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| AB11584 | Cablegram dated 1912-12-30 | 10 | Receive no Persian, even my family, without autographic permission. Communicate to all friends. | SW_v06#12 p.093, BSTW#073a | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11598 | Cablegram dated ca. 1914-07-04 | 10 | Former cablegram correct. Protect Cause according contents. Inform Remey. | BSTW#073g | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3641 | Words spoken on 1907-04-15 | 10 | This is but the imagination of mankind. | BSTW#211a | Demons and evil spirits; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11515 | 20 | خلق الانسان علی صوره الرحمن ای الصفة الرحمانیه فالشمایل الجسمانیه تفنی | Humanity is created in the image of the Merciful [God], that is to say with Divine attributes | KHH1.172 (1.239) | KHHE.252, BSR_v13 p.090 | Human reality created in the image of God; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Relationship of the soul to the body; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11516 | 20 | Sing in all gatherings of the love and harmony of the beloved and the maidservants of the Merciful. | BSTW#009, BSTW#023 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11553 | 20 | ...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation | SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12781 | 20 | جناب بشیرالهی همواره بشارت از روحانیت بندگان حضرت رحمانیت میدهی و علیک البهاء | O esteemed Bashír Iláhí! Thou dost ever proclaim the glad tidings of the spirituality of the servants of the Blessed Lord of Mercy. Upon thee be His glory! [4o] | INBA85:469 | BSHI.122b | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12783 | 20 | یا امه الله فاطمئنی بذکر الله و طیبی نفسا بموهبه الله و انشرحی صدرا بفضل الله ان فضل ربک علیک عظیم عظیم | O handmaiden of God! Be thou assured in the remembrance of God, let thy soul be gladdened through the bounty of God, and let thy breast be dilated through the grace of God. Verily, the favor of thy Lord upon thee is great, great indeed [3.5s] | INBA85:459a | BSHI.012 | Consolation and comfort; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3556 | Answer to Mrs Brittingham, New York, Jul 1912 | 20 | They existed before coming to this world, but not as we know personality upon this planet. | PN_unsorted p035, PN_unsorted p089, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11468 | Cablegram dated 1913-10-11 | 20 | Hold aloof from Taki Zade, Baba Aga, Assad'o'llah, and whomsoever associates with them. Send cables to the Baha'i Assemblies of America. | BSTW#073e | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11467 | Cablegram dated 1914-06-29 | 20 | DOCTOR FAREED HIS MOTHER AND RELATIONS ARE GREAT VIOLATORS OF COVENANT. ASSOCIATION WITH THEM TOTALLY FORBIDDEN. INFORM BELIEVERS.. | BSTW#073f | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3492 | Words spoken ca. 1912-10-08 in the United States | 20 | We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon referred to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a spark will set aflame the whole of Europe. | SW_v10#03 p.033, SW_v13#09 p.252-253, SAS.107-108, BSTW#022 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3510 | Words spoken on 1907-04-15 | 20 | Hell denotes the heedlessness of people from God. The meaning of 'skin' is doubts | BSTW#211b | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3507 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 20 | the Muhammadans [are] accustomed to think Mahomet the greater because of his title 'Seal of the Prophets', but in the time of Jesus spirituality and the spiritual life was far greater. | PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215 | Christ; Christianity; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Muhammad; Islam; Seal of the Prophets; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3490 | Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 | 20 | Of course, they can see us and know everything we are doing for that is the world of real sight and sense. | PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, BSTW#180c | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11425 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou faithful one! One of the requirements of faithfulness is that thou mayest sacrifice | TAB.552, BBBD.031a, BSC.461 #854 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11439 | 30 | ...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out | SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11449 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual | BSC.440 #803 | Excellence; distinction; High station of the arts and sciences; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11458 | 30 | ...Regarding the society of healing of which thou art a member; when it comes under the protection of this Cause, its power will be a hundred fold. | BSTW#369b | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3362 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures | But where thousands are considering these questions, we have more essential questions. The secrets of the whole economic question are divine in nature, and are concerned with the world of the heart and spirit. In the Bahá'í teaching this is most completely explained | BSC.446.12 #812x, SW_v13#09 p.231 | Elections; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11419 | 30 | قد انار افق العالم بالنیر الاعظم و نطقت الاشیاء قد اتی المالک الملک لله العزیز الودود | The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Most Great Light, and all things have proclaimed: "The Sovereign of all sovereignty hath come! The Kingdom is God's, the Mighty, the All-Loving!" [3.5s] | INBA23:104, BLIB_Or15696.090j, | BRL_DA#330, BSHI.025 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3346 | Words spoken at Higher Thought center, 1911-11-01 | 30 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ...it matters not what name each calls himself -- The Great Work is One. Christ is ever in the world of existence | AIL.040, BSTW#207c | Christ; Christianity; Oneness; unity of religion; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3397 | Words spoken on 1907-04-15 | 30 | What the people believe regarding the other side and that they receive messages from that place is not quite so, they only feel something within themselves, but they do not perceive; there is a great difference between feeling and perception. | BSTW#211a | Occult sciences; psychic phenomena | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3276 | Words spoken on 1914-11-24 in Abu Sinan | 30 | اگر ناقضین گذاشته بودند من بعضی از روسای اسلام و مسیحی راجمع میکردم | If the Covenant-breakers had not frustrated my efforts, I would have assembled some of the Muslim and Christian chiefs | KHH1.297 (1.409) | KHHE.429, BSR_v13 p.085 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3311 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 | 30 | من از سن سی سالگی نبضم مطئی است هر کس دیگر باشد ٧٥ - ٨٠ خواهد بود | From the age of 30 I have had a slow pulse. All others have a pulse rate of about 75 to 80 and therefore greatly wonder about my pulse rate. | KHH1.269 (1.376) | KHHE.393, DAS.1914-12-01, BSR_v13 p.084 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB11174 | 40 | از سفر من به مصر اظهار سرور نموده بودید از این سفر صیت امر اللّه جهانگیر گردد | O ye true, pure souls! Your letter was received. You have expressed happiness on account of my trip to Egypt. Through this trip the fame of the cause | NJB_v02#06-07 p.008x | BSTW#041 | Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11274 | 40 | ...Whosoever claims that Abdu'l-Baha has given to him a tablet or sent a cablegram he must prove it | SW_v06#12 p.094-095, BSTW#073c | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11281 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | O my Lord! O my Lord! This is a lamp lighted by the fire of Thy love and ablaze with the flame | BPRY.176, TAB.618, BSC.429 #776, PN_1909F p002, VTRM.032 | MJ Cyr, M. Sparrow, Yasmin, TaliaSafa, A. Wensbo, Sarah, Nava & Sahar, Sofia, Avinash, Goleta & Pradheep, E. Lilian, N. Chiang | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11282 | 40 | O thou who art athirst for the Water of Life! This manifest book is the fountainhead of the Water of Life Eternal. | SW_v14#05 p.124, BSTW#044 | Living waters; water of life; Study; deepening; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11283 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time. | BSC.443 #808 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11309 | 40 | Regarding His Holiness Christ and His birth into this world of matter: speak not of this, if you can, Should anyone ask, answer 'His Holiness Christ was born of the Holy Spirit,' and let that be final. | BSTW#357 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12765 | 40 | ای بشیر عزیز من شمائل دلنشین در نهایت ملاحت و صباحت ملاحظه گردید و علیک البهاء | O my dear herald! Your charming countenance, in the utmost grace and beauty, was beheld. Upon you be glory! [3.5s] | BSHI.050 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12766 | 40 | یا حضرت بشیرالهی نصف شب است این چند کلمه مرقوم میگردد روز ابدا دقیقه ای فرصت | O thou divine herald! It is midnight as these few words are being penned. Throughout the day, not a moment's respite was found [3.5s] | INBA85:447a | BSHI.126 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3216 | 40 | If any soul desires to attain to Knowledge, in the moment when that desire had mounted to its apex--a teacher will be sent regardless whether that inquiring one is in a cave in the ground or in any other inaccessible place. The power of divine attraction will bring this Knowledge to that soul. | BSTW#485(p) | Condition of search; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3240 | 40 | Baha'u'llah established Christ in the East. He has praised Christ, honored Christ, exalted Him | BSTW#207c | Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3268 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the believers, both men and women, in the West and in the East, must consider themselves the spreaders | BSC.548 #991 | Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11123 | Cablegram dated 1913-02-03 | 40 | We have reached Paris. Greetings to all. Any Persian, be he my own son or daughter, if he comes to America without having a new permission written in my own handwiting or signature, do not meet him at all... | SW_v06#12 p.093-094, BSTW#073a | Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11122 | Cablegram dated 1914-06-19 | 40 | AS I HAVE UTMOST LOVE FOR BELIEVERS I AWAKEN THEM DOCTOR FAREED WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS RELATIONS ARE VIOLATORS OF THE COVENANT.... | DAS.1914-06-18n, BSTW#073f | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11209 | Salat-i-Saghir (Short Obligatory Prayer) | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Obligatory prayer, Short | اشهد یا الهی بانک خلقتنی لعرفانک و عبادتک و اشهد فی هذا الحین بعجزی و قوتک | I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. | PMP#181, AHM.084, TSBT.021, NFF1.009x, ABMK.008, MMJA.020, OOL.B176a | PM#181, BPRY.004, SW_v12#19 p.313, BSC.184 #265 | S. Sunderland, A.E. Rahbin, S. Akhavan, Rowshan [track 7] | Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#230 | |||
| ABU3190 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington | 40 | All nations must become socialistic in spirit. People must not be forced by circumstances to help the poor. They must give aid willingly. | BSTW#336b | Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3243 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 40 | The Bible and the Gospels are most honored in the estimation of all Bahais. One of the spiritual utterances | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027x, SW_v14#02 p.055x, BSTW#207b | Christ; Christianity; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3261 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten. | COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3220 | Words to Mr Esslemont and Mrs True, spoken around Nov. 1919 | 40 | As to the House of Spirituality the first question relates to its election. The election should be carried out with sincerity and goodwill. | PN_1919 p016, BSTW#248a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3133 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-13 | 40 | حرص و طمع مخمر در طبیعت انسانی است ولکن تربیت الهی این صفات را تغییر میدهد | Greed and avarice are ingrained in human nature. However, divine teachings will change these attributes. | KHH1.215 (1.302) | KHHE.316, DAS.1915-04-13, BSR_v13 p.101 | Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB10811 | 50 | الهی الهی هذه امة من امائک انجذبت بنفحات قدسک و اشتعلت بنار محبتک و استجارت | O my God, O my God! This handmaiden among Thy handmaidens hath been drawn by the fragrant breaths of Thy holiness, and been set ablaze with the fire of Thy love, and hath sought refuge [3.5s] | INBA21:011 | BSHN.140.197, BSHN.144.197, MHT2.070a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10962 | 50 | الهی الهی هذا عبد متضرّع الی جبروت الجلال و متوسّل بعتبتک المقدّسه فی الغدوّ و الآصال منقطع الیک | O my God, O my God! This is a servant who implores before the dominion of Thy glory and supplicates at Thy sacred threshold morn and eventide, detached from all save Thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.198x, BSHN.144.198x, MHT2.129ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10984 | 50 | ای موقنهٴ بآیات اللّه جزع و فزع منما و گریه و زاری مکن روی مخراش و سرشک چشم گریان | O thou who art assured by the signs of God! Yield not to grief and distress, neither give way to lamentation and weeping. Rend not thy face, nor let tears stream from thine eyes [3.5s] | BSHN.140.191x, BSHN.144.191x, MHT2.069ax | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11007 | 50 | ای ورقهٴ مقدّسه از مصیبت آن نهال حدیقهٴ رحمانی گریه مکن مویه منما آن نهال بیهمال | O sacred leaf! Over that sapling of the garden of the All-Merciful, weep not, neither lament thou [3.5s] | BSHN.140.115x, BSHN.144.115x, MHT2.068x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11082 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. | BSC.440 #802 | Monasticism; asceticism; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11084 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty | BSC.492 #948x | Nearness and remoteness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11090 | 50 | Any Persian, whether Bahá'í, or belonging to the ancient religions of Persia--in short, any Persian | SW_v06#12 p.095, BSTW#073c | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11100 | 50 | You have asked concerning the relations and genealogy of the mother of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. The father and grandfather went to Persia from the regions of Taif | BSTW#020, BSTW#072 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11108 | 50 | O ye beloved of God! Highway robbers are many and hypocrites are innumerable. | SW_v06#12 p.093, BSTW#073a | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11111 | 50 | Every soul who sacrifices his life in the service of the Cause of God, all the existing beings will come under his command | BSTW#044x | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11113 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world | COF.069x2x, BSC.547 #989 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11118 | 50 | ...These souls who are not vivified and attracted by the Holy Spirit are accounted among the dead | SW_v14#02 p.038x, BSTW#043a | Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11119 | 50 | ...By the life of Baha! He who is filled with the love of the Glory (of God) and forgets all things, the Holy Spirit will be heard | SW_v07#10 p.099, BSTW#369b | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12742 | 50 | ای بنده حق جناب لورد لامینگتون به شیراز تشریف آورند شخص محترمی است و سیاسی | O servant of Truth! The honorable Lord Lamington hath arrived in Shiraz. He is a distinguished personage, sagacious in matters of statecraft [4o] | INBA85:452a | BSHI.060 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3097 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The election of temporary members of the assemblies of the kingdom should depend upon the choice and satisfaction of the public | BSC.424 #767.3x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3100 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Firstly: The elected members must be religious persons, God-fearing, high-minded and followers of the law. | BSC.424 #767.2x, SW_v07#15 p.138-139 | Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11109 | 50 | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بجودک و جنودک و بالنور الذی به اشرقت مدآئن علمک | Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy bounty and Thy hosts, and by the Light wherewith the cities of Thy knowledge were illumined [3.5s] | INBA23:102, BLIB_Or15695.066a, | BRL_DA#332, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.142, BSHI.019 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11861 | 50 | ...There is but one reality and one essence that is expounded in the worlds of outer form, and, at each of its stages, is described by a specific name ... in accordance with the degrees of its particular manifestations on the plane of this limited world | JBS#2.3x | Alchemy; the elixir; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11057 | Cablegram | 50 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من عبدالبهاء هستم حضرت بهاء الله بی مثل و نظیر است کل باید توجه به بهاء الله | I AM SERVANT OF BAHA HIS HOLINESS BAHAULLAH IS UNIQUE AND PEERLESS ALL MUST TURN | MMK5#169 p.131, AMK.288-288, YHA1.015, YHA1.116 (1.240), BDA2.139 | SW_v03#19 p.008, SW_v06#12 p.094, MHMD2.173, BSTW#073b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| ABU3080 | Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18 | 50 | This question will only be solved through the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh... From the association of the white friends with the colored friends the others, people outside the Cause, will learn the meaning. | PN_1919 p017x, BSTW#319 | Race unity; racial issues | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2998 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-28 | 50 | The science of aviation will make great progress in the immediate future and people will travel at ease from one city to another | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093d | Predictions and prophecies; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3067 | Words spoken ca. 1911 | 50 | You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness | SW_v14#02 p.038, PN_1911 p002, PN_1911 p007, BSTW#043a | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2991 | Words spoken on 1915-04-06 in Abu Sinan | 50 | چقدر ناس از آفات جسمانی اضطراب دارند و از آفت | It is amazing that people are afraid of physical afflictions, but have no worries of spiritual handicaps. | KHH1.204 (1.285) | KHHE.298-299, BSR_v13 p.096 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3063 | Words to Anna Watson spoken around 1904-10-18 | 50 | I will see what I can do. Finding one, I told him to stay until I brought others to him | BSTW#130, BSTW#173 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Music and singing; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3087 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 50 | By the Justice and judgment of God those who commit evil suffer and are punished for it... But mercy is by far the greatest of the divine attributes and owing to this great mercy of God those who die in their sins are not left without the possibility of attaining to Life. | PN_1901 p010, NRMM.219 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy; Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10532 | 60 | Some Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ای شمع افروخته اگرچه افروختن خوش است ولکن سوختن خوشتر چه که در این سوختن جان | O Lighted Candle! Though enkindlement be sweet, yet sweeter still is consuming oneself, for in this burning lies the soul [3.5s] | INBA85:099a | BSHN.140.359, BSHN.144.357, MHT1b.242b | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa | - | - | |||||||
| AB10667 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thank and praise God that He hath caused thee to drink from the cup of the gifts and caused thee to suckle | TAB.060, BSC.475 #898x | Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10672 | 60 | ...Remember thou that Judas Iscariot was the head of the disciples and their example, How then his feet stumbled and fell in the path | BSTW#073gx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judas | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10680 | 60 | O thou who art gazing at the Kingdom of God! Verily I supplicate to God to illuminate thy face, by the light of Knowledge | BSTW#001 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10766 | 60 | O servant of God! Know thou, verily, the Fragrances of the Garden of the Covenant | SW_v04#10 p.175, BSTW#045 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10780 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation | BSC.492 #947x | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10782 | 60 | ...The believers of God must be kind toward each other; if one commits a mistake the other must forgive. It is not at all befitting to refer their names to a court | BSTW#192 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10788 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou revered sincere one! Know thou, verily, the brilliant realities and sanctified spirits are likened to a shining crescent | TAB.108-109, BSC.477 #908x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12711 | 60 | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میشود عبارتی که در نامه | O servant of the Threshold of God! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, I write briefly. The statement in the letter [3.5s] | INBA85:464b | BRL_DAK#0961, BSHI.007, BSHI.057a | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12712 | 60 | ای بنده آستان حق نمره ۵۱ رسید مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حق باش روزی خواهد آمد که... مطمئن به فضل و عنایت حق باش | O servant of the Threshold of God! Letter number 51 hath arrived. Rest thou assured of the grace and bounty of God. The day shall come when… Rest thou confident in the grace and bounty of God [3.5s] | INBA85:463a | BSHI.009, BSHI.057b | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12713 | 60 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شماره ۷۹ که ارسال نموده بودید در وسط دریای محیط محاط شد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter number 79 which thou hast dispatched reached me in the midst of the vast ocean [3.5s] | BSHI.090 | Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12714 | 60 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مورخ غره جمادی الثانی ۱۳۲۷ واصل گردید و آنچه در آن خواهش | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the first of Jamadiyu'th-Thani 1327 was received, and whatsoever thou didst request therein [3.5s] | BSHI.092 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2867 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I desire that every one of the believers may become an ignited candle... Today the confirmations of the kingdom of Abha are with those who renounce themselves... The master-key to self-mastery is self-forgetfulness | LOG#0390x, BSC.548 #992, SW_v11#01 p.018x | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||
| BHU0039 | 60 | بیان غصن اعظم و قوت و تصرف و تخیر شان حال معلوم و ظاهر نیست بعد معلوم میشود که فردا وحیدا... اگر ممکن بود هر نفسی اول ورود مدینه عکا غصن اعظم را ملاقات نماید و در خدمتشان ادراک فیض | The power and potency of the Most Great Branch are concealed now, but soon will they be made manifest…. Were it possible, We would recommend that the pilgrims who enter the city of 'Akka go directly to the presence of the Most Great Branch, listen to Him | BSDR.253-254, DHU.040 | STDH.106-107, STOB.077 #105, ABCC.044x | Personal instructions; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2957 | Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26 | 60 | There are three kinds of visions or dreams. First, those that arise from over-excited nerves, or disordered stomach | SW_v14#07 p.211, PN_1899 p009, NRMM.170 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2949 | Words spoken on 1913-07-08 in Port Said | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2944 | Words to a group of Americans spoken in 1913 | 60 | I have planted the Seeds in America. You must nurture them and care for them. | SW_v04#15 p.256, BSTW#324 | Call to action; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Growth of the Cause; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2876 | Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921 | 60 | Jesus was a Manifestation of God. Everything of him pertained to God. To know him was to know God. | SW_v12#11 p.188, SW_v15#08 p.249, SW_v20#05 p.133, PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09778 | 70 | الهی و ملجای و ملاذی و معتمدی اسئلک بشمس فلک رحمانیتک و نیر سماء وحدانیتک | O my God, my Refuge, my Shelter, and my Trust! I beseech Thee by the Sun of the firmament of Thy mercy and the Luminary of the heaven of Thy oneness [3.5s] | BSHN.140.098, BSHN.144.098, MJMJ3.047, MMG2#141 p.159, MHT2.184a | Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09940 | 70 | ای خداوند بی مانند این مستمند بدرگهت افتاده شوریده و آشفته شیفته و دلداده طلب | O peerless Lord! This lowly one, fallen at Thy threshold, distracted and distraught, enchanted and enamored, beseecheth Thee [3.5s] | ALPA.062, BSHN.140.175, BSHN.144.175, MHT2.193, YARP2.071 p.110 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10005 | 70 | ای صبور شکور محزون مباش و لئالی سرشک از چشمه چشم مپاش راضی بقضا باش و رخ | O patient and grateful one! Be not sorrowful, and shed not the pearls of thy tears from the fountain of thine eyes. Be thou content with His decree, and turn thy face [3.5s] | BSHN.140.192, BSHN.144.192, KNJ.024c, MHT2.150a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10008 | 70 | O thou seeker of truth! Praise be to God that through the guidance of Mrs Rice-Wray thou hast heart the Divine Call, beheld the Light of Truth | BSTW#420 | Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10027 | 70 | Translation List | ای غریب دل خون غم مخور غمخوار مهربان داری محزون مباش مخدوم بزرگوار داری هر | O thou who art estranged and sorely vexed! Sorrow not; thou hast a compassionate Comforter. Grieve not; thou hast a great Lord. | MKT6.130, BSHN.140.251, BSHN.144.251, MHT2.104a | ADMS#090 | Consolation and comfort; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB10040 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز خدا سرور بر دو قسمست جسمانی و روحانی سرور جسمانی محدود است نهایت | O thou maidservant of God! Happiness consists of two kinds; physical and spiritual | MMK2#040 p.031 | TAB.673-674, BSC.472 #887x | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB10048 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and from the rose-garden of its significances sweet fragrances were inhaled. | TAB.671-672, BSC.471 #885x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10054 | 70 | ای کوکب افق انجذاب اختران آسمان هر چند دری و درخشنده اند لکن گاهی در اوج و گهی | O star of the horizon of attraction! Though the stars of heaven are luminous and brilliant, yet at times they reach their zenith and at times [3.5s] | BSHN.140.351, BSHN.144.349, MHT1b.209a | Love of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10097 | 70 | O thou who art attracted toward the Kingdom! The Doors of the Kingdom are open; and the sons of the Kingdom are in the utmost joy and happiness. | BSTW#422 | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10144 | 70 | ای ورقه مبتلیه مصابه هر چند مصیبت دهماء بود و رزیه صماء چه که مفارقت ام حنون | O afflicted and grief-stricken leaf! Though the calamity be dire and the tribulation severe, for it is separation from a loving mother [3.5s] | BSHN.140.119, BSHN.144.119, KNJ.043c, MHT2.153a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10181 | 70 | O thou who art beseeching God and supplicating before the Kingdom of God! Blessed art thou; again blessed art thou! For thou art attracted | BSTW#008 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10186 | 70 | Verily thy letter reached Me, and I noted its contents, and the severe trials which surround thee from all sides. Be not sorrowful on this account | BSTW#445x | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10211 | 70 | پاک یزدانا دلهای پریشان را التیام بخش و افکار بیچارگانرا | O Pure God! Heal Thou the troubled hearts and the thoughts of the helpless ones [3.5s] | BSHN.140.255, BSHN.144.255, MHT2.153b | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10230 | 70 | رب و رجائی ان هذه امة موقنه مومنه مطمئنه اقبلت الیک و وفدت علیک و آمنت من | O my Lord and my Hope! Verily this is a community assured in faith, believing, serene, that hath turned unto Thee and drawn nigh unto Thee and believed [3.5s] | BSHN.140.487, BSHN.144.480, MHT1a.179a, MHT1b.137a | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10276 | 70 | O thou who art a seeker of reality! Verily I pray God to make thee firm in the love of el-Baha | BSTW#374 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Judas | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10279 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art cheered through the Fragrances of God! When thou desirest and yearnest for meeting in the world of vision | TAB.104, BSC.477 #907x, RBB.125ax | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10282 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important. | BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10286 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man | BSC.434 #789 | Evolution; human evolution; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10296 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou fresh, slender branch saturated with the abundant rain of His bounty! I ask God | TAB.154, BSTW#276f | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10301 | 70 | O God! I ask of Thee by Thy Supreme Pen and by Thy Name... to forgive me my debts through Thy grace and bounty, and to overlook and pardon my trespasses | BSTW#198 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10306 | 70 | The difference between Christ and others is this: Christ was the spirit, others are bodies. Christ was the Sun, others are mirrors. | BSTW#357 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10307 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou son of the Kingdom! Consider the bounty of the Lord and the gifts of thy Creator | TAB.159, BSTW#276e | Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12675 | 70 | ای بشیر یوسف رحمانی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید جمیع معانی مضامین روحانی | O thou herald of the Joseph of the All-Merciful! That which thou didst write hath been noted. All its meanings were spiritual in content [3.5s] | BSHI.056 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12676 | 70 | ای بنده حق مضامین نامه که دلالت بر شور و وله احباء و انجذاب و التهاب قلوب اصفیا | O servant of God! The contents of the letter, which indicated the enthusiasm and ardor of the loved ones and the attraction and fervor of pure hearts [3.5s] | BSHI.061 | Love of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12677 | 70 | ای ثابت بر پیمان حضرت ادیب جلیل نهایت خوشنودی و ممنونی از همت بلند و مقاصد ارجمند | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! His honour the distinguished Adib hath brought the utmost joy and gratitude through his lofty endeavours and noble purposes [3.5s] | BSHI.071 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12678 | 70 | ای رفیق روحانی نامه نمره اول رسید با دو مکتوب ملفوف و فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد | O spiritual friend! Your first letter, together with two enclosed missives, was received, and an immediate response is being written [3.5s] | INBA85:456 | BSHI.101 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12679 | 70 | نامه مبارک آنجناب ملاحظه گردید و قباله بعضی از اسهام خانه حضرت حجت نیز واصل | Thy precious letter was received, as was the deed to certain shares of the residence of his honor Hujjat [3.5s] | BSHI.124-125 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2714 | Words spoken on 1915-01-09 in Abu Sinan | 70 | این جنگ بلای خانمانسوزی است ولی بعد از این نفوس صلحجو زیاد خواهد شد | This war is indeed ruinous and devastating in its effects. However, afterwards, the number of peace-loving people will grow considerably | KHH1.145 (1.201) | KHHE.216, BSR_v13 p.086 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2786 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 70 | There is no origin of evil. The origin of evil is non-existent. For example darkness is evil. It is the absence of light. | DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318 | Creation of the world; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2766 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 70 | In reality wine or spirits taken even in moderate quantities does no permanent good. It is like urging a horse to full speed by whipping him... they must on no account allow their children to drink wine or alcoholic drinks | SW_v07#15 p.143x, SW_v09#08 p.090x, PN_1901 p007, NRMM.214 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2725 | Words to the children, spoken on 1912-04-16 | 70 | به به چه اطفال مبارکی هستند خیلی نورانیند در وجوهشان | These are blessed children. They are very illumined. In their faces the rays of the love of God can be seen. I pray in their behalf | KHTB2.026, NJB_v04#10 p.004 | BSTW#341 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| AB09130 | 80 | اللهم ان هذا طیر طار الی ریاض عفوک و مغفرتک و هذا نسیم قد رجع الی حدیقه فضلک | O Lord! This bird hath winged its flight unto the meadows of Thy forgiveness and pardon, and this breeze hath returned to the garden of Thy grace [3.5s] | MKT5.054a, BSHN.140.262, BSHN.144.262, MHT2.080a | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09160 | 80 | ای امه الله اگر ظل ظلیل جوای در سایه شجره انیسا درا اگر فردوس باقی خواهی در | O handmaid of God! If thou seekest a sheltering shade, take refuge beneath the Tree of Anisa. If thou desirest the eternal paradise, enter therein [3.5s] | MKT7.030b, BSHN.140.395, BSHN.144.390, MHT1b.188a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09166 | 80 | ای امه الله چون افواج نساء عالم نگری چون امواج پیاپی باین عالم پی نهند و جوقه | O handmaid of God! When thou beholdest the hosts of women in the world, like successive waves they press upon this realm in troops [3.5s] | MKT7.044a, BSHN.140.503, BSHN.144.491, MHT1b.188b, MHT2.072a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09172 | 80 | Translation List | ای امه الله راضی بقضا باش و هر نوع که تقدیر مجری مینماید خوشنود گرد همچو گمان | O handmaiden of God! Be thou resigned unto fate and be satisfied with whatever the operation of destiny causeth to occur. | MKT7.055b, AKHA_122BE #05 p.b, BSHN.140.261, BSHN.144.261, MHT2.101a | ADMS#060 | N. Ma'ani | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Free will and predestination; fate; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB09191 | 80 | ای بلبل خوش الحان گلشن عشق وقت آنست که از فرقت پر حرقت سلطان گل در صحن | O melodious nightingale of the garden of love, the time hath come when thou must, with burning heart, bewail thy separation from the sovereign rose in the courtyard [3.5s] | INBA55:134 | AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.h, BSHN.140.186, BSHN.144.186, HDQI.167, ANDA#02 p.05, MHT2.123 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09194 | 80 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. In reality thou art my daughter and a beloved daughter, for thou art supplicating | BSTW#428 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09195 | 80 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents indicated that Mrs. Rice Ray has become the Cause of thy guidance | BSTW#418 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09214 | 80 | ای بنده الهی هر صبحگاهی با قلب آگاهی بملکوت الهی توجه نما و تضرع کن و بگو | O servant of God! Every morning, with an awakened heart, turn thou to the divine Kingdom, supplicate, and say [3.5s] | BSHN.140.202, BSHN.144.202, MJMJ3.043x, MMG2#382 p.428x, MHT2.126a | Prayer for morning; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09281 | 80 | ای پروردگار کنیز عزیزت صبیه حضرت حیدر را در ملکوتت سرفراز نما و با مرغان | O Lord! Make Thy cherished handmaiden, the daughter of Haydar, exalted in Thy Kingdom, and with the birds [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0483, BSHN.140.215, BSHN.144.215, MHT2.151 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09362 | 80 | O ye two who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your blessed photograph was received and considered. Praise be to God | BSTW#158 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09395 | 80 | ای سالار سپاه ایقان لشکر اجسام اگرچه چون هژبر و ضرغام باشند ولی همتشان متوجه | O Captain of the hosts of certitude! Though the armies of bodies be as fierce as lions and mighty as leopards, yet their aspirations are directed [3.5s] | INBA88:164a | AKHA_134BE #13 p.a, BSHN.140.247, BSHN.144.247, MHT2.114b | Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual warfare; struggle; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09494 | 80 | ای مشتعل بنار سیناء هیچ از یاد نروی و فراموش نشوی زیرا در نهانخانه دل منزل و | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of Sinai! Never shalt thou fade from memory nor be forgotten, for in the secret chamber of the heart thou hast thy dwelling-place [3.5s] | MKT8.139a, BSHI.107 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09499 | 80 | ای مصیبت دیده مصائب و رزایا را پیش از مصیبت ملیک غیب و شهود تاثیر و نمودی بود | O thou who art sorely tested! Before this calamity from the King of the seen and unseen realms, afflictions and tribulations had their effect and significance [3.5s] | BSHN.140.187, BSHN.144.187, TABN.198a, MHT2.154b | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09518 | 80 | ای منتسبین فائز برفیق اعلی هر چند آن مقرب درگاه کبریاء بجوار رحمت کبری شتافت | O ye who are related to him who attained the Supreme Companion! Though that near one to the Threshold of Glory hath hastened to the precincts of Most Great Mercy [3.5s] | BSHN.140.355, BSHN.144.353, MHT1b.212b | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09574 | 80 | ای ورقه طیبه زکیه چه تسلی اعظم از اینست که آن طیر وفا در فروع سدره منتهی | O pure and sanctified leaf! What greater solace is there than that this bird of faithfulness dwelleth in the branches of the divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | BSHN.140.335, BSHN.144.333, MHT1b.170b | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09600 | 80 | ای یار عبدالبهاء چشمه خورشید عنایت پرجوش است چشمت روشن باد و از این فیض رحمت | O friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The fountain of the Sun of bounty surgeth forth; may thine eyes be illumined, and mayest thou partake of this grace [3.5s] | BSHN.140.343, BSHN.144.341, MHT1b.207a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09608 | 80 | اللّهمّ یا الهی انّی اتضرّع و ابتهل الی ملکوت غفرانک و جبروت عزّک و اقتدارک ان تدرک هؤلاء بعفوک | O my God! I earnestly beseech and supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy forgiveness and the Dominion of Thy glory and power, that Thou mayest embrace them in Thy pardon [3.5s] | BSHN.140.405x, BSHN.144.400x, MHT1a.047x, MHT1b.005x, QUM.072, QUM.161b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09630 | 80 | O thou who art advancing unto God! Blessed thou art, for that thou hast drawn nigh unto God | BSTW#280 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09647 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art awakened from the sleep of negligence and forgetfulness! Thank God for that He hath awakened thee from thy sleep | TAB.120-121, BSC.477 #909x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09697 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou at whose mention I am rejoiced! By God, the True One, verily pure hearts are as clear and brilliant mirrors | TAB.121, BSC.477 #910x | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09753 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual temple whose heart is drawn unto the Horizon of Certainty! Verily, I am now | TAB.156, BSTW#276n | Love as fire; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12628 | 80 | O thou spiritual soul! I transmit unto you the good news that Abdul-Baha has thoroughly perused the contents of your letter | BSTW#276f | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12641 | 80 | الهی الهی هذا عبدک الفقیر اجعله بشیرا لذوی قرباه و نذیرا لمن اتبع اهل النقض | O my God, O my God! Make this lowly servant of Thine to be a herald of glad-tidings unto his kindred and a warner unto those who follow the people of violation [3.5s] | BSHI.032b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12642 | 80 | ای بشیر الهی محزون مباش مغموم مشو لطف و عنایت شامل و کامل و انشاء الله در کل امور | O divine herald! Be thou not sorrowful, neither be thou grief-stricken. Divine grace and bounty are all-embracing and complete, and, God willing, shall encompass all affairs [3.5s] | BSHI.036 | Consolation and comfort; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12643 | 80 | ای بشیر روحانی در این ماه محرم چند نامه ارسال گردید و همچنین در ماه گذشته | O spiritual herald! During this month of Muharram several letters were dispatched, and likewise in the preceding month [3.5s] | BSHI.045 | Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12644 | 80 | ای بشیر روحانی نامه دوازدهم شعبان سنه حالیه که به اقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O spiritual herald! