search results for 'COC'

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creation of the world; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای جنود حیات شرق و غرب پرستش نجوم آفله نمایند و عبادت آفاق مظلمه از اس اساس

O Army of Life! East and West have joined to worship stars of faded splendor and have turned in prayer unto darkened horizons.... The essential purpose of Faith and Belief is to ennoble the inner being of man with the outpourings of grace from on high.... He is a true Baha'i who strives by day and by night

BRL_DAK#0788, COMP_TRUSTP#65x, MKT4.050, AVK3.005, MMG2#013 p.011x, YMM.067

BRL_TRUST#64x, COC#0784x, COC#2076x, LOG#0245x, SW_v16#06 p.053x, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113-114x, DWN_v5#06 p.002-003x, BW_v01p012

AB00172

no title

870

Translation List

این مسجون چهل ساله بعد از آزادی مدت ۳ سال یعنی از سنه هزار و نهصد و ده تا

O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received… After the declaration of the constitutional regime in Turkey in 1908

MNMK#087 p.154, HHA.262, ADH2_1#55 p.085x, MMG2#055 p.055x, MJDF.072, KHF.080, KHAB.001 (013), KHTB3.043, NJB_v05#16 p.001, VUJUD.015-016x

COC#1606x, SW_v05#16 p.243-245, SW_v06#11 p.084, SW_v18#11 p.343, DWN_v1#12 p.007ax, BSTW#153, BSTW#213a, VUJUDE.022-023x, ADMS#049x

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for peace and unity; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; War and peace

AB00195

no title

820

Scholarship; Light of the World

الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی و صریخی و انینی و حنینی فی جنح اللیالی و تری ذلی

O God, my God! Thou hearest my sighs and bitter wailing, my cry and the voice of my lamentation...The Revelation of the Bab may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac - the sign Aries… Pure souls, such as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, upon him be the Glory of God, spend their nights and days in demonstrating the truth of the Revelation

BRL_DAK#0950, NURA#40, MMK4#080 p.087

BRL_SCHOLAR#30x, GPB.099-100x, WOB.127x, WOB.167-168x, COC#2219x, LOTW#40

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00251

no title

740

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Social Action

ای یار قدیم ای ثابت بر پیمان اگر چه مدتیست مدید که از کثرت موانع فرصتی نیافتم

O ancient friend and steadfast one in the Covenant! Although for a considerable time, due to numerous obstacles, I have found no opportunity [3.5s]... ...The root cause of wrongdoing is ignorance, and we must therefore hold fast to the tools of perception and knowledge… The subjects to be taught in children's school are many

BRL_DAK#0970, MKT1.403, MNMK#109 p.205, MMK1#111 p.132x, AVK3.330.15x, MJTB.067x

SWAB#111x, BRL_SOCIAL#191x, COC#0628x, COC#2221x, LOG#0494x, LOG#0503x, BW_v16p036-037x

MANA

Educational curricula; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00254

no title

730

ای ادیب دبستان الهی تحریرات متعدده آنجناب واصل گردید و مضامین دلنشین مفهوم

O thou teacher in the divine school! Numerous letters from thee were received and their sweet contents were understood [3.5s]... ...As regards the Huquq which hath been explicitly prescribed in the Book: This is intended for the benefit and prosperity of the individuals themselves

MMK5#174 p.134

COC#1162x

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Hands of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB00282

no title

700

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای بنده درگاه الهی آنچه از خامه محبت الله جاری قرائت گردید و از مضامینش

O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! We have read what flowed out from thy pen in thy love for God, and found the contents of thy letter

INBA21:100, INBA88:056b

MKT1.248, MNMK#155 p.288, MMK1#156 p.178, MILAN.103, BSHN.140.120, BSHN.140.492, BSHN.144.120, MHT1a.079, MHT1b.037, MHT2.166, YMM.231

SWAB#156, TAB.642-645, BWF.391-393x, COC#1750, PN_1900_heh p035

Attaining the life of the spirit; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00305

no title

680

Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Role and station of women; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

انّ الظّهورات فی الأدوار السّابقة کان لکلّ واحد منهم شأن فی الوجود و رتبة فی نشأة الأنسان

...Verily, each one of the Manifestations in former ages possessed a certain station in existence and a certain rank in human development [3.5s]... ...Were it not for tests genuine gold could not be distinguished from the counterfeit.... In cycles gone by, each one of the Manifestations of God hath had His own rank in the world of existence... Intellect and the faculty of comprehension are God's gifts

MNMK#063 p.142x, MMK1#027 p.054x

SWAB#027x, COC#1790x, SW_v08#19 p.238-239x, SW_v14#02 p.041-042x, SW_v14#12 p.353x, BSTW#438

AB00348

no title

640

Crisis and Victory

یا من فدیت روحک و جسمک و نفسک و ذاتک فی سبیل الله علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه بما

O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit, thy body, thy soul and thy very being in the path of God! Upon thee be the glory and praise of God, inasmuch as [3.5s]... ...The darkness of error that has enveloped the East and the West is, in this most great cycle, battling with the light of Divine Guidance

MKT1.252, MMK3#103 p.068x, PYB#021 p.02, MSHR3.346x

BRL_CRISIS#11x, ADJ.006x2x, COC#0268x, COC#1529x, COC#1530x

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mary Magdalene; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00394

Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr?

610

Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای یاران رحمانی من در این ایام خبری پر روح و ریحان از آنسامان رسید که الحمد لله

O ye spiritual friends! In these days, most soul-uplifting tidings have reached from that region, for which praise be to God [3.5s]... ...the first condition is absolute love and harmony amongst the members of the assembly.

MKT3.505, MMK1#045 p.084x, MILAN.153, AKHA_134BE #14 p.548, AVK3.409.04x, AVK4.311x, MMG2#373 p.416x, HYB.094, YARD.054x

SWAB#045x, BADM.022-023x, COC#0176x, COC#1372x, COC#1373x

AB00506

no title

550

Scholarship; Social Action

ای بندگان الهی و یاران من صبح هدی چون از فیوضات بها پرتو بر آفاق انداخت نور

O ye servants of God and my companions! When the morn of guidance, through the outpourings of Glory, cast its radiance upon the horizons [3.5s]... ...Make every effort to acquire the advanced knowledge of the day, and strain every nerve to carry forward the divine civilization. Establish schools that are well organized

INBA59:214b, INBA88:151

BRL_DAK#0830, MKT4.026, MILAN.184, AKHA_120BE #12 p.b, BSHN.140.488, BSHN.144.481, PYB#101 p.03, MJTB.117x, MHT1b.200

BRL_SOCIAL#053x, BRL_SOCIAL#185x, BRL_SCHOLAR#03x, COC#0022x, COC#0613x

Hands of the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

AB00531

no title

540

Prayer and Devotional Life

ای بندگان آستان مقدس الهی شمس حقیقت از افق عالم اشراق فرمود و در قطب آفاق در

O ye servants of the Sacred Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth hath shone forth from the horizon of the world and ascended to the zenith of the heavens [3.5s]... ...A Baha'í is known by the attributes manifested by him, not by his name: he is recognized by his character, not by his person... We should memorize the Hidden Words, follow the exhortations of the Incomparable Lord, and conduct ourselves in a manner

INBA16:035

BRL_DAK#0696, COMP_PDLP#83x, MKT2.113, MILAN.149, AMK.009-010, AVK4.240.09x, BSHN.140.360, BSHN.144.358, MHT1b.153, YHA1.382x#2

BRL_PDL#83x, COC#0155x, COC#0396x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00538

no title

540

ای ناشر نفحات الله نامه بلیغ سبب سرور گردید مضمون دلالت بر آن مینمود

O spreader of the fragrances of God! Thy eloquent letter brought joy, and its contents indicated that [3.5s]... ...You should always seek to guide prominent people inasmuch as once such a person is regenerated he is likely to bring about the quickening of a thousand souls… All creatures in this contingent world exist through the grace of the Source of Being

BRL_DAK#0434, MKT2.139, VUJUD.139.14x, VUJUD.108x

COC#1822x, VUJUDE.145x, VUJUDE.174-175x

Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

AB00585

no title

510

A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám; Translation List

ای صدرالصدور رق منشور قرائت گشت مقصد معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه الیوم آنحضرت خدمت

O distinguished one! The written missive was perused and its purpose became evident. In truth, in this day thou art rendering service [3.5s]... ...In truth thou art now rendering a great service to the basic foundations of the Cause of God... As to the question of the twelfth Imam, there existeth in the ḥadíths an apparent contradiction.

MMK6#601x, AVK2.222.13x, TSS.147, MAS2.050-052x

COC#0388x, BLO_PT#001x, ADMS#019x, KFPT#03.6

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

AB00611

no title

500

Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای منادی و ایادی امر الله مکتوب شما مرموق و رق مسطور منظور گردید تکلیف در

O herald and Hand of the Cause of God! Thy letter was perused and its contents were noted. The duty [3.5s]... ...All government employees, whether of high or low rank, should, with perfect integrity, probity and rectitude, content themselves with the modest stipends and allowances that are theirs

BRL_DAK#0371, COMP_TRUSTP#60x, AVK3.272x, AVK3.286.15x, PYK.243

BRL_TRUST#59x, COC#2071x, LOG#1477x

AB00632

no title

490

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضامین دلیل ثبوت و رسوخ بر نبا عظیم بود

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents testified to thy firmness and steadfastness in the Most Great Announcement [3.5s]... ...In this day every believer must concentrate his thoughts on teaching the Faith... O loved ones of God! Each one of the friends must teach at least one soul each year

MMK6#292x, AMK.142-144, AMK.152-154, AVK3.378.10x, AVK3.495.01x

COC#1927x

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; House of Justice; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00638

no title

490

ای شهید مجید سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه شما رسید ولی از کثرت اشتغال باختصار جواب

O distinguished martyr, descendant of that glorious personage! Your letter was received, but due to the press of manifold occupations, I reply briefly [3.5s]... ...You should give serious concern to the matter of teaching, and think of ways of imparting the Message to prominent people, for once such person have given their allegiance to the Faith

PYK.267, AMIN.197ax, AMIN.206x

COC#1824x

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB00710

no title

470

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الغراء البدیعه الانشاء و اجیبک فی هذا الحین

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have read thy brilliant and eloquent letter, and I respond to thee at this time [3.5s]... ...Know thou that in every word and movement of the obligatory prayer there are allusions, mysteries and a wisdom… Know thou that polygamy is not permitted under the law of God, for contentment with one wife hath been clearly stipulated.

