@oneness; unity of religion, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1186

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-06

270

Consider and reflect over the Favors and Bounties of the Blessed Perfection!.. I will send thee to America

DAS.1914-03-06

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0575

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-02-28

490

Pray from thy heart that my health continue to be well, so that I may attend to all the affairs.

DAS.1914-02-28

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @love and unity, @presence of; reunion with God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU3061

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-12-30

If a man lives a thousand years or achieves the most wonderful service, this does not avail him. If he becomes the most famous man in the world

DAS.1913-12-30

@chastisement and requital, @attaining good pleasure of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0862

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-11-21

350

Last night I slept five hours. I passed a cheerful night. One of the greatest gifts in the world of humanity is sleep.

DAS.1913-11-21

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

ABU2967

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-10-30

Universal Peace is the best panacea for the diseases of the Islamic world

DAS.1913-10-30

@war and peace, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @universal peace; world unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU0764

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-22

390

How I long to be far away from people for two months, somewhere where I have not to read letters, answer questions and always associate with men.... One of the oriental kings going to hunt

DAS.1913-06-22

@humor; jokes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the power of words; of speech, @personal instructions, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1332

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-20

240

A few days before His departure Bahá'u'lláh called me into His bedroom and commanded me to gather together all His writings and Tablets... After the ascension, Mohamad Ali stole all the writings which were entrusted to me

DAS.1913-06-20

@Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings

ABU2890

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-07

The wise man sees that another army with no cannons or rifles but with quite other armaments shall defeat this army.

DAS.1913-05-07

@predictions and prophecies, @war and peace, @stories; anecdotes, @growth of the Cause

ABU3517

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-07

When I was young they would light ten candles and at the range of a very long distance I would put out the lights one after another without missing one.

DAS.1913-05-07

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @excellence; distinction, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU1546

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-06

200

Persian

دیشب جمال مبارک را در خواب دیدم که بلسانی غیر از السن موجوده تکلم میفرمایند

Last night I had a dream. In this dream I saw the Blessed Perfection standing before a large gathering. I was also amongst these people.

BDA2.290x

DAS.1913-05-06, MHMD2.382

@Jabulqa and Jabarsa, @universal language, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @accounts of dreams and visions, @the concourse on high

ABU2057

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-06

130

It is strange that the people put aside my many Tablets written on this matter and go by their own feelings. Write to Mr Hannen to make public my explicit texts concerning the Society and its future.

DAS.1913-05-06

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @East and West; communication between East and West, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @call to action

ABU3074

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-06

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

ABU0641

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-03-08

450

Persian

و وقتی بمناسبت سئوالات حاضرین فرق مابین مطالب و اقوال انبیا و متصوفین بیان می‌نمودند ... شخصی پرسید فرق این امر و صوفیه چیست فرمودند من آنرا بیان کردم حضرات صوفیه به دو مقام مومنند مقام حق و مقام خلق

I have explained the philosophical aspect of this subject. It is this: In Sufism there are only two stations... Do you know in what Day you are living? Do you realize in what Dispensation you are alive?

BDA2.174x

DAS.1913-03-08, BSC.266 #551x, SW_v04#06 p.098x, SW_v06#15 p.118-119x, SW_v13#01 p.006x, SW_v08#14 p.191x, DWN_v3#01 p.002x, MHMD2.219, ADP.038-039x

@spiritual transformation, @prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

ABU2754

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-03-08

While in America I strove day and night to prepare a few holy sanctified souls to take up the burden of the Cause after my departure. A very few who have responded to this call have arisen

DAS.1913-03-08

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @exhortations and counsels

ABU0271

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-02-17

780

I have certain things that attract the confirmations of God. They are so wonderful and extraordinary that if I tell them, some people may not accept them as facts.

DAS.1913-02-17

@power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Shrines and Holy places, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @rejection, opposition and persecution, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1786

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-01-22

170

Once Muhammad Ali thought in a public way [to] show his superiority over ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. In those days the Blessed Perfection lived in the Palace of Bahji

DAS.1913-01-22

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU0805

Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-29

370

Those who are endued with spiritual insight see in the small chapter a typical portrayal of the present upheaval in all parts of the world

DAS.1914-11-29

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @chastisement and requital, @justice and mercy, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @apocalyptic imagery

ABU0741

Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-28

400

In this Dispensation all the ties of physical relationship are broken and should play no part in passing judgment over one's character. Not the one who is related to me but the one who doeth the will of Bahá'u'lláh is of me and related to me.

DAS.1914-11-28

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0508

Words to Agnew, Chase, Sheffler, spoken on 1907-04-12

530

Today is a beautiful day. I have been longing to see such a day. I am very happy. My happiness is from the point that the Power of God has gathered us together…. If there should not be decomposition, composition would not be.

PN_1907 p073x, TTAG.008-011, BLO_PN#101

@composition and decomposition, @unity in diversity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @critique of Western values; culture, @war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU0823

Words to Abdu'l-Ghaffar, spoken on 1915-04-08

360

Persian

این را بدانید جمال مبارک امر اکید برجوع بحکیم فر موده انسان باید جزئیاترا هم از حکیم سئوال نماید

You must clearly understand that the Blessed Perfection has commanded most emphatically that in case of sickness, one must refer to the skilled physician and abide by his prescription

KHH1.205-206 (1.287-288)

KHHE.300-302, DAS.1915-04-08

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @stories; anecdotes, @praise of Western values; culture, @critique of Eastern values; culture

ABU1642

Words to A.M.Boylan, spoken on 1912-06-07

190

The marriage bond is important. Very, very important. Marriage must be strict and pure. You must all be very careful about this. Women and men must not embrace each other when not married... Do not distress them by saying that they should not have done this or that. They will see for themselves.

LOG#1438x, PN_1912 p026, PN_1912 p119, BSTW#148, BSTW#431

@chastity and purity, @wisdom [hikmat], @marriage as means of spiritual progress

ABU2775

Words to a young man, spoken on 1913-01-22

Now that you are returning to America, pass through all the large cities on the way, meet the friends of God and associate with them.

DAS.1913-01-22

@exhortations and counsels, @goodly deeds; actions, @personal instructions, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3161

Words to a young Jewish woman, spoken on 1912-08-21

Persian

یهودی خوب هم بهائی میشود حقیقت امر حضرت موسی و امر حضرت بهاءالله یکی است توجه ببهآءالله کن سکون و قرار خواهی یافت

A good Jew can also become a Baha'í. The truth of the religion of Moses and of Baha'u'llah is one.

BDA1.200.09

MHMD1.216

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @oneness; unity of religion, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU1223

Words to a young girl from Scotland studying painting, spoken on 1913-05-07

260

His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has commanded the study of arts and crafts; that when we undertake the study of any branch of arts we must perfect ourselves in it

DAS.1913-05-07

@literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @spiritual transformation, @high station of the arts and sciences, @bringing oneself to account each day, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2391

Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-12

100

A wise young man ever thinks of and studies those means which are conducive to his progress - mental, intellectual and spiritual. He lets all amusements and recreations go and applies himself

DAS.1914-03-12

@exhortations and counsels, @education of children; moral education, @high station of learning, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

ABU2109

Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10

130

Bahá'í Prayers; Authenticity of prayer "O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit"; Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...'

Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy.

DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2141

Words to a writer of a Beirut daily, spoken on 1914-03-16

120

The editor of a newspaper or a magazine must ever take the side of Truth. Every fact before its publication must be thoroughly investigated.

DAS.1914-03-16

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @newspapers and the media; publications, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU2621

Words to a woman questioner, spoken on 1913-04-22

You must enter in the Kingdom of Abha. In the Kingdom of Abha, there is light upon light. The darkness of sorrow and pain is banished forever

DAS.1913-04-22

@symbolism, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @light and darkness, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU2356

Words to a woman from Holland, spoken on 1913-01-19

100

When you return to Holland, summon the people to the Kingdom of God and cry out: Glad tidings! Glad tidings! The Sun of Reality hath dawned

DAS.1913-01-19

@the concourse on high, @call to action

ABU0763

Words to a vistor, spoken on 1913-04-20

390

Well said. You have brought up a good point.... The Bahá'í movement is not an organization. You can never organize the Bahá'í Cause.... The Bahá'í Revelation is the spirit of this age.

DAS.1913-04-20, SW_v05#05 p.067x, SW_v06#15 p.118x

@universality of the Cause, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @executive government; power of execution, @oneness; unity of religion, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1498

Words to a vistor, spoken on 1913-04-20

210

Persian

معلم یعنی مربی حقیقی که مظهر صفات الهیه است و یکی از صفات او صفت ربوبیت است

By Father we mean the Educator. Just as the Father is tender to his children, likewise the instructor teaches them.... Generally, there are three kinds of teachers

BDA2.249

DAS.1913-04-20, MHMD2.323

@high station of learning, @Manifestation of God as educator, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

ABU1924

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-21

150

Persian

همیشه ملتفت حال خود باش بهبین چه نقصی داری کوشِش نما تا آن را اصلاح کنی چشم انسان

Thou must look to thyself and within thyself and find thine own errors and weaknesses. If thou hast any imperfection thyself, try to improve it.

BDA2.310

DAS.1913-05-21, SW_v08#11 p.138, MHMD2.410-411, BSTW#338

@knowledge of self, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation

ABU3023

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-17

Persian

وقتی بیان جمال مبارک این بود که اگر کسی حیوانات ذبح نکند و بنباتات قناعت نماید البته بهتر است ولی نهی نفرمودند

It is better not to eat meat if one can possibly abstain from it. However, it is impossible at the present stage of human evolution to ask people not to practice meat-eating.

AVK3.032.10x, BDA2.303

DAS.1913-05-17, MHMD2.400-401

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos

ABU2178

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-16

120

other/unknown lang

آن نفوس بر چند قسمند اشخاصی هستند آلودگی آنها بدرجه ا‌ی است که شر با آنها غیر مفید

There are various grades of evil habits. There are certain souls whose moral lives are petrified and immersed in a sea of sensuality.

BDA2.303

DAS.1913-05-17, MHMD2.401

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1606

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-12

190

Persian

خود مسیح میفرماید منم نان حیات پس آن مائدهٴ کمالات و یوضات آسمانی بود و آن طبقها

His Holiness Christ said: I am the bread which has come down from heaven. Again he said: Whosoever eats of this bread, he shall find a new life. The heavenly food is the divine virtues of the world of humanity

BDA2.297x

DAS.1913-05-12, MHMD2.392-393x

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit, @symbolism

ABU3572

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-12

Persian

معانی شرع قدیم را حضرت مسیح نشئهٴ واثر جدید داد

By this is meant that Christ imbued the meanings of the ancient law with new life and invested them with a fresh effect

AVK2.183.02, BDA2.297

DAS.1913-05-12, MHMD2.393

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU2931

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-09

Under all circumstances, I am happy and well. I am never unwell. The body of man is the result of the composition of the elements and these elements are constantly at war with each other.

DAS.1913-05-09

@composition and decomposition, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @relationship of the soul to the body

ABU2593

Words to a Unitarian woman, spoken on 1912-03-26

Persian

مژده مژده که علم ملکوت بلند شد مژده مژده بهار الهی ظاهر گردید مژده مژده ابر رحمت ببارید

The most important of all intentions is to spread the love of God.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, the Sun of love has dawned

BDA1.011.12

DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v14#05 p.129, MHMD1.016-017, ABIE.066, BLO_PN#007

@man's distinction from the animal, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love and unity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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

ABU1193

Words to a telegraph officer, spoken on 1913-10-29

270

When I was in America, I was most busy... Once upon a time, there was a poor fellah (farmer) who cultivated a patch of ground with cotton.

DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v09#18 p.210x, STAB#120

@stories; anecdotes, @growth of the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1840

Words to a Sufi, spoken on 1912-10-30

160

Persian

صحیح است ولی یک آدمی انقدر عزیز است که مسجود امم میشود مانند حضرت مسیح و موسی داعی بوحدانیت الهیه و سبب تربیت ملتی می گردد

Yes, this is true, but one man is so exalted that others bow down before Him and He is adored by them like Christ or Moses

BDA1.340.09

MHMD1.358-359

@station of the Manifestation of God, @Christ; Christianity, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @Moses

ABU1561

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

200

The Bahá'ís must be the servants of universal Peace, the workers for the Cause of the Oneness of the world of humanity, the spreaders of heavenly Love amongst the children of men

DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v16#01 p.385x, PN_1914 p002, PN_1914 p004, BSTW#318

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @oneness; unity of religion, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @harmony of science and religion, @love and unity, @call to action, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @equality of men and women, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @compassion; kindness

ABU1863

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

160

There are two kinds of understanding; objective and subjective... O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.... Beg everything thou desirest from Baha'o'llah. If thou art asking faith, ask of Him.

BPRY.174-175x, DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v07#18 p.179x, SW_v09#09 p.104x, SW_v13#09 p.251-252x, DWN_v3#05 p.031x, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318

The Badasht Project, D. Gundry, A. Youssefi, P. Escobar, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, A. Bryan, N. Chiang, K. Bartlett, L. Ghiami, Dechen & Michael, M. Benedetti, E. Lilian, MANA, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, M. Levine [track 4], J. Marks and S. Engle, L. Dely & M. Congo, A. & M. Zemke [track 6], Do'a [track 4], T. Ellis, G. and M. Smith, Ladjamaya [track 5]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

For comments on authenticity see https://bahailibrary.com/uhj_authenticity_refresh_spirit.

ABU2012

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

140

My objects are the establishment of the Cause of international arbitration, the promotion of the oneness of the world of humanity, the conformity of religion with science and reason

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal language, @harmony of science and religion

ABU2786

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

There is no origin of evil. The origin of evil is non-existent. For example darkness is evil. It is the absence of light.

DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318

@nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @creation of the world, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @light and darkness

ABU3485

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

Is there a hell more direful than Ignorance? A hell worse than deprivation from the Divine Nearness? A hell lower than negligence and inadvertence?

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU3503

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

This is not only the golden age but the age of Diamond. This is the Century of Lights! This is the cycle of Love. This is the glorious Down of the Sun of Reality

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ABU3533

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

I do not like the word 'leader'. I am Abdul Baha. I am the servant of the world of humanity.