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah on the twelfth of Sha'ban of this year [3.5s] | INBA85:457b | BSHI.046 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12645 | 80 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای در کمال انجذابات روحانیه به جناب رایس مرقوم گردید ایصال | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! A letter, imbued with the utmost spiritual attraction, was written to Jinab-i-Ra'is, and conveyed [3.5s] | BSHI.082-083 | Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2677 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity | LOG#1061x, BSC.425 #768.1x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2678 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice | BSC.425 #768.2x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2682 | 80 | In this age, Baha'o'llah has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world. Consequently every weak soul | SW_v05#04 p.054, SW_v06#15 p.120, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v08#01 p.001, SW_v08#12 p.146, SW_v13#01 p.007, BSTW#324 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2696 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God that thou hast found guidance... This turning the face toward God is the healing of the body, the mind and the soul.... Therefore sacrifice all thy talents at the feet | BSC.490 #941, SW_v08#18 p.233x | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10248 | 80 | حمد و ثنا سزاوار تست چه که از مشتی تراب خلقرا خلقفرمودی و گوهر بینش و دانش | Praise and glory befit Thee, for from a handful of dust Thou didst fashion creation and bestow the gem of insight and knowledge [3.5s] | INBA65:050, INBA30:095, INBA81:005 | AHM.345, BSHN.045, MHT2b.006, AQMJ1.160, ADH1.024 | Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10505 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants and reveal to them Thy great purpose. | BPRY.238, BNE.098, SW_v02#04 p.013, SW_v10#05 p.151, BSC.187 #275, BP1929.035-036, PN_1909B p057 | Juliet & Adam, The Badasht Project (1), The Badasht Project (2), G.H. Miller, NKAK, D. Gundry, The Descendants, A. Bryan, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, JC, Nabil & Karim, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, O. Master, E. Dozier, A. Youssefi, The Cocker Brothers, O. Devine, Ine, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, E. Hamilton, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2637 | Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-23 | 80 | Each one of the friends should try to guide one soul--those who are worthy--not the persons who enter the Cause and bring degradation to it; not like Fareed. | PN_1919 p013, BSTW#206 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2644 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-22 | 80 | Look at the great and glorious favors of the Blessed Perfection in bringing together these people... | PN_1900 p018, PN_1900 p101, PN_1900 p118, BSTW#169a | Shrines and Holy places; 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; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2603 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | this means that the death of the body is of no importance and not in the least to be feared... It is said of Mary Magdalen that out of her went seven devils. | PN_1901 p002, NRMM.205 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mary Magdalene; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2604 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | There are two forms of prayer in this religion, that is the obligatory prayers... There is also the form of prayer to which the name 'supplication' has been given | PN_1901 p007, NRMM.213 | Law of obligatory prayer; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2649 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | Always, from the earliest ages, the conception of the Trinity has been present. In the time of Moses | PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Mosaic imagery; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cross and the trinity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2650 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | There are many references in the Bible to Mahomet. In Revelations 12, the women clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet | PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection of Muhammad; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2688 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 80 | O God! Assist me with the hosts of the Supreme Concourse and make me firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament | SW_v03#14 p.005, SW_v08#17 p.228, SW_v10#14 p.272, PN_1912 p010, BSTW#074c | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2606 | Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 | 80 | No, no, one never returns here, for this world is a school where the soul of man learns its first lessons in spirituality | PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180c | Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; 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; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2599 | Words to Stanwood Cobb, spoken on 1913-03-28 | 80 | No. In this movement there will never be any paid ministers, no appointed clergy, no bishops, no cardinals, no popes, no ceremonies. | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093c | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Priestcraft; Spirit and form in the administration | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08479 | 90 | اللهم یا غفور و یا ودود و یا عفو و یا مشکور ان عبدک الشکور قد وقف فی عتبه | O Lord! O Thou Forgiving One, All-Loving, Ever-Pardoning, All-Praised! Verily Thy grateful servant hath paused at Thy threshold [3.5s] | BSHN.140.185, BSHN.144.185, MHT2.078 | Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08485 | 90 | الهی الهی ان امتک المومنه بایاتک الموقنه بکلماتک المبتهله الی ملکوتک و | O my God, O my God! Verily, this maidservant of Thine, who believeth in Thy signs, is assured of Thy words, and imploreth Thy Kingdom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.177, BSHN.144.177, MHT2.190 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08486 | 90 | الهی الهی ان هولاء عباد لبوا للندآء و اجابوا داعی الحق بقلب طافح بالمحبته و | O my God, O my God! These servants have hearkened unto the Call and have answered the Summoner of Truth with hearts overflowing with love [3.5s] | BSHN.140.201, BSHN.144.201, MJMJ3.017, MMG2#221 p.248, MHT2.184b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08489 | 90 | الهی الهی انی اتوجه الیک و استفیض من بحور شفائک رب ایدنی علی خدمه عبادک | O God, my God! I have set my face towards Thee, and supplicate the outpourings of the ocean of Thy healing | BRL_DAK#0098, BRL_MON#009, KHH1.195 (1.273) | BRL_POAB#09, KHHE.284-285, DAS.1915-04-04, BSR_v13 p.095 | Prayer for healing | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08490 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God, my God! I am a servant attracted to Thee, humbly coming to the door of Thy Oneness and addressing the kingdom of Thy mercy. | TAB.181, BSC.429 #778, DWN_v5#06 p.002 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08493 | 90 | الهی الهی ترانی اعفر وجهی بتراب الذل لعزه فردانیتک و اطلب الغفران لعبدک الذی | O my God, O my God! Thou seest me prostrating my face in the dust of abasement before the glory of Thy oneness, seeking forgiveness for Thy servant who [3.5s] | BSHN.140.106, BSHN.144.106, MHT2.083 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08510 | 90 | ای امه الله الراضیه المرضیه از وقوع این مصیبت کریه مکن مویه منما و رخ مخراش و | O handmaid of God, content and well-pleasing! Make thou no lamentation at the advent of this grievous calamity, neither rend thy countenance [3.5s] | BSHN.140.252, BSHN.144.252, MHT2.108a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08515 | 90 | ای امه الله بشارت باد تو را که هدیه تو در تربت مقدسه مقبول افتاد و در نزد | O Handmaid of God, glad tidings! Your gift was accepted at the Holy Land and is with ‘Abdu’lBaha. It brought boundless appreciation | AHB.128BE #12 p.375, HNU.371 | BSR_v19p176 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08600 | 90 | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی در فردوس الهی و جنت ابهائی مقامی | O servant of the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, thou hast a station in the divine Paradise and the Abhá Garden [3.5s] | INBA88:161b | BSHN.140.204, BSHN.144.204, MHT2.115 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08623 | 90 | Translation List | ای پروردگار مهربان این کسان بنده آستانند و در نهایت صدق و راستی و درستی جام | O Thou loving Provider! These souls are servants at Thy Threshold, conducting themselves with the utmost sincerity, rectitude, and righteousness | BSHN.140.254, BSHN.144.254, MJMJ3.070a, MMG2#394 p.441, MHT2.121a, YARP2.253 p.221 | ADMS#335 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||
| AB08647 | 90 | ...Consider how the signs of the Tablet which was revealed to you on Sept. 1, 1901, have become apparent and manifest. At that time the hurricane of the violation of the Covenant had been extinguished | BSTW#052nx | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08685 | 90 | ای حضرت بشیرالهی نامه نمروی ۴۰ وصول یافت ضمنا از عدم ارسال جواب احبای الهی | O Divine Herald! Letter number 40 was received. Moreover, concerning the non-receipt of replies from the friends of God [3.5s] | BSHI.044-045, BSHI.097, MSHR3.248 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08781 | 90 | ای طالب حق دیده را از حجاب اوهام احزاب پاک و مبرا فرما تا بعین یقین نور مبین | O seeker of truth! Purge thine eyes from the veils of the delusions of the sects, that with the eye of certitude thou mayest behold the manifest light [3.5s] | MKT6.153, BSHN.140.389, BSHN.144.384, MHT1b.220 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08782 | 90 | O thou yearner after truth! I pray and supplicate at the threshold of God and beg healing for thee. | BSTW#107 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08814 | 90 | O thou perfect Campbell: Miss Juliet Thompson is extremely kind to thee and loves thee with life and conscience. I also with perfect Spiritual love | BSTW#421 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08831 | 90 | ای گمگشته بادیه محبت الله از خدا بخواه که در این مدت قلیله از عمر دنیای بی وفا | O thou who art lost in the wilderness of the love of God, beseech Him that in this brief span of life in this faithless world [3.5s] | BSHN.140.396, BSHN.144.391, MHT1b.199 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08860 | 90 | ای مشتاق نیر آفاق غم مخور کریه مکن مویه منما ناله مفرما نوحه مجو انشاء الله | O thou who yearnest for the Luminary of the horizons! Grieve not, weep not, wail not, neither raise thy voice in lamentation, nor seek to mourn, God willing [3.5s] | INBA84:527 | BSHN.140.176, BSHN.140.253, BSHN.144.176, BSHN.144.253, MHT2.102 | Consolation and comfort; Nearness and remoteness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08863 | 90 | ای مشتعل بنار موقده در سدره انسانیه تا چند در این خاکدان ترابی نفوس انسانی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire ignited in the Tree of Humanity! How long wilt thou tarry in this earthen realm of human souls [3.5s] | BSHN.140.400, BSHN.144.395, MHT1a.125, MHT1b.083 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08889 | 90 | ای منجذب میثاق نیر ملا ابهی چون شاهد انجمن بالا شد ولوله در ارکان عالم افتاد | O thou who art attracted to the Covenant! When the Light of the Most Glorious ascended to the Supreme Concourse, tumult shook the pillars of the world [3.5s] | MKT8.150a, BSHI.107-108, NSS.160a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08953 | 90 | Translation List | ای ورقه مطمئنه از فوت پسر مکدر مباش و اشک مریز محزون مگرد مغموم مشو زیرا آن | O well-assured leaf! Grieve not the death of thy son. Shed thou no tears—sorrow not, neither be thou sad | BSHN.140.347, BSHN.140.363, BSHN.144.345, BSHN.144.361, MHT1b.020a, MHT1b.206 | ADMS#161 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB09005 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الرضیع من ثدی ملکوت الله و الربیب فی حضن هدایه الله انی ارجو الله سبحانه و | O thou who art nurtured from the breasts of the Kingdom of God, who wert brought up in the lap of the Guidance of God! | DRM.007b | TAB.155-156, LABC.008, BSTW#276o | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||
| AB09008 | 90 | O thou spiritual young man and merciful youth! Verily, thy father and mother have both of them traversed the seas | BSTW#276n | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Law of pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09026 | 90 | پروردگارا این جانهای پاک سوی تو شتافتند و از جوی تو نوشیدند و آرزوی روی تو | O Lord! These pure souls have hastened unto Thee, have drunk from Thy stream, and yearn for Thy countenance [3.5s] | MKT6.188a, ALPA.008b, BSHN.140.367, BSHN.144.365, MHT1b.020b, YARP2.009 p.069 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09038 | 90 | رب و رجائی انی اتضرع الی ملکوت رحمانیتک ان تغفر لعبدک المتصاعد الیک المتذلل | O Lord and my Hope! I humbly beseech Thy Kingdom of mercy to forgive Thy servant who, in utter lowliness, hath ascended unto Thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.249, BSHN.144.249, MHT2.111 | unknown | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09040 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ربی ربی کودکم خوردسال از پستان عنایت شیر ده و در آغوش محبتت پرورش بخش و در | O my Lord! O my Lord! I am a child of tender years. Nourish me from the breast of Thy mercy | BRL_DAK#1190, DRM.018b, ADH2.127, ADH2_5#03 p.160, MJMJ1.106, MMG2#438 p.482, MJH.046b, HUV1.015 | BRL_CHILD#08, BPRY.029-030, TAB.595, SW_v09#10 p.114, LABC.016, BSTW#071 | T. Ellis, G.H. Miller, Ine | Prayer for children and youth; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB09085 | 90 | یا من تمسک بذیل الکبریاء طوبی لنفس استنشق رائحه الوفاء من حدیقه الکبریاء و | O thou who clingest to the hem of glory! Blessed is the soul that hath inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness from the garden of grandeur [3.5s] | INBA88:184 | BSHN.140.256, BSHN.144.256, MHT2.164 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09100 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art conscious! At last thou didst learn of the path of salvation... The powers of the sympathetic nerve | TAB.309, BSC.455 #836 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09110 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required | BSC.495 #956 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09112 | 90 | ...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground | SW_v14#02 p.041, PN_unsorted p046, BSTW#380 | A. Grammer | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09118 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord | BSC.438 #795 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09119 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is soaring in the sky of the love of God! Praise be unto Him | TAB.078, BSC.427 #770 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12604 | 90 | الهی الهی انت الذی خضعت الاعناق لعظمتک و کبریائک و خشعت الاصوات لهیمنتک | My God, my God! Thou art He before Whose majesty and grandeur all necks have bowed low, and before Whose dominion all voices have been hushed in reverence [3.5s] | BSHI.032a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12605 | 90 | ای بشیرالهی نامه شما رسید از حوادث شیراز تعجب کل حاصل گردید که این چه بدبختی | O Bashir-Ilahi! Thy letter was received, and from the events in Shiraz all were struck with astonishment at such grievous misfortune [3.5s] | BSHI.040 | Chastisement and requital; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12606 | 90 | ای بنده جمال حقیقی الان در شهر مالدن امریک به ذکر آن یار مهربان پرداختم شب و روز | O thou servant of the True Beauty! At this moment in the city of Malden, America, I am engaged in the remembrance of that kind friend, day and night [3.5s] | INBA85:442 | BSHI.059 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12607 | 90 | ای بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou servant near to the Divine Threshold! That which thou didst address to Jinab-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí was noted [3.5s] | BSHI.066 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12608 | 90 | ای ثابت بر پیمان جناب سروش الحمدلله متوجه الی الله و منجذب به نفحات الله و ثابت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant, Jinab-i-Surush! Praise be to God that thou art turned unto Him, art attracted by His sweet fragrances, and art steadfast [3.5s] | BSHI.070 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12609 | 90 | ای ثابت بر میثاق تحریر لطیف مرقوم به اقا سید تقی ملاحظه گردید چون نسیم جنت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy graceful letter addressed to Aqa Siyyid Taqi was perused; like unto the breeze of Paradise [3.5s] | BSHI.095 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12610 | 90 | ای ثابت در عهد و پیمان از سفر امریک و فرنگ به سمت افریک شتافتم و حال در پورت سعید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From my journey through America and Europe, I hastened toward Africa, and now I am in Port Said [3.5s] | INBA85:457a | BSHI.095-096 | Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12611 | 90 | ای واسطه سرور و بشارت قلوب دوستان رحمانی این خدمتی که به ان قائمی فی الحقیقه | O thou who art the means of joy and gladness to the hearts of the friends of the All-Merciful! This service to which thou art devoted is, in truth [3.5s] | BSHI.116-117 | Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09735 | 90 | الهی الهی ارحم عبادک و امائک و لاتمنعهم عن فرات رحمتک الذی جری فی ایامک فی | My God, my God! Have mercy upon Thy servants and handmaidens, and withhold them not from the streams of Thy mercy that flow in Thy days [3.5s] | INBA18:028, INBA23:098b, INBA23:177 | BRL_DA#415, BSHI.025 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09745 | 90 | ان استمع ما قاله المشرک بالله بعدما اویناه فی ظل الشجره و حفظناه بسلطانی | Hearken unto that which the infidel declared, after We sheltered him beneath the shade of the Tree and protected him through Our sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA28:270a, BLIB_Or15729.156c, , NLAI_22848:378b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p196r, , MKI4522.378b, | AQA2#064 p.213b | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09841 | 90 | سبحان الذی نطق و انطق کل شیء علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد انار | Glorified be He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak, testifying that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath verily illumined [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.157a, , BLIB_Or15730.063c, , NLAI_22848:379, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p196va, , MKI4522.379, | AQA2#065 p.214a, AQA7#495 p.330 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10134 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O our God, we beg of Thee by the King of Names and Maker of heaven and earth, and by the rustling… instant, exact and complete obedience. | SW_v14#06 p.166x, BSC.186 #272, BP1929.033 | Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2489 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-28 | 90 | There are two relations between man and wife, one real, the other unreal. The real relation which is based upon spiritual love... When there exists incompatibility of temper | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093d | Law of divorce; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2477 | Words spoken on 1900-10-07 | 90 | There is no such thing as 'vicarious atonement' as held and taught by theologians and churches. | BSTW#276j | Christian doctrine and practice; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Goodly deeds; actions; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2521 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light. | BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2535 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2501 | Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921 | 90 | In one prayer I could have health the remainder of My life, but it is necessary for Me to suffer to show others that these things can be borne and overcome. | PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of example | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07850 | 100 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و یا کاشف الکروب و یا عفو و یا غفور انی ابسط الیک اکف | O my God, O Forgiver of sins and Dispeller of afflictions! O Thou Who art the Pardoner, the Merciful! I raise my suppliant hands to Thee | BRL_DAK#1187, BSHN.140.188, BSHN.144.188, MHT2.145a | BPRY.043-044 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||
| AB07861 | 100 | اناجیک یا الهی و انت المناجی لکل راجی من ملکوت الاسرار و ادعوک ان تغیث امتک | I commune with Thee, O my God, and Thou art the One to whom every supplicant turneth from the Kingdom of mysteries, and I beseech Thee to succor Thy handmaiden [3.5s] | BSHN.140.196, BSHN.144.196, MHT2.135 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07863 | 100 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that like unto a torch thou hast been | SW_v10#09 p.185, BSTW#447 | Being a source of light; guidance; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07906 | 100 | ای بشیر عبدالبهاء محزون مباش زیرا مفتون جمال ابهائی با وجود انگه چنان یار مهربانی | O Bashír of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Be not sorrowful, for thou art enraptured by the Abhá Beauty, and possessed of such a loving companion [3.5s] | BSHI.049, MSHR2.130 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07960 | 100 | ای بنده حق عبدالبهاء ناله و فغان ترا استماع نمود و با تو همراز گشت و هم آواز | O servant of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath hearkened unto thy cries and lamentations, and hath become thy confidant and fellow-voice [3.5s] | BSHN.140.194, BSHN.144.194, MHT2.124a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07984 | 100 | ای پروردگار ای مهربان این دوستان معتکف آستانند و این یاران از حرارت محبتت | O Lord, O Compassionate One! These friends are devoutly stationed at Thy Threshold, and these companions are enkindled with the fire of Thy love [3.5s] | INBA75:042 | BSHN.140.497, BSHN.144.485, DUR2.087, ADH2.048, ADH2_1#24 p.041, MJMJ1.050, MMG2#195 p.221, MJH.012a, MHT1a.056a, MHT1b.014a | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07986 | 100 | ای پروردگار آمرزگار رفعت زیرک این طفل کودک سراج محفل بود و مرغ خوش الحان آن | O Lord, All-Forgiving! This sagacious child, Raf'at, was the lamp of the gathering and its sweet-singing bird [3.5s] | INBA16:124 | BSHN.140.107, BSHN.144.107, PYK.306, MHT2.154a | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08000 | 100 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و طلب مغفرت بجهت امة الله والده گردید الهی الهی ان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and forgiveness was sought on behalf of the handmaiden of God, thy mother. O my God, O my God [3.5s] | INBA85:120a | BSHN.140.100x, BSHN.144.100x, MHT2.150b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08066 | 100 | O thou heavenly daughter! Thy letter was received. I implored and supplicated to the Kingdom of God for whatever is thy utmost desire | BSTW#226 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08143 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای طالب حق اگر عرفان الهی خواهی و شناساای جوای قلب را از غیر خدا فارغ نما و | O thou seeker of the True One! If thou wishest the divine knowledge and recognition | MKT8.119b | TAB.168, BWF.383-384x, BSC.487 #937x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Rational arguments | - | - | |||||||
| AB08146 | 100 | ای طالب رضای الهی در حدیث است من لم یرض بقضاای فلیطلب ربا سواای رضای بقضا | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! In the Tradition it is recorded: "Whoso is not content with My decree, let him seek another Lord besides Me." Be thou content with His decree [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0300, BSHN.140.386, BSHN.144.381, MAS5.262, MHT1a.113, MHT1b.071 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08156 | 100 | O thou my beloved! Be not unhappy. Let not thy thoughts be scattered. Man under the circumstances of tests must be patient | DAS.1913-02-27, BSTW#015 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08234 | 100 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your letter was received. It was a glorious proof to your firmness in the Cause of God. | DAS.1914-08-02, BSTW#040, BSTW#113, ACOA.054-055 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08255 | 100 | ای موید آسمانی خداوندیرا بستا که تاییدش ابدیست و بخششش سرمدی بنده موید را | O heavenly-confirmed one! Praise be to God, whose confirmations are eternal and whose bounties are everlasting [3.5s] | INBA85:325a | BSHN.140.390, BSHN.144.385, MHT1b.180a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08357 | 100 | ایتها الورقه النورانیه هر چند مصیبت رزیه عظمی بود و بلیه کبری ولی آنورقه | O illumined Leaf! Though grievous was this supreme calamity and dire this greatest of tribulations, yet that Leaf [3.5s] | BSHN.140.371, BSHN.144.369, MHT1a.178, MHT1b.136, MHT2.069b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08374 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou advancer to the Kingdom of God! Shouldst thou come with the whole of thy being | TAB.622-623, BWF.391-391x, BSC.465 #865x | Literal interpretation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08395 | 100 | خداوندا رحیما کریما عبادت را بسر چشمه حیات ابدی برسان | O Lord, Most Merciful, Most Bountiful! Lead Thy servants to the wellspring of life eternal [3.5s] | BSHN.140.427, ADH2_1#32 p.049, MMG2#293 p.326, MHT1a.061, MHT1b.019 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08397 | 100 | رب رب ان امتک الطیبه الروحانیه ودعت الحیاه الدنیا و ودعت ذوی القربی و قصدت | O Lord, O Lord! Verily, Thy pure and spiritual handmaiden hath forsaken this earthly life, bade farewell to her kindred, and directed her steps toward [3.5s] | INBA17:014 | BSHN.140.178, BSHN.144.178, MHT2.197 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08415 | 100 | یا امه الله المنجذبه قد فرح قلبی و انشرح صدری و استبشر روحی بما دعوت الله ان | O thou attracted maidservant of God! The prayer which thou hast offered to God that he might ordain unto Abdu'l-Baha the greatest martyrdom | ABB.109 | BSTW#278 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08452 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou heavenly, brilliant and precious pearl! I greet thee from this Holy Land... Verily, I say unto thee that the gifts of thy Lord are encircling thee | TAB.156-157, BWF.367-367x, BSC.480 #916x, BSTW#276d | Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08463 | 100 | Therefore, O ye beloved of God! Now the time has come that in order to show thankfulness for this Gift, ye may arise to perform that which is incumbent upon you... Keep the fast in the month of fasting | BSTW#194 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of fasting; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08469 | 100 | O thou who art advancing toward God! Inasmuch as the attracted maidservant of God, Mrs. Cochran, hath guided thee unto this great Cause | BSTW#076 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12553 | 100 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بشیر بشارت عزم زیارت داشت این بسیار محبوب و مرغوب | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of good tidings announced the intention of pilgrimage, which is most welcome and pleasing [3.5s] | INBA85:093 | BSHI.085-086 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12555 | 100 | ای ثابت بر عهد و پیمان نمیدانی که عبدالبهاء در چه طوفان و بحرانی و چه مشقت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou knowest not in what tempest and turmoil, and in what tribulation 'Abdu'l-Bahá dwelleth [3.5s] | BSHI.094 | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12556 | 100 | ای مستبشر به بشارت رب میثاق بامداد است و من بیاد تو افتادم و دل بتو دادم و در میدان | O thou who art gladdened by the tidings of the Lord of the Covenant! The morning hath dawned, and I have remembered thee, given thee my heart, and in the arena [3.5s] | BSHI.106a | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12557 | 100 | جناب بشیرالهی مکاتیب جوف ارسال گشت برسانید فی الحقیقه ابدا فرصت تحریر این جوانها | O thou herald of God! The enclosed letters have been dispatched; do thou deliver them. In truth, there is absolutely no time to write to these youth [3.5s] | INBA85:443a | BSHI.122a | Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12558 | 100 | اللهم یا واهب العطاء و باذل الندی و معطی الکنز الاوفی و موفق الاصفیاء علی انفاق | O my Lord! O Bestower of gifts, Source of bounties, Granter of the most glorious treasure, and Guide of the chosen ones to the path of sacrifice! [3.5s] | BSHI.031 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; East and West; communication between East and West; Prayer for prosperity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2373 | 100 | As we find ourselves eating with each other here, so we hope that we shall partake of the Divine Food with each other in the Kingdom | PTIM.036, BSTW#358 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09250 | 100 | انا اظهرنا الامانه علی هیکل الانسان و انه ینادی بین اهل الامکان و یقول کل | We have made manifest trustworthiness upon the temple of man, and it calleth out amidst the peoples of the realm of contingent being, proclaiming unto all [3.5s] | BLIB_Or07852.111a, , BLIB_Or15729.156b, , BLIB_Or15730.064d, , NLAI_22848:378a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195vb, , MKI4522.378a, | AQA2#063 p.213a, AVK3.152.07x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09256 | 100 | انا فصلنا النقطه و اظهرنا منها علم ما کان و ما یکون و انطقنا الاشیاء بما شهد | We have expounded the Point and made manifest therefrom the knowledge of what hath been and what shall be, and have caused all things to testify unto that which they witness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.155c, , BLIB_Or15730.064b, , NLAI_22848:376b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195r, , MKI4522.376b, | AQA2#061 p.211b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09450 | 100 | فی کل حین نذکر الله مقصود العالمین فی کل الایام یتحرک قلم مالک الانام لتنجذب | At all times We make mention of God, the Goal of all worlds. Throughout all days moveth the Pen of the Lord of mankind, that hearts may be drawn [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.155a, , NLAI_22848:375, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194rb, , MKI4522.375, | AQA2#059 p.210b | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09483 | 100 | قد ظهرت الکلمه العلیا و بها هدرت الورقاء علی السدره المنتهی انه هو هو توجهوا | The Most Exalted Word hath been made manifest, and by it the Dove hath warbled upon the Divine Lote-Tree. Verily, He is He. Turn ye unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.156a, , NLAI_22848:377, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195va, , MKI4522.377, | AQA2#062 p.212 | Belief and denial; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09529 | 100 | کتاب انزله الرحمن و انه لصراط الله لمن فی السموات و الارض طوبی لمن توجه الیه | This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down; verily, it is the Path of God unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who turneth towards it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.154c, , NLAI_22848:374b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194ra, , MKI4522.37b, | AQA2#058 p.210a | Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09534 | 100 | کتاب انزله المظلوم فی السجن الاعظم لمن آمن بالله مالک القدم انا نذکر من یذکرنا | The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed from the Most Great Prison unto them that have believed in God, the Lord of Ancient Days. Verily, We make mention of those who make mention of Us [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.157b, , NLAI_22848:380, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p196vb, , MKI4522.380, | AQA2#066 p.214b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09642 | 100 | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه لاتحزن عما ورد علیک من قضاء الله رب الارباب اشکره | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Be not grieved by that which hath befallen thee from the decree of God, the Lord of Lords. Render thanks unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.202a, | AYBY.131, BSHN.029, MHT2b.059 | unknown | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2319 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-02-28 | 100 | اینگونه مجالس بصرف فضل و اراده الهیه تشکیل میشود و الا ما کجا و شما کجا چه نسبتی در میان است | Such gatherings are only possible through the divine bounties and favours... Yes, indeed. The relationship between the East and the West must be like that | KHH1.180-182 (1.252) | KHHE.262-265, BSR_v13 p.092 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2355 | Words spoken on 1912-07-17 in New York | 100 | You must always be happy. God is kind. He is more kind than a father. Whenever we experience unhappiness, we must turn our faces to God | PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351d | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2343 | Words spoken on 1914-12-31 in Abu Sinan | 100 | میخواهم شما را بایران بفرستم... شیخ الاسلام مرد بسیط عامی است و بی دین ابداً اعتنائی بدین الله ندارد | I wish for you to go to Iran... Shaykhu'l-Islam is a simple, common man with no religious convictions. He is utterly ignorant of the religion of God | KHH1.307-308 (1.429) | KHHE.441-442, BSR_v13 p.086 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2326 | Words to a Christian minister, spoken on 1914-06-09 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures | His holiness Christ came for the promulgation of the law of love; all the prophets were sent… Hast thou love?... | DAS.1914-06-09, BSC.454 #832x, SW_v07#17 p.171, SW_v08#11 p.139-140, SW_v09#10 p.110 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2352 | Words to a Mohammedan Sheikh, spoken on 1913-12-16 | 100 | My friends! How long, how long these prejudices? How long this dogmatic superiority? How long this fanatical attitude? | DAS.1913-12-16, BSTW#095 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Fanaticism and hatred; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2366 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 100 | No, gradually, for a plant that grows too quickly lasts only a short time. | PN_1901 p002, NRMM.204 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07155 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | استبشری یا امه الله بما عرفت الحق و سمعت ندائه و انجذبت الی نفحاته فارکعی و | Rejoice, O maidservant of God!—for that thou hast known God and heard His call and art attracted to His breaths! Then prostrate thyself... My Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee and I thank Thee for that whereby Thou hast favored Thine humble maidservant | BRL_DAK#0086 | BRL_APAB#22x, BPRY.249-250x, TAB.139, BSC.427 #771x, SW_v09#09 p.101x | E. Mahony | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for children and youth; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||
| AB07159 | 110 | اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و کاشف الکروب و الساتر علی العیوب ادرک برحمتک هذین | O Lord, Forgiver of sins, Remover of afflictions, and Concealer of faults, reach these two through Thy mercy [3.5s] | BSHN.140.207, BSHN.140.250, BSHN.144.207, BSHN.144.250, MHT2.114a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07163 | 110 | الهی الهی ان امتک الرحمانیه المومنه الموقنه بکلمتک الفردانیه المشتعله بالنار | O my God, O my God! Verily, this faithful and assured handmaiden of Thine, firm in Thy Oneness, is enkindled with the fire [3.5s] | BSHN.140.219, BSHN.144.219, MHT2.145b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07194 | 110 | ای امه الله از صعود آن ورقه طیبه فغان آغاز مکن و کریه و زاری منما محزون مشو | O handmaid of God! Begin not to lament the ascension of that pure leaf, neither give way to weeping and wailing. Be thou not sorrowful [3.5s] | INBA85:104 | BSHN.140.394, BSHN.144.389, MHT1b.052 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07207 | 110 | ای امه الله مطمئن بفضل حضرت یزدان باش و مسرور بموهبت حضرت رحمان که رشته تعلق | O handmaid of God! Rest thou assured in the bounty of the Lord God, and rejoice in the bestowals of the All-Merciful, for the cord of attachment [3.5s] | BSHN.140.398, BSHN.144.393, MHT1b.190 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07223 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sign of the Love of God! Be rejoiced that thou hast held the cup of providence in thy hand and drunk the choice wine of guidance | TAB.179, BSTW#043b | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07227 | 110 | ای بازماندگان آن بنده مقرب درگاه الهی آنمرغ چمنستان هدایت بگلستان حقیقت شتافت | O ye descendants of that servant near to the Divine Threshold, that bird from the meadow of guidance hath winged its flight to the rose-garden of truth [3.5s] | BSHN.140.388, BSHN.144.383, PYB#039 p.12, MHT1b.223 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07230 | 110 | Translation List | ای بخشنده مهربان کنیزی در نهایت خضوع و خشوع و عجز و زاری و تضرع و بیقراری | O Thou Bountiful and Loving Lord! A handmaid of Thine hath—in the utmost submissiveness and humility, in profound helplessness and lamentation, in ardent supplication and restlessness—returned unto the threshold | BSHN.140.105, BSHN.144.105, MHT2.149 | ADMS#334 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||
| AB07232 | 110 | ای بلبل خوش آهنگ بانکی از جان و دل بر آر تا صاحبان فرهنگ را حیران کنی و از | O melodious nightingale, raise a cry from heart and soul, that thou mayest astonish the possessors of culture and learning [3.5s] | BSHN.140.523, BSHN.144.511, MHT1b.203 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07233 | 110 | O thou nightingale in the Rose-garden of Significances! The poetry that thou hast composed on the occasion of the Feast of the Riḍvan | BSTW#297 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07285 | 110 | ای بنده حق نظر بملکوت ابهی کن و توجه بجبروت اعلی و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای | O servant of Truth! Fix thy gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom, and turn thy thoughts to the Supreme Concourse, and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s] | INBA88:185a | BSHN.140.259, BSHN.144.259, MHT2.142 | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07296 | 110 | ای بنده صبور الهی هر چند مصیبت مادر مهربان عظیم است و فرقت یاران و دوستان و | O patient servant of God! Though the calamity of thy loving mother is grievous indeed, and separation from friends and loved ones [3.5s] | BSHN.140.183, BSHN.144.183, KNJ.023b, MHT2.152 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07304 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای پروردگار آمرزگار هر چند نفوسی ایام زندگانی بنادانی بسر برده اند بیگانه | O Thou forgiving Lord! Although some souls have spent the days of their lives in ignorance, and became estranged and contumacious | BRL_DAK#1196, BSHN.140.203, BSHN.144.203, MHT2.185a | BPRY.042-043, TAB.178-179, BSC.427 #773, BSTW#055 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB07321 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص عنوان هوالله بر مکاتیب مرقوم نموده بودید از این کلمه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thou has asked regarding the phrase "He is God!" written above the Tablets. By this Word is intended that no one hath any access | MAS9.140 | TAB.485, BSC.459 #847, SW_v04#18 p.304, REVS.062, BSTW#210 | Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB07352 | 110 | ای جان مشتاق جانان جان عنصری همدم جهان خاک است و دور از لطافت افلاک جان الهی | O thou spirit athirst for the Beloved! The earthly soul is companion to the world of dust, far removed from the celestial tenderness of the divine spirit [3.5s] | BSHN.140.199, BSHN.144.199, MHT2.120 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07448 | 110 | ای سلیل آن شخص مجید پدر بزرگوارت در مدت حیات در سبیل نجات سلوک مینمود | O scion of that illustrious personage! Thy noble father, during his earthly sojourn, did tread the path of salvation [3.5s] | INBA85:068 | BSHN.140.260, BSHN.144.260, MHT2.070b, MSBH10.149 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07472 | 110 | ای شیدائی روی دلبر معنوی هر عاشقی سر معشوقی دارد و هر دلداده ای پریشان موی | O thou who art ardent for the face of the spiritual Beloved! Every lover yearneth for the head of his Beloved, and every enkindled soul hath disheveled tresses [3.5s] | BSHN.140.266, BSHN.144.266, MHT2.066 | Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Pain of love; love as veil; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07478 | 110 | O thou seeker of Truth! Thy letter was received. Thou hast complained of thy son and brother. Be thou patient with their defections | BSTW#419 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07481 | 110 | ای طالب رضای حق مقام رضا بسیار مشکل است و اعظم آرزوی اهل بها سالک در این مقام | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! The station of contentment is exceedingly difficult, and to tread this path is the highest aspiration of the people of Bahá [3.5s] | AVK3.404.09, BSHN.140.265, BSHN.144.265, MHT2.084a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07639 | 110 | ای وجه منور بنور محبت الله در سبیل الهی سالک و چالاک شو و آهنگ معارج افلاک | O countenance illumined by the light of God's love! Be thou swift and agile in the pathway of God, and wing thy flight unto the celestial heights [3.5s] | INBA85:055 | BSHN.140.391, BSHN.144.386, MHT1b.177 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07649 | 110 | ای ورقه مبارکه آن مرغ رفیع بافق علیین صعود فرمود و آن نجم منیر | O thou blessed Leaf! That noble bird hath ascended unto the highest horizon, and that brilliant star [3.5s] | MKT6.053, BSHN.140.267, BSHN.144.267, KHAF.016, MHT2.077 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07679 | 110 | ای یار عزیز در این ایام مصمم دیار غربم شاید در عبودیت آستان احدیت نفسی برآرم | O dearly beloved friend! In these days I am resolutely bound for the Western realms, that perchance I may draw a breath in servitude at the threshold of the one true God [3.5s] | INBA85:465, BLIB_Or.08117.016, | BSHI.008, BSHI.120, NJB_v02#11 p.001 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07703 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning unto the Kingdom of God! Thy letter came and I was informed of its wonderful contents. Know thou, verily, all the doors are closed | TAB.229, BSC.484 #928x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07707 | 110 | O thou who hast advanced toward God! Blessed art thou, for thy heart is attracted to the Love of God, thy breast is filled with the knowledge of God | BSTW#277 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07709 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایتها المقبله الی مشرق الانوار ابسطی کفی الدعاء الی العتبه المقدسه النوراء | O thou who art advancing to the Dawning-point of Lights! Extend the hands of communion… O my God! O my God! Glory be unto Thee for that Thou hast confirmed me… O Lord, help me to be meek and lowly… O God! Sanctify me from all else save Thee | BRL_DAK#0412 | BPRY.175-176, TAB.051-052, BSTW#057 | The Badasht Project, A Family Affair | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||