BRL_DAK#0438, COMP_PDLP#58x

BRL_PMDA#26x, BRL_PDL#58x, COC#1748x, LOG#1521x

Laws of marriage and dowry; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; War and peace

AB00787

no title

440

Excellence in all Things; Scholarship; Social Action; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

اللهم یا من تجلی علی الحقائق النوراء بتجلی العلم و الهدی و میزها عن سائر

O God, O Thou Who hast cast Thy splendour over the luminous realities of men, shedding upon them the resplendent lights of knowledge and guidance, and hast chosen them out of all created things for this supernal grace… The harder they strive to widen the scope of their knowledge

BRL_DAK#0211, MKT1.229, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.d, TSS.166, TRBB.018, YHA1.373x, QIRT.18

BRL_SOCIAL#055x, BRL_EXCEL#24x, BRL_SCHOLAR#04x, BPRY.115-16x, COC#0385x, COC#0578x, COC#0789x

Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00817

no title

430

Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

اللهم یا من اختص برحمته الساجدین و اختار لفضله و کرمه زین العابدین

O God! O Thou Who hast singled out, through Thy mercy, those who bow down before Thee, and Who hast chosen, through Thy grace and generosity, the adornment of the worshippers [3.5s]... ...If any of the friends should enter into the service of the government, they should make their occupation a means of drawing nearer to the divine Threshold

BRL_DAK#0425, COMP_TRUSTP#57x, MILAN.231, MSHR4.066x

BRL_TRUST#56x, COC#2068x, LOG#1475x

AB00973

no title

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

AB01023

no title

390

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

ایتها العصبه المویده بجنود من ملکوت الابهی طوبی لکم بما اجتمعتم فی ظل کلمه

O ye co-workers who are supported by armies from the realm of the All-Glorious! Blessed are ye, for ye have come together... O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned with devotion to Thy Holy Face

INBA88:382, INBA89:127

MNMK#030 p.113, MMK1#042 p.082, NSR_1978.120x, NSR_1993.133x, MMJA.021

SWAB#042, BPRY.300-301x, TAB.001-003, BWF.404-406x, BADM.020-021x, COC#1371x, SW_v01#04 p.007-0008x

Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB01059

no title

380

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam Husayn; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید از کثرت مشاغل و غوائل فرصت

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. Due to the multitude of occupations and difficulties, time is [3.5s]... ...If a man were to perform every good work, yet fail in the least scruple to be entirely trustworthy and honest, his good works would become as dry tinder

COMP_TRUSTP#47x, AVK3.158.06x, MSHR3.198

BRL_TRUST#46x, COC#2058x

AB01104

no title

370

ای ابن ملکوت جناب مستر ویلهم از یکسال پیش اجازه حضور داشت حال حکمت مقتضی

O son of the Kingdom! Mr. Wilhelm had permission to attain the presence one year ago. Now wisdom requireth [3.5s]... ...Regarding the eating of animal flesh and abstinence therefrom, know thou of a certainty that, in the beginning of creation

AKHA_127BE #06 p.182x, AVK3.030.09x, SFI07.022c, MAS2.031-032x, KHH1.297 (1.414)x

COC#1028x, LOG#1006x, BBBD.034-035x, KHHE.428x

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions

AB01197

no title

360

ای فرع جلیل سدره مبارکه اریاح مخالف سراج میثاق را احاطه نموده است و امواج نقض ... امر عظیم است عظیم و مقاومت و مهاجمهٴ جمیع ملل

O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! The winds of opposition have surrounded the Lamp of the Covenant, and the waves of violation [3.5s]... ...How great, how very great is the Cause! How very fierce the onslaught of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth.

INBA88:208

AVK4.478cx, PYB#224 p.41, RAHA.130-131

BADM.123x, GPB.354-355x, WOB.017x, COC#1531x, COC#1681x, DWN_v6#03 p.001x, ABCC.111x

Growth of the Cause; House of Justice; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB01230

no title

350

ای اماء جمال قدم و ورقات سدره موهبت اکنون که چشم امکان بمشاهده ایات کبری روشن

O handmaidens of the Ancient Beauty and leaves of the Tree of Bounty! Now, when the eye of creation hath been illumined by beholding the Most Great Signs [3.5s]... ...Exert yourselves, that haply ye may be enabled to acquire such virtues as shall honour and distinguish you amongst all women. Of a surety, there is no greater pride and glory

BRL_DAK#0885, MMK6#401, MSHR1.078x, HYB.048

COC#0846x, COC#0916x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB01301

no title

340

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Conduct in finance and business; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای افنان سدره مبارکه بر تفاصیل مرقومه از حوادث طهران اطلاع حاصل شد فی الحقیقه

O Branch of the Sacred Tree! The details thou didst write regarding the events in Tihran have truly been received [3.5s]... ...If one of the friends ... be appointed to a high administrative office, he should strive diligently to perform the duties committed to his charge… How foolish and ignorant must a man be, how base his nature… The greatness and honour of man reside in purity, truthfulness

INBA85:278

BRL_DAK#0548, COMP_TRUSTP#58x, COMP_TRUSTP#62x, MKT8.244b, AKHA_106BE #02 p.02, AVK3.289.07x, KHSH12.009

BRL_ATE#162x, BRL_TRUST#57x, BRL_TRUST#61x, COC#2069x, COC#2073x, LOG#1476x

AB01545

Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr?

310

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Huqúqu'lláh

اول فریضه اصحاب شور خلوص نیت و نورانیت حقیقت و انقطاع از ما سوی الله و انجذاب

The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God… A third requisite is the promulgation of the divine commandments among the friends

INBA16:216, INBA88:287, INBA89:018

BRL_HUQUQP#091x, MKT3.504, MMK1#043 p.083, MILAN.083, AKHA_134BE #15 p.586, AKHA_133BE #12 p.314, AMK.048-050, AVK4.314cx, OOL.C015

SWAB#043, BRL_HUQUQ#091x, BADM.021bx, COC#0174x, COC#0175x, COC#1171x, COC#1370x, COC#1392x, DAS.1913-10-21x

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations

AB01717

no title

300

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ای صادق موافق چه اسم مبارکی داری هر نفسی مظهر معنای این اسم باشد یعنی صادق

O pure soul! Follow thou in the footsteps of the truthful and tread the way of the righteous, so that, through truthfulness, thou mayest come to occupy a Seat of Truth

INBA87:381, INBA52:391

COMP_TRUSTP#43x, MKT4.080, MILAN.144, AKHA_136BE #13 p.197, AVK3.148, YHA1.382x#6, HYB.014

BRL_TRUST#42x, COC#2054x

AB01840

no title

290

David, Lucas, Milan & Malise

ای نهالان بیهمال چمنستان هدایت و نورسیدگان اهل حقیقت هر چند حال تلامذه اید

O young trees and plants, matchless and tender, that grow in the meadows of guidance! ...the Bab hath said: "Should a tiny ant desire in this day to be possessed of such power

BRL_DAK#0400, MKT9.208, AMK.093-094, TRBB.079, DRM.019g, HUV2.025x

BRL_ATE#153, ADJ.046x, COC#0393x, COC#0648, COC#1682x, COC#2234x

Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB01926

no title

280

...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may turn their faces toward the Kingdom

COC#0923x, SW_v06#17 p.143x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB02000

no title

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

AB02027

no title

270

Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for teaching; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat]

الهی الهی انی ابسط اکف الضراعه و الابتهال الی ملکوت العزه و الجلال و ادعوک

O my God, my God! I spread forth my suppliant and beseeching hands unto the Kingdom of might and majesty, and I call upon Thee [3.5s]... ...thou shouldst initially adopt that course of prudence that the Faith enjoins. In the early stages, thou shouldst seek out the company of the eminent members of the populace

BRL_DAK#0892, TZH8.0473, TSQA2.042, SAHA.042

BRL_ATE#183x, COC#1872x

AB02095

no title

660

Family Life

ای قائم بپیمان حضرت یزدان در این دم که صباح فلاح از مطلع آمال طالع و لائح... از جملهٴ محافظهٴ دین اللّه تربیت اطفال است

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant of the Lord God! In this hour when the morn of triumph hath dawned and shineth forth from the horizon of aspirations [3.5s]... ...And further, according to the Divine commandments, every child must learn reading and writing, and acquire such branches of knowledge as are useful and necessary

BRL_DAK#0670, COMP_FAMP#56x, MJTB.092bx, TISH.086-088, MAS6.045-046x

BRL_FAM#56x, COC#0017x, COC#0590x

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Reward and punishment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02214

no title

260

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بتاریخ ۱۹ ذی القعده ۱۳۳۹ بود رسید الحمد لله معانی

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 19 Dhi'l-Qa'dih 1339 hath been received. Praise be to God, the contents [3.5s]... ...It behoveth us one and all to recite day and night both the Persian and Arabic Hidden Words, to pray fervently and supplicate tearfully that we may be enabled to conduct ourselves

MMK6#416, MAS5.199x, YBN.202-203, YMM.344x

COC#0395x

Goodly deeds; actions; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02252

no title

260

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای طراز اقلیم راز حرکت آنجناب بسمت طهران بسیار موافق بود سبب شور و وله یاران

O Pride of the Realm of Mystery! Thy movement towards Tehran was indeed most propitious, causing joy and rapture among the friends [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon the youth to walk in the footsteps of Hakim and to be trained in his ways, for such important souls as he and his like have now ascended to the Kingdom of Abha

BRL_DAK#0375, AYBY.411 #122, PYB#182 p.38

BRL_ATE#101x, COC#0645x, COC#2233x

AB02266

no title

260

ای منجذب ملکوت الله هر چند بمجمع شورای عمومی اسباب حضور میسر نگشت ولی معذور

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Although means were not provided so that thou mayest present thyself at the general Convention... Regarding the use of liquor

BRL_DAK#0629

BRL_ATE#197x, COC#1789x, LOG#1171x, SW_v01#06 p.004-005, SW_v08#02 p.024

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Consolation and comfort; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Universal language

AB02310

no title

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

AB02464

no title

250

یا امه الله نامه رسید و از پیش طلب غفران شد حال بلسان فارسی تاکید میشود تا

O handmaiden of God! Your letter was received, and previously forgiveness was sought. Now in the Persian tongue, emphasis is placed, so that [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write about the believers' daughters who attend the schools of other faiths. It is true that, while these children do learn a little in such schools

BRL_DAK#0390, AMK.052-053, AVK3.339.01x, MAS5.063x

COC#0636x

Critique of Western values; culture; Education of children; moral education; Humility; meekness; lowliness

AB02483

no title

420

Bribery and corruption; Call to action; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Relationship between government and people; Service to others; to the Cause of God

از قرار اخبار موروده اعلیحضرت شهریار خلدالله ملکه بصرافت طبع و طیب خاطر اراده

According to reports that have reached us, His Imperial Majesty—may his sovereignty endure—hath, of his own volition and with utmost sincerity of purpose, intended [3.5s]... ...Those persons who are selected to serve the public, or are appointed to administrative positions, should perform their duties in a spirit of true servitude and ready compliance

BRL_DAK#0987, COMP_TRUSTP#56x, AVK3.284.04x

BRL_TRUST#55x, COC#2067x, LOG#1474x

AB02662

no title

230

ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر تفصیل اطلاع حاصل شد هفت وادی

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents were fully understood. The Seven Valleys [3.5s]... ...Every person must have an occupation, a trade or a craft, so that he may carry other people's burdens, and not himself be a burden to others.

