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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness

مبدء و مأب من آستان مقدس است انچه داریم از ان درگاهست و عودمان باو اگر عون و عنایت او نبود این نفوس

My beginning and my end, the place from which I start and the place to which I return is the Holy Threshold. What I have is from that Threshold

BDA1.136.14

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.147

ABU3025

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-25

Persian

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God

وقتی مسلمین رئیس موبدان را بسبب خوردن شراب بتازیانه بستند و زیر تازیانه نعره میزد و می گفت

When the Muslims arrested the leader of the Zoroastrians and flogged him for drinking wine, under the whip he cried,

BDA1.134.13

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.145

ABU3003

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-24

Persian

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding bodily comfort; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

صحت جسمانی اهمیت ندارد اهمیت در صحت روحانیست که تأثیر و لذت ابدی دارد

Bodily health is not important. What is more important is spiritual health which gives eternal pleasure and has everlasting effect.

BDA1.133.16

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.144

ABU3314

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23

Persian

Banishment to; life in Baghdad

نظر بمکان نیست بلکه بوجود و قلوب نورانیه احباست در بغداد اطاقی کوچک ثلث این اطاق بود

It is not the place that should be looked at but the illumined faces and hearts of the friends

BDA1.133.07

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.143

ABU2567

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-23

Persian

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ترقیات مادیه اروپا بحد یقف می رسد هر امریکه بحد یقف رسید لابد تدنی نماید

The material progress of Europe is approaching its zenith. Everything that reaches its zenith undoubtedly begins to decline.

BDA1.133.01

SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.142-143

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; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions

AB03490

200

mixed

Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ای مونس قدیم و یار ندیم عبدالبهاء آلان در خیابان رو به آپارتمان اسپات گیت

O ancient companion and intimate friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! At this moment, I am walking along the avenue toward Spot Gate apartment [3.5s]... ...Fidelity demands roaming over deserts and mountains. True fidelity is attained when a wanderer, nameless and traceless, becomes a target for the arrows of oppression

MMK5#195 p.152, BDA1.128.15x

SW_v19#08 p.254x, MHMD1.138, ABCC.220-221

ABU2148

Words to Mrs Smith, spoken on 1912-06-19

120

Persian

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

تو یاید همیشه مسرور باشی و با اهل انبساط و سرور محشور و با خلاق رحمانی متخلق

You must always be happy. You must associate with joyous and happy people

BDA1.129.11

SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.139, VLAB.112x, STAB#038

ABU3012

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-19

Persian

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ما محافل وفا را دوست داریم نه مناظر با صفا و اما وفا اول باید بخدا و اوامر و عهد او نمود

We love meetings of fidelity and not picturesque scenes. We must first be faithful to God, to His ordinances and Covenant and to His servants

BDA1.128.08

SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.137

ABU2457

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-19

Persian

Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; One universal law; attractive power of love

سلسلهٴ موجودات بیک قانون عمومی و نظام الهی مربوطست و جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط نمی شود

The chain of creation is interwoven in a natural law and divine order. Everything is interlinked. A link cannot be broken without affecting that natural order.

BDA1.130.02

SW_v19#08 p.254-255, MHMD1.139

ABU2594

Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18

Persian

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ملاحظهٴ قدرت جمال قدم و نفوذ اسم اعظم نمائید که ما را با اهل امریکا باین نحو الفت و اتحاد داده

Observe the power of the Ancient Beauty and the influence of the Greatest Name through which He has united us with the people of America in this way

BDA1.126.14

SW_v19#08 p.253, MHMD1.135-136

ABU1688

Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18

180

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

مژده باد مژده باد که نور شمس حقیقت طلوع نمود مژده باد مژده باد که صهیون برقص

Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The sun of Truth has arisen! Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The New Jerusalem has descended from heaven!

DWNP_v2#09 p.078x, ANDA#43-44 p.76, KHF.001, KHTB2.153, NJB_v03#06-08 p.001 , BDA1.127.08

SW_v19#08 p.253-254, MHMD1.136-137, BW_v07p421, BSTW#056

ABU3464

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15

Persian

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Differences in human capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند

What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.'

BDA1.124.05

SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133

ABU3124

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15

Persian

Mount Carmel; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

با وجود انکه در حبس بودند خیمهٴ مبارک بالای جبل کرمل در نهایت جلال مرتفع و بظاهر ظاهر قدرت

Although He was a prisoner, He pitched His tent with glory on Mount Carmel. Even outwardly His power and majesty were such that for five years

BDA1.124.02

SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.132

ABU2432

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-14

Persian

Chastisement and requital; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution

با وجود این ظلمها و بلاها امر الله غالب و عهد الله نافذ گردید حتی هیئت و اعضآء تفتیش

In spite of all these persecutions and afflictions, the Cause of God triumphed and the Covenant of God gained influence.

BDA1.122.16

SW_v19#07 p.220, MHMD1.131

ABU2976

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-13

Persian

Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

اول در باب اختلاف بین احباء که حضرت بهاءالله فرموده اند که هر گاه اهل بهاء اختلاف کنند

Baha'u'llah declared that should Baha'ís dispute, even if it be regarding Baha'u'llah Himself, both are wrong.

AVK4.307, BDA1.123.05

SW_v19#07 p.220, MHMD1.131-132

ABU3043

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12

One of the special laws of Bahá'u'lláh is the one prohibiting cursing and defamation, and that all should seek forgiveness from their enemies

SW_v19#07 p.220

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2731

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11

Persian

House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

جمال مبارک سد ابواب اینگونه اختلافات فرمودند و امور را راجع ببیت العدل اعظم کردند

the Blessed Beauty has shut the door on such differences and has referred all affairs to the House of Justice

BDA1.119.15

SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.127-128

ABU3294

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-10

Persian

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; The power of words; of speech

جمال مبارک بعد از دارالسلام و ادرنه در محفل عمومی نطق نفرمودند

The Blessed Beauty did not make any more public speeches after leaving Baghdad and Adrianople

BDA1.119.10

SW_v19#07 p.218-219, MHMD1.127

ABU1919

Words at table to the friends, spoken on 1912-06-07

150

Persian

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

در عالم وجود امری اعظم از اینگونه محافل نیست که محض محبت الله انعقاد گشته ملاحظه نمائید

Nothing in the world of existence is greater than such gatherings as these

KHTB2.127, BDA1.116.11

SW_v19#06 p.185, MHMD1.124

ABU2137

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-04

120

Persian

Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

این مدنیت مادی بمنزلهٴ زجاجی است بسیار شفاف و لطیف تا مدنیت الهیه مانند سراجی است

Their material civilization resembles a glass of the utmost transparency and purity but divine civilization is like a shining lamp.... Provided they behave moderately, the more people advance

BDA1.114.14

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.122

ABU1171

Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04

270

Persian

Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy

لابد خواهد شد اما امریکا داخل نمیشود این جنگ در اروپا می شود شما یک گوشه ئی راگرفته اید

It will certainly come about but America will not participate in it. This war will be staged in Europe. You are in a corner

BDA1.113.11

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.121

ABU2832

Words to a socialist, spoken on 1912-06-01

Persian

The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

ABU3281

Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-06-02

Persian

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity

اول حین ورود بکلیسا حالت صحبت نداشتم اما چون در مقابل آن جمعیت عظیم ایستادم

At the time of my arrival at the church I was in no condition to speak; but when I stood before this great gathering I found the atmosphere of the church filled with the Holy Spirit and so a state of wonderful happiness and joy came over me.

BDA1.112.11

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.119

ABU3475

Answer to questions, New York, 1912-05-30

Persian

Attaining the life of the spirit; Disregarding bodily comfort; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

صحت و مسرت من در پیشرفت امر الله است امور سائره قابل توجه نه این سرور سرور ابدیست و این حیات حیات سرمدی

My health and happiness depend on the progress of the Cause of God. Nothing else merits attention. This happiness is eternal, and this life is life everlasting.

BDA1.110.11

SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.117

ABU2468

Words to the president of the university, spoken on 1912-05-23

Persian

High station of learning; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

من از شما بسیار راضی هستم و از دارالفنون شما خیلی خوشنود فی الحقیقه خدمت بعالم انسانی مینمائی و بنوع بشر جانفشانی

I am very pleased with you and delighted to see your university. You are, indeed, serving the world of humanity and expending your life for mankind

BDA1.102.14

SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.109

ABU3471

Words at table to the Syrian and Greek Relief Society, spoken on 1912-05-23

Persian

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

خوشا بحال شما که بخدمت فقرا مشغولید بزرگترین سعادت من اینست که از فقرا محسوب شوم

Happy are you who are engaged in serving the poor. My greatest happiness is this, that I may be counted among the poor.

BDA1.101.05

SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108

ABU3476

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-23

Persian

Love of God; Metallurgical metaphors; Unity in diversity

کاش جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آورده بودند از بس جمال مبارک اینگونه مناظر را دوست میداشتند

Would that the Blessed Beauty could have come to these regions! He loved such scenery very much.

BDA1.101.13

SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108

ABU3046

Words to Mr. Smiley at Peace Society conference in Lake Mohonk, 1912-05-16

Your members may be compared to beams of different metals and you are trying to unite them as you would tie these fingers together with a string.

SW_v19#06 p.182

ABU3424

Words spoken on 1912-05-15 in Lake Mohonk

It is very easy to come here, camp near this beautiful lake, on these charming hills, far away from everybody and deliver speeches on Universal Peace. These ideals should be spread and put in action over there, (Europe) not here in the world's most peaceful corner.

SW_v19#06 p.181

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2862

Public address given on 1912-05-13

Persian

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Universal peace; world unity

هندوستان در زمان قدیم خیلی ترقی داشت از قطعهٴ آسیا مدنیت بمصر و سوریه سرایت کرد

India had a great civilization in former times. That civilization spread from that part of Asia to Syria and Egypt

BDA1.093.10

SW_v19#06 p.180, MHMD1.100

ABU3319

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-13

Persian

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

هر چه ما میگوئیم بندهٴخد‌ا عبدالبها هستیم باز مردم ما را باسم پیغمبر

Although I say always that I am ‘Abdu'l-Baha, a servant of God, still people refer to me as a messenger and a prophet. It would be better if they would not attribute such titles to me.

BDA1.093.07

SW_v19#06 p.180, MHMD1.100

ABU2858

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-15

Persian

Goodly deeds; actions; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity

من وقتی باحبای ایران نوشتم که اعضای کانفرانسهای صلح اگر باجرای انچه میگویند

Once I wrote to the friends in Persia in regard to peace congresses and conferences

BDA1.095.07

SW_v19#06 p.180-181, MHMD1.102

AB10702

Words written in a guest book

Persian

Prayer for specific individuals; groups

پروردگارا پاک یزدانا شکر ترا کوه و صحرا پیموده گشت و محیط اعظم قطع شد تا اینکه باین اقلیم

O Lord! O Pure One! Thanks be to Thee that, traversing mountains and deserts

HHA.199, YHA1.428, NJB_v05#04 p.002, BDA1.082.13

SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.091

ABU3275

Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07

Persian

Four elements; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

اگر مدخل امراض را بدانند و اعتدال عناصر را میزان گیرند در هر عنصری

If one is fully cognizant of the reason for the incursion of disease and can determine the balance of elements

BDA1.075.x

SW_v19#05 p.141, MHMD1.084

ABU2221

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-05-06

110

Persian

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

پیام من وحدت عالم انسانی است و صلح عمومی و تطبیق مسائل دنیه با علوم صحیحه تساوی حقوق

My message is the oneness of humanity and universal peace; the harmony of true science and religion

BDA1.073.13

SW_v19#05 p.140, MHMD1.082

ABU2193

Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07

120

The friends here are anxious to know if I like these rooms! They do not know what we had to go through in the past. Imagine the conditions

SW_v19#05 p.140-141

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1436

Words spoken at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-04

220

Persian

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Law of transformation and change; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Oneness; unity of religion; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Things are known by their opposites; Unity; oneness of humanity

جز بقوهء معنوی و امر الهی ترقی ننماید هر یک از مظاهر الهیه در ملت و مملکتی مبعوث شد

No progress is possible except through the power of the Holy Spirit.... The foundation of all the religions is one and this foundation is truth.... There is no evil in the world of existence.... It [the world of creation] calls for change and transformation.

BDA1.069.16

SW_v19#04 p.113, MHMD1.078-079

ABU1691

Words spoken at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-02

180

Persian

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

نفوس دارای دو استعدادند یکی بصرف قوآء طبیعی و دیگری بتربیت معلم عالم انسانی حاصل شود و استعداد طبیعی نیز ظهور و بروزش

Souls possess two types of capacity: one is derived from innate powers and the other is acquired through the education imparted by the Teacher of the world of humanity... This, too, has two aspects. There are certain evils whose consequences

AVK3.085.08x, BDA1.065.08

SW_v19#04 p.112, MHMD1.073

ABU3150

Words to visitors, spoken on 1912-05-02

Persian

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

مقصد از طی مصافت و تحمل صعوبت سطوع نورانیت در عالم غرب بوده زیرا در ممالک

The object of my undertaking such a long journey with all its inconveniences has been to bring about spiritual illumination in the Occident

BDA1.064.16

SW_v19#04 p.112, MHMD1.073

ABU1835

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-04-29

160

Persian

Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Race unity; racial issues; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

خوب شهری دارید ندای آلهی اول در این شهر بلند شد امیدوارم که در شیکاغو امر الله نهایت نفوذ حاصل نماید

You have a good city. The call of God was first raised in this city. I hope that in Chicago the Cause of God will progress greatly... The severest tests were in Persia.... This building commands a good view

BDA1.059.05

SW_v19#04 p.111, MHMD1.067-068

AB05484

150

O People! O People! The Sun of Reality has dawned from the horizon of the world... The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh declare the oneness of the human world...

SW_v19#04 p.101x, LAT.005

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Living waters; water of life; Race unity; racial issues; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal education; Universal language

ABU2324

Words to various individuals, spoken on 1912-04-27

100

Persian

Harmony of science and religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity

چنانکه در میان ایالات متحدهٴ امریکا اتحاد حاصل است ممکن است میان دول عالم باشد

It is possible to establish among the powers of the whole world the unity which is found among the states of the United States of America…

BDA1.056.15

SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.065

ABU3456

Public address given on 1912-04-26

Persian

East and West; communication between East and West; Equality of men and women; Role and station of women

از جمله تعالیم بهآءالله تساوی حقوق رجال ونسآء است

One of the teachings of Baha'u'llah is equality of rights for men and women.

BDA1.054.x

SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.063

ABU0110

Public address given on 1912-04-25

1180

Persian

East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

امشب شب مبارکی است شایان نهایت سرور و ستایش است بجهاتی چند اولا الحمد لله

This night is a very blessed night, worthy of the utmost praise and joy for many reasons.

KHTB2.046, BDA1.052

SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.060-061

ABU3123

Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-25

Persian

Hospitality; Personal instructions

این نحو مسافر و مهمان خیلی زحمت دارد و باید خانه را بگذاری و فرار کنی

It is very difficult to have one like me as a guest. Every guest and traveler has a limited number of friends with whom he makes special dates for visits, but you are forced all day long to be the entertainer of all.

BDA1.051.12

SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.059

ABU3132

Words spoken privately in Washington D.C., 1912-04-23

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

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

ABU3274

Words spoken at home of Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, 1912-04-24

Persian

Alchemy; the elixir; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past

اکثر صنایع مهمه از همین راه اختراع شده مانند طالب کیمیا که سبب ظهور هزارها ادویه مفیده گشته

Yes, most of the great inventions were made in a similar way. For instance, the search for alchemy has brought into being thousands of useful medicines and the desire of finding a direct route to India from Europe became the cause of the discovery of America

BDA1.050.16

SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.059

ABU3029

Words spoken on 1912-04-20 in Washington

It is true in this country in particular growth in all directions has progressed too rapidly. Moderation should be practiced in all things. Be temperate, even in the size of the ships you build and in their speed; in your railroads and the schedules you expect your trains to maintain.

SW_v19#03 p.087

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

ABU3472

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13

Persian

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

در آینده امریکا ترقی سریع نماید ولی از این عمارتهای بسیار بلند و کثرت نفوس قلبم میگیرد و برای صحت خلق خوب نیست

America will make rapid progress in the future but I am fearful of the effects of these high buildings and such densely populated cities; these are not good for the health.

BDA1.032.07

SW_v19#02 p.054, MHMD1.041

ABU2747

Words to some clergymen, spoken on 1912-04-13

Persian

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Harmony of science and religion; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual springtime

مادیات و روحانیات همیشه همعنان بوده ولی حال مادیات غلبه نموده و اساس الهی فراموش شده

Materialism and spirituality have always kept pace together. Now materialism has gone ahead, the divine foundation is forgotten and is being left behind.... The appearance of the divine Manifestation is like the coming of springtime.

BDA1.031.01

SW_v19#02 p.053, MHMD1.040

ABU2293

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

110

Having heard of the numerous organizations for peace and arbitration, and because of My great interest in these subject, I have come here to advocate

SW_v19#02 p.053

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU3423

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11

I am here to unify the religions of the world, to talk in the interest of universal peace. I have no creed to preach. I have no doctrine to propound. My word is the word of love... Do not worship the Lantern-worship the light.

SW_v19#02 p.052

Literal interpretation; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spirit and form in the administration; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2227

Words spoken at Windsor Hotel in Montreal, 1912-09-07

110

Persian

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime

چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم دیانت هم بهار الهی و ربیع روحانی است

As in the physical world there are four seasons, so in the realm of religion there is the season of heavenly and spiritual springtime.

BDA1.231.08

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.248

ABU3305

Words to Mr Maxwell and others, spoken on 1912-09-06

Persian

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

شماها باید بآنچه سبب آسایش عالم انسانی است تشبث نمائید یتیمها را نوازش کنید گرسنه ها را سیر نمائید

You must cling to those things which prove to be the cause of happiness for the world of man. You must show kindness to the orphans

BDA1.231.02

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247

ABU3563

Words to Mrs Maxwell, spoken on 1912-09-06

Persian

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Parents and children; youth; families

اطفال زینت خانه اند منزلی که طفل ندارد مثل اینست که چراغ ندارد

Children are the ornaments of the home. A home which has no children is like one without light.

BDA1.230.15

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247

ABU2557

Words to professors and clergymen, spoken on 1912-09-03

Persian

Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

اینست مقصد اهل بهآء آیا تو نمیخواهی این کار را بکنی تو هم بکوش تا عالم انسانی وحدت حقیقی یابد

This is the purpose of the people of Baha. Would you not like to serve such an ideal? I hope you will put forth effort in this direction so that the world of men may find real unity

BDA1.224.04

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.240

ABU1166

Words to Mr Maxwell, spoken on 1912-08-31

270

Persian

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Educational curricula; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

در اینگونه مدارس چون تنها درس مادیات و حکمت طبیعی خوانده میشود لهذا نفوس تحریری که ذی فنون باشند

Every city in which the remembrance of God is raised... As only material education is imparted and only natural philosophy is taught, these universities do not produce highly talented scholars... Behold what eleven disciples of Christ have accomplished, how they sacrificed themselves!... On our way to Baghdad

BDA1.210.16

SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.228-229

ABU2715

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-26

Persian

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

این ملاقات دلیل بر وفاست که همدیگر را فراموش ننمودیم در عالم وجود امری اعظم از وفا نیست که طول مدت سبب فراموشی و خلال

This visit is a proof of faithfulness, proof that we have not forgotten one another. In the world of existence nothing is greater than faithfulness

BDA1.206.11

SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.223

ABU3008

Words to Sarah Farmer, spoken on 1912-08-21

Green Acre must be made the center for the investigation of reality, not that everybody should come and use it as a place of propaganda for his own ideas and benefits. The Shining Reality which is the Spirit of the world today is One and not many.