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2832

Words to a socialist, spoken on 1912-06-01

Persian

باشتراکیون بگو اشتراک در اموال و اراضی اینعالم فانی سبب نزاع و جدال است اما اشتراک و وراثت ملکوت

Tell the socialists that sharing of property and land in this mortal world is the source of strife and warfare but sharing and inheritance in the Kingdom is the cause of love and unity.

BDA1.112.03

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.119

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @wealth inequality and its moderation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2622

Words to a singer, spoken on 1913-05-26

Are you progressing in your art? The heavenly song is good. It is my hope that you may sing that song. When we left America on the steamer Celtic, there were several musicians and singers.

DAS.1913-05-26

@music and singing, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @the concourse on high, @nearness to God

ABU0734

Words to a Russian princess, spoken on 1913-10-30

400

A Bahá'í is at the same time a Christian, a Jew, a Zoroastrian and a Mohammadan. The Bahá'í Cause is like unto a tree... Every moment in this world has a center.

DAS.1913-10-30, SW_v08#14 p.188x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @Manifestation of God as sun, @universality of the Cause

ABU3664

Words to a reporter, spoken ca. 1912-10-19

160

Proud of him [Omar Khayyam]? Would you be proud of that man who had led your children into evil ways? Would you be proud of a drunkard

ABU3137

Words to a reporter from the Post, spoken on 1912-10-04

Persian

در این قرن نورانی جمیع امور تجدید شده علوم تجدد یافته فنون جدید

In this enlightened age everything has been renewed--sciences have been renewed, new arts have come into being

BDA1.287.12

MHMD1.305

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0315

Words to a reporter from the Montreal Star on 10 Sep 1912

720

As to the question of disarmament, all nations must disarm at the same time... The one man slapped another on the face.... All Europe is an armed camp... It will be established in this century...

ABIC.034-035

@humor; jokes, @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @means of establishment of future civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1979

Words to a reporter from the Bulletin, spoken on 1912-10-04

140

Persian

خداوند انسان را بصورت و مثال خود خلق کرده .... ولی حال بالعکس از حیوانات درنده بی رحم تر

God created man after His own image and likeness... but now, behaving contrarily, man has become more merciless

BDA1.287.15

MHMD1.305

@justice and wrath of God, @human reality created in the image of God

ABU2591

Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-12-04

Persian

مراد از خلق آسمانها و زمینها در شش روز آن روز الهی است و خلق روحانی

What is intended by the creation of heaven and earth in six days is a spiritual creation and a divine day

BDA1.403.12

MHMD1.422

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @human reality created in the image of God, @creation of the world, @symbolism, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3321

Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-11-09

Persian

هر گاه این امم رؤسای یکدیگر را به عزت یاد نمایند جمیع ذلتها و جدالها از میان برخیزد بجای نفرت الفت و بجای عداوت و بیگانگی محب و یگانگی حاصل شود مقصد من اینست

Whenever these people mention each other's leaders with due reverence then all sufferings and contentions shall cease

BDA1.362.04

MHMD1.381

@call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU1502

Words to a pilgrim, spoken on 1914-03-28

210

Now the old believers should be satisfied with what they have... Some years ago there lived in New York a good believer by the name, Mrs. Helen Cole

DAS.1914-03-28

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @personal instructions, @eulogies; reminiscences

ABU2390

Words to a pilgrim, spoken on 1914-03-05

100

Be thou occupied in guiding the souls. If you want to educate a person you must strive for many years

DAS.1914-03-05

@spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as educator, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1617

Words to a physician, spoken on 1912-11-05

190

Persian

مقصود من الفت بین احزابست و ترک تعصب و ضغینه و بغضا تا ملل و امم عالم با یکدیگر براد?? شوند جمیع خیر خواه جنس بشر گردند

My aim is to create harmony and concord among the different groups and to eradicate prejudice, hatred and enmity

BDA1.355.16

MHMD1.374-375

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @universal peace; world unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1790

Words to a Persian visitor, spoken on 1913-05-17

170

Be patient. Overlook the shortcomings of others. Don't mind the criticisms of anyone. Let thy heart be like unto a sea.

DAS.1913-05-17

@forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU0711

Words to a Persian tailor, spoken on 1913-03-23

410

There are some people who study for dress, work for dress, live for dress, walk for dress, eat for dress, in brief their lives are spent for the dress, the clothes, the style, fashion and mode.

DAS.1913-03-23

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes, @eulogies; reminiscences, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU2980

Words to a Persian student, spoken on 1914-06-24

Thou must strive day by day so that the fire of the Love of God may burn brighter and brighter upon the censer of thy heart

DAS.1914-06-24

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @study; deepening, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @effort; striving

ABU0952

Words to a Persian prince, spoken on 1913-02-21

320

Mirza Taqi Khan was the ablest and most astute statesman that Persia had produced for a long time. Although he committed the greatest mistake of his life

DAS.1913-02-21

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @past, present and future of Iran

ABU1045

Words to a Persian friend, spoken on 1914-05-27

300

This century is the century of Truth. We must relinquish all the rituals and forms which have accumulated for the past ages around the Immortal Image of Truth

DAS.1914-05-27

@stories; anecdotes, @love and unity, @empty learning; false spirituality, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @fanaticism and hatred, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU2487

Words to a patriotic youth, spoken on 1913-03-23

Once upon a time the king of a certain country got hold of an owl and put it in a large golden cage hanging it in his royal Park. The King observed that the owl was not happy in his wonderful park

DAS.1913-03-23

@nationalism; love of country, @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2866

Words to a painter, spoken on 1913-04-03

Can you paint upon the page of the world the ideal pictures of the Supreme Concourse?

DAS.1913-04-03, SW_v05#10 p.149, SW_v05#05 p.070, SW_v08#02 p.028, SW_v14#06 p.178

@spiritual transformation, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @station of the Manifestation of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1455

Words to a number of visitors, spoken on 1914-03-28

220

In the material world perfect composure and tranquility are not destined for man. Somehow, somewhere he is attacked by the depressing condition of the times.

DAS.1914-03-28

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @law of transformation and change, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU1982

Words to a newspaper reporter, spoken on 1912-10-19

140

Persian

در عالم وجود دو مدنیت موجود مدنیت مادیه و مدنیت الهیه فلاسفه موًسس مدنیت مادی بوده اند

In the world of existence, civilization is found to be of two kinds: material civilization and spiritual civilization. Philosophers founded the former while the divine Prophets established the latter.

BDA1.319.14

MHMD1.337

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

ABU3126

Words to a newspaper reporter, spoken on 1912-04-12

Persian

برای سیاحت و ملاقات انجمنهای صلح آمده ام زیرا اساس ما صلح عمومی

I have come to visit the peace societies of America because the fundamental principles of our Cause are universal peace and the promotion of the basic doctrine of the oneness and truth of all the divine religions.

BDA1.029.11

MHMD1.038

@oneness; unity of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @blind imitation [taqlid]

ABU3018

Words to a newspaper publisher, spoken on 1912-04-04

Persian

من بر حسب دعوتهای محافل صلح بامریکا میروم زیرا اساس این امر بر صلح عمومیست و وحدت عالم

I am going to America at the invitation of peace congresses, as the fundamental principles of this Cause are universal peace

BDA1.022.06

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.030, ABIE.089, BLO_PN#007

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause, @universality of the Cause, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2602

Words to a newspaper editor, spoken on 1912-10-20

Persian

یک کلمه بتو می گویم و این تا آخر کافی است و بیش از ین نه تو سئوال کن و نه من جواب میدهم و آن کلمه بیان حضرت مسیح است

I will tell you one thing and it will suffice once and for all. Beyond this neither question me nor will I reply. And that is the words of Christ when told that 'your brothers have come to see you.'

BDA1.321.12

MHMD1.339-340

@personal instructions, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @hospitality, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0556

Words to a musician, spoken on 1913-05-08

500

Music was an ancient art in Persia. The old people of Persia loved music very much and their artists contributed to its development. When the Arabs conquered Persia

DAS.1913-05-08

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @past, present and future of Iran, @stories; anecdotes, @music and singing, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ABU2342

Words to a musician, spoken on 1913-04-30

100

Persian

موسیقی آیتی از آیات الهی است چنانچه آن موسیقی اجسام را بحرکت و هیجان آرد موسیقی الهی

Music is one of the signs of God. Even as your kind of music stirs the bodies to motion and rouses them to excitement

BDA2.275

DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.360

@music and singing

ABU3047

Words to a museum watchman, spoken on 1912-07-09

No, I am tired of going about looking at the things of this world: I want to go above and travel and see in the spiritual worlds.... When you go upstairs in a house you do not leave the house. The lower floor is under you.

SW_v16#07 p.582-583, DJT.331, VLAB.125, BLO_PN#027

@realms of being; three realms; five realms, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0985

Words to a mother, spoken on 1913-05-15

310

Persian

بتربیت الهی تربیت شوند نه مثل اینکه حالا مادران از بدایت عمر به پسران میگویند

How are your children? Are they well? Do you give them an ideal education? The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow.

BDA2.301x

DAS.1913-05-15, MHMD2.398x

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @education of children; moral education, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2352

Words to a Mohammedan Sheikh, spoken on 1913-12-16

100

My friends! How long, how long these prejudices? How long this dogmatic superiority? How long this fanatical attitude?

DAS.1913-12-16, BSTW#095

@unity; oneness of humanity, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @blind imitation [taqlid], @fanaticism and hatred

ABU2053

Words to a minister, spoken on 1913-04-28

130

Persian

در عالم کشیش بسیار است اما کشیش موفق کم است در زمان مسیح رؤسای روحانی خیلی بودند

Ordained ministers are many, confirmed ministers are few. During the days of Christ there were many Rabbis and high-priests but none of them was confirmed except Paul.

BDA2.268

DAS.1913-04-29, MHMD2.350-351

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Christian clergy, @The Holy Spirit, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness

ABU2979

Words to a man who had lost both legs, spoken on 1912-11-09

Persian

آنچه از جسم کاسته شود نقصی بر روح وارد نیاید این یکی از دلائل بقای روح است چه که موت عبارت از تبدیل و تشتیت اعضا و عناصر جسمانی است

Mutilation of the body brings no harm to the soul. This is one of the proofs of the immortality of the soul

BDA1.364.02

MHMD1.382

@the human soul, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @relationship of the soul to the body, @existence; immortality of the human soul

ABU2426

Words to a man from Russia, spoken on 1912-11-01

Persian

از روس بد مگو با دشمن و دوست هر دو نکوئی کن بگو من با همه یگانه‌ام بدل خیر خواه عموم باش

Do not speak ill of Russia. Render good to friend and foe alike. Say that you are one with all. Be a true well-wisher of people.

BDA1.343.15

MHMD1.362

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity

ABU2781

Words to a lawyer, spoken on 1913-12-01

The more the rays of the sun of education are diffused, the less will be the darkness of crime and brutality

DAS.1913-12-01

@call to action, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @The Holy Spirit

ABU2780

Words to a journal editor who wrote against the Faith, spoken on 1913-05-21

If I knew that thou wouldst not think that I am afraid, I would have sent thee a gift for writing such a book against the Bahá'í movement. Thy example is like unto the ant who scaled a high, sturdy poplar tree

DAS.1913-05-21

@humor; jokes, @growth of the Cause, @stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2465

Words to a Jewish lady, spoken on 1912-10-26

Persian

معلوم است فطرت تو پاک است لذا من میخواهم بحقیقت مسائل الهیه آگاه شوی در زمان هر یک از مظاهر مقدسه الهیه

It is obvious that you have a pure character, so I want you to become aware of the truth of divine matters. At the time of each Manifestation of God

BDA1.334.12

MHMD1.352-353

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @study; deepening, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU3251

Words to a Japanese friend, spoken on 1912-10-13

I wish you would become heavenly and not Japanese nor Arab, English, Persian, Turk, and American. You would become divine

ECN.542

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @universality of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2259

Words to a Hindu believer spoken in Apr. 1914

110

Your friends and relatives, nay your father and descendants shall soon glory over this action of yours, that you have overcome such barriers

TDAB.06-07

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @high station of the true believer

ABU3712

Words to a group of Persian students, spoken on 1913-02-19

Persian

محصّلین مشهور سابقین که کاری از پیش نبردند بلکه انشآءاللّٰه شما خدمتی بایران نمائید

The well-known Persian students of the past were unable to bring about any advancements in their native land

BDA2.147

MHMD2.184

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @education of children; moral education, @excellence; distinction

ABU1371

Words to a group of friends, spoken on 1913-04-26

230

Persian

دیشب با آنکه حالت قدم برداشتن نبود با وجود این بمجلس رفتیم گفتیم میرویم ولو خطر باشد

Although I could not walk one step last night and it was quite dangerous to go out, I said, I will go. The utmost is that I will become a sacrifice to the friends of God.

BDA2.262x

DAS.1913-04-26, MHMD2.342

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU1388

Words to a group of friends, spoken on 1913-04-26

230

What did the people say last night? Were they not dissatisfied?... This morning looking down from the window I saw a regiment of soldiers passing by in fine shape.

DAS.1913-04-26

@nationalism; love of country, @light and darkness, @war and peace, @spiritual warfare; struggle, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

ABU0907

Words to a group of believers, 1906-05-23

340

This is a plain meal, uniform and the same to all. Simplicity and plainness are good, not only in food, but even in dress

SUR.263

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @unity; oneness of humanity, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU2944

Words to a group of Americans spoken in 1913

I have planted the Seeds in America. You must nurture them and care for them.

SW_v04#15 p.256, BSTW#324

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @call to action

ABU1777

Words to a group of American students, spoken on 1913-03-25

170

I am likewise most pleased to meet you. This cause has become world-wide. In a short space of time it has permeated throughout all the regions, for it has a magnetic power

DAS.1913-03-25, BSC.443 #809x, DWN_v5#01 p.006x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @purpose; goal of creation, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @symbolism, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion

ABU2892

Words to a friend, spoken on 1913-06-07

The voices that she did hear from childhood were not outward, physical voices. They were spiritual revelations in her heart. It is very strange that the Popes

DAS.1913-06-07

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

ABU1128

Words to a friend, spoken on 1913-05-08

280

Persian

خدا استعدادی را که بشما عنایت فرموده برای اینست که در خدمت ملکوتش صرف نمائید

God has created in you a great capacity. You must expend this capacity in the Cause of the Kingdom. If you consecrate it to any other cause except the promotion of the virtues of the world of humanity, its results will be finite.