INBA87:386a, INBA52:396

BRL_DAK#0832, ASAT3.243, AVK3.369.09

COC#0011x

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Love of God; Music and singing; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship

AB02794

no title

230

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Social Action

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء یکی از دوستان نامه ای در خصوص مکتب عشق آباد مرقوم

O dear friends of 'Abdu'l-Baha! [3.5s]... ...One of the friends hath sent us a letter regarding the school at 'Ishqabad… Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts

BRL_DAK#0370, TRBB.054

BRL_SOCIAL#186x, BRL_IOA#13x, COC#0018x, COC#0619x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

AB02827

no title

230

Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

نامه شما رسید بنص قاطع جمال مبارک احباء در امور سیاسی مداخله ندارند بلکه باید

Your letter was received. According to the explicit text of the Blessed Beauty, the beloved friends must not interfere in political affairs, but rather they should [3.5s]... ...If it should happen that one of the friends be called upon to serve his country and people in some capacity, he should apply himself to his work with heart and soul

COMP_TRUSTP#63x, MKT4.182, AKHA_123BE #04 p.j, AVK3.285.14x, YHA1.410x

BRL_TRUST#62x, COC#2074x

AB02870

no title

540

Family Life

ای احبای الهی جهان هنوز پر موج و اضطرابست و امم عالم با یکدیگر در باطن رقیب

O ye friends of God! The world is still filled with tribulations and agitation… In short, the foundation of the Kingdom of God is based upon harmony and love, oneness, relationship and union… Formerly in Persia divorce was very easily obtained

BRL_DAK#0619, COMP_FAMP#08x, BRL_SWOP#044x, AVK4.187.09x, SFI22.015-016

BRL_FAM#08x, BRL_SWO#044x, COC#0530x, COC#0840x, COC#2308x, LOG#0753x, LOG#1306x, SW_v11#16 p.272-273, BSTW#500b

Law of divorce; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02880

no title

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

AB02884

no title

220

ای بندگان صادق رب الجنود خدماتیکه در اعانه مدرسه تایید نموده و مینمااید

O ye true servants of the Lord of Hosts! The services ye are rendering in support of the Ta'yíd School merit the highest praise.

INBA16:129

AMK.110-111, TAH.302, TRBB.054

COC#0620

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement

AB02944

no title

220

ای شخص روحانی حمد کن خدا را که در محفل تایید حاضری و بدرس تبلیغ مشغول دلائل و

O spiritual one! Render thanks unto God that thou art present in the gathering of divine confirmation and art engaged in the lesson of teaching and proofs [3.5s]... ...In this day there is nothing more important than the instruction and study of clear proofs and convincing, heavenly arguments, for therein lie the source of life and the path of salvation

TSS.151

COC#0389x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02974

no title

680

Conduct in finance and business; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Status of kings; future of monarchy

ای منادی پیمان نامه رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید چون فرصت بهیچوجه نیست جواب مطالب

O Herald of the Covenant! Your letter was received and its contents were understood. As there is absolutely no time to spare, the reply to the questions [3.5s]... ...You have written on the question of how the friends should proceed in their business dealings with one another

BRL_DAK#0147, COMP_TRUSTP#48x, AVK3.159.02x, ANDA#73 p.46x, YIA.272-274

BRL_TRUST#47x, COC#2059x

AB03123

no title

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

AB03213

no title

210

ای واقف اسرار و سرور ابرار فی الحقیقه بخدمت امرالله پرداختی بنیان متین در

O thou who art conscious of mysteries and joy of the righteous! Thou hast, in truth, arisen to serve the Cause of God and laid a firm foundation [3.5s]... ...It is imperative to acquire the knowledge of divine proofs and evidences, and to acquaint oneself with convincing testimonies which demonstrate the revelation of God's resplendent Light

AVK3.499.09x, TSS.139

COC#0387x

Education of children; moral education; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03334

no title

200

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای بنت ملکوت صلوه فرض و واجب است زیرا سبب خضوع و خشوع و توجه و تبتل الی الله

O daughter of the Kingdom! [3.5s]... ...The obligatory prayers are binding inasmuch as they are conducive to humility and submissiveness

BRL_DAK#0683, COMP_PDLP#57x

BRL_ATE#159x, BRL_IOPF#2.06x, BRL_PMDA#22x, BRL_PDL#57x, COC#1744x

Empty learning; false spirituality; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03370

no title

200

ای پسر ملکوت اگر اراده تزویج نمودی باید یک دختر بهائی گیری که مؤمن و موقن باشد و ثابت و راسخ و حائز کمالات مادیّه و معنویّه

O son of the Kingdom! If thou desirest to marry, thou must choose a Bahá'í maiden who is believing and assured, firm and steadfast, and possessed of both material and spiritual perfections [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written regarding the four canine teeth in man, saying that these teeth, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, are for the purpose of eating meat

AVK4.163.08x

COC#1029x, LOG#1007x

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB03780

no title

190

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

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

AB04065

no title

180

ای معلمه اطفال ملکوت بخدمتی قیام نموده ای که اگر بجمیع معلمین آفاق افتخار کنی

O thou teacher of the children of the kingdom! Thou hast arisen to perform a service which would justly entitle thee to vaunt thyself over all the teachers on earth

TRBB.051

COC#0616x, LOG#0489x, DAS.1913-10-24, SW_v09#08 p.089

Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB04113

no title

180

ای یار باوفای من نامه اخیر شما رسید الحمد لله احبای قزوین در نهایت سرور و تمکین

O my faithful friend! Your recent letter was received. Praise be to God that the loved ones in Qazvin are in the utmost joy and steadfastness [3.5s]... ...The friends of God should weave bonds of fellowship with others and show absolute love and affection towards them. These links have a deep influence on people and they will listen

MMK2#228 p.162

COC#1924x

Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Laws of marriage and dowry; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04324

no title

170

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که گلشن روح و ریحان بود مورث سرور دل و جان گردید زیرا

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter which was a rose garden of spirituality and sweet fragrance became the cause of joy to my heart and soul, for [3.5s]... ...In discharging the functions of the office to which thou hast been appointed, thy conduct and actions should attest to the highest standard of trustworthiness and honesty

COMP_TRUSTP#54x, MKT8.055a

BRL_TRUST#53x, COC#2065x

AB04630

Words to Anise Rideout

160

اولین قدم ایجاد طلب ورحانیت در قلب است و بعد دارا شدن حیات بهائی حیات بهائی حیات بهائی

The first thing to do is to acquire a thirst for Spirituality, then live the life! Live the life! Live the life!

RRT.099-100, QIRT.22-23

COC#0425x, SW_v19#03 p.069

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04652

no title

160

ای آواره دیار در راه پروردگار آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی بدقت ملاحظه گردید و از وقایع انجا

O wanderer in the path of the Lord! That which thou hadst written was carefully perused, and the events occurring there [3.5s]... ...Be thou assured in thyself that if thou dost conduct thyself in accordance with the Hidden Words revealed in Persian and in Arabic, thou shalt become a torch of the fire of the love of God

MSHR5.371-372x

COC#0397x

Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04715

no title

160

ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص تربیت اطفال نهایت همت را مجری داشتی و من منتهای رضا

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! [3.5s]... ...Thou hast exerted strenuous efforts for the education of children and I have been, and am, infinitely pleased with thee. Praise God, thou hast been enabled to serve in this field

TRBB.051

COC#0615x

Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB04915

no title

160

ای یاران و اماء رحمن حمد خدا را که در نهایت الفت و محبت اجتماع نمودید و در

O Friends and Maidservants of the Merciful! Thanks be to God, that you have been gathered together and celebrated the day of the birthday of the Bab with much joy and amity

MKT3.471a, BBBD.125-126

COC#0924x, BBBD.127-128, SW_v02#17 p.006

Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Nineteen-Day Feast; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04995

no title

160

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! ...Ere long the regions of the West will become the dawning-places of the East

COC#0269x, COC#1534x, SW_v01#10 p.001-002

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05045

no title

150

اطفال اگر از بدو طفولیّت چه جسمانی چه روحانی خواه از جهت صحّت و خواه از جهت تربیت مواظبت نشود

...The child must, from the day of his birth, be provided with whatever is conducive to his health; and know ye this: so far as possible, the mother's milk is best... Unless the child, in his earliest years, be carefully tended, whether in a material or a spiritual sense

MJTB.094x

COC#1026x, LOG#0998x, LOG#1005x

Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Role and station of women

AB05283

no title

150

Criticism and its limits; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Review of publications

امیدم چنان است که در تألیف این کتاب موفّق شوی ولی باید عبارت بسیار ملایم و مدارا باشد و در نهایت ادب بنگاری

O thou harbinger of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received…. It is my hope that thou mayest succeed in writing thy book

COMP_DEFENCEP#19x

BRL_ATE#194x, COMP_DEFENCE#19x, COC#2218x, SW_v12#10 p.168

AB05515

no title

140

ای اطفال ملکوت نامه های شما با عکسهای شما وصول یافت نامه ها را چون خواندم از

O ye children of the Kingdom: Your letters with your photographs have been received. From the perusal of the letters the utmost heartfelt emotions

TRBB.078

COC#0647

Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Manifestation of God as educator; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05956

no title

140

ای منادی ميثاق الهی و مروّج پيمان رحمانی، اثر کلک مشکين ملاحظه گرديد و بر ظهور آثار تأييد و موفّقيّت

O herald of God's Covenant and promoter of the divine Testament! The effects of thy musk-laden pen were perused, and the evidences of divine confirmations and success [3.5s]... ...Great care should be exercised in preparing this translation. Mr.... should make a supreme effort so that the language will be most exquisite, eloquent and lucid

MMK3#257 p.184x

COC#2220x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB06016

no title

130

...Ye should strive to widen the circle of those with whom ye enjoy friendly relations, and to establish the closest contact with those benevolent souls whose only thought is to do good

COC#1838x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB06026

no title

130

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای اماء الهی وقت آنست که رباب عشق را بچنگ آرید و نغمه و آهنگ ملکوت الله بلند

O handmaidens of God! The time hath come to take up the lute of divine love and raise high the melody and song of the Kingdom of God [3.5s]... ...When your hearts are wholly attracted to the one true God you will acquire divine knowledge, will become attentive to the proofs and testimonies and will commit to memory the glad-tidings

BRL_DAK#0423, COMP_PDLP#84x, PYB#227 p.03

BRL_ATE#148, BRL_PDL#84x, COC#0386x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

AB06140

no title

240

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Conduct in finance and business; Exhortations and counsels; Past, present and future of Iran; Relationship between government and people

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بحضرت حیدر قبل علی ارسال نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst send to his honour Haydar-'Alí was perused [3.5s]... ...Those souls who are employed in government departments should approach their duties with entire detachment, integrity and independence of spirit, and with complete consecration

INBA85:248

BRL_DAK#0835, COMP_TRUSTP#59x

BRL_TRUST#58x, COC#2070x, LOG#1478x

AB06303

no title

130

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای مرغ خوش الحان جمال ابهی این دور بدیع حجبات اوهام را خرق فرموده و تعصبات

O bird that singeth sweetly of the Abha Beauty! In this new and wondrous dispensation the veils of superstition have been torn asunder

BRL_DAK#0215, MMK1#074 p.109, GHA.194, HYB.189, NJB_v03#01 p.005

SWAB#074, BWF.378-378x, COC#1412, BLO_PT#052.20

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

AB06337

no title

130

ای منجذب بنفحات الله تربیت اطفال بسیار امر مهم است باید طفل شیرخوار را بتربیت

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! The education of children is a matter of the utmost importance. The infant child must be trained [3.5s]... ...Child education is a matter of the utmost importance. The infant, while yet a suckling, must receive Baha'i training, and the loving spirit of Christ and Baha'u'llah must be breathed into him, that he may be reared in accord with the verities of the Gospel and the Most Holy Book

TRBB.040

COC#0597x

Education of children; moral education; Personal instructions; Shrines and Holy places

AB06704

no title

120

Trustworthiness; Social Action

ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه بمرحوم جمال افندی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! I have perused that which thou didst write to the late Jamal Effendi [3.5s]... ...Commerce, agriculture and industry should not, in truth, be a bar to service of the one true God. Indeed, such occupations are most potent instruments and clear proofs

COMP_TRUSTP#52x, MSHR4.079x

BRL_SOCIAL#205x, BRL_TRUST#51x, COC#2063x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]; Work as worship