SW_v19#12 p.380

Oneness; unity of religion; Unity of thought and belief

ABU3139

Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-09

Persian

Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Things are known by their opposites

در وجود شر نیست شر عدم است و انچه در وجود است خیر است جهل شر است و آن عدم علم است

There is no evil in existence. Evil is non-existence. All that is created is good. Ignorance is evil

BDA1.184.11

SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.200

ABU1537

Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08

200

Persian

Emanation vs. manifestation; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بعضی از فلاسفه را عقیده اینست که او حقیقت فائقه ئی است که در هر انسانی شراره ئی از آن قوهٴ فائقه موجود و او خود در نهایت قوت است

Some of the philosophers believe that God is the Supreme Reality and that every human being has a spark of this divine reality within him

BDA1.183.12

SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199

ABU3318

Public address given on 1912-08-08

Persian

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Goodly deeds; actions; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

هر چه تربیت ظاهری بیشتر شود مسابقهٴ در تعدیات زیادتر می شود اما تربیت روحانی سبب مسابقهٴ در اعمال خیریه و کمالات انسانیه است امیدواریم که ازین تعدیات کاسته و روز بروز بر کمالات روحانیه افزوده شود

The more material education advances, the more competitive is the race in aggression and injustice. But spiritual education is the cause of competition in praiseworthy actions

BDA1.183.06

SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199

ABU2240

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-10

110

Persian

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

فقیر صابر بهتر از غنی شاکر است اما فقیر شاکر بهتر از فقیر صابر است و بهتر از همه غنی نتفق است

The patient poor are better than the thankful rich. But the thankful poor are better than the patient poor. And the best of all is the rich-giver who is free from temptations or tests, who becomes the cause of the happiness of mankind.... At the time of his death a king longed for the station of a poor man

KHMT.194x, MAS5.227, BDA1.185.10

SW_v19#12 p.379-380, MHMD1.201, ROB2.281, STAB#042

ABU3296

Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08

Persian

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

جمیع حقایق و ارواح باقیست حتی ارواح غیر مومنین و نفوس ناقصه اما نسبت بارواح

All realities and spirits are immortal, even the spirits of non-believers and imperfect persons.

BQA.080-081, BDA1.182.16

SW_v19#12 p.378, MHMD1.198

ABU3010

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-23

Persian

Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ما در اینجا کارتان را تمام کردیم تخمی کشتیم نفوس خیلی منجذب شدند و منقلب گشتند

We have finished our work here. We have sown a seed. Many souls have been attracted and transformed.

BDA1.203.10

SW_v19#11 p.350, MHMD1.219-220

AB06407

130

mixed

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای یار مهربان چند روز بسبب دعوت دو کشیش و رجای احبای الهی بفلادلفیا رفتم دو

O thou kind Friend, I visited Philadelphia, for a few days, at the invitation of two ministers

ASAT2.127, BDA1.119.02

SW_v19#11 p.350, MHMD1.126, ABCC.212

ABU2042

Words to Mrs. Tatum, spoken on 1912-08-21

130

Persian

Progress only takes place within its own degree; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Transcendence; unknowability of God

این علامت ترقی است ان کس که خود راضی است شیطانست و انکه راضی نیست مظهر رحمن

This is a sign of progress. The person who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan and the one who is not satisfied is the manifestation of the Merciful One.

AVK3.097.17x, MAS5.138, YHA2.856-857, GTB.142-143x, BDA1.200.17

SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.216-217

ABU3309

Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre

Persian

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

مادام مظاهر الهیه بین خلق هستند و مثل این خیمه نشنینان بیرون گرین عکا شیدا میشود حتی کلمبوس

While the Manifestations of God are still alive, the people do not appreciate their value, they curse and execrate them; but after their ascension they worship them.

BDA1.199.09

SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.215

ABU2837

Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-28

Persian

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Theosophy

تیاسفیها طفلی را در مدارس اروپا تربیت می کنند تا او موعود ملل شود چه قدر بی فکری است موعود را خدا باید انتخاب کند نه خلق

The Theosophists are educating a boy in the schools of Europe and say that he will become the promised one of all nations. How ignorant is this! God must select the Promised One, not men.

BDA1.169.14

SW_v19#11 p.348, MHMD1.184

ABU2163

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-19

120

Persian

Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ضعف مزاج وکثرت اشتغال مانع است و الا ممکن بود نفوسی خارق العاده در میان این احباء مبعوث شوند

My weakened condition and excessive work hamper me, otherwise many extraordinary souls would have arisen among these friends.

BDA1.159.12

SW_v19#11 p.348, MHMD1.173-174

ABU2840

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-21

Persian

Eulogies; reminiscences; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

چه قدر بزرگان در دنیا آمدند چه قدر صاحبان ثروت بودند

How many great men have come into the world! What wealth they have owned! What kings have sat on the thrones

BDA1.162.02

SW_v19#11 p.347, MHMD1.176

ABU3483

Words to Dr Henderson, spoken on 1912-07-31

Persian

Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

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

ABU2727

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی

Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries.

BDA1.172.12

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187

ABU3009

Words spoken at Golden Circle Club in Boston, 1912-07-24

Persian

لسان عربی لسان عمومی نمیشود ولی چند هفته پیش نامه ئی از نیویورک بیکی از رؤسای اسپرانتو نوشتم که اگر مجمعی از وکلای اجناس و ملوک فراهم کنند

A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter from New York to one of the promoters of Esperanto

BDA1.165.06

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.179-180

Universal language

ABU2845

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17

Persian

Law of transformation and change; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

دو قسم آفاتست یکی را سبب اعمال و اخلاق غیر ممدوحه است مانند کذب و نفاق و خیانت و ظلم وامثال اینها

Calamities are of two kinds. One kind results from bad morals and misconduct such as falsehood, dishonesty

BDA1.157.17

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.171

ABU3317

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-11

Persian

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God

هر چند نسآء با رجال در استعداد قواء شریکند ولی شبهه نیست که رجال اقدمند و اقوی حتی در حیوانات مانند کبوتران

Although women are equal to men in abilities and capacities, there is no doubt that men are bolder and physically more powerful

BDA1.153.07

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.166

ABU3242

Words spoken in Jul. 1912 in the United States

The Essence of Divinity--God--is sanctified above ascent, descent, and appearance. The lights of His qualities are manifest or reflected in the mirrors of the hearts of His Holy Manifestations.... It means the transference or transformation of created bodies into infinite forms of creation. Every indivisible electron is transformed into all the forms of creatures and everything travels or moves in everything.

SW_v19#10 p.309

ABU0184

Address to the Baha'is and others at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-07

940

Persian

Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body

اول باید ثابت کنیم که از برای وجود فنائی نیست زیرا فنا عبارت از تفریق اجزاء مرکبه است

We must first prove that there is no annihilation in creation.

BSHN.140.336, BSHN.144.334, MAS5.058, MHT1b.044, KHTB2.207, BDA1.179.10

SW_v19#10 p.306-308, MHMD1.195-198, PN_1912_heh p039

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

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity in diversity; Word of God and human limitations

ABU2410

100

Man in this age has learned the weight of the sun, the path of a star, the movement of an eclipse

SW_v16#05 p.518

High station of the arts and sciences; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Purpose; goal of creation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2808

People have come to realize that in unity there lies strength; in concentration of purpose there is power

SW_v16#05 p.509

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU2030

140

There must be amongst the believers of God the greatest amount of love. The friends of God must be willing to sacrifice their lives for each other

SW_v16#04 p.505

Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU2534

Words spoken in Aug. 1912 in Green Acre

Every one is giving an account of his religion and statements of his religion, the history of his religion. But there is no investigation of the realities.

SW_v16#04 p.486-487

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3110

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

SW_v16#04 p.473

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

BHU0001

Panj Kanz (The Five Treasures)

1400

Persian

Panj Kanz (Five Treasures)

کنز اول قومی در بیرونی بیت قدَم میزدند وبرخی از شاهزادگان ایران حضور داشتند

Dost thou know what sort of person is worthy of hearing My words and is fit to enter My presence?

TZH4.255-259x, PKNZ, DHU.049x, ANDA#40 p.10, OOL.B156

SW_v16#02 p.431x, ADMS#017

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ROB2.140-143x, MMAH.162, LL#207

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

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Four; five pathways of love; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU2304

110

This wonderful age has rent asuner the veils of superstition…. Music is most important. Music is the heart's own language. Its vibrations uplift the spirit

SW_v15#05 p.131

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Music and singing

ABU2950

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

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

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

ABU3349

The duty of educated men, especially university presidents of the nation, is this: To teach in the universities and schools ideas concerning universal peace, so that the student may be so molded that in after years he may help carry to fruition the most useful and human issue of mankind.

SW_v15#01 p.037, SW_v16#07 p.600

Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB11059

The song and anthem that Louise R. Waite raised in the Assembly of the Unity of Bahá'ís reached to the ears of the people of the Kingdom.

SW_v14#09 p.278, PN_1909E p117

AB00746

460

...There is no wonder when a soul advances to God, but (there is) when he remains firm

SW_v14#09 p.275x, BSTW#440

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02456

250

O thou who art attracted to God, may God uphold thee! I implore God, the Ever-Living

SW_v14#09 p.263, SW_v08#18 p.233, BSTW#176, BSTW#182

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

BH10154

Arabic

الهی الهی فضلک شجعنی و عدلک خوفنی طوبی لعبد تعامل معه بالفضل و ویل لمن

O God, my God! Thy grace hath emboldened me, and Thy Justice filled me with terror.

INBA61:059a, INBA66:090

AQMM.068b, NSR_1993.016

SW_v14#09 p.257, DWN_v2#10-11 p.079, JHT_S#104

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB04277

170

mixed

ای بنده آستان مقدس نظم سریر جهانبانی و انتظام دیهیم حکمرانی بقوه آسمانیست

O thou servant of the Sacred Threshold! The stability of every throne... the most honored government

AVK4.441, PYM.116-117x

SW_v14#08 p.245, ADMS#065i06x

Christian doctrine and practice; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies

ABU3258

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

SW_v14#08 p.242

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

ABU1992

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26

140

Persian

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

مومن بهاءالله کسی است که ثابت بر میثاق است هر کسی بپیمان الهی ثابت است مومن است

A believer in Baha'u'llah is he who is firm in the Covenant.... Is it possible that one may believe in a book without believing in the teacher

BDA1.391.15

SW_v14#08 p.228, MHMD1.410

AB09107

...Through the protection and help of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a sacrifice to his beloved ones! - you must conduct and deport yourselves

SW_v14#08 p.225

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11525

...O thou prepared lamp! Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God as much as thou canst and illumine those countries

SW_v14#07 p.211x

Attaining the life of the spirit; Being a source of light; guidance; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2466

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11

Persian

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body

معلوم است ما بین روح انسانی و حقایق موجودات ارتباطی عظیم است

It is obvious that a very deep relationship exists between the spirit of man

AVK1.243, MAS2.025-026x, BDA1.120.07

SW_v14#07 p.211, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.128

ABU2957

Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26

There are three kinds of visions or dreams. First, those that arise from over-excited nerves, or disordered stomach

SW_v14#07 p.211, PN_1899 p009, NRMM.170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions

AB04859

160

Thy services in Baltimore were truly great and became acceptable and approved. Display thou an effort

SW_v14#07 p.211

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02445

250

O thou who art advancing into the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy eloquent letter... Know verily that Abdu'l-Baha has spiritual speech, heavenly conversations

SW_v14#07 p.210x, CUPAB.014-015x, BSTW#171

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2460

Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-28

Persian

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

فصل بهار بود و در منزل شما مجامع خوبی داشتیم من هیچوقت فراموش

This was the springtime; we had good meetings at your home... This material world has an outer appearance. It has also a hidden aspect.

BDA1.057.14

SW_v14#07 p.209x, SW_v19#03 p.092x, MHMD1.066

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

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Christ; Christianity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Growth of the Cause; Law of burial and cremation; Predictions and prophecies

ABU1734

180

At the time when the Bab was being driven by his enemies from place to place

SW_v14#06 p.181, STAB#072

Stories; anecdotes; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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; Growth of the Cause; Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2119

130

As to your art, it is one of the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh that art is identical with an act of worship... Say, 'I have two arts, one physical, the other spiritual.

SW_v14#06 p.177

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Goodly deeds; actions; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The concourse on high; Work as worship

AB04365

170

O ye faithful one of the Holy Threshold! Your letter, which was expressive

SW_v14#06 p.168

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Things are known by their opposites

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

AB11419

...The essence of Oneness is sanctified above the servitude of the world of mankind

SW_v14#06 p.167

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11607

...We should do little things as well as great things for the love of God.

SW_v14#06 p.167

AB09747

...His Holiness Baha'u'llah has even said that occupation and labor are devotion. All humanity must obtain

SW_v14#06 p.167-168

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Work as worship

BH10134

Bahá'í Scriptures

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

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

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

ABU1418

230

It is most difficult to stand unshaken during the days of trials. When we were living in Baghdad

SW_v14#06 p.166

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

ABU2870

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

Everyone upon awaking in the morning awakes with a thought. The commercial man awakes with the thought of commerce...

SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_1909 p063, PN_1909D p018

Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB05469

150

O thou persecuted handmaiden of God! Although rich women may be brought up in utmost ease

SW_v14#05 p.137-138

Attaining the life of the spirit; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09733

...The spirit of the age demands the establishment of universal peace. No power on earth can stand before it. God has purposed

SW_v14#05 p.129

Call to action; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB11282

O thou who art athirst for the Water of Life! This manifest book is the fountainhead of the Water of Life Eternal.

SW_v14#05 p.124, BSTW#044

Living waters; water of life; Study; deepening; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03590

260

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

SW_v14#04 p.110

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

ABU0903

340

Each religion teaches that a mediator is necessary between man and the Creator

SW_v14#04 p.110-111, ADP.033-035

Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB05003

160

...The time has arrived for the world of humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness

SW_v14#04 p.097

AB05943

140

Arabic

یا احباء الله و امنائه ان مجامع الملکوت الابهی و صوامع الملا الاعلی یصلون و

O ye beloved of the Lord! O ye His trusted ones! Know ye verily that the denizens of the Realm on High

INBA13:340, INBA59:300

MNMK#065 p.143, NJB_v12#08 p.151

SW_v14#03 p.087-088

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high

AB07760

110

O Lord, my Lord! This is the day which Thy Sacred Tongue and Thy Pen of Glory

SW_v14#03 p.082

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH03965

240

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

SW_v14#03 p.082

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

ABU3172

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

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

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

ABU0935

330

Normal spiritual joy has a healing effect upon the body. I can conceive of no greater joy than teaching the Cause of God

SW_v14#02 p.061

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ABU3341

The most advisable thing, therefore, is to ... discuss "Pure and sanctified Living"

SW_v14#02 p.060

Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0010

Words spoken at Unitarian church in Dublin, 1912-08-11

2300

mixed

در نزد عموم عقلا مسلم است که عالم طبیعت ناقص است و محتاج تربیت ملاحظه میکنید

That the world of nature is imperfect and needs education is to the wise beyond question. Consider, man uneducated is in utmost barbarism

BRL_DAK#0639, AMK.248-258, MJMJ1.090x, MMG2#163 p.185x, MJH.036x, KHF.042, KHAB.355 (362), KHTB2.212, NJB_v03#16 p.001, YFY.141x

SW_v14#02 p.042-045

Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09112

...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground

SW_v14#02 p.041, PN_unsorted p046, BSTW#380

A. Grammer

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03592

200

O thou whose soul is tranquilized by the grace of God and by the Greatest Gift

SW_v14#02 p.040

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death

AB04358

170

O my dear daughter! ... Indeed the separation from thy dear husband is very hard and difficult for thee.

SW_v14#02 p.039-040

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death

AB11118

...These souls who are not vivified and attracted by the Holy Spirit are accounted among the dead

SW_v14#02 p.038x, BSTW#043a

Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB07154

120

...Thou hast asked concerning the spirits of men. They are not at all annihilated. They are

SW_v14#02 p.038x

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death

ABU3067

Words spoken ca. 1911

You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness

SW_v14#02 p.038, PN_1911 p002, PN_1911 p007, BSTW#043a

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB00457

580

Persian

Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Relation between Science and Religion, A

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه شما رسید از گلشن معانی رایحه معطری استشمام گردید در

O cherished handmaiden of God! Your letter was received, and from its rose-garden of inner meanings a fragrant perfume was inhaled [3.5s]... ...Concerning the question of death, know that the spirit is abstracted and sanctified

MKT3.172, MMK6#424, VUJUD.125x, VUJUD.102-103x

SW_v14#02 p.037x, PN_1911 p008x, PN_1911 p010x, BLO_PT#107, VUJUDE.181x, VUJUDE.190x

Harmony of science and religion; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Relationship of the soul to the body; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU3555

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

No, man should develop all his qualities for each quality has its own use and function.

SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p004

Education and the development of capacity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Soul; spirit after death

ABU2186

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

120

"Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition

SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p003

Differences in human capacity; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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

ABU3571

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-04

Persian

Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

مثل تعلق آفتاب بمرآتست و موت عبارت از انقطاع این ارتباط

It has the same connection as the sun has with the mirror. Death is the name for the dissolution of this connection.

BDA1.146.08

SW_v14#02 p.037, MHMD1.157

ABU3200

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort

SW_v14#02 p.037-038, PN_1911 p005

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Soul; spirit after death

AB06540

130

O thou handmaid of the Lord! Thou hast, in the end of thy letter, prayed the Lord

SW_v14#12 p.358-359

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01623

310

O thou who art spreading the fragrances of God! Verily, thy letter was received and I was informed of thy chanting the Verses of God in the spiritual assemblies

SW_v14#11 p.353x

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB11212

...O handmaiden of God! Verily, God has confirmed thee in spreading the fragrances of God in those climes. Be a pillar of fire and a cloud of light and a blessed tree in the vineyard of God, the Precious, the Forgiving

SW_v14#11 p.353x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09756

...Though the Beauty of the Most Great Name, the Light of Eternal Splendour

SW_v14#11 p.347

Growth of the Cause

BH06900

150

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

SW_v14#11 p.321

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

AB11093

...An hundred good tidings that the doors of the Kingdom have been opened and the Call of the Lord of the Kingdom upraised.