BDA2.290-291

DAS.1913-05-08, MHMD2.383-384

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Mary Magdalene, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU3270

Words to a friend of Mrs. Struven, spoken on

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

ABU0737

Words to a friend from Scotland, spoken on 1913-05-12

400

We have many friends in Scotland, many devoted friends; amongst them is Mrs Whyte.... There are certain souls whose thirst is never allayed, while others are satisfied with one drop.

DAS.1913-05-12

@knowledge; recognition of God, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @East and West; communication between East and West, @development of capacity and readiness

ABU2261

Words to a friend from England, spoken on 1913-03-29

110

You say you are from England? In reality we are all one nation: England, France, Germany, Persia, America, they are all one country. However, this much can be said

DAS.1913-03-29

@praise of Western values; culture, @growth of the Cause, @unity in diversity

ABU2506

Words to a Frenchman, spoken on 1914-06-03

Does this philosopher mean that there is no 'motion' whatever in Nature? For as we know there are several kinds of motion

DAS.1914-06-03

@evolution; human evolution, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @heat and motion, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @law of transformation and change

ABU1665

Words to a Frenchman, spoken on 1913-03-30

180

Just at this time I was thinking of you. You are most welcomed. Be thou happy for thou hast heard the Call of the Kingdom of Abha.

DAS.1913-03-30

@station of the Manifestation of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause

ABU2278

Words to a French-speaking Hungarian, spoken on 1913-04-11

110

If you desire to love God, love thy fellow man. If them you can see the image and likeness of God. If you are eager to serve God, serve mankind.

DAS.1913-04-11, SW_v08#11 p.138

@love and unity, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1820

Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28

160

Man must spend his talent in a cause the result of which is eternal. If we spend our talent in the Cause of God its outcome will be everlasting, but if we waste it over worldly affairs, it is like drawing pictures over the surface of the water.

DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093b

@spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0928

Words to a French Bahá’í, spoken on 1913-05-14

330

The world of matter is full of vices and the people of these regions are engaged too much in chasing material things. They are thinking too much of money and the tinsels and playthings they can buy with it.

DAS.1913-05-14

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @fulfillment of true potential

ABU1402

Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11

230

other/unknown lang

الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود

Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality

BDA2.230x

DAS.1913-04-11, BSC.300 #608x, MHMD2.298x, BSTW#146, BSTW#327

@station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @suffering and imprisonment, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2463

Words to a Christian Scientist, spoken on 1912-11-14

Persian

مراد از اینکه در وجود شر نیست اینست که انچه از مبدء عالم هستی و وجود است مفید است

By saying there is no evil in existence is meant that what has come from the Origin of existence and being is good and useful. It is good in its time and place and not evil.

BDA1.373.16

MHMD1.392

@nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @law of transformation and change, @things are known by their opposites

ABU2326

Words to a Christian minister, spoken on 1914-06-09

100

His holiness Christ came for the promulgation of the law of love; all the prophets were sent… Hast thou love?...

DAS.1914-06-09, BSC.454 #832x, SW_v07#17 p.171, SW_v08#11 p.139-140, SW_v09#10 p.110

@power of love, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @love and unity

ABU3201

Words to a Christian girl, spoken on 1913-02-23

Christ and the Bible be for us; the Pope and all the priests be for you. We follow Christ and not the priests.

DAS.1913-02-23

@Christ; Christianity, @the Christian clergy

ABU2518

Words to a Catholic woman spoken in Jan. 1908

Letitia, tell the good nuns that they need have no fear...We have so many Baha'is, who come here, begging with all their hearts and all their love for instruction, that only to them do we give our precious teaching.

PN_unsorted p064, VLAB.046-047, DLA.067-068

@freedom of thought and action

ABU1191

Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-05-04

270

When I sense the love and unity of the friends I gain health and fresh strength. I have heard that thou art speaking in the meetings

DAS.1913-05-04

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @power of prayer

ABU3452

Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-01-02

The fragrance of the rose leads man to the garden and faith and assurance are the fragrance of the rose which attract individual believing souls together.

DAS.1913-01-02

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @degrees of faith; certitude, @unity; oneness of humanity, @symbolism, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2220

Words to a Baha'í from Holland, spoken on 1913-02-10

110

Persian

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1975

Words spoken to Siyavash Sifidvash on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-24

140

Persian

بجناب میرزا سیاوش از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق و محبت را ابلاغ دارید فی الحقیقه

Convey unto his honor Mirza Siyavash, on my behalf, expressions of the utmost yearning and affection. In very truth [3.5s]

YARP2.300 p.245, RMT.032-033, QUM.219.06x, YARD.043x, YARD.086-087

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0202

Words spoken to Persian Baha'is at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-04

900

Persian

از جمله مظاهر مقدسه الهیه حضرت زردشت بود نبوت حضرت مثل آفتاب واضح و روشن است

Among the holy Manifestations of God was Zoroaster, whose Prophethood is clear and evident as the sun [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0596, AVK2.068.10x, KHF.126, KHAB.217 (227), KHTB3.050

@Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @oneness; unity of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @unity in diversity

ABU0227

Words spoken to Miss St. of Southampton on 7 Feb 1910

870

Meine lieben Gäste! Die Lehre vom "abdschad" ist die Lehre von der mystischen Verwandtschaft von Worten, deren Zahlenwerte ihrer Buchstaben zusammenaddiert übereinstimmen

SDW v11#04 p.039-041

@Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @transcendence; unknowability of God, @language and the structure of reality, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0610

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

470

Alle Dinge dieser Welt fallen in zwei Gruppen, entweder gehören sie zu den meßbaren, wägbaren, beweisbaren Sachen, oder aber zu den unermeßbaren

SDW v13#10 p.104

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @soul; spirit after death, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit

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

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

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, @praise of Western values; culture, @growth of the Cause

ABU2114

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

130

Als Zorn Gottes wird irrtümlicherweise die Logik, die Konsequenz, kurz, die Gerechtigkeit Gottes genannt

SDW v14#01 p.007-008

@God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @justice and wrath of God, @law of cause and effect

ABU2948

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Jede Krankheit fasse zuerst als Läuterung auf und bedenke, daß in jeder Krankheit der Segen der Einsamkeit liegt

@presence of; reunion with God, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @Mosaic imagery

ABU3027

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Sei nicht Sklave, sondern Herr deiner Stimmungen. Bist du aber so verärgert, so gedrückt, so wund

@spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @compassion; kindness, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3038

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Es gibt nicht nur in lndicn Kasten und Kastengeist. Das Prinzip der Exklusivitat vergiftet auch heute noch die westlichen Kulturstaaten

@race unity; racial issues, @Christ; Christianity, @Christian doctrine and practice, @priestcraft, @growth of the Cause, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU3103

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

O meine Tochter, lebe das Leben einer Bahá'i und du wirst beständig mit großen Gedanken dich beschäftigen müssen

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcending the material condition, @spiritual transformation, @nearness to God

ABU3247

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Unser Verhältnis zu Gott, dem Herrn, muß auf zwei Grundpfeilern ruhen: williges Unterordnen des eigenen Willens unter den Göttlichen und Aufrichtigkeit

@religion as reality; definitions of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @knowledge; recognition of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU3324

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die Jugend will ein großes Betätigungsfeld vor sich sehen -- heißt sie -- die Bahá'i-Lehre über die ganze Erde tragen

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3332

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die richtigen, wahren Bahá'i sind die Schauenden, die Erkennenden, die Wissenden; ihre vornehmste Aufgabe ist, daß sie von der Gnade der Erkenntnis

SDW v14#01 p.008

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @love and unity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

ABU3351

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

lm Diesseits und Jenseits haben wir Bahá'I nur ein Ziel: für das Reich Gottes (Malekut-Allah) zu leben und zu wirken

@connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU3352

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Gottes Führung will uns von der Willkür unserer Sínnlichkeit, von der tollen Eigenmächtigkeit unseres Willens, von der Last unseres kleingläubigen Sorgengeistes

SDW v13#10 p.104

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @free will and predestination; fate, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU3353

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die Gesegnete Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh lehrt, der Mensch -- jeder Mensch -- hat ein Anrecht auf Friede, Freiheit, Freude und Arbeit

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @work as worship, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @true liberty; freedom

ABU3426

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Fürehte dich nicht, sorge dich nicht, lıetze dich nicht ab für die Dinge dieser Welt! Folge stetig der Führung Gottes

@spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU3429

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Lies, meine Tochter, die heiligen Bücher der Menschheit, studiere als Christin besonders das Neue Testament; zeige mir

SDW v14#01 p.007

@justice and wrath of God, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @Christ; Christianity, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

ABU3433

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Für die Jugend ist das Höchste, Edelste und Beste gerade gut genug! Warum hält man denn in den meisten Kulturländern den Elementarlehrer

ABU3439

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Haß und Unaufrichtigkeit können tödliche Seelengifte werden, erbarmende Liebe und feuriger Wahrheitsdrang

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3440

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die Arbeit soll dem Menschen Selbstbewußtsein urid Würde geben. Warum raubt man ihm denn diese zwei wichtigsten Früchte

@labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship

ABU3539

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Bahá'i-Mutter (zu einer anwesenden Araberin gesprochen), lehre deine Söhne den Segen des Gehorsams und die Seligkeit des Opfers

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @education of children; moral education, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3580

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Was ist Kultur, wenn sie nicht lebendiger Besitz eines Einzelnen ist? Luxus des Begüterten! Klassen- und Kastenbesitz

ABU3587

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die freudigste Genugtuung fühlt man nach Erfüllung und Vollendung von schweren, opfervollen Pflichten!

RHQM2.0634-636 (014) (010-011)

ABU3621

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Das schönste Pentagramm umfaßt: Liebe, Arbeit, Gebet, Friede und Freude. Jage täglich seiner Verwirklichung nach!

SDW v13#10 p.104

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @work as worship

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

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @light and darkness, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0298

Words spoken to Kathryn Frankland at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-08

740

The people here are like animals. They are not awake. They are very negligent... These souls have life, not spiritual life...

PN_1920 p040, PN_1920 p098, PN_1920_heh_haifa p071

@reward and punishment, @murder; causing physical harm, @spiritual transformation, @equality of men and women

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, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1523

Words spoken to Baha'is of the World at Bahji, 1913-12-25

210

You are all welcome. How are you? It is part of the Divine Wisdom that I should keep silent for a time! All that was required of me

DAS.1913-12-25, SW_v05#01 p.003, BSTW#344

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @bringing forth results; fruit, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance

ABU2340

Words spoken to Baha'is of Stuttgart, Hotel Marquardt, 1913-04-27

100

Persian

من از برای شما تأییدات الهیه و عزت ابدیه میخواهم که چنان مؤید گردید که از جمیع شئون عالم طبیعت فارغ

I beseech for you divine confirmation and imperishable glory, so that ye may be so strengthened by His grace as to become wholly detached

BDA2.266

BBBD.207, MHMD2.347-348

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0003

Words spoken throughout the day on 1912-06-08

2620

Bahá'í Prayers

I have come to Philadelphia to breathe into you the spirit of Bahá'u'lláh. My heart led me here. You must continue to keep the Nineteen Day Feast... O God! Dispel all those elements which are the cause of discord

BPRY.093-094x, COC#0933x, LOG#0796x, SW_v05#06 p.083-089, SW_v04#07 p.120x, BSTW#430x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @race unity; racial issues, @words vs deeds, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU3132

Words spoken privately in Washington D.C., 1912-04-23

Persian

جمال مبارک را باید شکر نمود زیرا تائیدات اوست که مهیج نفوس است توفیقات جمال ابهی است که مقلب قلوبست

We must offer thanks to the Blessed Beauty because it is His help that has stirred the people; it is His grace that has changed the hearts.

BDA1.048.02

SW_v19#03 p.089x, MHMD1.056

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3073

Words spoken over lunch on 1913-04-03

I dreamed I was in Tiberias. Along the shore I was living alone in a small cottage which was built with mud bricks

DAS.1913-04-03

@accounts of dreams and visions, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0770

Words spoken on Mt Carmel in summer of 1909

390

Das Buch der gesegneten Vollkommenheit (Bahá'u'lláh), welches den herrlichen Namen "Eschrakat" trägt, vervollständigt in mancher Hinsicht das Heilige Buch, Kitáb-i-Aqdas

SDW v11#09 p.100-101

@House of Justice, @growth of the Cause, @symbolism of color and light, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language

ABU0376

Words spoken on Mt Carmel in June 1909

650

Die Gesegnete Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh hat in allen Seinen geheiligten Schriften, im Kitab-i-Aqdas, im Eschrakat

SDW v11#12 p.134-135

@education and the development of capacity, @education of children; moral education, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @educational curricula, @differences in human capacity, @Christ; Christianity

ABU0944

Words spoken on final evening of Western trip on 1913-06-16

320

Persian

اعظم و اقدم امور تبلیغ امرالله است این کار مؤید است از جمیع نفوس بیشتر من

Today the greatest of all affairs is to teach the Cause of God and to promote the glad-tidings of the appearance of the Lord of Hosts

BDA2.352x

DAS.1913-06-16, MHMD2.468x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause

ABU3589

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic in New York, 1912-12-06

This (Covenant) is the Ark of Noah, its moving power is the fire of the love of God

DAS.1912-12-06, SW_v03#16 p.002, SW_v08#16 p.219

@love as fire, @love of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU3573

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-13

Persian

من در امریکا گفتم که جنگ بالکان مقدمهٴ آن حرب عمومی است

In America, I stated that the Balkan War was the beginning of the world war to which you refer

BDA2.019

MHMD2.022

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @predictions and prophecies

ABU3696

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-11

110

Persian

چه می‌گوئید که من یکمرتبه وارد مسجد شاه طهران شوم و بمعاندین بگویم شما مرا جستجو

What would you say if I were to suddenly enter the Masjid Shah in Tehran, and say to the enemies of the Faith

BDA2.016-017

MHMD2.019

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3701

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-11

100

Persian

دیشب در خیال فلاسفه بودم که این نفوس چه قدر غافلند با وجود آنکه خطایای فلاسفهٴ سابقین

My mind was preoccupied last night with the materialist philosophers, and how oblivious they are

BDA2.017

MHMD2.020

@ether; the phenomenon of light, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @limits of the intellect

ABU1167

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10

Persian

در عالم وجود عجیب روابطی است نغمه و صوت عادی با آنکه عبارت از تموج هوی است

There are strange relationships in the world of creation. Although melody and voice are ordinary phenomena

BDA2.016

MHMD2.019

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @four elements, @ether; the phenomenon of light, @the power of words; of speech, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU2407

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10

100

Do you see that brilliant star? I declare... that it is my fondest hope

DAS.1912-12-08, SW_v07#12 p.115, SW_v09#14 p.162

@light and darkness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @being a source of light; guidance, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU2850

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10

Persian

کم است نسبت بامریکا هر چند مصارف انگلند کمتر است ولی باز اُجرت مزدوران

This is little compared to America. Though expenses are lower in England, still their workers' wages are too low

BDA2.015

MHMD2.018

@labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU3622

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-09

Trustworthiness is the most brilliant jewel in the diadem which crowns man's heavenly attributes.