AB06747

no title

120

...For we, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, should all be engaged in the service of the Cause of God, and become sources of guidance to humanity

COC#1847x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Grammar and orthography; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06829

no title

120

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the

ای عبد بها موسیقی از علوم ممدوحه در درگاه کبریاست تا در جوامع کبری و صوامع

O servant of Baha! Music is regarded as a praiseworthy science at the Threshold of the Almighty, so that thou mayest chant verses at large gatherings

BRL_DAK#0077, COMP_MASHRIQP#32, MKT5.203, AVK3.364.03, KHSH02.003, GHA.196, HYB.191

BRL_IOA#11, BRL_MASHRIQ#32, COC#1419, LOG#1363x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high

AB06831

no title

120

Bribery and corruption; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God

در نهایت تنزیه و تقدیس ایفای خدمت کنند و ابدا خود را به رشوه و غرض

In the utmost detachment and sanctity must they render service, never yielding to bribery or self-interest [3.5s]... ...Let them perform their services with complete sanctity and detachment, and on no account defile themselves by receiving bribes, harbouring unseemly motives

COMP_TRUSTP#61x

BRL_TRUST#60x, COC#2072x

AB07007

no title

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

AB07009

no title

120

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Excellence; distinction; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

چون انتظام آن دائره موکول به همت و عفت و عدالت و عصمت احبای الهیست

...Since the orderly running of your association dependeth upon the devotion, integrity, fair-mindedness and sanctity of purpose manifested by the friends of God

COMP_TRUSTP#49x

BRL_TRUST#48x, COC#2060x

AB07452

no title

990

Justice and mercy; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای سمی و حفید شخص جلیل مقبول درگاه جمال کبریاء جد بزرگوار را نظر عنایت جمال

O namesake and descendant of that illustrious personage, who was accepted at the threshold of the Most Great Beauty - your noble grandfather was the recipient of His gracious favors [3.5s]... ...Wherefore thou shouldst seek to impart the Message to influential person and become a cause of guidance to the learned and distinguished

BRL_DAK#0582

BRL_ATE#161x, COC#1823x

AB07474

no title

110

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

ای صادق من راستی و درستی و حق پرستی صفت راستانست و سمت پاکان صدق بهترین صفتی

O Ṣadiq! Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and the hallmarks of the pure.

COMP_TRUSTP#42x, MMK2#142 p.106

BRL_TRUST#41x, COC#2053x

AB08004

no title

100

...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard

COC#1837x

Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08009

no title

100

...Thou hast written of that meeting held in the quarter where standeth the city gate of 'Abdu'l-'Azim. Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls

COC#0931x

Business; financial; property matters; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08580

no title

180

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life; Social Action

ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید محزون مشو مغموم مگرد

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write was perused. Be thou neither sorrowful nor distressed [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about material means and prayer. Prayer is like the spirit and material means are like the human hand. The spirit operateth through the instrumentality of the hand

BRL_DAK#0305, COMP_PDLP#98x, MMK3#030 p.019x

BRL_SOCIAL#172x, BRL_PMDA#21x, BRL_PDL#98x, COC#1742x

Consolation and comfort; Importance of prayer

AB08631

no title

ای ثابت بر پیمان ترتیبی که در تعلیم قرار دادید که از بدایت اثبات الوهیت و

The method of instruction which ye have established, beginning with proofs of the existence of God and the oneness of God, the mission of the Prophets and Messengers and Their teachings

INBA84:401

AKHA_103BE #07 p.04, TRBB.059, MJTB.107

COC#0390x, COC#0625x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Methods of teaching the Cause

AB08637

no title

الیوم تسلّی عبدالبهاء محبت و خضوع و خشوع احباء است بیکدیگر و تا حقیقت محبت قلبیه و نهایت محویت

Today the solace of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is the love, submissiveness and humility of the friends towards one another, and the reality of heartfelt love and complete self-effacement [3.5s]... ...Thou shouldst endeavour to study the science of medicine. It is extremely useful and serveth as the greatest instrument for the dissemination of the Cause

AVK3.096.15x

COC#1021x, LOG#0961x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08646

no title

...As to his question about the permissibility of promulgating the divine teachings without relating them to the Most Great Name, you should answer: "This blessed Name hath an effect on the reality of things

COC#1922x

Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB08656

no title

...As to the education of children, exert every effort to further this; it is of the utmost importance. So too, the education of girls in all the rules of righteous conduct

COC#0630x

Education of children; moral education; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08705

no title

ای دو بنده آستان مقدس محافلی که از برای تربیت و تعلیم نورسیدگان ترتیب گردیده

O ye two servants at the Holy Threshold! We have been greatly cheered and refreshed to know that ye have organized meetings for the education of children.

NLAI_BH_AB.005a

MKT3.329, TSS.315, TRBB.042, NJB_v11#15 p.263

COC#0602

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement

AB08797

no title

There is no doubt that thou art assiduously engaged in serving the Cause, giving eloquent talks

COC#0392x

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

AB08916

no title

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای ناطق بذکر حق ذکر الهی چون باران و شبنم است که کل و ریاحین را طراوت بخشد و

Remembrance of God is like the rain and dew which bestow freshness and grace on flowers and hyacinths

BRL_DAK#0245, COMP_PDLP#23x, MMK2#132 p.100

BRL_PMDA#23x, BRL_PDL#23x, COC#1745

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB09033

no title

...One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing

COC#1024x, LOG#0960x

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB09103

no title

O ye my soldiers of the Kingdom! Be ye valiant and fearless! Day by day add to your spiritual victories

COC#1685x, LOG#1935x, SW_v13#05 p.113

A.R. Cundall

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB09292

no title

...In brief, after having deducted the yearly expenses, if there is still any surplus left, then Huquq will be applicable to this surplus at the rate of 19%

COC#1164x

Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of Huququ'llah; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB09948

no title

Your affectionate brother hath written and mentioned your names, and hath highly praised and commended you. Observe how drawn he is to you, and how he loveth you

COC#0848x

Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB10092

no title

170

Non-participation in politics; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای منادی پیمان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید رسید از مضمون نهایت

O herald of the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to his honor Manshadi hath been received. From its contents utmost [3.5s]... ...I hope that thou wilt ... endeavour to teach some high-ranking and influential persons, for the hearts of the people have become attracted to the Cause of God

BRL_DAK#0834

BRL_ATE#180x, COC#1821x

AB10206

no title

...When thou wishest to treat nervous pains turn thy whole being to the realm on high with thine heart detached from aught else besides Him and thy soul enraptured by the love of God

COC#1027x

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB10258

no title

390

Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

یا من اختصه الله بالموهبه الکبری نامه مفصل واصل شد و تفاصیل قادیانی معلوم

O thou whom God hath singled out through His great bestowal! Thy detailed letter was received and the particulars regarding the Qadiani became known [3.5s]... ...When a speaker's brow shineth with the radiance of the love of God, at the time of his exposition of a subject, and he is exhilarated with the wine of true understanding, he becometh the centre of a potent force

BRL_DAK#0560

BRL_ATE#166x, COC#1920x

AB10382

no title

يک معنی از معانی شجره ملعونه دخانست که مکروهست و مذموم و مضرّ است و مسموم

...The drinking of wine is according to the text of the Most Holy Book, forbidden; for it is the cause of chronic diseases, weakeneth the nerves, and consumeth the mind

MMK6#255x, AVK3.049, AVK4.020.14x

ADJ.033x, COC#1788x

Adam; Adam and Eve; Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Day of rest; Praise and encouragement

AB10467

no title

190

Justice and wrath of God; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید آن انجمن با رایس فی الحقیقه

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. That gathering with its president truly [3.5s]... ...As for those who are engaged in government service, they should perform their duties with the utmost fidelity, trustworthiness, rectitude, uprightness, integrity and high-mindedness

INBA79.064

BRL_DAK#0369, COMP_TRUSTP#55x

BRL_TRUST#54x, COC#2066x, LOG#1472x

AB10550

no title

Conduct in finance and business; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

نیت باید چنین باشد که در این تجارت بقدری عادلانه و منصفانه رفتار شود

...Your criterion should be to pursue your commercial activities with such fairness and equity as to be a cause of guidance to others

COMP_TRUSTP#50x

BRL_TRUST#49x, COC#2061x

AB10703

no title

470

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

پروردگارا واشنگتونرا سعادت و شگون بخش آن خطه و دیار را بپرتو روی یاران

O Lord! Bestow prosperity and blessedness upon Washington; illumine that region and realm with the radiant light of Thy loved ones [3.5s]... ...As regards the seven qualities which thou hadst requested be enumerated, they are as follows.... truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of the human world... O Lord! Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty

BRL_DAK#0186, HUV2.008x, BNEP.101bx, MMJA.030x

BRL_ATE#111x, BRL_CHILD#14x, BPRY.254x, TAB.459-460, BWF.384-384x, ADJ.026x, COC#2052x, COC#2235x, BSC.452 #828x, PN_various p012x, BSTW#402x

Dawnbreaker Collective, Moonshoes, P. Escobar, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, MANA, P. Giomo, S. Zaat, C. Bolton, Soulrise Melodies, QuiqueSaba, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 3], E. Mahony

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10848

no title

...Thou hast written about thy poor sight. According to the explicit divine text the sick must refer to the doctor. This decree is decisive and everyone is bound to observe it

COC#1023x, LOG#0962x

Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions

AB10952

no title

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement

الحمد للّه قلبت متذکّر بذکر الهی و روحت مستبشر ببشارات اللّه است و مشغول بمناجاتی

...Praise be to God, thy heart is engaged in the commemoration of God, thy soul is gladdened by the glad tidings of God

MMK1#172 p.196x

SWAB#172x, COC#1743x, LOG#1479x

AB10989

no title

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of

ای ورقه مومنه از فضل بی منتها آنچه خواهی بخواه ولی اگر از این عبد شنوی جز

Beseech thou from God's infinite grace whatsoever thou desirest. But wert thou to heed my advice thou wouldst desire naught save

MMK2#045 p.034

BRL_PMDA#20, COC#1741

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

AB10990

no title

...As to the question of Huquq: In no wise shouldst thou make statements requiring any person to pay the Huquq. However if a devoted and self-sacrificing soul freely and spontaneously offereth

COC#1168x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of the Manifestation of God; Shrines and Holy places

AB11033

no title

...Since the loved ones of God in Persia are regarded as veteran friends, it is by virtue of the tremendous affection I cherish for them that their offerings for Huquq are accepted

COC#1172x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement

AB11058

no title

...Thou hast written regarding thy meeting with... He hath written that he desireth to teach thee one of the crafts and show thee affection and consideration

COC#0012x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

AB11073

no title

Meetings, Bahá'í

...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments

BRL_MEET.AB#16x, COC#0394x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11140

no title

...Hold thy husband dear and always show forth an amiable temper towards him, no matter how ill-tempered he may be

COC#0850x, LOG#0757x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11144

no title

...It is the commandment of the Blessed Beauty, may my life be a sacrifice at His Threshold, that whosoever engageth in a craft, should endeavour to acquire in it utmost proficiency

COC#0015x

Excellence; distinction; Work as worship

AB11164

no title

...Ye have written of the Nineteen Day festivities. This Feast is a bringer of joy. It is the groundwork of agreement and unity. It is the key to affection and fellowship

COC#0920x

House of Justice; Nineteen-Day Feast; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11211

no title

270

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک المورخ ۲۵ ینایر سنه ۱۹۰۳ و اطلعت