SW_v14#10 p.304-305

Blind imitation [taqlid]; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11287

O thou endued with the Spirit of Life! The call of God hath proved the very life of the

SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027

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

AB05581

140

Persian

ای بنده صادق حق در عصری بعرصه وجود شتافتی که عصر جمال قدم و در قرنی بمهد مشهود

O True servant of God! The cycle in which thou hast been called to life is truly

SFI09.016

SW_v14#01 p.018, DWN_v3#08 p.064-065, BP1926.024

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07151

120

O friend! ... A celestial fire hath been kindled in the very heart of mankind, and burns

SW_v14#01 p.018-019, DWN_v3#08 p.065x, BP1926.025-026

Belief and denial; Call to action; Fire and light; fire and water; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1893

Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

160

Bodily matters are not important. The physical suffering of Christ passed away

SW_v14#01 p.011, PN_1909 p092

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0974

320

There are two kinds of life. There is that existence which is palpable to our touch but does not grow or possess sensation

SW_v14#01 p.010, PTIM.046

Limits of the intellect; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU2406

Words spoken in 1900

100

A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix

SW_v14#01 p.010

Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

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; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]

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

Free will and predestination; fate; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02376

250

Persian

ای ثابته بر میثاق نامه ات بتاریخ ۳ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ رسید از جهتی نهایت سرور حاصل

O thou firm in the Covenant! ...I ever remember thee and shall never forget the days I have passed in Montreal... ...The events that have transpired, were all recorded fifty years ago in the epistles of Baha'u'llah

BRL_DAK#1096, ANDA#74 p.06

SW_v13#09 p.252x, MAX.363a

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1954

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-01-04

150

In this gathering, all the friends are assembled together in the utmost freedom, happiness and majesty.

SW_v13#09 p.220-221

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies

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

Christ; Christianity; Exhortations and counsels; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

AB09914

...Sometime ago I wrote thee a letter, whose content was that praise be to God, thou hast become confirmed in drawing a plan for the pilgrim house in Haifa

SW_v13#08 p.221x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11420

O ye faithful friends! This Assembly was organized at the right time. It is my hope

SW_v13#08 p.204

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0413

Words to the friends, spoken on 1921-11-19

610

Although you are here with these assembled friends and cannot speak with them.... When lovers meet it may be that they cannot exchange a single word

SW_v13#07 p.163-164, BSTW#482

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3594

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

SW_v13#06 p.148

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

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

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; 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

Educational curricula; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Rational arguments; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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; Mount Carmel; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3169

Words to Percy Woodcock

Tell the friends the matter of building the Mashreq'Ul Azkar in Chicago is of supreme importance. Even if it be only a single room now it will have greater effect than the largest temples of the future. The most important thing in this day is the speedy erection of the Edifice... Its mystery is great and cannot be unveiled just yet. In the future it will be made plain.

SW_v13#06 p.132, SW_v06#07 p.053

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3269

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

SW_v13#06 p.132

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

AB08454

100

...The world of humanity will not be transformed into the heavenly paradise through the promotion of one, single principle... The Cause of Baha'u'llah and his heavenly teaching include all the elements

SW_v13#06 p.131

Interconnectedness of the teachings; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles

AB04428

170

Praise be to God that in the blessed day of Narooz the sanctified remains of

SW_v13#05 p.120

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Elections; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2112

130

I desire for you distinction. The Bahais must be distinguished from others of humanity. But this distinction must not

SW_v13#05 p.117

Excellence; distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2875

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

SW_v13#05 p.114

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

AB00179

860

mixed

یا اباالفضائل و امة و اخیه چندیست که بوی خوش معانی از ریاض قلب آن معین عرفان

O thou father, mother and brother of Faza'il! It has been a long time since

INBA13:024, INBA55:240

MKT1.276, AHB.119BE #03 p.96, DWNP_v1#09 p.001-003, TZH8.1134, MSBH2.323, SAAF.234-237, NJB_v04#19 p.001, NJB_v13#05 p.00128

SW_v13#05 p.107-109

Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

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

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU3330

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

SW_v13#05 p.102

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

ABU0472

560

True happiness is found in purity of thought. Whenever I look into your radiant faces I am made most happy because your thoughts are pure

SW_v13#05 p.102-104

Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0461

570

To see the joy of divine gladness on your faces is the cause of my happiness, for when I see you happy, I am happy also.

SW_v13#05 p.101, ADP.069-073

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mary Magdalene; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB00144

930

Persian

ای یاران پارسیان جناب جمشید نامه مرقوم نموده و ذکر آن یاران روحانی را کرده

O Persian friends! Jinab-i-Jamshid hath written a letter and made mention of those spiritual companions [3.5s]... ...To be a Baha’í is to be the embodiment of all human virtues.

INBA89:078

BRL_DAK#0626, YHA1.382x#1, YARP2.109 p.130

SW_v13#04 p.090x, BNE.071x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3595

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

SW_v13#04 p.090x

ABU3607

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

SW_v13#04 p.090x

Outward and inward meanings

ABU3608

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

SW_v13#04 p.090x

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

ABU1903

Words to the secretary of the New York Peace Society, New York, 1912

160

You must rest assured and let there be no trace of doubt in your souls that God is your assister and helper

SW_v13#12 p.343-344

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2956

Words to Mrs Thornburg-Cropper

There are seasons in the revelation from God, as in the natural year, and just as the Christ manifested the Spirit of God in the flesh

SW_v13#12 p.342

Christ; Christianity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

BH09725

100

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

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

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

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

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; House of Justice; Law of obligatory prayer; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB11298

...Absolute equality amongst men: this would be impossible. There is needed some organization which will bring about an order in this disorder.

SW_v13#12 p.323

Maintainance of degrees in society

AB02243

260

Persian

ای ساعی در خیر عالم انسانی مضمون نامه مطابق واقع بود فی الحقیقه عالم انسانی

O thou who art striving for the welfare of the world of humanity! The contents of thy letter were in accordance with the facts.

NJB_v13#06 p.160

SW_v13#11 p.307

Man's distinction from the animal; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

ABU1416

230

The law of peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of peace. We are daily advancing in the path of peace.

SW_v13#11 p.293-294

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of governments; political unity; War and peace

ABU2101

Words spoken on 1912-09-06 in Montreal

130

Man has set up imaginary lines, only to have these become causes of strife. A river is made a boundary, one side called France and the other Germany

SW_v13#11 p.292

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

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; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0498

540

When the Blessed Perfection (Baha'u'llah) was exiled from Bagdad the large number

SW_v13#10 p.277-278, BKOG.179+186+192x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

AB02223

260

...The founding of these spiritual meetings is purely for the purpose of teaching; but, as the Mashriqu'l Azkar is not yet founded

SW_v13#10 p.276x

Contention and conflict; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB09098

...This Cause is proclaimed through eloquent, sincere addresses. We must unloose the tongue, spread the fragrances of God

SW_v13#10 p.276x

Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11440

...Regarding arrangements for the Bahai Sunday meeting for the purpose of worship

SW_v13#10 p.276x

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11456

...I hope that the friends will give the utmost importance to the Mashriqu'l Azkar... The American friends are greatly endeared. Therefore I desire that they may be confirmed

SW_v13#10 p.264x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07815

110

...Now is the commencement of organization, hence every affair concerning the Kingdom

SW_v13#10 p.263-264x, SW_v13#12 p.325x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

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

Growth of the Cause; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2514

Words spoken ca. May 1912 in New York

Tell Juliet that she teaches well. I have met many people who have been affected by you, Juliet. You are not eloquent, you are not fluent, but your heart teaches.

SW_v12#07 p.139, DJT.281, FDA.019-020, BLO_PN#027

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3259

Words spoken at Persian embassy in New York, 1912-04-23

If all the spirits of the air were to congregate together they could not create a salad!

SW_v12#07 p.135+137-140, SW_v12#08 p.145-172, DJT.270, FDA.014, BLO_PN#027

Humor; jokes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The mind's power of discovery

ABU3106

Words spoken in May1921

Say to this convention that never since the beginning of time has a convention of more importance been held.

SW_v12#06 p.115

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Race unity; racial issues

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

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2690

Words spoken in 1909

Give Mrs. Botay my greetings and love and tell her she must greatly endeavor

SW_v12#05 p.108

Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2528

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26

There should be no differentiation between the blacks and the whites. All are the creatures of God

SW_v12#05 p.107, PN_1909F p069, PN_1909F p129?, AKL.011

Chastisement and requital; Race unity; racial issues; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02529

240

Ye have written that the colored Bahais have gathered in one meeting

SW_v12#05 p.106x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03739

190

O thou beloved maidservant of God! In thy letter thou hast intimated that thou art colored.

SW_v12#05 p.106, AHV.030b, BLO_PN#045, BSTW#362

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Race unity; racial issues; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08239

100

Praise be to God, that through Mr. and Mrs. Kinney thou didst hear the glad-tidings

SW_v12#05 p.106-107

Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03102

210

O ye servants of God and Maidservants of the Merciful! Thank ye God that the Divine call reached the ear of the spirit... Praise be to God, that the doors of the Kingdom are opened... In the world of existence the meeting is blessed when the white and colored meet together

SW_v12#05 p.103x, SW_v12#05 p.106x, AHV.030-31, BLO_PN#045

Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07601

110

Persian

ای موید بفیض ملکوت نامه مفصل شما قرائت گردید

O thou who art confirmed by the grace of the Kingdom! Thy long letter

MSHR1.012x

SW_v12#03 p.058

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB04611

170

Thy letter written May 19th, 1920, duly received. Notwithstanding the lack of time

SW_v12#03 p.058-059

Newspapers and the media; publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08725

O thou true friend! Through the graces of the Sun of Reality do I supplicate

SW_v12#03 p.057

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB09998

O thou spiritual person! As far as thou art able, do thou practice self-sacrifice

SW_v12#03 p.057

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02676

230

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be unto God, that thou wert

SW_v12#03 p.057-058

AB09340

O thou affectionate Lord! The maidservant of God, Mrs. Hathaway, was a daughter

SW_v12#19 p.313

Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed

AB11386

...As to his honor Mr. Hoar, verily he is one who hath presented himself here, witnessed, heard, comprehended and became illuminated and enlightened with the light of the gift of God

SW_v12#19 p.311x

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for children and youth; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00927

410

Arabic

یا الهی و ملجای و ملاذی انی اضع جبینی علی الغبراء و ارفع یدی الی الخضراء و

O my God and my Helper! Verily, I place my forehead in the dust and raise

BRL_DAK#0298

SW_v12#19 p.307-308

Education of children; moral education; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death

ABU3246

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

SW_v12#18 p.280

House of Justice

ABU2539

You must not injure yourselves or commit suicide.... It is not permissible to do to yourselves what Mirza Hassan Afnan did to himself.

SW_v12#18 p.280-281

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suicide; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2812

God is the Creator of all the creatures. He made men to dwell in His land and He made them rulers of whatsoever exists of animals, vegetables, minerals, water and air

SW_v12#17 p.260, DWN_v4#01 p.001, DWN_v6#09 p.001

Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

AB09105

...If you question regarding the trials and difficulties of Abdu'l-Baha - that is a sea boundless

SW_v12#16 p.254x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01644

Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firaq (Tablet of the Nightingale of Bereavement)

530

mixed

Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq)

Lawh-i-Bulbulul-Firaq (Tablet of Nightingale of Separation)

بلبل الفراق علی غصن الافاق ینادی هذا الفراق یا ملا الاشتیاق و طیر الوفا یتغن

The nightingale of separation, perched upon the branch of the horizon, calls out in grief, you who are filled with yearning

INBA38:063, INBA36:376b, INBA71:074b

AQA4#095 p.324x, AQA4a.363x, GSH.042, OOL.B034a, OOL.B034b

SW_v12#16 p.251, BLO_PT#115

Announces in sorrowful language His departure from Baghdad and reproaches those who had thus far failed to recognize Him.

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB1.244, MMAH.079, LL#080

ABU1351

Words to Miss Pearson in Akka, 1899-02-26

240

One thing I ask of you for your own good, and that you must do if you wish to gain the blessing.

SW_v12#14 p.236, PN_1899 p004

Mary Magdalene; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00631

490

mixed

ای ثابت بر پیمان شمع میثاق رغما لاهل النفاق پرتو عبودیتش آفاقرا منور نموده و

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle

MMK6#360

SW_v12#14 p.235-236, CUPAB.012-013x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11246

Cablegram

Persian

هر کسی با ابرص میبشیند مرض برص میگیرد کسی که با مسیح است از

He who sits with leper catches leprosy. He who is with Christ shuns Pharisees and abhors Judas Iscariots.

NJB_v12#14 p.238

SW_v12#14 p.232, PPRL.049x

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Judas

AB11621

Cablegram dated 1921-11

Persian

احوال و صحت احباء چطوراست

How is situation and health of friends?

NJB_v12#14 p.238

SW_v12#14 p.232, PPRL.049x

AB11622

Cablegram dated 1921-11

Persian

از الطاف الهی صحت میطلبم

I implore health from divine bounty.

NJB_v12#14 p.238

SW_v12#14 p.232, ABCC.451, PPRL.049x

AB02368

250

Persian

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که بعضی از متزلزلین بمن نامه

O thou who art firm in the Covenant: Your letter has been received. You have

NJB_v12#14 p.240

SW_v12#14 p.232+234

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

AB10281

O thou who art heavenly! If, with the consultation of the Executive Board and

SW_v12#13 p.218

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB01884

290

O thou who art a servant at the Threshold of God! Thy letter has been received. From its flowers of significance

SW_v12#13 p.218-219+210

Empty learning; false spirituality; Existence; immortality of the human soul; High station of the arts and sciences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB11426

...The letter signed by most of the friends in India has been received. Abdu'l-Baha is greatly

SW_v12#13 p.215x

Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB11596

...You shall soon see in Persia that the people shall believe in this Cause in groups every day.

SW_v12#12 p.215x

AB08892

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been received together with the picture

SW_v12#12 p.202

AB08979

O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Now I am at the Holy Tomb. The vase which

SW_v12#12 p.202

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Shrines and Holy places

AB06544

130

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter has been received. Praise be unto God, it indicates that through the presence of Jenabe Fazel

SW_v12#12 p.201

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07993

100

O thou who art firm in the Covenant. The glad-tidings of he unity of the

SW_v12#12 p.201

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

AB03700

190

O ye two dear maidservants of God! Ye have written that Mr. Marion Nuevo

SW_v12#12 p.201-202

Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02761

230

O thou who hast faith in God! Thy letter has been forwarded. Treat thy traveling

SW_v12#12 p.200

Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2876

Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921

Jesus was a Manifestation of God. Everything of him pertained to God. To know him was to know God.

SW_v12#11 p.188, SW_v15#08 p.249, SW_v20#05 p.133, PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

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

Differences in human capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09116

...Today, at the Threshold of His Holiness, Baha'u'llah, there is nobody more favored

SW_v12#10 p.170

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06769

120

O ye two souls of the Kingdom! Turn your faces to the Kingdom of the merciful One

SW_v12#01 p.028

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06615

120

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast praised

SW_v12#01 p.027

Growth of the Cause; Importance of community building; Praise and encouragement; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04340

170

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated November 26th, 1918, was received with the divine assistance.

SW_v12#01 p.027-028

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB06031

130

O thou favored maidservant of God! Thy letter has been received and its

SW_v12#01 p.019

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

AB11582

Cablegram dated 1921-02-15

Eng

All affairs concerning Universal Temple referred General Convention. I cannot interfere, submit everything Convention.

SW_v12#01 p.019

ABU3107

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

SW_v12#01 p.013

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

AB04992

160

O thou dear daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received and the proceedings of the Convention understood.

SW_v11#09 p.139

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01150

370

O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were in the utmost sweetness

SW_v11#08 p.122, BSTW#366

Critique of Western values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nationalism; love of country; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB03655

190

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha!

SW_v11#07 p.112-113, BSTW#254

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB09748

O ye who are firm in the Covenant of the Self-Subsistent, Eternal God! Praise God with glad faces

SW_v11#07 p.105x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB07348

110

O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Today whatever assembly is established that has for its purpose the welfare of mankind

SW_v11#06 p.104

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB01490

320

O Thou compassionate Lord! Thou knowest the magnitude of my sorrow

SW_v11#05 p.090-091

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

AB03317

200

mixed

ای ابن و بنت ملکوت از قرار مسموع روابطی در میان شما حاصل و با یکدیگر میخواهید اقتران

O ye son and daughter of the Kingdom! According to what you have written… O God, my God! We are wedded in love of Thy beauty, in hope of Thy good-pleasure, and in eagerness to be of service to Thee

NJB_v11#04 p.078

SW_v11#05 p.088-089, BSTW#217, ADMS#102

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; East and West; communication between East and West; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Prayer for married couples; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB03343

200

O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! Praise be to God, that the events of the Cause

SW_v11#05 p.087

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02233

260

O thou beloved daughter! Thy detailed letter, dated December 7th, 1919, written to Shoghi Effendi, was received

SW_v11#05 p.087-088x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02955

220

O thou faithful maidservant of the Blessed Beauty! The article thou hadst

SW_v11#03 p.054

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Review of publications

ABU2519

Words to Private Sinclair, spoken on 1919-02-14

From what I can gather from the events of my life, history clearly shows the wars that have been waged, the peace measures that have been subsequently adopted

SW_v11#03 p.050-051

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace

ABU3623

Words to William Randall ?

Never talk about God to a man with an empty stomach. Feed him first.

SW_v11#03 p.043-044, VLAB.105

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Methods of teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11114

O God! Make this company of Bahai children eternal and everlasting; bestow blessing and profit

SW_v11#19 p.330

Consultation; Prayer for children and youth

ABU0786

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

380

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

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

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

AB11469

Cablegram dated 1921-03 ca.

Eng

Miss Kappes very happy. I invite world be not grieved. Apply to Mr. Vail, Urbana, for substitute. Elizabeth [Stewart] left for Teheran.

SW_v11#19 p.321

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB11470

Cablegram dated 1921-03 ca.

Eng

Supplicating Lord of the Kingdom to submerge these two blessed souls in the ocean of His Mercy.

SW_v11#19 p.321

AB01007

390

Persian

ای متحری حقیقت نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که آقا میرزا احمد خان یزدانی

O thou who art searching for truth! Thy letter has been received. Thou has written that Agha Mirza Ahmed Khan Yazdani... Thou hast asked how it is possible to grasp the nature of life after death?

MKT3.388, BQA.075

SW_v11#19 p.315-316, BSTW#500a

Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relationship between government and people; Soul; spirit after death

AB02933

220

O ye two who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter dated January 28

SW_v11#18 p.308

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08640

O thou firm in the Covenant! As to thy attendance at the Esperanto Congress

SW_v11#18 p.306

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal language

AB00536

540

Persian

خلق هنوز از قوّهء ميثاق غافلند اين عهد نه روايت است و نه حکايت به قلم اعلی از حضرت بهاء الله در نهايت قوّت

O thou Herald of the Covenant! Thy detailed letters have been received

MMK4#153 p.164x

SW_v11#18 p.306-308

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11452

...My hope is that the Esperantists may become attracted by these epistles and may

SW_v11#17 p.291x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal language

ABU0075

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

1400

The differences between this Revelation and that of Jesus Christ are, that in this cycle all the inhabitants of the world will be gathered in one nation

SW_v11#17 p.286x, PN_1901 p017, PN_1901 p040

Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3557

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in New York

All through America I have encouraged the Bahais to study Esperanto and to the extent of my ability I will strive in its spread and promotion.