| AB07737 | 110 | بخشنده یزدانا این بندگان آزادگان بودند و این جانهای تابان بنور هدایتت روشن و | O Thou forgiving Lord! These servants were noble souls, and these radiant hearts were made illumined and resplendent | BRL_DAK#0107, BRL_MON#12, AKHA_118BE #03-04 p.226, BSHN.140.385, BSHN.144.380, DUR1.045, DUR1.386, ADH2.050, ADH2_6#01 p.167, MJMJ1.086, MMG2#368 p.410, MJH.034a, MHT1a.053, MHT1b.011 | BRL_POAB#12 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07738 | 110 | Some Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | پاک یزدانا کل گنه کاریم و تو آمرزگار جمیع جامع عیوبیم و تو کاشف کروب گناه این | O Pure God! We are all sinners, and Thou art the Forgiver; we are all encompassed by faults, and Thou art the Dispeller of sorrows [3.5s] | INBA75:057 | BSHN.140.418, BSHN.144.412, DUR2.156, ADH2.039, ADH2_1#20 p.034, MJMJ1.060, MMG2#249 p.280, MJH.017, MHT1a.060, MHT1b.018 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||
| AB07750 | 110 | جناب بشیر حضرت احدیت تجلی رحمانیت فرموده و امکان را مرآت منطبعه از صور | The august Bashír of the One True God hath manifested the effulgence of the All-Merciful, rendering existence a mirror imprinted with forms [3.5s] | MMK6#305, AKHA_129BE #11 p.a, BSHI.123 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07759 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | رب انت تعلم بان النفوس محفوفه بالنواب و الافات و محاطه بالمصائب و الرزیات کل بلاء | Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble. Every trial doth attack man | BRL_DAK#1186, ADH2.065, ADH2_2#06 p.097, MJMJ1.020, MMG2#348 p.389, MJH.066a, NSR_1978.135b, NSR_1993.148 | BPRY.154, TAB.619, BSC.431 #781, RBB.139-140x | J. Cavanagh | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB07768 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | قد اشرق الافاق من انوار نیر الاشراق طوبی للفائزین قد ارتفع الندآء من الشجره | The rays of the Day-star of the world have illumined every land—blessed are they that have beheld! | INBA55:459, INBA59:135, UMich962.151-152, UMich991.101 | MKT2.218, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023a, BCH.023, DUR1.189, MJH.070 | BSC.432 #785 | Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB07782 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا صغیره السن و کبیره العقل کم من طفل صغیر و هو بالغ رشید و کم من کهل جاهل و | O thou whose years are few, yet whose mental gifts are many! How many a child, though young in years, is yet mature | MNMK#075 p.147, MMK1#121 p.138, DRM.005b | SWAB#121, TAB.181, BSC.481 #920x, LABC.007 | Differences in human capacity | - | - | |||||||
| AB07796 | 110 | یا من آمن بالله و صدق بکلماته آنچه در عرصه وجود است عاقبت فانی و مفقود مگر | O thou who hast believed in God and testified to His words! Whatsoever existeth in the realm of being is destined ultimately to perish and vanish, except [3.5s] | INBA13:200 | BSHN.140.384, BSHN.144.379, MHT1b.161 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07817 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hath advanced to the Kingdom of his Lord, the Glorious! Know thou that the Kingdom of God hath pitched its tents | TAB.637-638, BSC.486 #932x | Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07826 | 110 | I ask Thee, O my God -- by Thy power, might and dominion, which have encompassed all who are in Thy heaven and earth -- to point out to Thy servants Thy straight pathway | PN_various p003, BSTW#191 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07827 | 110 | ...I love you tenderly and I know that you are drinking deep of the cup of afflictions. But that ever Christ | BSTW#204 | Consolation and comfort; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07828 | 110 | Today there is no greater service to the Kingdom of God than endeavor in uniting the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful One. | BSTW#504ax | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07837 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thank God, thy faith increased and thou didst become attached... Hypnotism hath a weak influence over bodies | TAB.168-169, LOG#0976x, BSC.488 #938x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07843 | 110 | O Omnipotent God! Verily the pavilion of justice has been raised in the Holy Land extending from East to West.... O Almighty God! Confirm the greatest Emperor George V through Thy divine confirmation | PN_unsorted p056, BSTW#021, BSTW#202 | Prayer for governments and rulers; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08139 | 110 | ای ضجیع آن بصیر شهیر بی نظیر چه خوش طالع و خوش بخت و خوش سیرت بودی که قرین آن | O companion of that renowned and peerless Seer! How fortunate and blessed in character wert thou to be the consort of that [3.5s] | INBA85:257 | BSHN.140.387x, BSHN.144.382x, TISH.512-513, MHT1b.242ax | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12510 | 110 | ای بشیرالهی نامه مختصر شما مفصل بود لفظ موجز بود ولی معانی مفصل زیرا دلیل بر انجذاب | O divine herald! Though brief in words, thy letter was detailed in meaning; though concise in expression, it was replete with significance, for it bore testimony to thy attraction [3.5s] | INBA85:450 | BSHI.040-041 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12511 | 110 | ای ثابت بر پیمان در این مدت مکاتیبی از شما نرسید و اگر میرسید جواب مرقوم میگشت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! During this period no letters have been received from thee, and had they been received, replies would have been composed [3.5s] | INBA85:092b | BSHI.072 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12512 | 110 | ای یار خوشمزه نامه های تو از بس شیرین و لطیف و خوش طعم و بامزه است فورا | O cherished friend! Thy letters are so sweet, graceful, delectable and delightful that immediately [3.5s] | INBA85:453 | BSHI.117 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2295 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf | BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08655 | 110 | امروز جذب اعمال عشاق آفاقرا اخذ نموده و جمیع اشیا بذکر و ثنای منقطعین ناطق | In this day the magnetic power of the deeds of the lovers hath seized the horizons, and all things speak forth in praise and glorification of them that are detached [3.5s] | INBA23:099c, BLIB_Or15703.053, | BRL_DA#234, LHKM2.184, PZHN v2#1 p.119, ASAT3.168x, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.141, BSHI.020, TISH.023 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08703 | 110 | انا نوصی من توجه الی الافق الاعلی بالامانه الکبری و ما یظهر به انوار العدل فی | We counsel him who hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon to observe the Most Great Trustworthiness and that whereby the lights of justice shine forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.155b, , NLAI_22848:376a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194v, , MKI4522.376a, | AQA2#060 p.211a | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08813 | 110 | سبحان الذی الهم عباده الاصفیاء و عرفهم هذا الیوم الذی کان مسطورا فی لوحه | Glorified be He Who hath inspired His chosen servants and made them to recognize this Day that was inscribed in His Tablet [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.154b, , BLIB_Or15730.063e, , NLAI_22848:374a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p193v, , MKI4522.374a, | AQA2#057 p.209b | Chastisement and requital; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08855 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی و اله کلشیء و بهائی و بهاء کل شیء و رجائی و رجاء کلشیء و | Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things, my Glory and the Glory of all things | PMP#042, NFR.213, ABDA.114 | PM#042, BPRY.077, BSC.432 #784 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Nearness and remoteness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BH08860 | 110 | سبحانک یا مالک الوجود و المهیمن علی الغیب و الشهود اسئلک باللسان الذی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord of existence and Sovereign over the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee through the tongue that [3.5s] | BSHN.030, MHT2b.057ax | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08864 | 110 | سراج الله ینادی بینکم و یقول الی الی یا شعبی و عبادی لعمری قد اظهرت نفسی لکم | The Lamp of God calleth aloud among you, saying: "Unto Me, unto Me, O My people and My servants! By My life, I have manifested Myself unto you." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.152a, , BLIB_Or15730.065a, , NLAI_22848:368, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190v, , MKI4522.368, | AQA2#050 p.205b | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08867 | 110 | شهد القیوم لهذا المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد فتح باب السماء و | The Ever-Living One beareth witness unto this Wronged One that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath opened the gate of heaven and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.154a, , NLAI_22848:373, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p193r, , MKI4522.373, | AQA2#056 p.209a | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08910 | 110 | قد انزلنا الایات و اظهرنا البینات یشهد بذلک کل الاشیاء و عن ورائها قلمی الاعلی فی هذا | Verily, We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, whereunto all things bear witness, and beyond them My Most Exalted Pen in this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.153a, , BLIB_Or15730.063d, , NLAI_22848:371a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p192ra, , MKI4522.371a, | AQA2#053 p.207 | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08919 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | قد بشر لسان القدم من فی العالم بظهور الاسم الاعظم و یشهد له بین الامم انه هو | Verily the Tongue of the Ancient gives glad tidings to those who are in the world concerning the appearance | BNEP.078, NJB_v12#08 p.152 | SW_v08#14 p.184, SW_v11#14 p.234, BSC.255 #527, BSTW#127 | Belief and denial; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH08940 | 110 | قد نزلت الایات و ظهر الکنز المخزون ولکن القوم لایعرفون قد اشتعلت نار البیان | The verses have been sent down and the Hidden Treasure hath been made manifest, yet the people perceive not. Lo, the Fire of Utterance hath been kindled [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.153b, , NLAI_22848:371b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p192rb, , MKI4522.371b, | AQA2#054 p.208a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08974 | 110 | قیل هل نزلت الالواح قل ای و ربی العزیز الوهاب من الناس من توجه الی نعیب | It was asked: "Have the Tablets been revealed?" Say: "Yea, by my Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful! Among the people are those who have turned to the croaking." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.153c, , NLAI_22848:372, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p192v, , MKI4522.372, | AQA2#055 p.208b | Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09085 | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | 110 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | یا الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک و توجه الیک منقطعا عن سواک | O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs | BRL_Mayyit, PMP#167, AVK4.203, AHM.214, BSHN.005, GHA.138x, TSBT.239, BSHA.077, OOL.B097a, OOL.B097b | PM#167, BPRY.035 | Prayer with six verses to be repeated nineteen times each, recited at graveside, and stated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas to constitute the only exception to the general prohibition on congregational prayer. | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | * | * | LL#231 | |||
| ABU2273 | Words spoken at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-01 | 110 | I desire to go to the Orient... Know this for a certainty that today, the penetrative power in the arteries of the world of humanity, is the power of the Covenant. | SW_v06#14 p.111x, SW_v11#08 p.121x, PN_1912 p025, BSTW#052s | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2225 | Words spoken en route in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01 | 110 | جمال مبارک سه مرتبه به یرکه تشریف آوردند دفعه اول من تا نزدیکهای ابوسنان پیاده | The Blessed Beauty journeyed to the village of Yirkih three times. On the first visit, I walked at the side | KHH1.131-132 (1.181-182) | KHHE.197, DAS.1914-11-01, BSR_v13 p.082 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2266 | Words spoken on 1919-06-08 | 110 | The Temple of Eshkabad is unique in that it is the first Temple of the kind that has been erected. Many such temples shall be constructed | BSTW#237 | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06550 | 120 | اللهم انی اکب بوجهی علی الترباء متضرعا الی ملکوتک الاعلی ان تغفر لامتک التی | O Lord! With my face pressed to the dust, I supplicate before Thy most exalted Kingdom that Thou wouldst forgive Thy handmaiden who [3.5s] | BSHN.140.190, BSHN.144.190, MHT2.148b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06558 | 120 | الهی الهی هذا عبد من عبادک قد رضع من ثدی هدایتک و استظل فی ظل عنایتک و تذکر | O my God, O my God! This is a servant of Thy servants who hath been nurtured from the breast of Thy guidance, and hath taken shelter beneath the shade of Thy tender care, and hath remembered [3.5s] | BSHN.140.180, BSHN.144.180, MHT2.196 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06565 | 120 | الهی و غفار ذنوبی انی اتوسل الیک و اتضرع بین یدیک و اتشبث بذیل غفرانک و ابتهل | O my God and Forgiver of my sins! I entreat Thee and humbly supplicate before Thy presence, clinging to the hem of Thy forgiveness and imploring [3.5s] | INBA87:033, INBA52:033 | BSHN.140.242, BSHN.144.242, MHT2.080b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06567 | 120 | I supplicate God to perfume thy nostrils with the fragrances of holiness wafting from this Paradise of Abha! | BSTW#452 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06595 | 120 | ای امه الله صبر و سکون از خصائص اماء رحمانست تعجیل مکن ان الله مع الصابرات | O handmaid of God! Patience and tranquility are among the characteristics of the maidservants of the All-Merciful. Make thou no haste, for verily God is with those who are patient [3.5s] | BSHN.140.195, BSHN.144.195, MHT2.146, KHML.319-320 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06608 | 120 | ای بحر پر موج موجی برآر که باوج ملا اعلی رسد و طوفانی کن که فیضانش شرق و غرب | O surging sea, raise up a wave that shall reach the highest summit of the Supreme Concourse, and create such a tempest that its flood shall encompass both East and West [3.5s] | INBA85:102 | MKT9.038, AKHA_129BE #04 p.a, BSHN.140.415, BSHN.144.409, MHT1b.243 | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06611 | 120 | ای بشیر چون شیر بشیر مصری حامل قمیص یوسف کنعان بود اما تو حامل پیرهن عزیز مصر | O Bashir! Like unto Bashir of Egypt who bore the garment of Joseph of Canaan, thou art the bearer of the vesture of Egypt's Beloved [3.5s] | INBA88:161a | MKT2.236, MMK2#234 p.169, QT105.2.348, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.02-04, BSHI.042-043, MSHR2.207, MUH3.382 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06621 | 120 | ای بنده اسم اعظم این خاکدان ترابی لانه و آشیانه مرغ خاکیست نه طیر الهی و این | O servant of the Most Great Name! This earthly dust-heap is but a nest and dwelling-place for earthbound birds, not for divine ones [3.5s] | MKT9.039, BSHN.140.423, BSHN.144.417, MHT1a.105, MHT1b.063 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06646 | 120 | ای بنده حق آسیاب جهان در گردش است و جمیع خلق مانند دانه نرم و محو از این جنبش | O servant of the True One! The millstone of the world is in perpetual motion, and all created things, like unto grains, are ground and obliterated by this movement [3.5s] | BSHN.140.419, BSHN.144.413, MHT1a.069, MHT1b.027 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06673 | 120 | ای پروردگار این نفس پاک توجه بملکوت تو نمود و تضرع و زاری کرد تا حال اسیر | O thou creator! This pure soul advanced toward Thy Kingdom and humbly lamented and supplicated before Thee. Heretofore he was a captive | MMG2#455 p.507 | BSTW#063 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06676 | 120 | ای پروردگار گنه کارم و تو آمرزگار قاصرم و تو غافر در ظملت عصیانم و تو نور | O Thou Almighty! I am a sinner, but Thou art the Forgiver! I am full of shortcomings, but Thou art the Compassionate! | MMG2#262 p.292 | BNE.099, BSTW#061 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for healing; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB06743 | 120 | ای دادخدا بزرگتر دهش دادار شناساای پروردگار و آمرزگار است سپاس او را سزاست | O Lord God! Greatest is the bounty of the All-Knowing Provider. O Lord and Forgiver, unto Thee belongeth all praise [3.5s] | INBA88:335a | ALPA.079a, BSHN.140.406, BSHN.144.401, MHT1b.238, YARP2.092 p.121 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06776 | 120 | ای دوستان حق دست شکرانه بساحت حضرت ذوالجلال بلند کنید و بگواید ای یزدان رحمن | O friends of Truth, raise up your hands in thanksgiving before the court of the All-Glorious Lord and say: O merciful God [3.5s] | AKHA_130BE #05 p.a, BSHN.140.393, BSHN.144.388, MJMJ1.116, MMG2#193 p.219, MHT1b.169 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06796 | 120 | ای سمی ذبیح حمد حضرت احدیت را که بقربانگاه عشق راه یافتی و بمشهد فدا پی بردی | O thou who art named Zabíḥ! Praise be to the Lord of Oneness that thou hast found thy way to the sacrificial altar of love and hast discovered the place of sacrifice [3.5s] | INBA85:111 | BSHN.140.416, BSHN.144.410, MHT1b.244 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06804 | 120 | Praise be to God that in this glorious manifestation thou hast been made of the chosen and not of the called. | BSTW#259 | Many are called but few are chosen; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06811 | 120 | ای شمع محبت الله در این عالم نیستی که هستی نماست یک وجود حقیقی بجو و در این | O candle of the love of God! In this world of nothingness which presenteth the semblance of being, seek thou a true existence and in this [3.5s] | MKT9.145a, BSHN.140.200, BSHN.144.200, MHT2.133 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06812 | 120 | ای شمع محبت الله دراین خاکدان که بنیان هستی بنیادش بر شفا جرف ها راست و محن | O Lamp of the Love of God in this dusty world, where the foundation of existence resteth upon the brink of tribulations [3.5s] | INBA17:261 | BSHN.140.263, BSHN.144.263, MHT2.067b | Existence; immortality of the human soul; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06846 | 120 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received; now I answer it. Remain thou in the church and impress the Truth upon the priest | BSTW#314 | Kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06862 | 120 | ای متعلقان آن موقن بالله چشمی بملکوت ابهی باز کنید و با راز او انباز گردید و | O ye who are attached to that one firm in the Faith of God! Open your eyes unto the Abhá Kingdom and become partakers of His mysteries [3.5s] | INBA85:115 | BSHN.140.401, BSHN.144.396, MHT1b.178 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06889 | 120 | O thou wooer of Truth! From the letter, which was a nose-gay from the Rose-Garden of significance, a sweet fragrance was inhaled. | BSTW#313 | Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06901 | 120 | ای منجذب بنفحات الله از جهان بیزار شو و از آنچه در اوست در کنار شمع آفاق شو | O thou who art attracted to the fragrances of God! Be thou detached from the world and all that is therein, and draw nigh unto the candle of the horizons [3.5s] | BSHN.140.245, BSHN.144.245, MHT2.100 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06922 | 120 | ای موقن بایات الله و ثمره آن شجره محبت الله مصیبت کبری و رزیه عظمی هر حزنی را | O thou who art assured of the verses of God and art a fruit of that Tree of Divine Love! The great calamity and grievous affliction surpasseth every sorrow [3.5s] | BSHN.140.440, BSHN.144.434, MHT1a.112, MHT1b.070 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as sun; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06935 | 120 | ای ناطق بثنای الهی در این بساط مذکوری و در این وثاق موجود در حدیقه قلوب | O thou who speaketh in praise of God! In this realm art thou mentioned, and in this mansion art thou present in the garden of hearts [3.5s] | MKT8.156c, BSHI.109 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06938 | 120 | ای ناظر الی الله الیوم نفوسی در ملکوت ابهی و جبروت اعلی مذکور و معروف که مشرق | O thou who gazest toward God! Today there are souls renowned and mentioned in the Abhá Kingdom and the Supreme Dominion that shine [3.5s] | BSHN.140.428, BSHN.144.422, MHT1a.123, MHT1b.081 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06941 | 120 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی این عالم امکان میدان اکتساب شئون رحمانیه است و اتصاف | O thou who gazest upon the Abhá Kingdom! This world of existence is the arena for the acquisition of divine qualities and heavenly attributes [3.5s] | INBA17:212 | MKT8.161a, AKHA_124BE #06 p.h, AHB.120BE #09 p.223, AHB.126BE #09-10 p.244, BSHN.140.431, BSHN.144.425, MAS5.186, MHT1b.167 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Need for an educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06969 | 120 | Translation List | ای ورقه شجره تقدیس سلیل جلیل مانند طیور قدس اوج اعلی گرفت و بفردوس ابهی پرواز | O leaf of the Tree of Holiness! Thine illustrious son hath soared, even as the birds of sanctity, to the highest heaven, winging his flight unto the Abhá Paradise | BSHN.140.101, BSHN.144.101, MHT2.143a | ADMS#333 | Angels; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB06997 | 120 | ای یار مهربان چون نیر اعظم از افق حقیقت طلوع نمود انوار اسرار چنان پرتوی بر | O kind friend! When the Most Great Luminary dawned from the horizon of Truth, the lights of mysteries shed such radiant beams [3.5s] | BSHN.140.402, BSHN.144.397, MHT1b.187 | Manifestation of God as sun; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07007 | 120 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر محفلی که بیاد جمال ابهی تزیین یابد و بجهت استماع کلمات | O loved ones of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! Whatever meeting is held to celebrate the memory of the Abha Beauty and to listen to the recital of the divine utterances | AKHA_128BE #05 p.b | COC#0391, BSTW#342 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07050 | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art uttering the mention of God! Know that the pure hearts upon which the mysteries | TAB.669, BSC.472 #888x | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07053 | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou pure soul who art turning toward the Lord of the creatures! Verily, I received thy letter ... and was informed of its meanings | TAB.636, BSC.471 #884x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07056 | 120 | پروردگارا آمرزگارا این بندگانرا پناه توای واقف اسرار و آگاه توای جمیع ما | O Lord, O Forgiver! These servants seek Thy shelter, O Thou Who art the Knower of mysteries and art cognizant of all [3.5s] | INBA75:082 | AKHA_128BE #02 p.a, BSHN.140.425, BSHN.144.419, DWNP_v6#02 p.001, DUR1.059, ANDA#01 p.46, ADH2.012, ADH2_1#04 p.011, MJMJ1.078, MMG2#207 p.235, MJH.030a, MHT1a.055, MHT1b.013, MMJA.009, NJB_v04#12 p.004 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for healing; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07074 | 120 | رب رب نحن فقراء و انت الغنی الکریم و نحن عجزاء و انت القوی القدیر و نحن اذلاء | O Lord, O Lord! We are poor and Thou art the All-Rich, the All-Bountiful. We are powerless and Thou art the All-Strong, the Almighty. We are abased [3.5s] | BSHN.140.424, BSHN.144.418, ADH2.051, ADH2_1#27 p.044, MJMJ1.001, MJH.055, MHT1a.048, MHT1b.006, NSR_1978.118, NSR_1993.131 | Ahdieh | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07127 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art drawn unto God and kindled by the Fire which burned on Mt. Sinai! Set aside every mention | TAB.160, BSTW#276d | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07136 | 120 | ...Today the most important thing to be established is the unity of the word of the beloved of God and fellowship, good feelings and love among the faithful ones. | BSTW#504bx | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07139 | 120 | O thou dear servant of God!... During the time of your visit here the meaning of the words of Christ--'let the dead bury their dead' | TAB.670-671, BSTW#287 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07142 | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird of the Garden of God! Why art thou sad and sorrowful, disappointed | TAB.672-673, BSC.471 #886x, RBB.125bx | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07144 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The letter no.17 was read. Thou hast written concerning the universal peace, that before long the congress of The Hague | TAB.595-596x, BSTW#154 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12473 | 120 | ای بشیر ربانی تحریر اخیر واصل گردید و مفاد انجذاب فواد بود که با وجود این بلایا | O divine herald! Thy recent letter was received, and its contents bespoke the attraction of hearts, notwithstanding these tribulations [3.5s] | INBA85:094 | BSHI.044 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12474 | 120 | ای بشیر یوسف الهی بشیر مصری مشام پیر کنعانی را به رائحه قمیص یوسفی معطر نمود | O thou herald of the divine Joseph! The Egyptian herald perfumed the senses of that venerable one of Canaan with the fragrance of Joseph's garment [3.5s] | INBA85:088b | BSHI.055-056 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12475 | 120 | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک در هر ماهی نامه های متعدد به شما مرقوم میگردد | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! In every month, numerous letters are being penned unto thee [3.5s] | INBA85:455b | BSHI.064 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12476 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قلت فرصت مجبور بر اختصارم نامه مورخ بیست و چهارم جمادی الاول | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Due to scarcity of time I am compelled to be brief. Thy letter dated 24 Jamádíyu'l-Avval [3.5s] | INBA85:446b | BSHI.068-069 | Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12477 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان فی الحقیقه منجذب ملکوتی و مشتعل به نار محبه الله یاران از تو راضی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thou art in truth attracted to the Kingdom and ablaze with the fire of the love of God. The friends are pleased with thee [3.5s] | BSHI.074 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12478 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه های متعدد شما چون ابر بهار فیض معانی و چون جوهر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy numerous letters, like the spring rain, have showered down divine meanings and like unto gems [3.5s] | INBA85:445 | BSHI.093-094 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12479 | 120 | ای مست صهبای الست خدمات تو در ساحت اقدس مشکور و در نزد این مشتاقان مشهور | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Ancient Covenant! Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are well-pleasing and thy deeds are renowned amongst these ardent souls [3.5s] | BSHI.106b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08012 | 120 | الله الچون... | Sir. In the name of God and humanity we protest to you against the plight which we have been subjected to from the Turkish government | BSB1:4 p33+38 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | ||||||||
| BH08040 | 120 | ان السدره تنادی باعلی الندآء و تدع الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم من الناس من | Verily, the Lote Tree calleth aloud with the most exalted call, summoning all unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Among the people there are those who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.148b, , BLIB_Or15730.065b, , NLAI_22848:360, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p186r, , MKI4522.360, | AQA2#040 p.199 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08048 | 120 | ان المظلوم ینادی بین العالم و یامر الناس بما امر به من لدی العزیز الحکیم قل قد خلقت | The Wronged One calleth between the worlds and enjoineth upon the people that which hath been ordained by the Mighty, the All-Wise. Say: I have been created [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.148c, , NLAI_22848:361, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p186v, , Ghazi3072.106-108, MKI4522.361, | AQA2#041 p.200a | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08086 | 120 | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه کما ذکرنا الذین نبذوا الاوهام و توجهوا الی افق | Verily, We make mention of him who hath turned to the Divine Countenance, even as We mentioned those who cast aside vain imaginings and set their faces toward the horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.147c, , NLAI_22848:358, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p185r, , MKI4522.358, | AQA2#038 p.198a | Belief and denial; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08147 | 120 | آیات نازل و بینات ظاهر ولکن عباد غافل و محجوب بفانی مشغولند و از حضرت باقی | The verses have been revealed and the evidences made manifest, yet the servants remain heedless and veiled, occupied with that which perisheth and separated from the Eternal One [3.5s] | INBA23:099d, BLIB_Or15699.058b, | BRL_DA#233, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.041, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.003, BSHI.019-020, BSHI.156 | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08204 | 120 | ذکر من لدنا لمن وفی بعهد الله اذ اتی الموعود و تم المیقات لیفرح بعنایه ربه و | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who remained faithful to God's Covenant when the Promised One appeared and the appointed time was fulfilled, that he may rejoice in the bounty of his Lord [3.5s] | INBA27:469b, BLIB_Or15729.152b, , NLAI_22848:369, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p191r, , MKI4522.369, | AQA2#051 p.206a | Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08225 | 120 | سبحان الذی اتی بالحق و اظهر نفسه کیف اراد لیعلمن الکل انه لهو المقتدر علی ما | Glorified be He Who hath come with the truth and manifested Himself as He willeth, that all may know that He, verily, hath power over all things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.148a, , NLAI_22848:359, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p185v, , MKI4522.359, | AQA2#039 p.198b | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08269 | 120 | نور العرفان من افق یراعه الرحمن قد کان بالحق مشهودا قد قرت عین من | The light of divine knowledge hath, verily, shone forth from the horizon of the All-Merciful's Pen, and hath been manifest in truth. Blessed are the eyes that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.150a, , NLAI_22848:363b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p188r, , MKI4522.363b, | AQA2#044 p.202a | Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08280 | 120 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لمحبوب العالم و یدعو الامم الی | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. He Who hath appeared is verily the Beloved of the world, calling all peoples unto [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.149b, , NLAI_22848:363a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p187v, , MKI4522.363a, | AQA2#043 p.201 | Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08282 | 120 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بالحق انه لام الکتاب فی ملکوت الامر و | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh with truth is verily the Mother Book in the Kingdom of Command [3.5s] | INBA44:139a, BLIB_Or15729.152c, , NLAI_22848:370, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p191v, , MKI4522.370, | AQA2#052 p.206b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08315 | 120 | قد اتی یوم القیام و قام فیه قیوم الاسماء بسلطان احاط من فی السموات و الارضین | The Day of Resurrection hath indeed come, and therein hath arisen He Who is the Self-Subsisting Lord of Names, with a sovereignty that encompasseth all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | INBA18:325, BLIB_Or15729.151b, , NLAI_22848:367a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189v, , MKI4522.367a, | AQA2#048 p.204 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08328 | 120 | قد توجه الیک عرف الله بهذا اللوح الذی به اقبل کل نفس و قام کل قاعد و انتبه | The fragrance of God hath turned unto thee through this Tablet, whereby every soul hath advanced, every seated one hath arisen, and every slumberer hath awakened [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.151c, , NLAI_22848:367b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190r, , MKI4522.367b, | AQA2#049 p.205a | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08341 | 120 | قد سمعنا ندائک و راینا اقبالک الی الافق الاعلی و اجبناک بما تضوع به عرف الله | We have indeed hearkened unto thy call and beheld thy turning unto the Supreme Horizon, and We have answered thee with that which beareth the fragrance of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.150c, , NLAI_22848:365, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189ra, , MKI4522.365, | AQA2#046 p.203a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08355 | 120 | قد لاح افق الکرم ولکن الامم اعرضوا عنه بما اتبعوا کل صنم منحوت قد ارتفع | The horizon of bounty hath verily dawned, yet the peoples have turned away therefrom, having followed every graven idol that hath been raised up [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.151a, , NLAI_22848:366, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189rb, , MKI4522.366, | AQA2#047 p.203b | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08457 | 120 | ذکری الأعظم ینادی من فی الامکان الی اللّه مالک الأدیان انّا بعثناه علی هیکل الانسان تعالی الرّحمن | The Most Great Remembrance calleth all who dwell in the realm of creation unto God, the Lord of Religions. Verily, We have raised Him up in human form. Exalted be the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.150b, , NLAI_22848:364, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p188v, , MKI4522.364, | AQA2#045 p.202b | Call to action; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08518 | 120 | یا اهل البهاء اسمعوا الندآء من البقعه النورآء من لدی الله العلیم الحکیم و | O people of Bahá! Hearken unto the Call from the luminous Spot, from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s] | BLIB_Or07852.067, , BLIB_Or15729.146a, , BLIB_Or15730.064a, , NLAI_22848:355, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p183r, , MKI4522.355, | AQA2#034 p.195 | High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08582 | 120 | یا قلم الاعلی اذکر من فی الانشاء لیدعوا ما عندهم و یتوجهوا الی الله رب | O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of them that are in all creation, that they may cast away whatsoever they possess and turn unto God, the Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.146b, , NLAI_22848:356a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p183v, , MKI4522.356a, | AQA2#035 p.196a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08583 | 120 | یا قلمی تحرک علی ذکر من اقبل الی الله و وجد نفحات القمیص اذ تضوعت بین | O My Pen! Move in remembrance of him who hath turned unto God and hath found the fragrance of the garment as it was diffused [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.149a, , NLAI_22848:362, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p187r, , MKI4522.362, | AQA2#042 p.200b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2187 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 120 | The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup | BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2199 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901 | 120 | We must be guided entirely by the intelligence and development of the child, as to how | SW_v07#15 p.142-143, SW_v09#08 p.090, PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212-213 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07148 | Words to George Latimer | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs | BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2182 | Words to the Kinney party in 1909(?) | 120 | The Blessed Perfection came for the purpose of uniting the hearts that He might link them together. For this purpose you must prove the means of unity | PN_1909 p002, BSTW#340 | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05993 | 130 | اللهم یا رجائی و غایه منائی ان ورقه خضله نضره ریانه من رشحات سحاب رحمتک | O God, my Hope and ultimate Desire! A verdant leaf, fresh and vibrant, moistened by the dewdrops from the clouds of Thy mercy [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0484, BSHN.140.179, BSHN.144.179, MHT2.187 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05994 | 130 | اللهم یا غافر الخطاء و عافی الذنوب و الاثام تغفر من تشاء برحمتک الواسعه | O Lord, the Forgiver of transgressions and the Pardoner of sins and iniquities, Thou dost forgive whomsoever Thou willest through Thy boundless mercy [3.5s] | BSHN.140.248, BSHN.144.248, MHT2.112 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05996 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا من سبقت رحمتک و عظمت مغفرتک و جل احسانک و شاع عفوک و ذاع صیت فضلک | O Lord, O Thou Whose mercy hath encompassed all, Whose forgiveness is transcendent, Whose bounty is sublime | INBA16:135 | BRL_DAK#1198, BSHN.140.184, BSHN.144.184, PYK.302, MHT2.147 | BPRY.044-045 | J. Heath [track 11] | Angels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||
| AB06004 | 130 | الهی الهی انی بکل عجز و ابتهال و تضرع و تخشع و تذلل و انکسار اناجی الی ملکوت | O my God, my God! With utter weakness and supplication, with earnest entreaty and humility, with lowliness and self-effacement, do I commune with Thy Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA17:053 | BSHN.140.264, BSHN.144.264, MHT2.089 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06007 | 130 | الهی الهی قد سالت عبراتی و طالت زفراتی و اشتدت حسراتی شوقا للقائک و انجذابا | O my God, my God! My tears have flowed copiously, my sighs have grown lengthy, and my pangs of longing have intensified, all out of yearning to meet Thee and be drawn unto Thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.189, BSHN.144.189, MHT2.130 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06020 | 130 | ای احبای الهی حمد کنید خدا را که در ظل لواء معقود رب الجنود درآمدید و به بشارات | O beloved ones of God! Render thanks unto God that ye have entered beneath the shade of the banner unfurled by the Lord of Hosts, and attained unto the glad-tidings [3.5s] | INBA85:017 | BSHN.140.434, BSHN.144.428, MHT1b.241, KASH.265 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06038 | 130 | Translation List | ای امه الله محزون نباش دلخون نباش بعنایت جمالقدم روحى | O handmaid of God! Be not sad, neither do thou grieve. Be content with the bounty of the Ancient Beauty | INBA55:365 | BSHN.140.239, BSHN.144.239, MHT2.113 | ADMS#208 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||