...It behoveth the servant to pray to and seek assistance from God, and to supplicate and implore His aid. Such becometh the rank of servitude, and the Lord will decree whatsoever He desireth, in accordance with His consummate wisdom

BRL_DAK#0228, COMP_PDLP#24x

BRL_ATE#100x, BRL_PMDA#24x, BRL_PDL#24x, COC#1746x

Growth of the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB11338

no title

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, ye must give this your most careful attention, and firmly establish it. For this Feast bringeth bliss and unity and love to the lovers of God

COC#0919x

East and West; communication between East and West; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11347

no title

...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language

COC#0611x

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Personal instructions

AB11350

no title

270

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از خبر اتحاد و اتفاق و روحانیت و نورانیت... مهمانی نوزده روزه در نهایت همّت بین عموم باید مجری گردد

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from the tidings of unity, harmony, spirituality and radiance [3.5s]... ...Vigorous steps must be taken to establish the Nineteen Day reception throughout the whole community. Since this Feast is confined to believers only

INBA85:247

AVK3.140.02x

COC#0929x

Importance of community building; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity of thought and belief

AB11381

no title

220

Business; financial; property matters; Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ای یاران رحمانی من اعظم وسائط ترقیات عصریه و معموریت ممالک و مدنیت امم تاسیس

O My merciful friends! The greatest means for the advancement of this age, the prosperity of nations, and the civilization of peoples is the establishment [3.5s]... ...Every business company should be established on divine principles. Its foundations should be trustworthiness, piety and truthfulness in order to protect the rights of the people

BRL_DAK#0805, COMP_TRUSTP#51x

BRL_TRUST#50x, COC#2062x

AB11395

no title

هر روز از صبح تا ظهر درس بخواند تا خواندن و نوشتن آموزد و از ظهر تا قریب غروب

...He must study every day from morning till noon, so that he may learn how to read and write. From noon till about sunset he should acquire a craft

MJTB.112ax

COC#0013x

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11464

no title

...The prestige of the Faith of God has immensely increased. Its greatness is now manifest

WOB.079x, COC#0264x, COC#1532x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause

AB11476

no title

...The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries. When thou ponderest its contents, the doors of the mysteries will open

COC#0398x

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11478

no title

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

اول صفت اهل ایمان امانتست و اول صفت اهل طغیان خیانت

...The primary characteristic of true believers is trustworthiness whereas the primary characteristic of the rebellious is faithlessness

COMP_TRUSTP#46x

BRL_TRUST#45x, COC#2057x

AB11494

no title

...It is necessary for all to learn a craft, through which the people may earn their living. This commandment is universal.

COC#0014x

Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11557

no title

...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown

COC#0426x, SW_v20#10 p.314, BLO_PN#002

Bass Adjustment

High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Study; deepening; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

AB11604

no title

Thou shouldst continue thy profession and at the same time try to serve the Kingdom of God

COC#1022x

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Effort; striving; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship

ABU0039

Public address given on 1912-10-07

1750

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

امشب در نهایت سرورم که خودم را در بین این جمع

It is a great happiness to be here this evening, especially for the reason that the members of this Association have come from the region of the Orient.

KHTB2.288, NJB_v12#05 p.112

COC#0043x, PUP#109 (p.343-348), JWTA.042-047, ECN.258+1009

Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

ABU0108

Words spoken ca. 1913

1200

Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy

This is my second visit to Paris and I meet you with great joy. On a third visit to Europe I hope to see a brilliant flame

COC#2138x, ADP.079-086

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0266

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

790

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

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

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

ABU0322

Words to Ethel Rosenberg and Laura Clifford Barney, spoken on 1904-05-23

710

Abdu'l-Bahá said we should speak in the language of heaven -- for there is a language of the spirit… When we pray to God a feeling fills our hearts

COC#1754x, SW_v08#04 p.042x, PN_1900 p036, BNE.089x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Language and the structure of reality; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0381

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

640

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

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

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU0435

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

590

All who stand up in the cause of God will be persecuted and misunderstood

COC#0308x, SW_v04#05 p.088-089

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0474

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30

560

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection

BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021

Chastity and purity; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

ABU0499

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken on 1904-08-30

540

The guidance of God is that which will always guide people in the right way. All human beings are earthly

COC#0795x, LOG#1485x, SW_v08#06 p.067-068, BSTW#370

Bringing oneself to account each day; Effort; striving; Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0587

no title

480

Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy

The woman of the East has progressed. Formerly in India, Persia and throughout the Orient, she was not considered a human being.

COC#2115, ADP.086-088

Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0600

Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12

470

Today in the world of humanity the most important matter is the question of Universal Peace. The realization of this principle is the crying need...

COC#1604x, LOG#1419x, DAS.1914-05-12, SW_v05#08 p.115-117, SW_v07#06 p.041-042, DWN_v1#12 p.007bx, PN_1914 p011

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Means of establishment of future civilization; Relationship between government and people; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

ABU0603

Words to some Zoroastrian Bahá’ís, spoken on 1914-05-06

470

The more union and agreement appear amongst the believers of God the greater will be the divine Confirmations, the more uninterrupted will be the descent ... The cause of God is like unto a college. The believers are like unto the students.

COC#0424x, DAS.1914-05-06, SW_v07#18 p.178-179x, BSTW#052X

Bringing forth results; fruit; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0702

Address at Nineteen-day Feast, home of Mrs Robinson in London, 1912-12-29

820

These delegates who have gathered in the Peace Conference are like merchants. Each strives to compete for victory with his rival…. The Nineteen Day Feast was inaugurated by the Báb and ratified by Bahá'u'lláh, in His holy Book, the Akdas

BDA2.049n

COC#0934, DAS.1912-12-30n, BNEW#33 pp.1-2 Jul 1929, BSTW#032x

ABU0736

Words spoken on 1912-06-19 in New York

400

فردا من میخواهم بمونت کلر بروم امروز روز آخر است باز مراجعت خواهم کرد لهذا

Tomorrow I wish to go to Montclair. Today is the last day in which we gather together with you... In former cycles no distinct Covenant has been made…

AMK.261-262, AVK4.288ax

COC#0224x, SW_v04#14 p.237-238, SW_v03#14 p.009-010, SW_v05#15 p.227-228, SW_v08#14 p.187-188, SW_v09#13 p.139+147, SW_v12#14 p.227-228, BSTW#052q

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0802

Words to some students, spoken on 1914-10-12

370

مقصود اینست که الحمد الله تلامذه بهائی در بیروت بحسن اخلاق بحسن اطوار

Praise be to God, that the Bahai students in Beirut are well known for the beauty

NSS.161x, KHH1.110-111 (1.155)

COC#0798x, LOG#0719x, KHHE.168fn, DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v09#09 p.099-100x, PN_1914 p072, SEIO.011x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; High station of learning

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

ABU1481

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

220

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

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

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

ABU1505

Words spoken on 1914-04-15

210

I hope that while you are studying in this college you may so excel all other students

COC#0797x, LOG#0718x, DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v09#09 p.098-099

Excellence; distinction; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1719

Words spoken on 1914-03-26 in Haifa

180

Regarding Family Life and Marriage

Are not men really childish? The life of men is but a few days; then death overtakes them... My home is the home of peace

COC#0859x, DAS.1914-03-26, SW_v09#03 p.039-040, SW_v12#12 p.204x, ABCC.405, VLAB.151

B. Weber, S. Sunderland

Contention and conflict; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Hospitality; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

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

ABU2054

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29

130

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

در میان این اطفال نفوس مبارکی مبعوث خواهد شد نهالهائی که بدست تربیت باغبان کامل افتد

Among the children many blessed souls will arise, if they be trained according to the Bahai Teaching.

BDA2.271

COC#0696, LOG#0490x, DAS.1913-04-28, SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090-091, MHMD2.354, PN_1913 p006, PN_1913 p013, BW_v09p543

Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU2072

no title

130

Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although there may be many problems

COC#1605x, LOG#1420x, SW_v07#15 p.136

Call to action; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2398

Words spoken on 1914-04-17

100

You must become the shining candles of moral precepts and spiritual ideas

COC#0796x, LOG#0717x, DAS.1914-04-17, SW_v09#09 p.098

Being a source of light; guidance; Excellence; distinction; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2450

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

Mahmúd's Diary

در امر بهآءالله بر هر نفسی اشتغال بصنعت و کسبی فرض است مثلاً منه حصیر بافی میدانم و شما صنعت دیگر

In the Cause of Baha'u'llah it is obligatory for the individual to engage in a trade or profession. For instance, I know mat weaving and you know another trade... I have already spoken about this matter

BDA1.121.02

COC#0016x, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.129

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

ABU2700

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

The woman is indeed of the greater importance to the race. She has the greater burden and the greater work.

COC#2178, LOG#2093x, AIL.102

Equality of men and women; Role and station of women

ABU2873

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in Oct. 1904

The healing that is by the power of the Holy Spirit needs no special concentration or contact. It is through the wish or desire and the prayer of the holy person.

COC#1051x, BNE.109

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power of prayer; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU2959

Words spoken in 1912 in London

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

No, it will come about gradually. A plant that grows too quickly lasts but a short time.

COC#1607x, AIL.106

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU3099

Words spoken on 1912-05-10 in Washington

And now you, if you act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'o'llah, may rest assured that you will be aided and confirmed.

COC#0309x, COC#1684x, SW_v08#08 p.103

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU3261

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Ten Days in the Light of Akka; 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

ABU3360

Words spoken ca. June. 1921

I ever pray on her behalf and beg from God His divine remedy and healing. As in this Dispensation consultation with expert doctors

COC#1043x, SW_v12#07 p.134

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

BH00010

no title

13180

الحمد للّه الذی تفرد بالمحبة و توحد بالوداد انه لمولی العباد و مالک الایجاد

Praise be unto Him Who is unique in His love and singular in His affection; verily, He is the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of creation [3.5s]... ...The companions of God are, in this day, the lump that must leaven the peoples of the world. They must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example

INBA28:049, INBA22:307, INBA45:049, BLIB_Or15713.144x, , Majlis210461.120x

BRL_DA#084, AVK3.148.06x, ASAT5.263x, AKHA_129BE #18 p.ax

COC#0768x, COC#2040x, ADJ.023x, ADJ.079x2x

Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.023?, LL#112

BH00044

no title

6470

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که

Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered

INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076,

BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x

BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00045

no title

6410

Meetings, Bahá'í; Trustworthiness; Days of Remembrance; Family Life

یوم یوم ماب است و مالک رقاب بر عرش بیان مستوی و احزاب عالم را ندا میفرماید

This is the Day of Return and the Lord of all necks is established upon the Throne of Utterance and doth summon all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Another letter of thine, which made mention of the hallowed and blessed days of Riḍván, was received.... Blessed is the house that hath attained unto My tender mercy... We have enjoined upon all to become engaged in some trade or profession, and have accounted such occupation to be an act of worship

BLIB_Or15717.117, , BLIB_Or15724.159bx,

COMP_FAMP#82x, COMP_TRUSTP#34x, ADM3#072 p.088x, ADM3#073 p.089x, ADM3#074 p.090x, ADM3#075 p.090x, HDQI.149x, GHA.073ax, TSBT.274x, MAS7.128ax, MAS7.140ax, AYI2.036x, AYI2.075x, AYI2.078x, AYI2.295x, AYI2.296x, AYI2.297x, AYI2.298x, AYI2.299x, AYI2.300x, PYB#178 p.03x, ANDA#37 p.03x, YMM.160x, AMB#25x