SW_v11#17 p.286

Call to action; Universal language

AB09210

O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. On thy behalf I prayed

SW_v11#16 p.277-278

The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB10958

O thou sweet singing bird! The new song has been received. Verily

SW_v11#16 p.276, BLO_PT#052.37

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement

AB05079

150

O thou servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst

SW_v11#16 p.276

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB05509

140

O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thy desire

SW_v11#16 p.276

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

AB00907

410

O thou who art attracted to the Word of God and herald of the Kingdom of God!

SW_v11#16 p.275, TDD.013-014

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2679

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-09-05

I hope the health of the friends is good.... His Holiness Christ was once eating grapes. He said, 'I will not eat grapes again until I eat them anew with you in the Kingdom

SW_v11#16 p.270, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p055, PN_1920 p091, PN_1920_heh p013, PN_1920_heh_haifa p020, IHP.118, BLO_PN#046

Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

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

Man's distinction from the animal; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0724

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05

410

Do you like it here? Do you like the view here? ... This truth is that this place has a spiritual atmosphere... His Holiness Elijah was once in a cave near here.

SW_v11#16 p.269-270, PN_1920 p030, PN_1920 p054, PN_1920 p090, PN_1920_heh p012, PN_1920_heh_haifa p013, STAB#053

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Shrines and Holy places; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1654

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05

190

It is well to worship in any place where the thought is turned to God. Whether the place is home, church, or mosque

SW_v11#16 p.268-269, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p091

Christ; Christianity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00411

600

Persian

ای سرگشته کوه و بیابان در راه یار مهربان نامه شما بعد از رجوع از کالیفورنیا

O thou wanderer over mountain and desert in the Path of the kind Beloved! Thy letter, after thy return from California

MMK3#002 p.001x, MMG2#199 p.227x, NJB_v11#08 p.136

SW_v11#15 p.260-264

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04993

160

O ye two servants of the Kingdom of God! His honor, Mr. Vail, has arrived

SW_v11#15 p.259

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01265

350

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou herald of the Covenant! Thy letters have been received and an answer has been written.... I have been greatly affected by the death of Mr. Sandy Kinney. What

SW_v11#15 p.259-260, SW_v10#19 p.350x, BLO_PT#028jx

Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB05553

140

mixed

ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک امه الله مسیس واک و امه الله مس کولور رسیدند و

O thou servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection! The maidservant

MMK6#356x, NJB_v11#08 p.135

SW_v11#15 p.256-257

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

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; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3434

Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh

When in America I repeatedly said that no one must believe one word said by another regarding any commands

SW_v11#14 p.243

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2337

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

100

That which has come forth from the Center of the Covenant you must take fast hold of.

SW_v11#14 p.243

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03100

210

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Two letters have been received from thee

SW_v11#13 p.232

Education of children; moral education; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of thought and belief

AB04274

170

O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! Thy cablegram was received, and immediately

SW_v11#13 p.232

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

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

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09145

Persian

ای احبای الهی جناب دکتر ضیاء و امة الله زینت مدت مدیده در ارض مقدسه اقامت

O ye friends of God! His honor Dr. Zia (M. Bagdadi) and the maidservant

NJB_v11#12 p.209

SW_v11#12 p.208

Shrines and Holy places

AB11308

O maidservant of God! Hold fast to the Covenant which hath emanated from the Supreme Pen

SW_v11#12 p.201

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prophecy and fulfillment

AB11120

...On the shore of Lake Michigan a piece of land is blessed because it has been mentioned by the name of Mashrekol-Azkar

SW_v11#11 p.169x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB04741

160

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Two letters have been received from thee

SW_v11#10 p.168

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Many are called but few are chosen; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB09923

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy friends of God are most pleased with

SW_v11#10 p.168

Praise and encouragement

AB02915

220

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received! It became the cause

SW_v11#10 p.167

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power of prayer; Race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB08874

O thou wooer of the love of God! For a long time I have desired to correspond

SW_v11#10 p.166

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB08947

O thou leaf of the tree of Life! Your letter has been received. Because

SW_v11#10 p.166

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement

AB04671

160

O thou servant of God! Thy letter and thy poems arrived. From their contents

SW_v11#10 p.166-167

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03745

190

O thou resplendent Kokab! Thy letter was received. Associate as before with

SW_v11#10 p.165

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB05647

140

O thou servant of the Divine Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents

SW_v11#10 p.165-166

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB03499

200

O thou pure leaf of the Blessed Tree! Thy letter was received and its contents

SW_v11#10 p.164

Equality of men and women; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Non-participation in politics; Photographs and recordings; Role and station of women

AB05128

150

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast mentioned

SW_v11#10 p.164

Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB05656

140

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, thou hast attended the

SW_v11#10 p.163

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB06533

130

O fragrant leaves of the Assembly of Teaching! Endeavor until royal teaching comes

SW_v11#10 p.162

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01856

290

O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The letter which ye had written to the Central

SW_v11#10 p.161-162

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05188

150

O ye two faithful and assured souls! Praise be to God, your son, George

SW_v11#10 p.159+163

Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1905

160

Such is the way that must be adopted, for only through intimate association.... The Temple of Ishkabad is unique in that it is the first temple of the kind

SW_v11#01 p.015+019, SW_v13#10 p.263

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04067

180

O thou lover of truth! ... O thou beloved maidservant of God! The two

SW_v11#01 p.014

Accounts of dreams and visions; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0225

870

...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago

SW_v11#01 p.004-005, SW_v12#01 p.012-013

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0612

Words spoken ca. 1919-07-17

470

Fifty years ago, Baha'o'llah wrote that there must be a league of nations to establish universal peace

SW_v10#09 p.195-196

Equality of men and women; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Means of establishment of future civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; Words vs deeds

AB07863

100

O thou son of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that like unto a torch thou hast been

SW_v10#09 p.185, BSTW#447

Being a source of light; guidance; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

AB06336

130

O thou attracted to the Kingdom of god! Thy letter dated January 31st

SW_v10#09 p.185

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB02505

240

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The letter thou hadst written on January 22nd

SW_v10#09 p.184-185, BSTW#426

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02710

230

O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your letter dated December 4th

SW_v10#07 p.144, BSTW#425

House of Justice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB03956

180

O my dear son! Numerous letters have been received from you and their

SW_v10#07 p.144

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02063

270

O thou firm in the Covenant! Your last letter dated October 28, 1918, was

SW_v10#07 p.143, SW_v02#01 p.010

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Review of publications; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07536

110

O thou respected one! Your letter dated February 2nd, 1919, has been

SW_v10#07 p.143

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB02845

230

O true friends! Separation from the friends causes the burning of heart and soul

SW_v10#07 p.142, BSTW#230b

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB00925

410

The letter which thou hadst written on December 16, 1918, was received

SW_v10#07 p.137-138

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings; Universal peace; world unity

AB01375

330

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your joint letter was received

SW_v10#07 p.136-137, BSTW#214

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

AB05866

140

Persian

ای یاران الهی روزنامه نجم باختر با وجود مشکلات عظیمه در ایام حرب دوام نمود تا

O friends of God! The magazine of the Star of the West, notwithstanding great difficulties during the days of the war

INBA16:237

NJB_v10#07 p.131, NJB_v12#12 p.207

SW_v10#07 p.131, SW_v11#11 p.197

Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1722

180

Give my greeting to the friends in Washington and say: 'O ye believers of God! I am always thinking of the days

SW_v10#06 p.112

Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02291

260

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of god! Thy letter dated December 26th

SW_v10#06 p.110, BSTW#262, BSTW#263

Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB08460

100

...As to thy inquiry about traveling to nearby towns out of Chicago for the promulgation

SW_v10#06 p.108-109x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00306

680

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy numerous and successive

SW_v10#06 p.107-108, BSTW#264, BSTW#265

Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Naming of children; of individuals; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Race unity; racial issues; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00245

750

O thou honorable martyr and the pioneer of the Cause of God! The letter which you had written on the 19th of December 1918

SW_v10#06 p.105-107

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise of Western values; culture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teachings as spirit of the age

ABU0817

Words spoken ca. 1917-02-03

370

Come, my son, take it. I have corrected it. The importance of this Tablet will be revealed in the future.

SW_v10#06 p.103+111

Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

AB01073

380

O thou dear maidservant of Baha'o'llah! The letter thou hadst written

SW_v10#05 p.096, BLO_PT#052.34

Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Reincarnation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB00946

400

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your numerous letters have been received

SW_v10#05 p.095x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Law of Huququ'llah; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02692

230

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your detailed letter dated March 10th

SW_v10#05 p.094-095

Chastisement and requital; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement

BH11358

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

SW_v10#05 p.092

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

BH11363

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

SW_v10#05 p.092

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

BH10511

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

SW_v10#05 p.091

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

BH11456

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

SW_v10#05 p.091

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

AB02080

270

O thou beloved daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It contained the most great glad tidings

SW_v10#04 p.080

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

AB01671

300

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter dated December 1918, was received

SW_v10#04 p.079-080

Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB03610

190

Persian

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما رسید از مضمون حقیقت بیان حضرت مسیح تحقق یافت

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter was received. From

MKT3.078

SW_v10#04 p.077

Praise and encouragement; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02190

260

Persian

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن نامه مفصل شما بر ثبوت و استقامت بیان مفصل بود هرچند

O ye friends of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! Your detailed

MKT3.077

SW_v10#04 p.077-078

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06571

120

Persian

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت حمد کنید خدا را که در این امر عظیم که نورانیت آفاق و

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Praise ye God for having

MKT3.081

SW_v10#04 p.076

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00778

450

Arabic

ایها المخلصون ایها المنجذبون ایها الخلق الجدید قال الله سبحانه و تعالی

O ye who are sincere! O ye who are attracted! O ye who are the new creation.... Praise be to the One who created this marvelous dispensation!

MNMK#025 p.106, MJAI.012, NJB_v10#04 p.075

SW_v10#04 p.073-075

Continual renewal of creation; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1411

Words spoken ca. 1917

230

The believers must arise in perfect unity in teaching the Cause of God and grasping each other's hands

SW_v10#04 p.072

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05245

150

O dear maidservant of God! At the divine threshold address this prayer

SW_v10#03 p.044

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

AB02976

220

O thou herald of the Kingdom! The detailed letter thou hadst written was perused

SW_v10#03 p.043-044

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB09829

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents

SW_v10#03 p.042

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04819

160

O thou who art turning thy face to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated December 2nd, 1918

SW_v10#03 p.042-043, ABCC.437-438x

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02399

250

O dear maidservant of God! Indeed, what thou hadst written is true

SW_v10#03 p.041

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07096

120

O thou maidservant of God! The letter thou hadst written on November 23, 1918

SW_v10#03 p.041-042

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of community building; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB02500

240

O thou respected maidservant of god! Thy letter dated November 17th, 1918, was received

SW_v10#03 p.039-040, SEIO.022-023x

Equality of men and women; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU3492

Words spoken ca. 1912-10-08 in the United States

We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon referred to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a spark will set aflame the whole of Europe.

SW_v10#03 p.033, SW_v13#09 p.252-253, SAS.107-108, BSTW#022

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies

AB05151

150

O thou firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated October 24, 1918, was received

SW_v10#02 p.032

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10063

O thou respected one! Praise God and be grateful that thou hast

SW_v10#02 p.032

Thankfulness; gratitude

AB06272

130

O maidservant of His Holiness Baha'o'llah! Thy letter dated September

SW_v10#02 p.031, SEIO.023x, BSTW#435

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Words vs deeds

AB00588

510

mixed

ای مشتعله بنار محبت الله نامه مفصل شما در این ایام ۷ نوفمبر ۱۹۱۸ رسید مضمون

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy detailed letter dated November 7, 1918 hath recently arrived

PYB#130 p.03

SW_v10#02 p.029-031

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal language

AB02583

240

O thou who art encompassed with the blessings of God

SW_v10#02 p.028-029

Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB04457

170

O thou who hast sought guidance from the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated October 24, 1918

SW_v10#02 p.028

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00161

890

mixed

ای ثابت عهد و راسخ پیمان نامه شما در بهترین زمانی وارد زیرا سالهای چند بود که

O thou who art firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament! Your letter has been received in the best of time.

INBA84:377

BRL_DAK#0547, MSHR3.365x, NJB_v10#02 p.025

SW_v10#02 p.024-027

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00794

440

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Since the extinction of the fire

SW_v10#02 p.019+027

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB05589

140

O Thou divine Providence! Sanford was a child of the Kingdom and,

SW_v10#19 p.350

Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

AB08731

...Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast

SW_v10#19 p.348x

Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04006

180

O ye two guiding souls! Your letter was received. It was indicative of

SW_v10#19 p.342

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06282

130

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its

SW_v10#19 p.342

Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01991

280

O thou who art tested with calamities and ordeals! Verily, I became exceedingly saddened for thy sadness

SW_v10#19 p.341

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1901

Words spoken ca. 1919

160

God treats these people with His mercy, not with His justice, since God is against war.

SW_v10#18 p.336

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; War and peace

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; 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

AB00796

440

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Rest thou assured in the bounty of the

SW_v10#18 p.329-330

Business; financial; property matters; Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Naming of children; of individuals; Predictions and prophecies; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB05220

150

O thou dignified personage! Thy letter was received. Its terms were most

SW_v10#17 p.320

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB08302

100

O thou pure leaf of the Blessed Tree! Thy letter was received. Thou hast

SW_v10#17 p.320

Education of children; moral education; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB09480

O illumined Assemblage! Praise be to god, that ye have been confirmed

SW_v10#17 p.320

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB04751

160

O ye two servants of the Kingdom! Your letter was received. It was

SW_v10#17 p.319

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10012

O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written

SW_v10#17 p.319

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB07292

110

O thou faithful servant of God! Thy letter diffused a musk-scented

SW_v10#17 p.319-320

Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09830

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Formerly

SW_v10#17 p.318

Personal instructions

AB00544

530

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letters were received

SW_v10#17 p.317-318

Race unity; racial issues; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

AB03726

190

O thou radiant child! The letter thou hast written in the utmost sweetness

SW_v10#17 p.316

Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

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

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Bribery and corruption; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

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

Christ; Christianity; John the Baptist; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Predictions and prophecies

AB02230

260

Persian

ای خیرخواه عالم انسانی نامه فصیح و بلیغ شما رسید و بکمال سرور قرائت گردید و همچنین

O thou who art the well-wisher of humanity - felicitations! Your epistle concerning

PYB#159 p.33

SW_v10#17 p.315-316, BSTW#243

Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Supreme tribunal; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0876

Words to Corinne and Edna True, spoken on 1919-11-12

350

My message to them is that they must be united, must remain firm and steadfast

SW_v10#17 p.306

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03462

200

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letters were received. God willing, this

SW_v10#14 p.270

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06745

120

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God

SW_v10#14 p.270-271

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07399

110

O ye two firm ones in the Covenant! Happy are ye that, like unto a blessed

SW_v10#14 p.268

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB02519

240

mixed

امروز مغناطيس تأييد ملکوت‌ الله ثبوت بر عهد و پيمان است و ما عدای آن کلام هذيان

O thou servant of God! Two letters have been received from thee and

MMK4#152 p.163x

SW_v10#14 p.267-268

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul

AB00537

540

...Four letters have been received from you, the last dated April 18th, 1919. All

SW_v10#14 p.263x, BSTW#240

Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB06618

120

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was indicative of

SW_v10#14 p.250-251

Attaining the life of the spirit; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06547

120

Contributions collected for the teaching fund must be used for teaching

SW_v10#13 p.250x

Business; financial; property matters; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02518

240

O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! The letters thou hadst written... The Star of the West must, at present, be written both in English and Persian.

SW_v10#13 p.249, SW_v11#11 p.198

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00643

490

O thou merciful youth who art the son of that glorious man! Verily, thy

SW_v10#13 p.249-250

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB02744

230

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents...At present both of you must, as ye have been doing in the past, endeavor for the arrangement and the publication of the Star of the West

SW_v10#13 p.248-249, SW_v11#11 p.198

Review of publications

AB06278

130

O thou dear maidservant of God! When I was in Denver I enjoyed

SW_v10#13 p.246

Being a source of light; guidance; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB07504

110

O thou living flame of the love of God! Thy letter was received. It was

SW_v10#12 p.236

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02219

260

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your detailed letter was received

SW_v10#12 p.233, SW_v11#11 p.197

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07623

110

O ye blessed souls! Praise be to God, that ye have been confirmed

SW_v10#12 p.233

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02573

240

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written

SW_v10#12 p.233-234, BLO_PT#028n, BSTW#267

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB05252

150

O thou brilliant Kokab (star)! Praise be to God! Thou hast become resplendent

SW_v10#12 p.231

Consolation and comfort; Importance of community building; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01566

310

O thou who art firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Thy letters dated March 22nd and 29th

SW_v10#12 p.230

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB01694

300

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your numerous letters have been received.

SW_v10#12 p.230

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Newspapers and the media; publications; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00903

410

O friends of God! Your letter was received through Mrs. Stannard... A profession, a trade, farming, these are worshipping God.

SW_v10#12 p.226, SW_v14#06 p.168, PN_various p019, BSTW#179, BSTW#242

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Work as worship

AB04423

170

O thou beloved maidservant of God! ...Add as much as ye can to love and affinity

SW_v10#11 p.222

Call to action; Consultation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB06879

120

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy letter was received

SW_v10#11 p.221

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU0723

Words spoken in 1917

410

Why didst thou not tell me about these wonderful things when we were travelling in America?

SW_v10#10 p.202-203

Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

Living waters; water of life; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BB00616

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

SW_v10#01 p.6

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

AB08184

100

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast

SW_v10#01 p.013

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04301

170

O thou favored servant at the Threshold of the Almighty! The letter

SW_v10#01 p.012

Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04957

160

Thy letter dated December 21, 1918, reached us... Concerning

SW_v10#01 p.012-013

Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB01652

310

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted the utmost of gladness

SW_v10#01 p.009-010

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03328

200

O thou respected maidservant of God! Your letter, dated October 22nd

SW_v10#01 p.008-009

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB03996

180

O thou who art the well-wisher of mankind! Thy letter was received and was

SW_v10#01 p.007-008

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB07719

110

O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Verily, your letter was the third of those

SW_v10#01 p.003

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09052

Your letter dated November 13, 1918, was received. Praise be to God

SW_v10#01 p.003

Permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB03579

200

...To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like imagining

SW_v01#09 p.012-013

Prayer for nearness to God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB09113

...You have written regarding the Assembly of Women. Undoubtedly, show ye great effort in this matter

SW_v01#09 p.010-011

Call to action; Equality of men and women; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women

AB03332

200

Persian

ای انجمن رحمانی مستر استرون منادی ملکوت شد و بچین و هند و ژاپون شتافت توفیقات

O ye Merciful Assembly! Mr. Struven became the herald of the Kingdom and

NJB_v01#19a p.011x

SW_v01#09 p.001-002

Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09117

...The Divine confirmations have in every way prepared for you the means of development.