| AB06083 | 130 | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ات شمامه مشک عنبر بود زیرا رایحه طیبه محبت الله از ان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was as a perfumed breath of musk and amber, for from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA85:003 | BSHN.140.414, BSHN.144.408, MHT1b.240 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06114 | 130 | ای پاک جان محزون مباش دلخون مگرد اندوه مدار مجروح مشو عالم خاک منبت خار و | O pure soul, be not sorrowful, neither let thy heart be troubled. Carry not the burden of grief, nor suffer thyself to be wounded. For this world of dust is but a field of thorns [3.5s] | BSHN.140.206, BSHN.144.206, MHT2.122 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06128 | 130 | ای ثابت بر پیمان حمد خدا را که از جام پیمان سرمستی و در انجمن یاران ساقی می پرست | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou art inebriated from the cup of the Covenant, and in the assemblage of the friends thou art a wine-loving cupbearer [3.5s] | MKT8.060a, BSHI.071-072 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06162 | 130 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابتان بر عهد هر محفل روحانی که بعنایت الهیه تشکیل گردد و اعضا در نهایت | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Abdu'l-Baha is constantly engaged in ideal communication with any Spiritual Assembly | MMK1#046 p.086 | SWAB#046, BWF.410-411x, COC#0178x, SW_v12#01 p.028, BSTW#197, BSTW#458 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for morning; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB06170 | 130 | ای حاتم دیار شوق و اشتیاق حاتم طاای درهم و دینار و اسب و بختی و دیبا و | O Hatem of the realms of ardor and longing, thou art even as Hatem-i-Tai in thy bestowal of coins and treasures, of steeds and fortune, of silks and precious things [3.5s] | BSHN.140.407, BSHN.144.402, MHT1b.221 | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06193 | 130 | ای دو شعاع کوکب محبت الله در سبیل الهی جان و جنان و وجود را انفاق کنید و رو | O twin rays of the celestial orb of God's love! Sacrifice in His divine path your souls, your hearts, and your very being, and turn ye [3.5s] | MKT6.026b, BSHN.140.472bx, BSHN.144.465bx | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06206 | 130 | O ye faithful friends! The maidservant of the Kingdom of Baha'o'llah has written the joyful news | SW_v02#10 p.004, BSTW#118 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06211 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای رب ثبت اقدامنا علی صراطک و قو قلوبنا علی طاعتک و وجه وجوهنا لجمال رحمانیتک | Make firm our steps, O Lord! In thy path and strengthen Thou our hearts in Thine obedience… Reveal then Thyself, O Lord, by Thy merciful utterance | INBA59:027a | MILAN.208, BSHN.140.323, BSHN.144.321, BCH.183, MAS5.143, ADH2.044, ADH2_1#22 p.038, MJMJ1.008, MMG2#105 p.118, MJH.059, MHT1a.046, MHT1b.004, NSR_1978.117, NSR_1993.130, KNSA.246-247 (459) | BPRY.069-070, MNYA.340, SW_v13#12 p.331, BP1926.022 | L. Slott, J. Crone | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||
| AB06213 | 130 | ای رب و رب من فی الوجود و مالکی و مالک الغیب و الشهود انی بکل عجز ومسکنه و | O Lord, my Lord of all existence, my Master and Sovereign of the unseen and the seen! With utmost helplessness and poverty I [3.5s] | BSHN.140.449, BSHN.144.443, MHT1a.049, MHT1b.007 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06239 | 130 | O thou candle of the love of God! Thy letter was sweet, and was as honey and sugar to the friends | BSTW#279 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06271 | 130 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became known that thou art seeking nearness to God | BSTW#246 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06272 | 130 | O maidservant of His Holiness Baha'o'llah! Thy letter dated September | SW_v10#02 p.031, SEIO.023x, BSTW#435 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06274 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. God willing, the vision will become actualized. | TAB.215, BSC.484 #926x | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06279 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thank thou God that thou hast stepped into the arena of existence in such a blessed Age | TAB.530-531, BSC.460 #850x | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06292 | 130 | ای ماهی دریای بی پایان حضرت یونس علیه السلام چون مونس درون حوت طبایع و عناصر | O thou fish of the fathomless ocean! As his highness Jonah (upon him be peace!) became familiar with the interior | INBA13:361a | MMK6#314, YMM.446 | BSTW#116 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| AB06294 | 130 | ای مبتلای بلا در سبیل خدا اگرچه این کاس در مذاق عاقلان کدر آشام و در کام تن | O thou who art afflicted by trials in the path of God! Though this cup be bitter to the taste of the wise [3.5s] | AKHT2.449, BSHN.140.410, BSHN.140.411, BSHN.144.405, MHT1b.209b, MHT1b.212a | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06313 | 130 | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of God! Your letter was received. The vision of Mrs. Nash for you was absolutely true! | BSTW#170 | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06320 | 130 | ای معرض مصائب شدیده این مصیبت وارده هر چند رزیه عظمی و بلیه کبری بود ولی صبر و | O thou who art assailed by grievous tribulations! Although this affliction that hath befallen thee is a supreme calamity and a dire ordeal, yet through patience [3.5s] | INBA13:259b, INBA17:102 | BSHN.140.437, BSHN.144.431, MHT1a.096, MHT1b.054 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06326 | 130 | ای مقربان درگاه حق در ملا اعلی مذکورید و در ملکوت ابهی مشهور و در لسان اهل | O ye who draw nigh unto the Threshold of God! Ye are mentioned in the Concourse on High, renowned in the Abhá Kingdom, and upon the tongues of the people [3.5s] | INBA72:094 | MKT9.182b, BSHN.140.240, BSHN.144.240, MHT2.101b, YQAZ.657a | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06338 | 130 | ای منجذب بنفحات قدس در این عرصه تنگ و جهان پر آب و رنگ اگر صد هزار سال درنگ | O thou who art attracted to the holy fragrances! In this narrow arena and this world full of color and allure, shouldst thou tarry a hundred thousand years [3.5s] | INBA59:229b | BSHN.140.436, BSHN.144.430, MHT1a.106, MHT1b.064 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06339 | 130 | O thou who art attracted to the light of the Kingdom! What thou hast written caused joy | BSTW#283 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06351 | 130 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی دست دعا بدرگاه خدا بلند نما و شکرانه بکن که ای پروردگار | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Raise thy suppliant hands unto the threshold of God and render thanks, saying "O Lord!" [3.5s] | BSHN.140.243, BSHN.144.243, MJMJ3.066x, MMG2#132 p.148x, MHT2.099 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06353 | 130 | ای مهتز از فیوضات رحمانیه در انجمن عالم ولوله عظیمست و جزع و فزع شدید فریاد و | O thou who art exhilarated by the outpourings of divine grace! In the assembly of the world, a great commotion hath arisen, and dire lamentation and distressful clamor are heard [3.5s] | BSHN.140.438, BSHN.144.432, MHT1a.104, MHT1b.062 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06367 | 130 | ای ناطق بذکر الهی در این عصر مجید و قرن سعید که آفتاب انور جهان الهی شرق و | O thou who speakest in remembrance of God in this glorious age and blessed century, when the resplendent Sun of the divine world shineth forth from the East [3.5s] | BSHN.140.412, BSHN.144.406, MHT1b.222 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06376 | 130 | ای نفوس مبارکه دردانه تا در آغوش صدفست درخشندگی و لطافتش مجهول همچنین گوهر | O blessed souls! Like a precious pearl that, while nestled in its shell, conceals its brilliance and beauty, so too [3.5s] | MKT3.473, BSHN.140.426, BSHN.144.420, MHT1a.103, MHT1b.061, YARP2.162 p.170 | Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06387 | 130 | ای ورقه روحانیه از صعود آن طیر آشیان الهی بحدائق باقیه مکدر مباش و متلهف مشو | O spiritual leaf! Be not sorrowful or distressed at the ascension of that divine bird to the eternal gardens [3.5s] | BSHN.140.413, BSHN.144.407, MHT1b.239 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06392 | 130 | ای ورقه محترمه از صعود ولد عزیز محزون مباش مغموم مگرد صبر و سکون خواه و تسلیم | O honoured leaf! Be not sorrowful nor grieved at the ascension of thy cherished son. Seek thou patience and serenity, and be resigned [3.5s] | BSHN.140.397, BSHN.144.392, MHT1b.170a | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06427 | 130 | O thou kindled with the fire of the love of God! I have read thy beautiful and spiritual letter in which thou dost supplicate | BSTW#281 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06437 | 130 | O thou who art drawn by the fragrances of God! Blessed art thou for that by reason of which thou hast been kindled by the fire of the love of God | BSTW#285 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06488 | 130 | O maidservant of God! If at every instant thou tenderest thy thanks to Mrs. Brittingham, thou shalt not be able to acquit thyself | BSTW#223 | Being a source of light; guidance; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06496 | 130 | یا ربی الرحمن المتجلی من افق الغفران قد ارتحلت امتک ضیاء المنتسبه الی عبدک | O my Lord, the Most Merciful, Who hast manifested from the horizon of forgiveness! Verily, Thy handmaiden Ḍíyá', who was affiliated with Thy servant, hath ascended unto Thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.244, BSHN.144.244, MHT2.183 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06510 | 130 | یا من اصابته مصیبه کبری نفوسیکه بانفاس مقدسه اسم اعظم و روح مسیح جمال قدیم | O thou who hast been struck by a most grievous calamity, thou whose soul is touched by the sacred breaths of the Most Great Name and the Spirit of Christ, the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:114 | BSHN.140.403, BSHN.144.398, PYB#226 p.07, MHT1b.245 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12432 | 130 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید از کثرت مشاغل مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود نامه و نظامنامه | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath been received. Due to the press of manifold occupations, a brief reply is herein given. Thy letter [3.5s] | BSHI.087 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12433 | 130 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود فتوغراف | O steadfast one in the Covenant! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, a brief response is written. The photograph [3.5s] | BSHI.089 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07492 | 130 | ان المظلوم ینادی من شطر السجن انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و یذکر الذینهم | The Wronged One calleth out from the precincts of the prison that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and maketh mention of those who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.145c, , NLAI_22848:354, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p182v, , MKI4522.354, | AQA2#033 p.194b | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07580 | 130 | تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل البیان و بشر الکل بلقاء الله المقتدر المهیمن العلیم | Exalted is the All-Merciful, Who hath revealed the Bayán and heralded unto all the meeting with God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.143b, , NLAI_22848:348, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p179v, , MKI4522.348, | AQA2#027 p.190b | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07741 | 130 | قد خسر الذین کفروا بالله و ظهوره و انکروا ما نزل من ملکوته العزیز البدیع قل | They who have disbelieved in God and His Manifestation, and have rejected that which hath descended from His glorious and wondrous Kingdom, are verily among the lost. Say [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.147a, , NLAI_22848:356b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p184r, , MKI4522.356b, | AQA2#036 p.196b | Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07826 | 130 | کتاب نزل بالحق لمن توجه الی الافق الاعلی و آمن بالله رب العالمین قل قد ظهر | A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: He hath appeared [3.5s] | INBA44:135b, BLIB_Or15729.145b, , NLAI_22848:353, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p182r, , MKI4522.353, | AQA2#032 p.194a | Adam; Adam and Eve; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07954 | 130 | یا طاهر اسمع ندآء المطهر الذی باسمه طهر الله افئده المقربین انه ینطق بالحق | O Tahir! Hearken unto the Call of the Purifier, through Whose Name God hath sanctified the hearts of them that are nigh. Verily, He speaketh the truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.147b, , NLAI_22848:357, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p184v, , MKI4522.357, | AQA2#037 p.197 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07996 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind! | BP1929.003, DWN_v5#06 p.001-002, BSC.184 #264 | The Bird & The Butterfly, R. Dupras, Nica | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07997 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I ask of Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty, and I supplicate Thee by the manifestation of Thy Greatest Majesty | BSC.186 #271, BP1929.029-030 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2074 | Words spoken at Krug home in New York, 1912-07-10 | 130 | It is a blessed evening; you are blessed. Blessed souls are gathered here. In reality, this house is illumined... It has become necessary to depart for the Orient... All your efforts must be expended in two ways | PN_1912 p110, BSTW#351b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2086 | Words spoken at Riverside Park in New York, 1912-07-10 | 130 | In every moment you must thank God a hundred thousand times. Consider how today all the worldly people are deprived | PN_1912 p111, BSTW#351c | Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2100 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps. | BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2109 | Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy. | DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2079 | Words to Mr MacNutt | 130 | Say, O people! Can the mosquito of violation withstand the eagle of the Testament? No, by the orb of effulgence! | PN_unsorted p013, BSTW#350 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05495 | 140 | اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و یا کاشف الکروب و یا مبرء ضر ایوب و یا دافع الخطوب ارحم | O God, Thou Forgiver of sins, Dispeller of sorrows, Healer of Job's affliction, and Remover of tribulations, have mercy [3.5s] | BSHN.140.439, BSHN.144.433, MHT1b.051, MHT2.191 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05496 | 140 | اللهم یا من یحیی الارواح بسریان روح الغفران بعد موتها بالذنب و العصیان و منور | O Thou Who quickeneth the spirits through the flow of the spirit of forgiveness after their death through sin and rebellion, and Who illumineth [3.5s] | BSHN.140.456, BSHN.144.450, MHT1a.050, MHT1b.008, QUM.161a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05497 | 140 | الهی الهی ان هذا عبد ربیته فی حضن عنایتک و حجر موهبتک حتی نشاء فی ظل الطافک و | O my God, my God! This is a servant whom Thou didst nurture in the cradle of Thy tender care and the bosom of Thy bounty until he was raised beneath the shade of Thy favors [3.5s] | BSHN.140.409, BSHN.144.404, MHT1b.043 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05501 | 140 | الهی الهی قد ماج طمطام رحمانیتک و هاج اریاح شطر روحانیتک قد اشرق نیر الغفران | O my God, my God! The ocean of Thy mercy hath surged, and the winds from the realm of Thy spirituality have stirred. The orb of forgiveness hath dawned forth [3.5s] | INBA17:251 | BSHN.140.102, BSHN.144.102, MHT2.081 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05531 | 140 | ای آتش افروخته شعله محبت الله در این کشور خاک دل بعالم پاک بربند و در این | O fire, kindled by the flame of God's love! While yet in this dusty realm, bind thy heart to the pure world and in this [3.5s] | MMK2#110 p.085, BSHN.140.472c, BSHN.144.465c | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imagery in the Qur'an; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05532 | 140 | ای آزردگان سبیل حضرت یزدان آنچه در راه خدا بر سر اید هیکل وجود انسانرا | O ye who are sorely tried in the path of the Almighty! That which befalleth the human frame in the path of God [3.5s] | INBA85:137b | BSHN.140.420, BSHN.144.414, MHT1b.179, MHT2.129b, KASH.353 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05642 | 140 | ای حزب مظلوم حی قیوم از حیز ملکوت بلحظات عین عنایت بدوستانش ناظر... اگر الیوم احبای الهی ملتفت فضل غیرمتناهی | O oppressed party of the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting One! From the realm of the Kingdom, with the glances of His eye of bounty, He gazeth upon His loved ones... If today the beloved ones of God would but turn their attention to His boundless grace [3.5s] | MKT8.078a, BSHN.140.480.02x, BSHN.144.473ax | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05646 | 140 | O thou truthful servant of Him the Most High, Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter has been received. Praise be unto God that the House of Spirituality | BSTW#383 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05669 | 140 | ای دو مشتاق جمال الهی هر انسان در این جهان بکاری مشغول و بامری مالوف یکی در | O ye who long for the divine countenance! Every soul in this world is occupied with some pursuit and engaged in some endeavour. One is [3.5s] | BSHN.140.446, BSHN.144.440, MHT1b.191 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05670 | 140 | O ye two blessed souls! The letter was received. Its text indicated that the days of interview are still in memory and have not been forgotten. | BSTW#238 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05672 | 140 | ای دو یار عزیز سرگونی من در این جهان امن و امان و سر و سامان چه کار اید | O two cherished friends! What purpose can my banishment serve in this world of safety and security [3.5s] | INBA17:083 | BSHN.140.441, BSHN.144.435, MHT1a.183, MHT1b.141, MHT2.117, NFQ.017, QUM.149 | Disregarding bodily comfort; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05676 | 140 | O thou real friend! Your letter was received. Its content was very effective. The heart and the soul were moved. It was my hope to come to California... But know thou, verily, that I associate with heart and conscience with firm friends | BSTW#351fx | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05677 | 140 | ای دوست عبدالبهاء قدری در بلایای اولیای سلف نظر نما حضرت سیدالشهداء روح | O friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Contemplate, if but a little, the tribulations endured by the holy ones of former times, such as the Prince of Martyrs, whose spirit [3.5s] | BSHN.140.457, BSHN.144.451, MHT1a.064 | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05683 | 140 | O ye friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The supplication which ye have offered to the Kingdom of Abha was in reality a flame | BSTW#102 | Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05696 | 140 | ای ساعی در خدمات امرالله مساعی آن مشتعل بنار موقده ربانیه محمود و مشکور و خدمت | O thou who strivest in the service of God's Cause! Thy devoted labours, enkindled by the divine flame of thy Lord, are truly praiseworthy and acceptable [3.5s] | MKT8.099c, BSHI.102 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05723 | 140 | ای شیدای روی دلجوی حق این کره خاک آشیان مرغ خاکی و پرنده ظلمانیست لهذا | O ardent lover of the beauteous face of Truth! This earthen sphere is but a nest for earthbound birds and creatures of darkness; therefore [3.5s] | INBA85:546a | BSHN.140.433, BSHN.140.469, BSHN.144.427, BSHN.144.462, MHT1a.180, MHT1b.138, MHT1b.185, DBR.035 | Consolation and comfort; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05724 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the True One! In the day of Christ all nations were expecting... If thou wishest to find the truth, then compare the days of the Manifestation | TAB.409-410, BWF.387-387x, BSC.459 #844x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05736 | 140 | ای طبیب حبیب شفاء جسمانی بگیاهی و معجونی و خلاصه و دریاقی میسر گردد و موقت | O beloved Physician! Physical healing is accomplished through herbs and potions, elixirs and antidotes, yet remaineth temporary [3.5s] | INBA85:303 | MKT8.122b, AKHA_134BE #07 p.274, BSHN.140.429, BSHN.144.423, MHT1b.248 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05753 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy writing was considered. I ask God that thy mind may be illumined with the light of knowledge and faith… Fasting is the cause of the elevation of one’s spiritual station | BRL_IOPF#2.27x, TAB.056-057, BSC.474 #897x, BSTW#289 | Law of fasting; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05755 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God! Be thou not sad on account of past vicissitudes and troubles, neither be thou discouraged | MAB.029, BSTW#048 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05767 | 140 | ای مبتلای آلام از مصائب وارده و مشقات حاصله و بلایای متوالیه محزون مباش جمال | O thou who art afflicted with pain, be not grieved by the calamities that have befallen thee, the hardships that have come to pass, and the succession of tribulations [3.5s] | MNMK#140 p.254, BSHN.140.223, BSHN.144.223, MHT2.103, MSBH8.339-340 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05775 | 140 | ای مخمور صهبای عرفان و منور بانوار هدایت حضرت رحمن اگر چه تا بحال فتح مکاتبه | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine knowledge and illumined by the lights of guidance from the All-Merciful Lord, although until now the correspondence [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0600, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.43, BSHI.105, BSHI.158-159 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05783 | 140 | ای مشتعل بشعلهء نار الله الموقده آنچه بجان بکوشی و بدل بخروشی در | O thou who art ablaze with the flame of the kindled fire of God! However much thou strivest with thy soul and raisest a tumult in thy heart [3.5s] | BSHN.140.453, BSHN.144.447, MHT1a.063, MHT1b.021 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05789 | 140 | ای مفتون دلبر آفاق شمس حقیقت بمحض اشراق انوارش مانند بارقه سحری این فضای وسیع | O thou who art the wooer of the Beloved the Regions! As soon as the Sun of Truth dawned in the East of Eternity, its rays like unto the lightening | MMK3#289 p.212 | BSTW#315 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05807 | 140 | O thou attracted to the Abha Kingdom: Thy letter arrived. It indicated that thy nostrils have been perfumed | BSTW#235 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05851 | 140 | ای ورقه موقنه مطمئنه علیکما بالصبر الجمیل و علیکما بالصبر الجمیل آن ارواح | O assured and confident leaf! Upon thee be gracious patience, and upon thee be gracious patience [3.5s] | BSHN.140.468, BSHN.144.461, MHT1a.174, MHT1b.132 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05895 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله استبشری بفضل مولاک و افرحی بالطاف ربک الرحمن | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Be rejoiced through the grace of thy Lord and happy through the bounties of thy God | BRL_DAK#0617 | TAB.095-096, BSTW#128 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB05900 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou leaf who art moved by the Breeze of God! Verily, I address thee with all spiritual love and gladness from this my residence | TAB.685, BSC.466 #870x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05922 | 140 | پروردگارا مهربانا این جمع توجه بتو دارند مناجات بسوی تو نمایند در نهایت تضرع | O Lord, O Kind One! This gathering turneth to Thee, offering prayers unto Thee in utmost supplication [3.5s] | INBA75:084 | BSHN.140.454, BSHN.144.448, PYM.049, ANDA#03 p.60, ADH2.018, ADH2_1#08 p.016, MJMJ1.077, MMG2#169 p.194, MJH.029, MHT1a.058, MHT1b.016, NJB_v05#05 p.003 | Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Prayer for nearness to God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05937 | 140 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اخفض جناحی و اتذلل علی تراب العبودیه لعزه الوهیتک و | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I lower my wing and humble myself upon the dust of servitude before the glory of Thy Divinity [3.5s] | BSHN.140.173, BSHN.144.173, MHT2.194 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05939 | 140 | Know this of a certainty: Verily, the Bounty of God will pour upon ye (all the friends) and the confirmations of Heaven will encircle ye from all sides | BSTW#052rx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05946 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God! Verily, I received thy letter and was informed of its contents. I beg of God to strengthen thee | BSTW#284 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05957 | 140 | یا من انجذب بنفحات القدس چون شمس حقیقت از افق تقدیس طلوع فرمود قوه جاذبه | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! When the Sun of Truth dawned from the horizon of sanctification, the power of attraction [3.5s] | BSHN.140.241, BSHN.144.241, MHT2.090 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05980 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the Deity! Verily, I have thy clear letter... O thou maidservant of God! Be tranquil and know | TAB.133-134, BSC.477 #911x | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05982 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05986 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11481 | 140 | ای بنده صادق کوکب شارق الحمد لله که همواره به خدمت مرکز رحمانیت... انسان باید مانند کوه آهنین رزین و رصین باشد | O faithful servant of the Star of the East! Praise be to God that thou art ever engaged in service to the Center of the All-Merciful... Man must needs be even as a mountain of iron, firm and immovable [3.5s] | AVK3.420.07x, BSHI.065 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12405 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب متعدده که به جناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی و همچنین | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The numerous letters which thou hadst written to Jinab-i-Manshadi, as well as [3.5s] | BSHI.075-076 | Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12406 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ۲۵ جمادی الاول واصل گردید و به موجب خواهش شما قبوضات | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 25 Jamádi'l-Avval was received, and in accordance with thy request, the receipts [3.5s] | BSHI.086-087 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12407 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نمره ۶۵ رسید از برای عبدالبهاء آسایش جسم و راحت جان فضل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Letter number 65 was received. Through divine bounty, physical comfort and tranquility of soul for 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA85:444 | BSHI.093 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12408 | 140 | ای موقن بایات الله چه قدر طالعت مبارک و اخترت روشن بود که برب اعلی روحی | O thou who art firm in the signs of God! How blessed was thy destiny and how brilliant thy star, that thou didst attain unto the Most Exalted Lord, may my spirit be offered up for Him! [3.5s] | BSHI.108 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2031 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Again the sun of Reality will dawn | BSC.548 #990, SW_v09#13 p.141 | Mea & Mitra | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06935 | 140 | ان السر ینادی قد اتی من عجز عن عرفانه الوجود الا من شاء الله المقتدر العزیز | The Mystery calleth aloud: "He hath come, before Whom all existence hath failed to recognize, save whom God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, hath willed." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.144a, , NLAI_22848:350, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p180v, , MKI4522.350, | AQA2#029 p.192a | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07042 | 140 | خدمت حضرت وزیر اعظم و سفیر افخم اکرم دام اقباله العالی عرض میشود که عریضه ای معروض شده | Most great minister, most mighty and noble ambassador, may your prosperity endure, I wish to mention that a petition was written and that, at the time it was sent | CMB_?, | SVB.399-400 | BSB1:4 p34+44 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | ||||||
| BH07054 | 140 | ذکر ذکره المذکور فی هذا الظهور لینتبه به اهل القبور و یقوموا علی امر الله | The remembrance of His remembrance, the One remembered in this Revelation, that thereby the dwellers in the graves may be awakened and arise in support of God's Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.143a, , NLAI_22848:347, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p179r, , MKI4522.347, | AQA2#026 p.190a | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07104 | 140 | سبحان من نطق بالحق و انزل الایات کیف اراد لا اله الا هو العلیم الخبیر انا | Glorified be He Who hath spoken the truth and sent down verses as He willeth. There is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.142a, , NLAI_22848:346a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p177v, , MKI4522.346a, | AQA2#024 p.188 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07156 | 140 | عرض میشود که دستخط عالی که مشعر بر ملاطفت کبری بود رسید و کمال فرح و انبساط و مسرت | Your excellency's letter has been received. It showed great kindness and was productive of the utmost joy and happiness | CMB_?, | SVB.397-398 | BSB1:4 p34+41 | Petitions to authorities; Prayer for governments and rulers; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | ||||||
| BH07199 | 140 | قد ظهر کتاب الفجر من هذا المنظر الاکبر و مالک القدر ینادی انه لا اله الا انا | The Book of Dawn hath appeared from this Most Great Horizon, and the Lord of Destiny proclaimeth: "There is no God but Me!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.140b, , NLAI_22848:343, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p176r, , MKI4522.343, | AQA2#021 p.186 | Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07210 | 140 | قد نزلنا الایات و صرفناها بالحق انه لهو المقتدر علی ما یشاء لا اله الا هو | We have revealed the verses and set them forth in truth. Verily, He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.142b, , NLAI_22848:346b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p178r, , MKI4522.346b, | AQA2#025 p.189 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07211 | 140 | قد ورد علینا فی هذا السجن ما لااطلع به الا الله العلیم الخبیر قد احاطتنا | There hath befallen Us in this Prison that which none knoweth save God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have been encompassed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.145a, , NLAI_22848:352, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p181v, , MKI4522.352, | AQA2#031 p.193 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07236 | 140 | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن اراد ان یشرب الرحیق المختوم بایدی عنایه ربه المهیمن | This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful for those who desire to drink of the sealed wine, poured forth by the hands of His Lord's tender care, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.141b, , BLIB_Or15729.144b, , NLAI_22848:351, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p181r, , MKI4522.351, | AQA2#030 p.192b, ADH1.105 | Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07426 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من کل شیء اضطرب من سطوتک و کل الامور مقبوضه فی قبضتک و کل الوجوه متوجهه | O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have trembled, in Whose grasp... O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink | INBA35:023a, INBA48:179b, BLIB_Or15739.314, | PMP#077, PMP#168x, AQMJ1.137, AQMJ1.004, BNEP.113 | PM#077, PM#168x, BPRY.167x, BPRY.245x, BSC.187 #274x, BP1929.021-022x | L. Slott, Nabil and Karim, C. Zurek, Soulrise Melodies, C. Signori, QuiqueSaba, T. Ellis | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||
| ABU2013 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-19 | 140 | This time I want to send you with a new spirit, a new strength, to enlighten California | PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351e | Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1985 | Words spoken on 1914-11-02 in Abu Sinan | 140 | شما طوفان بلایا ندیده اید اگر دیده بودید این وقائع بشما چندان تاثیری نمیکرد ما شب دارای عمارت | You have not experienced genuinely difficult times, for if you had, such occurrences would not perturb you. | KHH1.137 (1.189-190) | KHHE.206-207, DAS.1914-11-02, BSR_v13 p.082 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1999 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 140 | Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths. | BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022 | Education and the development of capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2000 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 140 | Good people are of two kinds - those who are so by natural goodness of heart, and those who attain to it by an after gift of the Spirit. | PN_1901 p007, NRMM.213-214 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Differences in human capacity; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2024 | Words to Remey and Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-14 | 140 | There are two kinds of standing within: the first is as the standing or continuing, as water in an earthen bowl | DAS.1914-10-14, PN_1914 p010, PN_1914 p015, PN_1914 p081, BSTW#368 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1972 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-11 | 140 | اینکه میفرمایند "عاشروامع الادیان " مقصد مثل این نفوس است | When it is revealed, 'Consort with all religions', the intention is association with such people. | KHH1.265-266 (1.371) | KHHE.389, BSR_v13 p.083 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||
| AB05007 | 150 | الحمد لله بتجربه رسیده که زندگانی این عالم را مزیت و حلاوتی نه و گلسان حیات | Praise be to God! Experience hath shown that life in this mortal world possesseth neither merit nor sweetness, and the garden of existence [3.5s] | BSHN.140.473, BSHN.144.466 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05036 | 150 | ای احبای رحمن و منجذبان جمال یزدان بحر بلایا از جمیع جهات بر شما هیجان و نهر | O beloved ones of the All-Merciful and ye who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! The sea of tribulations surgeth upon you from every direction [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.183-185 | AKHA_129BE #15 p.a, BSHN.140.460, BSHN.144.454, MHT1b.218, NANU_AB#58 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05049 | 150 | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was read. If thou seekest information of the future turn thyself to the Kingdom of Abha, and ask for confirmation | BSTW#016 | Knowledge of self; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05055 | 150 | ای امه الله و ابنه امته اگرچه آن طیر حدیقه محبت بگلشن باقی شتافت و بگلزار | O handmaid of God and daughter of His maidservant! Though that bird of the garden of love hath winged its flight to the eternal paradise and to the rose-garden [3.5s] | BSHN.140.103, BSHN.144.103, MHT1b.171, MHT2.143b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05059 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two merciful assemblies! Praise be to God! that through the outpouring of guidance, India is rapidly becoming a Rose-garden of Abha | TAB.634-635, BSTW#079 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05092 | 150 | Translation List | ای بنده حضرت بی نیاز شیراز در بدایت طلوع صبح حقیقت خلوتگه راز شد و آهنگ | O servant of the Self-Sufficient! At the earliest dawn of the Morn of Truth, Shíraz became a retreat of mysteries, and the song of the Concourse on High began to play | INBA85:466 | AKHA_134BE #07 p.273, AVK3.417.08x, BSHI.059-060, BSHN.140.464, BSHN.144.458, MJMJ2.041ax, MMG2#355 p.397x, MHT1b.183 | ADMS#297 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| AB05105 | 150 | ای بهرام بهرام اختریست که خاور و باختر را روشن نماید و پرتویست که جهان تاریک | O Bahram! Bahram is a star that illumineth both East and West, and a light-beam that [illumineth] the darkened world [3.5s] | ALPA.026b, BSHN.140.435, BSHN.144.429, MHT1b.246, YARP2.034 p.084 | Call to action; Naming of children; of individuals; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05122 | 150 | ای ثابت بر پیمان تعبیر رویا خواسته بودید این رویا نه بلکه کشف روحانیست و شهود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou didst seek the interpretation of thy dream. This is not a dream, but rather a spiritual unveiling and vision [3.5s] | MKT8.060b, BSHI.069-070 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Satan; the Evil One | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05152 | 150 | ای ثمره شجره موهبت الله حوادث مصیبت جدیده چون بسمع این آوارگان رسید احزان چون | O fruit of the divine tree of God's bounty! When these grievous new tidings reached the ears of these wanderers, sorrows, like [3.5s] | BSHN.140.529, BSHN.144.517, MHT1a.076, MHT1b.034 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05200 | 150 | ای راضی بقضای الهی مصائب و رزایاء هر چند مصاعب و بلایاست لکن اگر تفکر و تدبر | O thou who art resigned to the divine decree! Though calamities and afflictions be grievous trials and dire tests, yet if thou shouldst ponder and reflect [3.5s] | INBA17:053 | BSHN.140.325, BSHN.140.465, BSHN.144.323, MHT1a.095, MHT1b.163 | Consolation and comfort; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05204 | 150 | O thou old friend! One or two letters have been received from thee and an answer has been written. At present it seems | BSTW#260 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05227 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای طالب ملکوت الهی اینجهان مانند جسم انسانست و ملکوت الله مانند روح حیات | O thou who seekest the Kingdom of heaven! This world is even as the body of man, and the Kingdom of God is as the spirit of life. | MMK1#161 p.186 | SWAB#161, TAB.482, BSC.459 #846 | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||
| AB05228 | 150 | O thou who art seeking the Kingdom of God! Thy letters were received. Praise thou God that thou art continually engaged in the commemoration of God | BSTW#245 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05231 | 150 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received, on account of the lack of time I will write a brief answer | BSTW#081 | Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05248 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه تو رسید حمد کن خدا را که ندای ملکوت شنیدی و بیدار گشتی | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise God! for thou didst hear the call of the Kingdom, wast awakened | BRL_DAK#0686 | TAB.631, BSTW#066 | Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB05274 | 150 | ای مشتعل بنار موقده در سدره سیناء در این صبح رحمانی چون کوکب نورانی از افق | O thou who art ablaze with the fire that was kindled in the Tree of Sinai, in this morn of the All-Merciful thou art even as a luminous star from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA17:260 | MKT8.141, BSHN.140.432, BSHN.144.426, MHT1b.168 | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05287 | 150 | ای منتسبین حضرت عطار آه و فغان منمااید و اندوه و احزان مخواهید هر چند از مصیبت | O ye who are associated with His Holiness 'Attar, give voice not to sighs and lamentations, neither seek ye sorrow and grief, though misfortune [3.5s] | BSHN.140.408, BSHN.144.403, MHT1b.236 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05299 | 150 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای مهتدی بنور هدی حمد کن خدا را که تو را بنور حقیقت دلالت نمود و بدخول در | O thou who hast sought illumination from the light of guidance! Praise thou God that He hath directed thee to the light of truth | MMK1#066 p.099 | SWAB#066, SW_v10#02 p.031-032, BSTW#225 | Being a source of light; guidance; Personal instructions; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB05313 | 150 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی آفتاب حقیقت هر چند از افق عالم بسبحات جلال مخفی... ای احبای الهی بکوشید که وقت ظهور | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Though the Sun of Truth be concealed behind the veils of glory from the horizon of the world... O ye beloved of God, strive ye that in this time of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA84:487 | MMK4#070 p.078, BSHN.140.478.08x, BSHN.144.471x, DUR4.808x | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05327 | 150 | ای نهالهای سبز و خرم بوستان محبت الهی از شدآئد قضا ناله ننمااید و از مصائب و بلایا | O ye verdant and flourishing saplings of the garden of divine love, let not the adversities of fate cause you to lament, nor the trials and afflictions [3.5s] | BSHN.140.430, BSHN.144.424, MHT1a.179b, MHT1b.137b | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05349 | 150 | ای یادگار شهدای سبیل الهی ملاحظه فرما که آن نفوس مقدسه چگونه ترک دنیای فانی | O thou remnant of the martyrs in the path of God, behold how those sanctified souls forsook this fleeting world [3.5s] | BSHN.140.182, BSHN.144.182, MHT2.155, NANU_AB#17 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05388 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art longing to witness the lights from the Beauty of El-Abha! Thy letter reached me at this moment and I was rejoiced at thine excellent words | TAB.234, BSC.484 #929x, SW_v14#07 p.210 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05402 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List | ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء | ...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance | AVK4.069.08x, AVK4.070x, MAS9.074x, MJMJ2.106x, MJMJ2.107ax, MMG2#442 p.486x, MMG2#443 p.487x, NSR_1978.136x, NSR_1978.135ax, NSR_1993.149x, NSR_1993.147bx | TAB.167-168x, BSC.427 #772x, RBB.120ax, RBB.120bx, ADMS#011x, ADMS#012x | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB05403 | 150 | ایها القضیب الریان المغروس بالید الرحمانیه فی کرم الله انی اذکرک لیلا نهارا و | O thou tender branch who is planted by the Merciful Hand in the Vineyard of God! I mention thee day and night | DRM.014a | BSTW#427 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05443 | 150 | یا غلام در صقع رضا هر کس محشور گشت در یوم نشور جام فرح و سرور از دست ساقی | O servant! Whoso is gathered in the realm of divine good-pleasure shall, on the Day of Resurrection, receive from the hand of the Cupbearer the chalice of joy and delight [3.5s] | INBA17:010 | MKT8.216, BSHN.140.452, BSHN.144.446, MHT1b.159 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05471 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O Thou Benevolent God! Grant us a shelter in Thy threshold and inform us of Thy mysteries! Make our eyes seeing and our ears hearing! | BSC.428 #774 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05481 | 150 | Consider thou that Abdul Baha is proving the validity of Christ through divine argument, brilliant traces and infinite outpouring | BSTW#357 | Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12375 | 150 | ای بشیر حقیقی جناب میرزا فضل الله خان با نامه شما رسید مضامین نامه بورود ایشان | O true herald! Jinab-i-Mirza Fadlu'llah Khan arrived with your letter, and its contents indicated his arrival [3.5s] | BSHI.043 | Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12376 | 150 | ای بشیر عبدالبهاء شکر کن خدا را که به خدمت قائمی و به عبودیت... ای یار عزیز حمد جمال اسم اعظم را که در ایمان و ایقان | O herald of Abdu'l-Baha! Render thanks unto God that thou art engaged in service and art firm in servitude... O cherished friend! Praise be to the Most Great Name that, in faith and certitude [3.5s] | BSHI.048 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12378 | 150 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیبی که بجناب محمدعلیخان مرقوم نموده بودید باذن و اجازه ایشان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letters which thou didst address to Muhammad-'Ali Khan, with his consent and permission [3.5s] | BSHI.076-077 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1936 | 150 | ...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees | BSTW#084b | Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1938 | 150 | Blessed is the soul which is purified, and understands its wickedness and piety. | BSTW#119 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1955 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The sun of truth rises in each season from a different point of the horizon... People think religion is confined to an edifice, to be worshipped at an altar... This movement eludes organization... There are many people who have never heard of this Revelation that teach its laws and spiritual truths | BSC.438 #797x, ADP.015-016, BSTW#096 | Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06605 | 150 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یحیی من یشاء بما جری من قلمه البدیع قد سبقت رحمته | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He quickeneth whomsoever He willeth through that which floweth from His wondrous Pen. Verily His mercy hath preceded all [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.143c, , NLAI_22848:349, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p180r, , MKI4522.349, | AQA2#028 p.191 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06606 | 150 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو ینزل من سماء الفضل ما شاء و اراد انه لهو المنزل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He sendeth down from the heaven of grace whatsoever He willeth and desireth. Verily, He is the One Who sendeth down [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.140a, , NLAI_22848:341, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p175v, , MKI4522.341, | AQA2#020 p.185, AVK3.110.13x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06618 | 150 | عرض میشود خدمت سفیر اعظم اکرم و وزیر افخم دام اقباله العالی آنکه مکتوب حضرت عالی رسید | Most mighty and noble ambassador, most great minister, may your prosperity continue, I wish to say that your letter has arrived | SVB.399-402 | BSB1:4 p34+42 | Petitions to authorities; Prayer for governments and rulers; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | |||||||
