search results for 'BLO'

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; War and peace

مقصد ما صلح عمومی و وحدت انسانی است سفری در پاریس و لندن بودم

Our object is universal peace and the unity of humankind. I have traveled to Paris and London and now I have come to America... One of these ills is the people's restlessness and discontent under the yoke of the war expenditures of the world's governments.... It is the war which is today the cause of all trouble.

BDA1.027.02

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.035-036, ABIE.091, BLO_PN#007

AB00423

Tablet to the Hague II

590

Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague)

Second Tablet to The Hague

اعضای محترما جواب نامه من که بتاریخ ۱۲ جون ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم فرموده بودید رسید نهایت

Your reply, dated 12 June 1920, to my letter was received with the utmost gratitude.

BRL_HAGP2, MKT4.199, MNMK#113 p.218, MSBH9.364-366, YHA1.340x

BRL_HAG2, SW_v11#17 p.288-289, ABCC.439-440x, BLO_PT#192

Martyrs and martyrdom; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace

BH00115

Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove)

3950

Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove"

Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove)

اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها

A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance

INBA36:419, INBA66:175x

BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092

GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04

A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had visited Him in the form of the Maid of Heaven, expatiating on His sufferings and His loneliness and affirming His determination to face any future calamities that might befall Him in the path of God.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274

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

ABU2150

Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1912-04-01

120

Hands of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Priestcraft; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

جمال مبارک ریشهٴ اوهام را کسند ایادی امر در اینظهور باسم و لقب و ارث نیستند

The Blessed Perfection has extirpated superstitions, root and branch. The Hands of the Cause in this dispensation are not heirs to any name or title; rather, they are sanctified souls

BDA1.019.06

LOG#1079x, DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.026, ABIE.087, BLO_PN#007

BH00108

Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak

4040

Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví-yi Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One

Mathnaviyi-i Mubarak

ای حیات العرش خورشید وداد که جهان و امکان چه تو نوری نزاد گر نبودی خلق محجوب

You! Life-force of God's throne, compassion's sun, Time's universe has birthed no light like Yours! From seeing God, creation's eyes are barred

INBA30:131, OSAI I.MMSx, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p14,

BRL_DA#272, MSNV, AQA3#070 p.160, DWNP_v4#07 p.038-039x, DWNP_v5#04 p.003x, TZH4.139-141x, HHA.058x, ASAT1.119x, ASAT4.015x, AHB_124BE #01 p.002x, AHB_130BE #03-04 p.130x, OOL.B089

GPB.099x, BLO_PT#055, BLO_PT#218, HURQ.BH28

Ahdieh (1), Ahdieh (2), unknown

Ecstatic poem in rhyming couplets, written during the journey to Istanbul and announcing the Day of God and the divine springtime but warning that it can only be perceived by those possessing a spiritual eye.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270

AB00018

Tafsir-i-Hadith هل رأیت رجلاً (Commentary on the Tradition "Dost thou see a man")

4180

Translation List; 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

ABU3601

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3617

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3735

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

ABU2098

Words spoken on 1913-07-06 in Port Said

130

we must ever think of the education of the public and try our utmost to improve the conditions of the submerged classes

DAS.1913-07-06, ABIE.030, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education

BH00472

Lawh-i-Ittihad

1530

Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity)

قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا

The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving

BLIB_Or15738.055,

BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a

LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147

Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of deeds, unity in rank and station, unity of souls, and unity in material possessions.

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129

ABU1888

Words to several Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-01

160

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

I desire to make manifest among the friends in America a new light that they may become a new people

PUP#078 (p.218), PN_1912 p068, BLO_PT#028m

M. Weigert

Being a source of light; guidance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

AB04790

160

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Race unity; racial issues; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای طالب حقیقت نامه تو رسید مضمون دلیل بر حصول هدایت کبری بود شکر کن خدا را که

O thou wooer of Truth! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated thy attainment to the Most Great Guidance…. I hope that thou mayest become a herald of the Kingdom and a means whereby the white and coloured peoples shall close their eyes to racial differences

BRL_DAK#0621

BRL_ATE#191x, SW_v12#05 p.103+106, AHV.029a, BLO_PN#045

AB06287

130

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Music and singing; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای کنیز محترمه الهی نامه تو از لوزآنجلیز رسید شکر کن خدا را که موفق بخدمت شدی

O thou revered maidservant of God! Thy letter from Los Angeles was received... Not till the darkness of difference

MMK1#077 p.110

SWAB#077, SW_v10#01 p.009, SW_v10#09 p.185-186, SW_v10#09 p.178, BLO_PT#052.33

AB00189

830

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء پیک امین رسید و پیام یاران الهی را در عالم روحانی

O ye spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A trusted messenger hath arrived and hath, in the world of the spirit, delivered a message from God's loved ones.... In every dispensation the command of friendship and the law of love have been revealed... Now the believers of God must live in accord with these divine teachings.... O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender hearts.

MKT1.303, MNMK#090 p.162, MMK1#007 p.017, MILAN.141, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.255, BCH.110, MJMJ2.020ax, MMG2#074 p.081x, YHA1.371-372x (2.746)

SWAB#007, BPRY.201x, DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v08#11 p.140x, SW_v08#12 p.142x, ABIE.111, BLO_PN#007

C. Serrano, G.H. Miller, Soulrise Melodies, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 1]

Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01151

370

یا احباء الله و اودائه انی بقلب مشتعل بنار محبتکم و صدر منشرح بذکرکم و عین ناظره

O ye beloved of God and his friends! With a heart kindled by the fire of your love...If ye be truly united, if ye agree to promote that which is the essential purpose, and to show forth an all-unifying love, I swear by Him Who causeth the seed to split

BRL_DAK#0982, MKT1.162, MNMK#038 p.123

COF.029-030x, PN_various p020x, BLO_PT#214

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01312

340

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

AB07725

110

Call to action; Unity; oneness of humanity

O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of God! I ask God to make thee a sign of love, standard of agreement, means of union and harmony

TAB.057, BLO_PT#052.01

AB02996

220

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics

ای یار مهربان نامه سلخ ربیع الاول سنه ۱۳۲۷ وصول یافت و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل

O loving friend! Thy letter dated the last day of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1327 was received and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...As to the matter of our ill-wishers amongst the Yahya'ís [i.e. the Azalís], who accuse the Friends [i.e. the Baha'ís] of sympathy with the Court [or Government, Dawlat], it is certain that the truth of the case will become plain and evident

INBA85:412

BRL_DAK#0198, YIA.337

CHU.067b, BLO_PT#011bx

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Non-participation in politics; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00153

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

920

Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd); Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

صنادید متصوفه که تاسیس عقیده وحدت الوجود نموده اند مرادشان از آن وجود وجود

Those pre-eminent Sufis who founded the doctrine of the “unity of existence” never intended by this term the universally predicated existence

MKT3.354, MNMK#148 p.274, DWNP_v1#06 p.001-004

BLO_PT#164

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU3405

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

The East and the West should unite to give to each other what is lacking in each. This exchange of gifts would form a true civilization

CHH.153, BLO_PN#022

East and West; communication between East and West; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity in diversity

ABU1011

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-15

310

Not only in remembrance of the Council Board but also of all the believers. And when you go to visit the Holy Tomb you must remember all the believers.

TTAG.019-020, BLO_PN#101

Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity

ABU3188

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-12

In the end, all will be well and happy times will come. 'Once again a time will come as sweet as sugar.' The time will come when the procession of pilgrims of all lands will be densely extended

PN_1906 p032, SUR.228, BLO_PN#001

Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity

ABU1866

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06

160

The existent world needs a uniting power to connect nations. There are various uniting powers in the world. One is patriotism

PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p033, TTAW.003-004, BLO_PN#102

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0275

Public address given on 1912-04-14

770

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

در این جمع قسیس عبارتی از پولس قدیس ذکر نمود که شما نور را از شیشه های رنگین

I speak from a verse in Corinthians, the substance of which is that though

BRL_DAK#0562, MMG2#171 p.197x, KHF.056, KHAB.241 (251), KHTB2.016, KHTB3.032, BDA1.033n

PUP#005 (p.011-013), SW_v04#01 p.007-008, SW_v03#03 p.005-006, SW_v14#04 p.117, SW_v19#02 p.054, DJT.245-246, BLO_PN#027

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

MHMD1.043

AB00287

700

Translation List; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای مفتون و تشنه حقیقت نامه شما رسید دلیل بر آن بود که از افق وجدان صبحی تابان

O thou who art eager and athirst for the truth! Thy letter hath been received. It indicateth that a radiant morn hath dawned above the horizon of the heart.

MNMK#108 p.203, MJTB.057, MJDF.053, KHF.118, KHAB.037 (046), KHTB3.048, NJB_v05#07 p.001

DAS.1913-09-11, MHMD2.049x, ABIE.304, BLO_PN#007, ADMS#068

Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as educator; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00423

Lawh-i-Haqqu'n-Nas

1650

Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas; Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas)

Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People)

الحمد لله الذی وفی بما اوحی علی کافة انبیائه و رسله و بشر الکل بایامه و منها یوم

Praise be to God Who fulfilled what He revealed to all His Prophets and Messengers and gave to all the tidings of His days

MAS7.119, VUJUD.102x

BLO_PT#016, BLO_PT#162, VUJUDE.189x

Answers a question about the execution of justice in the next world as a result of actions in this world, explaining that everything in this physical world has a metaphorical counterpart in each of the divine worlds, which guarantees the settling of accounts, and giving three illustrative examples.

Goodly deeds; actions; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ROB3.286, ROB3.296-297, LL#356

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

AB02513

240

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

ABU1504

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

210

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

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

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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

AB03159

210

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای دوستان عزیز عبدالبهاء سه سال است که مانند مرغ بی لانه و آشیانه سرگشته کوه و

O ye friends of Abdul Baha: It is now three years that, like unto a nestless and shelterless bird, I have been wandering through mountains and plains and flying over the wilderness and Sahara.

MMK5#082 p.066, MJDF.111

DAS.1913-08-08, ABIE.170, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#460, MHMD2s.327bx

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB09109

...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages

DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.203, BLO_PN#007

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1958

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

150

It is not my duty to command particular persons to arise and teach the Cause

DAS.1913-07-02, SW_v04#15 p.251, ABIE.009, BLO_PN#007

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2456

Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-04-02

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

سابق طی بحر محیط باین سهولت ممکن نبود و تا کنون این نحو مسافر هم از ایران بامریکا نرفته

In past ages crossing the ocean was not as easy as it is now. Up to the present time no one has traveled, with a purpose like ours, from Persia to America.

BDA1.020.15

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.028, ABIE.089, BLO_PN#007

ABU1179

Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh

270

In this day the greatness of the Cause is acknowledged by all the people, even the outsiders. This last time one of the Sardars of Persia

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.214, BLO_PN#007

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB08448

100

...The long journey over sea and land, the innumerable difficulties in the morn and at eve, the lack of rest and sleep

DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.138, BLO_PN#007

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10533

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

AB04010

180

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

نامه مفصل که در خصوص استتکارت نوشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مختصر این است

...The extensive letter you had written about Stuttgart was perused. In brief, Germany will shine resplendent, inasmuch as its citizens are religiously minded

ASAT1.025x

BBBD.242-243, DAS.1913-07-15, ABIE.069, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.323ax

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

BH00249

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian)

2510

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش

O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace

INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115

BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b

GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443

L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7]

Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041

AB00961

400

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر چند مدتیست که بواسطه قلم و مداد با شما گفتگوای ننمودم

O ye friends of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! Though some time has passed since I wrote you letters with pen and ink, yet in the world of spirit

INBA87:432, INBA52:445

BRL_DAK#0870, MMK2#073 p.056

BLO_PT#081.73

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0746

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

400

See, how for the sake of a trifling gain, people subject themselves to terrible difficulties and suffering and trial... When we were in Tihran, Mirza Aqa Khan of Nur was the Prime Minister

PN_1906 p041, SUR.244-245, BLO_PN#001

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB05986

140

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed.

DAS.1913-09-01x, BSC.449 #819x, SW_v16#07 p.583x, ABIE.264x, BLO_PN#007

BH03644

250

Translation List; 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

BH00454

Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden)

1580

Tablet of the Maiden

Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی استشرقت شمس الوهیتک عن افق سماء

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord, My God! I mention Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy divinity is shining from the horizon of the Heaven

INBA48:036, INBA66:004, INBA92:001, BLIB_Or15714.058, , BLIB_Or15739.080,

AQA4#102 p.342, AQA4a.379, SFI16.008-012, ASAT3.134x, ASAT4.049x, OOL.B045

BLO_PT#133, HURQ.BH20

Describes a visionary encounter with the Maid of Heaven, who looks deeply within His soul and expires in sorrow upon perceiving the extent of His suffering.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.125, ROB3.223, BKOG.167, MMAH.211, GSH.020, LL#118

BB00048

Du'a-yi Alif

3800

Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک لم تزل لن تعرف بسواک و لا تزال ....

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. O my God! How can I call upon Thee, when Thou hast ever been unknowable except through Thine own Self, and shalt ever thus remain [3.5s]... ...I have not claimed a single word of revelation. They say, “He has laid claim to spiritual authority and its trappings.”

PR02.135v06-139r25

ASAT1.179-182

MNP.088x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#012x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.067-068, SRC.185

BB00005

Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes)

98000

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

AB00006

Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure)

8270

Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan)

Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure)

الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات

Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace

INBA13:411x

BRL_MON#26x, MKT2.002, BMT.174, ADH2.070x, ADH2_2#09 p.101x, MMG2#120 p.135x, MJH.051x, HUV1.004x, OOL.C028, VUJUD.139.18x

BRL_POAB#26x, BRL_Aqdas.n023x, SW_v08#06 p.062-063x, BLO_PT#024, VUJUDE.146x, JHT_A#005x

S. Rezaei and M. Vahman, Ahdieh, S. Tirandaz, S. Taefi [track 13], unknown, L. Slott

Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; Knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God; Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769.

BH00686

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

1120

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur)

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور

O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements

BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29

LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x

BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

BB00021

Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’)

11000

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha')

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ...

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity

INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v

AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x

GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033

BH07147

Tablet of the Hair 1

140

شهد شعری لجمالی بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد کنت فی ازل القدم الها فردا

My hair beareth witness for My Beauty that verily I am God and that there is none other God but Me.

BLIB_Or11098.029a

LHKM3.068, MUH3.272, ASAT3.023x, OOL.B191.01, OOL.B191.03

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart

BB00017

Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya = Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles)

13500

Sahifiy-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود

Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves

INBA82:134-205, INBA_3006C:097-, , INBA_5010C:012-082, , INBA_6011C:001-077, , INBA_6012C.265-299x, , PR03.214v27-228r05, PR17.000v-044v, IOM.091, KB_adliyya, HBH_sahifadl, BYC_adliyya, AEWB.136-141x,

AYT.039x, AVK1.030.09x, AVK1.075.10x, AVK1.099-100x, AVK1.103-104x, AVK1.322.07x, AVK2.102.15x, AVK2.167.14x, AVK2.334.11x, HNMJ.093-096x, OOL.A014

BAPT.017-018x, BAPT.026-039x, TAME, BLO_PT#216.021x, GOH.191-192x, GOH.196-197x, GOH.207x, GOH.218-219x, GOH.222x, GOH.225-232x, GOH.235x, GOH.252x, MNP.047x, MNP.057x, HURQ.BB52x, BLO_PT#079.1.1x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_sazedj#02

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's love for His own Essence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

NSS.036-038, AHDA.453.5, MMAH.045?, MMAH.058, SRC.042, SRC.068-070, SRC.197, GOH.032-033, GOH.217-236

BH00073

Tafsir-i-Hu

6500

Creation

Tafsir-i-Hú (Commentary on the phrase He Is (God))

الحمد لله الذی قد اشرق الشمس بقدرته و الاح النور بقوته… ان یا ذلک الهیکل قد خلقناک علی تلک الأسمآء الحسنی و جعلناک کل شیء فی اسمآء الذی یشیر الینا

Praise be to God who has caused the sun to shine through His power and light to gleam through His might [3.5s]... ...O this Temple! We created thee according to these Most Beautiful Names. And We made thee the Pleroma (kulli shay', "All Things") amongst the [Divine] Names which alluded unto Us by means of the mention of "Huwa" … In another station, the names are garments for the attributes... If thou art able to separate anything in heaven or on earth and marry all of it together again

Berlin1237#21-22, UMich962.159-182x, UMich968.001-040x, UMich968.053-084x

YMM.174x, OOL.B144x

BLO_createx, HURQ.BH14x, REVS.173x

An intricate commentary on the names and attributes of God, taking as point of departure a statement by the Báb which relates ‘His sacred mirror and eternal light’ to the name of God huwa (‘He’), which has an inner and outer aspect signifying both the unity of opposites and the alchemical fire and water attained of old by the prophet Moses.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

REVS.060-062, LL#336

BH00076

Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib)

4960

Surah of the Companions

Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی

H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God

INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b,

AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107

WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32

Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause of Bahá’u’lláh, declaring His prophetic station to a number of receptive individuals while attesting that if it were revealed to humanity to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye, it would cause every mountain to crumble into dust.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293

ABU3511

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

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

DLA.032, BLO_PN#026

Free will and predestination; fate; Power of prayer; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

BH01873

470

Prayer Revealed by the Exalted Pen for Mírzá 'Abu'l-Fadl; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان مقصود امکان را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه مبارکه علیا

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth Him Who is the Purpose of all creation, Who through one blessed and exalted Word [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, for guiding me unto the horizon of Thy Revelation and for causing me to be mentioned by Thy Name.

BLIB_Or15690.100, , BLIB_Or15728.147,

BRL_DA#003, ADM3#133x p.150, ADM3#134 p.151x, PYB#122 p.04x

BRL_APBH#05x, BRL_APBH#06x, ADJ.080x, SW_v14#06 p.166x, BLO_PT#072x, JHT_S#004x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02784

320

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

BH01911

Huwa Munfikhu'r-Ruh (Lawh-i-Nuqtih?)

460

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

حمد خدا را که عیون حیوان غیبی که در حجبات ستر الهی مستور بود بتاییدات روح

Praise be to God that the invisible springs of life that were concealed behind the divine veil are now abundantly flowing from the reality of the Word

INBA36:463b, BLIB_Or15706.133, , BLIB_Or15714.047,

BRL_DA#642, MJMM.272, AKHA_121BE #08 p.a, OOL.B064

WIND#125, BLO_sazedj#09

Continual renewal of creation; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#120

BB00001

Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

106000

Persian Bayan, The; Persian Bayan, The; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Persian Bayán; Persian Bayan, A Summary; Báb's Bayan, The; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Translation List; Le Béyan Persan; Persian Bayan ("Exposition"); Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

تسبیح و تقدیس بساط قدس عز مجد سلطانی را لایق که لم یزل و لا یزال بوجود کینونیت ذات خود بوده

All praise and glory befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within the mystery of His Own divine Essence… Thou knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations have showered... There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul

INBA62, INBA24, INBA96, INBA_1006C, INBA_4008C, INBA_6015C, INBA_6018C, INBA_6019C, INBA_6021C, CMB_F12, CMB_F13, CMB_Or.34(8), BLIB_Or2819, BLIB_Or5760, BLIB_Or1330, BN_suppl.1070, MKI4518, MKI4519, MKI4524.070, SOAS ms.24255, IOM.088-089, KB_bayan-per, HBH_bayanf, BYC_bayan-per, BYC_bayan-per2

BAYN, SWBP#09 (p.052-081x), SWBP#71 (p.153-154x), OOL.A001

SWB#09 (p.077-113x), SWB#71 (p.214-215x), BPRY.226-227x, GPB.029-030x, GPB.097-098x, WOB.062bx, WOB.100-101x, EGB.316-406, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.045-046x, MNP.226-228x, MESSIAH.659-704x, HURQ.BB55x, LOG#0668, LOG#0770, LOG#1480, LOG#1481, LOG#2161, LOG#2162, BLO_PT#049, BLO_PT#062x, BLO_PT#063x, BLO_PT#079.1.4x, BLO_sazedj#01, ADMS#041

Smith & Dragoman, L. Slott (2:16), J. Heath [track 8], J. Heath

The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation. Comprising nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or babs (gates)—with the exception of the last unity, which has only ten gates—the greater part of the work was written in the prison of Mákú, but, contrary to some prevalent assumptions, the last parts may have been written in Chihriq, after the Báb was interrogated by the clerics in Tabriz. The Persian Bayán abrogates Islamic laws and traditions and sets down new laws and teachings. However, the various laws are discussed as symbols referring to deep spiritual meanings and vehicles to prepare the people for the advent of Him Whom God shall make manifest. Both the form and content of the book affirm the underlying metaphysics of unity in which all things are manifestations of an inner reality which is the revelation of God within them.

NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x

see also BB00020, Arabic Bayan

BH00814

1000

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

ABU2512

Words to Mr. Kinney, spoken on 1909-07-08

Very good; very good. Write a letter and answer it yourself. Look into your heart and see the answer....A day will come when all My communications upon paper -- all My writing – will be effaced.

PN_1909 p013, PN_1909 p045, PN_1909C p093, PN_1909C p122, DJT.067, BLO_PN#027

Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02783

320

Days of Remembrance; Tablet Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh Commemorating His Birth; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

قد جاء عید المولود و استقر علی العرش جمال الله المقتدر العزیز الودود طوبی لمن حضر

The Birthday Festival is come, and He Who is the Beauty of God, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the All-Loving, hath ascended His throne

AYT.045, GHA.391, NSR_1993.096, AKHA_124BE #01 p.a, ABMK.036, NJB_v05#15 p.1, AMB#43

DOR#43, BLO_PT#166

E. Mahony, almunajat.com [item 24]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00091

Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din

4680

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din)

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمه و نطق بالکلمه بین البریه اذا مرت ... ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله و سمع ندآئه الاحلی اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and become singular in grandeur, and hath uttered the Word amongst all created things when [3.5s]... ...The question is that whereas in past Scriptures Isaac is said to have been the sacrifice; in the Qur’án this station is given to Ishmael. This is, undoubtedly, true

INBA07:296, BLIB_Or11097#052, , NLAI_BH4.124-146

AVK2.100.14x, AVK2.110.13x, AVK2.197.04x, MAS8.151ax, MUH1.0365x, TAH.190x

BRL_ATBH#21x, BLO_PT#173, KSHK#29x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

AB10767

...The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and

DAS.1913-07-11, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00111

Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise)

4020

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)

یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح

O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties!

INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037

ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012

TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x

D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja

Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden rule, that rulers should possess good character and act in justice (in contrast to Muḥammad Sháh, whose deeds in particular are denounced), reward and punishment as the basis of order in the world, justice, the unity of mankind, the education of children, moderation, renouncing asceticism and monasticism, and forbidding religious strife and dissension.

Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024

BH00150

3480

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی کوثر بقا جاری نمود و عالم ملک

Praise be unto Him, the Almighty One, Who hath caused to flow from the Most Exalted Pen the Kawthar of everlasting life, and the realm of existence [3.5s]... ...O Pen! Make mention of the one named Mihdí, that he may rejoice and be of the thankful. O Mihdí! Hearken thou to the Voice which is lifted up from the Crimson Tree

INBA41:034

HDQI.159x

BLO_PT#215x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00229

Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid

900

Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید هو الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و لایعزب من علمه شیء لا اله الا هو قل ایاه فاعبدون

Praise be to Him Who hath sent the Book unto whosoever He willeth among His servants

SFI08.026-027, TZH2.065-066x, AHDA.090x

LOIR04.001-015, BLO_PT#032

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#03.05, AHDA.460.07, SRC.058

BB00002

Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph)

112000

Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart

Qayyumul-Asma (book)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی

All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind

INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum

ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003

SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x

T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan

FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x

BB00094

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II

1900

إلى علماء تبريز

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II (Tablet of the Báb Revealed to the Divines of Tabríz)

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و انا کل له ساجدون سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما و انا کل له قانتون شهد الله

Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and verily, we all all bow down in adoration before Him. Exalted is He by Whose praise all who are in the heavens and the earth, and all that lieth between them, extol; and we all, indeed, stand in devout obedience unto Him. God beareth witness.. [4o]

TZH2.476-483, AHDA.332x

BLO_PT#221

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

AHDA.460.06?, MMAH.034

ABU1481

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

220

If one friend feels love for another he will wish to say so. Though he knows that the friend is aware… If there be no love, if there be no pleasure or spiritual enjoyment in prayer, do not pray

COC#1755x, SW_v08#04 p.042, BNE.094x, BLO_PN#002

Importance of prayer; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

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

BB00114

Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah

1600

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی الهم من فی السموات و الارض حکمه لئلا یحتجب احد عن ظهور نور طلعته

Praise be to God, the God of all who are in heaven and on earth, Who hath decreed that no one should be veiled from the effulgence

INBA14:410-417, INBA40:137-143, INBA53:068-075, INBA67:195-203, INBA_6010C:408-415, , CMB_F21.093.03-100.01#12,

ASAT4.367x

GOH.214x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.7

Knowledge; recognition of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247

AB00373

Commentary on passages from the Tablet of Wisdom

620

Lawh-i-Hikmat; Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A

ای منادی پیمان سوال از دو مسئله مهمه نموده بودید که تفسیر دو ایه از ایات

O Herald of the Covenant! Thou didst inquire about two important matters requiring the interpretation of two verses from the verses [3.5s]... ...“That which hath been in existence had existed before, but not in the form thou seest today.” From this blessed verse it is clear and evident that the universe is evolving… The substance and primary matter of contingent beings is the ethereal power

AVK1.167, ANDA#19 p.35x, MAS2.068-070, YMM.208x, VUJUD.088x

BLO_PT#106, BLO_failayn, VUJUDE.143-144x

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Evolution; human evolution; Nature and God's will

ABU1568

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

200

Sagacity is a power which enables one to become cognizant of the existence of a thing by means of the outward senses, or to feel the presence of a thing through certain outward signs.

PN_1906 p037, SUR.233, BLO_PN#001

Limits of the intellect; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; The mind's power of discovery

ABU3207

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

It is nearly two thousand years since His holiness the Lord Christ taught this prayer to His people: "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven

CHH.172, BLO_PN#022

Christ; Christianity; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU2533

Words spoken on 1913-09-01 in Ramleh

No matter how scientific a man may be, yet at times, 'imagination' gains an ascendancy over his mind. For example, while a man is alive he is able to strike

DAS.1913-09-01, ABIE.263, BLO_PN#007

Power of imagination; thought; right intention; 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

ABU3086

The human body is in need of material force, but the spirit has need of the Holy Spirit.

SW_v08#08 p.102x, IHP.062, BLO_PN#046

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; True liberty; freedom

AB00158

Lawh-i-Tanazu'-i Baqa

900

Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá); Universal Education

Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá (Tablet on the Struggle for Survival)

ای انجمن محترم عالم انسانی از این نیت خیریه و علویت مقاصد که دارید باید مورد شکرانیت

O honored society [for the advancement] of humanity! All mankind should be grateful on account of your noble purpose and lofty intentions…. One day I was standing by a creek and observed that a swarm of small locusts

BRL_DAK#0585, MKT4.018, KHF.066, KHTB3.035

BLO_PT#163, STAB#099x

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09479

Prayer for Steadfastness; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

ای محبوب جان و وجدان من جز تو پناهی ندارم و بغیر از ذکر تو فریاد صبحگاهی بر

O Thou beloved of my heart and soul! I have no refuge save Thee. I raise no voice at dawn

MMK2#024 p.016

BRL_APAB#15x, BLO_PT#071

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BH00007

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

20670

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان

Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive.

INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099

NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121

SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434

G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber

The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306

Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries.

ABU3026

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Predictions and prophecies; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

BH00729

Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

1070

Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

قد فتحت ابواب الفردوس و طلع غلام القدس بسلطان مبین فیا بشری هذا غلام الخلد

Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth

INBA36:464, BLIB_Or15706.093, BLIB_Or15706.139, BLIB_Or15714.014,

AQA7#414 p.203, AYT.092, ASAT4.401x, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.hx, OOL.B038, AMB#27

DOR#27, BLO_PT#127

Narrates in mystical language the appearance of the Immortal Youth (Bahá’u’lláh), whose beauty is compared to that of Joseph, who is unveiled by the Maid of Heaven and who summons His lovers unto Him.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090

ABU2034

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

140

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

DLA.031, BLO_PN#026

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Soul; spirit after death; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0107

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

1200

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

TDLA.031-037, BLO_PN#104

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Twin Manifestations

ABU2536

Words spoken on 1913-07-29 in Ramleh

Glad tidings of the Kingdom of Abha! We announce to you Glad-tidings of great Joy!... Similar words were spoken almost two thousand years ago.

DAS.1913-07-29, SW_v08#13 p.157-158, ABIE.125, BLO_PN#007

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

AB11087

...Thank God that thou art assisted in serving the believers of God. Thou art the enkindled brazier of the Fire of Love and a lamp of the utmost purity

DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007

Being a source of light; guidance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1190

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-10

270

I have been wishing that such a day might come. Thank God that such a day has come in which we see each other.

TTAG.003-004, BLO_PN#101

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of thought and belief

ABU2683

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0840

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

360

Many a time, a calamity becomes the means to a bounty. Not until man has endured hardship because of a thing will he appreciate the full value of the thing.

PN_1906 p064, SUR.255-256, BLO_PN#001

Love of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH00034

Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub)

7050

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb)

Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه

This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart

INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08

BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138

WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144

Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation.

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327

AB02479

250

Thou must be firm and unshakable in thy purpose, and never, never let any outward

DAS.1913-08-19, SW_v04#12 p.208+210, ABIE.208, PN_1913 p005, MAB.016, VLAB.127x, BLO_PN#007

Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2905

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.005-006, BLO_PN#104

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1096

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

290

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

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

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3499

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104

Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3404

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104

Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00075

1210

ای منجذبه ملکوت الله نامه مفصل رسید از قرائتش نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received.... Evil spirits are deprived of eternal life…. That the Most Great Name exerciseth influence over both physical and spiritual matters is sure and certain

BRL_DAK#0225, MKT3.184, AVK2.230.01x, DWNP_v6#03 p.001-003x, YHA1.015x

COC#1025x, LOG#0925x, LOG#1732x, LOG#1762x, SW_v02#15 p.005-007+016, SW_v08#18 p.236, SW_v14#07 p.210, DLA.077, BLO_PN#026

Demons and evil spirits; Love of God; Rejection of Muhammad; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02406

370

At Dawn the Friend came to my bed'

سحر آمد به بسترم یار کی شوریده ز عشق وی دل افکار ای برایم فتاده بهر سوئی وی

At dawn the Friend came to my bed: “O fool for love, O broken heart, O thou, who pinest for Me wherever thou art

INBA30:163

MAS4.181

LOIR16.273, BLO_PT#010

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3223

Words to some friends, spoken on 1912-07-04

Even the sword is no test to the Persian believers.... But some of the people here are tested if I don't say 'How do you do?'

PN_1909B p047, DJT.327, BLO_PN#027

Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00638

1200

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

BH00064

Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters)

5270

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم

Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased

INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157,

BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b

BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005

A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recently died.

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272

ABU1325

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10

240

There is an attractive power in everything in the world, which is called the possibility of receiving the power of progress.... By being severed from the world I do not mean holding in contempt the things of the world

SW_v08#06 p.063x, PN_1904 p017, PN_1904 p051, PN_1907 p077, TTAW.023, BLO_PN#102

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05185

150

ای دو حمامه همدم و همراز الحمد لله در گلشن الهی پرواز نمودید و بملکوت راز پی

O ye two companion doves, united in heart and spirit! All praise be to God that ye have soared in the divine garden and winged your way to the Kingdom of mysteries [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that you are soaring in the Divine rose-garden, have found your way to the Kingdom of Mysteries and have become the recipients of the Favors of His Highness the Incomparable One!

INBA87:260b, INBA52:264

NJB_v04#12 p.005

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3644

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Tests are like fire which purifies.

TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03305

210

...The believers with the utmost firmness and steadfastness must engage in the teaching of the Cause. They must become united and agreed. They are all the drops of one river

DAS.1913-08-27, ABIE.246, BLO_PN#007

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB08450

100

O thou servant of the Almighty! Beg of God that in this world which is groaning with pains and troubles, thou mayst aspire to a breath of rest and that in this sorrow-begirdled globe, thou mayst obtain happiness.

DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.243, BLO_PN#007

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1061

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

300

The Cause has become very great. Many souls are entering it--souls with different mentalities... Teach the Cause to those who do not know

DAS.1913-01-16, SW_v04#01 p.016, CHH.177, VLAB.141x, BLO_PN#022

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

AB08655

ناله و فغان از عدم ارسال مکاتیب عبدالبهاء نموده بودید چهل سال

...Thy letter was received. Thou hast lamented and complained because it is come time since thou hast received any letter from ‘Abdu'l-Baha.

YHA2.997x, NJB_v04#15 p.002x

DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.146, BLO_PN#007

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB04803

160

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای قرین و ندیم عبدالبهاء ای همسفر نازنین عبدالبهاء الحمد لله این سفر ثانی نیز

O close companion of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! O dear fellow traveler of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Praised be God, this second journey, too, has come to an end

INBA84:346, BLIB_Or.08117.041,

MMK5#091 p.072

DAS.1913-08-17x, ABIE.203x, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.326x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB02843

230

O respected personage, thou seeker of Reality! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter but a mirror... If thy earthly house is destroyed, be thou not sad!

DAS.1913-09-12x, SW_v04#13 p.223, ABIE.310x, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00028

7480

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

ABU3215

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04891

Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírza

160

Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá); Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یار مهربان آنچه کلک مشکین نگاشت شادمانی بخشید و خرمی آورد

O kind Friend! What thy musk-laden pen hath inscribed bestowed joy and brought delight. It was not a dew-drop

BRL_DAK#0415, SFI10.021

BRL_ATE#144, EBTB.155, BLO_PT#169

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3509

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.014-015, BLO_PN#104

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

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

AB05982

140

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address

DAS.1913-07-28, BSC.452 #827x, SW_v07#10 p.097x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007

AB03425

200

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

O thou my friend of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that the city of Boston is stirred

SW_v07#16 p.160, BLO_PT#028d

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11267

...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult

DAS.1913-07-09, SW_v13#10 p.276x, ABIE.048, BLO_PN#007

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07147

120

O thou spiritual pearl and leaf stirred by the wafting of the Breeze of God! Verily with a heart overflowing with love and affection I perused thy letter

DAS.1913-07-13, ABIE.060, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0321

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

710

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

TDLA.041-044, BLO_PN#104

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace

AB10293

...Be thou in a state of utmost joy and fragrance and render thanks unto the Forgiving Lord, that praise be to God, thou art victorious and triumphant

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11266

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

O servant of God! Give thanks to God for you have come to the Holy Land, visited the Sacred Threshold, associated with us for a few days

TAB.678, BAVA.036, BLO_PN#021

AB08203

100

O thou Sweet Singing Maidservant of the Rose-Garden of the Love of God! Although you took the trouble and hastened to London

BLO_PT#052.19

Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1716

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

180

Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls

LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

BH00048

12400

Tabernacle of Unity, The; Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

الحمد لله الذی اظهر من الالف الاستقامه الکبری و بالباء شان الامتیاز بین الاشیاء... استدعای دیگر آنکه خدمت جناب صاحب یگانه سلام برسانید انشآءالله در این دار فانی بامری فائز شوند

Praise be to God Who hath manifested through the Alif the Most Great Steadfastness, and through the Bá the station of distinction between all things [3.5s]... ...In regard to what thou hast written concerning his honour the learned Sahib, upon him be the grace of God... And that which you have mentioned about Shalmaghani and what Shalmaghani has uttered in relation to this Supreme Manifestation of God

BRL_TBUP#2x, AVK2.067.06x, LHKM1.156x, AYI1.333x, YARP1.023x, UAB.022cx, MAS7.148x, AYI2.396x, SAAF.085x, SAAF.091x, SAAF.365x, ASAT1.277x, ASAT4.179x, ASAT5.251x, NSS.129-130x, DVB5.007-033

TBU#2x, BLO_PT#184x, KFPT#03.2x

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB3.433, LL#161, LL#174, LL#175

AB01201

360

ای منادی پیمان نامه نوزدهم شهر محرم ملاحظه گردید از مضمون آثار بشاشت و امید

O thou herald of the Covenant! Thy letter of the 19th of Muharram was received, and from its contents signs of contentment

BRL_DAK#0148, YIA.287-288, KHAZ.i025

KHAZE.021, BLO_PN#025

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1629

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

190

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

TDLA.016-017, BLO_PN#104

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11299

...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world.

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01275

350

ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب آقا سید اسدالله باسکندریه وارد و ملاقات حاصل و چون

O ye friends of Abdul Baha! His Honor Sayad Assadullah arrived in Alexandria and a meeting was obtained. When he received permission for his departure he mentioned your names

MMK5#044 p.042, MJDF.117

DAS.1913-08-09, ABIE.173, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB06176

130

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

O thou heavenly daughter! Thy detailed letter written to His Honor Mirza Ahmad was perused. It is very acceptable and seasonable that thou hast taken this voyage.

DAS.1913-10-19, SW_v05#01 p.006x, BLO_PT#003c

AB09749

O ye believers of God! Supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Almighty

DAS.1913-07-21, SW_v04#15 p.253 , ABIE.094, BLO_PN#007

Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0537

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

510

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

TDLA.052-054, BLO_PN#104

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

AB00418

600

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایها المنجذب بتجلیات رحمانیه من الملکوت الاعلی انی بکل فرح فتحت کتابک

O thou who art attracted by the brilliant lights of the Merciful One, shining from the Supreme Kingdom!... As for the symbol of the cross

BRL_DAK#0708

TAB.596-599, LOG#1718x, BSC.470 #881-882x, BLO_PT#214

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00334

Suriy-i-Qalam

1970

Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم

O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me

INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204

AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23

DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47

A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, the denizens of earth and heaven, the concourse of monks, and the Maid of Heaven.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324

BH01966

Hur-i-'Ujab (The Wondrous Maiden)

450

Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden)

قد طلع جمال القدس عن خلف الحجاب و ان هذا لشیء عجاب و انصعقت الارواح من نار

The hallowed Beauty shone resplendent from behind the veil. How wondrous a thing, how wondrous indeed!

INBA47:245b, INBA36:463a, BLIB_Or15706.122, , BLIB_Or15714.025,

AHM.153, AYT.251, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, OOL.B009, AMB#12

DOR#12, RBB.132-133, BLO_PT#145

L. Slott, R. Yazhari

Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the people of the world, their rejection of her summons, and her return in sorrow to her abode.

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ROB1.218, ROB1.211, MMAH.134, MMAH.232, LL#018, LL#042

BH03230

Rashh-i-'Ama

280

Call of the Divine Beloved

Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته

Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down

INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b,

BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093

CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275

BH02000

Halih Halih ya Bisharat

440

Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát)

Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings)

حور بقا از فردوس اعلی آمد هله هله هله یا بشارت با چنگ و نوا هم با کاسه حمرا

The maid of eternity came from the Most Exalted Paradise: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah O glad tidings!

INBA36:456

BRL_DA#253, HDQI.160, GSH.033, ANDA#18 p.03, OOL.B008

BLO_PT#111, HURQ.BH17

Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

Ecstatic poem celebrating the descent of the Maid of Heaven, who brings both life and death to her lovers.

ROB1.219, MMAH.143, LL#017

BH01585

550

Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty

Lawh-i-Shams-i-Jamal-i-Ilah (Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty)

شمس جمال الهی از مشرق غیب ربانی طالع شده و بر جمیع ممکنات مشرق گشته فیا طوبی

The Daystar of Divine Beauty hath risen from the dawning-place of ancient glory and shineth upon all created things. Happy art thou, who hast been illumined by its splendours.

INBA19:032, INBA32:031

BLO_PT#158, HURQ.BH30

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

LL#285

BH01361

Gul va Bulbul (The nightingale and the owl)

630

Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl

Gul va Bulbul (Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl)

گل معنوی در رضوان الهی بقدوم ربیع معانی مشهود ولکن بلبلان صوری محروم مانده اند گل

The spiritual rose in the divine garden blossoms into mystical meanings at the approach of spring, but the artificial nightingales remain deprived.

INBA65:234, BLIB_Or07852.108, , NLI.32p002v

AQA4#099 p.336, AQA4a.368, HDQI.011, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002x, AKHA_123BE #11-12 p.a, ANDA#06 p.03, OOL.B200

BLO_PT#136

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

LL#064, LL#094

ABU3032

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

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

DLA.063, BLO_PN#026

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH00155

Suriy-i-Ahzan

3410

Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows)

ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن

O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity

INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047

BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x

DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092

Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of a mystical conversation between the two.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289

ABU2376

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03

100

Religion can be divided into two parts: the first is the spirit which never changes; and the second the laws

BAVA.031, BLO_PN#021

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2713

Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa

این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است

This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate

MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19

BLO_PT#216.028

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Seven stages of creation; Symbolism of color and light

AB00923

410

سئوال از رئیس که در آیه مبارکه مذکور است نموده بودید این رئیس عالی پاشاست که سبب نقل از عراق

You had asked concerning the Chief mentioned in the Blessed Verse - this Chief is Ali Pasha who occasioned the banishment from Iraq [3.5s]... ...By the crimson land and the crimson hill the station of Fate/Decree is intended, for in the terminology of the people of God, white indicates the station of the Will, while green signifies the station of Predestination.

MAS2.048-049x

BLO_PT#216.027x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Symbolism of color and light

BH11483

Tablet of the Hair 11

Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

جعدی حبلی من تمسک به لن یضل فی ازل الازال لان فیه هدایه الی انوار الجمال

A lock of My hair is My Cord. He who layeth fast hold on it shall never to all eternity go astray

BLIB_Or11098.029i

LHKM3.076a, MUH3.275d, OOL.B191.11

BLO_PT#202, DAS.1914-09-12

Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01643

310

O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that Julia and her respected husband entered into the religion of God

BLO_PT#052.17a

ABU2368

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

100

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

TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1773

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

170

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

TDLA.045, BLO_PN#104

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; John the Baptist; Reincarnation; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1878

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02

160

These words of Christ were addressed to the Jews and Pharisees. By coming in the name of the Father

BAVA.024-025, BLO_PN#021

Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH00528

Lawh-i-Bismillih

1410

Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God

Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God)

این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن

This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance.

BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033

WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165

Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of maturity, which entails the understanding of why some choose the path of faith and others that of denial, why each religious sect believes it is in sole possession of the truth, and why the Prophets of the past were all rejected in their day.

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#079

ABU0076

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-24

1400

In the time of the Manifestations of God people were hindered mostly in two ways. First the statements of the previous books were not understood.

PN_1901 p078, BLO_PN#109

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ

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

AB02642

230

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت دختر ملکوتی مس نوبلاک نهایت ستایش از ایمان و محبت شما

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! The heavenly daughter, Miss Knoblock, has given the utmost praise about your Faith and Love

MMK3#131 p.092x, BBBD.264-265

BBBD.265-267, DAS.1913-09-22, ABIE.346, BLO_PN#007

Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1521

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-11

210

We have wished it to be such. For many reasons, this incarceration is useful for me. One is that this is conducive to protection; for our enemies

PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p030, SUR.227, BLO_PN#001

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2933

Words spoken on 1913-09-19 in Ramleh

When one goes out to teach he should think of all these things. He must be prepared at all times for whatever comes in the path of God.

DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.338, PN_1913 p014, BLO_PN#007

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0890

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-23

340

A certain rich man came into the presence of Jesus Christ and said 'O Thou Spirit of God, I want to be one of thy disciples.'

DWN_v4#07 p.113-114, PN_1901 p077, BLO_PN#109

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0848

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

360

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

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

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00845

Suratu'llah

970

Surah of God

Súratu'lláh (Surah of God)

ان یا علی بعد نبیل اسمع ندآء ربک حین الذی یرید ان یخرج عن بینکم بما اکتسبت

O Muhammad-`Ali, hearken to this proclamation from thy Lord, at a time when He desireth to depart out from among ye by reason of what the hands of the oppressors have wrought

BLIB_Or15723.162, , BLIB_Or15737.001,

AQA4#076 p.068, AQA4a.016, ASAT2.111x, OOL.B102

BLO_PT#091, HURQ.BH25

Declares the divinity of His station, rebukes the followers of the Báb for plotting against Him, and announces His temporary retirement from the community.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.245, MMAH.153, GSH.060, LL#316

BH00468

1540

هذا کتاب کریم قد نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم و فیه ما یفرح به المخلصون

This is a glorious Book which hath been sent down from the presence of One Who is Mighty, All-Wise, wherein is that which causeth the sincere ones to rejoice [3.5s]... ...Say: Beware lest ye become veiled by evil suggestions from Him who is the Possessor of all Names and Attributes. This is he [Baha’u’llah] whose Manifestation the Bab hath covenanted (‘ahd) in every particle (dharr) of the Bayan

INBA34:089, BLIB_Or15735.143,

AQA1#004, AVK4.420bx, AVK4.257.03x, MAS8.047bx, AKHA_124BE #09 p.ax, HYK.143

BLO_PT#216.030x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB05974

140

O ye real friends! And ye who are drawn to the Beauty of God! This is the time of attraction and acclamation, and the period of rejoicing and merrymaking.

DAS.1913-09-08, ABIE.294, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00280

Suriy-i-Ziyarih

2280

Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation

Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn)

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء

This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs

INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066

AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141

LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x

Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was one of its early martyrs and who is implicitly related in the tablet to Bahá’u’lláh (whose given name was also Ḥusayn) and through Him to the persecution and suffering of Abel, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Imam Ḥusayn, and the Báb.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets

MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330

ABU3082

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.008, BLO_PN#104

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mount Carmel; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01120

Lawh-i-Napoleon I

750

First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun); Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت فی ذکر الا ذکرک و فی توجهی الی جهه

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art aware that nothing have I sought by making any mention, except a fitting mention of Thee

BRL_DA#706, ROBP2.388x

GPB.173x, PDC.082-083x, LOIR4.151, BLO_PT#014, BLO_PT#038x

Recounts the sufferings endured by Bahá’u’lláh and His followers; avows their innocence; reminds the Emperor of two pronouncements he had made on behalf of the oppressed and the helpless; and calls upon him to inquire into the condition of those who have been wronged, including Bahá’u’lláh and His fellow exiles.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199

AB03589

200

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

...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists

DAS.1914-04-17x, BLO_PT#028p, BSTW#097

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00485

1500

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان بساط امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که عالم را بکلمه

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court of the Lord of all beings, Who through His Word hath created the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast inquired about the tradition “Knowledge is twenty and seven letters. All that the Prophets have revealed are two letters thereof

MKI4523.264,

BRL_DA#527, ISH.264, ASAT4.395x, YIK.066-070

BLO_PT#079.2.2x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2475

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid wished to strike terror into my heart; he sent to tell me that I should be imprisoned forever, or executed, or sent to a far-off penal colony. I answered his threats by a message

CHH.192, BLO_PN#022

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00058

Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz)

5550

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

ABU0160

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23

1010

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place

BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment

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

BH00358

Suriy-i-Dam

1850

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood)

ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him.

INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156,

BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111

BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42

Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying Imám Ḥusayn, who identifies his sufferings with those of Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist, Jesus, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296

Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm.

BH00269

Lawh-i-Ra'is

2370

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا

The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men

INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a

NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b

SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038

Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217

ABU1242

Words spoken on 1913-07-03 in Port Said

260

The soul of man must be happy, no matter where he is. One must attain to that condition of inward beatitude and peace

DAS.1913-07-03, SW_v07#16 p.161-162, ABIE.014, PN_1914 p009x, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Study; deepening; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1344

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

240

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

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

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2511

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

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

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

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1204

Words spoken on 1913-08-25 in Ramleh

270

While I was in Adrianople Khorsheed Pasha the Vali asked me one day about the future possibilities of the country... During the war against a foreign nation one of the soldiers was stricken with a severe sickness.

DAS.1913-08-25, SW_v09#18 p.206, ABIE.239, BLO_PN#007, STAB#152

Relationship between government and people; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0943

330

In Haifa there was at one time a German Consul who became Abdu'l-Baha's friend. He used to call on Abdu'l-Baha often

ABIE.312, BLO_PN#007, STAB#100

Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes

AB01072

380

ای قابل مقبول آنچه مرقوم نمودی مشهود گشت مضمون مفهوم شد الحمد لله دلالت بر

O thou who art acceptable and well-favoured! That which thou didst inscribe hath been observed and its contents have been understood. Praise be to God, it indicated [3.5s]... ...The true morn dawneth from the depths of a darksome night, and the world-illuminating light of day poureth forth from the canopy of a night of gloom.

MSHR4.054x, MSHR5.260x, VAA.044-045

BLO_PT#174x, BLO_PT#175x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0465

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1906-07-06

560

The believers must not be influenced by the conditions in Akka, be Akka in a state of calm or confusion. No matter what happens in Akka

PN_1906 p074, SUR.267-268, BLO_PN#001

Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2513

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

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

AHV.016, BLO_PN#045

Accounts of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1283

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22

250

once when the Blessed Perfection was travelling from one place to another with His followers He passed through a lonely country where, at some little distance from the highway, a hermit lived alone in a cave.

AEP.023-025, VLAB.023, BLO_PN#031

Love of God; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1255

Words spoken on 1913-08-04 in Ramleh

250

Last Friday I went to the Mosque of Sidi Jahar. There were many Mullahs. One of them started to pray while another began to chant the verses of the Koran.

DAS.1913-08-04, ABIE.155, BLO_PN#007

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0611

Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh

470

In Adrianople, vis-à-vis of our house, there was a café. Here sat every day a retired officer from the Turkish Army belonging to the Baktashi's sect.

DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.220, BLO_PN#007, STAB#002

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2737

Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh

When we were in in Bagdad, there was a very prominent man who used to come often to see Bahá'u'lláh. He sat in His Presence with the greatest respect, and listened to the utterances

DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.184, BLO_PN#007, STAB#083

Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

ABU3536

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911

That is well. Very well. A day's work done in the spirit of service is in itself an act of worship. Such work is a prayer unto God.

CHH.152, BLO_PN#022

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Work as worship

ABU3652

120

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes

وقتی اتفاق افتاد که وزرا من باب دشمنی مرحوم میرزا عباس را متهم

At one time, the ministers, actuated by their animosity, accused ʻAbbas [Núrí] of committing treacherous behavior, and they concocted a plot

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.20

BLO_courage.06b

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

ABU2308

Words spoken on 1913-07-04 in Port Said

110

It is related that an aged and decrepit man became the guest of his holiness Abraham

DAS.1913-07-04, SW_v08#12 p.143, ABIE.025, BLO_PN#007, STAB#051

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1867

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

160

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

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1240

Words spoken on 1913-08-25 in Ramleh

260

The thoughts of the statesmen of the East are atrophied, and their hearts devoid of desire for the progress of the nation. Their ideas are petty

DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.237, BLO_PN#007

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2099

Words spoken on 1913-08-08 in Ramleh

130

When we left Bagdad, a Darvish came to me and begged to be a member of the party. I told him the trip would be most difficult.

DAS.1913-08-08, ABIE.169, BLO_PN#007, STAB#084

Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0864

Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh

350

At another time there were fifteen celebrated thieves in Bagdad. They raided many houses during the night... Amongst the robbers there was one whose name was Haydar.

DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.184-186, BLO_PN#007

Stories; anecdotes

ABU1110

Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh

290

are they happy? If they are not happy, then, in this wide world, who could claim happiness? Happiness is the most natural possession and immanent attribute of every Bahá'í.

ABIE.383, BLO_PN#007

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04766

200

Portion of Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí)

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí)

علیک بهائی و ذکری و رحمتی ثم ثناء کل شیء فی کل حین قد قرء بین یدینا کتابک

Upon thee be My glory, My remembrance and My mercy; then the praise of all things at every moment. We have read before Us thy letter [3.5s]... ...We hear thy cry and supplication at thy remoteness from the Dawning-Place of Light.

INBA42:250, BLIB_Or15725.346b,

EBTB.244, BLO_PT#065x

Consolation and comfort; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1469

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

220

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

TDLA.017-018, BLO_PN#104

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00746

Shikkar-Shikan Shavand

1050

Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand

Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand)

شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب

Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One

INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106

BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099

BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x

Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the face of threats and persecutions.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286

ABU1321

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-11

240

In the Persian language they call America the new world. This is a very good name. This new Revelation will be the cause of America becoming a new world.

TTAG.007-008, BLO_PN#101

Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1770

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

170

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

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

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

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

ABU1981

Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh

140

It is very strange that up to this time not one Persian has come here just to pay a social call

DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.186, BLO_PN#007

Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Universality of the Cause

ABU0882

Public address given on 1912-04-18

340

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید

Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends

BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n

PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

MHMD1.047

BH00662

Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

1150

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه

O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree

INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b

NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053

SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045

B. Parmar

Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another.

Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

ABU0111

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab on 4 May 1910

1180

Meine Gäste kennen wohl die ruhmreiche Geschichte der göttlichen Geduld und der sehnsüchtigen Todesfreudigkeit seiner Heiligkeit des Propheten Báb

SDW v11#03 p.030-032, BLO_PN#048x

House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Shrines and Holy places; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01184

360

Bahá'í World Faith; Center of the Covenant; Light of the World

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل گردید بموجب دستورالعملی

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. Speak in accordance with the instructions written herein

NURA#61, MMK4#156 p.168, MMK5#208 p.158, AMK.259-261

BWF.358-359x, COC#0217x, LOTW#61, SW_v03#07 p.016-017, SW_v06#14 p.106-107, SW_v08#14 p.186-187, BLO_PT#021, BSTW#052ox

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

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

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

BH03572

260

یا حسن اسمتع ندآء الحسین الذی سجن فی حصن عکا بما اکتسبت ایدی الغافلین

O Hasan! Hearken unto the call of Husayn Who hath been incarcerated in the prison fortress of 'Akka by reason of that which the hands of the heedless have wrought

BLIB_Or15715.035a,

SFI21.005-006, MUH3.250, ANDA#54 p.03

BLO_PT#178

Apocalyptic imagery; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Seal of the Prophets; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

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

AB02184

260

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای ابناء ملکوت سال نو عبارت از گردش و حرکت دوره سنوی است

O ye children of the Kingdom! It is New Year; that is to say, the rounding of the cycle of the year. A year is the

DWNP_v4#07 p.040

TAB.038-040, BSC.475 #899x, SW_v02#01 p.010-011, SW_v04#16 p.266, SW_v08#01 p.009, CHH.217-218, BLO_PN#022

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU0982

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22

320

We can all serve in the Cause of God no matter what our occupation is. No occupation can prevent the soul coming to God. Peter was a fisherman

PN_1899 p010, AEP.020-021, NRMM.162, BLO_PN#031

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Work as worship

AB08451

100

O Thou kind, incomparable God! Familiarize these hearts with Thy Mysteries and detach them from friends and strangers.

DAS.1913-09-10, ABIE.301, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3521

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

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

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

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

ABU1529

Words to May Maxwell, spoken on 1898-02-17

210

You are like the rain which is poured upon the earth making it bud and blossom and become fruitful

AEP.012-013, MAX.076-077, BLO_PN#031

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01353

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani

630

Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند

O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you

INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042

BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax

TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Power of prayer; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#084

BH02563

Lawh-i-Rada'r-Ruh

350

Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh

Lawh-i-Radar-Ruh (Tablet to Radar-Ruh)

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندآء من سجن مره بعد اخری فی سبیل الله ربک و رب

O Thou who hast fixed his gaze upon the (divine) Countenance! Hearken unto the Call of Him Who hath suffered imprisonment, time after time, in the path of God

INBA73:362, NLAI_BH1.510, NLAI_BH2.249

SFI16.036-037, MUH3.026-027, ASAT1.051x, DLH3.472

BLO_PT#189, BTO#11

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.007-010, LL#197

BH01281

660

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

ABU1564

Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906

200

Ye came and visited the Holy Place and associated with the Beloved of God. It is hoped ye will carry with you the effect and result

PN_1906 p082, SUR.266-267, BLO_PN#001

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU1273

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

250

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

TDLA.057-058, BLO_PN#104

Fulfillment of true potential; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09530

Thank God that a light of guidance has shone in the court of thy heart and soul! Thirsty wert thou, thou didst attain to the fountain of eternal life.

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007

Living waters; water of life; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03622

190

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! I hope, from the Almighty, that thou mayest be confirmed to the necessities and conditions of the following address

TAB.728-729, BLO_PN#093

AB05975

140

O thou sign of Guidance! Thank God that thou hast advanced from the region of darkness toward the center of Lights and after crossing the desert

DAS.1913-09-16, ABIE.323, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1147

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

280

If by punishing is meant striking, no, this is very bad for the child. Children should be trained through love. But if parents show them the utmost love without requiring of them good behavior

PN_1906 p083, SUR.238, BLO_PN#001

Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2917

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104

Being a source of light; guidance; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1861

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

160

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

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

Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of pilgrimage; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

AB07966

100

O thou servant at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection! Offer thou glorification to the Lord because the radiant morn of the most great Guidance

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

BH03843

Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa

240

Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A

Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa (The Cup-bearer from the Eternal Unseen)

ساقی از غیب بقا برقع برافکن از عذار تا بنوشم خمر باقی از جمال کردگار آنچه در

Lift up the veil from Thy face, O Cup-Bearer of the hidden Realm of Immortality, That I may taste the wine of eternal life

INBA36:455a, INBA30:137, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#155, TZH4.141-142x, MAS4.209, RHQM1.350-351 (425) (258-259), OOL.B098

DB.137x, BLO_PT#087, HURQ.BH11

A brief ode alluding to His messianic secret and calling for purification of heart and commitment to love and sacrifice as conditions of the spiritual journey.

Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ROB1.064, MMAH.164, GSH.065, LL#283

ABU2262

Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-29

110

Praise be to God that you have come. For many days you have been here and with perfect joy and fragrance we associated

DAS.1913-09-29, ABIE.371, BLO_PN#007

Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3394

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

Man should be intoxicated with the wine of Knowledge and drink from the Chalice of Wisdom. For this joy and exhilaration continues to Eternity.

PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02798

230

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

ای یاران و اماء رحمن نامه شما فی الحقیقه سرور و شادمانی بخشید و سبب امیدواری

O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful!...If a person reads the Hidden Words, the Ishrakat, Tajallayat, the Glad Tidings

MMK3#167 p.117x, HDQI.239, ANDA#28 p.05

DAS.1914-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.025x, SW_v09#10 p.118x, BLO_PT#028o

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds

AB07677

110

The Cloud of Providence hath poured down the rain of guidance upon the East and the West; the rays of the Sun of Reality

DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.146, BLO_PN#007

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

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

ABU3442

Words spoken on 1913-08-02 in Ramleh

This is the day of teaching. This is the day of service. This is the day of the illumination of the world of humanity. Nothing else will give permanent result. This is our work.

DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.143, BLO_PN#007

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

ABU0963

Words spoken on 1913-08-14 in Ramleh

320

I have brought thee with me that I may educate thee according to my own standard. As soon as I observe that thou hast attained to that standard, I shall send thee away.

DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.190-191, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06766

120

...Praise be to God that you have not forgotten the time of our meeting and that your hearts and souls are attracted to Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU3380

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

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

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU2504

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

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

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

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10294

...Rest ye assured that the Breaths of the Holy Spirit shall inspire you with the power of speech. Consequently, loosen your tongues and speak in every meeting

DAS.1913-09-23, ABIE.349, BLO_PN#007

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB03829

190

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الجدیده المورخ ۳۰ اکتوبر سنه ۱۹۰۲

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy recent letter, dated October 30, 1902, and noted its contents... As to thy question regarding the 'Minor Resurrection' and the first creation

YMM.357x

DLA.091x, MAB.007, BLO_PN#026x

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2897

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

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

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

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

AB09509

...The meetings that thou art holding in thy house are the means of strengthening the hearts of the spiritual ones

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU0381

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

640

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

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

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10496

ای بهآء آسمانی ما ضعيفيم و تو توانا ما فقيريم و تو کنز غنا تأييدی فرما

O ye daughters of the Kingdom! There is very little time. All the letters which have come from the East and the West have remained without answer

MMG2#133 p.149x

BLO_PT#052.24

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

ABU2387

Words spoken on 1913-09-05 in Ramleh

100

The program of such fete days must be so prepared as to yield a permanent result. As they are the days of freedom from work

DAS.1913-09-05, ABIE.282, BLO_PN#007

Consultation; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU1510

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

210

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

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

Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB09177

Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

Your short letter was long because it came from the depths of your love. One word expressing the love of God

BLO_PT#003a

ABU1627

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

190

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

TDLA.046-047, BLO_PN#104

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB07439

110

ای سرمست جام حق آرزوی خدمتی شایان باستان یزدان داری خوشا بحال تو که بچنین نیت

O thou who art exhilarated with the Cup of the True One: Thou hast the desire to render a great service at the Threshold of the Almighty.

INBA89:126

DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.243, BLO_PN#007

Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high

BH01489

580

Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh

Unnamed Tablet (Baghdad)

دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو دد ملولم و انسانم آرزو است دوست مهربان

Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand crying, "I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire"

INBA36:349, BLIB_Or15722.245, , Majlis934.076-082

BRL_DA#609, MSHR2.138x

LOIR19.237, BLO_PT#008

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU2642

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.011-012, BLO_PN#104

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes

BH01026

Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic)

810

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic)

یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها

O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!

BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x

BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a

BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21

L. Thoresen [track 4]

Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion)

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155

ABU1284

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

250

There is no real pleasure in the world and no real happiness.... I wish for the happiness and prosperity of the believers even in this material world,

SW_v08#06 p.065x, PN_1904 p006, PN_1904 p040, TTAW.009-010, BLO_PN#102

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB03889

190

O ye friends of God and assistants of Abdu'l-Baha! What can I write, and what can I say? That which is in the heart can be neither translated into words nor written on paper... The world is black; the divine bestowal is radiant. This blackness must be changed

DAS.1913-08-26, SW_v08#10 p.135-136x, ABIE.242, BLO_PN#007

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02437

250

ای یاران عبدالبهاء یاران جسمانی مارانند زیرا هر محبتی که لله نباشد عاقبت

O ye friends of Abdul Baha! Material friendship is not permanent; for every kind of love which is not purely for the sake of God is ended in hatred.

MMK3#286 p.208, MJMJ3.079ax, MMG2#011 p.010x, YHA2.999-1000x, NJB_v04#15 p.003x

DAS.1913-07-16, SW_v08#11 p.141-142x, ABIE.072, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

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

AB00726

460

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن نامه ای که در تعزیت و ماتم حضرت ابی الفضائل مرقوم

O friends of God and the handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The letter in which you expressed condolence at the loss of ‘Abú‘l-Fadl was studied.

SAAF.347-349

DAS.1914-03-22, DAS.1914-03-28x, BLO_PT#161, BLO_PT#212

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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]

ABU3526

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris

Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet?

CHH.181, BLO_PN#022

Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Reincarnation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death

ABU0744

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

400

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

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

Differences in human capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; 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

ABU0681

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

430

It is a certain fact, absolutely established, that people whether righteous or wicked, the people of light or darkness

PN_unsorted p051, BLO_PN#070

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Higher encompasses the lower; Life and death; Soul; spirit after death; The concourse on high

ABU3596

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

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

AB07480

110

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

مرقوم نموده بودی که از احبّا شنيدی که انسان اگر ترقّی ننمايد محو و نابود گردد مقصد عدم صرف نيست

Thou hast written that some of the friends have informed thee that if man does not progress, he will perish and become nonexistent.

MMK3#047 p.029x

BLO_PT#080.47x

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Differences in human capacity; Soul; spirit after death

ABU3101

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

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

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

Demons and evil spirits; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB02957

220

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که از شدت غم اسیرم و در زندان

O precious maidservant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. Thou hast written that through unbearable grief thou art a prisoner in a grievous prison.

MMK3#046 p.028

BLO_PT#080.46

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

BB00590

100

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

وانی لاعلم یا الهی ان الشیئی لما ینسب الیک یظهر حکم المشیة فی صقعه و اذا ینسب

I recognize, O my God, that whenever something is related to Thee, the decree of the Will is applicable to it, and whenever it is related to itself, the decree of Purpose is established in it

AVK1.100

BLO_PT#079.1.2, KSHK.BWB

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Seven stages of creation

BH01355

Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian)

630

Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner

Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian)

چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر

Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation

INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315,

BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b

BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22

Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0433

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

590

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

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

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB11422

...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion.

DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity

AB11423

...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, ABIE.107, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

AB06828

120

O thou Abbas of Abdul Baha! O thou namesake of Abdul Baha! The letter that thou didst write to Mr. Joseph Hannen was forwarded

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.197, BLO_PN#007

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03912

180

Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God (Lawh-i-Ismael)

Lawh-i-Ismael (Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God)

ای اسمعیل جلیل جمیع یاران الهی باید ذبیح الهی باشند یعنی جمیع شئون خویش را

O illustrious Ismael! All the friends of God should be as a sacrifice unto the One true God. This means that they should sacrifice and immolate

INBA13:082, INBA55:463

MKT4.014, AKHA_119BE #08 p.b, AKHB.133, AKHB.135, PYB#097 p.12, DUR1.529, MAS5.151, YHA1.397 (2.788), YIK.389-390

BLO_PT#180, BSTW#290

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB10768

...The Glances of Divine Providence are always vouchsafed, the infinite Bestowals are continually descending.

DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007

Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB06569

120

O thou son of the Kingdom! A copy of the book written by thee and forwarded

DAS.1913-09-12, SW_v04#16 p.274, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB02732

230

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای طائف حول مطاف عالمیان هر چند زحمت سفر کشیدی و بر و بحر طی نمودی ولی حمد حی

O thou who circlest round the Point of Adoration of all that dwell on earth! Though thou hast endured the toils of travel

BRL_DAK#0464, MKT9.148, MMK5#294 p.218, MJMJ2.108bx, MMG2#445 p.490x

BRL_ATE#122, BLO_sazedj#27x

Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

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

ABU1040

Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh

300

when the heart is confident, man knows that all is well. At one time in Acca, thirteen Bahais lived in one room

ABIE.384, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Excellence; distinction; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3059

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

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

PN_1921 p012, BLO_PN#060

Knowledge of self; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1569

Words to Roy Wilhelm et al, spoken on 1907-04-23

200

Since the beginning of the world up to the present time, whenever a Manifestation or a Holy One appeared, all stood against Him, disgracefully treated Him, rejected and opposed Him

PN_1907 p020, IHP.017-018, BLO_PN#046

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of the Manifestation of God; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Scarcity of receptive souls; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05310

150

ای ناطق بکلمه بلی در یوم لقاء صد هزار نفوس که در سر الست و یوم ذر وجود و

O thou who hast uttered the word "yea" on the Day of Meeting! A hundred thousand souls who existed in the time of "Am I not?" and the Day of the Covenant [3.5s]

MMK6#169, SFI09.015a

BLO_PT#216.031

Scarcity of receptive souls

BH00548

1360

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا محمد علیک بهائی نامه جناب ح علیه بهائی که بشما ارسال نموده غصن اکبر تلقاء

O Muhammad, upon thee be My glory! The letter of his honor H, upon him be My glory, which he had sent unto thee, hath been received in the presence of the Greater Branch [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Praise be to Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast aided me to gaze upon the traces of Thy Most Exalted Pen.... In regard to what thou hast asked, the intent of the 'active force' [fa'il] is the lord of the species [rabb al-naw'], and it hath other meanings

BLIB_Or15718.337,

BRL_DA#695, AQA7#392 p.107, ADM2#017 p.035x, AVK2.261.09x, MAS1.014.1x, ANDA#19 p.34x, NSS.103-104x

BLO_failyan, ADMS#199n94x, JHT_S#122x

ABU3495

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Both Peter and Paul suffered martyrdom with all steadfastness by the order of Nero. This is a clear and indisputable fact.

PN_1906 p077, SUR.268, BLO_PN#001

Martyrs and martyrdom; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU2367

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10

100

Paul and Peter, the Apostles, once went into one of the cities of the Greeks and engaged in teaching the Truth. In that city, there was a temple

PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p029, SUR.230, BLO_PN#001

Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1702

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25

180

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

Now the time has come when we must part, but the separation is only of our bodies... Another commandment give I unto you! That ye love one another as I love you....Behold a candle and how it gives its light. It weeps its life away, drop by drop, in order to give forth its flame of light.

BSC.503 #969x, SW_v08#06 p.065x, SW_v08#12 p.144x, SW_v12#16 p.251+254x, PN_1899 p014x, AEP.041-042, VLAB.012, BLO_PN#031

Baha'i World Congress, B. Weber, S. Sunderland

ABU2322

Words spoken on 1913-09-18 in Ramleh

100

Write to him to go and teach the Cause, spread the coming of the Kingdom and herald the dawn of the Sun of Reality... in this movement there are no regular salaried teachers.

DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.328, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00434

Suriy-i-Dhibh

1620

Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh)

Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice)

اقر لله علی عرش العظمه و الجلال بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن

God hath proclaimed from the throne of grandeur and splendor, "I, verily, am the Lord God, and there is no other god beside Me

INBA18:001, INBA37:003, BLIB_Or15723.188, , BLIB_Or15737.027,

AQA4#079 p.100, AQA4a.029, AVK3.467.01x, MAS4.139ax, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B113

BLO_PT#096

Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that Bahá’u’lláh has been offered up as a sacrifice at the hands of the wicked at every moment for the past twenty years.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298

ABU2646

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.009-010, BLO_PN#104

Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Unity in diversity; Word of God is its own standard

ABU2270

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

110

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

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

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity in diversity

AB00943

400

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

ABU0516

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

530

The proper spirit in which to visit places hallowed by remembrances of Christ... To be a Bahai simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood…. The world in the past has been ruled by force

COMP_WOMENP#025x

BRL_WOMEN#025x, COC#2116x, LOG#2079x, SW_v03#03 p.004-005, SW_v09#07 p.087, SW_v13#05 p.115, SW_v19#02 p.052, VLAB.084x, BNE.071x, BNE.083x, BNE.149x, BLO_PN#002x

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Humor; jokes; Role and station of women; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB02507

240

Letter to Corinne True re Women on the House of Justice

ای بنت ملکوت نامه رسید و اجتماع مبعوثان مشرق الاذکار در روز نوروز در شیکاغو

O daughter of the Kingdom! The epistle was received and the Convention of the delegates of the Mashrek-el-Azkar on the day of Naurooz, at Chicago, proved a cause of joy

BRL_DAK#0624, MSHR4.102-103, QT108.046x

BLO_PT#050, BSTW#196

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Role and station of women; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab

AB00328

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

660

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám)

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت

For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone

BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023

LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160

Adam; Adam and Eve; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Ringstone symbol

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah)

یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی

O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God

INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685

NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018

SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x

almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi

Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248

AB00457

580

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

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

ABU1570

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

200

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

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

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; True liberty; freedom

ABU2880

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0719

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

410

See how Mirza Muhammad Ali has said that 'Aqa [‘Abdu'l-Bahá] has abolished and effaced the Cause of God!' By the life of God

PN_1906 p042, SUR.246-247, BLO_PN#001

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BH00953

860

حمد مقدس از ظنون اهل امکان حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزا که اعراض معرضین و انکار

Hallowed praise, sanctified above the conjectures of all contingent beings, befitteth and beseemeth that Most Exalted One, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who despite the opposition of the opposers and denial [3.5s]... ...The one who related the existence of the Qá’im was a woman. It was asked of Jaʻfar

INBA31:149

MAS1.007.2x, MAS4.091bx, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, NSS.203ax

BLO_PT#060x, ADMS#002x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad

ABU1285

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

250

Our shelter is strong; our protector is a Mighty One. He protected us last year when the enemies made such false representations which might have resulted in our destruction.

PN_1906 p079, SUR.270, BLO_PN#001

Poems and quotation from poetry; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0038

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

1760

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Universal peace — in which book is this?'

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

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

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

BH02950

Lawh-i-Mihraban

300

Epistle to Mihrabán (Lawh-i-Mihrabán); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Mihraban (Epistle to Mihraban)

ای مهربان دوستی از دوستان یادت نمود یادت نمودیم امروز آنچه دیده می شود گواهی

O Mihrábán! One of the friends hath evoked thy remembrance; thus have We remembered thee.

INBA66:118, BLIB_Or15690.295, , BLIB_Or15699.120, , BLIB_Or15715.199b, , BLIB_Or15722.097, , MKI4523.285, , BN_suppl.1753.068-069

BRL_DA#124, ZYN.257, ISH.285, AHM.303, YARP1.017, UAB.052bx, DRD.173, AHB_120BE #10 p.360, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.a

BRL_ATBH#64, BW_v01p037x, BW_v02p057x, BW_v18p967, BLO_PT#033x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; True liberty; freedom; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

LL#172

BH00002

Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)

36200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The

Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker

الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع

No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…

BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400

BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017

IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x

R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216)

Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278

AB05558

140

ای بنده پروفای جمال قدم زنده باسم اعظمی رنجور بلا را دیگر چه غمی امواج عطاء

O faithful servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thy life is sustained by the Most Great Name, O sufferer in tribulations. Wherefore dost thou grieve?

MJH.048b

BLO_PT#210

Ahdieh, S. Taefi [track 14], S. Taefi [track 10], H. Aghili, unknown

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB01314

340

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب آقا احمد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to his honour Ahmad was perused [3.5s]... ...You wrote that it had been stated in the Hablu'l-Matin published at Rasht that the Bahais were partisans of the Autocracy

AMK.063-064, DBR.012, YIK.402-403

CHU.067-068, EGBBF.091-092x, BLO_PT#011cx

Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unity of governments; political unity

BH00112

Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?)

3990

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus)

Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names)

رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من

The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping.

INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139

BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108

GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45

Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life.

Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#294, LL#380

ABU0021

Public address given on 1912-09-14

2100

Address to the Theosophical Society, An; Mahmúd's Diary

I have the utmost of happiness this afternoon to be present at this revered meeting

BLO_PT#007

Equality of men and women; Maintainance of degrees in society; Oneness; unity of religion; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

MHMD1.263

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

AB05898

140

O thou nightingale of astonishing soaring in the rose-gardens! Verily I have chanted the verses of thy praise and holiness to God.

BLO_PT#052.14

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2820

Words spoken on 1913-08-06 in Ramleh

This is one of the wonders of this age, that an oriental and an occidental can meet on common ground

DAS.1913-08-06, SW_v08#10 p.136, ABIE.164, BLO_PN#007

Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

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

ABU3409

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

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

AHV.010, BLO_PN#045

Race unity; racial issues; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

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

ABU3388

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

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

AHV.012, BLO_PN#045

Laws of marriage and dowry; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3197

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

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

AHV.015, BLO_PN#045

Laws of marriage and dowry; Race unity; racial issues

AB01252

350

Bahá'í World Faith

ای دوست عزیز نامه که بمستر ملک مرقوم نموده بودید بر مضامین آن اطلاع حاصل شد

O dear friend! The contents of your letter to Mr. Molk have become known to me... You have written that there were several meetings of joy and happiness

AMK.131-132, AMK.133-134

BWF.359-359x, SW_v12#05 p.107x, AHV.031x, BLO_PN#045

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

AB02587

240

Man of Courage, The; Translation List; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn

مسئله عزير عليه السّلام حقيقتش اينست که مقصود ملّت حضرت موسی بود که به هجوم بخت‌النّصر

...Qa’im-Maqamí is, in truth, the foremost servant of the Cause of the All-Merciful… As to the verses concerning Dhu’l-Qarnayn, these are of the ambiguous sort that have an inner meaning. The objectors made this account a snare of deceit

MMK6#283x, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.027x, AVK2.201-202x, MAS2.042-043x

BLO_courage.30x, ADMS#328x

Imam 'Ali; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0148

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Jan 1910

1050

The Blessed Beauty Bahá'u'lláh has set down in His Writings the oriental natural philosophy that we share with the Persian Súfís

SDW v12#04 p.040-042, BLO_PN#050

Evolution; human evolution; Heat and motion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU2869

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-31

In the Koran are many things referring to Christ not mentioned in the Gospel. For instance: It is said that Christ took a bit of clay

SW_v09#18 p.211, BAVA.021, BLO_PN#021

Christ; Christianity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3253

Words spoken on 1912-06-12 in New York

To pray is not to read Psalms. To pray is to trust in God, and to be submissive in all things to Him... Strong ships are not conquered by the sea,--they ride the waves.

SW_v08#03 p.038, DJT.305, FDA.028, ABCC.214, VLAB.115-116, BLO_PN#027

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3181

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

Christian doctrine and practice; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU3626

Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24

Such people are doing the work of true religion.

AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, PN_unsorted p075, DJT.165-166, BLO_PN#027

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

ABU3334

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Knowledge of self; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; 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

AB00197

820

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Letter to Martha Root

ای عاشقان حقیقت و خادمان عالم انسانی چون از گلشن افکار و نوایای شما بوی خوشی

O ye lovers of truth! O ye servants of mankind! Out of the flowering of your thoughts and hopes, fragrant emanations

MKT3.065, MNMK#114 p.219, MMK1#202 p.238, AHB.124BE #06-09 p.35, DWNP_v2#06 p.050-052, PYB#047 p.23

SWAB#202, ADJ.088-089x, PDC.186x, WOB.030x, SW_v14#12 p.355-356, BLO_PT#051

Equality of men and women; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Prophecy and fulfillment; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

BH00260

Suriy-i-Ra'is

2450

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Suriy-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء

Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth

INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x

NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a

SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x

Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul.

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; 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 Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326

ABU0459

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-09

570

Every nation is looking for a Promised One, or indeed, for two Manifestations. Zoroastrians expect two. The Jews expect Elias and Christ.

PN_1904 p012, PN_1904 p048, TTAW.015-019, BLO_PN#102

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB00173

Tafsír-i-Áyat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John)

870

Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhanná)

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John)

بشیر اشارات پر بشارات که از مصر وفا عزم کری جهانان نموده از محفل دوستان

The herald of joyous tidings, who from the Egypt of faithfulness hath set forth to traverse the world, hath reached the gathering of the friends [3.5s]... ...The concourse of the Gospel have presently fallen lost in the wilderness of error and purblindness and thus have considered as naught these assertions of the Gospel

MKT2.057, PYM.423x

BLO_PT#026

Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0869

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

350

All this trouble is because humanity has wandered far from the true teaching of God. Nations are divided through superstition and tradition.

CHH.193-194, BLO_PN#022

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; High station of learning; Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH00597

Lawh-i-Ashraf

1270

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf

Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf)

ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات

O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts

INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167

BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027

GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171

A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, His revelation, and His words, and admonishing the Bábís who had not yet embraced it.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063

Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015.

ABU0495

Words spoken in late Aug./early Sept. 1911 in Vevey

540

Christ and all the Prophets have taught in their Holy Books the immortality of the soul. Jesus during His life had so many afflictions

AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p035, DJT.188-190, BLO_PN#027

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Purpose; goal of creation; Second birth; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU2095

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

130

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

TDLA.040, VLAB.105, BLO_PN#104

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1385

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-20

230

The history of the prophets who came before Abraham is not known, but it is known of those who came after him.

PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Judas; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Saint Peter and Saint Paul

BH00629

1220

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

ABU0602

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-10

470

These dishes are Persian dishes. Although the Persian dishes are simple, I hope the spiritual dishes may be powerful... Between material things a spiritual things there is a connection. The more healthful his body the greater

SW_v08#18 p.229-230x, TTAG.004-007, BLO_PN#101

East and West; communication between East and West; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00195

Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice)

2910

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)

هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین

This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits

INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083,

BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094

BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016

M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani

Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the kings and rulers, the people of the world, and the Bábís to be its exponents; asserts that its essence is embodied in the laws of God; and prophesies the day when the ‘standard of oppression’ will be rolled up and the ‘banner of justice’ will be unfurled throughout the earth.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276

AB01604

310

ای یار روحانی در این سنه مبارکه آثار نصرت الهی از جمیع جهات مانند نور سحر در

O spiritual friend! Signs of divine assistance, in this blessed year, are radiating from all horizons, even as the rays of dawn.

MKT8.201, KHAZ.i018+103+164

KHAZE.018, BLO_PN#025

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Jews; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH00457

Lawh-i-Mubahilih

1580

Tablets concerning the Divine Test

Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test)

هذا لوح قد فصل من لوح المحفوظ لیکون بنفسه هدایه و رحمه علی کل من فی السموات

This is a Tablet that hath been separated from the Preserved Tablet, that it might serve, of itself, as a guidance and mercy unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad! He Who is the Spirit hath, verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls of God's chosen ones

BLIB_Or07852.089, , BLIB_Or15725.463, , NLAI_BH2.006

BRL_DA#153, TZH5.029n-044n, MAS4.278.18x, MAS7.243-244x, ASAT4.487x, SAM.208, PYK.006, YMM.338x, OOL.B060

GPB.168-169x, BLO_PT#199x

Praises the station of Quddús, one of the Báb’s first disciples and an early martyr, and relates the circumstances of the public challenge issued by Bahá’u’lláh to Mírzá Yaḥyá to take place in the mosque of Sultan Salim, at which the latter failed to present himself, which sealed the irreparable breach that had arisen between them.

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184

See also BH03710.

BH00013

10050

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl)

Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture)

البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب

Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended

INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266

AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x

BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x

almunajat.com [item 41]

Chastisement and requital; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#251, LL#282

Includes verses for newborn child

BH00421

1670

Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

یا ملا الارض و السماء اسمعوا شهاده الله من لسان ربکم الابهی انه شهد لنفسه

O concourse of earth and heaven! Give ear to the testimony of God that proceedeth from the mouth of your Lord, the All-Glorious. He verily hath testified

BLIB_Or15692.019, , BLIB_Or15706.042, , BLIB_Or15714.031,

AVK2.022.14x, DWNP_v2#09 p.076-078x, TSBT.142, ASAT5.146x, AMB#16

DOR#16, BLO_PT#077x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Christians; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin Manifestations

BH00113

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian)

3970

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای

O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this

INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001

BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b

HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061

S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80)

The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

AB11387

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

این عهد و میثاق است که جمال مبارک در ارض مقدس بقلم اعلی در ظل شجره انیسا گرفته

This is the Covenant and Testament which the Blessed Beauty established through the Supreme Pen in the Holy Land

MAS2.056b

BRL_DA#216, BLO_sazedj#23x

Primordial Covenant; the day of alast

BB00210

Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal

940

Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal

Lawh-i-Vasaya

بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and

INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx

LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MSBR.206-207x

AB00955

400

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ای متشبث بذیل اطهر فرع سدره مبارکه در جهان و جهانیان بدیده بینا نظر نما که

O Thou who art holding fast to the Pure Hem; thou who art the twig of the Blessed Tree! Look thou with seeing eyes at the world about thee, and at the inhabitants thereof. Upon the stage of this immense theatre most spectacular plays are being enacted.

BRL_DAK#0376, MMK3#055 p.035, HDQI.196x, ANDA#07 p.07x

DAS.1913-09-08, BSC.344 #671x, SW_v04#16 p.273x, ABIE.295, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#123d

ABU1803

Words spoken on 1913-07-05 in Port Said

170

Whether we live in the East or in the West, the invisible Power of Baha'o'llah

DAS.1913-07-05, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.026, BLO_PN#007

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity

ABU1092

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

290

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

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

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

ABU3199

Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921

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

PN_1921 p012, BLO_PN#060

Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00554

530

ایها الزائر للبقعه المبارکه اعلم ان سائق التوفیق و قائد التایید قد دعاک و

O thou visitor to the blessed tabernacle! Verily the Messenger of Confirmation and the Commander of Assistance invited thee and brought thee safely to this radiant Holy Land.

INBA89:106

DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.227, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0247

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

830

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

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

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment

AB07565

110

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

O ye Herald of the Kingdom of God. Happiness be upon thee for thou hast become free from every fetter and bondage of this transitory world

BLO_PT#003e

AB01477

320

ای پروردگار در کتب و صحف بواسطه انبیا اخبار فرموده ای و اسراایل را بشارت

O God! In the Sacred Books and Scriptures, revealed through Thy Messengers, Thou gave the Israelites the glad-tidings and the promise that the day would come when despondent Jews would prosper

INBA75:091

MKT3.365, AHB.118BE #05 p.138, ADH2_1#54 p.083, MMG2#447 p.493, YHA1.423x (2.832), KHAZ.i028+082, KHH1.038 (1.053)

KHHE.070-071, KHAZE.023, BLO_PN#025

Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab

AB01743

300

ای یاران عبدالبهاء در این دور الهی و عصر ربانی اساس اصلی و مقصد حقیقی وحدت

O ye friends of Abdul Baha! In this Divine Dispensation and lordly Cycle the fundamental principle and the supreme object is the establishment of the oneness of the world of humanity

MKT3.510, AKHA_134BE #18 p.694, AKHA_125BE #03 p.j, TAH.298, ADH2.089x, ADH2_2#14 p.118x, MMG2#044 p.044x

DAS.1913-09-16, ABIE.322, BLO_PN#007

A. Akhavan

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB06580

120

Your letter was received. I supplicated and entreated at the Threshold of the Kingdom of Abha

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007

Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02814

230

پاک یزدانا این جمع را شمع عالم کن و این انجمن را گلزار و گلشن محفلش را روضه

O Thou pure God! Make thou this gathering the candle of the world and suffer this assembly to become a rose garden and a verdant meadow.

INBA13:086, INBA75:023

DUR2.047, ADH2.021, ADH2_1#10 p.018, MJMJ1.040, MMG2#166 p.189, MJH.006

DAS.1913-09-08, ABIE.293, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB00425

590

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Race unity; racial issues

ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک نامه مورخ به ۲۲ جون ۱۹۰۹ واصل گردید الحمد لله مکاتیب

O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 June 1909 was received. Praise be to God that correspondence [3.5s]... ...As to Mr. Robert [Turner], the news of his ascension saddened the hearts. He was in truth most devoted

BRL_DAK#0138, AOTY.055x, YIK.089-091

BRL_ATE#098x, BLO_PN#010

AB02000

280

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer for Fathers; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

پروردگارا آمرزگارا بنده درگاهت ویندست توجه بملکوت ابهی مینماید و از برای پدر

O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiver! The servant of Thy Threshold, Windust... O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept the intercession of children

BRL_DAK#0213

BRL_PMDA#25x, BPRY.064x, COC#0844x, COC#1747x, LOG#0770x, SW_v11#19 p.319, BLO_PT#066, BSTW#011

S. Rowshan, Anke & Armin

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

BH00416

1680

Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

یا سمندر ان مالک القدر یعزی نفسه بما ورد علیه من الذین اخذوا الاعتساف و نبذوا

O Samandar! Verily, He, Who is the Supreme Ordainer, consoleth Himself for that which came upon Him from those who took to oppression and turned their backs on justice

INBA97:041, BLIB_Or15715.366,

AYBY.045, NNY.172-179, MAS8.068x, SAM.236, TRZ1.074bx, MSBH10.195-196x, YIA.207-208x

BLO_PT#191x

Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08625

120

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

BLO_PT#179

Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition

ABU3085

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris

All true art is a gift of the Holy Spirit... It is the Sun of Truth, O artist... The Sun of Truth is everywhere. It is shining on the whole world.

CHH.182, BLO_PN#022

High station of the arts and sciences; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB01036

390

I praise Thee, O Thou Remover of Sorrows, Overlooker of faults, Rejoicer of hearts and Illuminator of faces! Verily to the beloved ones at the door of Thy oneness

DAS.1913-07-17, ABIE.074, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB11514

O Lord! Grant that this dearly-loved maidservant of Thine may proclaim the servitude of Abdu'l-Bahá.

BLO_PT#052.23

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB10713

خداوند مهربانا بنده عزیز را عزیز فرما و بی نهایت فرهنگ و تمیز بخش از باده

O Thou kind Lord! Render Thy dear servant Aziz precious, endow him with unlimited knowledge and discernment.

KHAZ.i020+101

KHAZE.019, BLO_PN#025

Prayer for parents; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB04222

180

O happy starred and noble prince: The gift you have forwarded was very acceptable because it was from your Highness

DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.149, BLO_PN#007

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03062

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

290

Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj)

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام

The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him

PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076

BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024

BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69

Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the light of unity over the whole earth, being clothed in the garment of trustworthiness, establishing the transcendence of God, and casting away the causes of abasement and embracing that which leads to exaltation.

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

GSH.186, LL#049

BH05801

170

Prayer for Protection; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و مولائی و معتمدی و رجائی و کهفی و ضیائی

In His Name, the Exalted, the All-Highest, the Most Sublime! Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!

AHM.206, MJMM.275, TSBT.232, ABMK.062

BPRY.148, RBB.138-139x, BLO_PT#068x, ADMS#033

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#511

BH02591

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Awliya (Vahid)

340

Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi (Lawh-i-Ziyarát-i-Vahíd-i-Darabí)

Lawh-i-Ziyarat-i-Vahid-i-Darabi (Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi)

اول موج علا من بحر رحمه ربک الرحمن علیک یا سر الفرقان و مستسر البیان اشهد

The first wave of exaltation from the ocean of grace of thy Lord, the Compassionate, be upon thee, who art the essence of the Qur'án

BLIB_Or15714.092, , Majlis210461.091-092

LMA1.347 (207), ASAT4.079x, OOL.B150

BLO_PT#152, NYR#126

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

MMAH.230, GSH.065, LL#343, LL#351

Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi.

BH00870

Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer)

940

Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Long

بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک

I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!

INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103

BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025

BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053

Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith

Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing of disease and the alleviation of distress.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection

GSH.186, LL#052

AB04239

170

الهی الهی تری وجوها نضره مستبشره بنفحات ازهار ریاض ملکوتک الابهی و مستضیئه

O God! O God! Behold Thou these radiant faces made joyous through the Fragrances of the flowers of Thy Kingdom... O my Lord! O my Lord! Intoxicate them with the wine of knowledge; sweeten their tastes

AKHA_119BE #01-02 p.j, AHB.121BE #01 p.000

DAS.1913-07-18, SW_v08#16 p.217x, ABIE.081, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#123a

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for governments and rulers; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00071

Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad)

5070

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

ABU1292

Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh

250

There was another Baktashi who, in his younger days, was an officer in the Turkish government. This man became very sick, and the members of his family had summoned a Mullah to his bed.

DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.218, BLO_PN#007, STAB#124

Empty learning; false spirituality; Prayer for forgiveness; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH00915

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - 'Akka)

900

Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds)

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, 'Akká)

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح

Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames

INBA92:298

TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a

BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for evening; night; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

MMAH.172, LL#148

Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970.

AB10324

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

الهی الهی تری هولاء الاطفال فروع شجره الحیات و طیور حدیقه النجات لئالی صدف بحر

O my God! O my God! Thou seest these children who are the twigs of the tree of life, the birds of the meads of salvation

BRL_DAK#0437, DRM.019a, ADH2.129, ADH2_5#05 p.161, MMG2#428 p.475, HUV1.017, NSR_1978.134, NSR_1993.147a, MMTF.013

BRL_CHILD#20, BPRY.031, SW_v01#19 p.003, SW_v09#10 p.114, BLO_PT#052.13

Call to action; Prayer for children and youth

ABU1920

Words spoken on 1913-09-21 in Ramleh

150

How complex is the life of the present age and how much more complex we

DAS.1913-09-21, SW_v08#02 p.017-018, ABIE.343, BLO_PN#007

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Critique of Western values; culture; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise of Eastern values; culture

ABU3278

Words spoken on 1913-08-10 in Ramleh

If these Tablets do not stir and move the hearts out of their sleep and do not spur them to insatiable activity, they are harder than stones

DAS.1913-08-10, ABIE.177, BLO_PN#007

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB08502

O thou son of the Kingdom! Thank thou God that thou hast stepped into the Arena of Existence in this blessed period

AHV.029b, BLO_PN#045

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06483

130

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

BH00994

Suriy-i-Ism

830

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Suriy-i-Ism

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و

O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God

INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214

BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125

GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37

MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes

Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; states that between God and the creatures there is a ladder with three steps: this world, the hereafter, and ‘the Kingdom of Names’; calls the people to deliver their souls from ‘the bondage of self ’; invites the recipient to ‘intone the verses of God’, promising that the sweetness of their melody will cause ‘the heart of every righteous man to throb’; and counsels the people to truthfulness, generosity, and purity of heart.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#143, LL#310

AB05060

150

O thou illumined man! The days that I spent with thee in Stuttgart I shall never forget

BBBD.249-250, DAS.1913-08-12, ABIE.182, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB01165

360

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما که بالهام آسمانی مرقوم وصول یافت مضامین دلنشین

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter, which was surely inspired of heaven, hath been received.