SW_v01#08 p.016x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Promotion of commerce and industry

AB03623

190

Persian

ای بنت ملکوت حضرت مستر ریمی چون از سفر چین و ژاپون و هند بارض مقدسه وارد و با

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! When his honor, Mr. Remey, returned to

NJB_v01#19a p.010

SW_v01#08 p.013

Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05981

140

...Consider thou how the power of the Word of God has united the East and the West and bestowed spiritual communication, that a blessed soul from the inhabitants of America, while in the Holy Land

SW_v01#08 p.013

East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1879

Words spoken on 1910-05-18

160

In fact, you have shown forth a wonderful devotion; you left the West and came to the furthermost part of Asia

SW_v01#08 p.008

Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1063

Words spoken on 1910-05-15

300

There are different gatherings and various meetings held in the world which apparently are in the utmost degree of arrangement and order

SW_v01#08 p.006-007

ABU1197

Words spoken on 1910-05-13

270

Among the human race, the bonds of and means for love are numerous, for man cannot live without it

SW_v01#08 p.005-006, SW_v08#10 p.127

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity in diversity

ABU0476

Words spoken on 1910-05-10

560

The English king, with his pomp and grandeur, used to address the sun and say

SW_v01#08 p.003-005

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity in diversity

AB00424

590

mixed

الهی الهی تقدست حقیقت وحدانیتک عن الصعود و النزول و تنزهت شمس احدیتک عن الطلوع

O God! O God! Verily, verily the reality of Thy Oneness is sanctified above ascent or descent

INBA89:074

AMIN.053-058

SW_v01#07 p.001-003

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB10774

O thou seeker after the knowledge of numbers! Thy letter was received. The science of numbers is one of the common sciences

SW_v01#06 p.005

Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

AB04843

160

O thou who are favored in the Threshold of the Almighty! Your letter was

SW_v01#06 p.004

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB04261

170

O ye brothers and sisters of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter was received.

SW_v01#06 p.003

Angels; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02186

260

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! You brief and interesting letter

SW_v01#06 p.002-003

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03515

200

O ye merciful friends and the respected spiritual maidservants! Your blessed

SW_v01#06 p.001-002

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01883

290

O ye who are favored in the Threshold of the Almighty and the lovers of His Holiness, BAHA'O'LLAH! According to the reports... O Thou Almighty! Illumine Thou this Association and make Thou this gathering the bright candle of the world!

SW_v01#05 p.004-005, SW_v02#01 p.004

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Importance of community building; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Promotion of commerce and industry; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB00943

400

mixed

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Though time doth not permit a detailed reply, a brief response is herewith written [3.5s]... ...As regards what you wrote touching the intervention in the affairs of Persia of the neighbouring States, time upon time it hath been declared by the Pen of the Covenant that the Government (Dawlat) and the People (Millat) should mix together like honey and milk

TRZ1.507, MSHR4.388-389, DMSB.020

SW_v01#05 p.003x, CHU.067a, EGBBF.095-096x, BLO_PT#011ax

Chastisement and requital; Relationship between government and people; Role and station of women; The power of words; of speech

AB11303

...There exists a great Confirmation in the School of Tarbiat

SW_v01#05 p.003x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Generosity [kirama]; Praise and encouragement

AB11302

...The question of the school of Tarbiat is very important. Through the Bounty and Providence of the True One it must become evident

SW_v01#05 p.003

Call to action; Excellence; distinction

AB00968

400

In the last two mails, detailed answers have been written to thee

SW_v01#05 p.003-004

East and West; communication between East and West; Education of children; moral education; Promotion of commerce and industry; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of governments; political unity

AB05281

510

mixed

ای منادی پیمان نامه ۷ شعبان سنه حاضره رسید و دلالت بر آن مینمود که الحمد لله

O herald of the Covenant! Your letter of the seventh of Sha'ban of the present year hath arrived and indicated, praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Explain to the people the details of the Mashrak-el-Azkar in Chicago

BRL_DAK#0191, YIA.299-300, YIK.401ax

SW_v01#04 p.015x, SW_v06#17 p.142

Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of governments; political unity

AB00405

600

mixed

ای امین ربانی در عالم ایجاد جمیع کائنات در نهایت ارتباط و از این ارتباط تعاون

O thou trustee of the Lord! In the world of being all created things are in the most intimate connection with each other

INBA16:163

BRL_DAK#0716, MKT1.459, NJB_v04#17 p.004

SW_v01#04 p.013-015, SW_v05#10 p.145-146, SW_v06#17 p.141-142, BW_v01p061, BNE.187x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00530

540

Persian

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت الحمد لله بفیض نامتناهی الهی آفاق باهتزاز آمده و شرق و

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Praise be to God! The infinite bounty... O ye beloved of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashrak-el-Azkar

MMK3#269 p.193, NJB_v01#19a p.017-019

SW_v01#04 p.008-009, SW_v06#17 p.140x

Call to action; Constitutional revolution in Iran; Exhortations and counsels; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

AB05544

140

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter, dated January 6, 1910, was received

SW_v01#03 p.015, SW_v04#04 p.072

Elections; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB11579

...The time has not yet arrived, even in those countries (America)

SW_v01#03 p.004x

AB00194

830

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر علی ما انعمت و آتیت و والیت و اعطیت

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thanks be unto Thee O my Beloved!... O ye friends of God! The joy and happiness of the people of faithfulness

BRL_DAK#0587, MKT1.288, AMK.073-076, AMK.079-082, HHA.109x, RHQM2.0700 (090x) (056-057x), LMA2.409, MAS5.186, MJMJ2.050, MMG2#085 p.093, YHA1.341x, YHA1.348x, YHA1.380x (2.689), MLK.087, QT108.045x, NYMG.142x?, NYMG.175x

SW_v01#03 p.001-004, SW_v08#18 p.235-236, NYR#124x and 202, BSTW#031, BSTW#373

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11340

...God willing, through the endeavor of the friends in America, may the Bird of Paradise be revealed in all its beauty in the Philippine Islands.

SW_v01#19 p.003x

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

AB07730

110

O thou who art unique! Thy letter dated January 19, 1911, was received. You have written of the good news from California

SW_v01#19 p.003

Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB10922

mixed

شروط آمدن من را به امریک ملاحظه نمودی از خدا خواهم که یاران امریک چنان روشن گردند

O thou candle of the Love of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast

NJB_v02#01 p.004x

SW_v01#19 p.002

Growth of the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Theosophy

AB03723

190

Persian

ای طالب حقیقت نامه ای که بواسطه جناب مستر مکنات مرقوم نموده بودی رسید جناب

O thou seeker of Truth! The letter which thou hast written through Mr. MacNutt

NJB_v01#19 p.001

SW_v01#19 p.001

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06541

130

O ye firm ones! O ye steadfast ones! The publication of the Star of the West is conducive to the happiness

SW_v01#18 p.008-009

East and West; communication between East and West; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Newspapers and the media; publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB05431

150

O thou attracted maidservant of God! Verily I read thy letter which indicated thy

SW_v01#18 p.007

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for protection; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

BH09726

100

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

SW_v01#18 p.005

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

AB09755

My Dear Friend: I have received your letter, for the contents of which I am extremely grateful to you. I understand the aims

SW_v01#18 p.004

Newspapers and the media; publications; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB08271

100

Persian

ای نجم باختر شاد باش و شاد باش که اگر ثبات و دوام بنماای اختر خاور نیز گردی و

O thou star of the west! Be thou happy! Be thou happy! Shouldst thou continue

NJB_v01#19 p.001, NJB_v03#01 p.002, NJB_v13#03 p.0064+96, NJB_v04#01 p.001

SW_v01#17 p.012-013, SW_v10#01 p.004-005

Growth of the Cause; Newspapers and the media; publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2763

Words to William Ellis, reporter for The Continent, around 1910

We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for.

SW_v01#17 p.008, BLO_PN#006

Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion

AB10311

...The invisible hand has opened the doors, and wisdom requires that ‘Abdu'l-Bahá hasten to the country of Egypt, for he is infinitely ashamed

SW_v01#17 p.007

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB06545

130

O thou real beloved! The letter which thou hast written in regard to the happiness and joy, beatitude and rejoicing

SW_v01#17 p.003

Power of prayer; Review of publications; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03112

210

O thou servant of the Blessed Perfection! Your epistle dated October 30th reached me at Ramleh. ...Regarding my coming to America

SW_v01#17 p.002-003

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB09457

O thou dear maidservant of God! Your epistle was received and the desire and request of the beloved ones

SW_v01#16 p.002

Permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB04806

160

Persian

ای کنیز عزیز الهی امیدم از پروردگار چنانست که خواهش و آرزوی تو مستجاب شود از

O thou dear maidservant of God! I hope, through the Lord, that thy

MMK5#047 p.045

SW_v01#16 p.002-003

Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02630

240

O ye dear friends and maidservants of God! Your epistle was received.** You have expressed joy and happiness

SW_v01#16 p.001-002, BSTW#388

Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11079

...The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Chicago.

SW_v01#15 p.007

Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

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

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB05984

140

O ye servants of the Blessed Perfection! In the Day of the Manifestation, you have caught the lights from the Manifestor on the Mount of Sinai

SW_v01#15 p.001

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03593

200

O ye illumined Friends of Abdul-Baha! Praise be to God, that you have organized

SW_v01#14 p.001

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Importance of community building; Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement

AB09746

O God, my aim, my hope! With hearts full of longing and breast full of yearning, we beg of Thee

SW_v01#13 p.013, SW_v06#17 p.142

AB11551

...Truly, I say, in this publication you have written instructive articles. May God assist and confirm you!

SW_v01#13 p.010x

Praise and encouragement

AB00975

400

O ye believers of God and friends of Abdul-Baha! If ye knew how the heart of Abdul-Baha is soaring

SW_v01#13 p.001-002

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

AB03475

110

Persian

ای رب الملکوت این کنیز را فرهنگ و تمیز بخش و در جهان ابدی عزیز کن

O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! Confer discernment and wisdom upon this maidservant and glorify her in the eternal World.... Today all the beloved of God in those parts must endeavour that the Chicago Mashrak-el-Azkar

MMK5#295 p.219x

SW_v01#12 p.005x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1524

Words to Remey and Struven in May 1910

210

Later on I will give instructions... Yes. He was the ninth generation in succession from Jesse, but this was not the Jesse of the Bible...

SW_v01#12 p.002-003, PN_1910 p004, PN_unsorted p059

Consultation; Day of rest; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Law of Huququ'llah; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB04077

180

O thou herald of the True One! His honor, Mr. Remey, is traveling in India

SW_v01#11 p.009

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB01773

300

O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! Today the most important affair is delivering the Cause of God

SW_v01#11 p.001-002

Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03041

220

...Lord! Verily, Thy servant, Eskandar Sprague, journeyed to the most remote

SW_v01#10 p.009

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB10285

O thou son of the Kingdom! ...Today, the most important affair and greatest hope is the unity and concord of the Friends

SW_v01#10 p.001

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB07015

120

Persian

ای یاران و اماء رحمن اگر مقصد شما چنان که در نوروز محفل عمومی در شیکاغو

O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful! If it is your intention

NJB_v01#19a p.013-014

SW_v01#01 p.011-012

Exhortations and counsels; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00071

Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad)

5070

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God

INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033,

BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120

RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305

BH00058

Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz)

5550

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق

These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise

INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006,

AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119

RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304

BH11085

Arabic

فاجعل لی یا الهی هذه الارض مبارکا و امنا ثم احفظنی حین دخولی فیها و خروجی

Make this land, O my God, blessed and secure for me. Guard me, then, O my God, at the time of my entering into it

INBA92:026

BRL_DA#353, ADM2#112 p.201x, AVK4.067.03, NSR_1993.023a

RBB.138x, BP1929.026, ADMS#128

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution

LL#490

BH10273

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک کلشیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم یزل کنت … اسئلک اللهم یا الهی بأن تحفظ حامل تلک الورقة البیضآء

Praised be Thou, O my God, I and all things bear witness that Thou art God, no god is there but Thee. From all eternity

AVK4.068, AHM.208, TSBT.234a, NFF1.025x, ABMK.063

RBB.138x, RBB.139x, ADMS#019

almunajat.com [item 31]

Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#512, LL#513

BH08672

110

Arabic

ان یا جمال القدم ذکر العباد بما نزل من جبروت الفضل و الاقتدار لعل یستقیمون فی

O Ancient Beauty! Make mention of the servants through that which hath descended from the heaven of grace and power, that haply they may stand firm in [3.5s]... ...Say: whosoever desires to protect himself, let him read this verse at night and at morn

BLIB_Or15725.387c,

AVK4.068.02

RBB.138x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for protection; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

LL#491

BH04444

210

Arabic

ذکر الله فی شجره الفراق ان یا ایها الاحباب فاصبرون ایاکم ان لاتغفلوا عن ذکرنا ثم

God hath spoken in the tree of separation: Be patient for me, O friends! Beware that ye be not careless

INBA65:098, INBA71:013b

AHM.212, TSBT.213

RBB.124, ADMS#020

Yosi & Shay

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Personal instructions; Presence of; reunion with God

LL#498

BH01572

550

mixed

بشنوید ندای الهی را و ببصر حدید و قلب منیر در کلمات بدیعش نظر نمائید و تفکر

Hearken unto the divine Call, and with penetrating vision and illumined heart, ponder the wondrous words He hath revealed, and meditate thereon [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby the Sun of Thy Command shone forth above the horizon of Thine inspiration

INBA47:244, INBA33:018bx, BLIB_Or03116.078, , BLIB_Or11096.172, , BLIB_Or15722.019,

AVK3.453.07x, AVK4.060.03, AHM.210, AQMJ2.099x, GHA.340x, MAS4.102ax, NSR_1993.020x, BSHA.060, ADH1.012x, AKHA_105BE #04 p.001x, VUJUD.095.07x

RBB.119x, VUJUDE.138x, JHT_S#001

almunajat.com [item 28]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#486

BH00305

Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions

2100

Arabic

Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif

Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی غرق فی ابحر الظن و الهوی لعل یخلصه ما یجری عنک و

O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who is immersed in the seas of doubt and passion, that perchance thou mayest purify him

INBA66:122, BLIB_Or15694.342, , Berlin1237#27, ALIB.folder18p066-075

BRL_DA#076, AVK4.074x, MAS7.131x, RSR.106-107x

RBB.115-118x, BLO_PT#183

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#281, LL#505

BB00103

Ziyarat for the martyrs

1800

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله

The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit

INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01,

TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x

RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00032

Tafsir al-Hamd

5900

Arabic

Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس عن جوهر نعت الموجودات و المتعالی عن مجرد وصف الممکنات و المتکبر عن ذکر کافور اللکینونیات ... قد علمت قد ذکرت ما ذکرت فی ذکر ورقة الطاهرة و ما للناس والاخذ من تلک الثمرة الجنیه قد رکنها ربها لنفسها

Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above the essence of all created things' attributes, exalted beyond mere description by contingent beings, and magnified above mention of the camphor of existences... Indeed thou hast known and made mention of that which thou didst mention concerning the pure Leaf, and what have people to do with partaking of that hidden fruit which her Lord hath reserved for her [3.5s]... ...When it [the Point] appeared there was [also] manifest that which is Unseen, namely, the letter alif

INBA14:005-038, INBA69:120-155, INBA_5019C:084-129, , INBA_6010C:005-041, , Berlin3655.060r-075r, HBH_hamd (=INBA69)

ASAT1.205x, ASAT4.115-120, TZH2.176x

RBB.101-104, HURQ.BB04x

Da'iras and haykals; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Names and attributes of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330

BB00019

Sahifa Baynu'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines)

13100

Arabic

Gate of the Heart

Sahifiy-i-Bayna'l-Haramayn (Epistle between Twin Shrines)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت علی الارض المقدسة بین الحرمین من لدن علی حمید

This Book was indeed sent down within the sacred land between the Two Shrines on the part of one Elevated, Praiseworthy.

INBA50:073-106x, INBA_4011C:179-252, , INBA_6007C.348-413, PR03.058r22-068v23, PR04.115v04-164r03, CMB_F07, CMB_Or943 ff.489-545, BLIB_Or0943, BLIB_Or5325, BN_5804, BN_6248, LEID.Or4371, LEID.UL2414, MKI4499.069-118x, MKI4488.001r-028v, MKI4511.029v-037v, KB_bayn, BYC_bayn, BYC_baynal, AEWB.061-071x, AEWB.116-135x

HBAB.727x, HNMJ.006-008x, HNMJ.009-011x, HNMJ.011-016x, HNMJ.016-018x, HNMJ.019-020x, OOL.A004

RBB.093-096x, GOH.056x, HURQ.BB14x, KSHK#01x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Seven stages of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

FHR#07, DB.137x, BRHL.59, MSBR.200-201, AHDA.450.6, MMAH.049, SRC.060, SRC.198, GOH.031

BH03116

290

mixed

Tablet on Marriage (Lawh-i-Nikáh)

عرض جناب حاجی فرج علیه بهآء الله معروض شد هذا ما نزل من جبروت القدرة این ایام بخدمت آنجا مشغول باشند... و دیگر در بارهٴ ارث آقا علی اکبر مرفوع علیه رحمة الله و غفرانه سؤال فرموده بودید

The petition of His honor Haji Faraj, upon him be the Glory of God, hath been received. This is what hath been sent down from the Heaven of Power: In these days let them occupy themselves with service in that place [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked concerning the laws of marriage and divorce. That which was sent down previously on this matter in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas hath been forwarded

BLIB_Or15722.055x,

AVK4.157.03x, GHA.172ax

RBB.062x, BLO_PT#156

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Law of inheritance; Laws of marriage and dowry; The power of words; of speech

LL#044

BB00005

Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes)

98000

mixed

Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n, Book of Five Qualification; Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n; Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A; Gate of the Heart

Kitáb-i-Panj Shan (Book of Five Modes); Lawh-i-Hurufat (Tablet of the Letters)

بسم الله الائله الائله. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الائله الائله بسم الله الاله الاله بالله الله الاله الاله بسم الله الموله الموله

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most High, the Most High. In the Name of God, the Divine One, the Divine One. By God, the Divine One, the Divine One. In the Name of God, the Lord Supreme [3.5s]... ...God has not created anything without creating a trace of the elixir within it

INBA01:001-088x, INBA64:085.02-094.05x, INBA82:002-016x, INBA82:066-078x, INBA_6007C.494-541x, PR02.053v07-060r04x, PR02.069r01-075r17x, PR02.154r01-159v28x, PR03.040v05-042v06x, PR03.089v26-136r16x, PR03.241v07-245r27, CMB_F23.002v04-076r03x, , CMB_F15, CMB_F25.3, BLIB_Or5612, BLIB_Or6680, BN_6143, BN_6518 p.002v, MKI4488.134r-315rx, , KB_panj, HBH_panjshan, HBH_panjshan2, BYC_collect3.045-062x, BYC_panj

PANJx, MAS7.114-18x, RBB.098-100x, RBB.109x, MBA.203-209x, MBA.276-293x, MBA.301x, MBA.314-326x, AHDA.467x?, OOL.A012, OOL.A019x

RBB.015-016x, GOH.174-178x, GOH.184-185x, GOH.393fn17x, GOH.191x, GOH.245x, GOH.292x, GOH.348-349x, GOH.368x, MNP.220-222x, HURQ.BB59x, BLO_PT#046x, BLO_alchemy

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Adam; Adam and Eve; Alchemy; the elixir; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Creation of the world; Da'iras and haykals; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Exhortations and counsels; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Names and attributes of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.446.6, AHDA.459.01x, MMAH.038, MMAH.062, SRC.088-090, SRC.093-095, SRC.189, SRC.190, SRC.281, GOH.036

Last part is known as the Lawh-i-Hurufat

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

Development of capacity and readiness; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions

ABU3547

Words to Safa Kinney

No, I do not know everything. But when I need to know something, it is pictured before Me.