| BH06708 | 150 | کتاب انزلناه بالحق لمن شرب رحیق البیان اذ اتی الرحمن بسلطان مشهود انا نذکر | This is the Book which We have sent down in truth for them that have quaffed the choice wine of utterance, when the All-Merciful came with manifest sovereignty. Verily, We make mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.141b, , NLAI_22848:345, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p177r, , MKI4522.345, | AQA2#023 p.187b | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06887 | 150 | یا ورقتی قد ورد علیک ما تغبرت به الوجوه و ذابت به الاکباد نسئل الله ان یعزیک | O My Leaf! There hath descended upon thee that which hath caused faces to be covered with dust and hearts to melt. We beseech God that He may grant thee solace [3.5s] | INBA66:108, BLIB_Or15716.201c, | BRL_DA#463, AYBY.129a, BSHN.031, MHT2b.054, MAS8.095bx | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1961 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake. | BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1933 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-25 in Washington | 150 | The difference between animal and man is this, that the animal cannot comprehend the teachings of God.... The teachings say first to investigate reality | BSTW#336d | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Man's distinction from the animal; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1924 | Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-21 | 150 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | همیشه ملتفت حال خود باش بهبین چه نقصی داری کوشِش نما تا آن را اصلاح کنی چشم انسان | Thou must look to thyself and within thyself and find thine own errors and weaknesses. If thou hast any imperfection thyself, try to improve it. | BDA2.310 | DAS.1913-05-21, SW_v08#11 p.138, MHMD2.410-411, BSTW#338 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge of self; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1928 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 150 | In the first days of every Prophet, He was the source of the bounties of God to the people, but after a time, the true spirit of his Teachings waned... Our Lord says that in these early days of the faith, it is of the first importance that all believers should have the right qualities | PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227-228 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; High station of the true believer; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04634 | 160 | ای احبای الهی و مظاهر و مطالع مواهب غیرمتناهی افاض علیکم محبوبکم من افقه | O ye beloved of God and manifestations and dawning-places of His infinite bounties, may your Beloved shower upon you from His horizon [3.5s] | BSHN.140.279, BSHN.144.279, MHT1b.193 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Education and the development of capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04644 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O attracted maidservant of God! The epistle written (and sent) through Mirza Enayat was received. The account of the land designated | TAB.101-102, BSTW#065 | Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04654 | 160 | ای بشیرالهی هر چند اوقات نامساعد و ناقضان در ضر عبدالبهاء مجاهد و مخابره بین | O divine herald! Though times be unfavorable and the Covenant-breakers strive against 'Abdu'l-Bahá, communications between [3.5s] | MMK5#024 p.018, BSHI.041-042 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04657 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید مانند آهنگ عندلیب الهی بود که شهنازش سبب فرح قلوب | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was like the melody of the divine nightingale | MNMK#131 p.245, MMK1#183 p.203 | SWAB#183, BSC.546 #987, SW_v10#14 p.272 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04661 | 160 | ای بندگان آستان جمال ابهی حمد خدا را که بحر الطاف پر هیجانست و سیل فیض و | O ye servants of the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Praise be to God that the ocean of favors is surging high and the flood of bounties [3.5s] | INBA13:047 | MKT9.049a, BSHN.140.277, BSHN.140.309, BSHN.144.277, BSHN.144.307, MHT1a.107, MHT1b.065, MHT1b.195 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04666 | 160 | ای بنده الهی ثروت دنیا مانند تپه های رمل است که بادها هر روز از جاای بجای | O servant of God! The wealth of this world is even as the sand dunes, which the winds do scatter from place to place with each passing day [3.5s] | BSHN.140.445, BSHN.144.439, MHT1b.231 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04683 | 160 | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s] | INBA85:451b | MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04744 | 160 | Translation List | ای دردمند بی مانند هر چند در بستر بیماری گرفتاری و در بیمارستان بلایاء اسیر | O thou who art in pain yet without peer! Afflicted in the sickbed though thou be, captive to a myriad sorrows and troubles | BSHN.140.153, BSHN.144.153, MSHR1.098, MSHR4.338-339, MHT2.119 | ADMS#088 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB04745 | 160 | ای دلبر آفاق شکر ترا که دیده بدیدارت روشن گردید و دل و جان از نفحات قدست غبطه | O Beloved of the horizons! Thanks be unto Thee, that the eye hath been illumined by beholding Thy countenance, and heart and soul are transported by the sweet fragrances of Thy sanctity [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0488, AKHA_123BE #04 p.b, AKHA_133BE #11 p.255, BSHN.140.463, BSHN.144.457, ADH2_2#24 p.134, MJMJ2.047, MMG2#151 p.169, MHT1b.186 | Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04747 | 160 | ای دو بنده الهی جهانرا بنیاد بر باد است و جهانیانرا بپایان بنیان هستی ویران | O ye two servants of God! The world's foundation resteth upon the wind, and the peoples of the world stand at the brink of ruin [3.5s] | BSHN.140.471, BSHN.144.464, DUR4.804, MHT1a.084, MHT1b.042, YARP2.216 p.200 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04808 | 160 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Blessed art thou, for having been the cause of unity and love among the beloved ones of God. | BSTW#443 | Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04811 | 160 | ای کنیز عزیز جمال ابهی محزون مباش مغموم مگرد دلخون منشین اینجهان فانی لایق | O cherished handmaid of the Most Glorious Beauty! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed, neither sit thou grief-stricken. This fleeting world is not worthy [3.5s] | BSHN.140.467, BSHN.144.460, MHT1a.173, MHT1b.131 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04820 | 160 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای متوجه بملکوت الله نامه شما رسید در خصوص اعانه باطفال مدرسه تربیت سوال | O thou who hast turned thy face towards the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast asked regarding the contribution | BDA2.294x | DAS.1913-05-06x, MHMD2.388x, BSTW#459 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Importance of community building; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04836 | 160 | ای مصاب بمصیبت کبری مصائب و رزایاء سخت است چه که شفقت سبب حرقت از فرقت است | O thou who art afflicted with the most great calamity! Grievous indeed are the trials and tribulations, for compassion causeth anguish through separation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.311, BSHN.144.309, MHT1b.053, NANU_AB#46 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04837 | 160 | ای مصیبت زده محزون مباش مغموم مگرد سرشک مریز اشک مبار رخ مخراش آه و انین مکن | O thou who art afflicted! Be not sorrowful, neither be thou grieved. Shed no tears, weep not, rend not thy face, neither raise thou thy voice in lamentation [3.5s] | INBA17:188 | BSHN.140.383, BSHN.144.378, MHT1b.166, YQAZ.043-044 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04850 | 160 | ای منتسبین آنشخص جلیل شکر کنید خدا را که مهتدی بنور هدی و منجذب بملکوت ابهی | O ye who are associated with that glorious personage! Give thanks unto God that ye have been guided by the light of guidance and drawn unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | BSHN.140.442, BSHN.144.436, MHT1b.162 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04862 | 160 | ای مهاجرین از وطن در سبیل الهی هر چند سرگردان شدید و بی سر و سامان شدید صدمات | O ye who have migrated from your homeland in the path of God! Though ye have become wanderers, bereft of home and shelter [3.5s] | INBA17:238 | BSHN.140.421, BSHN.144.415, PYB#238 p.50, MHT1b.152, YFY.081-082 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04863 | 160 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی چشم بینا داشتی که مشاهده انوار نمودی گوش شنوا داشتی که ندای | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Thou possessed the perceptive eye to have perceived the lights. Thou possessed an attentive ear | ANDA#62 p.05 | BSTW#293e | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04882 | 160 | ای ورقه محترمه از اماء الله سابقی که در ایمان سبقت یافتی و جمال قدم را شناختی | O revered leaf among the handmaidens of God, thou who didst attain precedence in faith and didst recognize the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MKT7.155, BSHN.140.447, BSHN.144.441, MHT1b.219 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04893 | 160 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای یاران الهی وقت فرح و شادمانیست و هنگام اکتساب اخلاق رحمانی | O Friends of God! Now is the time for joy and gladness, for acquiring the characteristics of the All-Merciful. This transitory world is passing | BRL_DAK#0416, BSHN.140.422, BSHN.144.416, MHT1a.070, MHT1b.028 | BRL_ATE#133 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB04918 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoicing at the Glad-tidings of God! Thank thou God for that by reason | TAB.159-160, BSTW#276m | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04923 | 160 | ایتها الورقه الطیبه الناطقه بذکر الله آنچه از حنجره روحانی ان طیر گلشن انجذاب | O thou pure leaf, speaking in remembrance of God! That which issued from the spiritual throat of that bird of the garden of attraction [3.5s] | INBA17:046 | MKT7.087, BSHN.140.466, BSHN.144.459, MHT1b.160 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04937 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art assuredly believing in God! Verily, I read thy letter which showed how thou art believing in God, assured of the signs of God | TAB.649-650, BSC.432 #783x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04980 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من امتلا قلبه حبا بجمال الله انی تلوت رقیمک الکریم و رتلت کلماتک الناطقه | O thou whose heart hath been filled with love for the beauty of God!… O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved, my highest Aim and Desire! | INBA59:194c | BRL_DAK#0229, ADH2.115x, ADH2_3#07 p.148x, MJMJ1.023x, MMG2#218 p.245x, MJH.068ax | BRL_ATE#110x, BPRY.056-057x, TAB.329-330, BSC.428 #775 | T. Ellis | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| AB12351 | 160 | ای بشیر نشر نور منیر جناب سید تقی چون نذیر در کمال هیمنت حاضر و رجای تحریر | O thou herald who diffusest the resplendent light! Jinab-i-Siyyid Taqi hath arrived with utmost dignity as a warner, requesting that I write [3.5s] | BSHI.054-055 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12352 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou didst write to Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí was noted. Its contents were imbued [3.5s] | BSHI.066-067 | Consolation and comfort; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12353 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب مرحوم منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to the late Jinab-i-Manshadi was perused [3.5s] | BSHI.083 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1873 | 160 | Christ was asking of His disciples whom He was, and when Peter answered: 'Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God'... Let me now compare the words of Christ to the lives of the Popes. | BSTW#162 | Christ; Christianity; Goodly deeds; actions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; The Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1898 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Tell them they should do as they think best in these matters. Should they marry, divorce, leave their homes, move to other places | BSC.487 #936 | Freedom of thought and action; Personal instructions; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06296 | 160 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | من انهار کافور صمدیتک فاشربنی یا الهی و من اثمار شجره کینونتک فاطعمنی یا | From the sweet-scented streams of Thine eternity give me to drink, O my God, and of the fruits of the tree of Thy being | INBA92:089 | PMP#165, LHKM1.005, AQMJ1.017b, OOL.B159.3 | PM#165, BPRY.163, BSTW#049 | L. Thoresen, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 14] | Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| ABU1897 | Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-11-16 | 160 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Wherever the mention of Baha'u'llah rises up, that is the paradise of Abha. | PUP#129 (p.437), BSTW#088 | High station of the true believer; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1868 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington | 160 | In the world of existence there are three stages, the mineral, the vegetable, and the animal. | BSTW#336c | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1869 | Words spoken on 1912-07-21 in New York | 160 | I feel a zephyr blowing from the Supreme Kingdom towards America. It will continue to blow. I hope it brings the utmost strength to the Covenant. | PN_1912 p018, PN_1912 p113, BSTW#351e | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1900 | Words spoken on 1914-06-18 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Prayer and supplication are two wings whereby man soars toward the heavenly mansion of the True One. | DAS.1914-06-18, BSC.438 #796x, SW_v09#10 p.113, SW_v08#04 p.041-042, SW_v14#06 p.166 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Importance of prayer; Meditation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1820 | Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28 | 160 | Man must spend his talent in a cause the result of which is eternal. If we spend our talent in the Cause of God its outcome will be everlasting, but if we waste it over worldly affairs, it is like drawing pictures over the surface of the water. | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1863 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 160 | Authenticity of prayer "O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit"; Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...'; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | There are two kinds of understanding; objective and subjective... O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.... Beg everything thou desirest from Baha'o'llah. If thou art asking faith, ask of Him. | BPRY.174-175x, DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v07#18 p.179x, SW_v09#09 p.104x, SW_v13#09 p.251-252x, DWN_v3#05 p.031x, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318 | The Badasht Project, D. Gundry, A. Youssefi, P. Escobar, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, A. Bryan, N. Chiang, K. Bartlett, L. Ghiami, Dechen & Michael, M. Benedetti, E. Lilian, MANA, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, M. Levine [track 4], J. Marks and S. Engle, L. Dely & M. Congo, A. & M. Zemke [track 6], Do'a [track 4], T. Ellis, G. and M. Smith, Ladjamaya [track 5] | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | For comments on authenticity see https://bahailibrary.com/uhj_authenticity_refresh_spirit. | ||||||
| ABU1858 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 160 | All things in creation are composed either of simple atoms or of compound particles. In the mineral kingdom, many substances such as gold are composed of simple atoms... In the case of Prophets, some have the power to sway and subdue one country only | PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227 | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Growth of the Cause; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1822 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 160 | Mahmúd's Diary | اول وظیفه اعضا الفت و اتحاد آنهاست که سبب حصول نتائج حسنه گردد | The first duty of the members is to effect their own unity and harmony, in order to | MAS5.276, BDA1.349.05 | COC#0187x, SW_v08#09 p.114, MHMD1.367-368, BSTW#248b | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB04226 | 170 | البهاء المتلئلا من افق الکبریاء و الثناء الطیب الذکی المعطر لکل الارجاء علیکم | The effulgent splendor emanating from the horizon of grandeur and the sweet, fragrant praise pervading all regions be upon you [3.5s] | BSHN.140.129, BSHN.144.129, MHT2.134 | Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04230 | 170 | اللهم یا الهی تری عبدک المسکین الذی آمن بنورک المبین و انجذب الی العلیین | O my God! Thou beholdest Thy lowly servant who hath believed in Thy manifest Light and hath been drawn unto the realms on high [3.5s] | INBA85:110b | BSHN.140.238, BSHN.144.238, MHT2.185b, YIA.238-239 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04235 | 170 | الهی الهی انت تعلم تعلق فوادی و حب قلبی باحبائک و کیف اناجیک فی جنح اللیالی | O my God, my God! Thou knowest the attachment of my heart and the love of my soul for Thy loved ones, and how I commune with Thee in the dark hours of night [3.5s] | BSHN.140.151, BSHN.144.151, MHT2.131 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04256 | 170 | ای امه الله قرین محترم از ید ساقی عنایت شربت شهادت نوشید و بقربانگاه عشق | O handmaiden of God, thy revered companion hath drunk the cup of martyrdom from the hand of the Cupbearer of bounty, and at the altar of love [3.5s] | INBA85:256 | BSHN.140.303, BSHN.144.301, MHT1a.176, MHT1b.134 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04278 | 170 | Fire and Light | ای بنده بهاء از بلایای وارده بدرگاه احدیت شکرانه نما زیرا مصیبت در سبیل حضرت | O servant of Baha! It behoveth thee to render thanks unto the Threshold of the Lord of Oneness | MKT8.020, AKHA_135BE #04 p.69, BSHN.140.147, BSHN.144.147, MHT2.124b, NANU_AB#51 | BRL_FIRE_AB#17 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB04305 | 170 | O thou enlightened beloved son! Praise be unto God, that thou didst arrive | BBBD.538-539, SW_v11#13 p.229-230, BSTW#384 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04311 | 170 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Today the glance of the favor of His Holiness, Bahá'u'lláh is directed to those souls who are full of the love of God | BSTW#018 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04333 | 170 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله محفلی آراسته دارید و بخدمت کلمه الله و احبای الهی در نهایت | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God, ye have an assembly well-ordered and adorned, and are engaged in service to the Word of God and the beloved ones of the Lord [3.5s] | BSHN.140.145, BSHN.144.145, MHT2.121b | Bringing forth results; fruit; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04359 | 170 | O my heavenly daughter! Thy letter has been received. Its content showed that thou art a true believer and assured and firm in the Covenant and Testament. | BSTW#424 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04360 | 170 | ای دل بسته عالم بالا و ملا اعلی آنچه بچشم ظاهر مشهود و موجود از عالم پست و | O heart, bound unto the realms above and the Supreme Concourse, whatsoever is visible and manifest to the outward eye in this nether world [3.5s] | INBA13:064b, INBA88:349 | BSHN.140.268, BSHN.140.444, BSHN.144.268, BSHN.144.438, HDQI.272, ANDA#36 p.04, MHT1a.071, MHT1b.029, MHT2.165, YIK.289a | Material and spiritual existence; two books; The concourse on high; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04383 | 170 | ای ذاکر متذکر مواعظ و نصائح گهی بگفتار باشد و گهی برفتار و کردار و نفحات اسرار | O thou who rememberest the exhortations and counsels, whether through words or through deeds and conduct, and the fragrances of divine mysteries [3.5s] | MKT6.124, AHB.106BE #05 p.02, BSHN.140.236, BSHN.144.236, MHT2.116 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04411 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and I became acquainted with its contents. The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ... In the coming of Christ the Divine teachings were given in accordance with the infancy of the human race. | TAB.535-536, BWF.400-400x, BSC.461 #853x, SW_v08#13 p.168, SW_v11#01 p.005, SW_v13#09 p.218 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04422 | 170 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter has been received. Verily, thy sister has lighted a lamp in Germany… It may be that the government in these regions will check thee. | BBBD.533, SW_v11#17 p.282, BSTW#256x | Non-participation in politics; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04443 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye heavenly ones! Organize ye spiritual assemblies. Lay ye the foundation of union | TAB.553-554, BWF.409-409x, BSC.461 #855x, SW_v05#09 p.129, SW_v13#12 p.324 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04472 | 170 | ای ناظر بمنظر اکبر حکایت کنند اسکندر رومی جهانگشا بود و کشورستان و چون از | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! It is related that Alexander of Rome was a conqueror of the world and subduer of countries. And when [3.5s] | INBA55:145, INBA59:232a | BSHN.140.307, BSHN.144.305, ANDA#58 p.42, MAS5.047, MHT1a.108, MHT1b.066 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04489 | 170 | ای یار حقیقی گویند که انسان ایت رحمن و مطلع اعظم بخشایش حضرت یزدانست این | O true friend! It is said that man is the sign of the All-Merciful and the supreme dawning-place of the grace of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA13:173, INBA17:043, INBA59:242b | BSHN.140.291, BSHN.144.291, MHT1b.156 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04491 | 170 | ای یار دلنشین من و دوست نازنین من مدتی است که از سعایت مفتریان بگوشه عزلت خزیده | O my winsome friend and cherished companion! It hath been some time since, due to the calumnies of slanderers, I have withdrawn into seclusion [3.5s] | BSHI.118, PYB#208 p.04 | Consolation and comfort; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humor; jokes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04498 | 170 | ای یاران حق از عون و الطاف حضرت احدیت امیدوارم که احبای خویش را از جمیع احوال | O friends of Truth! Through the aid and favours of His Holiness the One God, I hope that His loved ones in all conditions [3.5s] | INBA16:128 | BSHN.140.450, BSHN.144.444, MHT1b.022 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04512 | 170 | ای یاران و خویشان آن متصاعد الی الله هنگام جوش دلهاست و خروش جانها و استماع | O friends and kindred of him who hath ascended unto God! Now is the time for hearts to stir and souls to cry out, and for ears to hearken [3.5s] | INBA21:140b | BSHN.140.258, BSHN.144.258, MHT2.092 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04516 | 170 | ای یزدان پاک این بنده آستان از دل و جان جویان تو بود و در ره محبتت پویان رخش | O pure God! This servant of Thy threshold, with heart and soul, sought after Thee, and in the path of Thy love did gallop his steed [3.5s] | BSHN.140.458, BSHN.144.452, MHT1a.062 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04517 | 170 | ای یزدان مهربان جمیع بشر را از یک سلاله خلق فرمودی تا اعضای یکخاندان گردند و بندگان | O Compassionate God! Thou hast created all humanity from a single lineage, that they might become as members of one family and as Thy servants [3.5s] | BSHN.140.321, BSHN.144.319, ANDA#14 p.73, MHT1a.051, MHT1b.009, BNEP.114, MMJA.028 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04539 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Spiritual Assembly! Everything produces an impression in existence and results in the course of ages. The (earthly) assemblies | TAB.069, BSTW#372 | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04541 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily I noted thy writing and was made glad by thy letter. I pray God to cause thee to attain | TAB.137-138, BSC.478 #913x, BSTW#207ax | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04543 | 170 | Translation List | آمرزنده و مهربانا این جانهای پاک از زندان خاک آزاد شدند و بجهان تو پرواز | O Thou kind Pardoner! These pure souls have been freed from this earthly prison and winged their flight to Thy realm | BSHN.140.455, BSHN.144.449, DUR1.513, ADH2_6#02 p.167, MMG2#453 p.500, MHT1a.056b, MHT1b.014b, YARP2.674 p.454 | ADMS#187 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB04554 | 170 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اناجیک بصمیم قلبی و هویه روحی بکورا و اصیلا و اضع وجهی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I commune with Thee from the depths of my heart and the essence of my spirit, at dawn and eventide, and I lay my face [3.5s] | BSHN.140.131, BSHN.144.131, MHT2.186 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04560 | 170 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما ماج بحر الغفران علی اهل العصیان و لک الشکر یا منائی بما | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that the ocean of forgiveness hath surged upon the people of rebellion, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O Thou my heart's Desire [3.5s] | BSHN.140.257, BSHN.144.257, MHT2.072b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04571 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! I was assuredly informed of thy confessing the unity of God and that thou hast drawn from the ocean | TAB.638-639, BSC.486 #933x | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04600 | 170 | O thou who art shining with the Light of the Love of God! Verily I read thy confession of the Oneness of God | BSTW#034, BSTW#452 | Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04601 | 170 | O thou servant of the Threshold of God! Thy letter dated August 17th, 1920 received. Truly I say, his honor Randall is engaged in service with all his power. | BSTW#100 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04602 | 170 | Whenever entering a meeting read the following supplication: O Thou kind God! We have gathered together with the utmost humility and submission in this spiritual assembly. We have turned our faces | PN_various p003, BSTW#191 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Prayer for unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04607 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of God! All that thou hast written... Engage thou in commemorating God... Take some honey, recite Ya Baha-ul-Baha, and eat a little thereof for several days | TAB.185-186, BSC.483 #923x | Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04610 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial | BSC.441 #805 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05703 | 170 | ای سرمست صهبای پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و همچنین عکسی که | O thou who art inebriated with the wine of the Covenant! That which thou didst write was perused, and likewise the photograph that [3.5s] | ASAT5.095-096, BSHI.103 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Chastisement and requital; Photographs and recordings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12322 | 170 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه جناب آقا میرزا محمد باقر خان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused. Verily, his honor Mirza Muhammad-Baqir Khan [3.5s] | INBA85:462 | BSHI.010, BSHI.090-091 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12323 | 170 | ای حضرت بشیر من همواره در خاطر این آواره ای و منظور نظر این مسجون از خدا | O herald of glad tidings! Thou art ever present in the thoughts of this wanderer and art the object of this prisoner's gaze toward God [3.5s] | BSHI.098 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1801 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth | BSC.450 #823-824x, ADP.058-059 | Human reality created in the image of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05768 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک تمنعنی خطیاتی الکبری و جریراتی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I venture to make mention of Thee, I am held back by my mighty sins | INBA48:160, INBA92:180, BLIB_Or15739.285, | PMP#124, AQMM.041, AQMJ1.119 | PM#124, BPRY.076, BSC.185 #269 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| BH05792 | 170 | طوبی لمن وجد حلاوه الندآء الذی ارتفع من شطر الکبریاء و عمل ما امر به من | Blessed is he who hath found the sweetness of the call that hath been raised from the realms of grandeur and hath acted in accordance with that which was commanded unto him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.139a, , NLAI_22848:339, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p174v, , MKI4522.339, | AQA2#018 p.183b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05905 | 170 | هذا حین فیه یغسلون الابن امام الوجه بعد الذی فدیناه فی السجن الاعظم | At this very moment My son is being washed before My face, after Our having sacrificed him in the Most Great Prison | INBA65:071x, BLIB_Or11095#128, , NLAI_BH1.532 | BRL_DA#248, BSHN.039, MHT2b.063, MAS4.108x, RHQM2.0788-789 (204) (125-126x), ASAT4.083x, AHB_127BE #03-04 p.068, AKHA_120BE #04 p.b, FBAH.226 | TDH#064.9x, GPB.188x, GPB.348x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ROB3.216, LL#179, LL#180 | ||||||
| BH05924 | 170 | هذا یوم فیه ذرفت عین العالم بما ورد علی الله مالک القدم انه لهو المبین العلیم | This is the Day whereon the Eye of the World hath wept by reason of what hath befallen God, the Lord of ancient days. Verily, He is the All-Evident, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | INBA44:120a, BLIB_Or15729.141a, , BLIB_Or15730.062c, , NLAI_22848:344, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p176v, , MKI4522.344, | AQA2#022 p.187a | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06012 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance… | BSC.157 #147-150x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superstition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1800 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks | Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth | LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x | Leona and Larry | Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1744 | Words spoken on 1911-09-14 in London | 170 | تحیت محترمانهٴمرا بجمعیت تیاسفی برسان و بگوشما فی | Please give my respectful greetings to the Theosophical Society, and tell them ‘You are in truth promoting the oneness of humanity | KHAB.057 (066), KHTB1.018 | ABS#05 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Theosophy; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1777 | Words to a group of American students, spoken on 1913-03-25 | 170 | I am likewise most pleased to meet you. This cause has become world-wide. In a short space of time it has permeated throughout all the regions, for it has a magnetic power | DAS.1913-03-25, BSC.443 #809x, DWN_v5#01 p.006x | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1768 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 170 | The word virgin means those who are free from ties of this world unspotted by the world and empty... The first necessity for us is to increase this capacity for light. | PN_1901 p003, NRMM.205 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1804 | Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04609 | Words to Miss Buckton | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. | BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03893 | 180 | اللهم یا من استغرق المخلصون فی بحار رحمته و التجاء المقربون الی جوار مغفرته | O Lord! Thou in Whose oceans of mercy the sincere are immersed, and unto Whose sheltering forgiveness those near-drawn repair [3.5s] | MKT6.063, BSHN.140.163, BSHN.144.163, MHT2.079 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03896 | 180 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی ان عبدک الخاضع لعزه ربوبیتک الخاشع بباب احدیتک قد آمن بک و بایاتک | O my God! O my God! Verily Thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy, lowly at the door of Thy oneness | MMK1#165 p.191 | SWAB#165, BPRY.041-042x, BSTW#436 | D. Stevenson | Consolation and comfort; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||
| AB03897 | 180 | الهی الهی ان عبدک المستجیر بباب رحمتک و المستعین بک فی عتبه رحمانیتک المستغیث | O my God, O my God! Verily, Thy servant who seeketh refuge at the gate of Thy mercy, and beseecheth Thy help at the threshold of Thy compassion, imploreth Thy succour [3.5s] | BSHN.140.165, BSHN.144.165, MHT2.082 | Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03903 | 180 | الهی الهی لم ادر بای لسان اتضرع الیک و بای قلب ابتهل بین یدیک و اعلم حق الیقین | O my God, my God! I know not with what tongue I may supplicate Thee, nor with what heart I may entreat before Thy presence, though I know with absolute certitude [3.5s] | BSHN.140.301, BSHN.144.299, MHT1a.182, MHT1b.140 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03908 | 180 | ای احبای الهی اگر چه از سنان و سهام قضا در این مصیبه کبری دریای خون در قلب و | O ye loved ones of God! Though from the spears and arrows of fate, in this most great calamity, a sea of blood surgeth in the heart [3.5s] | INBA88:316 | BSHN.140.149, BSHN.144.149, MHT2.132 | Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB03927 | 180 | ای بشیرالهی جناب کریم چون عزم رحیل نمود با صوتی نحیف استدعای نگارش نامه کرد و | O Divine Herald! When the honored Karim resolved to depart, in a feeble voice he besought that a letter be written [3.5s] | MKT8.014b, BSHI.035-036 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03929 | 180 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید از قضا و قدر و اراده سوال نموده بودی قضا و قدر | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst asked about fate, predestination and will. | MMK1#167 p.192, RAHA.318, SFI01.061 | SWAB#167, SW_v10#17 p.318, BSTW#429 | Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect | - | - | |||||||