DAS.1912-12-09, SW_v08#02 p.025

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3734

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-08

Persian

چهار هزار و ششصد قدم راه رفتم بطول راه عکّل تا روضهٴ مبارکه میخواهم مشق راه رفتن کنم

I have taken 4,600 steps. This is the distance between the city of 'Akka and the Shrine of Baha'u'llah. I wish to practise walking

BDA2.013

MHMD2.015

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU3733

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-07

Persian

من سر میز خواهم آمد ولی چند روز میخواهم قناعت داشته باشم والّا شرقیها تحکّمی ندارد

Since the people of the East have not treated the attendants of this ship well... I shall come to the table… It is possible that the Europeans believe themselves to be superior to us, but we consider all people the servants of God and regard all humanity the same way

BDA2.012

MHMD2.014

@unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West

ABU1299

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

240

Persian

اهمیت این سفر بعد معلوم خواهد شد تا حال چنین امری واقع نگشته و در هیچ عصری دیده

The significance of this journey will become known in the future. Up until the present time

BDA2.007

MHMD2.009-010

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @Christ; Christianity, @the power of words; of speech, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1666

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

180

Persian

بقای آنها نسبت بنفوس مقدسه مانند فناست مثل این چوب که وجود دارد ولی نسبت بعالم انسانی

The permanence of those souls, when compared with that of the sanctified souls, is even as non-existence itself

BDA2.010

MHMD2.012

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @man's distinction from the animal, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

ABU2059

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

130

Persian

کاریکه خدا در جلو انسان می‌گذارد لابد طاقت هم میدهد ما نباید همیشه بآسایش تن ناظر باشیم

When God entrusts one to do something, He also gives one the capacity to endure it

BDA2.009.09

MHMD2.011

@spiritual transformation, @disregarding bodily comfort, @transcending the material condition, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @high station of the true believer, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2433

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

Persian

باید در کشتی الهی سوار شد زیرا این عالم دریای پر انقلاب است جمیع خلق روی زمین که بیش از دو ملیاردند

One must ride in the ship of God; for this life is a stormy sea, and all the people on earth--that is, over two billion souls--will drown in it before a hundred years have passed.

BDA2.009

MHMD2.011-012, BW_v13p1187, VLAB.048

@spiritual transformation, @predictions and prophecies, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2999

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

Persian

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, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3467

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

Persian

بیائید ببینید چه ستارهٴ روشنی است من میخواهم احبای جمال مبارک مثل این ستاره روشن باشند

Come and see what a brilliant star this is! I cherish the hope that the loved ones of the Blessed Beauty may be like this shining star

BDA2.013

MHMD2.015

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance

ABU1848

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at port, 1912-12-13

160

Persian

من از امریکا میآیم نه ماه در آن ممالک مسافر بودم در اکثر کنائس و مجامع نطق کردم

I come from America, where I spent nine months as a traveller. I spoke at many churches and synagogues

BDA2.020

MHMD2.023

@East and West; communication between East and West, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @unity of thought and belief

ABU3145

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-09

Persian

فردای دیگر مسافر دریا هستیم واقعاً قوهٴ بخار چیز عجیبی است اگر این قوه نبود بحر محیط را

We shall be at sea for another day. Steam power is truly a wonderful thing.

BDA1.025.02

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.033, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3144

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06

Persian

صحبتشان در مجلس این خواهد بود که مسیح خود را برای رفع گناهان قربان نمود اما معانی آن را نفهمیده اند

Their speeches in the meeting will be to the effect that Christ sacrificed Himself in order to redeem us from our sins. But they do not understand the inner meaning... The redemption of sins depends on our acting upon the admonitions of Christ, and the martyrdom of Christ was to cause us to attain praiseworthy morals and supreme stations.

BDA1.023.16

MHMD1.032

@Christian doctrine and practice, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @outward and inward meanings

ABU3478

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06

Persian

ما مداخله در طعام جسمانی آنها نمی کنیم مداخلهٴ ما در طعام روحانی است

At the table on board the Cedric Abdu'l-Baha spoke about simple diet - how much better

BDA1.023.02

DAS.1913-07-20, SW_v08#02 p.018, MHMD1.031, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU2582

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-30

Persian

در این قضیه حکمتی است بعد معلوم خواهد شد

There is a wisdom in this matter which will become known later.

BDA1.016.10x

MHMD1.023

ABU3120

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-28

Persian

این حمالهای زغال کشی چه قدر تحمل زحمت مینمایند چه قدر محتاج و فقیر ندخیلی لازمست صاحبان کمپانی

What hardship these coal miners have to suffer, how poor and needy they are!

BDA1.015.14

MHMD1.022

@labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0606

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

470

The managers of these steamship companies must in a degree look after the comfort and well-being of these men [the coal-carriers]

DAS.1913-12-03

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing

ABU2358

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

100

Education is the bedrock of the modern civilization of Europe and America. From childhood the mothers train the minds of their children with noble ideals

DAS.1913-12-03

@educational curricula, @education of children; moral education

ABU2835

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

You must sow seeds of the trees of which may yield fruits for all eternity. Praise be to God, you have entered in the path

DAS.1913-12-03

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @bringing forth results; fruit, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2894

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

Trust thou wholly in God, and be entirely detached from this world. Then the comfort of this world also will be thine. All these men that thou art beholding

DAS.1913-12-03

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU3277

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

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

@definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @attaining the life of the spirit, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2351

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-02

100

Let us all remember, we have travelled over many countries and upraised the Flag of Truth over many climes. People everywhere listened to the word

DAS.1913-12-02

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @universal peace; world unity

ABU3749

Words spoken on board the Himalaya at sea, 1913-06-15

Persian

چنین تعالیممایحتاج عالم انسانی در این عصر نورانیست زیرا این عصر عصر تقالید نیست عصر انوار است

These teachings are what the world needs in this luminous age, for this is not an age of blind imitation; it is the age of light, and the century in which mysteries will be made manifest

BDA2.351

MHMD2.466-467

@universal peace; world unity, @blind imitation [taqlid], @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @teachings as spirit of the age, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1064

Words spoken on board the Himalaya at sea, 1913-06-14

300

There was a man in Bagdad who was the chief of a thousand warriors. These men were not in the regular army

DAS.1913-06-14, SW_v09#18 p.209

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3748

Words spoken on board the Himalaya at sea, 1913-06-13

Persian

چه قدر فقیرند و چگونه زحمت میکشند رؤسای اداره‌ها و کارخانه‌جات باید بجهت مزدوران در کمپانیها

How poor are they [labourers on ship], and how hard they toil! The presidents of factories and other operations must allocate a share [of the profits] for the workers in their companies

BDA2.349

MHMD2.464

@labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU1443

Words spoken on 1921-01-13

220

Persian

فرمودند بنویس این را در کتب و صحف الهی ذکر خلق جدید است افعیینا بالخلق الاول

Say: Write thou this in the divine Books and Tablets: The mention of a new creation. Were We then wearied by the first creation? [3.5s]

SFI07.033

@spiritual transformation, @metallurgical metaphors, @continual renewal of creation

ABU1412

Words spoken on 1920-11-28

230

Springtime is the time of buds and blossoms and flowers, but the season of fruits is after the springtime

SW_v13#01 p.018-019

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @growth of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3214

Words spoken on 1920-09-20 in Haifa

He said that the belief of the Druses was very secret, but he knew it - that they do not believe in any prophet, neither Jesus nor Muhammad, but in minor people, such as Peter. Their leader was a servant of Muhammad. They believe in reincarnation. They veil and pretend to be a Muhammadan sect.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p024

ABU1725

Words spoken on 1920-09-07

180

The body of man is from the world of nature. His body is akin to that of the animal. He has animal tendencies.

SW_v11#16 p.269, PN_1920 p032, PN_1920 p056, PN_1920 p092, PN_1920_heh p014, PN_1920_heh_haifa p021

@spiritual transformation, @man's distinction from the animal, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @second birth, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1065

Words spoken on 1920-05-07

300

His Holiness Jesus says, 'He amongst you who desires to become first must be the last, and he who desires to be a master, must become a servant'.

BSTW#317

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @being a source of light; guidance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @love of God

ABU1237

Words spoken on 1920-02-15

260

You must think now of spiritual affairs. Try to enlighten the morals and try to spread

SW_v11#12 p.224-225

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0195

Words spoken on 1920-01-05

910

Persian

جمال مبارک ما را از جمیع قیود نجات داده... شخصی بود مصطفی بیک مدیر تحریرات مفتی شهر عکا

The Blessed Beauty has freed us from all restraints. He teaches that we must be kind to all, even to our enemies. There was a certain Mustafa Bayk

ISA.018-021

ISAE.1920-01-05, STAB#097x

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

ABU3654

Words spoken on 1920-01-04

110

Persian

حیفا بدرجه ای ترقی کند که این کوه یکپارچه نور شود از اینجا تا عکا

Haifa will develop to such a degree that this mountain will be covered entirely in light. From here to 'Akka will be connected by roads and on each side trees will be planted

ISA.015-016

ISAE.1920-01-04

@future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU3658

Words spoken on 1920-01-01

Persian

حل این مسئله آسان است کلام بر سه قسم است یکی لفظی که عبارت از تموج هواست که صماخ گوش را

The solution to this issue is simple. Kalam [the Word] appears in three types. One is oral, which is composed of airwaves, impacts the orifice of the ear and is made and assembled of letters

ISA.013

ISAE.1920-01-01

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2439

Words spoken on 1919-12-30

Persian

تاجر ماهوت فروشی چند توپ ماهوت از بغداد خریده

Once a cloth merchant bought some fabric in Baghdad and was taking it to his own town to sell. On the way, he encountered some thieves.

ISA.017

ISAE.1919-12-30, STAB#160

@humor; jokes

ABU3656

Words spoken on 1919-12-30

Persian

بلی زیرا بموجب دستور مبارک عمل نکرده اند در مجمع اتفاق ملل فقط چند دولت

Yes, since they have disobeyed the blessed instructions [of Baha'u'llah]. Only a few countries have representatives in the League of Nations, whereas the representatives must be appointed and ratified by the nation

ISA.012

ISAE.1919-12-30

@war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @power of faith; power of the spirit

ABU3657

Words spoken on 1919-12-30

Persian

رسمیت در یک مملکت بخصوص که بهائیان در آن جمع شوند نمی شود در هر جا

Recognition will not occur in a specific country where the Baha'ís should gather. In every land, the friends will progress and the Cause of God will be recognized without warfare or conflict. Christianity in France was emancipated in this manner.

ISA.002-003

ISAE.1919-12-30

@Christ; Christianity, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @growth of the Cause, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees

ABU3659

Words spoken on 1919-12-30

Persian

وقتی به امریکا رفتم ضعفم به درجه ای بود که صدایم تا چند درعی نمیرسید ناچار در مجالس چهار پنج هزار

When I went to America, My fatigue was of such a degree that My voice could not reach more than a few meters. Of necessity, in gatherings of four or five thousands souls

ISA.002

ISAE.1919-12-30

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer

ABU3662

Words spoken on 1919-12-29

Persian

در بغداد از اطاقی که مشرف به رودخانه دجله بود و در وقت نزول چهره مبارک برافروخته بود

In Baghdad, in a room overlooking the Tigris River. At the time of its revelation, the Blessed Countenance [of Baha'u'llah] was most excited.

ISA.001

ISAE.1919-12-29

@banishment to; life in Baghdad

ABU1607

Words spoken on 1919-12-27

190

Persian

در اوایلی که به عکا و قشله عسکریه وارد شدیم روزی حکومت خبر داد

You see this old man; he has devoted his entire life in service to the Cause of God… In the early days when we came to 'Akka and arrived at the military barracks, one day the governor sent word

ISA.003-004

ISAE.1919-12-27, STAB#090

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @Mount Carmel

ABU3647

Words spoken on 1919-12-26

600

Persian

تمام آن الواح از لسان جمال مبارک است در اواخر ایام مبارک یک نفر از احباب

All of those Tablets were revealed by the lips of the Blessed Beauty. During the final blessed days [of Baha'u'llah], one of the friends asked [the same question] of Mírza Áqa Jan

ISA.025-027

ISAE.1919-12-26

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU2548

Words spoken on 1919-12-25

Persian

امروز چون عید ولادت حضرت مسیح بود دیدن بعضی دوستان مسیحی رفتم من بموجب امر جمال

Today, inasmuch as it was the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, I proceeded, in accordance with the command of the Beauty, to visit certain Christian friends [3.5s]

ASAT5.144-145

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

ABU3653

Words spoken on 1919-12-21

110

Persian

بلی عاکور همین عکاست فرنگی ها به عکا عاکور میگویند در طول مدت تاریخ

Yes, Achor is this same 'Akka. The Westerners refer to 'Akka as Achor. Over the course of history, it has acquired many names. At first it was 'Aúk, then became 'akúr [Achor] and afterwards 'Akka

ISA.015

ISAE.1919-12-21

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU3661

Words spoken on 1919-12-18

Persian

بلی این لوح در اواخر ایام جمال مبارک نازل شد موقعی به ابن ذئب رسید به صعود واقع شده بود

Yes. It was revealed during the latter days of the Blessed Beauty. When it reached the Son of the Wolf, the Ascension [of Baha'u'llah] had taken place

ISA.001

ISAE.1919-12-18

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3646

Words spoken on 1919-12-15

700

Persian

اغنیا باید به فقرا کمک کنند در آمریکا شخصی بود قریب سیصد ملیون لیره ثروت داشت

The rich must aid the poor. There was a person in America who was worth about three hundred million liras. Nevertheless, he was unwilling to spend even one lira on the poor; and all his life, he had not experienced comfort

ISA.006-008

ISAE.1919-12-15

@stories; anecdotes, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU2311

Words spoken on 1919-12-14

100

Persian

احزاب مختلفه ایران متنبه نشده اند... شیطان به بالین معاویه آمد و او را برای ادای نماز

The various parties of Iran have not awakened [3.5s]... ...one day Satan went to the bedside of Mu'awiyah and woke him up to perform his obligatory prayer.