BLIB_Or.08117.032,

MKT3.438, MMK1#219 p.263, ASAT5.071x

SWAB#219, SW_v02#05 p.006, CHH.147-148, BLO_PN#022

BH04076

Lawh-i-Liqa'

230

Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá'

Lawh-i-Liqa

هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت

Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days

INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a,

BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x

LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84

Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

JRAS.289

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

AB00934

400

الهی الهی تری احبتک المنجذبین الی ملکوتک الابهی و المتاججین الضلوع و الاحشاء

O my Lord, O my Lord! Thou beholdest Thy loved ones, attracted to Thy Abha Kingdom, enkindled in their inmost being

MKT3.351, KHAZ.i022+173

KHAZE.020, BLO_PN#025

Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00133

3730

Prayer for Illumination

اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم

If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement

INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax

AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax

GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03471

200

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

بقرينه محترمه‌ات از قبل عبدالبهآء تحيّت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار و بگو که نوازش مسجونين و تربيتشان و تعليمشان

Convey to thy honoured companion, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings, and say that the comfort of prisoners and their education and training [3.5s]... O thou who art turning thy face to the divine Kingdom! Thy respected wife

MMK1#083 p.113x

SWAB#083x, LOG#0711x, SW_v10#17 p.318-319, BLO_PT#052

AB03809

190

ای یاران حقیقی الیوم یوم فیوضات جلیله ملکوت غیب ابهاست و تموجات بحور الطاف

O ye real friends! This day is the day of the Glorious Bounties of the Invisible Kingdom of Abha and of the tumultuous waving of the seas

MKT6.078

DAS.1913-07-13, ABIE.061, BLO_PN#007

Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

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

AB09452

O thou beloved maidservant of God! The poetry, which thou hast composed has been perused. In it was concealed wonderful meanings

BLO_PT#052.10

Praise and encouragement

AB10096

O thou who art attracted to God! The eloquent and fluent poems were read. They were in the utmost sweetness. I beg of God that thy poetic nature

BLO_PT#052.39

Praise and encouragement

ABU0997

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1906-06-29

310

Were the whole world to act together in order to prevent these stars from giving light - verily they will fail to do so. Now, see how unwise are the enemies of the Cause

PN_1906 p080, SUR.265-266, BLO_PN#001

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrdom of the Bab; Oneness; unity of religion; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0279

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

770

This was a place for dirt and refuse and loathsome to look upon. During the days when Akka was in confusion and the whirlwind of tests was violent, and a rumor persisted

PN_1906 p066, SUR.256-258, BLO_PN#001

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Need for an educator; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH04388

210

Tablet to Hasan-i-Sháhábadí (Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Sháhábadí)

Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Shahabadi (Tablet to Hasan-i-Shahabadi)

ان یا حسن اسمع ندآء الحسین عن شطر هذا السجن العظیم تالله قد ورد علیه ما

O Hasan! Hearken unto the Call of Husayn Who hath been incarcerated in the Prison Fortress of ’Akká by reason of that which the hands of the heedless have wrought.

BLIB_Or15725.351,

RSR.124

BLO_PT#220

Call to action; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11280

...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God

DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v07#10 p.099, SW_v08#04 p.047, ABIE.117, BLO_PN#007

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of prayer

AB10795

Man while in this life should endeavor to learn of the Throne of God, to serve the Holy Threshold, to seek knowledge of the other World

BAVA.029-030, BLO_PN#021

One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance

ABU3219

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

When a thought of war enters your mind, suppress it, and plant in its stead a positive thought of peace.

CHH.168, BLO_PN#022

Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace

ABU2946

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

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

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

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1727

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

180

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

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

Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power of imagination; thought; right intention

ABU1324

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25

330

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Pray that your hearts may be cut from yourselves and from the world, that you may be confirmed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the fire of the love of God.... I say unto you that anyone who will arise in the cause of God... And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant... This is the balance

BSC.503 #970x, SW_v08#05 p.057-058x, SW_v12#16 p.250x, AEP.039-040, NRMM.164-165x, MAX.080x, BLO_PN#031

T. Price, The Badasht Project, T. Nosrat, Juliet & Amelia, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 4]

AB03850

190

شخص محترما سرور مهربانا از پاریس بخطه مصر رسیدم ولی مانند آنحضرت مونس و انیس

O illustrious personage, kind friend! From Paris I arrived in the land of Egypt, but found none here like your presence as companion and intimate associate [3.5s]

MSHR2.304-305

BLO_PT#217.001x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3145

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-09

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

فردای دیگر مسافر دریا هستیم واقعاً قوهٴ بخار چیز عجیبی است اگر این قوه نبود بحر محیط را

We shall be at sea for another day. Steam power is truly a wonderful thing.

BDA1.025.02

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.033, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007

AB06477

130

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

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

AB10049

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that thou art intending to come to Boston.

BLO_PT#052.41

Music and singing; Personal instructions

ABU1097

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

Certain officials in the City have requested me to write a petition for them to use before the higher authorities to bring about my release from incarceration.

PN_1906 p072, SUR.242, BLO_PN#001

Disregarding bodily comfort; Effort; striving; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11366

ای شهناز نامه تو رسید با امة الله طائره همیشه مکاتبه نما تا سبب انجذاب جان و

Thy letter was received. Correspond always with the maidservant of God, Taereh, so that it may prove to be the cause of the attraction

NJB_v02#02 p.003x

BLO_PT#052.15

Personal instructions

AB11314

Cablegram dated 1913-08-17

IF POSSIBLE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY FOR PORT SAID. WISH SEND THEE INDIA FOR SERVICE.

DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007

Personal instructions

ABU3500

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104

Personal instructions

AB10099

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]

AB10617

O thou my darling little Mona! Thy tiny eloquent letter was received and thy sweet dear thoughts became known to me.

DAS.1913-08-15, ABIE.196, BLO_PN#007

Permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB00004

Madaniyyih (The Secret of Divine Civilization)

20800

Bahá'í Scriptures; Secret of Divine Civilization

Secret of Divine Civilization (book)

بدایع حمد و ثنا و جوامع شکر و سپاس درگاه احدیت پروردگاریرا سزاست که از بین کافه

Praise and thanksgiving be unto Providence that out of all the realities in existence He has chosen the reality of man

BLIB_Or.08686, IOM.100, BLIB_Or.08117,

SDCP, AVK3.336.14x, AVK3.222.07x, AVK3.290.13x, AVK3.292.05x, AVK3.324.05x, AVK4.317bx, AVK4.328x, AVK4.339x, MSHR3.097x, OOL.C019

SDC, WOB.037-038x, WOB.192x, LOG#1061 ¶1x, LOG#1417x, LOG#1682x, LOG#1882x, LOG#1883x, BSC.424 #767.1x, SW_v07#18 p.181-182x, BLO_PT#057, STAB#044, STAB#064

Treatise addressed anonymously to the entire Persian nation, outlining both the secular and the religious bases of true civilization. Identified by Shoghi Effendi as Abdu'l-Baha's "outstanding contribution to the future reorganization of the world." Presents a defense of Western-style modernization in the face of opposition to the Shah's reforms. Explores the qualities of the spiritually learned through the lens of an Islamic tradition that the learned "must guard himself, defend his faith, oppose his passions and obey the commandments of his Lord". Presents the essential outlines of the Lesser Peace. Argues that religion is the greatest instrument for achieving true civilization, but warns that it can be diverted to the wrong ends. Rejects the possibility of a secular morality based on an "innate sense of human dignity", since "self-love is kneaded into the very clay of man". Issues a call for education reform, borrowing from other cultures as necessary, to restore the ancient glory of Persia.

Bribery and corruption; Call to action; Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Muhammad; Islam; Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of the mind over nature; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Universal education; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace

MMAH.234

AB02805

230

Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایران بقوای مادیه هزار سال میخواهد که مانند دول و ملل اورپ گردد ولی

A thousand years must elapse before Persia can, by the aid of material power, rise to the height of the peoples and governments of Europe.

PYM.117x, KHSH12.009, KHH1.301 (1.419-420)

BPRY.1923.031, KHHE.433-434, BP1926.031-032, BLO_PT#159x, ADMS#065i07x

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Western values; culture; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00010

Lawh-i-Shuhaday-i-Yazd va Isfahan (Tablet on the Martyrs of Yazd and Isfahan)

5290

Treatise on Persecution of Bahá'ís in 1903

Lawh-i-Shuhaday-i-Yazd va Isfahan (Tablet on the Martyrs of Yazd and Isfahan)

در این عصر انوار که قرن عظیم حضرت پروردگار است و از پرتو شمس حقیقت انوار

In this enlightened age, which is the century of the Almighty God, by the effulgence of the Sun of Reality, the lights of civilization are diffused

MKT3.122, OOL.C024

BLO_PT#208

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1588

Words spoken on 1913-09-19 in Ramleh

200

There was a time when Persian was like a fragrant Bouquet, perfuming all nostrils. She was the center of the glory and honor of the world of humanity.

DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.332, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU2417

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

100

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

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

Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2918

Words to departing pilgrims spoken in June 1906

Though I had not time to answer all the letters you brought from your cities, you are the true letters that I send unto them as answer. For there are two kinds of letters

PN_1906 p073, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Outward and inward meanings

ABU0355

Words spoken on 1913-07-31 in Ramleh

670

These Arab Sheikhs do not understand what fair discussion means... This man [Rasheed Pasha] according to popular traditions must have been bad even before Adam and Eve.

DAS.1913-07-31, ABIE.132, BLO_PN#007

Bribery and corruption; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1703

Message to Theosophists in London, Sep. 1911

180

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

CHH.173-174, BLO_PN#022

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

ABU0468

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

560

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

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

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

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

ABU2794

Words to Dickinson Miller, spoken on 1911-08-24

the Master said religion was one truth which the sectarians had divided; however, the Light can be found everywhere... As to mystical experiences: most assuredly the saints and mystics had real experiences. The proof of the reality of the experience was its fruit. If the result was spiritual, we might know the experience was of God.

AIF.1911-08-24, PN_1909B p026, DJT.165, BLO_PN#027

Bringing forth results; fruit; Mystical themes; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

BB00015

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Persian)

13900

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Seven Proofs, The; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Persian)

بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد

Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things

INBA_2007C:13b-64b, , PR02.104r21-115v02, CMB_F22.092b, CMB_F25.7, BLIB_Or5109, BLIB_Or5110, BN_6154, NLI.50, KB_seven, HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-p

DLLS, AYT.043x, SWBP#10 (p.083-090x), OOL.A005b

SWB#10 (p.117-126x), BPRY.056x, GOH.078x, GOH.169x, GOH.171x, GOH.244-245x, GOH.267x, GOH.359x, GOH.361x, HURQ.BB53x, BLO_PT#085

The Badasht Project, K. Key, B. Vahdat, C. Shoemaker, B. Groetzinger, Edelo & Emma, T. Francis, M. Leong-Granfar, Honiara Baha'i Youth, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, Kiskadee, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10], A. & M. Zemke [track 4], Zannetta [track 7], almunajat.com [item 1], S. Jaberi

Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035

AB00011

Siyasiyyih (The Art of Divine Polity - Treatise on Politics)

5110

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

ABU1582

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

200

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

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

Consultation; Elections; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00031

Suriy-i-Nush

7310

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí

INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b

BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x

DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x

A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance.

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321

AB00013

Tafsir-i-Bismillah

4760

Creation

Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran)

الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض

...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence

INBA55:001, INBA59:044, INBA90:097, UMich962.072-092, UMich991.174-203

MKT1.033, MNMK#005 p.032, ASAT4.475-476x, QT105.1.122x, BMT.012, RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x), YMM.179x, JNM1.453x, DLS.284x, DLS.418x, NSS.168x, OOL.C027

BLO_createx, BLO_PT#216.031nx

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Names and attributes of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.279

Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013.

ABU2395

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

100

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

AHV.013, BLO_PN#045

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Universality of the Cause

AB04828

160

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

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

BH01325

Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision)

640

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision

Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision)

یا اسمی استمع ندائی من حول عرشی لیبلغک الی بحر ما له ساحل و ما بلغ قعره

O My Name! Give thou ear unto My Voice ringing from around the precincts of My Throne

INBA23:084b, BLIB_Or15729.133, , BLIB_Or15737a.073, , BLIB_Or15738.061, , NLAI_22848:324, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p166v, , MKI4522.324,

BRL_DA#730, AQA2#011 p.174, AYT.016, RHQM2.0973-975 (409) (252-253), ASAT3.135x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT4.403x, AKHA_123BE #04 p.ax, OOL.B074

GPB.221x2x, BLO_PT#143, BLO_PT#148, BSC.249 #525, HURQ.BH66

unknown

Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of Heaven as personification of the Holy Spirit, who embraces Him and addresses Him ecstatically and who bids Him leave ‘Akká and hasten to His ‘other dominions’.

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226

AB02748

230

ای مخموران صهبای الهی نفحه رحمانی از ریاض باقی میوزد و صبح نورانی از افق معانی

O ye who are intoxicated with the Wine of God! The Breeze of the Merciful is wafting from the rose-garden of Eternity

INBA55:114, INBA55:411

MMK4#140 p.143, AHB.107BE #05 p.92, AHB.122BE #02 p.47

DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.244, BLO_PN#007

Music and singing; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU2877

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.016, BLO_PN#104

Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

ABU2916

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.007-008, BLO_PN#104

Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09643

330

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Tablet of Paradise

این الواح ملکوتست که از قلم اعلی در لوح محفوظ مرقومست چنین الواحی از عالم

These [the Ruby Tablet and the fifth Tablet of Paradise] are the Tablets of the Kingdom which have been recorded by the Supreme Pen in the Preserved Tablet...What is meant is that unless man knoweth God, he will remain deprived of knowing his own self. First and foremost it is incumbent upon man to apprehend the light of the Sun

BRL_DAK#1218, MAS2.056ax, MAS2.056cx, MAS2.057bx

BRL_DA#214x, BLO_sazedj#21x, BLO_sazedj#22x, BLO_sazedj#24x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Knowledge of self; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast

AB05778

140

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

O thou bird of pleasing tones! Thy little book of poems, which were very sweet, was read. It was a source of joy, for it was a spiritual anthem

TAB.059, BLO_PT#052.06

AB06303

130

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای مرغ خوش الحان جمال ابهی این دور بدیع حجبات اوهام را خرق فرموده و تعصبات

O bird that singeth sweetly of the Abha Beauty! In this new and wondrous dispensation the veils of superstition have been torn asunder

BRL_DAK#0215, MMK1#074 p.109, GHA.194, HYB.189, NJB_v03#01 p.005

SWAB#074, BWF.378-378x, COC#1412, BLO_PT#052.20

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

AB09485

O thou sweet-songed bird! Sing and play in the meetings of the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful; engage thyself in the praise

BLO_PT#052.15b

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

AB09415

O thou sweet-voiced Shahnaz, The melody, which thou didst compose for the Mashrak-el-Adhkar has reached the ears of Abdul Baha.

BLO_PT#052.31

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11210

O thou who art rejoicing with the glad tidings of God! Verily the Song of the Covenant of most eloquent phrase and of most wonderful melody was received.

BLO_PT#052.25

Music and singing; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement

AB07022

120

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful words

TAB.058, BLO_PT#052.04

ABU3524

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

The believers must cultivate a beautiful voice so that they may sing the Bahá'í songs or chant

DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.010, BLO_PN#007

Music and singing; Power of prayer

AB04263

170

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Although the dove and the nightingale, both of them, are two sweet singing birds

PN_1909E p118, BLO_PT#052.08

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Music and singing; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04788

160

O thou lover of the Beloved of the World! The new song and thy notes were received. Praise thou God that thou art ever engaged

BLO_PT#052.12

East and West; communication between East and West; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ABU1181

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-01

270

In this greatest period there are only two manifestations, the blessed Báb and the Manifestation of the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1901 p082, CUPAB.017-018x, BLO_PN#109

Contention and conflict; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00066

Lawh-i-Salman I

5230

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi

Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I)

ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما

O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation

INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059

BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x

GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55

Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234

BH01217

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to David Hardegg)

690

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg)

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg)

قد حضر کتابک المختوم لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف خلوصک لله المهیمن القیوم

Thy sealed letter hath reached the presence of this Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet savour of thy devotion to God

BRL_DA#546, LHKM3.215b, SFI11.011, ASAT4.232x, OOL.B044

BRL_ATBH#87, BBR.216-217, LOIR04.097, BLO_PT#177, HURQ.BH76

Briefly addresses the head of the German Templers of Haifa, calling him to consider with insight the ascendancy and sweetness of the word of God, the mysterious processes by which the abased become exalted and the exalted abased, and the lessons of the past; employs the science of letters and their numerical equivalents in explaining the significance of certain names; and affirms that He and the recipient are moved by the same divine spirit.

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystery of the great reversal; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.028, MMAH.116, GSH.172, LL#117

ABU0898

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

340

This indicated first of all, those who claim falsely to be the Messiah, but they had no followers.

BAVA.034-035, BLO_PN#021

Christ; Christianity; Miracles and their interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0015

Public address given on 1912-10-12

2220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews

اول موهبت الهیه در عالم انسانی دین است زیرا دین تعالیم الهی است البته تعالیم

The first bestowal of God in the world of humanity is Religion, because religion consists of divine teachings.

KHF.098, KHTB2.307, BDA1.299.02

BWF.270-280, PUP#112 (p.361-370), BSC.388 #718, SW_v03#13 p.003-007+010-011, SW_v06#16 p.121, DWN_v4#05-6 p.102-112, MHMD1.316-324, BLO_PT#022, ECN.329+846

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU2806

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

Asceticism is not necessary. A soul grows by the exercise of human virtues and the observance of human morals

SW_v08#05 p.060, BLO_PN#002

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3354

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

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

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

Gambling and games of chance; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU0270

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05

780

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده

This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores

ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11

PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB00381

Some Answered Questions #022 The Miracles of Christ

620

Answered Questions, Some

مظاهر مقدسهء الهیه مصدر معجزاتند و مظهر آثار عجیبه هر امر مشکلی و غیر ممکنی

The Manifestations of God are sources of miraculous deeds and marvellous signs.

MFD#22, OOL.C022.22

SAQ#22, PN_1905 p007, BAVA.017-019x, BLO_PN#021x

Life and death; Miracles and their interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ABU3203

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

Miracles and their interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH00394

Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris)

1730

Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River)

قد اکثرت القول فی ذلک ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون آنچه از ظهورات معجزات که

The people talk constantly about this subject, but most of them comprehend not. Of the miracles mentioned, those which are ascribed to this humble one are fabrications contrived by impostors

INBA36:316, INBA57:010, BLIB_Or15722.267, , BN_suppl.1754.139-143

BRL_DA#734, MAS4.142, RHQM1.285-291 (349) (209-213), OOL.B096

BLO_PT#137, BLO_sazedj#10x, JBS#9.3

Challenges the validity of miracles as proof and takes the coursing of the Tigris River as a central metaphor in a discussion of the irresistible power of the Cause of God, fate and predestination, and the root cause of dissension in the world.

Differences in human capacity; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280

ABU3228

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Miracles have frequently obscured the Teachings which the Divine Messenger has brought. The Message is the real miracle.

CHH.170, BLO_PN#022

Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3609

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB11086

...The basis of the Call must be the Oneness of the world of humanity

DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007

East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00939

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

870

Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی

The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment

INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221

AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29

DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531

Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh.

Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303

AB11078

...If a soul calls the people to the Kingdom of God according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, there will be many listeners

DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, SW_v05#01 p.009x, ABIE.108, BLO_PN#007

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

ABU2052

Words spoken on 1913-07-09 in Port Said

130

I have written in many Tablets that the friends must speak in the meetings... We must encourage the believers in public-speaking and especially encourage those who can do so.

DAS.1913-07-09, ABIE.047, BLO_PN#007

Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

ABU3486

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

Meditation; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Mount Carmel

AB01774

300

O thou sweet singing bird! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became

SW_v09#17 p.198, BLO_PT#052.32

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2879

Words to Viscount Arawaka spoken around Nov. 1911(?)

The religious ideal is the soul of all plans for the good of mankind... Scientific discoveries have increased material civilization. There is in existence a stupendous force, as yet, happily, undiscovered by man.

JWTA.051, CHH.184, VLAB.122, BLO_PN#022

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Non-participation in politics; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU1763

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

170

Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician.

PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3035

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

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

DLA.046-047, BLO_PN#026

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

ABU1353

Words to Bishop Birch, spoken on 1912-04-17

240

Praise be to God, that stupendous material developments are obtained in this country

DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v07#17 p.175-176, ABIE.067, BLO_PN#007

East and West; communication between East and West; Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise of Western values; culture; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB02983

220

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا

...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated

MMK3#048 p.030x

BLO_PT#080.48x

Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU3264

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

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

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

Material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1052

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

300

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

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

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as mediator; Mary Magdalene; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Resurrection of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01577

310

O thou my beloved friend! Thy letter was received from India. From its contents it became evident that thou art occupied, and art spending thy days in the company of that respected lady, Mrs. Besant.

DAS.1913-08-29, ABIE.254, BLO_PN#007

Mary Magdalene; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH00829

990

Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada)

Lawh-i-Varqa dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultanush-Shuhada (Tablet to Varqa regarding the King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs)

یا ورقاء قد حضر العبد الحاضر و عرض ما فی کتابک انا وجدناه مراتا حاکیه عن

O Varqá! The Servant in Attendance attained My presence and mentioned what thou hadst written and We found thy letter a mirror reflecting thy love for the Beloved of the world

INBA97:052

NNY.184-188

EBTB.049-051, BLO_PT#197

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB4.089, LL#264

ABU3619

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

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

DLA.062-063, BLO_PN#026

Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0813

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

370

One day, whilst at Kazimayn, through which He passed on his first journey to Karbila and Baghdad, Jamal-i-Mubarak was appealed to by a young man, 'Abdu'l-Vahhab

CHH.196-197, BLO_PN#022, STAB#035

Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1090

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

290

There was a woman who was one of the disciples of His Holiness the Bab; she had seven sons; six of them had been martyred. She dreamed a dream

CHH.195-196, BLO_PN#022

Accounts of dreams and visions; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00537

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada

1380

Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn); Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Ziyarat-Namih-i-Imam Husayn (Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو الموعود فی الکتب و الصحف و

God testifieth that there is no God but Him! And He that hath appeared is the One promised in all the Books and sacred Scrolls…. Glory be unto Thee O my God, O Thou the Lord of Manifestation, Whose shed the glory of His effulgence upon the branch of Sinai!

INBA65:001, BLIB_Or15696.175bx, , BLIB_Or15714.112,

BRL_DA#158, ADM2#010 p.024x, MJMM.202, AYT.235, ASAT3.100x, DLH3.422x, OOL.B154

BRL_ATBH#59x, BLO_PT#149, ADMS#003x, JHT_S#173x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Visitation Tablets

ROB3.303, MMAH.226, GSH.144, LL#347, LL#350

Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn.