| AB03970 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید بنص کتاب اقدس و صریح کتاب عهد عبدالبهاء مبین | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. According to the clear text of the Book of Akdas... ...According to the text of the Book of Akdas and the explicit Book of Ahd, Abdu'l-Baha is the interpreter | MMK5#211 p.163, YHA1.016x, NJB_v05#14 p.005 | DAS.1914-07-07, SW_v05#09 p.137, SW_v08#17 p.222-223, SW_v09#12 p.136x, BSTW#416, BSTW#442 | Importance of authoritative interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03987 | 180 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O my spiritual associate! Since the day thou didst leave the Holy Land for America up to the present, I have at every dawn | BLO_PT#028c, BSTW#257 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03989 | 180 | ...Thank thou the Lord that thou hast winged thy way into this limitless heaven, and art journeying in the world of God. | PN_1913 p012, BSTW#052n, BSTW#073bx | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04002 | 180 | ای دو کنیز خداوند عزیز از فرقت جناب اسمعیل حرقت نجواید و حسرت ننمااید و کدورت | O ye two handmaidens of the glorious Lord! Grieve not at your separation from Isma'il, neither let sorrow overtake you, nor gloom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.461, BSHN.144.455, MHT1b.214 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04060 | 180 | ای مستشرق انوار هدی از ملکوت اعلی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید نفحاتی | O thou who art illumined by the effulgent rays of guidance from the Supreme Kingdom! That which thou hadst written was perused [3.5s] | BSHN.140.333, BSHN.144.331, MHT1b.210 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04088 | 180 | ای منجذبه بنفحات الله امیدوار بصون و عون و حمایت حضرت پروردگار باش و متوکل بر | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Place thy trust in the protection, aid and shelter of the Lord, and rely thou upon Him [3.5s] | MKT7.126, BSHN.140.470, BSHN.144.463, MHT1b.192 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04103 | 180 | ای نهال جویبار رضا آن حدیقه غلبا و روضه رضوی و فردوس مزین رضاء بملکوت ابهی | O sapling beside the stream of contentment, thou who art that verdant garden and celestial meadow, that paradise adorned with the glory of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.174, BSHN.144.174, MHT2.073 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04110 | 180 | ای ورقه مطمئنه هدیه کبری و تحفه عظمی بواسطه میرزا یوسف خان رسید چشم بمشاهده | O steadfast leaf! Your great gift was received through Mirza Yusef Khan | AHB.128BE #12 p.375, HNU.371-372 | BSR_v19p176 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04124 | 180 | ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء شدائد و بلا و اذیت و جفا و ظلم و ستم اعدا هرچند | O true friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though the hardships and trials, the persecution and oppression, the tyranny and cruelty of the enemies [3.5s] | MKT9.237, BSHN.140.167, BSHN.144.167, MHT2.095 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The power of example | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04139 | 180 | ای یاران نیک اختر چه خوش بخت بودید و همایون ماه و فرخنده مهر که در این روز | O ye companions of propitious fortune, how blessed were ye, and how auspicious was the moon and felicitous the sun, that on this day [3.5s] | INBA89:028b | ALPA.049, AHB.127BE #05-06 p.000, BSHN.140.448, BSHN.144.442, MHT1b.230, YARP2.058 p.101, RMT.206-207 | Music and singing; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04142 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the love of God! Verily I read thy recent letter*** and I praised God for His glorious mercy and His blessings | TAB.269-270, BSTW#354 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04146 | 180 | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات ریاض الملکوت قد اتانی تحریرک الاخیر و ادرکت من معانیها | O thou attracted by the fragrances of the gardens of the Kingdom! I received thy last letter, and, from the inner significances therein mentioned | ABB.109 | BSTW#282 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04182 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Verily, I bow my face to the dust of the Threshold of El-Baha | TAB.314-315, BSC.456 #837 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for nearness to God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04207 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | To him who is looking unto God! O thou who art gazing unto the Center of the Covenant -- may God confirm thee! | TAB.161, BSTW#274b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04210 | 180 | What thou hast written was perused. In reality thou hast a good intention and lofty desire.... It is stated in the Gospel | BSTW#197, BSTW#457 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04211 | 180 | O thou maidservant of God! Praise be to God that thou together with thy daughter | BSTW#247 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Shrines and Holy places; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04221 | 180 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are turned towards the Kingdom and drawn unto the Holy Fragrance diffused from the Garden of El-ABHA! | TAB.162, TAB.433-434, BWF.362-363x, BSTW#275c | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04224 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! The news of your spiritual assembly reached this Illumined Spot and the heart of this yearning one | TAB.666-667, BSC.472 #889x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12299 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان صبح نامه ای به شما مرقوم شد حال نامه جدید آن جناب رسید در خصوص | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! This morning a letter to thee was written, and now thy new letter hath arrived regarding [3.5s] | BSHI.073 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for governments and rulers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12300 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب متعدده از شما رسید ولی از عدم مجال و کثرت ملال جواب | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Numerous letters were received from thee, but due to lack of opportunity and abundance of cares, no reply was sent [3.5s] | BSHI.074-075 | Power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12301 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مورخ به ۱۱ جمادی الاول ۱۳۲۷ رسید با نامه محفل روحانی شیراز | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 11 Jamádiyu'l-Avval 1327, together with the missive from the Spiritual Assembly of Shiraz, was received [3.5s] | BSHI.091-092 | Law of inheritance; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rights of the eldest son; primogeniture | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12302 | 180 | ای یاران حق و دوستان الهی صبح رمضان است و روزه روز و بیداری شبانست صد هزار کلفت | O ye friends of Truth and companions of God! This is the morn of Ramadan, the time for fasting by day and vigilance by night, amidst myriad hardships [3.5s] | BSHI.110 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05343 | 180 | تبارک الذی انزل الکلمه و فصل بها بین البریه انه لهو المفصل الحکیم و جعلها | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the Word and through it hath distinguished between all created things, for verily He is the All-Wise Distinguisher [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.139b, , NLAI_22848:340, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p175r, , MKI4522.340, | AQA2#019 p.184 | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05381 | 180 | ذکر من لدی المظلوم الی الذین طاروا فی هوآء محبه الرحمن اذ نادی المناد فی | A remembrance from the Wronged One unto them that have soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful when the Herald raised His call [3.5s] | INBA41:417, BLIB_Or15697.147, , BLIB_Or15729.138b, , NLAI_22848:338, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p173v, , MKI4522.338, | AQA2#017 p.183a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1716 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1708 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-04-01 | 180 | I praise Thee, O God! For Thou hast made the prison a throne in Thy earth, a heaven in Thy heavens, and Orient amongst Thy Orients | BSTW#052w | Prayer for protection; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1688 | Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18 | 180 | Mahmúd's Diary | مژده باد مژده باد که نور شمس حقیقت طلوع نمود مژده باد مژده باد که صهیون برقص | Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The sun of Truth has arisen! Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The New Jerusalem has descended from heaven! | DWNP_v2#09 p.078x, ANDA#43-44 p.76, KHF.001, KHTB2.153, NJB_v03#06-08 p.001 , BDA1.127.08 | SW_v19#08 p.253-254, MHMD1.136-137, BW_v07p421, BSTW#056 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1726 | Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias | 180 | Live thou in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. Do not only read them. There is a vast difference | COC#0423x, DAS.1914-06-01, SW_v07#18 p.178, BSTW#402 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1669 | Words spoken on 1915-04-07 in Abu Sinan | 180 | چقدر انسان بیوفا است بهزار زحمت و مشقت و با اشک | Consider man's infidelity. With a thousand worries, troubles and tears he raises a child. Then, he readily puts thousands upon thousands to the sword. | KHH1.204 (1.286) | KHHE.299-300, BSR_v13 p.097 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Justice and wrath of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1695 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 180 | it [is] quite true that all the great Prophets - the Suns of God - are without sin: though the word 'prophet' is used in more senses than one by the Jews. | PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215-216 | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1702 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB03626 | 190 | ای بندگان یزدان و اماء رحمان قریب غروب است و آفتاب رو به افول و عبدالبهاء بیاد شما | O ye servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The sun is nigh unto setting, the orb of day declineth, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá remembereth you [3.5s] | INBA85:044b | BSHN.140.287, BSHN.144.287, MJMJ2.065ax, MMG2#185 p.212x, MHT1b.174 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03629 | 190 | O thou servant of God! Thy letters are received. Praise be to God, the convention of this year has been held with the utmost magnificence | BSTW#266 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03641 | 190 | ای بنده حق نامه نمرو ۸ رسید و همچنین نامه هاایکه در طی آن بود ولایت فارس | O servant of the Truth! Letter number eight hath arrived, and likewise the letters which were enclosed therein from the province of Fars [3.5s] | INBA85:467 | MMK6#087, BSHI.061-062 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03653 | 190 | O thou dear son! I hope from the divine Bestowals that day unto day thou mayest become more illumined and, like unto the candle | SW_v06#12 p.094, BSTW#073b | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03655 | 190 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! | SW_v11#07 p.112-113, BSTW#254 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03661 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان در ایه فرقان میفرماید ثم اورثنا الکتاب الذین اصطفینا من عبادنا | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! In the verses of the Qur'án it is proclaimed: "Then We caused those of Our servants whom We had chosen to inherit the Book." [3.5s] | INBA85:440 | BSHN.140.281, BSHN.144.281, MHT1b.182 | Exhortations and counsels; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03690 | 190 | ای حبیب روحانی بلبل حقیقت از لانه زندان رها یافت و بآشیان ایوان یزدان پرواز | O spiritual beloved! The nightingale of truth hath found release from its prison cage and hath taken flight unto the nest in the divine realm [3.5s] | BSHN.140.205, BSHN.144.205, MHT2.071 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03718 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای يزدان مهربان آن جمع پريشان تو اند و آن انجمن ياران تو ديده ها باز است | O thou son of the associate and companion of Abdul-Baha! You brought many letters with you from those regions | MMG2#164 p.187x | TAB.033-034, BSC.474 #895x | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB03722 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای طالب حقیقت اسباب شفای امراض دو نوع است سبب جسمانی و سبب روحانی اما سبب | There are two ways of healing sickness, material means and spiritual means. The first is by the treatment of physicians | MMK1#133 p.148 | SWAB#133, TAB.587 654, BWF.375-376x, LOG#0926x, BSC.462 #857x | Exhortations and counsels; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||
| AB03733 | 190 | ای فاضل کامل تحریر آنجناب رسید و مضمون از پیش معلوم بود حق با شماست چنین است | O accomplished and consummate one! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were known beforehand. The truth lieth with thee; thus it is [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1109, BSHN.140.331, BSHN.144.329, MHT1b.213 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03738 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused and its contents became manifest. Thou hast questioned how thou canst accept this Divine Cause, for you are a member of the church. | TAB.327-328, BWF.390-390x, BSC.457 #841-842x, PN_various 009 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Outward and inward meanings; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03779 | 190 | ای نفوس مبارکه محافل در هر دیار موجود و آشکار ولی نام این محفل آرزوی اهل دل | O ye blessed souls! Many assemblies are formed and organized in this world… Assembly means the diffusion of the fragrances of God. | INBA85:169a | SW_v08#10 p.096-097x, BSTW#228x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03780 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نفوس مبارکه هر چند شما در امتحان شدیدی افتاده اید زیرا بعضی بمنتهای قوت | O ye blessed souls! Although ye are undergoing crucial tests in view of the repeated and assiduous attempts of some people to shake the faith of the friends in Los Angeles | MKT3.080, MNMK#129 p.244, MMK1#184 p.204 | SWAB#184, COC#1926x, LOG#0594x, SW_v10#14 p.264-265, BSTW#234, ACOA.062-063 | Contention and conflict; 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; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03808 | 190 | ای یاران حضرت یزدان صبح است و هوا را طراوتی و قلوب را بشارتی و ارواح را | O friends of the Lord God! It is dawn, and there is freshness in the air, gladness in the hearts, and to the spirits [joy] [3.5s] | INBA17:048 | AKHA_118BE #03-04 p.bx, BSHN.140.392, BSHN.144.387, MJMJ3.072x, MMG2#021 p.022x, MHT1b.158 | Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03823 | 190 | O ye who are firm in the Testament and the Covenant! I supplicate to God that He may cause ye to become two lamps resplendent... Convey my greeting and my longing to all the friends. I am fully pleased and satisfied with the friends in California and its dependencies | BSTW#227 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03826 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ایتها المقبله الی ملکوت الله انی اطلعت بمضمون خطابک الی امة الله لوا | O thou whose heart is turned to the Kingdom of God! I was informed of the contents of thy letter to the maidservant of God, Lua… Of those who arise in the service of this edifice there shall be no soul but shall be imbued by God | BRL_DAK#0404, COMP_MASHRIQP#11x | BRL_ATE#140, BRL_MASHRIQ#11x, TAB.096-097, BWF.416-416x, LOG#2054x, BSC.476 #905x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| AB03845 | 190 | در خصوص اجتماع سلاله اسراایل در اورشلیم بموجب نصوص انبیاء سوال نموده بودید | You have asked Me a question with regard to the gathering of the children of Israel in Jerusalem in accordance with the prophecy. | AVK4.469x, RHQM2.1169-1170 (638) (393), MAS2.022-023, QT108.086 | LOG#1677x, BSTW#192 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Outward and inward meanings; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03880 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine | BSC.495 #955, SW_v13#12 p.342 | Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03882 | 190 | O thou who art advancing toward God! Know verily that the reign of Jesus is a spiritual reign, penetrative in the hearts and the spirits | BSTW#207c | Christ; Christianity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03888 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy recent letter and noted... This day is not a day of seclusion and solitude | TAB.520-521, BSC.460 #849x, BSTW#301 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1656 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah | BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144 | Man's distinction from the animal; Outward and inward meanings; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1628 | Words spoken in 1900 | 190 | Every material thing we see around us, represents some spiritual idea. As there is an outward, material reality, so there is also an inward, spiritual reality. | PTIM.062, BSTW#201 | Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1642 | Words to A.M.Boylan, spoken on 1912-06-07 | 190 | The marriage bond is important. Very, very important. Marriage must be strict and pure. You must all be very careful about this. Women and men must not embrace each other when not married... Do not distress them by saying that they should not have done this or that. They will see for themselves. | LOG#1438x, PN_1912 p026, PN_1912 p119, BSTW#148, BSTW#431 | Chastity and purity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1622 | Words to Goodall, Wise and Cooper, spoken on 1912-07-20 | 190 | I have come to these parts and I find out that certain people have attributed to me certain statements of which I am innocent… Any one quoting me must have authority written either with my own hand, or Tablets signed with my seal. | SW_v11#14 p.243x, PN_1912 p018, PN_1912 p028, BSTW#129, BSTW#172 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1625 | Words to Mrs Garrett of Boston in Sept. 1911 | 190 | Convey to the friends in Boston affectionate greetings, and tell them that though I am in London, my heart and soul are with them. | BSTW#082 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1613 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-12 | 190 | مردم از قول حق خاضع نمیشوند ولی اگر عمل حق ببینند خاضع میشوند | People do not become submissive because of virtuous dictums; but rather, when they observe righteous deeds, they grow submissive. (DAS: Generally the people are not impressed by the words of the Divine Manifestation but if they hear about His actions they will humble themselves immediately.) | KHH1.212 (1.297) | KHHE.310-311, DAS.1915-04-12, BSR_v13 p.100 | Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| AB03317 | 200 | Translation List | ای ابن و بنت ملکوت از قرار مسموع روابطی در میان شما حاصل و با یکدیگر میخواهید اقتران | O ye son and daughter of the Kingdom! According to what you have written… O God, my God! We are wedded in love of Thy beauty, in hope of Thy good-pleasure, and in eagerness to be of service to Thee | NJB_v11#04 p.078 | SW_v11#05 p.088-089, BSTW#217, ADMS#102 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; East and West; communication between East and West; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Prayer for married couples; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB03429 | 200 | ای دوستان الهی و کنیزان حق اگرچه این مصیبت دل را بگدازد و جان را افسرده نماید | O divine friends and handmaidens of the True One! Though this tribulation melteth the heart and causeth the soul to languish [3.5s] | BSHN.140.155, BSHN.144.155, MHT2.118 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03433 | 200 | ای سالک راه حقیقت مشقت دیدی زحمت کشیدی معرض صدمات شدی و مورد شماتت اعدا | O seeker of the path of truth! Thou hast endured hardship and toiled arduously. Thou hast become the target of afflictions and the object of the reproaches of thine enemies [3.5s] | BSHN.140.269, BSHN.144.269, MHT1b.207b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03452 | 200 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید و انجذابات قلبیه معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه مجذوب | O thou who seekest the truth! Thy letter was received and the emotions of thy heart were known. Verily thou hast been attracted | MMK2#208 p.148 | BSTW#298 | Justice and mercy; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03461 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | عقد بهائی ارتباط بين طرفين است و تعلّق خاطر بين جهتين ولی بايد نهايت دقّت بنمايند | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter ... was received and its contents became known. In this most Merciful Age the ignorant prejudices are entirely removed... Baha'í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. | MMK1#086 p.115x | SWAB#086x, BPRY.117x, TAB.325-326, BWF.372-372x, BSC.457 #840x, BSTW#150 | Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||
| AB03477 | 200 | ای مظهر بلایاء و رزایاء اگر چه جام بلا را از ید ساقی قضا نوشیدید و بمصیبت | O Manifestation of Trials and Tribulations! Though thou hast drunk the cup of tribulation from the hand of the Cup-bearer of destiny and through affliction [3.5s] | BSHN.140.399, BSHN.144.394, MHT1b.237 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03481 | 200 | ای بنده الهی ، آنچه بينی و يابی در اين جهان فانی اوهام و مجاز خالی است نه حقيقت آسمانی | O servant of God! Whatsoever thou seest and findest in this mortal world is but fancy and vain imaginings, not heavenly reality [3.5s] | MMK3#083 p.055x, BSHN.140.125x, BSHN.144.125x, MHT2.126bx | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03486 | 200 | ای منجذب بنفحات الله الحمد لله منتصری و منتظر منتصری بجنود ملاء اعلی و منتظری | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Praise be to God, thou art victorious and expectant. Thou art victorious through the hosts of the Concourse on High, and art expectant [3.5s] | INBA17:040 | AKHA_133BE #03 p.a, BSHN.140.293, BSHN.144.293, MHT1b.155 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03498 | 200 | ای ورقه طیبه از آثار باهره یوم الله آنکه اماای از رقد نفس و هوی مبعوث و در | O pure leaf, among the resplendent tokens of the Day of God is that a maidservant hath been raised up from the slumber of self and desire, and [3.5s] | INBA17:065 | MKT7.142a, BSHN.140.295, BSHN.144.295, MHT1a.191, MHT1b.149 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role and station of women; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03511 | 200 | ای یاران این عبد نهایت سرور از خدمات مشکوره و مشهوره شما حاصل نموده زیرا فی | O friends! This servant hath attained the utmost joy from your praiseworthy and renowned services, for [3.5s] | INBA17:166 | BSHN.140.289, BSHN.144.289, MHT1b.164 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03525 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou that mirror in which the Light of Guidance is printed! I was informed of thy prayer, thy supplication and thy beseeching. | TAB.515-516, BSC.460 #848 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03528 | 200 | O thou who art cheered in soul by the fragrances of God! Verily I read thy words of thanksgiving | BSTW#046 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03550 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List | عاشقان خلعت هستی از بر افکنند و قبای سرخی از خون شهادت در بر کنند عارفان ردای | The lovers cast off the garment of existence and don the crimson robe dyed in the blood of martyrdom... O my friend! The undying Fire which the Lord of the Kingdom hath kindled in the midst of the holy Tree is burning fiercely in the midmost heart of the world. | SFI11.024-025, MUH1.0175x, YQAZ.227-228x | TAB.405-406x, BWF.354-354x, WOB.111-112x, BSC.491 #943x, BSTW#070x, ADMS#323 | Call to action; Effort; striving; Growth of the Cause; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB03556 | 200 | نامه مفصل آن بنت ملکوت ملاحظه گردید و بدقت تمام مطالعه شد | The long letter of that daughter of the Kingdom was perused and given great attention... Whenever any soul explains any matter, he must have authority from the verses of God, and the words of the Supreme | YMM.415x | BSTW#052gx, BSTW#189x, BSTW#416x, BSTW#443x | Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03576 | 200 | O thou who art attracted to the breath of God! Verily I read thy detailed letter... Know that there are two kinds of happiness--spiritual and material... As to spiritual happiness | SW_v07#16 p.163x, PN_1900_heh p070, VLAB.112x, BSTW#195 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose; goal of creation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03577 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turned to the Kingdom! Thou shouldst establish a divine and heavenly transaction | TAB.154-155, BSTW#274a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03580 | 200 | O ye real friends! This is the period of attraction and acclamation; the period of rejoicing and merry-making. This is the morn of glad-tidings. Is it not suffused with lights? | BSTW#137x | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03581 | 200 | O my dear beloved! Trust thou in the favor of thy Master and be not saddened by anything. In all affairs be thou patient, dignified, thankful, calm | BSTW#434 | Consolation and comfort; Contention and conflict; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03587 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Know thou, verily, there are many veils in which the Truth is enveloped | TAB.071-072, BSC.475 #902x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03591 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures | …Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1. | BSC.441 #804 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08674 | 200 | ای جان من ای یار مهربان من در هر هفته نامه ای در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت... ای پروردگار ياران شيراز محرم رازند و در عبوديت آستان مقدس | O my soul, O my kind companion! Every week a letter, in utmost eloquence and articulateness... O Lord! The friends of Shiraz are confidants of mysteries, and in servitude at Thy sacred Threshold [3.5s] | BSHI.096-097, MJMJ2.014x, MMG2#451 p.498x | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04673 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | آفتاب حقیقی کلمه الهی است که تربیت اهل دیار معانی و بیان منوط باوست و اوست | The Sun of Truth is the Word of God, upon which dependeth the education of those who are endowed with the power of understanding and of utterance | Majlis210461.045-046 | BRL_DA#168, DRD.106, MAS4.023b, PYB#231 p.03, AKHA_134BE #14 p.547 | BRL_ATBH#47x, BSC.156 #141-143, HURQ.BH83 | Fire and light; fire and water; Living waters; water of life; Love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH04680 | 200 | تبارک الذی اقامنی علی الامر اذ کنت قاعدا و انطقنی بذکره اذ کنت صامتا و اظهرنی | Blessed is He Who raised me up to the Cause when I was seated, and made me speak His praise when I was silent, and manifested me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.137b, , NLAI_22848:335, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p172r, , Ghazi3072.102-106, MKI4522.335, | AQA2#015 p.181, BCH.052 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04685 | 200 | تبارک الذی ینطق بما ینتفع به العالم ولکن القوم فی حجاب مبین یسمعون ندآء الله | Blessed is He Who speaketh that which profiteth the world, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil, hearing the Call of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.138a, , NLAI_22848:337, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p173r, , MKI4522.337, | AQA2#016 p.182 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04783 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures | قد ظهرت العلامات و برزت البینات و اتی الموعود باسمه المهیمن القیوم انه لهو | The signs have appeared, the evidences become manifest and the Promised One hath come in His Name, the Protector, the Self-existent. | BLIB_Or15729.137a, , NLAI_22848:334, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p171v, , Ghazi3072.098-102, MKI4522.334, | AQA2#014 p.180 | BSC.135 #052 | Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1576 | Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26 | 200 | There are three baptisms spoken of by the prophets. The baptisms of water, of Spirit, and of fire. | PN_1899 p009, NRMM.169 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1548 | Words spoken on 1915-02-08 in Abu Sinan | 200 | کثبف طالب کثیف است پاکی تاثیر کلی در روح دارد و لو خود پاکیزگی عرض است | Cleanliness has a profound effect upon the spirit. Even though cleanliness is related to worldly affairs, yet its effect is manifested in the soul. | KHH1.169-170 (1.237-238) | KHHE.249-250, DAS.1915-02-08, BSR_v13 p.090 | Cleanliness and refinement | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1561 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 200 | The Bahá'ís must be the servants of universal Peace, the workers for the Cause of the Oneness of the world of humanity, the spreaders of heavenly Love amongst the children of men | DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v16#01 p.385x, PN_1914 p002, PN_1914 p004, BSTW#318 | Call to action; Compassion; kindness; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1534 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 | 200 | این دنیا عالم کون و فساد است عالم خسته نمیشود | The world is the plane of creation and disintegration. The process never stops: on one hand it creates new people | KHH1.266 (1.372-375) | KHHE.389-392, DAS.1914-12-01, BSR_v13 p.084 | Composition and decomposition; Continual renewal of creation; Creation of the world | - | - | |||||||
| AB03092 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای امه الله آنچه نگاشتی مفهوم شد بنهایت تضرع حاجاتی خواستی و جمیع حاجاتت | O handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was understood. With utmost supplication thou didst make certain requests, and all thy requests [3.5s]... ...Thou desirest forgiveness of sins; thou seekest utmost peace and tranquillity; thou beseechest nearness to the Threshold of Grandeur; thou desirest renunciation of thine own will | BRL_DAK#0803 | BRL_ATE#171x, TAB.135-136, BSC.477 #912x, VLAB.010x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB03099 | 210 | ای بشیرالهی اگر بدانی که در چه حالتی بیاد تو مشغولم البته زبان بشکرانه الهی | O Divine Herald! If thou couldst but fathom the state in which I am engaged in remembrance of thee, surely thy tongue would be moved to divine thanksgiving [3.5s] | MMK5#154 p.119, BSHI.034-035 | Consolation and comfort; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03118 | 210 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou near servant to the Threshold of God! Thy letter was received and thy desire became known. Thou wishest to serve the Threshold... ...Thou hast written concerning the organization of a Council for the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | TAB.633-634, BWF.418-419x, LOG#2053x, SW_v06#17 p.134x, BSTW#193x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03122 | 210 | O thou dear Son: Thy letter dated about one month ago was duly received today…. I have repeatedly written that any Persian - although he be my relative | SW_v06#12 p.095x, BSTW#073c | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03123 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای پسر ملکوت نامه های شیرین و عبارات دلنشین تو همواره سبب فرح قلوبست و نغمه | O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy most agreeable letters, with their pleasing style, ever gladden our hearts. When the song is of the Kingdom | MMK1#154 p.176 | SWAB#154, TAB.687-688, BWF.366-366x, COC#1418x, BBBD.171-172, BSC.467 #871 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; High station of the arts and sciences; Music and singing; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| AB03151 | 210 | O thou daughter of the kingdom! Thy letter dated July 15th, 1916, received. Its contents indicated... All the individuals of humanity are farmers. | JWTA.013-014, SW_v08#05 p.055-056+053, BSTW#291 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB03181 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and it produced joy and fragrance. Its contents were of the utmost sweetness. | TAB.725, BSC.469 #879x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03182 | 210 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy numerous letters have been received. All were indicative of faith, assurance | BSTW#200, BSTW#455 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03189 | 210 | Light of the World | ای مخمور جام الهی در بریه ارض مقدسه صحرای سیناء بقعه مبارکه وادی طوی طور تجلی | O thou who art inebriated by the heavenly cup! In the wilderness of Sinai in the Holy Land, in the hallowed precincts of the vale of Towa | NURA#55, MMK4#131 p.134, BSHI.104-105, MSHR5.145-146, MSHR5.419x, MJMJ3.088ax, MMG2#214 p.242x | LOTW#55 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB03203 | 210 | ای مورد مصیبت کبری مصائب و احزان از هر جهت ترا احاطه نمود و مشقت عظمی از برای | O thou who art beset by dire calamity! Afflictions and sorrows have encompassed thee from every side, and great tribulation hath been ordained for thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.313, BSHN.144.311, MHT1a.077, MHT1b.035 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03214 | 210 | ای ورقه طیبه مطمئنه اگر چه بحرقت هجران و شدت حرمان مبتلا شدی ولی ناله مکن و | O pure and confident leaf! Though thou hast been afflicted with the anguish of separation and the intensity of deprivation, raise not thy lamentation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.451, BSHN.144.445, MHT1a.177, MHT1b.135 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03219 | 210 | ای ورقه موقنه هر چند مصیبت وارده آتش جانسوز است و تیر جگردوز ولی حکمت قدیمه و | O steadfast leaf! Though the calamity that hath befallen thee is a soul-consuming fire and a heart-piercing arrow, yet the ancient wisdom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.275, BSHN.140.299, BSHN.144.275, ANDA#71 p.33, MSHR3.030, MHT1b.142, MHT1b.196 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03231 | 210 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | 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 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| AB03238 | 210 | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء قسم بجمال حق که ملا اعلی لسان بستایش شما گشوده و | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! I swear by the Ancient Beauty that the Supreme Concourse hath loosed its tongue in praise of you [3.5s] | BSHN.140.143, BSHN.144.143, PYB#230 p.50, MHT2.091 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03299 | 210 | ...Thou hast written concerning love, marriage and divorce. Love is the moving principle of all phenomena. It is the first Divine Grace and its effects are apparent | BSTW#192 | Law of divorce; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10471 | 210 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان همیشه در نظرید و پیش بصرید و حاضر محضرید و آنی فراغت از یاد | O ye steadfast in the Covenant! Ye are ever present in my thoughts, before my vision, and in my presence, and not for a moment do I cease to remember you [3.5s]... ...O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! A noble soul hath ascended unto the Kingdom of reality | BRL_DAK#0094, BRL_MON#011x, BSHN.140.491x, PYB#036 p.20x, MHT1b.151x | BRL_POAB#11x, ADMS#029x | S. Tirandaz | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB12254 | 210 | ای بشیر عبدالبهاء نامه شماره ۳۱ رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید از اجتماع یاران در شب | O herald of Abdu'l-Baha! Letter number thirty-one was received and its contents became known. From the gathering of the friends on the eve of [3.5s] | BSHI.049-050 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12255 | 210 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از مقاومت نادانان | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou didst write to Jinab-i-Manshadi was noted. Concerning the opposition of the ignorant ones [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0602, BSHI.067-068 | Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04421 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | باز بلند مکنت پرواز نمود و غراب غیرت از مغرب جان متصاعد و باوج عماء قدرت... قلباً طاهراً فاخلق فیّ یا الهی سرّاً ساکناً جدّد فیّ یا منائی | Once again hath the Phoenix of divine grandeur taken flight, and the Raven of glory hath soared from the western horizon of the soul unto the zenith of hallowed eternity [3.5s]... ...Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! | INBA38:040, INBA33:020ax, INBA30:120ax | BRL_DA#689, PMP#155x, AHM.057x, BSHA.085, ADH1.047x, MMJA.025x, OOL.B159.2x | PM#155x, BPRY.164x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.186 #273x | Ahdieh, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, Refuge, Chandra & Eric, C. McGrail, Elina, Mea, Nader, Pedram & Annika, The Bird & The Butterfly, N. Hamilton, Gyenyame, QuiqueSaba, G. and M. Smith, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 1], Ladjamaya [track 11], almunajat.com [item 6], S. Peyman, Nava, Michele, Roya & Marie | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for purity; chastity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#494 | ||||
| ABU1514 | Words spoken on 1912-07-19 in New York | 210 | There is a spiritual understanding or communication. You are always associating or affiliating with Me. | PN_1912 p113, BSTW#351e | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1490 | Words spoken on 1914-04-02 | 210 | ای یاران عنقریب یومی اید که دیگر مرا نخواهید دید آنچه تکلیف من بود بجا آوردم | Friends! The time is coming when I shall be no longer with you. I have done all that could be done | DWNP_v1#03-4 p.005-006, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.025a | GPB.309x, DAS.1914-04-02, SW_v05#07 p.104, SW_v06#06 p.046, DWN_v6#11 p.001, PN_unsorted p025, PAB.026-027, ABCC.405-406, VLAB.027-028, BSTW#052v | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1523 | Words spoken to Baha'is of the World at Bahji, 1913-12-25 | 210 | You are all welcome. How are you? It is part of the Divine Wisdom that I should keep silent for a time! All that was required of me | DAS.1913-12-25, SW_v05#01 p.003, BSTW#344 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1530 | Words to the Cooper-Frankland party | 210 | Abdu'l-Baha advised that all pray for others more than for themselves, as that will help us to become less selfish, and as we pray for the bounties to be showered upon others, we draw them in this way to ourselves. | PN_1914 p020-021, BSTW#205 | Law of fasting; Reward and punishment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02857 | 220 | اللهم یا سابق الرحمه و یا سابغ النعمه و غافر الحوبه تغفر للخطاه و تبدل | O Lord, Thou the Precursor of Mercy and the Dispenser of Bounty, the Pardoner of transgressions, forgive Thou the sinners and transform [3.5s] | BSHN.140.135, BSHN.144.135, MHT2.192 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02873 | 220 | ای امه الله از قرار مسموع از دست ساقی قدر جرعهاای در نهایت تلخی آشامیدی و زهر | O handmaiden of God! It hath been reported that from the hand of the Cup-Bearer of Fate thou hast quaffed draughts of utmost bitterness [3.5s] | BSHN.140.133, BSHN.144.133, MHT2.195, NANU_AB#57 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02880 | 220 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter dated March 5th, 1919, was received... ...Today the pulsating power in the arteries of the body of the world is the spirit of the Covenant | COC#0251x, SW_v10#14 p.263-264, SW_v14#08 p.225x, BSTW#233 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02928 | 220 | O thou respected maidservant! The letter that thou hast written to his honor Sohrab | SW_v07#10 p.095, BSTW#109 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02938 | 220 | ای دوستان رحمانی این خاکدان فانی منزل جغدان بی وفاست و آشیان خفاشان نابینا | O friends of the All-Merciful! This earthly dust-heap is but the dwelling-place of faithless owls and the nest of sightless bats [3.5s] | INBA88:200 | MKT8.091b, BSHN.140.315, BSHN.144.313, DUR4.803, MHT1a.072, MHT1b.030 | Call to action; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02939 | 220 | Fire and Light | ای رب غفور این طیور شکور را تن اسیر قبر مطمور گردید و جان به بیت معمور پرواز نمود | O forgiving Lord! These birds that sang Thy praise left their mortal remains buried in desolate tombs | BSHN.140.246, BSHN.144.246, MAS9.039, MHT2.067a, NANU_AB#03, QUM.069, QUM.153 | BRL_FIRE_AB#03 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB02963 | 220 | O thou who art turning thy face to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written concerning the discussion thou hadst with Mr. Naylor. | BSTW#244 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02978 | 220 | O ye heralds of the Covenant. Your letter was received and its contents conducive to the utmost joy for it indicated that ye have arisen with all your heart and soul | BSTW#252 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02985 | 220 | O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! Thy letter was received. Its contents were of the utmost beauty and its significances far-reaching. | BSTW#423 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03002 | 220 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران ای اماء رحمان چه خوش محفلی آراستید حسن خدمت خواستید و بر نشر نفحات | O ye beloved! O ye maidservants of the Merciful! What a wonderful meeting ye have arranged and longed for the beauty of service | MKT7.249 | TAB.441-442, BSC.490 #942x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB03005 | 220 | ای یاران حقیقی و مشتاقان جمال الهی چون حی قیوم بجمیع اسما و صفات و کمالات و | O ye friends who long for the Beauty of God! When the self-subsistent living God manifested Himself...The Divine Minstrel held the stringed instrument in His Hand, and preluded a melody and tune | INBA13:141, INBA88:176 | MKT1.413, AKHA_120BE #05 p.j, AHB.125BE #01-02 p.02, PYB#125 p.06, DUR1.213, YHA1.377x | SW_v05#14 p.209x, PN_1900_heh p077, BSTW#387 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB03017 | 220 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون تحریرک البدیع الانشاء و اطلعت | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted the contents of thy letter, which was beautifully composed, was informed of thy sorrow... O God, my God! This Thy handmaid is calling upon Thee, trusting in Thee | MNMK#069 p.145, MMK1#090 p.118x, MMK1#234 p.305x | SWAB#090x, BPRY.065-066x, TAB.094-095, BWF.394-395x, BSC.434 #786x, CUPAB.010-011x | K .Key, E. Mahony | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB03048 | 220 | نامه شما رسید و از مصائبیکه بر شما وارد حزن و الم رخ نمود و سبب تاسف و تحسر | Your letter has been received, and the afflictions which have befallen you have given rise to sorrow and grief [3.5s] | BSHN.140.235, BSHN.144.235, MHT2.093 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03067 | 220 | O thou who art steadfast in the covenant! What thou hast written is perused. It is a clear proof of thy belief and assurance | BSTW#200, BSTW#456 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10381 | 220 | ای بشیر عزیز من نامه شما وصول یافت و بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید دلیل بر وصول نامه | O dearly cherished Bashir! Your letter was received and perused with the utmost attention, serving as evidence of its arrival [3.5s] | BSHI.051-052, MSHR4.082x | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12244 | 220 | ای بشیر من آنچه به جناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید رکاب همایون | O my herald! I have considered what thou didst write to Jinab-i-Manshadi in the presence of [3.5s] | BSHI.052-053 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04288 | 220 | Translation List | ندایت باصغای مالک اسما فائز شد و آنچه عرض نمودی عبد حاضر لدی العرش معروض… بگو ای اله من و محبوب من و سیّد من و سند من | Thy call hath reached the hearing of the Lord of Names, and that which thou didst present hath been laid before the Servant, Who standeth in the presence of the Throne [3.5s]... ...Say: O my God, my Beloved, my Master, my Mainstay, the Object of my desire! My heart, my soul, and my tongue attest that Thou hast ever been one | INBA30:105x, BLIB_Or15710.225, , BLIB_Or15719.130b, | AHM.360x, AQMJ1.170x, BSHA.063, ADH1.131 | ADMS#133x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH04359 | 220 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to Thee, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Praise be to Thee | BP1929.vii, SW_v05#03 p.033, SW_v12#01 p.006-007, SW_v15#01 p.009, BSC.183 #263 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1450 | Public address given on 1912-06-08 | 220 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body... The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love | PUP#061 (p.171), BSC.445 #812, SW_v03#10 p.014, SW_v08#10 p.122, SW_v13#09 p.231-232, SW_v07#15 p.148, DWN_v6#05 p.001 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Harmony of science and religion; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1475 | Words spoken ca. 1912-10-20 in Los Angeles | 220 | The believers must not expect anything from one another... I have traveled and come as far as here... Look at the people of the world | BSTW#357 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1471 | Words spoken ca. 1919-11-18 in Haifa | 220 | For the black and white in America to associate together in a social way is good. The Government has no objections on political grounds for granting equality | PN_1919 p004, PN_1919 p015, BSTW#319 | Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1429 | Words spoken on 1915-03-03 in Abu Sinan | 220 | این ایام وقت سکون و وقاراست و تک اطمینان | In these days, it is time for calmness and dignity; it is time for confidence and assurance. We must rely upon God. | KHH1.190-191 (1.267-268) | KHHE.277-278, BSR_v13 p.094, STAB#049 | Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1457 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 220 | Buddha was a very good man -- a divine philosopher, but not a great Prophet. Many of his moral teachings greatly resemble those of Jesus.... The doctrine of reincarnation, as taught by the Buddhists and some ancient philosophers, is not true | PN_1901 p008, PN_1901 p016, NRMM.216, BSTW#043ax | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1460 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 220 | the Prophets and Suns of God possess two states or conditions. First, the spiritual, second, the material. In their spiritual estate or condition they reflect entirely the perfect bounties of God | PN_1901 p004, NRMM.208 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1461 | Words to I. D. Brittingham spoken in Apr. 1909 | 220 | It is very evident that the ten plagues of Egypt cannot be meant or understood literally. | PN_1909 p025, PN_1909F p050, BSTW#134 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02641 | 230 | حمد خدا را که شفق صبح صلح و سلام دميده اميدواريم که در مستقبل آفتاب سلام عامّ از افق عالم | O, thou son of the Kingdom! Your letter dated Dec. 14 1918 was received. Praise be to God, it was indicative of zeal and of happiness | MMK4#184 p.226x | BSTW#231 | Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02652 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای امه الله نامه ات رسید خبر تشکیل انجمن در آن بلد مرقوم نموده بودید نظر بقلت | O handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, bringing its news that an Assembly hath been established in that city. Look ye not upon the fewness of thy numbers | MMK1#039 p.078 | SWAB#039, TAB.508-509, BWF.409-410x, BSTW#353 | Angels; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02657 | 230 | ای بقایای ان نفس مقدس آن جان پاک از اوج اعلای افلاک در ملکوت ابهی ناظر بشماست | O ye remnants of that sanctified soul! From the highest celestial heights that pure spirit gazeth upon you from the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.104, BSHN.144.104, MHT2.128, NANU_AB#13x | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02658 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بندگان حق و کنیزان الهی همچو گمان منمااید که دقیقه ای فراموش گردید همواره | O servants of God and handmaids of the Lord! Think not that ye are forgotten for even a moment. ‘Abdu’l-Baha maketh mention of you at all times | BRL_DAK#0715, NJB_v01#14 p.001 | BRL_ATE#173, TAB.593-594, BSTW#069, BSTW#077 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Manifestation of God as educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02665 | 230 | ای بنده بهاء سرهاست که در پای آندلبر یکتا افتاده و جانهاست که در سبیل آنمعشوق | O servant of Bahá! Heads have fallen at the feet of that peerless Beloved, and souls have been sacrificed in the path of that adored One [3.5s] | INBA89:218b | AKHA_134BE #05 p.a, AVK3.190, BSHN.140.305, BSHN.144.303, RHQM1.220 (276) (166-166x), MHT1a.124, MHT1b.082 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02673 | 230 | O Divine Providence, O Forgiving Lord! Mrs. Hearst has hastened from this dark and dreary world to the realm of Light | BSTW#198, BSTW#241, BSTW#454 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02685 | 230 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از اغتشاش ایران مرقوم نموده بودید این تشویش... الهی الهی انّ بشیرک الکریم و رقیقک الثّابت علی العهد القویم | He is God! O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written about the turmoil in Persia... O my God, O my God! Verily, Thy gracious herald and Thy steadfast servant who remaineth firm in the Straight Path [3.5s] | AHB.121BE #10 p.333x, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.46x, BSHI.088-089, BSHI.163-164 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02701 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual youth! Japan hath made wonderful progress in material civilization, but she will become perfect when she also becometh spiritually developed | TAB.564-565, JWTA.027, BSC.462 #856x, TEW.013-014 | E. Mahony | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02710 | 230 | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your letter dated December 4th | SW_v10#07 p.144, BSTW#425 | House of Justice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02712 | 230 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو نفس مومن موقن نامه رسید الحمد لله خبرهای خوشی داشت کلیفورنیا استعداد | O ye two faithful and assured souls! The letter was received. Praise be to God, it imparted good tidings…. Those souls who during the war have served the poor and have been in the Red Cross Mission work | MMK1#081 p.113x, MMK1#164 p.190x | SWAB#081x, SWAB#164x, SW_v10#19 p.339-340, BSTW#039 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB02719 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای دوستان رحمانی هیچ میدانید که در چه کوری مبعوث شده اید و در چه دوری موجود | O ye friends of God! Do ye know in what cycle ye are created and in what age ye exist? This is the age of the Blessed Perfection… If we are not happy and joyous at this season | INBA13:145 | PYB#172 p.03 | TAB.641-642, BWF.351-352x, BSTW#300 | A. Youssefi | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | |||||
