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ABU3548 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 20 | No, they are a distinct Revelation of God and will form a Book larger than our Bible. | TDLA.006-007, BLO_PN#104 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||
AB11410 | 30 | یا سامعا لکل ندآء یدعوک عبدک هذا فی آناء اللیل و اطراف النهار اجب الدعاء یا مالک من | O Thou Hearer of every call, this servant of Thine calls upon Thee in the watches of the night and at the margins of day. Answer Thou his prayer, O Sovereign Lord [3.5s] | LMA2.425 | Prayer for evening; night | - | - | |||||||||
AB11185 | 40 | ای مرد میدان وقت گوی و چوگان است و هنگام اسب تازی و جولان اگر کوی از این میدان رباای رستم دستان و نریمان ایران | O man of the arena! The time for polo and mallet is at hand, and the hour for the swift steed and its charge. If thou wouldst seize the ball from this field, arise as a Rustam of valor and a Nariman of Iran [3.5s] | AHB.102BE #01 p.02, PZHN v3#2 p.intro | - | - | ||||||||||
AB12758 | 40 | ای ناطقه ثابته حکماء گویند که نطق انسانی عبارت از ادراک حقائق مجهوله است به واسطه | O thou who art steadfast and endowed with understanding! The wise define human reason as the ability to discover the unknown, by means of a sequence of major and minor premises | VUJUD.120.25x | VUJUDE.158x | Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Rational arguments; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||
ABU3250 | Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08 | 40 | Yes. There are the accessories of the temple. There will also be two universities; but the school, as an accessory of the Mashrak-ul-Azkar will not be as large | ECN.520+629+664+1022 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||
ABU3169 | Words to Percy Woodcock | 40 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
ABU3235 | Words to some Persian friends, spoken on 1913-03-18 | 40 | Paris is like a very large, clean stable where many millions of horses are well-fed, well-kept and well-trained; but you do not expect to find spirituality. | DAS.1913-03-18 | Critique of Western values; culture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||
ABU3156 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | میگویند اگر عالم روحانی یا ملکوتی می بود ما احساس مینمودیم با وجودیکه عدم احساس شأنی نیست هر گاه عدم احساس کمالی باشد | They say that had there been a spiritual world they would have sensed it. But, as a matter of fact, inability to sense a thing is not a proof of the nonexistence of that thing. | BDA1.177.16 | MHMD1.193 | Limits of the intellect; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Proofs for the existence of God; Rational arguments | - | - | ||||||
ABU3195 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-30 | 40 | The Western people think differently, argue differently, and reach the truth from a different standpoint. They are always looking for results. | DAS.1914-03-29 | Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
AB10992 | 50 | ای یار مهربان در این انقلاب ایران سینه ای نمانده که هدف تیر بلا نگشته و | O kindred spirit! In this upheaval in Iran no breast remaineth that hath not become a target for the arrow of tribulation [3.5s] | MSHR2.023x | Growth of the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | |||||||||
AB11073 | 50 | Meetings, Bahá'í | ...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments | BRL_MEET.AB#16x, COC#0394x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
ABU3027 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 50 | Sei nicht Sklave, sondern Herr deiner Stimmungen. Bist du aber so verärgert, so gedrückt, so wund | SDW v13#10 p.103 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Compassion; kindness; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
ABU3075 | Words to Horace Holley, spoken on 1913-05-11 | 50 | I was thinking that during the days of Christ not one word was written about him. We have at the present time four Gospels, two of these were written 60 years after Christ | DAS.1913-05-11 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rational arguments; Review of publications; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
ABU2978 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-26 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | این را هم در حاشیهٴ کتاب بنویسید که وقتی خواهد آمد که آن خانواده باسم مسس کروک و ایمانش فخر نمایند حالا شوهرش قدری دور و غافل است | Write this in the margin of the book: The time will come when her whole family will be proud of Mrs Krug and her faith. | BDA1.167.10 | MHMD1.182 | Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||
AB10508 | 60 | ای رستم دستان میدان واسع است جولان باید گوی بخشش حاضر است تحریک چوگان لازم | O Rustam, son of Dastan! The field is vast and calls for a valiant charge. The ball of bounty stands ready, requiring but the strike of the polo-mallet [3.5s] | YARP2.708 p.471 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
BH10529 | 70 | الیوم بر کل لازم است بقدر مقدور حقوق الهی را ادا نمایند در سنین معدودات | In this day it behoveth all, according to their means, to discharge the rights of God during these few numbered years [3.5s]... ...In this day it is incumbent upon everyone to meet the obligation of the Right of God as far as it lieth in his power. For a number of years it was not permitted to accept the payment of Huquq | GHA.109x, AMIN.030 | COC#1139x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
BH10622 | 70 | فلک الحمد یا الهی علی ما جعلتنی موارد بلائک و مواقع قضائک و وردت علی ما | All praise be to Thee, O my God, for having made me the recipient of Thy trials and the target of Thy decrees, and for all that hath descended upon me [3.5s] | INBA36:113a, INBA71:279a, INBA92:132 | Prayer for tests and difficulties; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