ISA.011-012

ISAE.1919-12-14, STAB#147x

@hypocrisy, @past, present and future of Iran, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU2985

Words spoken on 1919-12-09

Persian

بلی اهالی ایتالیا متعصبند وقتیکه وارد ناپولی

Every year, on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year, the Pope would deliver a sermon in the church. One year he invited the Italian king to attend this ceremony.

NJB_v11#19 p.341b

STAB#050

@the Christian clergy

ABU0239

Words spoken on 1919-09-19

840

Persian

بعد از ظهور امر الله و ظهور مظهر کلی و اعلاء کلمة الله و انتشار ندای الهی

After the appearance of God's Cause, and the manifestation of His universal Manifestation, and the exaltation of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the divine Call [3.5s]

SFI06.020, SFI07.032

@banishment to; life in Constantinople, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0080

Words spoken on 1919-08-15 in Haifa

1350

mixed

تا لب دریا رفتم خیلی اینجا خوش وضعیست چون مثل دربند شمیران میماند

I walked to the seashore; this place is most delightful, for it resembles Darband in Shimiran [3.5s]

SFI06.017, SFI07.029

@martyrs and martyrdom, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3655

Words spoken on 1919-08-15

Persian

حاجی کریم خان ردیه بر امر نوشت و برداشت رفت به طهران که تقدیم شاه کند و خلعت و انعام گیرد

Hajji Karim Khan penned a refutation of the Cause and, having composed it, departed for Tehran that he might present it unto the Shah and receive robes of honor and rewards [3.5s]

NSS.236b

ABU2266

Words spoken on 1919-06-08

110

The Temple of Eshkabad is unique in that it is the first Temple of the kind that has been erected. Many such temples shall be constructed

BSTW#237

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @growth of the Cause, @music and singing

ABU2405

Words spoken on 1919-06-06

100

This spiritual communication and mutual exchange of thoughts is conditioned upon certain facts

SW_v10#18 p.336

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0366

Words spoken on 1919-03-09

650

Persian

امروز روز بسیار مبارکیست متبرک و متیمن است طلوع انوار صبح هدی است

Today is a most blessed Day, sanctified and auspicious; it is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance [3.5s]

AYT.113

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @apocalyptic imagery, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

ABU0364

Words spoken on 1918-12-22

660

Now that thou art returning to America thou must think of taking unto thyself a wife…. The bond that unites hearts most perfectly is loyalty

DAS.1918?, SW_v11#01 p.020-021

A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2)

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @education of children; moral education, @personal instructions

ABU0123

Words spoken on 1917-11-12 in Haifa

1110

Persian

Man of Courage, The

در یوم ثانی محرم سنه ١٢٣٣ در طهران در محله دروازه شمیران

On the second day of Muharram in the year 1233, in Tehran, in the district of the Shimran Gate [3.5s]... ...Ḥají Mírza Áqasí harbored the utmost enmity towards Mírza [ʻAbbas Núrí]

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.20, AYT.062-067, TZH2.012-015, MHA.184-187x

BLO_courage.06a

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

ABU0380

Words spoken on 1917-02-16

640

It is very good. It sticks.... Consider how men, in order to gain wealth and honor, threw themselves

SW_v10#10 p.200-202

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @living waters; water of life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2411

Words spoken on 1917-02-03

100

Come and take this, Mirza Ahmad. Let me see what you can do. Let me see what the friends of God in these states will do.

SW_v10#04 p.071-072

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0084

Words spoken on 1916-08-20 in Nazareth

1320

Persian

انشاء الله شمس راحت و آسایش بزودی از افق اینجهان طلوع خواهد نمود و مردم در

God willing, the sun of tranquility and repose will soon dawn above the horizon of this world and mankind will [3.5s]

NJB_v14#06 p.192

@education of children; moral education, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @war and peace, @Christ; Christianity, @prayer for peace and unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU0417

Words spoken on 1916-08-20 in Nazareth

600

Persian

انشاء الله این شمس راحت و آسایش به زودی از افق این جهان طلوع خواهد نمود و مردم در مهد آسایش و سرور خواهند آرمید

God willing, this Sun of comfort and tranquility shall ere long rise above the horizon of this world, and humanity shall repose upon the cradle of ease and gladness [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-20

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @war and peace, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

ABU1170

Words spoken on 1916-08-17 in Haifa

270

Persian

قوانین طبیعت در مجرائی جاری است، هیچ کائنی نیست که بتواند ذره تجاوز از قانون طبیعی نماید. [انسان] به قانون طبیعت

The laws of nature flow in their ordained course, and no created thing can transgress by even an atom's weight from the natural law [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-17

@power of the mind over nature, @man's distinction from the animal, @one universal law; attractive power of love

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, @maintainance of degrees in society, @education and the development of capacity, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal

ABU0551

Words spoken on 1916-08-10 in Haifa

500

Persian

روح در عالم تجرد از بدن مستغنی است. دارای جمیع شئون است. به نفسه بدون احتیاج بدن می بیند، می شنود

The spirit, in its realm of abstraction, is wholly independent of the body. It possesseth all attributes and, of itself, without need of the body, doth see and hear [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-10

@existence; immortality of the human soul, @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit

ABU1621

Words spoken on 1916-08-09 in Haifa

190

Persian

یک حدیثی است که جمیع بر آن متفق هستند که فقهاء ذلک الزمان اشر فقهإ تحت ظل السماء

There is a tradition upon which all are in agreement, that the divines of that time shall be the most iniquitous divines beneath the shadow of the heavens [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-09

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1445

Words spoken on 1916-07-29 in Haifa

220

Persian

مبدأ این از اسلام است، شفاخانه می گفتند. حضرات اروپائیها آمدند اینجا، لویز سابع رفت در فرانسه تأسیس نمود

The origin of this was from Islam, where it was known as a house of healing. The Europeans came hither, and Louis the Seventh established it in France [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-29

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1610

Words spoken on 1916-07-19

190

Persian

صوفى بود من مکتوب خط خود او را بفتح عليشاه ديدهام وقتى شاه دويست ترکمان را گرفت بکشد

I was acquainted with a Sufi who wrote a letter with his own hand to Fath-'Ali-Shah [3.5s]... ...Fath-'Ali Shah had jailed some 200 Turkomans he intended to kill. Mirza Abu'l-Qasim

MUH1.0571-0572, QUM.013

STAB#017

@prayer for justice and fairmindedness, @petitions to authorities, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU0675

Words spoken on 1916-07-13 in Haifa

430

Persian

این کتاب [مفاوضات] از برای غربیان نوشته شده نه از برای علماء. از برای علماء فرائد خوب است. این کتاب از برای فرنگیها نوشته شده

This Book [Some Answered Questions] hath been written for the peoples of the West, and not for the divines [of the East]. For the divines, the Fara'id is most fitting. This Book hath been penned for those of European lands [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-13

@East and West; communication between East and West, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @relativity of religious truth, @high station of learning, @universality of the Cause, @man's distinction from the animal, @power of the mind over nature, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

ABU0865

Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa

350

Persian

هر چند اساس معین است مثل اساس حضرت مسیح اما اگر کسی در میان نصاری سیر کند می بیند که

Though the foundation is established, even as was the foundation laid by Jesus Christ, yet should one journey amidst the Christians, one beholdeth that [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-12

@Theosophy, @reincarnation, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

ABU1921

Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa

150

Persian

مسائل تاریخی تورات از حضرت موسی نیست، از عزراء است. احکامش از موسی است و برهان بر

The matters of history in the Torah are not from Moses, but from Ezra. Its laws are from Moses, and the proof lieth in [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-12

@corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU0885

Words spoken on 1916-07-10 in Haifa

340

Persian

در این ایام احباب این صفحات باید به خدمت یکدیگر قیام کنند. مردم گمان می کنند که نعمای جسمانی

In these days, must the beloved friends in these regions arise to serve one another. The people imagine that physical bounties [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-10

@need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU0860

Words spoken on 1916-07-09 in Haifa

350

Persian

خواندن کتب خوب است بر اطلاعات می افزاید اهمیت در این است که علوم و فنون از قلوب انسان نبعان کند. اینهمه علوم و فنون که پیدا شده از این است که از قلوب نبعان

Verily, the reading of books is praiseworthy and increaseth knowledge. Of paramount importance is that sciences and arts should spring forth from the hearts of men. All these sciences and arts that have appeared have emanated from the hearts [3.5s]

SFI14.327-328, ZSM.1916-07-09

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @the human soul, @station of the Manifestation of God, @contemplation

ABU0796

Words spoken on 1916-07-07 in Haifa

370

Persian

جنود ملکوت الهی در کار است. لشگر بر دو قسم است، یک لشگر در ساخلو و یک لشگر در میدان

The celestial hosts of God are at work. The army is divided into two hosts - one host stationed in the garrison and one host in the field [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-07-07

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual warfare; struggle, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2222

Words spoken on 1916-07-02

110

Persian

Family Life

تاسیس عائله خیلی مهم است تا انسان جوانست از غرور جوانی ملتفت نمیشود ولی چون پیر شد

It is highly important for man to raise a family. So long as he is young, because of youthful self-complacency

COMP_FAMP#09x, BRL_SWOP#023, GHA.161

BRL_FAM#09x, BRL_SWO#023, COC#0860x, LOG#0733x

@parents and children; youth; families, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @education of children; moral education, @love and unity, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

ABU1657

Words spoken on 1916-06-27

190

The religion of God has now been proclaimed in Germany. When the divine seed takes root in the soil

BBBD.362, SW_v07#17 p.173

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @growth of the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU1310

Words spoken on 1916-06-07 in Haifa

240

Persian

معلوم است بعضی الوان هستند که مفرح قلب است و سبب ترقی احساسات، مثلاً رنگ سبز سبب سکون

Be thou assured that certain colors exist which gladden the heart and conduce to the elevation of feelings; as, for example, the hue of green which bringeth tranquility [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-06-07

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the mind's power of discovery, @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @symbolism of color and light

ABU0269

Words spoken on 1916-06-06 in Haifa

780

Persian

اگر یک سیلی به تو بزنم به عالم دیگر پرواز می کنی. به این مناسبت ذکر اجراء حدود الهیه شد که چقدر تأثیر دارد

Shouldst thou receive from Me but a single blow, thou wouldst take flight unto the other world. Thus hath mention been made of the execution of divine ordinances, and how potent is their influence [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-06-06

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2444

Words spoken on 1916-06-04 in Haifa

Persian

حرب خوب است که شکست نداشته باشد. آن حرب احبای الهی است. اگر بر سریر سلطنت نشینند غالبند

Praiseworthy is that warfare which knoweth no defeat, and such is the warfare of the loved ones of God. Should they ascend unto the throne of sovereignty, verily they shall prove victorious [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-06-04

@rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @episodes from the early history of Islam, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Imam Husayn, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU1833

Words spoken on 1916-05-30 in Haifa

160

Persian

حضرت اعلی می فرماید که هر قدر اهل عروج به معارج عرفان صعود کنند بالأخره راجع می شوند به انفس خود

The Exalted One declareth: Howsoever loftily the people of ascent may soar unto the heights of divine knowledge, in the end must they return unto their own selves [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-30

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @knowledge of self

ABU0884

Words spoken on 1916-05-25 in Haifa

340

Persian

در ایام حضرت رسول نعمان نامی بود بسیار شوخ و معیت نامی سیاه چهره. حضرت امیر به محاربهٴ با یکی از قبائل فرمود

In the days of His Holiness the Prophet, there was one named Nu'man, most jovial in spirit, and with him a dark-visaged companion named Ma'iyyat. His Holiness the Prince commanded them to wage battle against one of the tribes [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-25

@stories; anecdotes, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2713

Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa

Persian

این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است

This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate

MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19

BLO_PT#216.028

@symbolism of color and light, @seven stages of creation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU0771

Words spoken on 1916-05-15 in Haifa

380

Persian

این تو را گول می زند. چطور باغ را به او می سپاری. مثل اینست که گوشت را بدست گربه بسپاری

This doth beguile thee. How canst thou entrust the garden unto him? 'Tis as though thou wouldst commit the meat unto the care of the cat [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-15

@humor; jokes, @Shaykhis, @stories; anecdotes, @four pillars, @Islamic laws and jurisprudence, @growth of the Cause, @praise of Western values; culture, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU1971

Words spoken on 1916-05-09 in Haifa

140

Persian

این مقامی است مقام افاضه و آن تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله و ترویج تعالیم است. این من الحق الی الخلق است

This is the station of outpouring, and it is the propagation of the Cause of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God, the exaltation of the Word of God, and the promotion of His teachings. This floweth from the Truth unto creation [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-09

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1536

Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in Julis

200

Persian

بعد از حرکت جمال مبارک از بغداد سید مهدی خیلی بی حکمتی نمود. رضوان در محرم واقع شده بود. در دهم عاشورا عید گرفت