| AB02751 | 230 | ای مظهر امتحانات الله نفوس بشریه در این خاکدان ترابی بر دو قسمند و مقسوم بر | O Manifestation of God's tests, human souls in this dust-heap of earth are of two kinds and divided [3.5s] | INBA85:103 | BSHN.140.319, BSHN.144.317, MHT1a.065, MHT1b.023, MUH2.1120 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02755 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای منجذب بملکوت الهی آنچه نوشتید ملاحظه گردید وجد و سرور بود و بشارت و حبور و | O thou who art turning unto the Kingdom of God! Thy letter is received and perused. It afforded us joy and pleasure, gave us good news and is the token of the wealth of thy love. This period of time is the Promised Age, | PYB#172 p.03, PYB#233 p.04 | TAB.318-319, BSC.456 #838, SW_v07#01 p.001-002x | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02776 | 230 | ای یار قدیم آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی واضح و معلوم گشت شکایت از مشقت نموده بودید | O ancient friend! That which thou didst write became clear and evident. Thou didst complain of hardship [3.5s] | INBA17:141 | BSHN.140.317, BSHN.144.315, MHT1a.067, MHT1b.025 | Call to action; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02777 | 230 | ای یار قدیم عبدالبهاء مصائب و بلایا در سبیل الهی موهبت نامتناهیست زیرا نتیجه | O ancient friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Trials and tribulations in the pathway of God are boundless gifts, for their outcome [3.5s] | BSHN.140.237, BSHN.144.237, MHT2.094 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02799 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who are supplicating to God and turning to the Spirit of His Kingdom! I have read the texts of thy praise to God | TAB.705-706, BWF.368-369x, BSC.468 #875x | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02822 | 230 | رب و رجائی و غایه منائی ان عبدک الخاضع لسلطنتک الخاشع لعظمتک المومن بک و | O Lord, my Hope and ultimate Aspiration! Verily, Thy servant, submissive before Thy sovereignty, lowly before Thy grandeur, believing in Thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.127, BSHN.144.127, MHT2.136 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02844 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art gazing toward Abdul-Baha! Now I address thee with a heart filled... Arise to serve the Cause of God in the vineyard of God | TAB.600-601, BSC.463 #860x, VTRM.013-014 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Mary Magdalene; Role and station of women; Service to others; to the Cause of God; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02845 | 230 | O true friends! Separation from the friends causes the burning of heart and soul | SW_v10#07 p.142, BSTW#230b | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02846 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye crying voices in the region of America! Make level the path of the Covenant of God!... I know, verily, that the universal, never ending, eternal | TAB.032-033, BSC.473 #894x, BSTW#276l | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02848 | 230 | O thou my heavenly son! Several letters and cards are received from you and | SW_v09#14 p.164, BSTW#249 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12235 | 230 | ای خادم امرالله و ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب میرزا عبدالله چندی بود که در صحرای حرمان | O servant of the Cause of God and bondsman at His Most Great Threshold, Jinab-i-Mirza Abdullah! For some time now, in the wilderness of deprivation [3.5s] | BSHI.099 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1406 | 230 | The Manifestation of the Essence of God is like unto the sun, which has different risings. The dawning-places are different, but the sun is always the same. | BSTW#322, BSTW#323 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||
| ABU1378 | Words spoken on 1915-05-05 in Abu Sinan | 230 | من شما را بجهت خدمت امرالله میخواهم میخواهم شما در جمیع آنچه میبینید و تجربه کرده اید | I wish for you consecrated services to the Cause of God. I wish for you to manifest radiant attributes under all conditions and to raise the Word of God. | KHH1.221-222 (1.309-310) | KHHE.324, DAS.1915-05-05, BSR_v13 p.102 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1402 | Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود | Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality | BDA2.230x | DAS.1913-04-11, BSC.300 #608x, MHMD2.298x, BSTW#146, BSTW#327 | Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1391 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 230 | In the universe, all atoms and particles are united by the power of attraction and cohesion... There is a Mohammedan tradition that once a man met Jesus Christ fleeing hastily | PN_1901 p013, NRMM.225-226 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Law of cause and effect; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; One universal law; attractive power of love | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02490 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! Praise be unto Thee! for Thou hast created me of the most excellent fabric, in the most honored form | TAB.614-615, BSC.430 #780, VTRM.028-029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02505 | 240 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The letter thou hadst written on January 22nd | SW_v10#09 p.184-185, BSTW#426 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB02520 | 240 | ای بهرام سپهر مهر پروردگار سپیده امید دمید و خورشید جهانتاب انجمن بالا | O Bahram, celestial sphere of the Lord's tender care, the dawn of hope hath broken and the world-illumining Sun of the Concourse on high [3.5s] | INBA55:138, INBA59:250 | AKHA_134BE #08 p.309, AKHA_128BE #17 p.a, ALPA.030, BSHN.140.329, BSHN.144.327, MHT1b.224, YARP2.038 p.086 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Imagery in the Qur'an; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02526 | 240 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Four letters from thee have been successively received | BSTW#363 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02554 | 240 | O thou my dear heavenly friend and old associate! Although communication and correspondence has not been continuous, yet be assured | BSTW#433 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02579 | 240 | ای متحمل بلایا و مشقات و رزایا در سبیل جمال ابهی روحی لاحبائه الذین ذاقوا... ایام در گذر است و حیات بی تحمل | O thou who bearest tribulations, afflictions and trials in the path of the Most Glorious Beauty—may my spirit and the spirits of those who have tasted [His sweetness be a sacrifice unto Him]... Days pass swiftly, and life without patience [3.5s] | MKT6.042, BSHN.140.475.05x, BSHN.144.468ax, TISH.572-573, MSHR4.342, NANU_AB#48 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02590 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | In whatsoever matter man wisheth to engage, he must first acquire some capability, and make provisions and preparations therefor | TAB.358-359, BSC.454 #833 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Review of publications; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02591 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted one of the Kingdom! The epistle was received; likewise the enclosed epistle was read. The personage (Mr. . . . .) is in reality | TAB.702-703, BSC.468 #874x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02604 | 240 | ای یاران باوفای جمال ابهی هر چند جمیع دوستان در میدان عرفان سمند الهام براندند | O faithful friends of the Abhá Beauty! Though all the friends have urged forward their steeds of inspiration in the field of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA85:221 | MKT8.238, AKHA_129BE #13 p.a, BSHN.140.141, BSHN.144.141, MHT2.096 | High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02627 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God! I have considered thy writing... You have asked me two questions | TAB.102-103, BSC.476 #906x | Demons and evil spirits; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02630 | 240 | O ye dear friends and maidservants of God! Your epistle was received.** You have expressed joy and happiness | SW_v01#16 p.001-002, BSTW#388 | Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11380 | 240 | ای یار غمخوار نامه های شما الحمد لله کل رسید و مضمون کل مقرون بمژده ثبوت و استقامت... امروز اوّل شخص در این نبأ عظیم | O compassionate friend! Praise be to God, all thy letters were received, and the contents of each bore glad tidings of steadfastness and constancy... Today thou art foremost in this Great Announcement [3.5s] | INBA85:458 | BSHI.013, BSHI.121-122, GHA.250.08x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12221 | 240 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید در خصوص اختلاف در مسئله میراث بین حضرات افنان | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter hath been received concerning the differences that have arisen among the Afnán with respect to the question of inheritance [3.5s] | BSHI.100-101 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | |||||||||
| BHU0011 | 240 | ایام دار السلام ما خود در قهوه خانه میرفتیم و جالس میشدیم و خارج و داخل و بیگانه و آشناء | In Baghdad We Ourselves would go and take a seat in the coffee-house to meet the people--friends and acquaintances | BSDR.251-252 | ABCC.026, STDH.105-106 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1314 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 240 | In the Koran there is a verse which speaks of the 'lowest point of the low' as being the station of man. If we represent creation by a circle, at the top of it is God the creator | PN_1901 p015, NRMM.228-229 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Living waters; water of life; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1317 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts | BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02342 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای خداوند مهربان شکر ترا که بيدار نمودی و هشيار کردی چشم بينا دادی و گوش شنوا احسان نمودی | O thou advancing maidservant of God! Thy letter was received... O compassionate God! Thanks be unto Thee for Thou hast awakened me and made me conscious…. Bestow upon me a heart which, like unto glass | BRL_DAK#1193, MMK3#011 p.006x, MMG2#102 p.116x | BPRY.071x, TAB.640-641, BSC.431 #782x, SW_v02#04 p.012, BSTW#293ex | MJ Cyr, T. Nosrat, A. Youssefi | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| AB02344 | 250 | ای امه الله هر چند این مصیبت جانگداز و جگرسوز است و سبب آه و فغان شب و روز | O handmaid of God! Though this heart-rending and soul-consuming calamity causeth sighs and lamentation night and day [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1141, MKT6.014, BSHN.140.137, BSHN.144.137, MHT2.108b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02382 | 250 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای خانم ملکوتی نامه شما از نیویورک رسید از مضمون خوشنودی حاصل شد زیرا دلیل | O thou lady of the Kingdom! Thy letter sent from New York hath been received. Its contents imparted joy and gladness | MMK1#067 p.099 | SWAB#067, BSTW#251 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB02383 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای خواهر عزیز نامه ات در وقتی وارد که الحمد لله بلایا و محن در سبیل الهی از هر | O thou dear sister! The letter arrived at a time when—praise be to God!—calamities and sufferings in the path of God have surrounded us | MMK3#200 p.143 | TAB.723-724, BSC.469 #878x | Consolation and comfort; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB02393 | 250 | ای صابره شاکره هر چند این ماتم دریای اندوه و غمست و این مصیبت آتش جانسوز درد | O steadfast and thankful one! Though this mourning be an ocean of sorrow and grief, and this calamity a soul-consuming fire of pain [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1085, BSHN.140.099x, BSHN.140.111x, BSHN.140.181x, BSHN.144.099x, BSHN.144.111x, BSHN.144.181x, MHT2.188 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB02423 | 250 | ای یار قدیم نامه ات رسید مختصر و مفید بود استقرار در لاهیجان چندان مناسب نیست... جهان مانند بازار سوداگرانست | O ancient friend! Thy letter was received, concise and beneficial it was. To settle in Lahijan is not fitting... The world is even as a marketplace of traders [3.5s] | MMK6#152, BSHN.140.474.07x, BSHN.144.467x | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02430 | 250 | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء هر چند شبانگاهست ولی صبحگاهی ملکوت الهی است یعنی | O ye merciful friends of Abdul Baha! Although it is night, yet it is the morn of the dawn of the divine Kingdom.... The ancient bestowal of the beauty of Abha is the companion of every pure heart | MKT8.184b, MKT9.245, AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.j, BSHN.140.375, BSHN.144.370, MHT1a.188, MHT1b.146 | DAS.1913-07-21, ABIE.094, PN_various p013x, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#110a | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02445 | 250 | O thou who art advancing into the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy eloquent letter... Know verily that Abdu'l-Baha has spiritual speech, heavenly conversations | SW_v14#07 p.210x, CUPAB.014-015x, BSTW#171 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02446 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, this mundane world is as the mirage of the desert | TAB.660-661, BSC.426 #769 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02456 | 250 | O thou who art attracted to God, may God uphold thee! I implore God, the Ever-Living | SW_v14#09 p.263, SW_v08#18 p.233, BSTW#176, BSTW#182 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02457 | 250 | The meeting thou hast called at Mr. Bowen's and hast lectured therein was a spiritual gathering | BSTW#364 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02458 | 250 | پروردگارا آمرزگارا توای مهربان توای خداوند عظیم الغفران ما جمله سراپا قصوریم | O Lord, O Forgiver! Thou art the Compassionate One, Thou art the Lord of infinite forgiveness. We are all utterly encompassed by our failings [3.5s] | INBA85:213 | BSHN.140.193x, BSHN.140.327x, BSHN.144.193x, BSHN.144.325x, MHT1b.247, MHT2.148ax | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for forgiveness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02463 | 250 | یا امه الله نامه تو رسید مرا مقصد چنانست که تو سبب ثبوت و استقامت نفوسی بر | O thou maid servant of God! Thy letter was received. My desire is that thou mayst become the cause of the firmness and steadfastness of the souls... ...Firmness in the covenant contains an odor like unto the fragrance of the musk | YHA1.107 (1.219), NJB_v05#14 p.002 | SW_v08#16 p.219x, BSTW#052r, BSTW#073e, BSTW#192x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02478 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Thou Pure God! Gaze providently at the beloved ones and the dear maidservants | TAB.355-356, BSTW#054 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02481 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively | TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x | Call to action; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1282 | 250 | There was a very holy man who lived many years ago... 'Your wish is granted. Wherever you go, wherever your shadow falls, behind you or to either side of you, but not in front of you, blessings will fall. | BSTW#010 | Angels; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03686 | 250 | قد بعثنا البیان علی هیئه اللوح و ارسلناه الی الذین آمنوا بالله المهیمن القیوم | Indeed, We have sent forth the Utterance in the form of a Tablet and dispatched it unto them that have believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA23:098a, BLIB_Or15716.119b, | BRL_DA#235, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.040, BSHI.020-021, BSHI.155-156 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BHU0010 | 250 | خلق خوش و بخوشی و همراهی با خلق نمودن راه تبلیغ است. هر چه طرف مقابل میگوید ولو هر قدر وهم و تقلید | A pleasing, kindly disposition and a display of tolerance towards the people are requisites of teaching the Cause. | BSDR.257 | ABCC.027, STDH.109-110 | Contention and conflict; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1287 | Conversation with the English Consul, ca. Feb. 1901 | 250 | It was a very long time since the coming of a Prophet, and they needed a new one to give them a fresh start! | PN_1901 p012, NRMM.224 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB02196 | 260 | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ۲۷ فبرواری ۱۹۱۰ وصول یافت و از مضمون مشهود گردید که شب و | O daughter of the Kingdom. Thy letter dated 27 February 1910 hath arrived, and from its contents it became evident... Whatever is contrary to the teachings of Baha'u'llah is false | BBBD.098-100 | BBBD.100-101, BBBD.169, BSTW#052e, BSTW#131 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02230 | 260 | ای خیرخواه عالم انسانی نامه فصیح و بلیغ شما رسید و بکمال سرور قرائت گردید و همچنین | O thou who art the well-wisher of humanity - felicitations! Your epistle concerning | PYB#159 p.33 | SW_v10#17 p.315-316, BSTW#243 | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Supreme tribunal; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02274 | 260 | ای ورقه موقنه و امة الله المومنه مصیبت وارده سبب حزن قلوب طاهره گردیده و فی | O assured leaf and faithful handmaid of God! The calamity that hath befallen hath caused grief to pure hearts and [3.5s] | BSHN.140.159, BSHN.144.159, MHT2.074 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02290 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! The letter of that divine maidservant was received and contents were apprehended. | TAB.251-252, BWF.388-389x, BSTW#052yx, BSTW#073gx | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02291 | 260 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of god! Thy letter dated December 26th | SW_v10#06 p.110, BSTW#262, BSTW#263 | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02292 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Call of the Kingdom! Thy letter was presented and I was informed of thy expression. And it was glorious proof | TAB.227-229, BSC.471#883x, VTRM.015-017 | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02310 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا امه الله المهتزه کقضیب رطیب بنسیم محبه الله انی قرئت تحریرک الدال علی فرط | O handmaid of God, who tremblest even as a fresh and tender branch in the winds of the love of God! I have read thy letter... These spiritual assemblies are aided | MNMK#044 p.129, MMK1#038 p.076 | SWAB#038, TAB.089-091, GPB.332x2x, COC#1358x, LOG#0010x, LOG#2072x, BSC.476 #903-904x | Honiara Baha'i Youth | Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| AB02315 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art awakened to the Cause of God! Verily, I read thy letter and my heart... As to the manifestation of the Greatest Name | TAB.612-614, BSC.464 #864x, VTRM.027-028 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02317 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O my God, my beloved, my assistant and my chosen! ...Bring them together again, O Lord, by the Power of Thy Covenant, and gather their dispersion by the Might of Thy Promise | BSC.263 #549x, SW_v05#15 p.225x, SW_v04#14 p.240x, SW_v09#19 p.221x, SW_v10#07 p.119x, BSTW#062 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayer for unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12202 | 260 | ای یار دیرین من نامه که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی با تحریر مخصوص من هر دو | O my long-standing friend! The letter thou didst write to Jinab-i-Manshadi, together with my special missive, have both been received [3.5s] | BSHI.119-120 | Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12203 | 260 | نامه شماره ۴۸ وصول یافت قدوم آن نفس مبارک با دو فرزند و یک یار عزیز سبب سرور | Your letter numbered 48 was received. The arrival of that blessed soul with two children and one cherished friend was the cause of joy [3.5s] | INBA85:461 | BSHI.011, BSHI.123-124 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03582 | 260 | یا محمد قبل تقی عظم الله اجرک فی ابنک الذی صعد الیه کما صعد ابنی مهدی فی اول | O Muhammad-i-Qablí-Taqí! God magnify thy recompense for thy son who hath ascended unto Him, even as did My son Mahdi ascend in former times [3.5s] | INBA57:098x | AQA5#113 p.139, BSHN.035, MHT2b.051, ASAT3.255x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1225 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good. | BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Second birth; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1238 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. | BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 | Angels; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1226 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-28 | 260 | Prayer and Devotional Life | انسان در متعالی ترین شکل نیایش خود فقط به منظور ابراز عشق و محبت به حضرت | Man becomes like a stone unless he continually supplicates to God. The heart of man is like a mirror... There are many subjects which are difficult for man to solve... In the highest prayer... When a man falls in love with a human being | COMP_PDLP#28x | BRL_PDL#28x, COC#1756x, LOG#1512x, SW_v08#04 p.042-043x, SW_v14#06 p.167x, AELT.216-217x, PN_1900 p023, PN_1900 p053, PN_1900 p124, PN_1900_heh p009, BNE.095x, BSTW#169e, BSTW#326x | MANA | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Importance of prayer; Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| ABU1219 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-13 | 260 | There are many people who enter this Cause with some preconceived ideas and finding that their ideas cannot be engrafted | DAS.1914-08-13, PN_1914 p018, BSTW#295 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02023 | 270 | اللهم یا کهفی المنیع و ملاذی الرفیع ترانی سائل العبرات و صاعد الزفرات و مشتد | O my God! Thou art my mighty refuge and my lofty sanctuary. Thou beholdest me shedding tears, heaving sighs that ascend on high [3.5s] | MKT6.061, BSHN.140.139, BSHN.144.139, MHT2.110 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02043 | 270 | ای آوارگان راه حق جهانیانرا آاین دیرین چنین است که دشمن راستیند و بدخواه حق | O ye wanderers in the path of Truth! The ancient custom of humanity hath ever been to oppose righteousness and bear ill-will unto truth [3.5s] | MKT8.009, BSHN.140.161, BSHN.144.161, MSHR3.180x, MHT2.084b, NANU_AB#54 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02067 | 270 | With regard to the violator (Nakez) thou hast treated him most appropriately. It is necessary for the believing souls to associate with the righteous | BSTW#052ex | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02074 | 270 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید نامه در پانزده ماه قبل | O firm ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received and its contents became known. | MKT4.037, YHA1.143x, YHA1.427-428x, VUJUD.014 | DAS.1915-02-14, SW_v05#16 p.242, BSTW#213b, VUJUDE.020-021 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02099 | 270 | O thou propagator of the Religion of God! A few days ago an epistle was written... Now the believers must engage their time in teaching the Cause... O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! Inform all the believers that a number of calumnious articles will be written in those parts | DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#09 p.138, SW_v09#14 p.161x, BSTW#175, BSTW#461 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02108 | 270 | ای منسوب بان نفس مطمئنه راضیه مرضیه این مصیبت هائله قلوب عموم را پرخون نمود... هر حیاتی را عاقبت موتی و هر بقائی را فنائی | O thou who art associated with that serene, content and well-pleasing soul! This grievous calamity hath verily rent asunder the hearts of all... Every life must end in death, and every permanence is destined to extinction [3.5s] | INBA85:543 | AKHA_121BE #04 p.j, BSHN.140.381, BSHN.140.475.10x, BSHN.144.376, BSHN.144.468b, MHT1a.186, MHT1b.144 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02117 | 270 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نفوس محترمه جهان از تقالید پوسیده قدیمه چون شب تاریک گشته اساس تعالیم الهی | O ye respected souls! From the continual imitation of ancient and worn-out ways, the world had grown dark as darksome night. | MMK1#205 p.244 | SWAB#205, BSTW#038, BSTW#253, ACOA.064-065 | Continual renewal of creation; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB02119 | 270 | ای یادگارهای آن نفس مقدس مبارک جناب سمی حضرت مقصود الحمد لله بمقصود رسیدند و | O ye remnants of that blessed and sacred soul, his honor Samí, namesake of the Most Great Beloved! Praise be to God, they have attained their goal [3.5s] | INBA85:432 | BSHN.140.283, BSHN.144.283, TSS.174, MHT1b.180b | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02141 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye dear friends and maidservants of God! A good fragrance is coming from the rose-garden of Kenosha and a pleasing breeze is blowing | TAB.146-147, BSTW#068 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02144 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted thy letter and utterance. God hath accepted thy devotion | TAB.064-066, LOG#0401x, BSC.475 #900-901x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02172 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art acknowledging the Oneness of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Observe the pages of the universe | TAB.170-171, BSC.481 #918x | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03411 | 270 | Translation List | یا امتی و المزینه بطراز حبی طوبی لک و لامه ادرکت ایامی و اقبلت الی افقی و | O My handmaid, O thou who art adorned with the ornament of My love! Blessed art thou, and happy the woman who hath attained to My days | AQA5#140 p.187b, BSHN.043, MHT2b.052 | ADMS#079 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH03420 | 270 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity | Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity | یا بدیع نوصیک بالصبر و السکون و الامانه التی کانت ودیعه الله بین خلقه طوبی | Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor | BRL_DA#655, GWBP#130 p.182x, AHB_117BE #12 p.371 | GWB#130x, ADJ.025x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, BSTW#401x | Joel in Real Life, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, D. Desimone | Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#069 | ||||
| ABU1192 | Words spoken in Dec. 1911 | 270 | There is suffering everywhere. The world is a huge hospital, and souls are crying in the dark... There is no such thing as self-development. | BSTW#083 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1172 | Words spoken on 1915-03-26 in Abu Sinan | 270 | مظاهر مقدسه الهی بقوه ملکوتی نفوس بشری را | Through the power of the Kingdom, human beings are saved from the grip of nature by the sanctified Manifestations of God and are illumined by the light of divinity. | KHH1.197-198 (1.276-277) | KHHE.288-289, BSR_v13 p.095 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1198 | Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble | DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1194 | Words to Mrs Chase, spoken on 1912-10-19 | 270 | You are very welcome. I have come to pay you a visit. I was exceedingly sad and heartbroken when I heard of the departure of Mr. Chase. | PN_1912 p016, BSTW#346 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01895 | 280 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای امه الله شکرانه فیض رحمان در این اوان عبارت از نورانیت قلب و احساسات | O thou handmaid of God! In this day, to thank God for His bounties consisteth in possessing a radiant heart | MMK1#153 p.175 | SWAB#153, TAB.243-244, BWF.360-361x, BSC.455 #834 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB01907 | 280 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای بنده صادق بهاء الله نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا | O thou truthful servant of Baha'u'llah! Thy letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy…. O thou spiritual friend! Thou hast asked about the wisdom of obligatory prayer… I supplicate God that day by day thou mayest become more steadfast, so that like unto an impregnable stronghold | BRL_CONF2018P#22x, MMK2#130 p.099 | BRL_IOPF#2.07x, BRL_CONF2018#22x, TAB.683-684, BWF.368-368x, BSC.466 #869x | Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||
| AB01912 | 280 | ای بهرام سپهر ای خوش فرجام نامه ات چون نامت پرشکون و خامه ات چون کلک | O Bahram of the celestial sphere, O thou of auspicious end! Thy letter, like unto thy name, is filled with portent, and thy pen, like unto the reed [3.5s] | INBA55:403 | ALPA.028b, BSHN.140.377, BSHN.144.372, MHT1b.226, YARP2.037 p.085, RMT.204-205 | Fire and light; fire and water; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01959 | 280 | ای مشتعل بنار محبه الله اشعار بلیغی که از حنجر روحانی صادر در محضر اینعبد | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! The eloquent verses that issued forth from the spiritual throat were presented in the presence of this servant [3.5s] | MMK2#309 p.226, AKHA_123BE #03 p.j, BSHN.140.157x, BSHN.144.157x, MHT2.076x, NANU_AB#47x, RSR.045-046 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01963 | 280 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter written Aug. 3 1920 gas been received. Praise be unto God, the friends at Los Angeles | BSTW#029 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01966 | 280 | ای ورقات مهتزات منجذبات در این قیامت کبری میدانی ترتیب شد که از یک جهه حد | O ye fluttering, enraptured leaves! In this Most Great Resurrection a field hath been arranged such that, from one direction, the [3.5s] | INBA13:179 | MKT7.133, BSHN.140.459, BSHN.144.453, MHT1b.235 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB12187 | 280 | ای بشیرالهی از تو نامههای متعدده رسید ولی مکتوب اخیر دلیل سرور قلب منیر بود | O divine herald! Though numerous letters were received from thee, thy recent letter brought joy to this illumined heart [3.5s] | INBA85:468 | BSHI.033-034 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03196 | 280 | انا نذکر من اراد الوجه و نطق بثناء الله مالک الوجود هذا یوم فیه قام الناس لله | We make mention of him who hath sought the Countenance and voiced the praise of God, the Lord of existence. This is the Day whereon mankind hath arisen unto God [3.5s] | INBA23:100 | BRL_DA#334, BSHI.025-026 | Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1120 | Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10 | 280 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید | O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power | BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019 | BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1118 | Words spoken at Thornburgh-Cropper home, 1911-09-12 | 280 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | الحمد لله خوب جمعیتی است بسیار بسیار نورانی است روحانی است | Thanks be to God, this is a good meeting. It is very enlightened; it is spiritual | MSHR3.061x, KHAB.055 (064), KHTB1.021, NJB_v02#14-16 p.012 | AIL.046, SW_v02#12 p.004-005, ABS#07 | Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; True liberty; freedom; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1134 | Words spoken on 1915-03-02 in Abu Sinan | 280 | من زوفا میخورم در طب جدید هم استعمال میکنید ... مدراست و باین واسطه مفید است از برای تنگ نفس خیلی مفید است | I use hyssop. Is it used in modern medicine?... It has a diuretic effect, and therefore it is beneficial. | KHH1.186 (1.261-262) | KHHE.272-273, BSR_v13 p.093 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1146 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-27 | 280 | The essence of prophethood is one, just as the effect of one or more lights is that of one. If you want to see the light | PN_1900_heh p008, PN_1900 p022, PN_1900 p049, BSTW#169e | Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1136 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 280 | Jesus Christ had two bodies - one spiritual and one material. The material body is of no importance. It changes and changes always. | PN_1901 p003, PN_unsorted p065, NRMM.206 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mary Magdalene; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Reincarnation; Resurrection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01793 | 290 | Translation List | ای اهل ملکوت نامه ای که بعد از جشن نوروز مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فرح و سرور | O ye people of the Kingdom! The letter ye have written after the feast of Naw-Ruz | BRL_DAK#1237, MKT8.010, AKHA_135BE #03 p.46, PYB#256 p.04 | SW_v08#19 p.242x, BSTW#450, ADMS#048 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01849 | 290 | ای یاران باوفا آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از معانی انجذابات روحانی | O faithful friends! What ye had penned hath been perused, manifesting spiritual attractions [3.5s] | BSHN.140.271, BSHN.144.271, MHT1b.204, MHT2.097, QUM.152-153, QUM.187 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01850 | 290 | O ye real friends and heartfelt beloved of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! Your petition full of prayer and supplication was received... Not one soul has the right to say one word on his own account... ...For this Divine Covenant is an institution of the Lord. The Blessed Perfection in all the Tablets, Books, Epistles and supplications, has begged confirmations | BSTW#310, BSTW#416, BSTW#052h | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01859 | 290 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Know thou that some of the souls... Know thou, verily insight seeth that which sight seeth not... Then know that the power of the Word of God is effective | TAB.607-608, BSC.463 #861-862x, TOR.202x, VTRM.021-022 | Intuition; inspiration; Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01870 | 290 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Your three reports, together with the public announcement, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness.... Souls are like unto mirrors | TAB.019-020, BWF.367-367x, BSC.473 #893x, CUPAB.011-012x, BSTW#305x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01873 | 290 | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals | BSTW#188 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03109 | 290 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بقدرتک و قوتک و سلطانک و عنایتک و فضلک و اقتدارک و | Glory be unto Thee, Thou O My God, the Lord Omnipotent. I testify to Thine omnipotence and Thy might | INBA61:036, BLIB_Or15695.218, | BRL_DA#549, AVK4.070.14, BSHN.001, BSHN.008, MHT1a.043, TSBT.237, BSHA.070 | BPRY.038x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | LL#465 | |||||
| BH03173 | 290 | یا معشر البشر قد فتح باب الکرم فی المنظر الاکبر توجهوا الیه بخضوع و اناب قد | O concourse of humanity! The gate of divine generosity hath been opened in the Most Great Scene. Turn ye unto it with humility and penitence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.136, , NLAI_22848:331, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p170v, , Ghazi3072.093-098, MKI4522.331, | AQA2#013 p.178 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01661 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Crisis and Victory; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou child of the Kingdom and firm in the Covenant! Thy letter, through his honor Mirza ..., was received and thy former letters also became acceptable.. In this day the most vital and momentous matter | BRL_CRISIS#13x, TAB.360-362, COC#0270x, BSC.443 #808x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01701 | 300 | ای جوان نورانی و عزیز روحانی من نامه تو رسید و از قرائتش چنان مسرتی حاصل شد | O thou illumined youth and my spiritual beloved! Thy letter was received and its perusal imparted happiness... Awaken the friends, for ere long a test shall come. Perchance some persons | INBA87:401, INBA52:412b | MKT3.232, NJB_v04#02 p.004 | SW_v04#03 p.056, SW_v06#12 p.093, SW_v07#16 p.163, BSTW#073ax | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB01705 | 300 | ای خویشان و پیوند ان هوشمند حضرت کیخسرو خسروی فرمود و وفاپروری نمود | O kindred and wise relatives of His Majesty Kay Khusraw, who showed sovereignty and manifested fidelity [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0447, MKT2.150, AHB.133BE #03-04 p.95, BSHN.140.417x, BSHN.144.411x, TZH8.1168, DUR1.545x, ANDA#25 p.43, MHT1a.059x, MHT1b.017x, MSBH10.007, YARP2.225 p.205 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01722 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou favored maidservant of God! Thy letter was received . Thou has expressed joy on account of thy visit to the friends in Chicago. | TAB.214-215, BSC.484 #925x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01747 | 300 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art ignited through the brilliant Flame which is blazing in this blessed spot!... The blessed ones of God whose eyes are brightened | TAB.060-061, BSTW#355 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01759 | 300 | نسخه خطابه شما در کونگرس رسید فی الحقیقه فداای جمال مبارکی هیچ فکری و ذکری | The copy of the address which you delivered before the Peace Congress was received. Truly, I way thou art a ransom | NJB_v02#10 p.003x | CHU.078x, BSTW#312 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01770 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Faith and assurance are like unto trees of the orchards, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are like unto the fruits thereof. A lamp is in need of the illuminating light | DAS.1913-12-28x, BSTW#288 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12175 | 300 | ای بشیر من مکاتیبی که به تاریخ پنجم شوال مرقوم نموده بودید در بیستم ذی الحجه | O thou my herald! The letters which thou didst pen on the fifth day of Shawwal were received on the twentieth of Dhi'l-Hajjih [3.5s] | BSHI.053-054 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02949 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای مادر نوشته تو را بزبان پارسی مینویسم تا شیرین زبانی طیر الهی را از لسان | O Mother! I write unto thee in the Persian tongue, that thou mayest hear the sweet melody of the Divine Bird from this utterance [3.5s]... ...Say: O friend! Sleep with your face turned to the Friend... Know thou, therefore, that in every age and dispensation all Divine Ordinances are changed and transformed according to the requirements of the time, except the law of love | BLIB_Or15710.108, | BRL_DA#641, LHKM2.299, HDQI.136, AYI2.384, AHB_124BE #10 p.386, KNJ.022c, ANDA#33 p.03, YQAZ.471 | BRL_ATBH#83x, DWN_v5#12 p.001, BSC.248 #524x, BNE.174x | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | * | - | ||||