ABU3369

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH00279

Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd

2280

Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times)

کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی

We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran

INBA39:154

BRL_DA#375, MAS4.124cx, RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289), ASAT4.387x, MSBH2.171x, OOL.B169, OOL.B199

BRL_ATBH#08x, BLO_PT#195

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253

Includes the "Lawh-i-Times"

BB00022

Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala

10700

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها

Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible

INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393,

TZH3.139.10-139.15x

GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x

Alchemy; the elixir; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079

BH01786

500

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

AB11300

...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB03056

220

Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the Exalted One; Significance of the Day of the Martyrdom of the Bab; Translation List

یا حضرت علی قبل اکبر یوم شهادت حضرت اعلی روحی لدمه المطهر الفداست الیوم

O ‘Alí Akbar! Today is the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of His Holiness the Most Exalted One

INBA13:147b

BRL_DAK#0061, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.07, AYT.187, PYB#200 p.04, GHA.422

BLO_PT#088, BLO_PT#105, ADMS#024, JHT_A#003

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02400

250

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در میان خلق ازدواج عبارت از

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were noted. Marriage, among the mass of the people

MMK1#084 p.114, AKHB.199-200, GHA.159, HYB.046, NJB_v12#09 p.160

SWAB#084, BWF.372-373x, LOG#1266x, BSC.457 #840x, BLO_PT#052.11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

ABU1183

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

270

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

TDLA.077-078, BLO_PN#104

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Many are called but few are chosen; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11496

Tablet of the Hair 8

شعری شعاری به استر جمالی لئلا تقع علیه عیون الاغیار من عبادی کذالک نستر عن

My hair is My Veil whereby I conceal My Beauty, that haply the eyes of the non-believers among My servants may not fall upon it.

BLIB_Or11098.029f

LHKM3.075a, MUH3.275a, OOL.B191.08

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs)

BH00610

Suriy-i-A'rab

1250

Surah of the Arabs

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا

These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds

INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064,

BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106

BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004

Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remember with gladness the years He spent amongst them in ‘Iraq.

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292

ABU0299

Words to Lua Getsinger, Dec. 1900

740

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

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

Arcs of ascent and descent; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Manifestation of God as mirror; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0893

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-23

340

All the sufferings you pass through in gaining the Kingdom of God will be obliterated when you attain its perfect happiness. It is as a man who has been ill and helpless

AEP.026-029, NRMM.166, BLO_PN#031

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU2374

Words spoken ca. 1916

100

Ridvaniyyih, there is a Garden of God. Human beings are trees growing therein. The Gardener is Our Father. When He sees a little tree in a place too small

CHH.216, BLO_PN#022

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0198

Words spoken ca. 1916 in Abu Sinan

910

One day in Baghdad He called all His friends together and spoke to them of God. Then He departed from them alone. Nobody knew just where He was.

CHH.256-260, BLO_PN#022

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0667

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

440

All things were created for man, and man for God. Man is distinguished from all other creations. This is a special problem. There are three general classes of creations

SW_v07#18 p.180-181x, PN_1904 p008, PN_1904 p042, TTAW.010-013, BLO_PN#102

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Man's distinction from the animal; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The mind's power of discovery; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU2593

Words to a Unitarian woman, spoken on 1912-03-26

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

مژده مژده که علم ملکوت بلند شد مژده مژده بهار الهی ظاهر گردید مژده مژده ابر رحمت ببارید

The most important of all intentions is to spread the love of God.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, the Sun of love has dawned

BDA1.011.12

DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v14#05 p.129, MHMD1.016-017, ABIE.066, BLO_PN#007

AB00519

550

دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما به آقا میرزا احمد رسید من نیز مطالعه کردم از مضمون

O thou beloved and respected friend: Your letter written to Aga Mirza Ahmad was received. I likewise read it.

BRL_DAK#0741, MMK3#184 p.128x, AKHA_125BE #02 p.b, NJB_v04#09 p.001

ABIE.002, BLO_PN#007

Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3102

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

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

PN_unsorted p021, DLA.040, BLO_PN#026

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Maintainance of degrees in society

ABU1140

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

280

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

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

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

AB05325

150

O united souls! The letter you sent is perused and by its contents happiness and joy was produced; for it expressed union and harmony

BAVA.036-037, BLO_PN#021

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

AB01900

280

Bahá'í World Faith

ای بنت ملکوت نامه مرقوم ملاحظه گردید از عدم فرصت جواب مختصر مرقوم میگردد و آن

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was considered. On account of the lack of time.... The spiritual assemblies which are organized

BRL_DAK#0677

BWF.411-411x, SW_v01#05 p.010-012, BLO_PT#052.09

Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU1655

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

190

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

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

Bringing forth results; fruit; Love of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1728

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10

180

Virtue and excellence consist in true faith in God, not in having a small or a large appetite for food, or in similar matters. Jinab-i-Tahirih had a good appetite.

PN_1906 p020, PN_1906 p028, SUR.229, BLO_PN#001

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Stories; anecdotes

AB00830

430

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

ای عاشقان جمال ابهی اهل مجاز چون تعلق خاطری باب و رنگ در عالم خاک یابند از

O ye lovers of the Abha Beauty! When souls become attracted to the variegated colours and physical beauty of this contingent existence

MMK2#072 p.056

BLO_PT#081.72x

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02867

Saqi bidih abi

310

Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A

ساقی بده آبی زآن شعله فارانی تا که بشویم جان را از وسوسه نفسانی زآن آب کزو

O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop of the mystic Flame, that it may wash my soul from the whispers of the flesh

INBA30:171, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#491, MAS4.192

LOIR16.223, BLO_PT#042

Love as fire; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

LL#284

ABU1409

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

230

Unity is love. It cannot be established without love. Therefore try, as far as possible, to be filled with love.

SW_v08#10 p.121, BLO_PN#002

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1696

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

180

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

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

Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3620

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

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

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

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

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

AB06240

130

O thou sweet-singing Shahnaz of the Baha'is! The fragrant flower that thou hast sent from the land of Mashriku'l Adhkar is at this very moment

BLO_PT#052.27

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2283

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

110

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

DLA.068, BLO_PN#026

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity

AB07021

120

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I chanted thy poem. Its significance was beautiful, its composition eloquent

TAB.057-058, BLO_PT#052.03

AB06236

130

O thou eloquent, expressive poetess! How many poets have come to this world who have written elegies and eulogies in the utmost of eloquence

PN_1909E p001, BLO_PT#052.07

Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Poems and quotation from poetry

ABU0712

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

410

Divine favor, like the sun, appears from different dawning places. In the early days, the prophets were the dawning places of the divine benedictions.

PN_1904 p010, PN_1904 p045, TTAW.013-015, BLO_PN#102

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU3618

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

The miracles of Christ were spiritual teachings, not literal.

TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104

Literal interpretation; Miracles and their interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB00016

Lawh-i-Lahih (Tablet to the Hague)

4540

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague); Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague)

ای اول اشخاص خیرخواه محترم عالم انسانی نامه های شما که درین مدت حرب ارسال

O ye esteemed ones who are pioneers among the well-wishers of the world

BRL_HAGP1, MKT3.101, MNMK#112 p.210, MMK1#227 p.285x, AKHA_134BE #13 p.495x, AVK3.401.05x, AVK3.409.08x, AVK4.324ax, AVK4.324bx, AVK4.326x, AVK4.331ax, AVK4.334bx, DWNP_v2#12 p.095-99x, HDQI.211, ANDA#16 p.06x, KHAB.034 (043), OOL.C014

BRL_HAG1, SWAB#227x, BWF.284-296, LOG#1075x, BSC.410 #745, FWU.028x, SW_v11#08 p.123-127+129-134, DWN_v2#05 p.005x, ABCC.438-439x, BLO_PT#192, BLO_PT#193

Call to action; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MMAH.271

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture.

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

BH00308

Tarazat (Ornaments)

2100

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Tarazat (Ornaments)

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما و فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که امواج بحر ظهورش امام وجوه

Praise and glory beseem the Lord of Names and the Creator of the heavens, He, the waves of Whose ocean of Revelation surge… Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world

BLIB_Or07851.002a, , KB_262:063-074, CMB_F32.064, , PR05.020a-030b, OSAI_TC 20v-25r, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p01, , MKI4523.147, , BN_suppl.1753.046-054

ZYN.182, ISH.147, UAB.045cx, UAB.045dx, UAB.047ax, TBP#04, TUM.087-091x, OOL.B148

TB#04, BPRY.197x, ADJ.024x, GPB.218-219x, SW_v03#03 p.003x, SW_v08#02 p.027x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.137 #053-054x, BSC#092-099x, BNE.155x

J. Michel

Proclaims six ‘ornaments’: knowledge of self and acquiring a useful profession, fellowship with all religions, possessing a good character, truthfulness and trustworthiness, preserving the station of craftsmanship, and the importance of acquiring knowledge and of fairness in newspaper reporting.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.168 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, GSH.158, LL#340

ABU3487

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

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

AHV.017, BLO_PN#045

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3498

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-02

This world is likened unto the ocean; the law and teachings of God is the ship; the mate is the covenant; the Captain is God; and the sea shore is the kingdom of Abha

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

BB00020

Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan)

12400

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Báb's Bayan, The; Arabic Bayan, The; Gate of the Heart

Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan)

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون قد خلقتک و رزقتک و امتک و احببتک و بعثتک و جعلتک مظهر نفسی لتتلون من عندی ایاتی و لتدعون کل من خلقته الی دینی هذا صراط عز منیع و خلقت کل شیء

Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures.

INBA43:001-068, INBA86:001-064, INBA_4002C, , BN_4669, MKI44872x, MKI4511.079v-147v, KB_bayan-ara, HBH_bayana, BYC_bayan-ara, BYC_three.097-107x

ASH.373-406, AHDA.465x, SWBP#20 (p.111-112x), OOL.A002

SWB#20 (p.158-159x), BAPT.040-101, GOH.261x, GOH.284x, GOH.353x, HURQ.BB56x, BLO_PT#009, KSHK#12x

C. Serrano (8:10)

A condensed form of the Persian Bayán, written in the language of divine verses. While much shorter in length than the Persian Bayán, the Arabic Bayán contains eleven full unities, whereas the Persian Bayán ends with gate 10 of the ninth unity. The parts of the Arabic Bayán that are not matched by the Persian Bayán (from gate 11 of the ninth unity to the end of the eleventh unity) were written after the Persian Bayán was completed. This work is sometimes assumed to have been written before the Persian Bayán for the simple reason that it seems as if the latter is an elaboration of the former. In reality, however, like the Persian Bayán, most of the Arabic Bayán was written in Mákú, although the last sections may have been written in Chihriq.

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Contention and conflict; Law of burial and cremation; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368

see also BB00001 Persian Bayan

BH00305

Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions

2100

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

BH00001

Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book)

10520

Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools

Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام

The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws

INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397

BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015

AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x

unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182)

The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’.

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship

LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027

BH00057

5560

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action

Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan))

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom

INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415

BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x

BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1885

Words spoken in Feb. 1911

160

Fasting is a symbol. Fasting signifies abstinence from lust. Physical fasting is a symbol

SW_v08#06 p.061, BLO_PN#002

Development of capacity and readiness; Law of fasting; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU2260

Words spoken in early Sept. 1911 in Vevey

110

Bahá'u'lláh says that in this world there is nothing more absurd than divorce. If one has accepted another

PN_1909B p037, DJT.191, BLO_PN#027

House of Justice; Law of divorce

AB00949

400

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای دختر ملکوت نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میگردد جسد انسانی

O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received... The body of man, which has been formed gradually... The city of San Diego was like a lifeless body.... O Thou kind Lord! Graciously bestow a pair of heavenly wings

BRL_DAK#0214, MKT3.386, AVK4.204.05x, HUV2.009x

BRL_CHILD#22x, BPRY.252-253x, LOG#0669x, BSC.446 #814x, SW_v11#19 p.317-318, MAB.012-013x, BLO_PT#052.36

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Law of burial and cremation; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3175

Words to Badi Bushru'i and other students, Ramleh, 1913-09-19

...translate at least one page every day, either from English into Persian, or from Persian into English, thus they might acquire efficiency in this line of work. He recommended for the future that when the means are provided, a committee of translators be organized from both nationalities, who would know the two languages well, in addition to Arabic. Then the Tablets would be properly translated.

DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.331, BLO_PN#007

Language and the structure of reality; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

BB00239

Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar)

830

Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart

Risala fi al-nahw wa al-sarf (A Treatise on Grammar)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله

Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition

INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212,

GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039

Grammar and orthography; Language and the structure of reality; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

SRC.073, GOH.205

AB11557

...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown

COC#0426x, SW_v20#10 p.314, BLO_PN#002

Bass Adjustment

High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Study; deepening; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

BH00210

Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..."

2770

He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi)

توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا

How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt

INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064

BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160

GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.063, LL#097

ABU1895

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

160

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

DLA.032-033, BLO_PN#026

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Free will and predestination; fate; Kindness to and rights of animals; 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

BB00103

Ziyarat for the martyrs

1800

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

ABU1480

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

220

It is well with a country when the magistrates are as fathers to the people. There is a great spiritual light in London... A certain Pasha, having most unjustly and cruelly beaten one of his servants

BW_v04p383, CHH.164, BLO_PN#022

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Praise of Western values; culture

AB00263

720

Education of children; moral education; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ای که بتاریخ ششم اپریل ۱۹۰۶ مرقوم نموده بودی رسید از

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter dated 6 April 1906 hath been received. Thou hast written that Mrs. ... hath regained her health.

ASAT2.179-180x, MAS2.064-067

BRL_ATE#036, BLO_PT#153

ABU0506

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13

530

This is a prison and in prison one cannot find rest. Whatever it may be, this is a prison

TTAG.013-016, BLO_PN#101

Effort; striving; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU3612

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

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

DLA.064, BLO_PN#026

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of obligatory prayer; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

ABU0971

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

320

Intuition (or inner perception) is a power or a light by which man comprehends and perceives the realities of things without the mediumship of the outward senses.

PN_1906 p038, SUR.234, BLO_PN#001

Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Intuition; inspiration; Limits of the intellect; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB00451

580

Abdu'l-Baha's commentary on the Islamic tradition 'God doth give victory to this religion by means of a wicked man'

ان الله لیوید هذا الدین برجل فاجر حدیث شریفده کی فاجر کلمه سی فجوردن مشتق

Some persons have imagined that the word fajir in the holy tradition 'God doth give victory to this religion by means of a wicked man'

MJT.138

BSR_v11 p.056-057x, BLO_PT#005

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00271

Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

2340

Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو

Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies

INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278,

BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146

GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x

W. Heath

Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward meanings.

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338

ABU1278

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

250

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

TDLA.027-028, BLO_PN#104

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03257

320

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک المرسل الی انطون افندی العزیز

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have read thy letter addressed to the dear Anton Effendi [3.5s]... ...Regarding the statement in The Hidden Words, that man must renounce his own self, the meaning is that he must renounce his inordinate desires

BRL_DAK#0219, MNMK#050 p.134x, MMK1#181 p.201x

SWAB#181x, LOG#0596x, DLA.090x, BLO_PN#026x

ABU0134

Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906

1080

This is one of the conditions of the teachers of the Truth; he must possess pure severance, so that his words may produce such an effect on the hearers

PN_1906 p055, SUR.250-253, BLO_PN#001

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01847

290

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

AB00447

Commentary on the Fig and the Olive

590

و التین و الزیتون ایت کریمه نک دقایق معانیسندن سوال بیورلمشدر معلوم عالیلریدر

Thou hast inquired about the subtle meanings of the blessed verse “By the Fig and the Olive.”

MJT.146

BLO_PT#128

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2503

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02

For everything there is a special time. There is a special time to plant the seed; there is a special time for its growth

BAVA.025, BLO_PN#021

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0560

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

500

The Christians explain these verses by saying they refer to the Holy Spirit which came to the disciples after Christ's departure.

BAVA.041-042, BLO_PN#021

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU2202

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

120

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

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

Chastisement and requital; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice and wrath of God

ABU0123

Words spoken on 1917-11-12 in Haifa

1110

Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God

در یوم ثانی محرم سنه ١٢٣٣ در طهران در محله دروازه شمیران

On the second day of Muharram in the year 1233, in Tehran, in the district of the Shimran Gate [3.5s]... ...Ḥají Mírza Áqasí harbored the utmost enmity towards Mírza [ʻAbbas Núrí]

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.20, AYT.062-067, TZH2.012-015, MHA.184-187x

BLO_courage.06a

ABU2014

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

140

All are connected by the bond of existence. What greater bond is there than this? Furthermore, none of these can continue to exist independently

PN_unsorted p052, BLO_PN#070, BLO_PN#112

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU1589

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

200

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

DLA.020-021, BLO_PN#026

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect

BH00006

Lawh-i-Sarraj

26800

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj)

نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه

Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world.

INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124

BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201

BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51

One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth.

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242

ABU1334

Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906

240

Infallibility is of two kinds; 1) Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility, 2) conferred, extrinsic or mediate Infallibility. Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility means that of God

PN_1906 p046, SUR.248, BLO_PN#001

House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

ABU3610

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104

Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

ABU3528

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Importance of prayer; Music and singing; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

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

ABU2814

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

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

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

Humor; jokes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

ABU3002

Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh

One day a layman went to a Mullah and asked several questions. The Mullah did not answer him.

DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.186, BLO_PN#007

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes

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

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

ABU3398

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

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

DLA.064, BLO_PN#026

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humor; jokes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1882

Words spoken on 1913-09-02 in Ramleh

160

Once there was a theologian who took a sea trip. While he was walking on the deck and watching the calm sea... By these remarks I do not mean that religious study must be entirely neglected

DAS.1913-09-02, SW_v09#18 p.210x, ABIE.269x, BLO_PN#007, STAB#154

Empty learning; false spirituality; Humor; jokes

ABU2624

Words spoken on 1913-08-17 in Ramleh

Some people are like unto the spiders. The more you tear to pieces their webs of imaginations and imitations, the greater will become their zeal to spin them again.

DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Empty learning; false spirituality; Humor; jokes

ABU1352

Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh

240

When we were living in Adrianople there was a Baktashi who lived close by us. Professionally he was a wood-chopper, socially he was a wit.

DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.217, BLO_PN#007, STAB#033

Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Work as worship

ABU3256

Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh

It has reached to such a point that if some of the friends want to cough or sneeze they write me to do it for them; thinking it too much trouble! I have repeatedly written that any feasible plan which has for its aim the spread of the Cause is agreeable.

DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.231, BLO_PN#007

Humor; jokes

ABU3570

Words spoken on 1913-09-18 in Ramleh

It is necessary to joke now and then. Joking is the salt of conversation.

DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.329, BLO_PN#007

Humor; jokes

ABU1346

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

240

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

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

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2510

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Stories; anecdotes

AB06728

120

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

ای خادم درگاه حق این خادمی تو از شهنشاهی عالم برتر است و این بندگی تو از

O thou that dost serve at the divine Threshold! This service of thine is higher than the sovereignty of all the world.

INBA55:378, INBA87:162a , INBA88:348a, INBA52:159

MMK2#267 p.193

BLO_PT#081.267

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0467

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

560

That which is always the cause of inharmony and delays the progress of the Cause of God is love for leadership and self-interest. Those who cherish such tendencies

PN_1906 p052, SUR.249-250, BLO_PN#001

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes

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

ABU2267

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

110

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

TDLA.008, BLO_PN#104

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB09484

O thou sweet-singing bird! Thy letter was received. Thou hast asked regarding the notes that thou hast written.

BLO_PT#052.26

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Review of publications

ABU3336

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

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

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

Harmony of science and religion; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

ABU1142

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

280

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

TDLA.025-026, BLO_PN#104

House of Justice; Justice and mercy; Means of establishment of future civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; War and peace

BH00568

Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida)

1320

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Bisharat (Glad Tidings)

حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه

God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call

INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075

ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132

TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091

Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the followers of all religions, the adoption of a universal auxiliary language, the obligation to faithfully serve just monarchs, obedience to government, the establishment of the ‘Lesser Peace’, freedom in choice of clothing and cut of beard, abandonment of monasticism, forbidding the confession of sins, abrogating a law of the Báb regarding the destruction of books, exalting useful work to the status of worship and forbidding mendicancy, entrusting the affairs of the people to the House of Justice, abrogating the requirement of making special journeys to visit the graves of the dead, and commending a combination of republicanism and monarchy in the governance of human affairs.

Destruction of books; House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Monasticism; asceticism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320

AB00151

920

Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence; Universal House of Justice, The

Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence

ای متشبث بذیل المیثاق منشور مسطور منظور آمد و سوالات مفصله ملاحظه گردید ولو

O thou who hast clung to the hem of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and thy questions were noted [3.5s]... ...Those matters of major importance which constitute the foundation of the Law of God are explicitly recorded in the Text, but subsidiary laws are left to the House of Justice

INBA72:012, INBA59:275b, INBA89:156

BRL_DAK#0710, BRL_CUHJP#19x, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.05, DWNP_v3#05 p.033-035, RHQM1.302-304 (370) (222-223x)

BRL_CUHJ#19x, COC#0728x, COC#0763x, LOG#1068x, SW_v13#12 p.323-324x, PN_1906 p047, LOIR08.257, BLO_PT#006, BLO_PT#209

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Laws of marriage and dowry

ABU2906

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

The House of Justice is so mighty an organization that no one shall have the right to resist or oppose it. By that is meant the Universal House of Justice.

PN_1906 p045, SUR.248, BLO_PN#001

House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

AB11349

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

امّا علامت بلوغ عالم که در کتاب اقدس مرقوم یکی حصول صلح عمومی و دیگری ظهور و بروز اخت النّبوة حکمت الهّیه است که صنعتع مکتوبه جزو آن است

...As for the signs of the coming of age of the human race mentioned in the Kitab-i-Aqdas: one sign is the advent of universal peace, and the other is the unfoldment and appearance of the 'sister of prophecy', the divine philosophy, of which the hidden craft forms a part

ASAT1.208x

BLO_alchemy

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Consolation and comfort; House of Justice; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1095

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

A food that is prepared in love and partaken of in love gives one great delight. Nay, whatever is done with love imparts great delight. When we were in Baghdad

PN_1906 p078, SUR.269-270, BLO_PN#001

Hospitality; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1326

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

240

Children are of two kinds: Those capable of distinguishing and those incapable of distinguishing (right and wrong). Now, this child is too young to have the power of distinguishing

PN_1906 p085, SUR.238-239, BLO_PN#001

Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Parents and children; youth; families

ABU2396

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

100

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

TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104

Episodes from the early history of Islam; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Muhammad; Islam; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2883

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

There are two equinoxes, the vernal (Aries) and the autumnal (Libra). Before this vernal season, the earth, mountains, and gardens are as dead; this season brings life.

CHH.193, BLO_PN#022

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Spiritual springtime

ABU0558

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

500

These Bahá'í Feasts are celebrated in the East according to the lunar calendar. We also celebrate them here in accord with the lunar reckoning.

PN_1906 p070, SUR.262, BLO_PN#001

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2922

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

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

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

Attaining the life of the spirit; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02528

240

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy third report was received and its contents imparted the utmost exhilaration. The 19 days Feast was the Lord's Supper

DAS.1913-08-30, ABIE.257, BLO_PN#007

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1699

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

180

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

TDLA.055-056, BLO_PN#104

Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; Universal education

AB02447

250

ایتها المنجذبه بانوار ساطعه من ملکوت الله انی قرئت رقیمتک البلیغه و نمیقتک

O thou who art attracted by the lights shining from the Kingdom of God! Verily I have read thy eloquent letter and wonderful epistle... Know thou, verily, I say unto thee that the conditions of this mortal world

INBA89:221

DAS.1913-07-14, SW_v04#15 p.252-153x, ABIE.064, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#110a

High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06286

130

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

O thou revered and beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art turning thy face at all times toward the Kingdom

DAS.1913-03-20x, BLO_PT#028e

High station of the true believer; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00668

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

1140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is the Hidden Mystery

BLIB_Or07851.011b, , CMB_F32.077, , PR05.038b-042a, OSAI_TC 29v-32r, MKI4523.198, , BN_suppl.1753.054-059

ZYN.201, ISH.198, UAB.040ax, TBP#05, TUM.098-102x, OOL.B147

TB#05, LOG#1881x, GPB.215x3x, GPB.218x3x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.153 #125-137x

Emphasizes the importance of belief in the Divine Manifestation and proclaims four ‘effulgences’: the knowledge of God and recognition of His Prophet, steadfastness in the Cause of God, acquiring useful knowledge, and refuting accusations that Bahá’u’lláh had claimed the station of the Godhead.