BRL_MEET.BH#04x, BRL_FAM#82x, BRL_TRUST#33x, DOR#25x, COC#0822x, COC#2045x, JHT_S#026x, JHT_S#027x, JHT_S#050x, JHT_S#072x

almunajat.com [item 8-9]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00057

no title

5560

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action

Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan))

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom

INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415

BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x

BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00090

no title

4690

حمدا لمن نور العالم بانوار اسمه الاعظم لیعرف الامم ما یقربهم الیه فضلا من

Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the world through the splendors of His Most Great Name, that all peoples might recognize that which draweth them nigh unto Him through His grace [3.5s]... ...As to what thou hast written concerning the Right of God: The binding injunction of God is set forth in the Book, but this matter is conditional upon the willingness of the individual

INBA28:404, BLIB_Or15727b.326, , BLIB_Or15732.002,

ADM3#078 p.093x, GHA.106ax, GHA.107bx, UAB.022bx, AYI2.164x, AYI2.165x, AYI2.166x, AYI2.167x, AYI2.168x, ABDA.080-081x

COC#1151x, JHT_S#073x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00092

no title

4660

یا حبذا نصره الله علم انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء بر اعلی مقام عالم نصب فرمود

O how glorious that God hath raised aloft His ensign, for verily He is the Omnipotent over whatsoever He willeth, and hath planted it upon the most exalted station in all the world [3.5s]... ...The Right of God is an obligation upon everyone. This commandment hath been revealed and set down in the Book by the Pen of Glory. However, it is not permissible to solicit or demand it

INBA15:292ax, INBA26:294x, INBA27:179

HDQI.142x, GHA.106bx, PYK.130

COC#1136x

Call to action; Law of Huququ'llah; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation

BH00116

no title

3940

حمد مقدس از لفظ و معنی ساحت امنع اقدس مالک وری را لایق و سزاست که در ایامیکه

Sanctified praise, transcending both utterance and meaning, befitteth the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court of the Lord of all mankind, Who in these days [3.5s]... ...Well is it with those who have met their obligations in respect of the Right of God and observed that which is prescribed in the Book ... This payment of Huquq is conclusively established

INBA27:320

PYK.119

COC#1126x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00120

no title

3870

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise of Western values; culture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

شهادت حق جل جلاله از برای نفسش کافیست قال و قوله الحق انه لایوصف بوصف دونه و

He, glorified be His majesty, doth Himself suffice as a witness unto His Own Being. His Word is the Truth: verily, He cannot be described by any attributes save His Own [3.5s]... ...O My loved ones! We charge you to conduct yourselves with trustworthiness and rectitude, that through you the attributes of your Lord may be manifested to His servants

INBA15:132, INBA26:133

COMP_TRUSTP#31x

BRL_TRUST#30x, COC#2042x

BH00124

no title

3830

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

اشکو بثی و حزنی الی الله مالک الانام قد انقلبت الامور و اضطربت البلدان و ضعف

I pour out my grief and sorrow unto God, Lord of all mankind. Affairs have been overturned, lands thrown into turmoil, and weakened hath become [3.5s]... ...Moderation is indeed highly desirable. Every person who in some degree turneth towards the truth can himself later comprehend most of what he seeketh

INBA27:257, BLIB_Or15704.183, , Majlis210461.116-117x

AYI2.037x, PYK.104, MSHR2.101x, MMUH#14x

BRL_ATBH#26x, BRL_ATBH#48x, COC#1900x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00187

no title

3020

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

الحمد لله الذی انزل الفرقان فی الرمضان و انه هو نور البیان قد اشرق من افق

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Qur'an in the month of Ramadan, and verily He is the Light of Utterance that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye at all times to the cord of trustworthiness and hold fast the hem of the garment of truthfulness: thus biddeth you He Who is the Truthful, the Trusted One

BLIB_Or15700.024, , BLIB_Or15711.152,

COMP_TRUSTP#27x, PYK.356x

BRL_TRUST#26x, COC#2038x

BH00194

no title

2910

تعالی من انطق القلم و علم الامم و اظهر ما اراد من اسرار القدم لیفرحن بها

Exalted is He Who hath caused the Pen to speak forth, and hath taught the peoples, and hath manifested whatsoever He desired of the mysteries of eternity, that they might rejoice therein [3.5s]... ...No one should demand the Huququ'llah. Its payment should depend on the volition of the individuals themselves, namely such souls that are devout, faithful and well disposed

BLIB_Or11097#050,

AYBY.182, MAS8.150ax, MAS8.150bx, KNJ.013e

COC#1149x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00202

no title

2810

عرض میشود بعد از اتمام عریضه اینفانی در جواب دستخطهای آنحضرت مدتی در ارسال

I submit that following the completion of this lowly one's petition in response to Thy gracious letters, some time hath elapsed in its dispatch [3.5s]... ...If the people had not withheld the Right of God they owe but rather had paid what was due, or would pay it now, they could be recipients of God's loving-kindness

BLIB_Or15701.221,

MSHR4.363x

COC#1141x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Review of publications; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

BH00240

no title

2560

قد شهدت النقطه انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد العلیم الحکیم و انها لظهرت و

The Point hath testified that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and verily She hath appeared and [3.5s]... ...Well is it with the physician who cureth ailments in My hallowed and dearly-cherished Name.

BLIB_Or15700.041, , BLIB_Or15711.274, , BLIB_Or15722.146x,

MSHR2.199x, YMM.342x

COC#1015x, LOG#0958x

Empty learning; false spirituality; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00268

no title

2370

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

شهد المقصود انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و العطاء و هو لکلشیء علیم شهد

He, the True One, beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the bounty, and He, verily, hath knowledge of all things. He doth testify [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye to the hem of the raiment of virtue and keep fast hold of the cord of piety and trustworthiness. Have regard to the good of the world and not to your own selfish desires

INBA18:119

COMP_TRUSTP#19x, AVK3.427.04x, UAB.046ex

BRL_TRUST#18x, COC#2030x

BH00384

no title

1760

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety

INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011,

COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x

BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x

BH00492

no title

1490

قد امرت بالاختصار فیما ارسل الی الاخیار من لدی الله العزیز المختار لذا اظهار

I have been commanded to be concise in that which is sent unto the chosen ones from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, and thus do I make manifest [3.5s]... ...It is indubitably clear and evident that whatsoever hath been sent down from the heaven of divine commandment -- magnified be His glory -- is intended to confer benefits upon His servants

INBA18:430

AVK4.230.05x, GHA.099.09x

COC#1143x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH00501

Lawh-i-Karim

1470

Trustworthiness; Translation List

Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim)

ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات

O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians

INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017

BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx

BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x

States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in need of a teacher; explains that some can be taught with words, others by deeds and actions, and still others by the example of a saintly character; emphasizes the importance of the latter; asserts that the purpose of His revelation is not to enforce outward ordinances but to enable people to manifest divine perfections and to achieve that which their minds can readily embrace; and condemns some of the fanciful theories about the Promised One held by certain Muslims.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

GSH.175

BH00531

no title

1410

Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

شکر و حمد ذکر و ثنا نعت و بها مقصود یکتا را سزا که عالم وجود را بنور عدل منور فرمود

Praise, thanksgiving, glorification and eulogy befit the one peerless Object of all desire, Who hath illumined the world of existence with the light of justice [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O my God, by all the transcendent glory of Thy Name, to clothe Thy loved ones in the robe of justice and to illumine their beings with the light of trustworthiness… In most of Our Tablets We have counselled the servants of God to be trustworthy and righteous

INBA15:149, INBA26:149

COMP_TRUSTP#08x, COMP_TRUSTP#37x

BRL_TRUST#08x, BRL_TRUST#36x, BPRY.173x, COC#2020x, COC#2048x

jeph.ilosopher

Business; financial; property matters; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00540

no title

1370

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution

امروز تجلیات آفتاب حقیقت بر کل تابیده و مداین و دیار از جذب ندای مختار در شغف

In this day hath the effulgent Sun of Truth shed its radiance upon all creation, and cities and lands are stirred with rapture at the attraction of the Voice of the All-Chosen One [3.5s]... ...Say: desist from wickedness and transgression, and lay hold on trustworthiness and piety, candour and sincerity. This is the commandment of God, the Lord of the Judgement Day

INBA18:399

COMP_TRUSTP#38x, AYI2.012x

BRL_TRUST#37x, COC#2049x

BH00599

no title

1270

حمد مقدس از ادراکات موجودات ساحت عز مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع عوالم

Sanctified praise, transcending the comprehension of all created things, befitteth the court of the glory of that Best-Beloved One, Who hath brought forth all the worlds [3.5s]... ...It is not permissible to solicit [Huquq]. If anyone offereth something of his own volition, thou mayest accept it, but it is not thine to demand anything from anyone

INBA27:013, BLIB_Or15732.218,

AYI2.177x, AYI2.178x, AYI2.179x

COC#1150x

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00674

no title

1130

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

حمد و ثنا نفوس مطمئنه و افئده قویه را لایق و سزا که سیوف اشرار ایشانرا از

Praise and glory beseem such steadfast souls and mighty hearts whom the swords of the wicked have not [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! That which can insure the victory of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, His hosts and helpers on earth, have been set down in the sacred Books and Scriptures… The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable

BLIB_Or15731.145,

BRL_DA#639

COC#1905x

Soulrise Melodies

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment

GWB#131

BH00676

no title

1130

Scholarship; Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action

دستخط آنجناب که دوازدهم شهر محرم الحرام تاریخ آن بود رسید و بشرف اصغاء مالک

Thy letter, which was dated the twelfth of the sacred month of Muharram, hath been received and hath attained unto the presence of its Lord [3.5s]... ...The purpose of learning should be the promotion of the welfare of the people, and this can be achieved through crafts… The one true God—exalted be His glory—hath ever been and will continue to be exalted above every expression of praise

INBA28:440

BRL_HUQUQP#006x, AYI1.338x, UAB.033cx, QUM.073-074x, VUJUD.123x

BRL_SOCIAL#142x, BRL_SCHOLAR#22x, BRL_HUQUQ#006x, COC#0010x, COC#1100x, VUJUDE.164x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship

BH00721

no title

1080

رقیمه آنجناب رسید از نفحات آن کمال بهجت و سرور دست داد انشاء الله در کل احیان... قل قد حرم علیکم الزینا و اللواط

The letter of that honored personage hath been received. From its gentle breeze, utmost joy and felicity were vouchsafed. God willing, in all seasons... ...Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Avoid them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions

INBA22:155, NLAI_BH4.088-095

AvK3.513.12x, GHA.338x, ASAT1.077x

COC#0148x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Muhammad; Islam; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unchastity and adultery

BH00801

no title

1000

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالقدره و تفرد بالعزه و العظمه الذی شهدت الاشیاء بعلوه و

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His power, attained unto unity, and Who, in His might and grandeur, standeth alone, He unto Whose exaltation all created things bear witness [3.5s]... ...In connection with the demands for payment of which thou hast written in thy letter, it is manifestly clear that anyone who hath the ability to settle his debts

BLIB_Or15697.015c,

COMP_TRUSTP#36x, ADM2#076 p.142x

BRL_TRUST#35x, COC#2047x

BH00813

no title

1000

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذین عصمهم الله من خزی النفس و الهوی و ادخلهم فی

This is the Book from before Bahá unto those whom God hath preserved from the shame of self and desire and caused to enter into [incomplete source text] [3.5s]... ...Peruse My verses with joy and radiance. Verily they will attract you unto God and will enable you to detach yourselves from aught else save Him