BH10699 | 70 | یا حسین یذکرک من کان هدفا لسهام الاعدآء فی سبیل الله مالک یوم الدین قد رات | O Husayn! He Who hath been made a target for the darts of the enemies in the path of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment, maketh mention of thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.013.03, | Consolation and comfort; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
ABU2755 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-19 | 70 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من عربی را تحصیل نکردهام وقتی طفل بودم کتابی از مناجاتهای حضرت باب را بخط جمال مبارک | All the Baha'ís know that I have never studied Arabic.... I will tell you how I came to know Arabic. When I was very, very young, I found in our house in Tihran a large voluminous book containing many prayers in Arabic revealed by the Bab and copied by Baha'u'llah. | HHA.004x, BDA2.308 | DAS.1913-05-19, MHMD2.407-408, STAB#093, KSHK#31 | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power of prayer; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
ABU2775 | Words to a young man, spoken on 1913-01-22 | 70 | Now that you are returning to America, pass through all the large cities on the way, meet the friends of God and associate with them. | DAS.1913-01-22 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
AB09330 | 80 | ای حضرت بیضاء طلعت اعلی نقطه اولی روحی له الفداء هدف تیر جفا گشت و جمال مبارک | O radiant countenance of the exalted Primal Point, unto Whom my spirit is a sacrifice! Thou didst become the target of the arrows of cruelty, and the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | YBN.012-013 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
AB09620 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها الخریده الغراء شمری عن ساق الاجتهاد و اسرعی الی مطلع الایات ملکوت ربک | O thou bright pearl! Endeavor, and spare no effort, and hasten to the Kingdom of thy Lord, the Lord of the shining and clear evidences and arguments. | INBA59:184b | MJZ.030 | TAB.171-172 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||
ABU2601 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02 | 80 | یک کشیش پروتستان خیلی متعصبی بود همیشه میخواستند مجادله کند یکدفعه آمد پیش من و گفت | There was a fanatical Protestant minister that always wanted to argue. One time he came to Me and said, ‘Given His large body and girth, with what kind of ladder did Muhammad ascend to heaven?' | KHH1.137 (1.190-191) | KHHE.207 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
ABU2615 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-16 | 80 | How large is the creation of God! How stupendous His machinery! How infinite His dominion!... Were it possible to construct an aeroplane and establish communication between the various planets many marvellous discoveries would have been achieved! | DAS.1913-02-16 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | |||||||||
ABU2629 | Words spoken on 1914-07-27 in Haifa | 80 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
AB08481 | 90 | ای بنده خاضع خاشع درگاه احديّت ، انسان همواره هدف سهام و سنان قضاست و مورد هزار گونه | O thou lowly and submissive servant at the Threshold of Divine Unity! Man is ever the target of the arrows and spears of destiny, and subject to a thousand vicissitudes [3.5s] | MMK3#214 p.155x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
BH09854 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی مرجع القضایا و مطلع البلایا لحیوه | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for that Thou hast made me the target of divers tribulations | INBA92:374a | PMP#086 | PM#086 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
ABU2487 | Words to a patriotic youth, spoken on 1913-03-23 | 90 | Once upon a time the king of a certain country got hold of an owl and put it in a large golden cage hanging it in his royal Park. The King observed that the owl was not happy in his wonderful park | DAS.1913-03-23 | Humor; jokes; Nationalism; love of country; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
ABU2510 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 90 | The mountain is large, but it has no intelligence. The diamond is small, but it is filled with light. The elephant produces no melody | TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
AB07990 | 100 | ای تیرانداز نفوس بسیار کمان داری نمودند و خدنگ بنشانه انداختند ولی سهام مصیب | O Tirandaz! Many souls have taken up the bow and loosed their arrows at the target, yet thy shafts alone strike true [3.5s] | YARP2.392 p.305 | Praise and encouragement; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
AB08143 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای طالب حق اگر عرفان الهی خواهی و شناساای جوای قلب را از غیر خدا فارغ نما و | O thou seeker of the True One! If thou wishest the divine knowledge and recognition | MKT8.119b | TAB.168, BWF.383-384x, BSC.487 #937x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Rational arguments | - | - | |||||||
AB11780 | 100 | ای مفتون جمال ابهی در حاشیه نامه پدر سطر مختصر مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art enthralled by the Beauty of the All-Glorious! The brief line which thou hadst written in the margin of thy father's letter was noted [3.5s] | FRH.266 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
BHU0025 | 100 | آیا صدر اعظم هر ماهی چقدر شهریه و مخارج برای شما معین کرده | How large of a stipend and expenditure does the Sadr A`zam allot you every month… What are you busying yourself with, Kalim? | TZH4.227-228 | KSHK#05 | Alchemy; the elixir; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena | - | - | ||||||||