Free will and predestination; fate; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.118, EBTB.062, MMAH.101, GSH.159, LL#339

ROB4.124 mentions revelation writing having been sent to recipient.

ABU0121

Public address given on 1912-05-23

1120

Abdu'l-Bahá's Address at Clark University

ای انجمن مبارک بینهایت مسرورم از اینکه در این جمعیت دارالفنون حاضر شده ام

Blessed audience, I am overjoyed to be with you here today. It had been my hope to visit this University, and now that hope has been fulfilled

KHF.062, KHAB.276 (286), KHTB2.077, NJB_v03#03-05 p.009

BLO_PT#004

East and West; communication between East and West; High station of learning; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Transcending the material condition

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH00759

Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu)

1040

Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش

This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies

INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020,

AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023

DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124

Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb.

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288

ABU2900

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Bahá'u'lláh has said that whoever has an art or handicraft, it is incumbent upon him to endeavor to develop it to the point of perfection - even though that art be as humble as that of weaving coarse straw matting.

PN_1906 p074, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001

Excellence; distinction; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Work as worship

BH11218

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

BH01313

Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine)

650

Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb); Prayers and Meditations; Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Short; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician)

لسان القدم تنطق بما یکون غنیه الالبا عند غیبه الاطبا قل یا قوم لاتاکلوا... جمیع احبا را من قبل الله تکبیر

The Ancient Tongue speaks what which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry… Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy

INBA35:004c, BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#233, , NLAI_BH1.138x, NLAI_BH2.365

BRL_DA#718, PMP#170x, AVK3.112.02x, AVK3.114.07x, MJMM.222, AQMJ1.006ax, MMJA.013x, OOL.B082

PM#170x, BPRY.096x, COC#1019x, COC#1020x, LOG#1003x, SW_v13#09 p.252, BLO_PT#114, BLO_PT#168, BP1929.031-032x, HURQ.BH64

S. Toloui-Wallace, A. Wensbo, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, A. Youssefi, The Badasht Project, L. Slott, A. Bryan, P. Escobar, D. Gundry, Nabilinho, A. McDonald, M. Sparrow, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Ann-Sofie & Rasmus, O. Gollmer, K. Bartlett, C. Bolton, M. Matouf, Yoshie & Aleksandar, M. Hadji & D. Czimek, J. Heath, M.C. Santillana, Honiara Baha'i Youth, N. Ma'ani, N Chiang, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, L. Robinson, G.H. Miller, Rowshan, K. Porray, Arrayanes, J. Heath [track 3], A. & M. Zemke [track 3], M. Levine [track 3], T. Ellis, Zannetta [track 5], Ladjamaya [track 12], almunajat.com [item 5], Ellie, Rose & Steve

Relates various items of medical and dietary advice—paraphrasing in part a chapter from Náṣíf al-Yázijí’s Majma‘u’l-Baḥrayn, a popular literary work of the time—and concludes with a prayer for healing.

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB3.358, MMAH.174, GSH.177, LL#252, LL#476

Advice follows closely (in different order) the content and wording of Nasif al-Yajizi, "Majma'ul-Bahrayn", ch. 30, p. 182, from line 10: Yaziji, Shaykh Nasif al - Majma' al-Bahrayn (also at archive.org).

ABU1525

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

210

Whatever good deeds man performs in this world have been originally inculcated by the Prophets and Manifestations of God. Were it not for the Prophets' teachings

PN_1906 p035, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU3230

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

There is spiritual healing and there is also material healing. Unless these two work together a cure is impossible.

CHH.192, BLO_PN#022

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BB00078

Letter to Mulla Baqir Tabrizi (Chihriq) Tafsir hadith "شمس التی تلک الشموس فی ظهوره"

2500

Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و انما البهاء من الله عز ذکره علی من یظهره الله جل امره و من یخلق بامره و لا یری فیه الا ماقد تجلی الله له بقوله علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Praised be to God, no god is there except Him, the Mighty, the Beloved One. The Splendour which cometh from God — exalted be His Remembrance — be upon Him Whom God shall make manifest

CMB_F21.035.18-044.13#05, , BYC_pray.099.01-105.02

KSHG.439, AYT.169, TZH3.020.04-022.21x

GOH.241x, GOH.249x, GOH.290x, GOH.351-353x, GOH.372-374x, HURQ.BB57x, GPB.030x, BLO_PT#185x

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, GOH.036

AB00883

420

Praise be to God that through the Bestowal and Grace of the Beauty of Abha, from the Continent of Europe I have returned to the Continent of Africa…. During this long trip great capacity was created…

DAS.1913-07-28, SW_v08#17 p.228x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007

Growth of the Cause; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3055

Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-09

If a man is not happy in his life, death is better than such a life. True joy comes from the tranquility of [the] heart, and this state comes from faith!

PN_1906 p019, PN_1906 p026, SUR.229-230, BLO_PN#001

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01139

370

ای یاران نورانی عبدالبهاء سه سال است که در بادیه های وسیع مانند باد بادیه

O ye illumined friends of Abdu'l-Baha: It is well-nigh three years since, like unto the wind I have been crossing vast deserts and like unto the nestless and shelterless bird

INBA17:149

YHA1.257 (2.995), MJDF.101, NJB_v04#15 p.001

DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.145, BLO_PN#007

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03822

190

O ye kind friends! A letter was received from Kerman giving you utmost praise and saying

DAS.1913-07-12, ABIE.057, BLO_PN#007

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2898

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

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

AHV.009, BLO_PN#045

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2799

Words spoken in Jun. 1906

Today the world's gaze is extended to the lives of the Bahá'ís: when they find a believer committing an evil deed, they may imagine such to be the deed of all the Bahá'ís

PN_1906 p070, SUR.274, BLO_PN#001

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Words vs deeds

AB05192

150

O thou kind, beloved friend! The copies of your peerless paper which are in reality the proofs of your high ideals, the exaltation of your aims

DAS.1913-09-17, ABIE.326, BLO_PN#007

Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08648

بسیار ستایش از دو دوست آلمانی و اطریشی نموده بودی بیا برو به استتگارت ببین چه خبر است

...Thou hast given the utmost praise to the two believers, German and Austrian. Go to Stuttgart and see with thine own eyes what is there!

NJB_v04#15 p.004x

DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.199, BLO_PN#007

Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU2039

Words spoken on 1913-07-07 in Port Said

130

the Cause has many enemies! The Baha'is must be very happy. The priests and the Ulemas, the Rabbis and the Mobeds are attacking the Cause

DAS.1913-07-07, ABIE.032, BLO_PN#007

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB02511

240

...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands

DAS.1913-07-12x, SW_v05#07 p.097x, ABIE.058x, BLO_PN#007

Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB09724

...Less than a year [ago], Abdul Baha raised the cry of 'Ya Baha El Abha' from his heart and soul as he crossed the mountains and deserts of that continent!

DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.054, BLO_PN#007

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2480

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

It depends on how intensely you, each and every one of you, serve day and night. Ye are all torches that I have lighted with mine own hands.

CHH.172-173, BLO_PN#022

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB05001

160

O ye blessed souls! The beloved pilgrim like unto an overflowing cup has a heart full of your praises. Continually this Servant expects that all the believers unloose their tongues

DAS.1913-09-26, ABIE.360, BLO_PN#007

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07471

110

ای شهناز خوش آواز نامه و جریده رسید حال جرائد عالم از هر ملتی خطابهای احباء

O thou sweet-singing Shahnaz! Thy letter and the Unity Magazines received. Today the Press of the world belonging to various nations

NJB_v05#04 p.005

BLO_PT#052.30

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Newspapers and the media; publications

AB03704

190

ای دو نفس نفیس خطه بطحاء وادی غیر ذی زرع و سنگلاخ بود چنانچه نص قرآنست از

O ye two precious souls! The valley of Batha was a barren wasteland and stony ground, as is attested in the text of the Holy Quran [3.5s]... ...The region of Nur is the birthplace of the Speaker on the Mount. Consider to what grandeur, importance and splendor it shall attain throughout future ages and cycles.

MMK6#231x, IQN.020

DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.144, BLO_PN#007

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Symbolism of color and light

ABU3018

Words to a newspaper publisher, spoken on 1912-04-04

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause; Universal peace; world unity

من بر حسب دعوتهای محافل صلح بامریکا میروم زیرا اساس این امر بر صلح عمومیست و وحدت عالم

I am going to America at the invitation of peace congresses, as the fundamental principles of this Cause are universal peace

BDA1.022.06

DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.030, ABIE.089, BLO_PN#007

ABU3453

Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh

...this Blessed Cause has such great power that it shall, ere long, vanquish all opposition. We must live and act in such manner as not to lower the station of the Cause

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.215, BLO_PN#007

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause

AB08470

100

O thou respected youth! How many holy souls in past ages have longed most intensely to hear the name of the Divine Kingdom and live during the day of the Promised one

DAS.1913-09-22, ABIE.347, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1112

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

290

In this case, the fact that one had the desire and the intention of helping is enough for him. For 'God judges men's deeds according to the intention which actuated them.'

PN_1906 p036, SUR.233, BLO_PN#001

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Goodly deeds; actions; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3222

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

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

AHV.019, BLO_PN#045

Being a source of light; guidance; Goodly deeds; actions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3384

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity

ABU3597

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Goodly deeds; actions

BH00634

1210

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

حمد مقدس از ذکر عالمیان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که تمامیت هر

A praise sanctified from the mention of all mankind befitteth the sublime and most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath ordained that the completion of every existence

SFI01.082, MAS8.191x, YMM.352x

BLO_PT#079.2.1

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB04687

160

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

ABU2298

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

110

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

DLA.031-032, BLO_PN#026

Free will and predestination; fate; Life and death

ABU0453

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab in Mar 1910

580

O my daughter, you ask so many things, that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh could instruct you for many days and weeks!... The Lord God pleased to give the human being three great mysteries

MSBH10.188-190

SDW v13#02 p.017-018, BLO_PN#047

Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul is the essential reality of man

ABU3184

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104

Free will and predestination; fate; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

AB02907

220

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

ABU3347

Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh

As regards free will. There are two distinct kinds of affairs, the first dominated by man, the second which is beyond his control

DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.233, BLO_PN#007

Free will and predestination; fate

ABU1470

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

220

...there are five kinds of love: 1st: The love of His own perfections which caused God to create

SW_v08#10 p.126x, BAVA.038-039, BLO_PN#021

Four; five pathways of love; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death

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

AB00207

800

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Tablet on the Inmost Heart

Tablet on the Inmost Heart

الحمد لله الذی اشرق علی الفواد بنور الرشاد و نور القلوب بسطوع ایات القدس بکل

All praise be to God Who hath shone forth upon the heart with the light of Divine guidance

INBA21:143b, INBA55:178, INBA59:075, INBA88:041, INBA90:143, UMich962.065-069, UMich991.038-043

BRL_DAK#0578, MKT1.109, MNMK#014 p.083

BLO_PT#213, BLO_sazedj#25, HURQ.AB01

Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Intuition; inspiration; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH00020

Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light)

8280

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?

ABU0140

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22

1060

If your hearts are turned always towards God, and filled with the love of God, that love will separate them from all other things, that love will be the wall

PN_1899 p004, AEP.021-022, NRMM.163, BLO_PN#031

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00145

930

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; War and peace

ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و

Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold

INBA16:069

MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002

BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215

ABU3060

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07

Through the bounty and favor of God think nothing difficult or impossible. God is so bountiful that He brings fire out from the stone

PN_1904 p007, PN_1904 p039, TTAW.010, BLO_PN#102

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3217

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Men are trained and developed through these; that is, through poverty, vicissitudes and want. Otherwise, God would have ordered that His friends and Saints become endowed with great wealth

PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2386

Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-05

100

The people of this country are not interested to read these articles and addresses and if you ask from those few

DAS.1913-09-05, ABIE.281, BLO_PN#007

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2949

Words spoken on 1913-07-08 in Port Said

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

There is a power in this Cause, a mysterious power, far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels

DAS.1913-07-08, BSC.304 #622, SW_v07#05 p.034, SW_v11#14 p.243, ABIE.039, BLO_PN#007

AB02682

230

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بدیع معانی ملاحظه گردید نغمه بلبل وفا بود و یا گلبانگ

O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter, wondrous and replete with inner meaning, was perused

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.37, MSHR3.197

BLO_courage.35-36

ABU1474

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

220

This is the exposition of one of the great questions of Divine Wisdom which Christ has couched in this brief and simple utterance. That great question is this:

PN_1906 p033, SUR.231-232, BLO_PN#001

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Effort; striving; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU2400

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

100

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

DLA.024-025, BLO_PN#026

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]

AB01660

300

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ان النیر الاعظم المتلئلا علی آفاق الامم قد غاب عن مشرق العالم و یلوح و یضی ء

The world's great Light, once resplendent upon all mankind, hath set, to shine everlastingly from the Abha horizon

INBA88:317

MNMK#041 p.127, MMK1#005 p.015, AYBY.323 #001, HHA.053, MHA.525c, KHML.245-250

SWAB#005, BWF.349-350, SW_v14#12 p.356-357, DWN_v1#06 p.001-002, DWN_v6#09 p.002ax, ABCC.048-049, CHH.111, BLO_PN#022

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

AB04938

160

O ye believers who are attracted to the Center of Lights! Verily there have been various assemblies in America

SW_v02#01 p.008, BLO_PT#052.16

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH10832

Tablet of the Hair 9

شعری سفیری فی کل حین ینادی علی غصن النار فی رضوان القدس و الانوار لعل اهل

My hair is My Messenger. It is calling aloud at all times upon the branch of Fire within the hallowed and luminous garden of Paradise

BLIB_Or11098.029g

LHKM3.075b, MUH3.275b, OOL.B191.09

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

AB00652

480

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید دلیل تبتل و تضرع بود و برهان

O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents much appreciated… Obligatory prayers and supplications are the very water of life… Ye have asked about the significance of the expression “sacrificial lover”

MMK2#076 p.060, MMK2#134 p.101

BRL_ATE#189x, BRL_IOPF#2.18x, BLO_PT#081.76

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fanaticism and hatred; Importance of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH00687

Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet)

1120

Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet)

ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء

Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?

INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124,

BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091

BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411

Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis

Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in verses reminiscent of the biblical Book of Job, Bahá’u’lláh calls to God in His suffering and in God’s apparent absence and receives God’s answer as to the wisdom of this suffering.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211

ABU3255

Words spoken on 1913-07-26 in Ramleh

I am not feeling well, even in Ramleh, but for the present I will not move to any other place, no matter what may happen. I have finished all my work. I have nothing else to do.

DAS.1913-07-26, ABIE.115, BLO_PN#007

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00295

Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence)

2180

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Madinatur-Rida (City of Radiant Acquiescence)

ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین

Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him

INBA73:186

BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087

BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x

Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’s own self, which requires detachment from the world; with one’s fellow believers, which implies humility in their presence; and with the vicissitudes of the world.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150

BH02422

370

Tablet to Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá)

Lawh-i-Aqa Mírzá Aqa (Tablet to Aqa Mírzá Aqa)

یا افنانی قد قرء لدی العرش ما ارسلته الی اسمنا المهدی مره بعد مره و وجدنا

O My Afnán! That which thou hadst repeatedly sent to Our Name Mihdí was read in Our presence, and from it We sensed the fragrance of sorrow

INBA51:333, BLIB_Or15697.189,

AVK3.133.09x, LHKM3.252

EBTB.234, BLO_PT#170x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH03019

Lawh-i-Maryam 2

300

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Maryama Isiy-i-Jan (Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love)

مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم

O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient

INBA38:031

BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b

LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01456

330

Every season hath its own condition. Every place hath its own beauties. In the time of spring the blossoming of the wilderness gives loving pleasure.

CHH.113-114, BLO_PN#022

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH00275

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum

2300

Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Begum (Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Begum)

ان القلم ینوح و اللوح یبکی بما صعدت زفرات اهل الوفاء و نزلت عبرات الفردوس... ان یا قلم قد اتتک مصیبة کبری

O Pen! Verily a great tribulation and mighty calamity hath come upon Thee, one that hath caused the denizens of the Exalted Paradise and the dwellers of the Concourse on High

INBA31:074, BLIB_Or15704.218, , BLIB_Or15714.095x, , Majlis210461.114-116x

BRL_DA#273x, AQA4#100 p.339, AQA4a.201, AVK3.133.02x, AYT.029x, KHAF.184 (285), ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.364x, OOL.B179a, MATA.154-155x

BRL_ATBH#16x, EBTB.379, LTDT.055x, LTDT.057x, BLO_PT#151, GEN.099-102

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Visitation Tablets

LL#139

AB05814

140

ای مهربان الحمد لله بعون و عنایت ایزد توانا ببقعه نوراء رسیدی و آستان یار

O thou Mehreban! Praise be to God that through the Protection and Favor of the Omnipotent God thou didst reach the Illumined spot

YARP2.136 p.155

DAS.1913-07-05, ABIE.027, BLO_PN#007

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU3335

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

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

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Exhortations and counsels; Stories; anecdotes

BH01394

Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi)

620

Tablet of Holiness

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness); Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness)

یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان

My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear

INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169,

BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a

BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008

Contention and conflict; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

MMAH.171, LL#213

ABU3045

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

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

AHV.014, BLO_PN#045

Evolution; human evolution; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The human body

BH02479

360

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

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

AB04774

160

ای سلاله ابراهیمی الحق از دودمان آن بزرگواری و از سلاله آن مهر تابان رائحه

O descendant of Abraham! In truth, thou art of that illustrious lineage, a descendant of that resplendent Sun.

KHAZ.i017+058

KHAZE.017, BLO_PN#025

Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB08643

550

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; Eulogies; reminiscences; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابت بر پیمان لوح مسطور رق منشور بود اشارات بشارات بود و تلویح عین تصریح

O you who are firm in the Covenant! The letter you had written me was like an unrolled scroll

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.31, MSHR2.043x, MSHR5.257bx, YIA.379-380x

BLO_courage.32-34

AB04397

170

Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای سلیل سید مدینه تدبیر و انشاء و امیر اقلیم عقل و نهی مدتیست که با تو

O you who are the scion of the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment

MKT8.112, MKT9.140a, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.23, SFI18.272

LOIR20.166-167, BLO_courage.32

ABU2152

Words spoken on 1912-06-23 in New York

120

Eulogies; reminiscences; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrs and martyrdom

حضرت مسیح را می فرمودند که هر کس میخواهد با من بیاید باید صلیب خود را بدوش خویش بردارد

His Holiness Christ said, 'he that desireth to follow Me, must bear his own cross.'

BDA1.131.16

MHMD1.141-142, FDA.034, DJT.319-321, BKOG.098x, BLO_PN#027, STAB#037

BH00478

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam

1510

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Ziyarat-Namih-i-Maryam (Tablet of Visitation for Maryam)

ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان

O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High

INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111

BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153

LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348

Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam".

AB05345

150

O thou remembrance of that daughter of the Kingdom! ... Collect the traces of thy mother's pen, so that they may remain after her

BLO_PN#093

Eulogies; reminiscences

AB00799

440

Paris Talks

ای دختر عزیز من نامه فصیح و بلیغ در کمال سرور در باغی در زیر سایه درختی

O Thou my beloved daughter! Thine eloquent and fluent letter was perused in a garden, under the cool shade of a tree

BRL_DAK#0737

LOG#2075x, PT#59 p.195, DAS.1913-08-28, ABIE.249, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#099, BSTW#108b

Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Predictions and prophecies; Role and station of women; War and peace

ABU0141

Words to reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, spoken on 1912-10-03

1050

اقلیم امریکا اقلیم معموری است. اسباب تربیت موجود است. مدارس عالیه دارد و تلامذه تربیت می شوند و تحصیل می کنند

The continent of America is most progressive. The means of instructions are prepared.... Divine civilization is a symposium of the perfections... We do not look upon the dresses of women

NJB_v14#05 p.160, ZSM.1915-09-26

DAS.1913-07-23, SW_v04#12 p.206-207, SW_v07#07 p.054, SW_v07#15 p.134, ABIE.099, VLAB.032x, BLO_PN#007

Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2523

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

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

PN_1908 p007, DLA.016, BLO_PN#026

Equality of men and women; Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3364

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.007, BLO_PN#104

Entry by troops; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause

ABU3413

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03

My heart is in a continual state of thanksgiving, and so often those accustomed to this form say the words with the lips merely

BAVA.030-031, VLAB.133x, BLO_PN#021

Empty learning; false spirituality; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2868

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

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

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

Bringing forth results; fruit; Effort; striving; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01158

370

O ye believers in the heart and spirit of Abdul Baha! It has been well-nigh three years since this Servant at the Threshold of Baha has been a wanderer over mountain and desert and a traveler upon plain and sea.

DAS.1913-09-26, ABIE.358, BLO_PN#007

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2348

Words spoken on 1913-08-14 in Ramleh

100

The difference between me and the rest is that I wish the welfare of the people for their own sake, and without any ulterior motive.

DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.192-193, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#194

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

ABU0973

Words spoken on 1913-09-02 in Ramleh

320

The fathers, and especially the mothers, must always think how they can best educate their children

DAS.1913-09-02, SW_v09#07 p.087-088, SW_v07#15 p.143-144, ABIE.267, BLO_PN#007

Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity

ABU3095

Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-03

You are very welcome. I was longing to see you... It is very strange that when a face is not illumined with the light of the love of God

DAS.1913-09-03, SW_v08#12 p.143x, ABIE.272x, BLO_PN#007

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Critique of Western values; culture; Education of children; moral education

AB02045

270

Education and the development of capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The dispatched letter was received. Praise be unto God that in this springtime of God

BLO_PT#003d

ABU0713

Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1909-07-11

410

Tonight is a beautiful night because, Praise be to God, the believers of America and Persia are joined here at one table. This is one of the great fruits of the Word of God.

PN_1909 p021, PN_1909 p057, PN_1909C p111, DJT.108-110, BLO_PN#027

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; East and West; communication between East and West; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB08449

100

...The correspondence of the believers of God with all parts of America and from America to all directions is very acceptable and seasonable.

DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.235, BLO_PN#007

East and West; communication between East and West; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1439

Words spoken on 1913-09-19 in Ramleh

220

Outside of Teheran we had a great park planted by the father of the Blessed perfection

DAS.1913-09-19, SW_v09#16 p.184, ABIE.334, BLO_PN#007

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Stories; anecdotes

BH00267

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food)

2370

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am)

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه

Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation

INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20

BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052

GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02

A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93).

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146

Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11

ABU1456

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-15

220

It is a good gathering. Thank God that belivers are gathered around this table from every part, with utmost sincerity, unity and friendship.