INBA34:116, BLIB_Or15707.008, , BLIB_Or15735.186, , Majlis934.114.04-115.08x

AQA1#010, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.ax, HYK.186

COC#0365x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00847

no title

970

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که آفرینش را بطراز دانش

Hallowed praise, sanctified above mention and utterance, befitteth that Best Beloved Lord Who hath adorned creation with the ornament of knowledge [3.5s]... ...Thou has written concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huququ'llah is payable. This is as set forth to Jinab-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin

BLIB_Or11097#033,

AVK4.228.04, MAS8.142x, MAS8.143ax

COC#1128x

Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00872

no title

940

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

لوح من لدنا و کتاب من عندنا الی من اقبل الی قبله الوجود و قطع البر و البحر

A Tablet from Our presence and a Book from Our realm unto him who hath turned his face unto the Qiblih of existence and hath traversed land and sea [3.5s]... ...O Friends! You must all be so ablaze in this day with the fire of the love of God that the heat thereof may be manifest in all your veins, your limbs and members of your body

INBA27:392, BLIB_Or15697.174b, , BLIB_Or15710.266,

AYI2.256x, AYI2.257x, QT108.118x, PYK.058

BRL_ATBH#24x, BRL_ATBH#27x, COC#1898x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00961

no title

860

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله انا نبشرک فی اول البیان بقبول عملک لوجه الله رب العالمین

O servant of God! Upon thee be the glory of God. We herald unto thee, at the outset of this utterance, that thy deed hath been accepted before the face of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]... ...We have counselled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities

INBA19:144b, INBA32:133

BRL_DA#444, COMP_TRUSTP#21x

BRL_TRUST#20x, COC#2032x

BH00979

no title

840

الحمد لمن شق باصبع القدره حجبات البریه و نطق باعلی الندآء بین الارض و السماء انه

Praise be unto Him Who, with the finger of might, hath rent asunder the veils of creation and hath called out with the most exalted call betwixt earth and heaven that verily He [3.5s]... ...As to the Huququ'llah: This is the source of blessings, and the mainspring of God's loving-kindness and tender love vouchsafed unto men

BLIB_Or15732.312,

COC#1127x

Goodly deeds; actions; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH01117

Lawh-i-Ism-i-Jud

750

Excellence in all Things

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامهای جناب سمندر که ارسال نموده عبد حاضر لدی المظلوم

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! The letters sent by his honor Samandar were presented before the Wronged One [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in acquiring the art of reading and writing.... Writing skills that will provide for urgent needs will be enough for some

MJAN.026, AYBY.067, GHA.089x, MAS7.129cx, MAS8.193x, SAM.204, PYM.214bx, TRZ1.081x

BRL_EXCEL#06x, COC#0006x, COC#0569x, COC#0771x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.091, LL#415

BH01140

no title

740

یا اهل البهاء اسمعوا الندآء من السدره النورآء انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد

O peoples of Bahá! Hearken unto the call raised from the luminous Tree - verily there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One! [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! Beware lest the powers of the earth alarm you, or the might of the nations weaken you, or the tumult of the people of discord deter you, or the exponents of earthly glory sadden you. Be ye as a mountain

INBA51:249, BLIB_Or15718.330, , KB_620:242-244

LHKM3.084

COC#0330x, COC#1525x, ADJ.082x

Rowshan

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01307

no title

650

روحی لحضرتک الفداء قد فاز الخادم بکتابکم الکریم و وجدت منه عرف التسنیم بما

May my soul be sacrificed for Thy sake! Thy servant hath been blessed to receive Thy gracious letter, and from it hath perceived the sweet fragrances of Paradise, inasmuch as [3.5s]... ...According to that which is revealed in the Most Holy Book, Huququ'llah is fixed at the rate of 19 mithqals out of every 100 mithqals worth of gold

NLAI_BH4.078-080

AVK3.010.11x, MAS1.008.1x

COC#1118x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of inheritance; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01353

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani

630

Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians)

ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند

O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you

INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042

BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax

TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Power of prayer; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#084

BH01487

no title

580

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل و لایزال لحاظ عنایتش متوجه اولیائش

Praise be unto Him Who is the Supreme Desire, unto Whom all glory befitteth, Whose gaze of loving-kindness hath, from time immemorial and unto all eternity, been directed toward His loved ones [3.5s]... ...God grant that thou wilt exert thine utmost to acquire perfections, as well as proficiency in a craft.

BLIB_Or15704.431,

COC#0003x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship

BH01525

Lawh-i-Baytu'l-'Adl

570

Local Spiritual Assembly, The; Social Action

قد کتب علی کل مدینه بان یجعلوا فیها بیت العدل و یجتمع فیه النفوس علی عدد البهاء

Addressing the nations, the Ancient Beauty ordaineth that in every city in the world a house be established in the name of justice wherein shall gather pure and steadfast souls to the number of the Most Great Name

INBA35:037, BLIB_Or15722.053, , PR05.007a-009a, Majlis934.026-031, BN_suppl.1753.076-078

BRL_DA#228, LHKM2.068, GHA.214x, UAB.011dx, PYB#203 p.03x, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, AKHA_087BE #05 p.001, PYM.130x

BRL_SOCIAL#012x, BRL_LSA#02x, BRL_LSA#15x, BW_v25p021-022x, COC#0562x, COC#1356x, COC#1368x, COC#1369x, LOG#0007x, LOG#0156x

Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; House of Justice; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01751

no title

7800

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

الحمد لله آفتاب حکمت الهی در تربیت اهل عالم مشغول و دریای علم لدنی بفیض کلی

Praise be to God! The Sun of Divine Wisdom is occupied with the education of the peoples of the world, and the Ocean of God's knowledge doth bestow its boundless grace [3.5s]... ...Cleave thou to the fear of God and to whatsoever hath been revealed in His Book: thus biddeth thee He Who is the Word of Truth and the Knower of things unseen

COMP_TRUSTP#22x, AVK1.011.15x, AVK3.380.04x, AYI2.086x, AYI2.088x, AYI2.374x, ASAT4.163x, YIA.023-044

BRL_TRUST#21x, COC#2033x

BH01972

no title

450

Trustworthiness; Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بلحاظ عنایات مالک اسماء مشرف طوبی لنفس حضر لدی العرش

Thy letter hath attained the Divine Presence and hath been honored with the gaze of loving-kindness of the Lord of all Names. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the Throne [3.5s]... ...I counsel you, O friends of God, to comport yourselves with the utmost trustworthiness in your dealings with my servants and people.

INBA51:217, BLIB_Or11096#053, , BLIB_Or15698.223, , BLIB_Or15710.065a, , BLIB_Or15720.220, , BLIB_Or15740.170, , KB_620:210-211

BRL_DA#278, COMP_TRUSTP#32x, AVK3.058.03x, IQT.223, MAS4.172bx

BRL_ATBH#17x, BRL_TRUST#31x, COC#2043x, PNAK.85, ADMS#001x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02064

no title

430

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

یا اهل المدن و القری ان استمعوا ما ینطق به اللسان فی ملکوت البیان من لدن من

O friends of God in every land! This Wronged One adjureth you by the Best-Beloved of the world, Who is calling aloud in the Kingdom of Utterance

INBA97:066

COMP_TRUSTP#33x, NNY.166-168

BRL_TRUST#32x, COC#2044x

BH02224

no title

400

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

قلم اعلی این ایام بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید تا طایران هوای عرفان بیان رحمن را

The Most Exalted Pen in these days speaketh in the Persian tongue, that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God

INBA15:312, INBA35:170b, INBA26:316, BLIB_Or07852.092, , BLIB_Or15719.149c, , BN_suppl.1753.100-102

BRL_DA#662, GWBP#137 p.190x, LHKM3.372, UAB.047ex, MAS8.007bx, HYB.020

GWB#137x, COC#2041x, ADJ.023-024x, TRBP.003-004, ADMS#066x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; Theft; seizing the properties of others

LL#358

BH02497

no title

360

یا ایها الساکن فی جوار رحمه ربک قد راینا کتابک و قرانا ما فیه ان ربک لهو

O thou who dwellest in the precincts of thy Lord's mercy! We have beheld thy letter and perused that which was inscribed therein. Verily thy Lord is He Who [3.5s]... ...Whatever competent physicians or surgeons prescribe for a patient should be accepted and complied with, provided that they are adorned with the ornament of justice

BLIB_Or15696.105b,

GHA.243bx

COC#1014x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Murder; causing physical harm

BH02575

no title

350

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یک اسم از اسماء الهی صانع است و صنعت را بسیار دوست داشته و میدارد لذا هر یک

One of the names of God is the Fashioner, and He hath loved and doth love craftsmanship; therefore each one [3.5s]... ...One of the names of God is the Fashioner. He loveth craftsmanship. Therefore any of His servants who manifesteth this attribute is acceptable in the sight of this Wronged One

BLIB_Or15715.374c,

BRL_DA#209, YMM.300x

BRL_ATBH#46x, COC#0002x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

BH02680

no title

330

Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

باین بیان که مانند آفتاب جهان از افق آسمان اوامر الهی طالع و مشرق است ناظر

Fix thine eyes upon this utterance, which, even as the sun in the heavens, hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of God's celestial commandments [3.5s]... ...Were a man in this day to adorn himself with the raiment of trustworthiness it were better for him in the sight of God than that he should journey on foot towards the holy court

INBA19:015, INBA32:015, INBA57:078, BLIB_Or15710.279, , BLIB_Or15722.172, , BLIB_Or15734.2.031,

COMP_TRUSTP#12x, GHA.316ax, UAB.039ax, MAS4.025x, AHB_133BE #03-04 p.003

BRL_TRUST#12x, COC#2024x

LL#261

BH02688

no title

330

در این حین که ساعت چهار از یوم پنجشنبه بیست و ششم شهر ذی الحجه الحرام است قصد

At this hour, which is four o'clock on Thursday, the twenty-sixth of the sacred month of Dhi'l-Hijjih, it is Our intention [3.5s]... ...At all times hath union and association been well-pleasing in the sight of God, and separation and dissension abhorred. Hold fast unto that which God loveth and is His command unto you

INBA28:253

AVK4.185.03x

COC#0526x

Justice and mercy; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02839

no title

310

Education of children; moral education; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

انا نشکو عن الذین تجاوزوا حدود الله و اوامره و اتبعوا اهوآئهم الا انهم من

We lament concerning those who have transgressed the bounds of God and His commandments and followed their own desires. Verily, they are among those who [3.5s]... ...Trustworthiness, wisdom and honesty are, of a truth, God's beauteous adornments for His creatures. These fair garments are a befitting vesture for every temple

INBA18:041, BLIB_Or15719.160c,

COMP_TRUSTP#26x, MAS8.163ax

BRL_TRUST#25x, COC#2037x

BH02925

no title

310

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Muhammad; Islam; Transcendence; unknowability of God

الویای حق را که از صافی سبیل محبت توشیده اند و به افق اعلی ناظرند

The friends of Truth who have drunk from the crystal chalice of the path of love and who gaze toward the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...We send Our greetings to the faithful followers of the one true God, who have tasted of the sweet waters of loving-kindness and directed their gaze toward the Realm of Glory

COMP_TRUSTP#23x

BRL_TRUST#22x, COC#2034x

BH03005

no title

300

قد نزلنا البیان و جعلناه مبشرا لهذا الظهور الذی به جرت الانهار قل انی لربیع

We have sent down the Bayan and made it a herald of this Revelation, whereby the rivers have flowed. Say: I, verily, am the Springtime [3.5s]... ...We are possessed of such power which, if brought to light, will transmute