IHP.060, BLO_PN#046

Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3523

Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908

One might say, 'Well, I will endure such-and-such a person so long as he is endurable.' But Bahá'ís must endure people even when they are unendurable.

IHP.032, VLAB.028, BLO_PN#046

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU3221

Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908

It is not enough to wish to do good. The wish should be followed by action. What would you think of a mother who said

IHP.031-032, BLO_PN#046

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds

ABU3687

Words to Marie Watson et al

150

You must be like these swift-moving, luminous clouds. They move, nothing hinders them. I shall pray for you that you will be like these clouds.

BLO_PN#060

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00011

Siyasiyyih (The Art of Divine Polity - Treatise on Politics)

5110

Persian

Treatise on Leadership (Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih); Treatise on Leadership; La Politique

Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (Treatise on Leadership)

ستایش و نیایش پاک یزدانیرا سزا که بنیان آفرینش را بر ظهورات کمالات مقدسه عالم

Adoration and praise beseem the Spirit of Purity that has laid the foundation of creation with the sole object

INBA88:001, BLIB_Or.08117#4,

AVK3.275.13x, AVK3.279.14x, AVK3.282.02x, AVK3.287.17x, DWNP_v4#01 p.004-008x, OOL.C025

BLO_PT#203x, BLO_PT#206, BLO_PT#207x

Justice and wrath of God; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual springtime; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

MMAH.236

ABU3735

Persian

اوقات خودت را با خدا تقسیم کن نصف روز را در تلاش معاش و تامین زندگی مادی و شئون ظاهری صرف کن

Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God

AHB.133BE #339 p.83

BLO_PT#219

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

BH00028

7480

mixed

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات

Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory

INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x

ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x

BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity in diversity

AB02513

240

Persian

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms

ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در وقتیکه این عبد در محیط اعظم مشاغل و غوائل

O servant of the sanctified threshold! Your letter was received at a time when the most great ocean of tasks, tribulations and literary communications… the human spirit, in other words, the rational soul, is the intermediary between the immaterial and the corporeal

YMM.274x, NJB_v05#07 p.003, VUJUD.110.19x

BLO_PT#076, VUJUDE.201x

Importance of community building; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU1930

Words to Corinne and Arna True spoken in Feb. 1907

150

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca

The Master said there were four kinds of light; the light from the lamp was one; but because the face of a man does not give out light

TTCT.31-32

Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

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; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness

ABU1963

Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12

150

When one prays, one sometimes has divine glimpses. So, when one is spiritually developed, a sublimity of nature is obtained, a delicacy of vision

DJT.344, BLO_PN#027

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1926

Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12

150

Man thinks too much of perfecting the body, but of what use is it to him without the perfecting of the spirit?

DJT.341-343, BLO_PN#027

Critique of Western values; culture; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam 'Ali; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

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

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Relationship of the soul to the body

ABU3379

Words spoken ca. 1912 in the United States

What does it matter if the skin of a man is black, white, yellow, pink, or green? In this respect the animals show more intelligence than man.

DJT.284, BLO_PN#027

Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3350

Words spoken at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-18

Assuredly, give to the poor. If you give them only words, when they put their hands into their pockets after you have gone, they will find themselves none the richer for you!

DJT.266, BLO_PN#027

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds

ABU0668

Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1912-04-18

440

But such a representation should be complete, and taken from its inception to its consummation.... For example: His baptism

DJT.263-265, BLO_PN#027

Literal interpretation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3208

Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18

This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means.

DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10533

Persian

ای شمع محبت الله نامه های متعدد تو رسید بحسب وعد انشاءالله در بیست و پنجم

O thou candle of the love of God! Thy numerous letters were received. According to the promise, by the Will of God, I shall embark

BRL_DAK#0539, MMK5#050 p.047

DJT.225, BLO_PN#027

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08179

100

Persian

ای کنیز عزیز الهی خبر مشقت و زحمتی که در راه بر تو وارد شد بسیار سبب حزن

O Handmaiden of God! The news of your trouble and difficulty on the way caused Us great sorrows. In truth the trouble was very hard to bear.

BRL_DAK#0541

DJT.220, BLO_PN#027

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort

ABU1964

150

In 'Akka [I] was visited by a Christian who expressed his disbelief in dreams.

DJT.179, BLO_PN#027, STAB#095

Accounts of dreams and visions; Stories; anecdotes

AB10099

Persian

ای منجذبه نفثات روح القدس در زمانی که مراجعت بامریک مینمودی و بسیار محزون

O thou who art attracted by the breath of the Holy Spirit! When thou wert leaving to return to America and this made you sad and unhappy and you wept

BRL_DAK#0537

DJT.151-152, BLO_PN#027

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11083

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Its contents proved firmness and steadfastness. Thank God that thou hast believed

DJT.128, BLO_PN#027

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09523

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of the Love of God! I pray for thee and seek help and assistance from the favors of God

DJT.113x, BLO_PN#027x

Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

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

AB04804

160

O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was written in utmost humiliation and supplication, evincing thy prayer and commune to the Kingdom.... ...Say to Percy Grant and Juliet Thompson: O ye intelligent ones, there is no rest or tranquillity in this world.

DJT.073-074, BLO_PN#027

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04461

210

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی لو لا البلایا فی سبیلک من این یظهر مقامات عاشقیک و لو لا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Were it not for tribulations in Thy path, whence would the stations of Thy lovers be made manifest? [3.5s]... ...I implore Thee, O My God and the King of the nations, and ask Thee by the Greatest Name, to change the throne of tyranny into a centre of justice and the seat of pride and iniquity into the chair of humbleness and justice. Thou art free to do whatsoever Thou wishest and Thou art the All-Knowing, the Wise!

INBA92:352

NSR_1993.032

DJT.039x

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB09254

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای بنده خدا نامه ایکه بواسطه جناب محمود محمود فرستادی عنوان بسیار مقبول شد و

O servant of God! I was most pleased with the opening words of the letter you sent through Maḥmúd, that praiseworthy soul, and those words are “O ʻAbdu’l-Baha!”

MSBH8.180-181

MHMD2s.357-358

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03965

180

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای ثابت بر پیمان لائحه شما وصول یافت و از وقایع جلوه ملکوت الله مسامع یاران

O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your document has arrived, and the happenings indicating the splendid manifestation of God’s Kingdom

MMK5#079 p.064

MHMD2s.334x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10374

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای امین عبدالبهاء باز آمدیم باز آمدیم از راه فرنگستان آمدیم بنده آستان آمدیم

O trusted one [Amín] of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá! I have returned, I have returned! By way of Europe have I come back, a servant at the threshold, returning from flowering rose-gardens

INBA16:153

MMK5#076 p.063

MHMD2s.333b

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10483

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای حبیب روحانی انگشتها از شدت سرما حرکت نمینماید با وجود این در نصف شب اندک

O spiritual friend! So intensely cold is it that I cannot move my fingers. In spite of this, I have found a moment of free time at midnight

MMK5#075 p.062

MHMD2s.332x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08567

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای بنده آستان بهاء بهیچوجه خلاص از پاریس نمی شویم حکمتی در اینست بعد معلوم

O servant at the threshold of Baha! There is no end whatsoever to our detainment in Paris. There is a wisdom in this that will become clear later

MMK5#072 p.061

MHMD2s.330bx

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for protection; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB07965

100

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای بنده درگاه الهی شکایت از عدم جواب نامه نموده بودی سبب خستگی راه و شدت تعب

O servant at the divine threshold! You had complained about the lack of a response to your letter. This is attributable to the fatigues of my journey

MKT5.064b, MMK5#084 p.067

MHMD2s.330ax

Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03430

200

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای دوستان راستان ظلمات جهل و ضلال عرصه امکانرا احاطه نموده بود و فسحت وجود

O righteous friends! The darkness of ignorance and error had enveloped the contingent realm and straitened the wide expanse of existence

MMK5#089 p.070

MHMD2s.329-330

Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08703

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای دختر ملکوتی من صحت من در پاریس مختل گردید تب اعصاب شدید است لهذا مصمم سفر

O heavenly daughter! My health has been impaired in Paris. The exhaustion of my nerves is intense; hence, I am determined to travel to the East

MMK5#073 p.061

MHMD2s.328

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02094

270

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای قارئین محترم جریده اسپک تی تر عبدالبهاء هزاران فرسنگ طی نمود و در محیط اعظم

O readers of the [Pittsburgh] Spectator newspaper! ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled thousands of leagues and crossed a vast ocean to reach the land of the free

BRL_DAK#0895, MMK5#092 p.072, YHA2.989, NJB_v05#08 p.003

MHMD2s.328-329

East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10226

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

دوست عزیز مهربانا فردا عازم اسکوتلاند هستیم ولی احوالم ابدا خوب نیست دیشب تب

O dear and kind friend! Tomorrow we shall set off for Scotland, but I am not in good health whatsoever. Last night I developed a high fever and did not sleep at all

MMK5#068 p.059

MHMD2s.327ax

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03330

200

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه بیست و سوم رجب ۳۳۱ رسید خدمات تو همیشه در نظر است... از طول سفر

O trusted one [Amín] of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! . . . As a result of the length of my travels over land and sea, the severe hardships I have suffered night and day

INBA16:158

MKT9.029, MMK5#074 p.062, YHA2.997-998x, NJB_v04#05 p.002x

MHMD2s.325x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08442

100

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

یار مهربان من الان که بتحریر این نامه پرداختم دو روز است که در خانه مستر هویت

O kind friend! As of this moment, in which I have begun to write this letter, I have been at the home of Mr. Whyte in Edinburgh for two days

MMK5#069 p.059

MHMD2s.325-326

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB12854

130

Persian

ای ناظر بملکوت الله نامه تو رسید از صحت عبدالبهاء استفسار نموده بودی از این

O you whose gaze is fixed on the Kingdom of God! Your letter has arrived. You had asked about the health of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. On account of this three-year journey

MMK5#083 p.067

MHMD2s.324bx

AB00453

580

mixed

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بیست و چهارم شعبان این سنه که به آقا سید اسدالله

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter of the twenty-fourth of Sha'ban of this year, addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s]... ...Though ‘Abdu’l-Baha was suffering from three chronic illnesses, and the physicians of Haifa said that it was necessary for him to enjoy peace of mind and tranquility for a while

MMK5#080 p.065, MMK6#229x, MSHR1.096x

MHMD2s.324ax

Contention and conflict; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03617

190

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای امین الهی مناجاتی در طلب مغفرت بجهت مرغ آشیان الهی نفس مبارک آقا سید

O divine Trustee! A supplication do I offer, seeking forgiveness for that bird of the celestial nest, the blessed soul of Áqá Siyyid [3.5s]... ...O Amín! Praised be God, you were present in Europe and witnessed how, with a constitution weakened to the utmost, ‘Abdu’l-Baha spent night and day in service

INBA16:167

MMK5#078 p.064

MHMD2s.323bx

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB02769

230

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای وحید و فرید آندیار نامه پنجم ربیع الاول سنه حالیه رسید از شدت مشقات این

O unique and peerless one of that land! Thy letter dated the fifth of Rabi'u'l-Avval of this year hath arrived. From the severity of trials [3.5s]... ...For successive years, ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled throughout the West, raising his voice in every assemblage and gathering to teach the Cause of God

INBA17:153

MMK5#086 p.069, MSHR4.376

MHMD2s.322x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01149

370

mixed

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

عزیز مهربان من نامه که باسید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گشت دلالت بر

My dear beloved one, the letter which you had written to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused, and it indicated [3.5s]... ...For some time, even as birds without a nest or shelter, I wandered vast lands. At one time I was on the peaks of mountains and hills

INBA79.074b

MMK5#085 p.067

MHMD2s.321-322x

Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB04275

170

Persian

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای بنده آستان مقدس شکایت از کسادی تجارت نموده بودید در این سنه آفات و صدمات

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! . . . At churches and gatherings in Europe and America, ‘Abdu’l-Baha raised His voice in most of the large cities to proclaim the Cause

MMK5#090 p.071, AVK4.465x, NJB_v05#08 p.001x

MHMD2s.320x

Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB01127

370

mixed

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای منادی میثاق نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲ شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۸ بود رسید از مضمون مفهوم

O Herald of the Covenant! The letter dated the second day of the month of Sha'ban in the year 1338 hath been received, and its contents were understood [3.5s]... ...For four long years, ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled through the states and realms of Africa, America, and Europe, but in those cities and hamlets

MMK5#087 p.069

MHMD2s.320-321x

Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1070

300

The religionists of the world have forsaken the essence of the teaching and hold to the letter. It is as if the students in a college quarrelled and disputed

BLO_PN#002

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10317

Tablet 27 Feb 1913 to Graham Pole (Secretary General Theosophical Society)

O thou revered Friend! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that that illumined lady soared toward the Kingdom of the Merciful.

BLO_PT#103

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teachings as spirit of the age

AB10386

mixed

ای بنده الهی هزار و سیصد و سی و پنج سنه مذکوره بدایتش از یوم هجرت حضرت رسول

...O servant of God! The aforementioned thousand three hundred and thirty-five years must be reckoned from the day of the flight of His Holiness Muhammad, the Apostle of God

MAS9.020x

PAB.025

Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00940

400

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای بهمن از خدا بخواه که چون ابر بهمن گوهرفشان گردی و چون صحن چمن گلشن یزدان

O Bahman! Supplicate to God that thou mayest become as the clouds of winter, showering precious gems, and as a verdant garden, flowering in the paradise of the Lord [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked regarding the names of the Prophets. “What is the wisdom”, thou hast inquired, “that despite the multitude of Prophets…

INBA72:009, INBA59:286, INBA75:126

BRL_DAK#0994, MKT2.072, MILAN.044, AVK2.069.11x, YARP2.313 p.265

BLO_sazedj#26

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB00018

Tafsir-i-Hadith هل رأیت رجلاً (Commentary on the Tradition "Dost thou see a man")

4180

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn'

الحمد لمن تعالی بجوهر ذاته عن وصف الممکنات و تقدس بساذج حقیقته من نعت

Praise be unto Him Who, in the essence of His Being, is exalted above all description of contingent things and Who, in the reality of His Nature, is sanctified from every attribute [3.5s]... ...O thou who hast turned thy face towards the court of eternity, and art even as a brand afire with the flames of the Burning Bush! Concerning thy question about the term “angels”… And now concerning thy question about the 'Jinn', know thou that God - exalted be He - hath created man from four elements: fire, air, water and earth

INBA56:090, INBA55:077x

BRL_DAK#0649, AVK2.262x, AVK2.145.08x, AVK2.162.15x, BMT.234, MAS2.043-047x

BLO_sazedj#20x, ADMS#050bx

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01847

290

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید و چون رجوع از آن اقلیم سحیق گردید و باین قطر قریب

…It is clear and evident that for every receptacle there is a holding, for every dwelling a dweller, for every garden a flower, and for every paradise the ode of a nightingale. These heavenly spheres are not empty and void

BRL_DAK#0359, MKT4.146, MMK6#479, AVK1.144-145x, YMM.344

BLO_sazedj#19x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB02907

220

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب مرقوم ملاحظه گردید و مقصد مفهوم شد سوال از حرکت و سکون

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its purpose understood. Thou didst inquire about motion and rest [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked concerning the motion and stillness of all things according to the Will of God

INBA75:157

MKT2.077, MILAN.047, AMK.030-030, AVK1.079-080x, YARP2.672 p.453

BLO_sazedj#18

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB04687

160

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای بنده حق لا جبر و لا تفویض لا کره و لا تسلیط امر بین الامرین عبارت از آنست

O servant of the one true God! What is meant by "there is neither predestination nor unconditional liberty; neither unwilling compliance nor unreserved authority; it is the Middle Way"

BLIB_Or.08117.036,

MMK3#029 p.019, VUJUD.101

BLO_sazedj#17, VUJUDE.130-131x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH00174

3150

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

تبارک الله مقصودیکه عالم را بحرفی پدید آورد و از یوم اول امم را بیوم ظهور

And now concerning thy question regarding the verse which the All-Merciful, exalted be His glory, hath revealed unto Muhammad, the Apostle of God, in the Qur’án: “He employeth the angels as messengers, with pairs of wings, two, three and four…”

BLIB_Or15712.314.04x,

AVK2.159x, MSBH5.063-076, NSS.102-103x

BLO_sazedj#15x

Angels; Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00814

1000

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الحاضر لدی العرش الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و عصمهم

This is a Book from this servant who standeth before the Throne unto them that have believed in God and whom He hath protected [3.5s]... ...For in this Manifestation, God – glorified be His mention – hath willed that most of the believers and the sincere ones should give utterance to Verses; whence in the next Dispensation We shall ordain a different matter as proof

MAS4.092x, RHQM1.320-321 (391x) (236x), ASAT3.192-193x

BLO_sazedj#14x, JBS#24.3.063x, RKS.136-138x, RKS.098x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH03644

250

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Concourse on High

دوستان باید افعال و اعمال ظالمین را بحق گذارند و بهیچوجه متعرض نشوند

The friends must leave the deeds and actions of the oppressors to God, and must in no wise interfere therewith [3.5s]... ...He who acteth, in this day, according to what hath been revealed in the Book of God—and whose heart hath been sanctified from doubt, enmity, hatred, and whatever ill beseemeth the station of humankind—is to be numbered with the Concourse on High

MAS4.168cx, MAS8.044bx, MAS8.045ax, MAS8.045bx

BLO_sazedj#11x, ADMS#324x

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00638

1200

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای خلیل انشاء الله از نار اعراض مظاهر نمرودیه محفوظ مانی و در کل اعصار بثناء

O Khalil! God willing, mayest thou remain preserved from the fire of rejection kindled by the manifestations of Nimrod-like souls, and in all ages [be engaged] in praise [3.5s]... ...I swear by the incomparable, the one true God! No atom in the heavens and the earth moveth except by the leave of the Ancient Beauty and the good-pleasure of His will

INBA57:062, INBA81:051x

AVK3.192.03x, AVK3.196.11x, RSBB.119, GHA.328x, TZH2.351x, MAS4.155x, MAS8.009bx, AKHA_106BE #10 p.002x

BLO_sazedj#08x

Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01786

500

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Tablet of visitation for Badi

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یلوح به وجه الامر بین الارضین و السموات قل

This is a Book sent down in truth in remembrance of that which hath caused the face of the Cause of God to unveil its splendor betwixt earth and heaven

INBA34:138, BLIB_Or11095#003, , BLIB_Or15707.062, , BLIB_Or15735.228, , LEID.Or4970.64v-66r,

BRL_DA#082, AQA1#020, ASAT4.081x, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.jx, TSHA3.380, HYK.229, LDR.412

BLO_sazedj#06

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.179, ROB3.202, LL#032

BH01281

660

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ان یا هاجر ان اهجری عن کل النفوس و لاتهجری عن حب ربک الذی کان علی العالمین

O Hájar! Be thou an emigrant in the love of God, that is, flee from all that dwell on earth and abide secure beneath the shade of the Tree of Divine love

NLAI_BH2.262, PR23.050b-050a

HDQI.078, MAS8.010, LMA1.418x, ASAT5.300x, YFY.072-074

BLO_sazedj#05x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04828

160

Persian

Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances

ای مشتاق ملکوت ابهی انوار حق رخشان شده دریای حق جوشان شده وجه هدی تابان شده

The lights of God glisten. The sea of God surges. His guidance shines brightly.