After the departure of the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Siyyid Mahdi acted with great unwisdom. The Ridvan festival had occurred in Muharram. On the tenth day, 'Ashura, he held a celebration [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-06

@wisdom [hikmat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0800

Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in

370

Persian

شيخ عبدالحميد در اياميکه جمال مبارک در بغداد تشريف داشتند محبت زيادى داشت شيعه بود ولى بى نهايت محبت

When the Blessed Beauty was residing in Baghdad, there was a Shi'I Muslim by the name of Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Hamid

MUH1.0120-0122

STAB#136

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1358

Words spoken on 1916-05-05 in Akka

230

Persian

انسان باید قدر بداند و همیشه شاکر باشد. میرزا آقا جان صابون ساز بود در کاشان مؤمن شد

Man should know his worth and ever be thankful. Mirza Aqa Jan was a soap-maker who attained to faith in Kashan [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-05

@pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

ABU1362

Words spoken on 1916-05-02 in Bahji

230

Persian

بعضی برآنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل منبعث از تفاعل است و بجهت این احتیاج به مدبر حقیقی ندارند

Some assert that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings, and their dissolution proceedeth from interaction, and for this cause they stand in no need of a True Ordainer [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-02

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence of God, @law of cause and effect

ABU2990

Words spoken on 1916-05-01 in Bahji

Persian

جمال مبارک یک وقت فرمودند من نه سال است یک برگ سبز ندیده ام. حال الحمدالله احباء در بهترین نقطهٴ این ارض

The Blessed Beauty once declared: "For nine years have I not beheld a single verdant leaf." Now, praise be to God, the loved ones dwell in the most beauteous spot of this earth [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-01

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment

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

@Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0463

Words spoken on 1916-04-16 in Bahji

560

Persian

`Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of

بعد از من معرکه می شود. خدا اسباب فراهم آورده که من باشم و نباشم تا احباب در اطراف بر ایشان فتوری حاصل نشود

After my departure there will be a short time of quiet in the Baha'i Cause. Then the flame of love and activity... bury me between Haifa and Akka in the sands there, for it is the pathway of the loved ones and pilgrims. Build nothing over it [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-04-16

SW_v14#06 p.181x

@predictions and prophecies, @law of burial and cremation, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @Christ; Christianity

Includes the passage "bury me between Haifa and Akka in the sands there, for it is the pathway of the loved ones and pilgrims. Build nothing over it... (3.5s)"

ABU0597

Words spoken on 1916-04-07 in Bahji

470

Persian

وقتی که حضرت اعلی در خطر عظیم بودند انظار همه متوجه به جمال مبارک بود. لهذا آقا میرزا عبدالکریم قزوینی

When His Holiness the Exalted One was in grave peril, all eyes were fixed upon the Blessed Beauty. Therefore Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-04-07

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0479

Words spoken on 1916-03-31 in Bahji

550

Persian

اوهام این فقراء خیلی است. مثلاً گمان می کند که اگر روی این قالی بنشیند دیگر لذتی اعظم از این نمی شود

Great is the delusion of these poor ones. For instance, they imagine that should they recline upon this carpet, no greater pleasure could there be than this [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-03-31

@stories; anecdotes, @episodes from the early history of Islam

ABU1426

Words spoken on 1916-03-16 in Haifa

220

Persian

امروز خیلی صدمه خوردم و عرق کرده بودم و سرمای شدیدی خوردم. ما نمی خواهیم پاپی مردم بشویم ولی اینطور

This day have I suffered grievously, perspiring and stricken with a most severe cold. Though We desire not to intrude upon the people, yet thus [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-03-16

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @stories; anecdotes, @justice and wrath of God

ABU0345

Words spoken on 1916-03-09 in Haifa

680

Persian

امروز روز بسیار مبارکی است. متبرک و متمین است. طلوع انوار صبح هدی است. مبدأ و منشأ امر الهی است

This Day is a most blessed Day, sanctified and assured. It is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance. It is the Source and Fountainhead of God's Cause [3.5s]

PYB#210 p.16-17x, ZSM.1916-03-09

@the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @apocalyptic imagery, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU0273

Words spoken on 1916-02-16 in Haifa

770

Persian

اگر نفی جمال مبارک نبود این بشارات تحقق نمی یافت ولی عظمت امر در این است که اعدا مسبب این ارتقاع شدند

Had it not been for the deniers of the Blessed Beauty, these glad-tidings would not have been fulfilled; yet the greatness of the Cause lieth in this, that the adversaries became themselves the cause of its exaltation [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-02-16

@early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1850

Words spoken on 1916-02-14 in Haifa

160

Persian

وقتی در عکا هفتاد نفر از ارتودکس ها را حکومت گرفت که جزیه بدهند، ولی چون فقیر بودند عاجز ماندند

When in 'Akká seventy souls from among the Orthodox were required by the government to pay the poll-tax, yet, being poor, they remained helpless [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-02-14

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0883

Words spoken on 1916-02-01 in Haifa

340

Persian

به نجف می رفت و چون میرزا حسن عمو داماد او بودند و آشنائی هم بود، جمال مبارک حضرت عبدالبهآء را با آقای کلیم

He was journeying to Najaf, and inasmuch as Mirza Hasan-i-'Ammu was his son-in-law and there existed familiarity between them, he took with him the Blessed Beauty, the Most Great Branch, and the honorable Kalim [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-02-01

@events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU1532

Words spoken on 1916-01-31

200

Persian

الحاکم بامر الله موسس فرقه درزى ششم خليفه فاطمى است ولى درزى لقب يکى از تلاميذ الحاکم است

Al-Hakim bi-Amr'illah, founder of the Druze sect, was the sixth Fatimid Caliph, while Darazi was the title of one of Al-Hakim's disciples [3.5s]... ...One al-Hakim bi'l-Amr summoned to his presence some Jews and Christians and asked them

MUH1.0188-0189

STAB#069

ABU3648

Words spoken on 1916-01-22

570

Persian

Man of Courage, The

تاریخ حاجی میرزا اقاسی حکایت غریبی است حاجی میر.ا اقاسی اهل تبریز بود... میرزا ابو القاسم قائم مقام اول شخص ایران بود

The story of Haji Mirza Aqasi is indeed a strange account. He was from Tabriz [3.5s]... ...Mírza Abuʼl-Qasim, the Qaʼim-Maqam, was the foremost man of Persia and a highly capable individual

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.19-20, RHQM2.1166-1169 (636) (391-393), SFI18.276

LOIR20.172, BLO_courage.05

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]

@Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3660

Words spoken on 1915-12-25

Persian

سر التنکیس این عبارت از خود شیخ مرحوم است و دو معنی دارد

The Secret of Inversion is this utterance from the departed Sheikh himself, and it possesseth twofold meaning [3.5s]

NSS.160b

ABU0774

Words spoken on 1915-11-25 in Haifa

380

Persian

در دور حضرت مسیح خیلی اذیت به مسیحیان می شد. دوازده مرتبه قتل عام شد. در فرانسه لویزی

In the Dispensation of Christ, grievous persecution was visited upon the Christians; twelve times were they subjected to mass martyrdom [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-11-25

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @growth of the Cause, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU0955

Words spoken on 1915-11-25 in Haifa

320

Persian

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

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

STAB#040, STAB#045

@episodes from the early history of Islam, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2458

Words spoken on 1915-11-20 in Haifa

Persian

شرایع الهی و ادیان الهی اجزاخانهٴ الهی است. دوای هر دردی در آن موجود است. یک طبیب حاذق می خواهد

The divine laws and celestial religions are as the Divine Dispensary, wherein existeth the remedy for every malady. A skilled physician is needed [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-11-20

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @Manifestation of God as divine physician

ABU0954

Words spoken on 1915-11-13 in Haifa

320

Persian

حضرت مسیح اینها را نصیحت می کند بصلح و سکون. می فرماید: شمشیر را غلاف کن، این دول

His Holiness Christ counseleth these peoples unto peace and tranquility. He saith: "Sheathe thy sword, O nations..." [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-11-13

@Christ; Christianity, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @war and peace, @words vs deeds, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU1215

Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji

260

Persian

من کار لازمی دارم در عکا می روم و برمی گردم، شماها باشید. سوار الاغ شده تشریف بردند. نزدیک ظهر اسفندیار

Lo, I have pressing work in 'Akká, and shall go forth and return; remain ye here. Thus did He mount upon the donkey and depart. It was nigh unto noon [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-11-10

@stories; anecdotes

ABU1821

Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji

160

Persian

انسان باید همیشه شعله را بنشاند. چون که این عالم همه اش شعله است، عالم نزاع و جدال است. نزاع میانه

Man must ever strive to quench the flame, for verily this world is naught but flame - a realm of conflict and contention [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-11-10

@competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @contention and conflict, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity

ABU3651

Words spoken on 1915-11-05

120

Persian

فی الحقیقه در وقتی که خلق بر آن بودند که قائم مروج قرآن است صریحا فرمود

In truth, at the time when the people were maintaining that the Qa'im would promote the Qur'an, He explicitly declared [3.5s]

NSS.160a

ABU2139

Words spoken on 1915-11-02 in Haifa

120

Persian

اینها برای اینست که معلوم شود که جز به ایمان و ایقان ممکن نیست تمدن حاصل شود. ممکن نیست از برای انسان

These things are revealed that it may become evident that civilization cannot be achieved save through faith and certitude. It is not possible for man [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-11-02

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0142

Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka

1050

Persian

این سفر امریکا خیلی زحمت داد چند سال طول کشید هر روز در یک جائی در حرکت بودیم، لکن تأییدات

This journey to America entailed manifold hardships and extended over several years. Each day found us in a different place, yet divine confirmations [3.5s]

NJB_v14#10 p.320, ZSM.1915-10-31

@suffering and imprisonment, @the power of example, @unity; oneness of humanity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1668

Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka

180

Persian

چقدر از بزرگان نصاری از میان رفتند ولی هنوز صدای زنگ این کلیسا بلند است و اکثر اینها چقدر شرور بودند

How many great ones among the Christians have passed away, yet still doth ring forth the bell of this church; and how sinful were most among them! [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-31

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0131

Words spoken on 1915-10-30 in Haifa

1090

Persian

هر مؤمن صادق و ثابت در صون حمایت جمال مبارک است. ایمان و ایقان یک رائحهٴ طیبه ای دارد، واقعاً نمی شود

Every faithful and steadfast believer abideth secure beneath the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty. True faith and certitude possesseth a sweet and heavenly fragrance that cannot be concealed [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-30

@Shrines and Holy places, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @degrees of faith; certitude

ABU0443

Words spoken on 1915-10-29 in Akka

580

Persian

شاه کاووس مرد متکبری بود. سیاوش از او مقبول تر است. کاووس دختر پادشاه یمن را گرفت و او را خیلی دوست داشت

King Kavous was a man of pride and arrogance. Siyavash was more favored than he. Kavoús took to wife the daughter of the King of Yemen, and cherished her with exceeding love [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-29

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2470

Words spoken on 1915-10-27 in Akka

Persian

من چهل و پنج سال در عکا بودم. کسی نبود که بگرید و من با او نگریم و یا اینکه بقدر امکان معاونت ننمایم

I was in 'Akká for forty and five years. There was none who wept but I wept with them, nor any who sought assistance but I rendered whatsoever aid lay within my power [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-27

@assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1847

Words spoken on 1915-10-26 in Bahji

160

Persian

مقصد از سوزاندن چراغ نه برای روضه است، بل برای نفوسی که وارد می شوند است که به آن واسطه ذکر کنند والا خود روضه مقدس است

The purpose of kindling the lamp is not for the shrine itself, but rather for such souls as enter therein, that through this means they may be moved to remembrance; for in truth the shrine itself is sanctified [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-26

@Islamic laws and jurisprudence, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU1162

Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji

270

Persian

ایشان در یک محلی با آقا میرزا جواد خراسانی و میرزا آقا جان تشریف داشتند و اینکه آقا میرزا جواد خیلی تندخو

They were present in a certain place with Áqá Mírzá Javád-i-Khurásání and Mírzá Áqá Ján, and verily Áqá Mírzá Javád was most irascible [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-23

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

ABU2146

Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji

120

Persian

تاریخ درستی در اسلام نوشته نشد. بهترین تاریخ آن ابی الفدا است، هر چند مختصر است. مقصد از تاریخ آن است

Verily, no true history hath been penned in Islam. The most excellent among its chronicles is that of Abu'l-Fida, though it be but brief. Know thou that the purpose of history is [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-23

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @personal instructions, @Muhammad; Islam

ABU1659

Words spoken on 1915-10-22 in Bahji

180

Persian

احبای الهی باید سعی کنند که بندهٴ جمال مبارک باشند تا مشاربالبنان باشند و در امور دنیویه اهمیت ندهند زیرا می گذرد

The beloved of God must strive to be servants of the Blessed Beauty, that they may be exemplars pointed to with fingers of acclaim, and must attach no importance to worldly affairs, for verily these shall pass away [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-22

@Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @thankfulness; gratitude, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @contention and conflict, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1753

Words spoken on 1915-10-21 in Akka

170

Persian

من جمله اینکه مناظر آنجا اصطناعی و مناظر اینجا خلقی است. اگر آن تجملات در اینجا بود آن وقت معلوم می شد

Among these matters lies the truth that those vistas are artificial whilst these scenes are divine creations. Were such splendors to be found herein, then verily would it become evident [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-21

ABU0578

Words spoken on 1915-10-20 in Akka

480

Persian

طفل باهوشی است. اطفال از کوچکی پیدا است که باهوشند یا نه. در مازندران برادری داشتیم میرزا علی محمد، فوت شد

He is a gifted child. From their earliest years children reveal whether they are gifted or not. In Mazandaran We had a brother, Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, who hath passed away [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-20

@martyrs and martyrdom, @stories; anecdotes, @business; financial; property matters

ABU2592

Words spoken on 1915-10-19 in Akka

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

ABU2545

Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa

Persian

اصل تورات عهد قدیم است و آن عهد قدیم اشاره بود از این عهد جدید که عهد ظهور تجلی رب است به جمیع صفات و کمال