AB07600 | 110 | ای مونس مشتاقان اگر در هر دمی صد هزار شکر نماای البته از عهده بر نیاای درست | O Companion of the yearning souls, shouldst thou render a hundred thousand praises at every breath, thou wouldst still be unable to discharge thy duty aright [3.5s] | MKT9.198a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
AB07808 | 110 | یا من فتح لسانه بذکر ربه و نطق ببرهان ربه و حججه البالغه و تلاوه ایاته الواضحه هنیئا | O thou who hast opened thy tongue in remembrance of thy Lord, and spoken with His proofs and conclusive arguments, and recited His manifest verses, blessed art thou [3.5s] | YBN.202 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
BH09029 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلتنی هدفا لسهام اعدائک فی سبیلک اشکرک یا عالم الغیب و | I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path. | INBA23:076a, INBA51:610b | PMP#141, NFR.181 | PM#141 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||
AB06577 | 120 | ای ادیب بلیغ و دبیر فصیح مقصد از شعر و انشاء بیان راز درون و اسرار مکنون و | O eloquent poet and fluent scribe! The purpose of poetry and composition is to express the inner mysteries and hidden secrets [3.5s] | PYB#119 p.05 | Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rational arguments; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
AB06829 | 120 | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای عبد بها موسیقی از علوم ممدوحه در درگاه کبریاست تا در جوامع کبری و صوامع | O servant of Baha! Music is regarded as a praiseworthy science at the Threshold of the Almighty, so that thou mayest chant verses at large gatherings | BRL_DAK#0077, COMP_MASHRIQP#32, MKT5.203, AVK3.364.03, KHSH02.003, GHA.196, HYB.191 | BRL_IOA#11, BRL_MASHRIQ#32, COC#1419, LOG#1363x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||
BH08541 | 120 | یا حسن قد اقبل الیک المظلوم الذی کان هدفا لسهام الظالمین قد ورد علی ما ناح به | O Hasan! The Wronged One hath turned unto thee, He Who hath been made a target for the arrows of the oppressors. He hath come in such wise as hath caused lamentation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.153a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
ABU2177 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04 | 120 | I hope that each one of you may become a divine farmer and each one may cultivate a large blessed farm. The real Bahá'í farming is through deeds. | DAS.1913-04-04 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
AB06019 | 130 | ای احبای الهی حضرت شهید وحید فرید محمد جعفر صباغ بیگناه ناگاه هدف تیر شبانگاه | O beloved of God! The sanctified and peerless martyr, Muhammad-Ja'far Sabbagh, innocent and blameless, became suddenly the target of nightly arrows [3.5s] | MKT9.021, TABN.103 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
AB05622 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان همتی که در ادای دین جناب بشیر الهی نمودی خدمتی نمایان بود و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The zeal thou didst show in discharging thy debt to Bashíru'lláh was a signal service [3.5s] | MSHR3.253 | Compassion; kindness; Consolation and comfort; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
ABU2017 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 140 | The believers of Persia made the greatest self-sacrifice and the trip was made possible. They made large and small contributions | DAS.1913-04-25 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
AB05064 | 150 | ای بنات ملکوت الله الحمد لله بتحصیل کمال مشغولید و بدرس تبلیغ مالوف شب و روز | O daughters of the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God that ye are occupied in the acquisition of perfection and are devoted night and day to the study of teaching [3.5s] | MKT7.075b | Methods of teaching the Cause; Rational arguments; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
AB05481 | 150 | Consider thou that Abdul Baha is proving the validity of Christ through divine argument, brilliant traces and infinite outpouring | BSTW#357 | Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith | - | - | ||||||||||
BH06433 | 150 | ان یا خباز الاحدیه نشهد فی حقک بانک وفیت بعهدک و ادیت بما قبلت فی ذر البقا | O Baker of Divine Unity! We bear witness concerning thee that thou hast fulfilled thy covenant and discharged that which thou didst accept in the Realm of Eternity [3.5s] | INBA71:016b | ABDA.060-061 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
AB04768 | 160 | ای رستم پسر زال را گویند مانند شیر ژیان و پیل دمان در میدان کارزار صف شکن و | O Rustam, son of Zal! It is said that thou art like unto a raging lion and a charging elephant upon the battlefield, a breaker of ranks [3.5s] | PYB#268 p.03, YARP2.462 p.344 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
AB04275 | 170 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
AB04324 | 170 | Trustworthiness | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که گلشن روح و ریحان بود مورث سرور دل و جان گردید زیرا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter which was a rose garden of spirituality and sweet fragrance became the cause of joy to my heart and soul, for [3.5s]... ...In discharging the functions of the office to which thou hast been appointed, thy conduct and actions should attest to the highest standard of trustworthiness and honesty | COMP_TRUSTP#54x, MKT8.055a | BRL_TRUST#53x, COC#2065x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||
AB12340 | 170 | O you who have been attracted by the fragrances of God! Thank God that you became the companion of Miss Margarete Döring, through whose guidance the light of guidance shone into your heart | BBBD.373 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - |
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