TTAG.020-022, BLO_PN#101

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0691

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

420

In the world of creation there is one nature common to all things. When we study their nature, we perceive that they are either essentially as light or darkness

DWN_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

AB04444

170

Convey the wonderful Abha greetings to.......and Mrs. Waite and tell her that the tune for the Dawning rays of Truth has come

BBBD.119-120, BLO_PT#052.17b

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06678

120

O thou beloved son of the Kingdom! Truly I say thou art self-sacrificing and in the service of the Kingdom of God thou art volition-less

DAS.1913-08-10x, ABIE.176x, BLO_PN#007

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01716

510

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám); Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám (Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II)

ان یا معشر العشاق تالله هذه للیله ماظهر مثلها فی الامکان و ان هذا لفضل من

O concourse of ardent lovers! By the righteousness of God, this is a night the like of which hath never been witnessed in the world of creation

INBA51:114, INBA73:002, BLIB_Or15696.181f, , KB_620:107-108x

AYT.055, OOL.B205, AMB#44

DOR#44, BLO_PT#157

unknown

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB08890

O thou who art attracted with the Love of God! Thy letter was like the mirror in which were reflected the pictures of Divine Confirmations.

DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.310, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

AB03707

190

ای دوستان جمال قدم عصر عصر انجذابست و قرن قرن حضرت رب الارباب شرق و غرب

O ye friends of the Blessed Perfection! This century is the century of attraction. This Cycle is the Cycle of His Highness the Lord of Lords

INBA13:046

MKT5.019, MJMJ3.001ax, MMG2#222a p.249x, NJB_v01#19a p.034

DAS.1913-07-13, ABIE.059, BLO_PN#007

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

AB00152

920

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for healing; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ای منجذبه ملکوت الله آنچه بتاریخ ۱۹ آگست سنه ۱۹۰۵ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God: Thy writing of August 19, 1905, was considered, and the contents were a source of joy.... The prayers which were written for the purpose of healing

BRL_DAK#0227, MNMK#156 p.290x, MMK1#139 p.156x, MMK5#144 p.112x

SWAB#139x, LOG#0924x, LOG#1761x, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SW_v08#18 p.230x, DLA.084, MAB.008b, BLO_PN#026, BSTW#369a

AB07824

110

O thou spiritual leaf, which is verdant and fresh through the downpourings of the Kingdom of God!... Verily, verily, I say unto thee, the Covenant of God and His Testament is the lamp

DAS.1913-07-18, SW_v08#16 p.218x, ABIE.083, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#105, BSTW#123c

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06734

120

ای خداوند بی نیاز این دلها را براز خویش دمساز کن و از بیگانه و خویش بی نیاز

O Thou Incomparable God! Make Thou these hearts intimate with Thy Mystery; suffer them to be detached from the known and from the unknown

INBA21:141a, INBA75:053

DWNP_v5#02-3 p.002-003, DUR2.130, DUR1.191, ADH2.049, ADH2_1#25 p.042, ADH2_1#47 p.071, MJMJ1.057, MMG2#298 p.331, MJH.016a

DAS.1913-07-18, ABIE.082, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#123b

S. Tirandaz

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God

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

ABU1854

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

160

These are precious and wonderful days in ‘Akká. Each day is as a year. Your visit cannot be measured merely by the length of time you have been here.

TDLA.012-013, BLO_PN#104

Differences in human capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1563

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

200

Since the day you arrived you have daily progressed and you have almost changed. Some souls come here and return unaltered.

PN_1909 p012, PN_1909 p043, PN_1909C p092, PN_1909E p002, PN_1909F p036, DJT.064-065, BLO_PN#027

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU3576

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

They are limited only by the capacity of souls to whom They reveal the Word.

TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104

Differences in human capacity; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God

ABU2502

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

Parents must find out as to that calling or profession for the acquisition of which their children show the most aptitude and natural desire

PN_1906 p083, SUR.237-238, BLO_PN#001

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education

AB00940

400

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

ABU2479

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

The Word is a book. The believers are the letters. The letters of the alphabet taken separately have no meaning. But in combination they form words

AHV.018, BLO_PN#045

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as mirror; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB03207

210

ای نفوس مبارکه در عالم وجود هیچ موهبتی باقی و برقرار نه و هیچ نعمتی پایدار

O ye blessed souls! In the world of existence no bounty remains eternal and permanent and no gift continues to be immutable save the Bestowal of 'Divine Guidance'!

NJB_v04#12 p.004

DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.210, BLO_PN#007

Development of capacity and readiness; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2176

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken around 1904-02-06

120

All teaching and knowledge are enclosed in the soul of man, because his soul encompasses everything. To study means to try to bring them to light.

PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p036, TTAW.006, BLO_PN#102

Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge of self; Study; deepening

ABU1019

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13

310

‘Abdu'l-Bahá has written a Tablet specially for the purpose, that should anyone ask about his station, it is ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and no more

TTAG.016-017, BLO_PN#101

Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of thought and belief

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

BH11265

Tablet of the Hair 10

شعری سمندری لذا استقر علی نار خدی و یرعی فی ریاض وجهی و هذا مقام الذی خلع ابن

My hair is My Phoenix. Therefore hath it set itself upon the blazing fire of My Face and receiveth sustenance

BLIB_Or11098.029h

LHKM3.075c, MUH3.275c, OOL.B191.10

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند

Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence

INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123

BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056

TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050

Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda

Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

ABU3054

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Giving up everything in the Cause of God and following His Will no matter where it leads. We must not have desire for anything else but God.

TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU3166

Words spoken at Jenner home in East Sheen, ca. Sep. 1911

Blessed are the children, of whom His Holiness Christ said: 'Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven.' Children have no worldly ambitions. Their hearts are pure. We must become like children, crowning our heads with the crown of severance;; purifying our hearts, that we may see God in His Great Manifestations, and obey the laws brought to us by those, His Messengers.

CHH.166, BLO_PN#022

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

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

AB11276

...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side.

DAS.1913-08-01, SW_v07#10 p.099, ABIE.141, BLO_PN#007

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1809

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

170

This is a deep and lengthy subject, but briefly, there is, as we know, a power that composes and a power that decomposes

LOG#0688x, DLA.043-044, BLO_PN#026

Angels; Composition and decomposition; Demons and evil spirits; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

BB00613

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

مراتب سبعة کلیة‌الاولی رتبة‌الجماد فاذا استعرج رتبة الحدودیة عن مقام المعدنیة هنالک یتصل الی مقام النبات

There are seven general stages. The first is the stage of the inorganic being. From the mineral kingdom, it ascendeth to the stage of the plant

ASAT4.121

BLO_PT#079.1.5, KSHK.BWB

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Evolution; human evolution; Presence of; reunion with God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1000

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

310

Faith outwardly means to believe in the message a Manifestation brings to the world... But, in reality, Faith embodies three degrees

SW_v08#05 p.058x, TDLA.059-060, BLO_PN#104

Degrees of faith; certitude; Goodly deeds; actions; Second birth; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04958

Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat

160

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát)

Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat)

مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم

...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.”

MAS9.100-101x, YMM.319bx, VUJUD.142x

BLO_PT#167x, VUJUDE.126x

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fire and light; fire and water; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH00827

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions)

990

Tabernacle of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر

All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace.

BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068

BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040

TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119

almunajat.com [item 29]

Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the problem of conflicting religious claims, declaring that His religion is ‘the religion of forbearance’ and that it ‘embraceth all faiths and all religions’, and affirming ‘the reality of Paradise and Hell, for reward and punishment require their existence’.

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257

ABU3202

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Allusion cannot convey what Reality teaches. Christ said, 'What has happened in the past will happen again in the future.' The reason of this is that all things are under the operation of Divine Law

TDLA.012, BLO_PN#104

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Limits of language; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1889

Words spoken on 1913-08-23 in Ramleh

160

The stories of the prophets recorded in the Koran are not for the sake of recording history. They are as warnings to future generations after Mohammed

DAS.1913-08-23, ABIE.225, BLO_PN#007

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3051

Words spoken in a private home in Chelsea, Sep. 1911

All art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet

CHH.167-168, BLO_PN#022

Creativity in art; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Music and singing; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB00492

560

Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مورخ یازدهم جولای رسید و دو تلغراف از شما رسید یکی ... این مسائل مثل کف دریا است

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the eleventh of July and two telegrams from thee were received [3.5s]... ...These issues (violations of the Covenant) are like the froth of the sea – they come and then disappear...But if a person does some injury to me, myself, not to the Cause of God, even if he cuts off one of my limbs

MAS2.037-040, YHA1.107-108x, NJB_v05#14 p.004x, KHH1.258-260 (1.361-363)x

KHHE.377-379, BLO_PT#104x, BSTW#052dx

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3163

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

With the appearance of the Truth the point of opposition raises its head. The former gains signal victory; the other goes into crushing defeat.

DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.011, BLO_PN#007

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Things are known by their opposites; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU2116

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

130

It belongs to the lesson of yesterday. Events like these happen because of the connection between the parts of the universe, for every small part has connection

DLA.021-022, BLO_PN#026

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

AB00307

680

یا اسم الله الیوم میزان کل شیء و مقناطیس تایید عهد و میثاق رب مجید است کل را

O Name of God! In this Day the criterion and balance of all things and the magnet for attracting divine confirmations is the Covenant and Testament

INBA55:444, INBA59:235

MKT2.126, MILAN.179, AKHA_121BE #10 p.h, DUR1.416, MAS5.098, YHA1.097-098x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.430x

BLO_PT#182x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2960

Words spoken on 1913-09-04 in Ramleh

Chastity and purity of life are the two divine standards of the spiritual and moral law.

DAS.1913-09-04, SW_v08#02 p.026, ABIE.277, BLO_PN#007

Chastity and purity; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00004

Kitab-i-Badi'

84700

Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی

Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus)

BLIB_Or15709.001,

BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016

BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x

Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in the voice of one of His supporters, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the truth through the eye of the heart and refuting seven specific accusations levelled by a certain follower of Mírzá Yaḥyá. The answers emphasize the importance of ‘He Whom God shall make manifest’ in the writings of the Báb, declare Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to be the fulfilment of that promise, assert that the relationship between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh is the same as that between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and warn the questioner of the wrath of God.

Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; Words vs deeds

LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028

AB00279

710

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب سرور وجدان گردید زیرا دلالت میکرد

My honorable and dear friend: Your kind letter was received and its contents became the means of happiness

MNMK#116 p.224, PYM.164x, MJDF.063, NJB_v04#16 p.001

DAS.1913-07-08x, BSC.439 #797x, BSC.448 #817x, ABIE.019, ABIE.037, ADP.159-164, CHU.111-112x, BLO_PN#007

ABU2675

, spoken on 1912-03-30

جمیع موجودات در تحت تغیر و تبدیلند هر جوانی پیر و هر نهالی درخت کهن میشود

All the created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transmutation. Youth is

BDA1.018.06

DAS.1913-07-19, SW_v13#09 p.218, MHMD1.025, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Law of transformation and change; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU1318

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06

240

Whatever there is in the world of contingency is a symbol of the spiritual world; whatever there is on the earth is a symbol of heavenly things.

PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p034, TTAW.004-005, BLO_PN#102

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Empty learning; false spirituality; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB00585

510

A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám; Translation List

ای صدرالصدور رق منشور قرائت گشت مقصد معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه الیوم آنحضرت خدمت

O distinguished one! The written missive was perused and its purpose became evident. In truth, in this day thou art rendering service [3.5s]... ...In truth thou art now rendering a great service to the basic foundations of the Cause of God... As to the question of the twelfth Imam, there existeth in the ḥadíths an apparent contradiction.

MMK6#601x, AVK2.222.13x, TSS.147, MAS2.050-052x

COC#0388x, BLO_PT#001x, ADMS#019x, KFPT#03.6

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

BH01034

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi

810

Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi)

قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای

The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision

INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020

BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a

GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60

D. E. Walker, L. Slott

Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different views since souls are created in different states of understanding; gives an example of two valid yet opposing positions regarding the relationship of the Manifestations to God; and states that ‘the whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him’, advising that the ‘largeness or smallness of the receptacle’ should not be considered.

Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

GSH.183, LL#130

ABU2878

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Those who first arose to persecute us and plotted against us are now seeking a means for reconciliation. We have no quarrel with anyone

PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001

Contention and conflict; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU3261

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

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

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

ABU3478

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Material and spiritual existence; two books

ما مداخله در طعام جسمانی آنها نمی کنیم مداخلهٴ ما در طعام روحانی است

At the table on board the Cedric Abdu'l-Baha spoke about simple diet - how much better

BDA1.023.02

DAS.1913-07-20, SW_v08#02 p.018, MHMD1.031, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007

ABU1279

Words to Miss Rogers, spoken on 1909-07-05

250

This is the third time you have been here. It has been a great pleasure for you... Man must always associate with those from whom he can get light or be with those to whom he can give light.

SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1909 p009, PN_1909 p035, PN_1909C p083, DJT.049-050, BLO_PN#027

Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2911

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

TDLA.020, BLO_PN#104

Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

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]

AB03962

180

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابت بر پیمان چندیست که مکاتبه ننمودم و این مجرد از کثرت مشاغل و غوائل

O you who are firm in the Covenant! I have not written to you for some time now; this is due only to the numerous preoccupations

MKT8.064, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.35

BLO_courage.34-35

ABU3058

Words spoken ca. 1916

If you have a bed of lilies-of-the-valley that you love and tenderly care for, they cannot see you, nor can they understand your care

CHH.215, BLO_PN#022

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Soul; spirit after death

BH03773

250

Tablet of Consolation

Lawh-i Taziya (Tablet of Consolation)

یعزیکم الله بفضل من عنده انه لهو المعزی العلیم الحکیم لا تحزن فی ابیک انه صعد الی الله

God consoles you as a token of His grace, and He is, in truth, the Comforter, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

INBA51:505x

LHKM3.148x

BLO_PT#110, JHT_B#007

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death

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

AB03883

190

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Though thy father was not kind to thee, praise be to God thou hast a Heavenly Father.

PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p050, DJT.094-095, BLO_PN#027

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3428

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

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

DLA.013, BLO_PN#026

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

ABU2684

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

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

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

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building

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

ABU0448

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

580

The [animal] spirit will not become human spirit, nor will vegetable spirit become animal spirit. Existence is one, as it appears in every grade, according to the exigency of that grade.

PN_unsorted p053, BLO_PN#070

Composition and decomposition; Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU0508

Words to Agnew, Chase, Sheffler, spoken on 1907-04-12

530

Today is a beautiful day. I have been longing to see such a day. I am very happy. My happiness is from the point that the Power of God has gathered us together…. If there should not be decomposition, composition would not be.

PN_1907 p073x, TTAG.008-011, BLO_PN#101

Composition and decomposition; Critique of Western values; culture; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity; War and peace

ABU0966

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-12

320

It must be so. Twelve thousand now must be as one. Everything will be obtained by unity and harmony... Today I met some people who were very difficult to meet

PN_1907 p074, PN_1907 p078, TTAG.011-013, BLO_PN#101

Composition and decomposition; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Unity in diversity

ABU1154

Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh

280

If we look upon creation from a remote outlook, we see symmetry and harmony; the apparent differences and anomalies blending into one harmonious whole

DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.232, BLO_PN#007

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU0018

Interview with Pasteur Monnier at his theological seminary in Paris, 1913-02-17

2180

Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity

Interview with Pasteur Monnier (1913)

احوال حضرات را بپرس اسقوف عرض کرد الحمد لله سلامتیم و مسرور از تشریف

How are you?... I am likewise most happy... One endowed with the gift of hearing gets the mysteries of God from all things

AVK2.172.02x, AVK4.331x, KHF.148, KHAB.418 (421), KHTB3.061

DAS.1913-02-16, SW_v04#03 p.051-055, ADP.147-158, BLO_PT#002, STAB#062

Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as mirror; Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); The cross and the trinity

question and answer session.

AB01992

280

O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy latest letter and great love welled forth unto thee

SW_v08#19 p.239, DLA.088, BLO_PN#026

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01933

280

ای دکتر من نامه تو رسید نوایای خویش را مرقوم نموده بودی چه قدر این نوایا

O thou my doctor! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy aims... The worst human quality and the most great sin is back-biting, and most especially

BRL_DAK#1147, AVK3.181.13x, GHA.304bx, NJB_v04#11 p.004

LOG#0312x, LOG#0305x, DAS.1913-08-11, SW_v04#11 p.192, SW_v07#19 p.196, ABIE.179, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

ABU0557

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10

500

Christ himself said that whatever happened in the cycle of Moses would occur again in His time. Therefore these occurrences were repeated.

PN_1904 p014, PN_1904 p053, TTAW.019-022, BLO_PN#102

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU0474

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30

560

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection

BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021

Chastity and purity; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

BH00049

Lawh-i-Nasir

5960

Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini)

قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود

The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified

INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075

BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063

BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x

Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’.

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201

BH01393

620

Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar (Múnáját-i-Jináb-i-Samandarí); Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Munajat-i-Jinab-i-Samandari (Prayer for Shaykh Kazim Samandar)

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی عبد حاضر مکتوبیکه بنام آنجناب بود تلقاء وجه عرض نمود و

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! A servant present did lay before the Face a letter that bore thy name [3.5s]... ...In regard to his affairs, let him repeat nineteen times: Thou seest me, O my God, detached from all save Thee

BRL_DA#006, MJAN.008b, AYBY.059b, MAS8.094x, NSR_1993.024bx, SAM.054, TRZ1.073

BRL_APBH#10x, BLO_PT#069x, BLO_PT#070x

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, E. Mahony, J. Lambshead, S. Jaberi, friends in Bahrain

Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01494

Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad)

580

Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha)

ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله

Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation.

INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210,

NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117

SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172

Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in consequence of his abuses of power and foretells the imminent downfall of his colleague, ‘Álí Páshá, as well as the overthrow of the Sultan himself.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302

AB08179

100

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

ABU3263

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

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

DLA.065, BLO_PN#026

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universality of the Cause

AB09108

...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God

DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.189, BLO_PN#007

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities

AB11431

...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha.

DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10292

...Every son who does not become a cause of glory for his parents is a manifest loss. How many children turn out to be fruitless and unfaithful!

DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.144, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1182

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-03

270

It is stated in the New Testament that Jesus Christ was once drinking of the fruit of the vine and said he would drink no more except in the presence of the Father.

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Judas; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Second birth

ABU3545

Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh

The duty of the believers of God is to be servants to one another and to attend to his brother's wants

DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#12 p.143-144, ABIE.163, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God

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

AB00023

Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Celestial Spheres)

3020

Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih); Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers

Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe)

الحمد لله الذی جعل اسمائه و صفاته لم یزل نافذه احکامها فی مراتب الوجود

Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence

INBA55:048, INBA59:027b, UMich962.036-050, UMich991.150-170

MKT1.013, MNMK#006 p.047, MILAN.001, AVK2.150.10x, MAS5.147x, ADH2.093x, ADH2_2#16 p.121x, MMG2#122 p.140x, YHA1.375x, DLS.319, OOL.C005

BLO_PT#142

Treatise highlighting the intimate connection between physical and spiritual realities and laws. Opens with an exordium on the names and attributes of God, which move "in the firmament of perfection in descending and ascending arcs", and "in the orbits of sanctity and circles of glorification", occupying "spiritual spheres" which are "subtle", "fluid", and "vibrating". Explains that since motion is intrinsic to existence, and this motion must be governed that order and perfection may be maintained, a universal attractive force was brought into being between the "holy and resplendent suns" and their planets and satellites. Emphasizes that the creation of God has no limits. Clarifies that the preceding are "spiritual truths pertaining to the spiritual world" and that material truths can also be inferred from this, for "physical things are signs and imprints of spiritual things". Describes the interconnected and relative nature of "earthly" and "heavenly", "material" and "spiritual", "accidental" and "essential", "particular" and "universal", "foundation" and "structure". States, quoting a Hadith, that particular and universal realities in both the physical and spiritual realms are infinite. Explains that the divine grace is manifested according to capacity, both individually in the human reality and collectively in this new cycle: thus "in this most great manifestation ... the gates of revelation and discovery have been thrown wide open". Clarifies that it is not possible that God's grace should have appeared all at once, but that a gradual and progressive revelation is necessary. Warns that the knowledge and sciences of past ages are "superstitious fancies" compared to those realities which have become unveiled in this Revelation, and so all matters must be weighed in the balance of this Cause. Directs that all things be investigated "in a methodical and scientific way", and that conventional wisdom be rejected, in order "to discover the undisclosed verities and the hidden mysteries, which are concealed in the inmost heart of the universal realities". Reiterates that the discoveries and opinions of earlier philosophers, including those regarding the celestial spheres, were unsound, since it is only in this age that the mathematical sciences have been systematized. Defends the statements of the Prophets about the celestial spheres, that they merely referred to the orbits of the planets. Affirms that the planets move within a subtle, fluid and vibrating substrate, and that "the heavens are a restrained wave because a void is impossible and inconceivable". Rejects the notion that the celestial spheres are solid and glassy. Returns to the topic of the errors of the ancient philosophers, in relation to the orbit of the Earth around the sun: while Pythagoras, Plato and Aristarchus affirmed the correct theory, their opinions were based on presentiment and not on evidence; while most of the sages, including al-Farabi, followed the erroneous theory of Ptolemy (in contradiction to the explicit text of Qur'an 36:38). Reiterates that sound scientific theories are supported by logical proofs and careful observation, as well as being "in conformity with the principles of the universal themes expounded in the divine sciences". Praises the careful observations of Copernicus. Closes with a prayer in praise of God and this Day and asking for steadfastness.

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH00843

2260

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

ABU3588

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

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

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

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1555

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-21

200

The Kingdom of God is likened unto a garden and the gardener is a blessed Manifestation. The gardener comes and finds the trees unfruitful and the garden in disorder.

PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

AB11523

Thank thou God for inspiring thee with these verses in which thou art urging for peace, quietness, unity and affiliation.

BLO_PT#052.21

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity

AB04379

170

ای دوستان حقیقت پرست عبدالبهاء در دریای تبلیغ و لجه بیان و اقامه برهان شب و

O lovers of Truth! Though night and day 'Abdu'l-Baha is immersed in the sea of proclamation, teaching and the providing of proofs

KHAZ.i021+156

KHAZE.019, BLO_PN#025

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Importance of community building; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1091

Words spoken in 1901

450

O people! The Doors of the Kingdom are opened--the Sun of Truth is shining upon the world... These great days are swiftly passing and once gone can never be recalled

SW_v03#14 p.012, SW_v04#15 p.258, SW_v05#01 p.001, SW_v06#14 p.106, SW_v06#15 p.113, SW_v06#15 p.116, SW_v08#14 p.189x, SW_v12#15 p.245x, PN_1901 p086, AHV.032, BLO_PN#045, BSTW#504bx

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to Christians; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

AB05472

150

Cry aloud and say: O friends, a hundred times glad tidings that the light of Reality has shone and enlightened the world. The proclamation of the Kingdom has reached you.

CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

AB03231

210

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی نام مبارک محبوب بیهمتا جمال ابهی را در منتهای جذب

O ye beloved friends of God and handmaids of the Merciful! Call ye to mind the blessed Name of our peerless Beloved, the Abha Beauty

BRL_DAK#0069, AHB.132BE #09-10 p.11, BSHN.140.462, BSHN.144.456, MHT1b.189

BRL_ATE#049, BLO_PT#130

unknown

AB03694

190

O dear daughter! Thy letter was received. Its content was understood. Thy aim is very high and thy intention superb. The President of the Republic

BLO_PT#052.35

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Prayer for governments and rulers; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2576

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-27