INBA13:410, INBA55:132, INBA88:313a

BLO_PT#064

Ahdieh

Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

AB06477

130

mixed

Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances

شمع شبستان حق نور بافاق بخش مقتبس از شمس شو شعله و اشراق بخش شرق منور نما غرب

O torch in the divine chapel, illumine the world. Take light from the sun

INBA13:404, INBA55:237, INBA59:153a, INBA88:055

DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006-007x, MJH.049

BLO_PT#064

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement

AB06483

130

Persian

Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances

نور هدی تابان شده طور تقی رخشان شده موسی بجان پویان شده کهسار سیناء آمده صبح

Divine rays of Guidance are scattering wide, The Sinai of righteousness shineth once more; The spirit of Moses is yearning for Thee

INBA13:387, INBA59:158, INBA88:312

MMK2#028 p.018

BLO_PT#064

Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02479

360

Persian

Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The

مستند بلبلان ز نغمه یاهوی او هم جان ... هم جان عاشقان ز جرعه یاهوی او جان بجانان

Nightingales are inebriated by the melody of His enrapturing Call, and spirit lovers by one draught of His enrapturing Call

INBA30:169, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#590, MAS4.194

BLO_PT#044

Ahdieh

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#269

AB07514

110

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter arrived. Thou hast, very highly, praised Mr. and Mrs. Randall and their eloquent speeches.

BLO_PT#028l

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05884

140

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O ye friends of Abdul-Baha! Your letter was received and from its meaning the reality of firmness and steadfastness

BLO_PT#028k

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; War and peace

AB07386

110

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou my beloved daughter! Thy detailed letter was received. Its contents portrayed the details of the Feast of Nau Roez.

BLO_PT#028i

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

AB08820

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou maid servant of Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art assisted in service and art enkindled with the Fire of the Love of God.

BLO_PT#028h

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01312

340

Persian

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

ای ثابت بر پیمان دو نامه از شما رسید حال بتحریر جواب مشغولم ولی فرصت جواب

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Two letters from thee have been received. Now I am writing the answer, but I have no opportunity to write

BRL_DAK#1023

BLO_PT#028g

Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03463

200

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou revered maidservant of Bahá'u'lláh! Your detailed letter was received. Praise be to God that it was an indication of thy firmness

BLO_PT#028f

Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03987

180

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O my spiritual associate! Since the day thou didst leave the Holy Land for America up to the present, I have at every dawn

BLO_PT#028c, BSTW#257

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

AB08182

100

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou dear maidservant of God! The program of the Naw Ruz festival was received and caused utmost joy. Praise be to God that white and colored

BLO_PT#028b

Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10945

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou beloved Maidservant of God! I hope thou wilt detach thyself day by day from this mound of earth and become nearer and nearer

BLO_PT#028a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00020

Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light)

8280

Arabic

Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat

Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters)

الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی

Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium

INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b

MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145

BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x

An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin and meaning of the enigmatic letters heading many of its surahs, which Bahá’u’lláh relates to different aspects of the person and revelation of the Báb, to the mystical science of letters and numbers, and to stages in the alchemical craft.

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405?

BH00629

1220

Arabic

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات من قبل الذی لا قبل له و ینزل کیف یشاء بامره و انه لهو المقتدر

Glorified be He Who hath sent down verses from before that which hath no before, and doth send down as He willeth through His command, and verily He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]... ...Know that thy Lord hath ever been a treasure concealed within His invisible Essence and shall remain concealed

INBA81:097

ANDA#19 p.29x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00843

2260

mixed

الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء من بیانه الظاهر فی ملکوت البقاء ثم نظر الیه انه ارتعد ی نفسه و انجمد

Praise be to God, Who created the water from His manifest utterance in the Kingdom of Eternity. Then He gazed upon it and, lo, it trembled within itself and a part of it became congealed

INBA18:079b

BRL_DA#741, ANDA#19 p.32x, YMM.258x, YMM.289x, YMM.396x

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Creation of the world; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH02784

320

Arabic

قد دمدم الرعد و ارتفع هزیز الاریاح و فالق الاصباح فی هذا الشتاء یامر قلمه

Verily the thunder hath rumbled and the howling of winds hath risen, and He Who splitteth the dawn, in this winter, doth command His Pen [3.5s]... ...Say: We have set ablaze the Fire of Utterance in the contingent world, and it is not among the elements which were explained to you and which ye know

INBA51:404, BLIB_Or15729.135, , NLAI_22848:329, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p169r, , MKI4522.329,

AQA2#012 p.177, ANDA#19 p.34x

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11218

Arabic

ان الجوهر هی کلمة واحدة انها اشرقت من فم المشیة و بها ظهرت الحرارة التی قد جعلها الله علة الحرکة فی الآفاق

The substance [jawhar] is a single word which hath shone forth from the mouth of the Will, and by it the heat appeared which God made to be the cause of motion in the universe

ANDA#19 p.33x

Heat and motion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God the cause of creation

BH03002

300

mixed

قد ظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل الازال و برز من کان مخزونا فی علم الله رب الارباب

That which was hidden throughout all eternity hath been made manifest, and that which was treasured in the knowledge of God, the Lord of Lords, hath appeared [3.5s]... ...Myriad thanks unto the Desire of the Worlds, Who confirmed ye in service to the Cause. Blessed is the one who was not held back

BRL_DA#237, TZH5.376x, USK.088-090, TISH.225-226x, TISH.244-245

RIDA.038-039x

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05984

170

mixed

یا علی قبل اکبر ذکرت در منظر اکبر بوده و هست قد فزت بلوح لاح من افقه نیر

O ‘Alí before Akbar! Mention of thee hath been and continues to be made before the Most Great Horizon. Verily, thou hast been honored with a Tablet that shineth over the horizon

BLIB_Or15696.111a,

BRL_DA#411, TISH.063-064, TISH.226-227

RIDA.376-377

Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11725

380

mixed

حمد مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که اولیای خود را لازال ذکر نموده و مینماید... یا حبیب فؤادی حضرت افنان علیه منکلّ بهآء ابهاه

Praise be unto Him Who is the Aim and End of all creation, Who hath remembered and doth ever remember His loved ones [3.5s]... ...O beloved of my heart! According to what the illustrious Afnán, upon him rest all the Glory of the Most Glorious, hath written, a plot of land hath been purchased in the name of God

TZH6.998x, TISH.052-053

RIDA.030-031x

Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00572

520

mixed

دوست محترم مهربانا نامه نامی شما رسید مضمون مشحون بحقائق و معانی بود معلوم

Your esteemed letter arrived and its essence was filled with realities and meaning…. Praise belongs to God that the Baha’ís are the utmost well-wishers of the entire world, and you are well aware of that.

MSHR3.354-355, PZHN v1#2 p.07

RIDA.015-016x

Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Newspapers and the media; publications; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01620

540

mixed

لله الحمد آیات الهی منتشر و نفحاتش متضوع و در هر یوم از افق سماء قلم اعلی نیر

Praise belongs to God that divine verses have been disseminated and their fragrance supplied.…Through sanctified deeds and goodly character must firm, willing and laudable souls guide and direct

PZHN v1#2 p.007, TISH.250-251x, RAHA.071x

RIDA.014-015x

Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02299

390

mixed

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه و الحاضر لدی العرش لله الحمد در سبیل الهی اعمال طیبه

O thou who art gazing upon My Visage and art present before this Throne! Praise be to the Lord that in His path, virtuous and sanctified deeds have been manifested. In the land of ‘Ayn and Shín

INBA65:055ax, INBA30:098ax, BLIB_Or15716.030.02,

AHM.346, AQMJ1.161ax, PZHN v1#2 p.006, ADH1.025, AKHA_133BE #18 p.610, TABN.247, RAHA.070-071x

RIDA.013-014x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11735

330

mixed

یا حسین علیک بهائی نشهد انک فزت بما کان مسطورا فی اللوح و مرقوما من القلم

O Husayn! Upon thee rest My Glory! I testify that thou hast attained unto that which was concealed in the Tablet as inscribed by the Supreme Pen at the behest of God, the Lord of both worlds

BRL_DA#520, TZH5.394-395, TISH.242-243

RIDA.118-119

Justice and wrath of God; Obedience to and respect for government authority

BH11728

370

Arabic

قد اتی المیقات و اتی منزل الایات من سماء الامر بقوه لاتضعفها ظلم الاشرار

Verily the decreed time has arrived and the Revealer of verses has come from the Heaven of His Cause with a power that will not be weakened by the tyrannies of the evil-doers

BRL_DA#412, TZH5.390-391, TISH.238-239

RIDA.112-114

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH11696

1030

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را سزاست که بانوار آفتاب حقیقت مدن و دیار را بنور معرفت

All praise be befitting unto Him Who is the Ultimate Goal, Who hath illumined the cities and regions with the rays of the Sun of Truth and with the light of knowledge [3.5s]... ...O My loved-ones in that land! Ye are the keys to the portals of constancy amidst the people and the standard of guidance among the creatures. Through you the oneness of God’s essence and His sanctity hath been established

BRL_DA#523, TZH5.389x

RIDA.111-112x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

Growth of the Cause; True liberty; freedom

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

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Means of establishment of future civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0814

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

370

In past ages, every night from this Mount Carmel the voices of the invocations of the saints ascended... A few nights ago I had a lovely dream the memory of which has uplifted my soul... That [Western] voyage was epochal in the history of the Bahá'í Cause.... To what an astounding degree people are attached to their digestive organ!

Accounts of dreams and visions; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Importance of prayer; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2093

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

130

Under all circumstances man must turn his face toward God and overlook the shortcomings of others, so that he may prosper in his affairs. There are some people who would go any length

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2791

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22

Horticulture is one of the most fascinating arts. I love it and watch the growth of the trees and flowers as one watches the growth of the babes.

Agriculture; Creativity in art; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Perfection; imperfection of nature

ABU1573

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-21

200

Look at these white lilies - how fragrant and pure they are! An emblem of the spotless heart... Praise be to God that we are enjoying the benefits of the material and spiritual Ridvan... The message of Ridvan is love, love and still more love

DAS.1915-04-21

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1779

Words to the women believers, spoken on 1915-04-21

170

I hope that this feast of Ridvan will be blessed to all the lovers of Baha! It was an hour like unto this and on such a day that Bahá'u'lláh was bidding farewell to the friends in Baghdad

DAS.1915-04-21

Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0959

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14

320

When we were in Baghdad there was amongst the believers a young man by the name Jinab-i-Munib. He was one of the most spiritual youths that I have known in the Bahá'í revelation.

DAS.1915-03-14

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance

ABU2264

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14

110

How important is the cleanliness of the body! It is well-expressed that cleanliness is godliness: because this body is the spiritual temple of the Almighty, it must be kept clean and pure.

DAS.1915-03-14

Chastity and purity; Cleanliness and refinement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03312

200

O God! O God! Thou seest me cast on the ground of humility and lowliness, supplicating the Kingdom of Thy Singleness

DAS.1915-05-18

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized)

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

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1626

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-20

190

Association with outsiders is like unto a 'knife-edge file'. It wears and cuts away the spirit. One does not hear from them one joy-creating word. From noon till now I have been speaking

DAS.1915-04-20

Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; War and peace

ABU1217

Words to Mr Michel and others, spoken on 1915-05-10

260

When I was travelling in Europe and America I attended some concerts and oratorios and was delighted with the progress of the vocal and instrumental art in those parts... At one time I was walking along the shores of the Euphrates. Absorbed in my thought I suddenly heard

DAS.1915-05-10

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Excellence; distinction; Music and singing; Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1466

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07

220

When the Blessed Perfection was in Constantinople He sent a message to Mirza Hossein Khan, the Persian Ambassador

DAS.1915-05-07

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Martyrdom of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2896

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07

The believers of God must invite the people to the feast of the love of God. The result of such a feast is the spirituality of the souls and the upliftment of the minds

DAS.1915-05-07

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1329

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06

240

I am tired with the inactivity of these days. Our precious time has become unprofitable and valueless... The constant presentation of reiteration of worldly talk wears away the sharp edge of the spiritual susceptibilities

DAS.1915-05-06

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2180

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06

120

One of the most necessary and at the same time difficult things in this Cause is amicable association with the outsiders. Only through the constant widening of the circle of one's acquaintances and friends the Truth will be made known

DAS.1915-05-06

Being a source of light; guidance; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

Love as fire; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Words vs deeds

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

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Parents and children; youth; families

ABU0510

Words to some young Bahá’ís, spoken on 1915-05-02

530

All the Bahá'í children must learn a trade or manual profession. This must be aside from their literary education... Do not be satisfied with a superficial smattering of a language

DAS.1915-05-02

Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

ABU2349

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-02

100

The individuals of the world of humanity are in different degrees. They are like unto candlesticks.... Similarly there are some enkindled souls whose very presence in a meeting changes its atmosphere

DAS.1915-05-02

Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1782

Words spoken on 1915-05-01 in Haifa

170

How the children love the small, innocent lambs... I remember an incident of my childhood... I was then very, very young, probably 3 or 4 years. At the time the Blessed Perfection lived in Tihran.

DAS.1915-05-01

Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0136

Words spoken on 1915-04-30 in Haifa

1070

His life [Khalil's] was an example of honesty and activity... This man [Abdullah] lives in Baghdad and was notorious for his evil deeds... This man [Isma'il] was the well-known architect of Farrokh Khan in Tihran...

DAS.1915-04-30

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Hospitality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0684

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27

430

Amongst the believers of God there must exist the utmost cooperation, equality and the solidarity of rights. Through their deeds and lives

DAS.1915-04-27

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1187

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27

270

Beneath the shade of the Blessed Perfection there must occur in a Baha'i life a complete regeneration! If he continues to live in accord with the old standards and habits, then what has he gained by the change of a name!

DAS.1915-04-27

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

Love of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1398

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26

230

The signatory powers of the Hague Convention did not abide by their own agreement. They violated in this last outburst of savagery every article of those carefully drawn, long-debated conventions.

DAS.1915-04-26

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; War and peace

AB01754

300

Your letter written on March 10 1915 was duly received. Praise be to God that it contained the good news of the health

DAS.1915-04-25x

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU1709

Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-25

180

These warring, Christian nations call themselves the followers of the Nazarene but do not live in accord with his teachings... Do we Bahá'ís live according to the principles of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh? We must be just.

DAS.1915-04-25

Criticism and its limits; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

AB11116

Man is created in the image of the Lord of Mercy, i.e. Divine characteristics. Physical likeness is mortal; merciful characteristics are immortal. Spirit is the Grace of God. Body is an earthly compound. Therefore strive ye to adorn yourselves with the image of the Lord of Mercy.

DAS.1915-04-24

Exhortations and counsels; Human reality created in the image of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1791

Words spoken on 1915-04-24 in Haifa

170

Now that sacred tent which belonged to the Manifestation of God, the tent under which the Suratu'l-Haykal, the Kitab-i-Aqdas and other glorious Tablets were revealed... is given by the violators of the Covenant to Jamal Pasha

DAS.1915-04-24

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1101

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-24

290

The inner, spiritual life of man is like unto this well. He must allay the thirst of the travellers on the path of Truth with the water of significances... I hope thou wilt become the boiling, gushing, flowing well of the Love of Bahá'u'lláh, irrigating the parched ground of the hearts

DAS.1915-04-24

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2669

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-23

When I was a young man I wished to be entirely free, devoting my time to the service of the Cause. My first intention was not to marry. Four times the means of marriage were brought about by my family

DAS.1915-04-23

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1397

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-23

230

As much as possible we must make our lives simple and reduce its accumulated complexities. Our necessary wants were originally very few

DAS.1915-04-23

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Critique of Western values; culture; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

AB05172

150

O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received, though much delayed on the way, and is now being answered. Praise be to God, all of us are safe

DAS.1915-04-19

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0159

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-19

1010

The above verses are very clear and explicit that we are living in the time of their fulfillment. The globe is encircled with the fire of God's wrath

DAS.1915-04-19

Critique of Western values; culture; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrdom of the Bab; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU2636

Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-18

We are living and moving in a Cause the likeness of which is like unto this ocean. We must immerse ourselves in this sea and reach its depths, so that we may gather the unseen, brilliant pearls of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God

DAS.1915-04-18

Call to action; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0515

Words to some Zoroastrian friends, spoken on 1915-04-18

530

The Blessed Perfection expressed always great love for the Parsee friends. When Manikchi came to Baghdad and stood in His spiritual Presence he related many stories concerning the humiliation of the Parsees

DAS.1915-04-18

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0564

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-18

490

The Blessed Perfection educated us in this most great Prison. If we consider this fact with the sight of justice we will realize that He instructed us with the tears of His eyes.

DAS.1915-04-18

Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0542

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-24

510

When I was in Mazandaran I was a wee bit of a child and enjoyed all the fun and play belonging to that age.

DAS.1914-12-24, SW_v13#10 p.271-272, STAB#004

Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1931

Words spoken en route in carriage in Akka, 1915-04-17

150

Doest thou see the farmers furrowing the fields for the sowing of new seeds? Are they not working with tireless exertion?

DAS.1915-04-17

Effort; striving; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

ABU2009

Words spoken on 1915-04-17 in Abu Sinan

140

Mankind are naturally heedless and prone to commit injustice and excess. They do not turn their faces toward God and do not let their hearts be swayed by ideal emotions. Like unto the beasts they wallow in the mire of materialism

DAS.1915-04-17

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0794

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-17

370

The tests of God have encircled the world of humanity from all directions. From one direction the horrors of war have laid waste millions of homes

DAS.1915-04-17

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; East and West; communication between East and West; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1189

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-10

270

The staff of life is bread. All other things are comparatively non-essential. Let us pray that the wheat fields may be saved

DAS.1915-04-10

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU2685

Words to Osman Bey and others, spoken on 1914-12-23

The citizens of a country are like the various members and organs of the body. So long as the brain

DAS.1914-12-23, SW_v13#10 p.271

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

AB01675

300

Persian

ای بنده حق جمهور ناس منتظر موعودی خونخوارند و ولی ظالمی غدار مهدی ای خواهند

O Servant of God, (most) people are expecting a bloodthirsty Promised One, and a brutal oppressor as a protector. They want a promised one who, with shaft and spear

BRL_DAK#0062, MKT1.407b, MILAN.145, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.41, AKHA_120BE #01 p.j, MAS5.038

DAS.1915-04-06

Compassion; kindness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1883

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-03

160

These [locusts] are the armies of God. They are countless in number. Look at them how they fly. How high they are ascending in the air. They must also be fed.