The essence of the Torah was the Ancient Covenant, and that Ancient Covenant was but an allusion to this New Covenant, which is the Covenant of the manifestation of the Lord's revelation in all His attributes and perfection [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-17

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU3151

Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa

Persian

مقصود از امتداد زمانی است یعنی قوانین و احکام این دوره اگر هم چند هزار سال بگیرد بدون شک در عالم ظهور جلوه خواهد نمود

The purpose of temporal extension signifieth that the laws and ordinances of this Dispensation shall, without doubt, be made manifest in the realm of creation, even should it endure for thousands of years [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-17

@duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

ABU3152

Words spoken on 1915-10-14 in Haifa

Persian

مکتوبی از توپوکیان قنسول ایران در امریکا رسیده است. نوشته است که علی قلی خان به وی ابلاغ کرده

A missive hath been received from Topakian, Consul of Iran in America. He hath written that 'Ali-Quli Khan communicated unto him [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-14

@past, present and future of Iran, @constitutional revolution in Iran

ABU0534

Words spoken on 1915-10-08 in Haifa

510

Persian

والله یؤتی النصر لمن یشاء. در اینگونه محاربات غالبی نیست در میان، فی الحقیقه کل مغلوبند. این دو کشتی

By God, He granteth victory unto whomsoever He willeth. In conflicts such as these there can be no victor; in truth, all are vanquished. These two armies [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-08

@stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0859

Words spoken on 1915-10-05 in Haifa

350

Persian

حضرت مسیح روحی له الفداء قبل از شهادتشان می فرمودند که سنگهائی که ابداً معتنی به نیستند، بظاهر به هیچ کاری نمی خورند

Christ - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him - proclaimed, ere His martyrdom, that the stones which are utterly neglected and, to all outward seeming, are of no use whatsoever [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-05

@prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual transformation

ABU0919

Words spoken on 1915-10-04 in Haifa

330

Persian

دیشب در عالم رؤیا جناب ملا علی اکبر را می دیدم. هیکلشان جسیم بود ولکن در عالم رویا می بینم جسیم تر و فربه تر

Last night in the realm of dreams did I behold His honor Mulla Ali-Akbar. Though of stately frame was he, yet in the world of vision did I perceive him even more imposing and corpulent [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-04

@accounts of dreams and visions, @eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Hands of the Cause

ABU1308

Words spoken on 1915-10-03 in Haifa

240

Persian

ما تسلیمیم، اگر انسان تسلیم نباشد آن وقت گیر امتحانات می افتد. لنبلونکم بشئ من الخوف و الجوع و نقص

We are submissive. Should man fail to submit, he will verily fall into the trials and tribulations. We shall surely try you with something of fear and hunger and loss [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-03

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0353

Words spoken on 1915-10-02 in Haifa

670

Persian

حرب خیلی شدید شده است، چه از جهت شرق، چه از جهت غرب روسیه، چه از جهت عراق

The conflict hath grown exceedingly fierce, whether from the eastern regions, whether from the western parts of Russia, or whether from Iraq [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-02

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU1488

Words spoken on 1915-10-01 in Haifa

210

Persian

اگر این کلیه ، کلیهٴ بهائیه بود خوب بود. تلامذهٴ مکملی از آن بیرون می آمدند. حالا امیدمان چنان است

If this were the College of Bahá, it would be well indeed. Complete and perfected disciples would issue forth therefrom. Now such is our hope [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-01

@knowledge; recognition of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @education of children; moral education

ABU0857

Words spoken on 1915-09-29 in Haifa

350

Persian

بعضی نفوسند که خلق جدید می شوند. مثل اینکه هیچ آن آدم نیست. در نهایت شدت و غضب بود، بی نهایت حلیم می شود

There are certain souls who become created anew. It is as though they are no longer that same person. One who was at the extremity of severity and wrath becometh infinitely gentle [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-29

@stories; anecdotes, @second birth, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0144

Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa

1050

Persian

لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند

Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s]

NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28

@purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the power of example, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0831

Words spoken on 1915-09-24 in Haifa

360

Persian

مشکلی و آسانی اکثرش بفکر است. مثلاً حالا از برای ما وقتی فکر بکنیم که در صحرای بادیة العرب توی آن شنزارها

Hardship and ease depend mostly upon thought. For example, when we now imagine ourselves amidst the desert sands of the Arabian wilderness [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-24

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0357

Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa

660

Persian

اسباب وقتی که منقطع می شود، بهتر است [زیرا] انسان تشبث به اسباب الهی می کند. بشفای الهی باید [تقید] داشته باشد

When earthly means are cut off, it is better thus, for man doth then take recourse unto divine means. He must hold fast unto the divine healing [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-23

@growth of the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1752

Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa

170

Persian

گرسنگی صدمه است از برای انسان، غذا دافع آن است، نه اینکه لذتی است در غذا. تشنگی صدمه است از برای انسان

Hunger is an affliction unto man, and food doth ward it off; not that there be pleasure in food. Thirst is an affliction unto man [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-23

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0662

Words spoken on 1915-09-22 in Haifa

440

Persian

خوبی جسمانی چه ثمر دارد. اگر در خدمت امرالله و تذکر و تنبه بگذرد صحت اهمیت دارد والا اگر این نباشد چه اهمیت دارد

Of what benefit is physical wellbeing? Should health be expended in service to God's Cause and in remembrance and vigilance, then verily it is of consequence; otherwise, if this be not so, of what import is it? [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-22

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @love of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2219

Words spoken on 1915-09-21 in Haifa

110

Persian

بفرمایش حضرت روح که می فرماید "الجسد یحزن والروح یستبشر منهم " جسمم خسته شده است از این سفر

In accordance with the utterance of His Holiness the Spirit Who declareth: "The body grieveth while the spirit rejoiceth in them" - My body hath grown weary from this journey [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-21

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU0258

Words spoken on 1915-09-20 in Haifa

800

Persian

ایادی امر الله علیهم نفحات الرحمن که در ایام مبارک بودند اکثرشان بافق اعلی صعود کردند

The Hands of the Cause of God, upon whom be wafted the fragrances of the All-Merciful, who lived in those blessed days, have, for the most part, ascended unto the All-Highest Horizon [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-20

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1442

Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa

220

Persian

در عکا بیست و پنج سال که جمال مبارک تشریف داشتند هیچ ناخوشی وبا نشد. در جمیع بریة الشام چهار مرتبه

In 'Akká during the five and twenty years when the Blessed Beauty resided therein, no cholera epidemic ever occurred, whilst throughout the whole of Syria it broke forth four times [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-19

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU2555

Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa

Persian

این جنگ خیلی طول کشید و بمناسبت حکایت قلعه شیخ طبرسی را فرمودند که:" در قلعهٴ طبرسی صد و ده نفر بودند

This war was greatly prolonged, and concerning the narrative of the fortress, they spoke of Shaykh Tabarsi, saying: "In the fortress of Tabarsi there were one hundred and ten souls." [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-19

@stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2316

Words spoken on 1915-09-18 in Haifa

100

Persian

انسان وقتی که راضی است بهر چیز راضی است. وقتی که راضی نیست ولو بسلطنت هم باشد راضی

Man, when he is content, is content with all things. When he is not content, even should he possess sovereignty, he remaineth unsatisfied [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-18

@stories; anecdotes, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2046

Words spoken on 1915-09-16 in Haifa

130

Persian

بگو ببینم چه می کنی. امروز چه کرده ئی. حضرت اعلی می فرمایند که انسان باید هر روز اعمال خود را بسنجد

Say: Let Me behold what thou doest. What hast thou accomplished this day? The Exalted One declareth that man must, day by day, take account of his deeds [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-16

@self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @bringing oneself to account each day, @spiritual transformation

ABU0301

Words spoken on 1915-09-13 in Haifa

730

Persian

این محاربات که حضرات می کنند مثل امواج است. مثلاً موجی میرود روی موج دیگر، ولی عاقبت همهٴ این امواج ها

These conflicts that people wage are like unto waves. Lo, one wave mounteth upon another, yet ultimately all these waves [3.5s]

NJB_v11#05 p.096, NJB_v14#07 p.223, ZSM.1915-09-13

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1133

Words spoken on 1915-09-12 in Haifa

280

Persian

من دعا می کنم و برای خلق گشایش می طلبم اما خلق خودشان سبب تنگی می شوند. مثل اینست که

I prithee and do seek relief for all creation, yet the people themselves become the cause of their own constraint. It is as though [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-12

@past, present and future of Iran, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1541

Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa

200

Persian

چقدر خوب است که ایام انسان در سبیل الهی بگذرد. جمیع اوقاتش، جمیع افکارش در سبیل الهی صرف شود

How excellent it is that the days of man should pass in the path of God, that all his moments and all his thoughts should be expended in the Divine path [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-11

@words vs deeds, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Imam Husayn

ABU2585

Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa

Persian

شما ملاحظه نمائید که این ازلیها تا بحال جز ضرر و فساد و خرابی و انقلاب چه ثمری از برای ایران و ایرانیان داشتند

Consider ye how these followers of Azal have, until this day, yielded naught but harm and corruption, ruin and upheaval as their fruits for Iran and its people [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-11

@constitutional revolution in Iran, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU0229

Words spoken on 1915-09-10 in Haifa

860

Persian

امسال سال امتحان و افتنان است از هر جهت. در قرآن می فرماید:" أم حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة و لا یأتیکم

This year is a year of tests and trials from every direction. In the Qur'án He saith: "Did ye suppose ye should enter Paradise ere there come unto you..." [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-10

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

ABU0328

Words spoken on 1915-09-10

700

Persian

امسال سال امتحان و افتتان است از هر جهت در قرآن میفرماید

This year is the year of tests and trials from every direction, as He hath revealed in the Qur'an [3.5s]

NJB_v15#10 p.312

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @oneness; unity of religion, @hypocrisy

ABU0593

Words spoken on 1915-09-09 in Haifa

470

Persian

در سفر امریکا همیشه ذکر و فکر من روضهٴ مبارکه بود و این شعر سعدی را می خواندمآخر ای کعبهٴ مقصود کجا افتادی

Throughout my journey in America, my thoughts and remembrance ever dwelt upon the Sacred Shrine, and I would recite these words of Sa'di: "O Ka'bih of my heart's desire, where art thou situated?" [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-09

@rational arguments, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1836

Words spoken on 1915-09-08 in Haifa

160

Persian

خیلی مردم در مخمصه هستند. نور ایمان هم که نیست تا سبب صبر و تحمل شود. انسان وقتی که قلبش مطمئن به ایمان است

Verily, multitudes of men are encompassed by tribulation. The light of faith doth not shine forth that it might become the cause of patience and forbearance. When the heart of man is assured through faith [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-08

@call to action, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @light and darkness

ABU2846

Words spoken on 1915-09-08

Persian

زن و مرد باید فی الحقیقه رفیق باشند غمخوار یکدیگر باشند موافقنشان از روی حقیقت باشد

Verily, man and woman must in truth be companions, consoling one another, and their concord must be founded upon reality [3.5s]

GHA.160

@marriage as means of spiritual progress, @equality of men and women, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @idle fancies; lust and passion

ABU1074

Words spoken on 1915-09-07 in Haifa

290

Persian

امیدواریم که در آلمان آتش محبت الله شعله زند، بجهت آنکه اهل آلمان، مردمان با استقامتی هستند. متلون المزاج

We cherish the hope that in Germany the fire of the love of God may blaze forth, inasmuch as the German people are possessed of steadfastness and are not fickle in disposition [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-07

ABU0263

Words spoken on 1915-09-06 in Haifa

790

Persian

انسان باید به همه چیز معتاد باشد و از سردی و گرمی و خوشی و حزن عالم بچشد و از سیری و گرسنگی رو برنگرداند

Man must become accustomed unto all things, and taste of the cold and heat and joy and sorrow of the world, and turn not away from fullness nor from hunger [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-06

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @effort; striving, @knowledge of self

ABU0798

Words spoken on 1915-09-02 in Haifa

370

Persian

در نیویورک یک روزی به یک کلیسائی دعوت کرده بودند. یکی از خوانین هند به نیویورک آمده و تغییر لباس کرده بود

In the city of New York, upon a certain day, an invitation was extended to a church. One of the nobles of India had journeyed unto that city and had altered his raiment [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-02

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2712

Words spoken on 1915-09-01 in Haifa

Persian

اهالی خیلی در صدمه هستند زیرا همه اولادهایشان را به سربازی برده اند. چون صدای اشعار [را] از بالا بشنوند

The people are sorely afflicted, for their sons have been taken into military service. When they hear the verses from above [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-01

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2048

Words spoken on 1915-08-27 in Haifa

130

Persian

چقدر خوب است که انسان تشنه باشد و العطش العطش گویان به هر طرف بدود و چنین فنجان آبی برایش میسر شود

How excellent it is that man should be athirst, and, crying out "thirst, O thirst!", should run in every direction until such a cup of water be vouchsafed unto him [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-27

@stories; anecdotes

ABU1685

Words spoken on 1915-08-26 in Haifa

180

Persian

مِن بعد خیلی معرکه می شود. ملوک ارض کوزه های گل بر سرشان از مقام اعلی یک سر مناجات کنان به روضهٴ مبارکه

Ere long shall there come to pass mighty upheavals. The kings of the earth, with earthen vessels upon their heads, shall, with suppliant voices raised in prayer, hasten together from the Most Exalted Station unto the Sacred Court [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-26

@stories; anecdotes, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2859

Words spoken on 1915-08-23 in Haifa

Persian

می خواهم بیایم بالا در مسافرخانه و یک برغل پلوی برای حضرات بپزم. جمال مبارک مرا خادم احباء قرار داده

I wish to ascend to the pilgrim house and cook pilaf for the friends. The Blessed Beauty hath appointed me a servant of the beloved ones [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-23

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1032

Words spoken on 1915-08-22 in Haifa

300

Persian

جمیع اموری که واقع می شود، مبنی بر حکمت الهی است. هیچ حرکت و سکونی نیست که مبنی بر

All matters that come to pass are founded upon divine wisdom. No movement or stillness existeth except that it resteth upon [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-22