| ABU1038 | Words spoken on 1911-09-08 in London | 300 | منزل کوچک نیست باید قلوب وسعت داشته باشد | This is not a small house – it is the hearts that must be enlarged. When we first arrived in Akka… His Holiness Solomon said, "When I was a child I used to think that happiness was riding a horse or going on an outing. | KHAB.052 (060), KHTB1.016 | STAB#039x, ABS#04 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1022 | Words spoken on 1913-03-28 in Paris | 300 | Although outwardly cataclysms are hard to understand and to endure, yet there lies a great wisdom behind them which appears later. | DAS.1913-03-28, ADP.116-116x, BSTW#093 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1065 | Words spoken on 1920-05-07 | 300 | His Holiness Jesus says, 'He amongst you who desires to become first must be the last, and he who desires to be a master, must become a servant'. | BSTW#317 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1043 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 300 | The word 'Devil' or Satan is used in St. John 8 - 'Ye are of your father the devil.' This means that the Pharisees were not the true children of Abraham | PN_1901 p009, NRMM.217-218 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Satan; the Evil One; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01551 | 310 | ای بشیر روحانی نامه شما رسید و البته تا بحال عکس فانی بدست مبارک آنحبیب | O spiritual herald! Your letter was received, and assuredly by now my photograph will have reached the blessed hands of that beloved one [3.5s] | INBA85:459b | AVK3.099, BSHI.046-047 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Photographs and recordings; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01590 | 310 | O thou seeker for truth! Whatever thou hast heretofore heard was fancy, not truth; was tradition, not vision | BSTW#144, BSTW#451 | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge of self; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01593 | 310 | O dear maidservant of God! I remember thee in all circumstances and mention thy name in the luminous assembly, asking confirmation | BSTW#352 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01594 | 310 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای گلهای گلشن محبت الله و ای سراجهای روشن انجمن معرفت الله علیکم نفحات الله و | O ye roses in the garden of God's love! O ye bright lamps in the assemblage of His knowledge! May the soft breathings of God | INBA59:138 | MKT1.476, MMK1#210 p.256, AKHA_118BE #01-04 p.ب, BSHN.140.368, BSHN.144.366, DWNP_v5#06 p.004, MHT1a.109, MHT1b.067 | SWAB#210 | The Badasht Project | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| AB01624 | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها الناطقه بالثناء علی الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الناطقه بتحیرک فی بعض الاحکام | O thou who art voicing the praises of thy Lord! I have read thy letter, wherein thou didst express astonishment | MNMK#039 p.125, MMK1#137 p.153 | SWAB#137, TAB.055-056, BSC.474 #896x | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of transformation and change; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Progress only takes place within its own degree | - | - | |||||||
| AB01641 | 310 | Your detailed letter has been received, and has been the cause of the utmost joy and gladness. Praise be to God! The loved ones are all astir and active, but you have rent the veil too widely asunder. | BSTW#608 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Methods of teaching the Cause; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01653 | 310 | ...Thou hast had the intention of going out into the woods and the country for change of weather... Judas Iscariot must not be forgotten | BSTW#052fx, BSTW#131x | 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; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12167 | 310 | نامه نمرو ۳۷ و ۳۶ رسید مژده انتشار نفحات الله در آنصفحات داشت از اینقرار | Letters numbered 36 and 37 were received, bringing glad tidings of the diffusion of the fragrances of God throughout those regions [3.5s] | BSHI.125-126 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Past, present and future of Iran; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1015 | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures | When we read ancient history, the history of the middle ages and the history of contemporaneous times, we realize how little... Search untiringly for truth | BSC.449 #818, ADP.067-068 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0994 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-03-01 | 310 | من در جمیع کنائس و مجامع بصوت بلند فریاد میزدم که ای قوم عالم انسانی در خطر است | In the loudest voice, I cried out in all the synagogues, and churches: O people! The world of humanity is in peril | AVK4.464.08, KHH1.178-179 (1.249-251) | KHHE.259-260, DAS.1915-03-01, BSR_v13 p.091 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Nationalism; love of country; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| AB01552 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Canada and Greenland I) | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan | ای بنات و ابناء ملکوت هر چند در اکثر ایالات و مدائن متحده الحمد لله نفحات الله | O ye daughters and sons of the Kingdom! Although in most of the states and cities | MKT3.013, ANDA#71 p.06, FRTB.046 | TDP#05, ADJ.055x, ADJ.057-058x, COF.012ax, BSC.523 #980, SW_v07#10 p.089-090, SW_v09#14 p.168 | R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 8] | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | UDP.037 | ||||
| ABU1013 | Words compiled by Isabella Brittingham, spoken in 1903 | 310 | To live the life. To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit... To be silent concerning the faults of others | TOR.168-170, ABTM.072-073, BNE.083x, BSTW#036, BSTW#390 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01467 | 320 | Light of the World | ای بشیرالهی نامه تو چون دیوان محامد و نعوت جمال مبارک بود نهایت فرح و سرور | O Bashír-i-Ilahí! Thy letter was like unto a treasury of poems in glorification and praise of the Blessed Beauty. It hath imparted the utmost joy and gladness | INBA85:086 | NURA#16, MMK4#016 p.015, AHB.121BE #10 p.333, AHB.131BE #1-2 p.44, BSHI.038-039, BSHI.161-162 | LOTW#16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| AB01472 | 320 | O thou servant of the Beauty of Abha! What thou hadst written was perused. I was informed of the details. His Holiness Christ said... Had each one of the beloved of God in America engaged in teaching the Cause of God, like unto the beloved in Persia, now they would have guided several millions of souls | BSTW#453, BSTW#504b | Growth of the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01474 | 320 | O thou servant of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. As there is no time for a detailed answer I will give it briefly.... Regarding the Spiritual Assembly, this is not the House of Justice. It is a purely spiritual assembly and belongs to spiritual matters | DAS.1913-10-18, DAS.1913-10-19x, BSTW#094 | House of Justice; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01476 | 320 | ای بهرام سپهر عرفان هر چند مکاتبه مستمر نه و مخابره متواصل نیست ولی حمد خدا | O Bahram, luminary in the heaven of divine knowledge! Though our correspondence hath not been continuous, nor our communication unceasing, yet praised be God [3.5s] | INBA59:246 | ALPA.031, BSHN.140.379, BSHN.144.374, MHT1b.228, YBN.036-037, YARP2.039 p.087, RMT.196-197 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Effort; striving; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01491 | 320 | ای دو برادر چون فرقدان درخشنده و تابان نور حقیقی در عالم خلق پرتو محبت الله | O ye two brothers! Like unto the Twin Stars ye shine forth and radiate, the light of Truth casting its rays of divine love throughout the world of creation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.273, BSHN.144.273, MHT1b.197, QUM.256 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01507 | 320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | امروز هر عاقل هوشیاری و عاقبت‌بینی بیدار شود و واقف اسرار مستقبل گردد که جز قوّهٴ میثاق قلب آفاقرا بحرکت نیارد | O thou old friend! A month ago a letter was written to the favored maidservant... The Covenant of God is like unto a vast and fathomless ocean. | MNMK#128 p.243x, MMK1#189 p.216x, MMK5#095 p.080x | SWAB#189x, BSC.547 #988x, SW_v10#08 p.153 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Review of publications; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01536 | 320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of the Guidance of God! Verily I read thy words... Know thou, verily, man before reaching (spiritual) maturity | TAB.165-167, BSC.480 #917x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05799 | 320 | ای منتسبان این منادی حق جناب ابن ابهر ترک راحت و حضور نمودند و از وطن مالوف | O ye who are associated with this Herald of Truth! His honor Ibn-i-Abhar hath forsaken comfort and repose, and from his familiar homeland [3.5s] | BSHN.140.477.08x, YIA.414 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02784 | 320 | Lawh-i-Hikmat | 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 | BLO_failayn | Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0961 | Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22 | 320 | You are all welcome. I am very glad to see you all... For six thousand years misunderstandings have kept humanity divided. | BSTW#336a | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01505 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states I) | 320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan | ای منادیان بملکوت الله چند روز پیش بان یاران الهی نامه نگاشته گشت ولی چون این | O ye heralds of the Kingdom of God! A few days ago an epistle was written | MKT3.006, AKHA_121BE #01 p.j, AKHA_134BE #01 p.8, AHB.119BE #01 p.000, FRTB.038 | TDP#02, ADJ.062x, BSC.510 #974, SW_v07#10 p.090, SW_v09#14 p.166-167 | R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 5] | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | UDP.012 | ||||
| ABU0975 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 320 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey.... Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours | AIL.096, SW_v04#19 p.321x, PN_1911 p002x, PN_1911 p011x, VLAB.132x, BSTW#043a | Angels; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01375 | 330 | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your joint letter was received | SW_v10#07 p.136-137, BSTW#214 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01389 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy trip to the Holy Land.... Say on my behalf to the maidservant of God, Mrs. Claudi Coles: 'The end of every material work is without result | TAB.218-219, BSC.484 #927x, BSTW#449x | Naming of children; of individuals; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01396 | 330 | ای دو مومن موقن اموری در اینجهان فانی ظهور و بروز نماید که بظاهر سبب هیجان | O ye two assured believers! Affairs shall arise and become manifest in this mortal world which outwardly cause agitation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.116, BSHN.144.116, MHT2.140 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01398 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دوست عزیز هر چند شخص نیکوکار در درگاه پروردگار مقبول است ولی اول دانستن است | My dear Friend: Pleasing and acceptable as is a person of righteous actions before God’s Holy Threshold, yet deeds should proceed from knowledge | BRL_DAK#1055, MMK3#144 p.099 | BRL_ATE#205x, TAB.549-550, BWF.382-383x, BSC.460 #851-852x | Christ; Christianity; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Goodly deeds; actions; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||
| AB01404 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای شعله محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی سبب سرور گردید زیرا آنمکتوب مانند | O thou flame of God's love! What thou hast written hath brought great joy, for thy letter was as a garden from which roses of inner meanings | MKT2.269, MMK1#155 p.177, AVK1.093x | SWAB#155, TAB.722-723, BWF.371-372x, BSC.469 #877x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01410 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Family Life | ای کنیز مقرب درگاه کبریا مکتوب مرقوم ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد در | O thou favored maidservant in the Threshold of the Almighty! The letter which thou hast written was perused and its contents were noted…. Treat all thy friends and relatives, even strangers, with a spirit of utmost love and kindliness | BRL_DAK#0681, COMP_FAMP#88x, MMK2#009 p.005x | BRL_FAM#88x, TAB.195-196, COC#0845x, BSC.430 #779x, LABC.015x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Prayer for children and youth; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||
| AB01427 | 330 | Excellence in all Things; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action | ای یاران الهی شما را فراموش ننموده و نخواهم نمود دائما گوش هوش منتظر استماع | O ye friends of God! I have not forgotten you and will not forget you. The ear of mind is constantly waiting...Exert every effort to acquire the various branches of knowledge and true understanding. Strain every nerve to achieve both material and spiritual accomplishments | INBA85:033 | BRL_DAK#0276, MKT8.227, AKHA_133BE #10 p.224, AKHA_135BE #13 p.209, BSHN.140.344, BSHN.144.342, TRBB.041x, MHT1b.172 | BRL_ATE#178x, BRL_SOCIAL#188x, BRL_EXCEL#26x, COC#0601x, COC#0791x, LOG#0480x, TCI#3 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Education of children; moral education; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB01439 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, thy coming, at this time, unto this shining, blessed Holy Land | TAB.681-683, BSC.466 #868x, SW_v09#14 p.162-163x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01450 | 330 | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء چندی بود که سبیل مسدود و طریق مقطوع و فاصدان ممنوع | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! For some time the way had been barred, the path cut off, and all wayfarers forbidden [3.5s] | MKT1.272, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.202x, YHA1.368x (2.738), QT108.078-079, BSDR.513, NJB_v02#04 p.001x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01454 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Everything is from God, both good and evil... Everything in existence is good, and only the lack of goodness make a thing evil. The being is created good | BSC.500 #963x, PN_1900 p061, PN_unsorted p148, PN_1900 p003x | Free will and predestination; fate; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0933 | 330 | My lot has ever been with those who have not the goods of this world. When we look at the poor of humanity, we behold a world of brothers. All are the sheep of God. | BSTW#187 | Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0930 | Words to Florence Johnson, spoken on 1912-08-25 | 330 | You are very welcome. The weather is delightful. This is a lovely suburb, perfectly charming... All of these ailments will pass away and you will receive perfect physical and spiritual health… Laugh and talk, don't lament and talk. | SW_v13#04 p.102x, PN_1912 p011, BSTW#345 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mary Magdalene; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1324 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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] | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0931 | Words to Sigurd Russell et al, spoken on 1904-04-14 | 330 | His condition, there, in the world of spirit is the same as it was here! While here, his eyes were not opened to the real spiritual light | PN_1904 p020, PN_1904 p028, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180a | Priestcraft; Soul; spirit after death; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0924 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20 | 330 | Very welcome! Are you all well? You must be very happy, very happy, very grateful, for it was very difficult for me to come and reach this part.... One act soul is preferable to a thousand inactive and useless souls | BSTW#155b, ECN.144+178 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0921 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-11 | 330 | فی الحقیقه این مدت بیفایده گذشت باز در امریکا که بودیم مشغول بودیم | How spiritual and glorious were those divine days spent amongst the believers of God in the Western world!... Truly, this period has not been productive. At least when we were in America, we were busy and constantly met with people | KHH1.209-210 (1.293-295) | KHHE.307-308, DAS.1915-04-11, BSR_v13 p.099 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01355 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قد قرات نمیقتک البدیعه المعانی | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have indeed read thy letter with its wondrous meanings [3.5s]... O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy beautiful letter containing beautiful significances | YMM.460-461x | TAB.658-660, BSC.472 #890-891x, CUPAB.011x, BSTW#110b, BSTW#207b | Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01366 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | یا من یخاطبه فوادی اعلم ان المیثاق کوکب یلوح و یضای علی الافاق و ان انواره | O thou whom my heart addresses! Know thou, verily, the Covenant is an Orb | BRL_DAK#0793 | BSC.320 #641, SW_v04#10 p.170, SW_v06#14 p.107, SW_v08#16 p.218, BSTW#052a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| AB01367 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art confident in the appearance of the Kingdom of God! Verily I read thy letter... Consider the past, so that thou mayest become informed | TAB.175-176, BWF.394-394x, BSC.481 #919x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Praise and encouragement; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0902 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | God in his wisdom has created all things. Nothing has been created without a special destiny... The greatest gift of man is universal love | BSC.501 #965x, ADP.110-112 | Fulfillment of true potential; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02621 | 340 | عالم تغییر نموده خاک زر شده و زر خاک بسا اسامی که از اعلی المقام بر تراب مقر | The world hath been transformed: dust hath turned to gold and gold to dust. How numerous are the names that from the loftiest heights have descended to the dust [3.5s] | INBA23:103 | BRL_DA#331, AVK3.317.05x, BSHI.023-024 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0901 | Public address given on 1912-05-03 | 340 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | I was in the Orient, and from the Orient to this part of the world is a long distance | BDA1.067n | PUP#036 (p.083-084), SW_v03#04 p.017-018, PN_1912 p085, BSTW#311x | Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.075 | ||||||
| ABU0881 | Words spoken at 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-03-21 | 340 | I am extremely glad to see you on this Nau Rooz occasion. This day is the anniversary of many historical events | LOG#1025x, SW_v05#01 p.004-005, ADP.074-076, BSTW#343 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0904 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The Divine Reality is far removed from man. It is absolutely remote and independent in Its essence; abstract, limitless, impersonal beyond human comprehension | BSC.451 #825, SW_v02#14 p.007, SW_v16#06 p.0541 | Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0895 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-21 | 340 | Jesus spoke everything in parables because the ideal sense is, in this way, revealed and understood. | PN_1900 p017, PN_1900 p103, BSTW#169a | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01224 | 350 | اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و کاشف الکروب و جاذب القلوب و ستار لکل مذنب ولو خاض غمار | O Lord! Thou Who art the Forgiver of sins, the Dispeller of sorrows, the Attractor of hearts, and the Concealer of every sinner, even should he be immersed in an ocean of transgressions [3.5s] | BSHN.140.112, BSHN.144.112, MHT2.137, NJB_v11#19 p.344 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01248 | 350 | Convey this message to each and all the believers in New York: Any person who comes to America | SW_v06#12 p.096, BSTW#073e | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01263 | 350 | ای متوجه بملکوت الله نامه ات رسید و معانی دلیل بر احساسات روحانی بود که | Praise be to God that thou has obtained thy portion through the grace of the All merciful and that thou hast witnessed the illuminations | BRL_DAK#0796, MMK2#117 p.090 | BSTW#347 | Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01293 | 350 | O thou revered one! Verily, I always remember thee, and forget thee not; I invoke God to ordain for thee good in this world and in the Kingdom | BSTW#033 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of prayer; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01294 | 350 | Thank God that you have come and attained to this visit! I hope, as you have received physical health, you will receive your spiritual health | SW_v08#18 p.232x, PN_1905 p007, BSTW#369a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02517 | 350 | ان یا محمد قبل مصطفی ان استمع الندآء من الافق الحمرآء بما ینطق سدره المنتهی | O Muhammad, before Mustafa! Hearken unto the Call from the crimson horizon, wherewith the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing doth speak [3.5s]... ...The hill of God hath trembled on account of the breeze of expected reunion with God. | BLIB_Or11095#027, | LHKM2.259, RHQM2.527 (?), YMM.304x | BSB7.3-4 p34x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#138 | ||||||
| ABU0870 | Words to Mon. Richard, spoken on 1913-05-10 | 350 | the Persian Bahá'í women ... are being educated and new ideals spread amongst them. Their hearts and consciences are free. | DAS.1913-05-10, BSTW#360 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Equality of men and women; Law of transformation and change; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01169 | 360 | ای ادیب دبستان عرفان و عندلیب بوستان ایقان شمع روشن است و انوار ملکوت ابهی | O learned in the school of true understanding and the nightingale of the garden of certitude, the candle is lit and the light of the Abha Kingdom | INBA59:230 | BRL_DAK#1018, MKT1.421, BSHN.140.348, BSHN.144.346, MHT1b.216 | DAS.1915-03-24 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01174 | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ی بندگان جمال مبارک ... اين معلوم و واضحست که اليوم تأييدات غيبيّهء الهيّه شامل مبلّغين است | O servants of the Blessed Beauty! It is a well known fact that, owing to the frequency of disturbances, the work of delivering the Message | MMK1#209 p.255x, AKHA_107BE #05 p.06x, AKHA_103BE #08 p.04x, AVK3.495.13x, AVK4.241.06x, MAS5.082x | SWAB#209x, TAB.390-392, BWF.385-386x, BSC.493 #950x | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Pioneering; travel teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01177 | 360 | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه نگاشتی و مقصود داشتی مشهود و مکشوف شد فی الحقیقه انسان | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write and intend hath been made manifest and unveiled. Verily, man [3.5s] | AVK4.188.11x, BSHN.140.297, BSHN.140.352, BSHN.144.297, BSHN.144.350, MHT1a.190, MHT1b.148, MHT1b.232, NFQ.011 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB01189 | 360 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو کنیز مقرب پروردگار نامه امة الله مادر بیچر بنظر گذشت و فی الحقیقه لسان | O ye two favoured handmaids of the Lord! The letter from Mother Beecher hath been received, and truly it spoke for you both... It is hoped that all the maidservants of the Merciful, in those regions, will be (united) like unto the waves of one boundless sea. | MNMK#105 p.192, MMK1#036 p.073 | SWAB#036, BSTW#504a | D. Stevenson | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| AB01202 | 360 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Thy letter was received. Its details concerning those two persons | SW_v06#12 p.095-096, BSTW#073c | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01223 | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou who art seeking for Truth! Your letter has been forwarded. I have no opportunity to write a detailed answer... As to life, however, it has had no beginning | BSC.434 #787-789, SW_v12#12 p.194, BSTW#104 | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Evolution; human evolution; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10434 | 360 | ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ایکه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد محرک فساد شیخ الملک است... محرّک فساد شیخ الملک است | O sincere servant of God! The letter thou didst write was noted. The instigator of corruption is Shaykh al-Mulk... The instigator of corruption is Shaykh al-Mulk [3.5s] | ASAT5.362x, BSHI.062-063 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02461 | 360 | سبحان الله آنچه در عالم وجود موجود صاحبان بصر حین ملاحظه آثار فنا از آن | Glory be unto God! They who are endowed with insight, upon beholding the signs of mortality in whatsoever existeth in the realm of being, do turn [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.219a, | AYBY.130b, BSHN.033, MHT2b.055x, AKHA_111BE #06-08 p.002 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01214 | Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love) | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء | O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation | INBA89:262 | MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016 | SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a | A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| ABU0849 | Words to George Latimer | 360 | Huqúqu'lláh | بعد از آنکه شخص کلیۀ مخارج ضروریّه را پرداخت نمود، نوزده درصد از آنچه باقی مانده را اخذ | After one has paid all his necessary expenses 19% of what is left is then taken by him and given as Huquq. | BRL_HUQUQP#049 | BRL_HUQUQ#049, COC#1176, BSTW#007 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| AB01108 | 370 | ای بشیرالهی مکاتیب شما رسید و از پریشانی فکر شما بجهت انقلاب بقعه مبارکه حیرت | O divine herald! Thy letters were received, and astonishment was felt at the perturbation of thy thoughts concerning the upheaval at the Holy Shrine [3.5s] | MMK5#142 p.110, BSHI.037-038 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01117 | 370 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای جوان رحمانی شکر کن خدا را که بملکوت نورانی راه یافتی و پرده اوهام دریدی و | O spiritual youth! Praise thou God that thou hast found thy way into the Kingdom of Splendours, and hast rent asunder the veil of vain imaginings | MMK1#024 p.051, MMK1#085 p.115, BNEP.198, GTB.012 | SWAB#024, TAB.561-563, BWF.372-372x, BWF.381-382x, LOG#1255x, JWTA.022-023, BSC.470 #880x | God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Laws of marriage and dowry; Limits of the intellect; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB01126 | 370 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Divine Kingdom! What thou hast written was understood and noted. Thou hast asked concerning the station of this servant. | TAB.191-193, SW_v13#06 p.148x, BSTW#163, BSTW#207b | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Resurrection of Christ; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01150 | 370 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were in the utmost sweetness | SW_v11#08 p.122, BSTW#366 | Critique of Western values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nationalism; love of country; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01161 | 370 | O servant of the True One! What thou hadst written was known. It was a clear evidence of thy thoughtfulness | SW_v02#16 p.014-015, BSTW#112 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01130 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states I) | 370 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan | ای نفوس آسمانی ای محافل روحانی ای مجامع ربانی هر چند مدتیست که در تحریر | O he heavenly souls, O ye spiritual assemblies, O ye lordly meetings! For some time past correspondence has been delayed | MKT3.008, FRTB.041 | TDP#03, BSC.514 #976, SW_v07#10 p.091, SW_v09#14 p.167-168 | Savva, Danika, Lauren & Jeremy | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | UDP.022 | ||||
| ABU0808 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-24 | 370 | In this morning's lesson we explained redemption. The self-sacrifice of Jesus cause those who believed in Him to have eternal life.... The mystery of it is explained in four ways. | PN_1900 p019, PN_1900 p102, PN_1900 p120, BSTW#169b | Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0810 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-01 | 370 | A Manifestation of God is first proven by the characteristics of the Divine Essence shining forth from Him... the Bab and the Blessed Perfection said before the appearance of the first Adam, an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know of the Adam who came 5,000 years ago. | PN_1900 p026, BSTW#169g | Adam; Adam and Eve; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Names and attributes of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0793 | Words to Shaykh Salman, spoken on 1915-01-10 | 370 | این مسئله مسلم عموم است که شر قویتر از خیر است شر شر سریع التاثیر است | It is universally recognized that evil is stronger than good. Evil has a rapid effect, whereas good is slow in its impact. | KHH1.145-147 (1.202-203) | KHHE.217-218, DAS.1915-01-10, BSR_v13 p.087 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | |||||||
| AB01053 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou faithful servant of the True One! I received thy letter and its contents caused the utmost joy and fragrance within me | TAB.157-159, BSTW#276o | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01057 | 380 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که به نمر ۱۵۸ مرقوم نموده بودید به حضرت منشادی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write, numbered 158, addressed to his honour Munshádí, was perused [3.5s] | AMK.069-071, BSHI.084-085 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01079 | 380 | Translation List | ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند شما در آنسامان و عبدالبهاء در این زندان... ای یاران روحانی من زحمات و مشقتتان | ...The power of the Greatest Name hath gathered together dispersed and scattered people in a heavenly assemblage and made each of them like unto a lighted candle | MKT1.426, BSHN.140.480.07x, BSHN.144.473cx, NANU_AB#32x, YBN.166 | ADMS#214x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB01086 | 380 | O thou who art rejoiced at the Glad Tidings of God! I have received thy recent letter, and I am, thereby, informed of thy pleasure in the Good Pleasure | BSTW#003 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01091 | 380 | جمیع احزاب در زمان راحت و امان و سکون و اطمینان جشن شادمانی نمایند و بزم | All the peoples hold their banquets at the time of peace, comfort and joy. They are merry and marry when in happiness and peace. | DUR4.406 | BSTW#149 | Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for married couples; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01095 | 380 | و انک انت یا الهی سبقت رحمتک و کملت موهبتک و احاطت قدرتک کل الاشیاء فخلقت | Verily Thou, O my God, Thy mercy hath preceded all else, Thy bounty hath been perfected, and Thy power hath encompassed all things, and thus didst Thou create [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.153-156 | BRL_DAK#1009, MKT1.206, BSHN.140.108, BSHN.144.108, MHT2.180 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0786 | Answer to questions from pilgrims, Haifa, 1920-10-26 | 380 | In places where it will be the cause of trouble, such as in Bokhara or Afghanistan, or in some of the towns... | SW_v11#19 p.328-329, PN_1920 p049, PN_1920 p052, PN_1920 p059, PN_1920 p093, PN_1920 p111, PN_1920_heh_haifa p058, BSTW#122 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Law of fasting; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0791 | Words spoken on 1914-02-12 in Haifa | 380 | We must execute the divine ordinances.... The climate of Mount Carmel is peerless.... They are promulgating matters which are not in accord.... This cycle is the cycle of favor and not of justice | SW_v09#03 p.028-029, SW_v14#05 p.148, VLAB.078x, BSTW#325 | Chastisement and requital; Methods of teaching the Cause; Study; deepening; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02307 | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) | 380 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh) | الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و | The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty | INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120 | PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33 | PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x | A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown | Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often recited in His Shrine. | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; 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 | * | - | BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341 | Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org |
| AB00984 | 390 | ای احبای الهی این جهان ترابی و خاکدان فانی آشیان مرغ خاکیست و لانه خفاش | O ye beloved of God! This earthly world, this dusty ephemeral abode, is but the nest of terrestrial birds and the den of bats [3.5s] | INBA13:143, INBA17:096, INBA55:408, INBA59:238, INBA88:128b | BRL_DAK#0474, MKT1.443, MILAN.182, BSHN.140.216, BSHN.140.372, BSHN.144.216, DWNP_v5#11 p.004-005, MAS5.073x, MHT1a.114, MHT1b.072, MHT2.162, YHA1.379x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00998 | 390 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که بمستر دیلی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بسیار رای | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant, and staunch! The letter which thou didst write ... hath been shown to me, and the opinions expressed therein | MMK1#041 p.080 | SWAB#041, TAB.124-125, BWF.413-414x, BSC.479 #915x, BSTW#349 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01007 | 390 | ای متحری حقیقت نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که آقا میرزا احمد خان یزدانی | O thou who art searching for truth! Thy letter has been received. Thou has written that Agha Mirza Ahmed Khan Yazdani... Thou hast asked how it is possible to grasp the nature of life after death? | MKT3.388, BQA.075 | SW_v11#19 p.315-316, BSTW#500a | Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relationship between government and people; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01018 | 390 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء شمس حقیقت نیر ملکوت اعلی بجهت اتحاد عقاید و آراء... عبدالبهآء را به جان و دل گوش نمائید | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Sun of Truth, the Luminary of the Supreme Kingdom, for the unity of thoughts and opinions... hearken with heart and soul unto 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK2#183 p.132, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.b, BSHN.140.480.04x, BSHN.144.473bx, PYB#096 p.03 | Contention and conflict; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10953 | 390 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Peace; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای محب نوع انسانی نامه رسید و از مضامین معانی دلنشین مفهوم گردید حمد کن خدا را | O thou lover of humanity! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted spiritual significances… every great Cause in this world of existence findeth visible expression through three means | BRL_DAK#0087, COMP_PEACEP#24x, NJB_v01#12 p.005x | BRL_ATE#096x, BRL_PEACE#24x, TAB.690-692, COC#1585x, LOG#1142x, BSC.467 #872-873x, BSTW#302 | Teachings as spirit of the age; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language | - | - | |||||||
| BH02262 | 390 | امروز از امواج بحر بیان مقصود عالمیان این کلمه اصغا شد یا حزب الله و اصفیائه | In this day from the waves of the Ocean of Utterance this word was heard from the Purpose of the worlds: O people of God and His chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA23:101, BLIB_Or15695.242, | BRL_DA#333, BSHI.021-023, YMM.203x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0767 | Words to Miss Barney, spoken around 1900-10-19 | 390 | Grace and welcome unto you. I wish you not the temporal strength of the passing body... Your faith comes like rain; the first drops are far between | SW_v07#16 p.149-150, PN_1900 p004, BSTW#181 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Living waters; water of life; Second birth; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB00955 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| AB00958 | 400 | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! I have considered thy letter, and have answered the letters thou hast sent. Praise be to God! | BSTW#440 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00964 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou that virtuous soul and individual who art ready for the confirmation of the Holy Spirit! I, with the utmost clemency | TAB.706-708, BWF.369-369x, BSC.468 #876x, SW_v07#10 p.098-099 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Many are called but few are chosen; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00973 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! I read thy letter of graceful composition...As to thy question, "Why pray? What is the wisdom thereof..." Know thou, verily, it is becoming of a weak one to supplicate to the strong One | COC#1753x, BSC.491 #945x, SW_v08#04 p.044-045x, BNE.092-093x, VLAB.129-130, BSTW#060a, BSTW#111 | Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02217 | 400 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و العزه و الاختیار لایمنعه | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the power, the glory and the dominion. None can withhold Him [3.5s] | AHM.286, BSHA.045 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for married couples; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02228 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures | کتاب کریم من لدن رب العالمین الی الذین آمنوا بهذا النبا العظیم انه تذکره لمن | This is the Noble Book from before the Lord of the worlds to those who have believed in this great announcement | INBA34:175, BLIB_Or15707.143, , BLIB_Or15735.296, | AQA1#043, HYK.296 | DWN_v1#02 p.001x, BSC.067 #036 | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH02183 | Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | اصل کل الخیر هو الاعتماد علی الله و الانقیاد لامره و الرضاء لمرضاته اصل الحب | The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure. | INBA36:170, INBA30:039, BLIB_Or15714.155, , NLI.32p026r, OSAI I.MMS | AVK1.014.09x, AVK3.003.04x, AVK3.161.13x, ZYN.036, AHM.044, MJMM.033, TZH4.224, NSR_1993.083, TBP#10, OOL.B002 | TB#10, SW_v04#10 p.171, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v07#18 p.185-186, SW_v14#04 p.099-100, BSC.158 #155-163 | Y. Mesbah, E. Mahony, Pradheep, Shayna, Shafireh & Prasad, Soulrise Melodies | A brief collection of moral maxims, summarizing the essence of faith, love, wisdom, religion, wealth, and others and centring around belief in God and submission to His will. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | * | * | MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008 | |
| ABU0733 | Public address given on 1912-05-02 | 400 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | بسیار خوش آمدید امروز صبح بر خواستم دیدم شهر را مر گرفته صفا نگذاشته هر روز صبح | I find this morning that the city is enveloped by a fog and mist. It is a good city | BSB5:3-6:1 | PUP#034 (p.078-079), SW_v03#04 p.015 | Oneness; unity of religion; Rational arguments; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00956 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states I) | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan | Tablets of the Divine Plan | ای منادیان آسمانی ایام نوروز است همیشه بیاد آن یاران مهربان هستم و از درگاه | O ye heavenly heralds! These are the days of Naurooz. I am always thinking of those kind | MKT3.003, AHB.120BE #01 p.01, FRTB.036, NJB_v10#10 p.204 | TDP#01, ADJ.057x, BSC.505 #972, SW_v07#10 p.087-088, SW_v09#14 p.159-160 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | * | UDP.005 |
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