DAS.1915-04-03

Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2286

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22

110

There are certain forms of work which are beyond human endurance and others which are within it

DAS.1914-12-22, SW_v13#10 p.270-271

Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0968

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22

320

When I was a very little child in Teheran it became necessary and urgent that I should carry a message of great importance to the General of the army

DAS.1914-12-22

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2668

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-31

The essence of Deity is unknown and will never be properly understood and defined. In every age different names are given to the same essence.

DAS.1915-03-31

Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1003

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-29

310

These [locusts] are also the servants of God. They are not created by the devil. They are in need of food. They will not eat very much. They are the guests of the people.

DAS.1915-03-29

Belief and denial; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1676

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-29

180

There lived in Isfahan a merchant who was very rich but practiced parsimony to the utmost degree. Because he had many boys and girls

DAS.1915-03-29

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

ABU1281

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-28

250

The teaching of the Cause is through the heat of the Love of God, attraction and enkindlement. Every active headquarter must send Bahá'í teachers to different parts.

DAS.1915-03-28

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11591

Cablegram dated 1914-10-29

Eng

Invite speakers men and women having power delivering speeches. Divine confirmations assured.

ABU1640

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-29

190

In these days the people of the world are in the bondage of a thousand trials and sufferings but they bear all these things without a murmur

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3392

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-29

Before entering the Sacred Shrine every one should perform ablution and be clean and pure in body, soul, mind and even his outward apparel. His heart must be purified from all worldly feelings and his consciousness be cleansed from all unholy suggestions.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1838

Words to Tirandaz, spoken on 1914-10-29

160

Persian

در بغداد کارپرداز ایران بقدری عداوت داشت که وقتی که ذکر جمال مبارک می شد چشمهایش تغییر می کرد. من طفل بودم از من پرسید تیر می اندازی

Is this wee bit of an animal your donkey? Your name has just brought to my mind a story of my childhood. At the time of our arrival in Bagdad

ZSM.1914-10-29

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0752

400

Every plan is in need of a power for its execution. Today the penetrative power in the world of existence is the confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha… Teaching the Cause of God does not depend on scientific attainment

DAS.1914-10-29?, SW_v13#06 p.132

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB03800

190

O ye divine friends! Praise be to God that the showers of the cloud of Guidance have adorned the plain

DAS.1914-10-26x

Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09115

Victory is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material victory is not so important but spiritual victory is conducive to the life of the world of humanity.

DAS.1914-10-26x

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03415

200

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that in this great tempest

DAS.1914-10-26

Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB05654

140

Persian

ای دادخدا نامه وداد سرور فواد بخشید الحمد لله بقوه کلمه الله و صریر قلم اعلی

O servant of justice! Your missive brought joy to my heart. Praise be to God, through the power of the Word of God and the flowing pen of the Most High [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that through the power of the divine Word and the voice of the supreme Pen, thou wert saved from the waves of destruction

YARP2.565 p.401

DAS.1914-10-25x

Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01510

320

O ye friends of God! The innate desire of this humble servant is to write to each one of those blessed souls a manifest book …

BRL_DAK#1220

DAS.1914-10-25

Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity

AB08131

100

Persian

ای شهریار فریاد برآر که عصر ظهور حضرت بهاء الله جلوه یار است و نافه مشکبار بر

O Shahriyar! Cry at the top of thy voice: The century of the Manifestation of His Holiness Baha'u'llah is the effulgence of the Friend

YARP2.376 p.296

DAS.1914-10-25

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00983

390

Persian

ای احبای الهی ای یاران رحمانی در این سنه امتحانات الهی احاطه نموده شرق و غرب

O ye believers of God, and the friends of the Merciful! By the blowing of the furious gales of trials and ordeal the people, like unto the leaves of the trees, are falling to the ground

MKT9.017

DAS.1914-10-24?

Nationalism; love of country; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Parliaments; constitutional government; Praise of Western values; culture; Universal peace; world unity

AB01019

390

mixed

ای یاران قدیم و اماء رب کریم علیکم بهاء الله و نوره و الطاف یوم ظهوره و علیکم

O ye ancient friends and the maidservants of the Merciful Lord! Upon ye be Baha'u'llah and His light

MKT9.264, MMK6#527, TABN.041

DAS.1914-10-21x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for teaching; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02578

240

O thou beloved maidservant of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that thou art sad

DAS.1914-10-21x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace

AB03346

200

O thou servant of the sacred Threshold!... During these days the affairs of every soul are in utter confusion and distraction.

DAS.1914-10-21x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0779

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-29

380

The friends must be the wise physicians of the world of humanity but they must be graduated from the university of the Manifestations of God. They must first master the science of the spiritual materia-medica

DAS.1914-12-29

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU2474

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21

The realization of these two opposite attitudes in a single individual is very rare. In the Bahá'í Cause it is taught... I went out to return the morning call of the German officer.

DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.270

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1528

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21

210

May thy body be at peace... The name of this old man is Rustam Effendi... This man is Asaad Bey.

DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.269-270

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0682

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

430

Tonight the weather is very cool. It conduces one to sleep. Sleep is one of the greatest gifts of God... The gift is not noticed as long as it exists but when it disappears

DAS.1914-12-28

Stories; anecdotes; Things are known by their opposites

ABU2019

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

140

Association of ideas is a deep psychological phenomenon. Nowhere does my heart truly rest save in this room where the Blessed Beauty spent His days and nights for many years.

DAS.1914-12-28

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3238

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

I never dreamed to buy land around the Lake of Galilee and by the river Jordan, but the Blessed Perfection commanded me to do so, in consideration of their biblical sacredness

DAS.1914-12-28

Business; financial; property matters; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU0426

Words to some Christians, spoken on 1914-12-26

600

The deeds which are perpetrated by the present civilized Christian nations of Europe are opposite to the commandments of Christ. He shuns their association

DAS.1914-12-26

Call to action; Christian doctrine and practice; Critique of Western values; culture; Justice and wrath of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace

ABU0488

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-10

550

What dost thou want with a room of stone and clay! I have prepared for thee such glorious rooms the walls, the roofs, the floors and the furniture of which are of purest deeds

DAS.1914-12-10, SW_v13#06 p.152x

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Work as worship

AB02753

230

O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated September 7th 1914 was duly received. Its contents was an indication to thy faith, assurance and firmness

DAS.1914-12-10

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; The mind's power of discovery

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

Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcending the material condition

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

ABU0932

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-08

330

Once upon a time there was a merchant in the city of Balsora

DAS.1914-12-08, SW_v13#06 p.152x, STAB#007

Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Stories; anecdotes

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

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0778

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23

380

Every meeting which is held for the purpose of teaching the Cause of God and the people

DAS.1914-08-23

Chastisement and requital; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH11296

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bahiyyih Khanum

Arabic

کتاب من لدنا للتی سمعت و فازت و انها تورقت من هذالاصل القدیم ظهرت باسمی

This is My testimony for her who hath heard My voice and drawn nigh unto Me. Verily, she is a leaf that hath sprung

BHKP_093, AKHT1.375, QALAM.010

DAS.1914-09-12, BHK_v, GPB.347x4x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life

BH11210

Tablet of the Hair 2

Arabic

Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair)

اظهرت ماء الحیوان من کوثر فمی کما سترت شمس الحیوان خلف شعری ای فی ظلمات شعری

I have caused the living waters to issue from the Kawthar of My mouth, even as I have concealed the living sun behind My hair.

INBA51:587a, BLIB_Or11098.029k

LHKM3.076c, MUH3.276, OOL.B191.02

DAS.1914-09-12, ADMS#167

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11198

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

DAS.1914-09-12, LTDT.114

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

BH04128

230

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

DAS.1914-09-12

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

BH10128

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

DAS.1914-09-12

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

BH11357

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

DAS.1914-09-12

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB03006

220

mixed

ای یاران رحمانی فیض وجدانی و فوز نورانی از نتائج ثبوت بر محبت الهی و استقامت

O ye friends of the Merciful. Spiritual bounties and the illumination of divine grace result from steadfastness in the love of God

MMK2#065 p.050, MMK6#470

DAS.1914-09-11

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB05629

140

Persian

ای ثابت نابت حرکت از لوازم حقائق موجودات است و سبب حصول فوائد کلیه در عالم

O thou firm and growing one! Motion is the necessary law of the realities of being and conducive to the realization of universal benefits

MUH3.289

DAS.1914-09-11

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2065

Words to the friends, spoken around 1914-09-10

130

I am humble. I am meek. The Blessed Perfection has trained and educated me with the power of humility and renunciation.

DAS.1914-09-11

Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04351

170

O thou honorable servant of Reality and well-wisher of the world of humanity! Thy letter was received. It became the cause the cause of infinite joy

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as educator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05280

150

O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted the utmost spiritual joy, for its contents indicated that

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB07573

110

O thou who art attracted by the Spirit of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou hast seeing eyes and hearing ears.

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Prophecy and fulfillment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU1780

Words to the friends, spoken around 1914-09-07

170

The star of the fortune of some people is always on the ascendant. They are chosen by God to perform certain services in the world of humanity.

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB01010

390

O thou wooer of the Beauty of the Possessor of Glory! Thy letter was perused with perfect joy and fragrance.

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02851

230

O God! O God! Thou beholdest how Thy beloved ones are treated by those who are negligent of Thy mention

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB03418

200

O ye my heavenly daughters and son! Your letters were received. I intended to write an individual answer for each but I have no time.

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06197

130

O ye two respected souls! Thank ye God that you have a son like Mr Vakil. Erelong Vakil will become glorious

Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08973

O thou kind friend! Thy letter of safe arrival to India was duly received. Undoubtedly thou wilt become the cause

MSBH10.062

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10772

Praise be to God that the Treasury of the Kingdom is inexhaustible and the holy, divine graces a fathomless sea.

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU1430

Words spoken on 1914-09-06

220

Mount Carmel is enveloped with the white mantle of spirituality.... The divine, holy prophets have two stations.

DAS.1914-09-06, SW_v09#09 p.104

Contemplation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Mount Carmel; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01666

300

...Abdu'l-Baha was educated by the Beauty of Abha. He imparted to him instruction and the code of manners.

DAS.1914-09-04x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Hands of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05921

140

Persian

آمرزگارا ایزد بزرگوارا این جانها مانند مرغان تیزپر از دام خاکدان آزاد شدند و

O Thou Forgiver! O Thou Lord Almighty! These spirits like unto swift-winged birds were set free from the earthly nest

YARP2.646 p.440

DAS.1914-09-04, ADMS#038

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

AB03007

220

mixed

ای یاران رحمانی نامه شما که تفصیل جشن رضوان و بزم روح و ریحان بود با نهایت

O ye merciful friends! The letter containing the details of the Feast of Ridvan and the banquet of joy and fragrance

MKT9.246, MJMJ3.029x, MMG2#180 p.207x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB05479

150

O thou servant of the Divine Threshold! In this year mankind is afflicted with terrific tests.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace

AB06660

120

O thou servant of the heavenly Beloved! Thy letter was fragrant because its contents were agreeable. During the day of the Manifestation

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07234

110

O thou daughter of the Kingdom!... Thou hast written that the Cause is progressing in America.

Growth of the Cause; Human reality created in the image of God; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07580

110

O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! It was the effulgence of the Ray which became manifested

Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB11099

...Paul in the beginning worked against the Spirit of God - Christ - but when he became confirmed he was the first servant of Christ

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU1205

Words spoken on 1914-09-03

270

In reality the air of Mount Carmel is most energizing... Man is eternally in a state of communion and prayer with the source of all good. The highest and most elevating state is the state of prayer

DAS.1914-09-03, SW_v08#04 p.045x, PN_1914 p007

Mount Carmel; Prayer for evening; night; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ABU0969

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02

320

God does not change. He is the unchangeable, the immutable. True religion also does not change.

DAS.1914-09-02

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Interconnectedness of the teachings; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU1620

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02

190

One man is so sensitive that gentlest breeze racing over his face may become awakened

DAS.1914-09-02

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2092

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02

130

When His holiness Christ appeared the Jews said the same thing. They thought that after Moses no other divine man must appear in the world

DAS.1914-09-02

Christian doctrine and practice; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection of Muhammad; Seal of the Prophets

ABU0077

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-20

1400

His Honor Aqa Rida and His honor Aqa Mahmud were most sincere. They were serving day and night.

DAS.1914-08-26

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2104

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-20

130

All the people are sacrificing their lives for the sake of the worthless (valueless) earth.

DAS.1914-12-20, SW_v13#10 p.269

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity of governments; political unity; War and peace

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

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2939

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-19

A person must be rapid in motion and not slow and tortoise-like. You see, I take always Khosro and Mirza Ahmad with me, because they move rapidly... Train yourselves to be always in time no matter where you are.

DAS.1914-12-19

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving

ABU2495

Words spoken on 1914-12-16

I know thou art exerting thyself in the instruction of the children. The life of man must be productive of some results

DAS.1914-12-16, SW_v13#07 p.172

Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0781

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-11

380

Happiness is the ambrosia of the spirit and the nectar of the souls. It confers upon man the boon of immortality

DAS.1914-12-11, SW_v13#06 p.153x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

Consolation and comfort; God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Nationalism; love of country; Praise of Western values; culture; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1198

Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24

270

Bahá'í Scriptures

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; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Work as worship

ABU0730

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23

400

Real feasts were held during the days of the Blessed Perfection, for then we used to get up early mornings with the utmost joy

DAS.1914-08-24

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Eulogies; reminiscences; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Humor; jokes; Law of fasting

AB09728

...O thou kind God! To me Thou art kinder than myself and Thy love is more abundant and more ancient!

DAS.1914-08-20x, SW_v08#18 p.233

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for healing; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB07841

110

O thou spiritual daughter! They letter was received. It contained wonderful significances. Praise be to God

DAS.1914-08-20x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

ABU2302

Words spoken on 1914-08-20

110

The object of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance and the effulgence of the Sun of

DAS.1914-08-20, SW_v08#10 p.135

Being a source of light; guidance; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01707

300

O ye real friends and the favored maidservants of His highness Baha'u'llah! The maidservant of God Mrs. A. Parmerton

DAS.1914-08-20

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB05584

140

O ye radiant Baha'is! I am ever anticipating that you make Minneapolis the Paradise of Abha

DAS.1914-08-20

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11564

...If a man commit a transgression he has been unjust to himself, and soon he will find that he is in manifest regret and remorse

DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v07#18 p.186

Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU0099

Words spoken on 1914-08-06

1230

The gathering storm is most portentous! Mankind is gripped in the paroxysm of a fearful alarm

DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v05#12 p.179-182

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB00376

620

mixed

ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید و بر تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گردید الحمد لله بکمال قوت

O ye blessed souls! Your letter was received. I became informed with its details. Praise be to God that you have arisen to serve the Cause of God... The fundamental object is the promulgation of the Cause of God and the exaltation of the word of God. This is the power that will become effective in the very heart of the world... O thou world of humanity! Awake! Awake!

NJB_v05#16 p.006

DAS.1914-08-04x

Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB02099

270

O thou propagator of the Religion of God! A few days ago an epistle was written... Now the believers must engage their time in teaching the Cause... O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! Inform all the believers that a number of calumnious articles will be written in those parts

DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#09 p.138, SW_v09#14 p.161x, BSTW#175, BSTW#461

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05585

140

Persian

ای پدر آسمانی جنود ملکوت داری و ملائکه روحانی ما بیچاره کان مرغ بال و پر

O thou heavenly father! Thou hast the hosts of the Kingdom and the spiritual

MMG2#275 p.308

DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#11 p.162

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB07832

110

O thou spreader of Reality! In the first two editions of the magazine, thou didst demonstrate noble effort

DAS.1914-08-04

Newspapers and the media; publications

AB07458

110

O thou man of the Kingdom, Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that in Manchester the Fire of the Love of God is ignited

DAS.1914-08-02, TDD.009-010

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08234

100

O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your letter was received. It was a glorious proof to your firmness in the Cause of God.

DAS.1914-08-02, BSTW#040, BSTW#113, ACOA.054-055

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05529

140

O thou heavenly personage! Thy greeting and salutation received. I reality thou art kind. Sorrow and pains are like unto rust and dust

DAS.1914-08-02

Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09346

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The few lines that thou hast written reflected thy character and behavior.

DAS.1914-08-02

Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02785

230

O ye real friends and the daughters of the Kingdom!...Today the magnetic power that attracts heavenly blessings is teaching the Cause... The three conditions of teaching the Cause of God are the science of sociability...

DAS.1914-08-01, SW_v12#11 p.177x, VLAB.104x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching

AB04781

160

O dear and revered personage! Thy letter concerning the group in Florence, who are interested in the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, was received.

DAS.1914-08-01

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB06750

120

O thou dear little girl! Thy letter was received... Be thou kind to the "bantam chickens and their babies" and take good care

DAS.1914-07-31, SW_v09#08 p.091x

Kindness to and rights of animals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

AB01504

320

O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! The foundation of all the monarchs of the earth, notwithstanding their imperial sovereignty, royal purple

DAS.1914-07-30

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06201

130

O thou real friend! Praise be to God that thou hast perfumed thy nostrils with the Breeze of the Rose-garden of Abha. Thou didst find the Doors of the Kingdom

DAS.1914-07-30

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10931

O thou spiritual child! I hope that thou mayest become a daughter of the Kingdom and become conducive to the diffusion of the heavenly Light

DAS.1914-07-30

Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07981

100

O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiving Lord! Endear Thou this believing, assured maidservant of God in Thy Kingdom and submerge her

Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08053

100

O thou kind Lord! Grant to these believing, sincere souls heavenly confirmation! Suffer each one of them to soar

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB08277

100

O ye blessed souls! Thank ye God that the Morn of Guidance hath arisen from the Supreme Horizon

Praise and encouragement; Unity in diversity

AB08548

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy brief letter was received. Although it was short yet it contained detailed significance.

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2628

Words spoken on 1914-07-27 in Haifa

The supreme concern of any government must be the establishment of equal justice and equal opportunity amongst its citizens.

DAS.1914-07-27

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Relationship between government and people; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2629

Words spoken on 1914-07-27 in Haifa

What does a man lose if he should lose his self? His moral credit will be larger than his debit.

DAS.1914-07-27

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3629

Words spoken on 1914-07-26

What art thou reading? "A lecture on the coming world teacher, by Mrs. Besant." "The great world teacher has already come"

DAS.1914-07-26, SW_v09#01 p.006

Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU1354

Words spoken on 1914-07-25

240

It is related that Saboktakeen, one of the renowned ancient kings of Persia, lived

DAS.1914-07-25, SW_v09#18 p.204-205, STAB#041

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01245

350

Persian

ای جوانان روحانی هر جوانی از اهل این خاکدان در فکر این جهان و منهمک در شهوات

O ye spiritual youths! Many a youth inhabiting this mound of earth is only thinking of this material plane

KHMT.192x, RHQM2.0892-893 (313) (195-196x), TISH.035-036, MAS5.244

High station of the true believer; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB02724

230

O thou pilgrim of the Holy of Holies of the Supreme Concourse! Although in appearance thou hast left this blessed spot

Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04758

160

O ye two respected souls! At this moment Abdu'l-Baha is remembering those two pure spirits

Praise and encouragement; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07868

100

O ye children of the Kingdom, Your letters whose contents were conducive of great happiness were received. Praise be to God that you are studying