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @wisdom [hikmat], @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2132

Words spoken on 1915-08-19 in Haifa

120

Persian

انشاء الله می شوند، لیس علی الله بعزیز. آنکه به میرزا ابوالفضل داد، [به] اینها هم می دهد. میرزا ابوالفضل لسان اجنبی نمی دانست، اینها می دانند

God willing, this shall come to pass, for naught is difficult for God. He Who bestowed this gift upon Mirza Abu'l-Fadl shall likewise bestow it upon these souls. Though Mirza Abu'l-Fadl knew not foreign tongues, these do possess such knowledge [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-19

@effort; striving, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @praise and encouragement

ABU2247

Words spoken on 1915-08-15 in Haifa

110

Persian

نفوس را باید از نفوس بارده و نفوس سرد محافظه کرد. اگر محافظه کنی، سالم می ماند و الا بکلی ناخوش می ماند

Souls must be safeguarded from cold and frigid souls. If thou guardest them thus, they shall remain sound; else shall they be utterly afflicted [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-15

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @education of children; moral education, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU2721

Words spoken on 1915-08-14 in Haifa

Persian

باید نفوس بروح و ریحان خاضع و خاشع شوند. از احبای الهی کمالاتی ببینند، روش و سلوکی ببینند که مجبور

It behooveth souls to become submissive and humble with utmost joy and fragrance. From the loved ones of God must they behold such perfections, such conduct and behavior, that they become compelled [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-14

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0458

Words spoken on 1915-08-11 in Haifa

570

Persian

موسم عید است و ما نومید از دیدار یار عالمی در عیش و نوش و ما بچشم اشکبار

It is the season of festivities, yet We remain bereft of the vision of Our Beloved; whilst the world exulteth in pleasure and delight, Our eyes are filled with tears [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-11

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @universal peace; world unity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @symbolism

ABU1834

Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa

160

Persian

حضرت می فرمایند این آیات از فطرت من نازل می شود، از جبرئیل نیست. همیشه مخابرهٴ معنوی بود، مخابرهٴ مستمره بود

He saith: These verses are revealed from Mine own nature, not from Gabriel. Ever was it a spiritual communion, an unceasing communication [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-08

@prophecy and fulfillment, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU2050

Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa

130

Persian

خوب جائی است از برای طبابت و شهرت می کند. حاجی فرج الله بود کحال که هیچ نمی دانست و هزاران چشم

A goodly place it is for the healing arts and renowned it hath become. Haji Farajullah was an oculist who knew naught, yet thousands of eyes [he treated] [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-08

@stories; anecdotes

ABU3116

Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa

Persian

اگر در ژاپون [امر] دربگیرد بسیار خوب می شود. آنها استعدادش را دارند، بعکس چینی ها. اهالی چین هیچ استعداد ندارند

Should the Cause take root in Japan, it would be most wondrous. They possess the capacity for it, unlike the Chinese. The people of China have no capacity whatsoever [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-08

@power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause

ABU2157

Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa

120

Persian

دیشب خوابم نبرد. در غلام گردش نشسته بودم فکر می کردم. می دیدم که خدا چه موهبتی در حق ما کرده

Sleep did not visit me last night. I sat in contemplation within the garden's enclosure, reflecting upon how God had bestowed such bountiful favor upon us [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-07

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @thankfulness; gratitude, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU2345

Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa

100

Persian

نفس وقتی که بر انسان مسلط می شود هر بلائی بسر انسان می آورد. یک ساعت بخیال ریاست می اندازد

At the moment when the self gaineth dominion over man, it visiteth upon him every affliction. For the space of an hour it casteth him into thoughts of supremacy [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-07

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1380

Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa

230

Persian

همه اش هباءً منبثاً مأمن لی بیتاً عند عرش عظمتک فی ملکوت فردانیتک. معتمد الدوله اصفهان، منوچهر خان

All else is scattered dust. Grant me a shelter near the throne of Thy grandeur in the kingdom of Thy oneness [3.5s]... ...Mu'tamidu'd-Dawlih of Isfahan, Manuchihr Khan, owned many buildings. He had many villages in the vicinity of Tehran.

AHDA.595-596x, ZSM.1915-08-06

STAB#134x

@the ephemeral and the eternal, @stories; anecdotes, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1986

Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa

140

Persian

فرمایشی که میرزا ابوالفضل کرده به بیان ثابت می شود. در احسن القصص که کتاب اول حضرت اعلی است

That which Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl hath uttered is proven through the exposition in the Aḥsanu'l-Qiṣaṣ, which is the first Book of His Holiness the Exalted One [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-06

@prophecy and fulfillment, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

ABU2347

Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa

100

Persian

ولکن بعضی نفوس مثل عناکب می مانند، هر چه پرده اش را بدری باز فوراً می بافد. حضرت اعلی روحی فداه

But certain souls are like unto spiders: howsoever thou rendest their veil, they do straightway weave it anew [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-06

@veiling [hijab], @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2546

Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa

Persian

الفت از برای انسان هر مشکلی را آسان می کند. این فلاح ها حال به این مشکلی، زندگانی به این سختی، برای اینها

Friendship doth make easy for man every difficulty. These farmers now, with such hardship, with life so arduous, for them [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-06

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0832

Words spoken on 1915-08-05 in Haifa

360

Persian

هوای اینجا بسیار خوب است. صفای اینجا بسیار خوب است. در جوار مقام اعلی محل راحتی است

The air in this place is most excellent. The purity herein is surpassing fair. In the vicinity of the Most Exalted Shrine lieth a place of repose [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-05

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual transformation

ABU0440

Words spoken on 1915-08-04 in Haifa

580

Persian

اگر در ظل روحانیات باشد آنوقت ترقی می کند والا ایامی چند نمی گذرد هباءً منبثاً می شود. نتیجه نمی بخشد

If one dwelleth beneath the shade of spiritual things, then shall one advance; else shall not many days pass ere it becometh as scattered dust, yielding no fruit [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-04

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @call to action

ABU0519

Words spoken on 1915-08-04 in Haifa

520

Persian

حالا یک روزنامه می خواندم از جهت جامعه بحث می کرد. نمی توانست خوب تعبیر کند اما مقصد این بود که جامعه

Just now I was perusing a journal which discoursed upon the theme of society. Though it could not well express its intent, yet its purpose was that society [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-04

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0951

Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa

320

Persian

پنجاه نفر در یک طرفة العین کشته شده اند ولی نمی دانند از برای چه گرگر می روند. جناب شیخ علی اکبر قوچانی

In the twinkling of an eye, fifty souls have been slain, yet they know not why they wail and lament [3.5s]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @war and peace, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1081

Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa

290

Persian

شخصی از او از [شخص] کاملی پرسید، او هم اشاره به شخصی در نیشابور کرد. حسب الاشاره از حال شخص مذکور

A certain one inquired of him concerning a perfect one, whereupon he made mention of a person in Nishábúr. According to that which was indicated regarding the state of the aforementioned person [3.5s]

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation, @empty learning; false spirituality, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU1831

Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa

160

Persian

حالا که عالم مغشوش است تا ببینیم بعد از این طوفان چه می شود، انشاء الله خوب می شود. این دول بدون اینکه مشکلات

Now when the world is in tumult and confusion, We shall behold what shall come to pass after this tempest; God willing, it shall be well [3.5s]

@order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @war and peace, @wisdom [hikmat], @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

ABU2151

Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa

120

Persian

چقدر خوب بود که یک مشرق الاذکار و یک مدرسه جهانی در این کوه تأسیس می شد. مردم نمی دانند که مدرسه بهائی

How excellent would it be that a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár and a universal school should be established upon this mountain! The people know not that the Bahá'í school [3.5s]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @education of children; moral education, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2055

Words spoken on 1915-08-02 in Haifa

130

Persian

راحتی از این جنگ، نعمت بزرگی است ولی آنها اصرار کردند که تا ما سرباز نشویم با مسلمانان مساوی نشویم

Relief from this conflict is a great blessing, but they insisted that until we become soldiers we shall not be equal with the Muslims [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-02

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @personal instructions, @gambling and games of chance, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2587

Words spoken on 1915-07-31 in Haifa

Persian

قتلگاه کربلا و نجف را با خاک یکسان کردند، بعد شخم زدند. قریب هشتاد سال شخم می زدند و زراعت می کردند

They razed the holy sites of Karbila and Najaf to the ground, and thereafter did they plough the earth. For nigh upon fourscore years did they till and cultivate that soil [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-31

@Imam Husayn, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @martyrs and martyrdom, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU1427

Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa

220

Persian

اهالی اروپا چقدر در این مسئله دقت دارند و اگر این نبود حیات و زندگی از برای آنها بسیار صعب بود

O peoples of Europe! How vigilant are ye in this matter, and were it not for this, life and existence would have proven most arduous unto you [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-29

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @symbolism, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

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

ABU1501

Words spoken on 1915-07-28 in Haifa

210

Persian

وقتی که جمال مبارک در کردستان تشریف داشتند آقا محمد کریم فرستاد اهل و عیالش را به بغداد آوردند

When the Blessed Beauty sojourned in Kurdistan, He caused Aqa Muhammad Karim to send forth his family and dependents, that they should repair unto Baghdad [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-28

@stories; anecdotes, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

ABU0880

Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa

340

Persian

اغنیا رحم بر فقرا نمی کنند، خودشان هم معذب هستند. اگر رحم می کردند، ??م خود راحت بودند هم فقرا

The affluent show no mercy unto the poor, and they themselves are tormented. Were they to show compassion, both they themselves and the poor would find repose [3.5s]

NJB_v15#03 p.088, ZSM.1915-07-27

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2248

Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa

110

Persian

نفوس کشته می شوند ولی بی نتیجه. چقدر سلاطین کشته می شوند ولی هیچ ذکری از آنها نیست، ولی یک نفر که در سبیل الهی

Lives are sacrificed, yet to no avail. How many monarchs are slain, and no remembrance remaineth of them; yet a single soul who in the path of God [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-27

@martyrs and martyrdom, @Imam Husayn, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0635

Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa

450

Persian

حکمتهای بالغهٴ الهی است که این اسباب را فراهم می آورد. تا طوفان زمستان نباشد، سکون بهاری حاصل نمی شود

It is among the consummate wisdom of God that He hath brought forth these means, for without the tempests of winter, the tranquility of spring shall not be attained [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-25

@the ephemeral and the eternal, @transcending the material condition, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @continual renewal of creation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0643

Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa

450

Persian

وقتی که ما را به حیفا آوردند به یک اطاق کوچکی بردند. بعد در قایق بادی کوچکی به عکا بردند

When they brought Us unto Haifa, they led Us unto a small chamber. Thereafter did they convey Us in a small vessel unto 'Akká [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-25

@martyrs and martyrdom, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Imam Husayn, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1736

Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa

170

Persian

اسباب اینطور فراهم آمده که مجالس و معاشر حضرات تلامذه باشم. حکم غیبیه است که معلوم نیست

The circumstances have been thus ordained that I should associate and commune with the disciples. It is a divine decree whose purpose remaineth hidden [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-25

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @wisdom [hikmat]

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]

@development of capacity and readiness, @education of children; moral education, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @the power of words; of speech

ABU1080

Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa

290

Persian

در وقتی که ظلمت نادانی افق شرق را تاریک کرده بود در چنین وقتی حضرت بهاء الله ظاهر شد. نورش در شرق

At such time as the darkness of ignorance had enshrouded the horizon of the East, in such an hour did Bahá'u'lláh appear. His light in the East [3.5s]

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @universal peace; world unity, @religion as source of love and unity, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion, @universal language, @equality of men and women, @universal education

ABU1119

Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa

280

Persian

اولاً اینکه این بجهت نسبت است. مثلاً نقطه[ای از] خاک منسوب بحق شد، این مطاف جمیع نفوس واقع شد

First, know that this is by virtue of its connection. For example, when a particle of dust became associated with Truth, it became the point of circumambulation for all souls [3.5s]

@symbolism, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam

ABU3004

Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa

Persian

طهارت و نظافت از لوازم ایمان است. انسان وقتی که لباسش نظیف است، لطیف است، روحانیت پیدا می کند

Cleanliness and purity are among the requisites of faith. When man's garments are clean, his soul becometh refined and a spiritual condition is made manifest [3.5s]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @cleanliness and refinement

ABU2234

Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa

110

Persian

سیاسیون عالم برآنند که چیزی که سبب ترقیات مادی و عقلی است حرب است. ولی خودشان عربان بادیه را حقیر

The politicians of the world maintain that war is the cause of material and intellectual progress [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-23

@war and peace

ABU2443

Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa

Persian

چه قدر خوب است مذاکرات، چقدر سبب سرور انسان است، نشئه می دهد بانسان، هر صحبتی از برای انسان وقتی که طول بکشد

How wondrous are these communions, how greatly do they bring joy unto man, imparting rapture unto the soul. Every discourse, when it is protracted, doth verily for man [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-23

@study; deepening, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @harmony of science and religion, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1667

Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa

180

Persian

بهائی در هر شهری که باشد باید بافعال مشهور آفاق شود. بهائی بودن بعمل است نه بقول. اینست که می فرماید

The Bahá'í, in whatsoever city he may abide, must needs become renowned throughout all horizons by his deeds. The state of being a Bahá'í is attained through action, not through words. This is what He hath decreed [3.5s]

@words vs deeds, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @spiritual transformation, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU1670

Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa

180

Persian

چه خوب یادگاری گذاشته و در جمیع عوالم الهی مذکور است حتی در عالم لاهوت. ملاحظه کنید که حضرت موسی

How excellent is the memorial left behind, mentioned in all the divine worlds, even unto the realm of Láhút. Consider ye how Moses [3.5s]

@power of the Manifestation of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2742

Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa

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]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @stories; anecdotes, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3310

Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa

Persian

مردم بر سنگهائی که حواریین برآن نشسته بودند سجده می کردند و این از اثر نسبت الی الله و از قوهٴ بقای حقیقت آنها است که حتی جلوسشان بر سنگ این تأثیر را دارد

The people prostrated themselves before the stones whereon the apostles had been seated, and this proceedeth from their connection with God and from the potency of their enduring reality, such that even their mere act of sitting upon a stone hath produced such an effect [3.5s]