INBA34:202

AQA1#064

COC#1649x, ADJ.081x, WOB.107x

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03018

no title

300

Trustworthiness; Huqúqu'lláh

له الحمد و المنة و له الذکر و الثنآء و العظمة و له القدرة و الرفعة

To Him be praise and gratitude, to Him be remembrance and glorification and grandeur, and to Him be power and exaltation [3.5s]... ...Blessed is that teacher who remaineth faithful to the Covenant of God, and occupieth himself with the education of children… Whoso is privileged to pay the Right of God will be numbered with such as have observed the ordinances… We send our greetings to the friends and exhort them to conduct themselves with rectitude

BRL_HUQUQP#008x, COMP_TRUSTP#25x, ADM3#080 p.096x, AYI2.026x, AYI2.027x, AYI2.028x, AYI2.029x, KHMI.046x, MSHR3.063x, MSBH7.052ax, YMM.178x

BRL_HUQUQ#008x, BRL_TRUST#24x, COC#0577x, COC#1130x, COC#2036x, WOB.107x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of Huququ'llah; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03061

no title

290

امروز افق عالم بانوار ظهور نیر اعظم منور انبیا و مرسلین از قبل و بعد من

In this day the horizon of the world hath been illumined with the splendors of the appearance of the Most Great Luminary - the Prophets and Messengers, before and after Me [3.5s]... ...He is the true servant of God who, in this day, were he to pass through cities of silver and gold, would not deign to look upon them, and whose heart would remain pure and undefiled

DWNP_v4#01 p.003

COC#2028x, ADJ.023x

John the Baptist; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03062

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

290

Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj)

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام

The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him

PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076

BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024

BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69

Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the light of unity over the whole earth, being clothed in the garment of trustworthiness, establishing the transcendence of God, and casting away the causes of abasement and embracing that which leads to exaltation.

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

GSH.186, LL#049

BH03556

no title

260

Prayer and Devotional Life

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق للذین اتخذوا سبیلا الی الله و اتبعوا الحق اذ اتی من مطلع

This is the Book which hath in truth been sent down unto them that have chosen the path that leadeth unto God and followed the Truth when it appeared from the Dawning-Place thereof [3.5s]... ...Gather ye together with the utmost joy and fellowship and recite the verses revealed by the merciful Lord. By so doing the doors to true knowledge will be opened to your inner beings

INBA34:257

BRL_DA#285, AQA1#118, AVK3.140.15x

BRL_PDL#68x, COC#0364x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03840

no title

240

ذکری عبدی الذی اقبل الی قبله الوفاء و وفی بمیثاق ربه العزیز المنان لیلهمه

Remember thou My servant who hath turned toward the Qiblih of faithfulness and fulfilled the Covenant of his Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower, that He may inspire him [3.5s]... ...He, verily, will aid everyone that aideth Him, and will remember everyone that remembereth Him. To this beareth witness this Tablet that hath shed the splendor of the loving-kindness of your Lord

INBA51:117b, BLIB_Or11095#252, , KB_620:110-111

LHKM2.153

COC#1646x, ADJ.075-076x

Hands of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04606

Lawh-i-Ram

200

اتقوا الله یا ملا الارض و لاتظنوا فیما اذکرناه فی اللوح باسم الرام رام الذی

Fear ye God, O people of the earth, and think not that the wine We have mentioned in Our Tablet is the wine which men drink

INBA81:049

AVK3.041.06x, GHA.429a.01-03x, MUH3.276-277, ASAT4.003x, AKHA_122BE #09 p.a, OOL.B186

COC#1785

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH04849

no title

200

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات و عرفت ربها

This is the Book from Him Who is imprisoned unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was among the devout, and who hath recognized her Lord [3.5s]... ...Drink ye, O handmaidens of God the Mystic Wine from the cup of My words. Cast away, then, from you that which your minds abhor, for it hath been forbidden unto you in His Tablets and His Scriptures

BLIB_Or15725.274,

AVK3.041.10x, GHA.429b.03-06x, AKHA_123BE #03 p.a

COC#1787x, ADJ.033x

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH04864

no title

200

Trustworthiness; Huqúqu'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یا اباالحسن انشاء الله بعنایت مخصوصه حق فائز باشی و بما ینبغی لایام الله عامل

O Abu’l-Ḥasan! God willing thou art sustained by His lordly favours and art occupied with such deeds as befit His Day... Regard thou faith as a tree. Its fruits, leaves, boughs and branches are, and have ever been, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness and forbearance

BLIB_Or15719.112d,

BRL_DA#025, BRL_HUQUQP#081x, COMP_TRUSTP#02x, MAS8.098x, ASAT1.199x

BRL_ATBH#39, BRL_HUQUQ#081x, BRL_TRUST#02x, COC#2014x

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Law of Huququ'llah; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04900

no title

200

Contention and conflict; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

یا شفیع از حق میطلبیم ترا مؤید فرماید بر امریکه ذکرش بدوام ... از حق میطلبیم کل را تأیید فرماید بر اعمال و اخلاق و کلمهٴ طیبهٴ راضیهٴ

O Shafi'! We beseech God that He may strengthen thee in a matter whose mention shall endure [3.5s]... ...We ask God graciously to grant that all may evince such fairness of character, such goodliness of deed and kindliness of word as will meet with His good pleasure

COMP_TRUSTP#20x, AYI2.128x, AYI2.129x

BRL_TRUST#19x, COC#2031x, NYR#101x, NYR#128x

BH05162

no title

190

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی زین بطراز رحمه ربه العزیز الحکیم و انطقه جذب

This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom We have adorned with the robe of the mercy of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise, and caused him to speak through rapture [3.5s]... ...They that have forsaken their country for the purpose of teaching Our Cause—these shall the Faithful Spirit strengthen through its power

INBA34:302

BRL_DA#678, GWBP#157 p.215ax, AQA1#170, GHA.259ax, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.j, YFY.077-078

GWB#157x, COC#1904x, ADJ.051x, ADJ.060x4x, ADJ.060-61x, ADJ.068x, GPB.377x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x

Claudia & Jornt

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

LL#428

BH05246

no title

190

یشهد لسان العظمه انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و تشهد السن الکائنات انه

The Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and the tongues of all created things testify that He [3.5s]... ...Teach ye your children the verses that have been divinely revealed, that they may recite them in most melodious voices.

INBA27:074a

YMM.029

COC#0572x

Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05807

no title

170

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

قد ارتفع الندآء من هذا المنظر الکریم به ارتفع ندآء الاشیاء کلها ولکن القوم

The Call hath been upraised from this glorious Scene, whereby all things have raised their cry, and yet the people [3.5s]... ...The one true God, exalted be He, loveth to witness handiworks of high craftsmanship produced by His loved ones. Blessed art thou, for what thy skill hath produced hath reached the presence of thy Lord, the Exiled, the Wronged

BLIB_Or15710.285, , BLIB_Or15715.323a, , BLIB_Or15722.174a,

BRL_DA#246a

BRL_ATBH#45x, COC#0004x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship

BH06095

no title

160

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای علی بلقا الله فائز شدی و بضیاء وجه مستنیر و این فضلیست کبیر ان یا علی

O Ali! Thou hast attained unto the presence of God and been illumined by the radiant light of His countenance, and this is a great bounty indeed, O Ali! [3.5s]... ...Occupy thyself in remembrance of the Beauty of Him Who is the Unconstrained at early morn, and seek communion with Him at the hour of dawn

INBA38:127a

BRL_DA#280

BRL_PMDA#11x, BRL_PDL#17x, COC#1732x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06096

no title

160

ای غلام مالک انام و سلطان ایام میفرماید طوبی از برای نفسیست که الیوم بذکر

O bondsman! The Lord of all names and the Sovereign of days proclaimeth: Blessed is the soul that today hath arisen to remember [3.5s]... ...The Mystic Wine of the one true God hath a different intoxication and imparteth another exhilaration. The one diminisheth the intelligence of man, the other increaseth it

INBA28:262, BLIB_Or11096#147, , BLIB_Or15696.035c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.120a,

AVK3.040.07, HDQI.010, ASAT4.252x, AHB_120BE #08 p.276, AKHA_123BE #08 p.b, AKHA_127BE #08 p.a

COC#1786x, ADMS#027

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH09071

no title

110

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Conduct in finance and business; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God

یا اباالحسن بتجارت مشغول باش علی شأن لا یسرک ربحها و لا یحزنک خسارتها کن فی کل الأحوال

O Abu'l-Hasan! Occupy thyself with commerce in such wise that neither shall its profit gladden thee nor its loss grieve thee. In all conditions remain thou steadfast [3.5s]... ...Commerce is as a heaven, whose sun is trustworthiness and whose moon is truthfulness. The most precious of all things in the estimation of Him Who is the Sovereign Truth is trustworthiness

COMP_TRUSTP#35x, PYB#178 p.03x

BRL_TRUST#34x, COC#2046x

BH10130

no title

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of thought and belief; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

کونوا امنآء اللّه فی البلاد بحیث لو تمرون علی مدائن الذهب لن ترتد ابصارکم الیها

Be ye trustees of God in His lands, such that if ye should pass through cities of gold, your eyes would not turn toward them [3.5s]... ...Be ye God's manifestations of trustworthiness in every land. So perfectly should ye mirror forth this quality that even were ye to travel through cities heaped with gold

COMP_TRUSTP#16x

BRL_TRUST#15x, COC#2027x

BH10133

no title

Social Action

طوبی از برای نفوسیکه بافق اعلی ناظرند و بامر مالک اسما عامل

Blessed are those who have fixed their gaze on the realm of glory and have followed the commandments of the Lord of Names. Blessed is he who in the days of God will engage in handicrafts

BRL_DA#214

BRL_SOCIAL#238x, COC#0001x

Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

BH10203

no title

Empty learning; false spirituality; Hypocrisy; Priestcraft; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای بگم اصحاب نار باش و اهل ریا مباش کافر باش و ماکر مباش در میخانه ساکن شو و

Be thou of the people of hell-fire, but be not a hypocrite. Be thou an unbeliever, but be not a plotter.

COMP_TRUSTP#39, AHM.376

BRL_TRUST#38, COC#2050

BH10529

no title

الیوم بر کل لازم است بقدر مقدور حقوق الهی را ادا نمایند در سنین معدودات

In this day it behoveth all, according to their means, to discharge the rights of God during these few numbered years [3.5s]... ...In this day it is incumbent upon everyone to meet the obligation of the Right of God as far as it lieth in his power. For a number of years it was not permitted to accept the payment of Huquq

GHA.109x, AMIN.030

COC#1139x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH10744

no title

Say: Beware, O people of Baha, lest the strong ones of the earth rob you of your strength

COC#0330x, COC#1526x, COC#1650x, ADJ.082x

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10748

no title

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

از حق جل جلاله میطلبم هر یک را بطراز اخلاقیکه سبب و علت انتشار عدل و انصافست

I entreat the True One, exalted be His glory, that He may adorn each one with the ornament of such conduct as shall become the cause and instrument of the spread of justice and equity [3.5s]... ...We ask God, exalted be His glory, to confirm each one of the friends in that land in the acquisition of such praiseworthy characteristics as shall conduce to the spread of justice and equity

COMP_TRUSTP#07x, UAB.044bx

BRL_TRUST#07x, COC#2019x

BH10938

no title

190